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Armand Cortes
Armand Cortes, sometimes credited as Armand Cortez, (August 16, 1880 – November 19, 1948) was an actor in theater and film in the United States. He had various theatrical roles in the late 1920s and early 1930s. In 1902 he was cast in the musical comedy ''The Messenger Boy''. He was in the musical revue ''Star Time'' at the Majestic Theater in 1944. He had various supporting roles in films. In 1918 he played the villain in ''Dodging a Million''. He also played the villain in ''The Revenge of Tarzan''. He was born in Nîmes, France. He died in San Francisco. Filmography *''The House of Bondage'' (1914) *''How Molly Made Good'' (1915) *''The Big Sister (film)'' (1916) *'' Yellow Menace'' (1916), as Hong Kong Harry *'' Seven Keys to Baldpate'' (1917) *''Her Better Self'' (1917) * ''The Angel Factory'' (1917) * '' The Road Between'' (1917) *''Dodging a Million'' (1918) *''The Servant Question'' (1920) *'' His Temporary Wife'' (1920) *''The Revenge of Tarzan'' (1920) * ''The Sca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Revenge Of Tarzan - 4
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The Matrimonial Web
''The Matrimonial Web'' is a 1921 American silent crime drama film directed by Edward José and starring Alice Calhoun, Joseph Striker and Riley Hatch.Munden p.500 Cast * Alice Calhoun as Helen Anderson * Joseph Striker as Harvey Blake * Riley Hatch as Revenue Officer Anderson * Armand Cortes as Gregory * Charles Mackay as Cyrus Blake * Elsie Fuller as Miriam Blake * Ernest Hilliard as Irving Sneed * Marion Barney as Mrs. Sanborn * Edith Stockton as Dorothy Sanborn * G.C. Frye as Judge Cameron * Dick Lee Richard Lee Peng Boon (born 24 August 1956) is a Singaporean singer-songwriter, playwright and film director. Early life Lee was born to a Peranakan father, Lee Kip Lee, (who wrote for ''The Straits Times'') and his wife , Elizabeth Tan. He was th ... as Smuggler References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Deaths
Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways. * January 4 – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic, named the ''Union of Burma'', with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President, and U Nu its first Prime Minister. * January 5 ** Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (''Tournament of Roses Parade'' and the '' Rose Bowl Game''). ** The first Kinsey Report, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'', is published in the United States. * January 7 – Mantell UFO incident: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of an unidentified flying object. * January 12 – Mahatma Gandhi begins his fast-unto-death in Delhi, to stop communal violence during the Partition of India. * January 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1880 Births
Year 188 (CLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Fuscianus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 941 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 188 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Publius Helvius Pertinax becomes pro-consul of Africa from 188 to 189. Japan * Queen Himiko (or Shingi Waō) begins her reign in Japan (until 248). Births * April 4 – Caracalla (or Antoninus), Roman emperor (d. 217) * Lu Ji (or Gongji), Chinese official and politician (d. 219) * Sun Shao, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (d. 241) Deaths * March 17 – Julian, pope and patriarch of Alexandria * Fa Zhen (or Gaoqing), Chinese scholar (b. AD 100) * Lucius Antistius Burrus, Roman politician (executed) * Ma Xiang, Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Actors
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Brevities
Broadway Brevities are two-reel (17–21 minutes long) musical and dramatic film shorts produced by Warner Bros. between 1931 and 1943. The series continued as Warner Specials in later years. Overview Other titles used for these black and white two-reel films included “Vitaphone Musicals”, “Broadway Headliners”, “Presentation Revue” (for a couple 1938 releases) and “Blue Ribbon Comedy” for a trio featuring Elsa Maxwell. Usually the trade periodicals grouped them as “Broadway Brevities” for easier marketing purposes. Many of these glossy productions, a few winning Academy Awards, featured dance spectaculars and mini-dramas with top Broadway theatre or Warner studio stars; famous names included Russ Columbo, Ruth Etting, Hal Le Roy, Bob Hope and Red Skelton. They were filmed at the Vitaphone studio in Brooklyn, New York until 1939, with Samuel Sax Samuel Sax (September 5, 1880 –January 2, 1962) was an American film producer. He produced 80 films betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
''Bluebeard's Eighth Wife'' is a 1938 Paramount Pictures American romantic comedy film directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper. The film is based on the 1921 French play ''La huitième femme de Barbe-Bleue'' by Alfred Savoir and the English translation of the play by Charlton Andrews. The screenplay was the first of many collaborations between Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder. The film is a remake of the 1923 silent version directed by Sam Wood and starring Gloria Swanson. The film was 1938's 21st-highest box-office success. Plot On the French Riviera, wealthy businessman Michael Brandon wants to buy pajamas, but just the tops. When the store refuses to sell the pajamas without the pants, an attractive woman named Nicole offers to buy the bottoms. At his hotel, Michael has trouble sleeping, so the managers offer him a suite on a higher floor, further away from the sounds of the sea. The suite is still occupied by the Marquis de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What An Idea
What or WHAT may refer to: * What, an interrogative word, interrogative pronoun and adverb * "What?", one of the Five Ws used in journalism Film and television * What! (film), ''What!'' (film) or ''The Whip and the Body'', a 1963 Italian film directed by Mario Bava * What? (film), '' What?'' (film), a 1972 film directed by Roman Polanski * "What", the name of the second baseman in Abbott and Costello's comedy routine "Who's on First?" * "What?", the catchphrase of professional wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin Music * ''what.'', a comedy/music album by Bo Burnham, 2013 * What Records, a UK record label * What? Records, a US record label Songs * What (song), "What" (song), by Melinda Marx, 1965 * What? (Rob Zombie song), "What?" (Rob Zombie song), 2009 * What? (SB19 song), "What?" (SB19 song), 2021 * "What?", by 666 from ''The Soft Boys'' * "What", by Bassnectar from ''Vava Voom'' * "What?", by Corrosion of Conformity from ''Eye for an Eye (Corrosion of Conformity album), Eye fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Music Master (1927 Film)
''The Music Master'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Allan Dwan and written by Philip Klein, adapted from the play '' The Music Master'' by David Belasco. The film stars Alec B. Francis, Lois Moran, Neil Hamilton, Norman Trevor, Charles Willis Lane and William T. Tilden. The film was released on January 23, 1927, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast * Alec B. Francis as Anton von Barwig *Lois Moran as Helene Stanton * Neil Hamilton as Beverly Cruger *Norman Trevor as Andrew Cruger *Charles Willis Lane as Richard Stanton * William T. Tilden as Joles *Helen Chandler as Jenny *Marcia Harris as Miss Husted * Kathleen Kerrigan as Mrs. Andrew Cruger *Howard Cull as August Poons *Armand Cortes as Pinac *Leo Feodoroff as Fico *Carrie Scott as Mrs. Mangeborn *Dore Davidson as Pawnbroker *Walter Catlett as Medicine Show Barker Preservation status This film is now lost. See also *1937 Fox vault fire The 1937 Fox vault fire was a major fire that broke out in a 20th Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Palm Beach Girl
''The Palm Beach Girl'' is a 1926 silent romantic comedy film starring Bebe Daniels and directed by Erle C. Kenton. It is based upon the short-lived Broadway play, ''Please Help Emily'', written by H. M. Harwood. Cast *Bebe Daniels as Emily Bennett *Lawrence Gray as Jack Trotter *Marguerite Clayton as Julia *Josephine Drake as Aunt Jerry *John Patrick as Herbert Moxon (credited as John G. Patrick) * Armand Cortes as Tug Wilson *Royal Byron as Sheriff (credited as Roy Byron) *Maude Turner Gordon as Aunt Beatrice Preservation With noprints of ''The Palm Beach Girl'' 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. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o .... References External links The Palm Beach Girl @ IMDb.com [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crowded Hour
''The Crowded Hour'' is a 1925 American silent film, silent drama film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Bebe Daniels. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the 1918 Broadway play, ''The Crowded Hour'', by Channing Pollock (writer), Channing Pollock and Edgar Selwyn. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Peggy and her pal Matt Wilde are performers in a "Follies" act when Billy Laidlaw sees her and falls in love with her despite the fact that he is already married. When World War I comes, Peggy and her partner become "Y" entertainers in France where she meets Billy. Billy later starts for an ammunition dump, planning to destroy it before the Germans reach it. Peggy is working as a switchboard operator when she finds it a question of saving Billy or a platoon of French soldiers, she chooses the latter. Billy is then captured. Peggy is later blinded during an attack, and then discovers that her nurse is Billy's w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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