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Alice D. G. Miller
Alice D. G. Miller (June 28, 1894 – July 24, 1985) was an early American screenwriter. She was sometimes erroneously credited as Alice Duer Miller, another writer of no relation. Biography Miller was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1894, to Robert Miller and Louise Haas. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she grew up with her mother and brother in Milwaukee. Her first job was as a secretary to a businessman in town. In 1919, she and her mother arrived in Hollywood, and soon she had found work writing film scenarios. During the 1920s through the 1930s, she was credited on dozens of motion pictures, and was under contract for much of that time at Samuel Goldwyn Studios (later Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), and briefly at Paramount Pictures. Her work was in demand, and a number of studios vied to get her work. During World War II, she enlisted in the Women's Army Corps. Partial filmography *'' Red Lights'' (1923) *''Slave of Desire'' (1923) *'' So This Is Marriage?'' (1924) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Duer Miller
Alice Duer Miller (July 28, 1874 – August 22, 1942) was an American writer whose poetry actively influenced political opinion. Her feminist verses influenced political opinion during the American suffrage movement, and her verse novel ''The White Cliffs'' influenced political thought during the U.S.'s entry into World War II. She also wrote novels and screenplays. Early life Alice Duer Miller was born in Staten Island, New York on July 28, 1874, into a wealthy and prominent family.BiblioBazaar, LLC Prominent Families of New York' New York: BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2009; . Pg. 193 She grew up in Weehawken, New Jersey with her parents and two sisters. She was the daughter of James Gore King Duer and Elizabeth Wilson Meads.Burstyn, Joan N. ''Past and promise: lives of New Jersey women'', Syracuse University Press, 1997; . Pg. 171-173 The family lost their fortune during the Baring Bank failure. Her mother Elizabeth Wilson Meads was the daughter of Orlando Meads of Albany, New York. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance Madness
''Dance Madness'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard based upon a script by Frederica Sagor. The film starred Claire Windsor, Conrad Nagel, and Hedda Hopper. According to the credited screenwriter, Frederica Sagor, ''Dance Madness'' was "patently a rewrite" of ''The Guardsman'', a work by Ferenc Molnár that was later directly adapted for film. Sagor notes the screenplay was not written by her, but by Alice D. G. Miller, and she only provided script rewrites. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Roger Halladay weds May Russell, a former dancer. He becomes infatuated with Valentina, the notorious masked Russian dancer. May discovers that Valentina's husband is Strokoff, who taught her dancing. The two women unite to teach Roger a lesson. May, always masked, poses as Valentina while trying to seduce Roger and arranges to have Strokoff find them while they are embracing. Roger runs away, followed by his masked charmer until he discovers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Women Screenwriters
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Tangier (1946 Film)
''Tangier'' is a 1946 American film noir mystery film directed by George Waggner and starring Maria Montez, Robert Paige and Sabu. It is set in the international city of Tangier, Morocco and was one of the last final Universal Pictures films before the studio's reorganization as Universal-International in July 1946. The film features a variety of well-known Universal players completing their contracts, such as Montez, Paige and Louise Allbritton. The film was produced at the insistence of Montez, who had grown weary of her typecasting in Technicolor oriental adventures. Plot In Tangier, disgraced American war correspondent Paul Kenyon, café dancer Rita and local entrepreneur Pepe join forces to battle Adolpho Fernandez, a Nazi diamond smuggler. Cast * Maria Montez as Rita * Robert Paige as Paul Kenyon * Sabu as Pepe * Preston Foster as Col. Jose Artiego * Louise Allbritton as Dolores * Kent Taylor as Ramon * J. Edward Bromberg as Alex Rocco * Reginald Denny as Fernandez * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Borrowed Time
''On Borrowed Time'' is a 1939 film about the role death plays in life, and how humanity cannot live without it. It is adapted from Paul Osborn's 1938 Broadway hit play. The play, based on a novel by Lawrence Edward Watkin, has been revived twice on Broadway since its original run. The story is a retelling of a Greek fable in which Death is tricked into climbing a pear tree which had been blessed by Saint Polycarp to trap anyone who was trying to steal an old woman's pears. The opening credits attribute the tale to Geoffrey Chaucer. "Mr. Chaucer liked the tale and believed it—and so do we. If perchance you don't believe it, we respectfully insist that we and Mr. Chaucer must be right. Because faith still performs miracles and a good deed does find its just reward." According to TCM.com, this probably refers to Chaucer's "The Pardoner's Tale". Set in small-town America, the film stars Lionel Barrymore, Beulah Bondi and Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Barrymore plays crotchety wheelchair-u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl On The Front Page
''The Girl on the Front Page'' is a 1936 American comedy crime film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Edmund Lowe, Gloria Stuart and Reginald Owen.Gates p.106-7 It was produced and distributed by Hollywood major Universal Pictures. Synopsis After inheriting a newspaper from her father, the socialite Joan Langford clashes with the managing editor Hank Gilman. He is a hard-bitten newsman who resents her interference in the running of the paper. Disguising herself as an aspiring young journalist, she gets a job at the paper. Although Gilman is in fact well aware of who she is and assigns her to very difficult assignments to convince her that the newspaper business is not for her. However she eventually gains his respect, and together they thwart an attempt at blackmail by Langford's British butler who is revealed to be the head of a society of criminal servants. Main cast * Edmund Lowe as Hank Gilman * Gloria Stuart as Joan Langford * Reginald Owen as Archie Biddle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Marie (1936 Film)
''Rose Marie'' is a 1936 American musical film starring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, and Reginald Owen that was directed by W. S. Van Dyke. It was the second of three movie adaptations from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer of the 1924 Broadway musical of the same name. A silent version was released in 1928 and a color film in 1954. All three versions are set in the Canadian wilderness. Portions of Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart's original score for the Broadway musical are utilized in both the 1936 and 1954 films. Although the original plot was changed, and most of the songs were dropped, the 1936 film was a huge success and became MacDonald and Eddy's best-known film. Their duet of "Indian Love Call" was a major hit for the two singers and remained a signature song throughout their careers.Bloom, Ken and Vlastnik, Frank. ''Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of all Time.'' Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, New York, 2004. Plot Marie de Flor (Jeanette MacDonald) is a Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disgraced!
''Disgraced!'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code mystery film directed by Erle C. Kenton and written by Francis Martin and Alice D. G. Miller. The film stars Helen Twelvetrees, Bruce Cabot, Adrienne Ames, William Harrigan, Ken Murray (entertainer), Ken Murray, Charles Middleton (actor), Charles Middleton and Adrienne D'Ambricourt. The film was released on July 7, 1933, by Paramount Pictures. Cast *Helen Twelvetrees as Gay Holloway *Bruce Cabot as Kirk Undwood, Jr. *Adrienne Ames as Julia Thorndyke *William Harrigan as Captain Holloway *Ken Murray (entertainer), Ken Murray as Jim McGuire *Charles Middleton (actor), Charles Middleton as District Attorn *Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Madame Maxime *Ara Haswell as Miss Peck *Dorothy Bay as Flynn References External links * 1933 films American mystery films 1933 mystery films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Erle C. Kenton American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bridge Of San Luis Rey (1929 Film)
''The Bridge of San Luis Rey'' (1929) is a film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in both silent and part-talkie versions. The film was directed by Charles Brabin and starred Lili Damita and Don Alvarado. Only the silent version exists at the George Eastman House film archive. The film closely follows the bestselling 1927 Thornton Wilder novel of the same name and won the second Academy Award for Best Art Direction. Background and production The film and novel are very loosely based on the real-life story of Micaela Villegas (1748–1819), a famous Peruvian entertainer known as ''La Perichole''. Her life was also the inspiration for the novella ''Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement'' by Prosper Mérimée; the ''opéra bouffe'' ''La Périchole'' by Jacques Offenbach; and Jean Renoir’s 1953 film '' Le Carrosse d'or'' (''The Golden Coach''). Remakes The film was remade in 1944 with Lynn Bari, and once more in 2004, starring F. Murray Abraham, Gabriel Byrne, Robert De Niro, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Walls (film)
''Four Walls'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by William Nigh and starring John Gilbert, Joan Crawford, and Carmel Myers. The film is based on the play of the same name by George Abbott and Dana Burnet. ''Four Walls'' is now considered lost. The film was remade in 1934 as '' Straight Is the Way''. Plot Benny Horowitz ( John Gilbert), a reformed gangster, proposes marriage to Bertha (Carmel Myers), a neighbor who had been a frequent visitor while he served his sentence. Bertha rejects his proposal because she believes that he is still in love with Freida (Joan Crawford), Benny's former gun moll. During a party in which Freida seeks to make Benny jealous with a former rival, Benny again takes control of the gang's leadership. After his rival's death is ruled accidental, Benny and Bertha go off together and start a new life. Cast * John Gilbert - Benny *Joan Crawford - Frieda *Vera Gordon - Benny's Mother *Carmel Myers - Bertha *Robert Emmett O'Connor Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Lovers (1928 Film)
''Two Lovers'' is a 1928 American silent historical drama film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Vilma Bánky, Ronald Colman, and Noah Beery. Based on the novel ''Leatherface: A Tale of Old Flanders'' by Baroness Emma Orczy, it was produced by Samuel Goldwyn.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Two Lovers'' at silentera. Cast Production The of the film was ''Leatherface'', an alias used by Colman's character and the title of the novel the film was based upon. The film premiered as a silent film in New York City in March 1928, and was later rereleased in August 1928 with a synchronized music soundtrack.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man-Made Women
''Man-Made Women'' is a 1928 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Leatrice Joy. It was produced by Cecil B. DeMille and Ralph Block and distributed through Pathé Exchange. Cast *Leatrice Joy as Nan Payson * H. B. Warner as Jules Moret * John Boles as John Payson *Seena Owen as Georgette *Jay Eaton as Garth *Jeanette Loff as Marjorie *Sidney Bracey as Owens Preservation The film is preserved at the Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library .... References External links * * 1928 films American silent feature films Films directed by Paul L. Stein American black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1928 comedy-drama films Pathé Exchange films 1920s American films Silent American comedy-drama fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
