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André-ani
André-ani (born Clément Henri Andreani; April 22, 1901 – April 3, 1953) was an American costume designer. Biography Clément Henri Andreani was the son of Italian immigrants Massimo Andreani and Angiolina Reali, who arrived in the United States in 1888. Orphaned at an early age and suffering from a spinal deformity, he was cared for by his aunt Quinta. Friends, noting his artistic abilities, helped him to take art classes in San Francisco. At age 16 he began working for the Selectasine Serigraphics Company in San Francisco. He later made use of the screen printing skills he obtained there, printing designs directly onto fabric for costumes. By the early 1920s, André-ani was teaching at the School of Costume Designing in Los Angeles. Hollywood socialite Peggy Hamilton helped promote his work in her newspaper columns and fashion shows. In 1925 he was hired by MGM, taking the place of head designer Erté in dressing stars such as Joan Crawford and Greta Garbo. He went to wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakland, California
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay Area and the List of largest California cities by population, eighth most populated city in California. With a population of 440,646 in 2020, it serves as the Bay Area's trade center and economic engine: the Port of Oakland is the busiest port in Northern California, and the fifth busiest in the United States of America. An act to municipal corporation, incorporate the city was passed on May 4, 1852, and incorporation was later approved on March 25, 1854. Oakland is a charter city. Oakland's territory covers what was once a mosaic of California coastal prairie, California coastal terrace prairie, oak woodland, and north coastal scrub. In the late 18th century, it became part of a large ''rancho'' grant in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If Marriage Fails
''If Marriage Fails'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by John Ince and written by C. Gardner Sullivan. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Eleanor prefers the company of the unpopular Gene Deering to that of her wealthy husband, Joe Woodbury, who has fallen in love with the fortune teller Nadia. Becoming jealous, Eleanor tells Nadia that she is about to become a mother, and Nadia promises that she will not see Joe again. Eleanor and Deering are picked up following a roadhouse raid by Nadia and Dr. Mallini, who attends Eleanor when she is slightly injured. The doctor tells Nadia that Eleanor has lied about any approaching motherhood. Joe learns of the roadhouse affair, divorces Eleanor, and wins Nadia as a wife. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''If Marriage Fails'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Paint (1926 Film)
''War Paint'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by W. S. Van Dyke. The film stars Tim McCoy. Louis B. Mayer observed the profits made by other studios with western franchises such as Tom Mix, Buck Jones or Hoot Gibson. He selected a genuine army officer who had lived with Indian tribes to come to Hollywood as an advisor on 1922's ''The Covered Wagon'': Colonel Timothy John Fitzgerald McCoy. His debut as Tim McCoy in ''War Paint'' was announced under the banner "He's the real McCoy!" In order to maximize the economics, the film was shot simultaneously on location with another film, ''Winners of the Wilderness''. The film is considered lost. A trailer however is preserved at the Library of Congress. Synopsis An Indian chief of the Arapahoe escapes the reservation where he has been living and takes along some of his warriors. The cavalry is sent out for them. Cast * Tim McCoy as Lt. Tim Marshall * Pauline Starke as Polly Hopkins * Charles K. French as Maj. Hopkins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love's Blindness
''Love's Blindness'' is a 1926 silent film directed by John Francis Dillon. The film stars Pauline Starke, Antonio Moreno, and Lilyan Tashman. Written by Elinor Glyn, the film was produced under the direct supervision of the author. The film is considered lost with just a fragment surviving at the BFI National Film & TV Archive in London. Plot In Britain, Hubert Culverdale (Antonio Moreno) is the hard-up and hard-to-please milord who marries luscious Vanessa Levy (Pauline Starke) for financial reasons only. Cast * Pauline Starke - Vanessa Levy * Antonio Moreno - Hubert Culverdale, 8th Earl of St. Austel * Lilyan Tashman - Alice, Duchess of Lincolnwood * Sam De Grasse - Benjamin Levy * Douglas Gilmore - Charles Langley * Kate Price - Marchioness of Hurlshire * Tom Ricketts - Marquis of Hurlshire * Earl Metcalfe - Col. Ralph Dangerfield * George Waggner - Oscar Issacson * Rose Dione - Mme. De Jainon * Ned Sparks Ned Sparks (born Edward Arthur Sparkman, November 19, 1883 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upstage (film)
''Upstage'' (also known as ''The Mask of Comedy'') is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Monta Bell, starring Norma Shearer and New York musical comedy star Oscar Shaw. Plot Dolly (Norma Shearer) is a stagestruck girl whose career has begun to wane until she displays show-must-go-on courage by standing-in as target in a knife-throwing act. Cast *Norma Shearer - Dolly Haven *Oscar Shaw - Johnny Storm *Tenen Holtz - Sam Davis *Gwen Lee - Dixie Mason *Dorothy Phillips - Miss Weaver *J. Frank Glendon - Mr. Weston *Ward Crane - Wallace King *Charles Meakin - Stage Manager * John T. Bambury - Midget (uncredited) Preservation status *A print of the film has been preserved by MGM Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded on April 17, 1924 a .... References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flaming Forest
''The Flaming Forest'' is a 1926 American Silent film, silent drama film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Antonio Moreno and Renée Adorée. The film is based on the novel of the same name by James Oliver Curwood, and was produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A two-color Technicolor sequence was shot for a climactic blaze sequence featured in the film. This is a preserved film at the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' p.59 c.1978 by The American Film Institute Plot North-West Mounted Police sergeant David Carrigan (Antonio Moreno) fights Indians and woos Jeanne-Marie (Renée Adorée). Cast * Antonio Moreno as Sergeant David Carrigan * Renée Adorée as Jeanne-Marie * Gardner James as Roger Audemard * William Austin (actor), William Austin as Alfred Wimbledon * Tom O'Brien (American actor born 1890), Tom O'Brien as Mike ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tin Hats
''Tin Hats'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick (his first for MGM), starring Claire Windsor and Conrad Nagel. The film is considered partially lost. Plot Three United States soldiers (Conrad Nagel, George Cooper and Tom O'Brien) are lost in the Rhineland on Armistice Day and accepted as conquering overlords by a village... except for Lady Bountiful (Claire Windsor). Cast * Conrad Nagel as Jack Benson * Claire Windsor as Elsa von Bergen * George Cooper as 'Lefty' Mooney * Bert Roach as 'Dutch' Krausmeyer * Tom O'Brien as Sergeant McGurk * Eileen Sedgwick Eileen Sedgwick (October 17, 1898 – March 15, 1991) was an American actress of the silent era. Biography Born in 1898, Sedgwick was in her first film in 1914 and appeared in more than 110 films during her 15-year career. She was the sist ... as Freida References External links * 1926 films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films American silent feature films American black-and-whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valencia (1926 Film)
''Valencia'', also known as ''The Love Song'', is a 1926 American silent romance film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, who came over from Paramount to direct. The film stars Mae Murray and features Boris Karloff in an uncredited role. The film is presumed lost. The film was a box office hit and the title song, ''Valencia'', was the top song in the U.S. for the year.Eames, John Douglas, ''The MGM Story'', 1981 Plot Handsome sailor Felipe (Hughes) and nasty Governor Don Fernando (D'Arcy) are rivals for the favors of Spanish dancer Valencia (Murray). When Felipe deserts his ship, Don Fernando throws him in prison, but Valencia obtains his release and shares his disgrace and exile. Cast * Mae Murray as Valencia * Lloyd Hughes as Felipe * Roy D'Arcy as Don Fernando * Max Barwyn as Don Alvarado * Michael Vavitch as Captain * Michael Visaroff as Cafe Owner * Boris Karloff as Bit (uncredited) See also * Boris Karloff filmography Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blackbird
''The Blackbird'' is a 1926 American silent crime film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney. The screenplay was written by Waldemar Young, based on a story "The Mockingbird" by Tod Browning (which was originally supposed to be the film's title). Cedric Gibbons and Arnold Gillespie handled the set design. Makeup man Cecil Holland also played one of the old men living at the mission. Character actors Eddie Sturgis and Willie Fung appeared in several other Lon Chaney movies during this time period. The film took 31 days to shoot at a cost of $166,000. The tagline was "Lon Chaney in his successor to ''The Unholy Three''". Stills on the internet shows Chaney in his dual role. In April 2012, the film became available on DVD from the Warner Archive collection. Plot A title card introduces the setting as London's Limehouse district, "with its lust, greed and love, a sea of fog, a drama of human faces.” A cheap music hall is overseen by the tough Dan Tate, who also ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrent (1926 Film)
''Torrent'' is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by an uncredited Monta Bell, based on a novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, and released on February 21, 1926. ''Torrent'' was the first American film starring Swedish actress Greta Garbo. The film also starred Ricardo Cortez and Martha Mattox. The title refers to a flood that occurs in the small town where most of the action takes place, which draws the two romantic leading characters closer together. Plot summary Cast Reception MGM was uncertain about how to cast Garbo after her arrival in Hollywood. In ''Torrent'', her first American film, she was cast as Leonora, a Spanish peasant girl, and MGM was pleased with the results. ''Variety'' reviewed the film and described Garbo in her debut as " a girl with everything, looks, acting ability and personality". The film grossed $460,000 in the USA and $208,000 internationally, it grossed $668,000 worldwide, netting a $126,000 profit for MGM. Louis B. Maye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil's Circus
''The Devil's Circus'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Danish director Benjamin Christensen, based upon his screenplay. The film stars Norma Shearer and Charles Emmett Mack. It was the first of seven films directed by Christensen in the United States, and one of only four of those films that have not been lost. The film's sets were designed by the art director James Basevi. Synopsis Mary (Shearer) and Carlstop (Mack) are lovers; the former is a trapeze artist, while the latter is a pickpocket. Mary gets entangled in a nearly fatal situation with Lieberkind (Miljan), a lion-tamer, and his jealous wife Yonna (Myers), who victimizes Mary. Cast * Norma Shearer as Mary * Charles Emmett Mack as Carlstop * Carmel Myers as Yonna * John Miljan as Lieberkind * Claire McDowell as Mrs. Peterson * Joyce Coad as Little Anita * Charles Murray as Circus Member (uncredited) Reception From users of IMDb, the film has received a score of 6.8 out 10 from 62 votes. Preservatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Temptress
''The Temptress'' is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Lionel Barrymore, and Roy D'Arcy. It premiered on October 10, 1926. The film melodrama was based on a novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez adapted for the screen by Dorothy Farnum. Plot summary Cast * Greta Garbo as Elena, who uses her physical beauty to "tempt" and manipulate the opposite sex. * Antonio Moreno as Manuel Robledo, is an Argentine engineer on leave in Paris from a dam building project back home in Argentina. * Marc McDermott as Fontenoy, middle-aged banker who had an affair with Elena during a difficult period and eventually commits suicide in a highly melodramatic fashion by drinking poisoned wine in public. * Lionel Barrymore as Canterac * Armand Kaliz as Marquis de Torre Bianca, a Frenchman and the husband of Elena, but also the close friend of Robledo. * Roy D'Arcy as Manos Duras, a local Argentine bandit who, like Robledo, fall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
