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Above The Clouds
''Above the Clouds'' is a 1933 American pre-Code crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ... directed by Roy William Neill and starring Robert Armstrong (actor), Robert Armstrong, Richard Cromwell (actor), Richard Cromwell and Dorothy Wilson (actress), Dorothy Wilson. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures.Ness p. 102 Plot Cast * Robert Armstrong (actor), Robert Armstrong as Scoop Adams * Richard Cromwell (actor), Richard Cromwell as Dick Robinson * Dorothy Wilson (actress), Dorothy Wilson as Connie * Edmund Breese as Crusty * Morgan Wallace as Chandler * Dorothy Revier as Dolly * Bessie Barriscale as Mother * Geneva Mitchell as Mabel * Luis Alberni as Speakeasy Owner References Bibliography * Fetrow, Alan G. ''Sound films, 1927-1939: a Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy William Neill
Roy William Neill (4 September 1887 – 14 December 1946) was an Irish-born American film director best known for directing the last eleven of the fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, made between 1943 and 1946 and released by Universal Studios. Biography With his father as the captain, Roy William Neill was born on a ship off the coast of Ireland. His birth name was Roland de Gostrie. Neill began directing silent films in 1917 and went on to helm 111 films, 55 of them silent. Although most of Neill's films were low-budget B-movies, he was known for directing films with meticulously lit scenes with carefully layered shadows that would become the style of ''film noir'' in the late 1940s. In fact, his last film, '' Black Angel'' (1946), is considered a ''film noir''. He was also credited in some works as R. William Neill, Roy W. Neill, and Roy Neill. Neill lived in the United States for most of his career and was a US citizen. He did go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
