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Arthur Thalasso
Arthur Thalasso (November 26, 1883 – February 13, 1954) was an American stage actor of vaudeville and musical comedy in the 1910s and, subsequently, a screen actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1919 and 1945. He was born the son of German immigrants Frank Thalasso (1852-1895) and Pauline Thalasso (1848-1919) in Cincinnati, Ohio, and died at Harbor General Hospital"Obituary: Arthur Thalasso," ''Los Angeles Times'', 16 Feb. 1954, p. 10, part II in Torrance, California. Selected filmography * ''La La Lucille'' (1920) - Janitor * ''The Forbidden Thing'' (1920) - Joe Portega * ''The Kid'' (1921) - Car Thief with gun (uncredited) * ''Children of Darkness'' (1921) - Vance * ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' (1921) - The Stranger * ''The Sign of the Rose'' (1922) - Detective Lynch * ''Black Gold'' (1924) - Tim Endicott * ''Wine'' (1924) - Amoti * ''Secrets of the Night'' (1924) - Detective Reardon (uncredited) * ''The Movies'' (1925, Short) - The Villain - Bull Buckley * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Beban
George Beban (December 13, 1873 – October 5, 1928) was an American actor, director, writer and producer. Beban began as a child performer in San Francisco, California, and became a well-known vaudevillian and stage actor in the 1890s and 1900s. He was best known for his portrayal of Italian immigrant characters, including his starring roles in the play ''The Sign of the Rose'' and the 1915 silent film classic '' The Italian''. Though strongly associated with his Italian immigrant roles, Beban was born in San Francisco, could not speak a word of Italian and was the son of parents from Dalmatia (in modern-day Croatia) and Ireland. Early years Beban was born in San Francisco, California in 1873. He grew up on San Francisco's Telegraph Hill and was one of four sons of Rocco Beban, a Dalmatian immigrant, and Johanna Dugan, from County Cork, Ireland. At age eight, he began a stage career singing with the Reed and Emerson Minstrels. His talent as a singer led to the young Beban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Perfect Gentleman (1928 Film)
''A Perfect Gentleman'' is a 1928 silent American comedy film, directed by Clyde Bruckman, which stars Monty Banks, Ernest Wood, Henry Barrows, and Ruth Dwyer. Cast list * Monty Banks as Monty Brooks * Ernest Wood as George Cooper * Henry Barrows as John Wayne * Ruth Dwyer as His daughter * Arthur Thalasso as Ship's officer * Hazel Howell as His wife * Agostino Borgato as Barco * Mary Foy as The Aunt * Syd Crossley as The Valet * Jackie Coombs Jackie or Jacky may refer to: People and fictional characters * Jackie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters named Jackie or Jacky ** Jackie, current ring name of female professional wrestler Jacqueline Moore ** Jackie Lee (I ... as The Baby References External links * * * 1928 films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films Films directed by Clyde Bruckman Pathé Exchange films American black-and-white films 1928 comedy films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
''Burn 'Em Up Barnes'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code Serial (film), movie serial produced and distributed by Mascot Pictures, along with a feature version of the serial bearing the same title. It was a loose remake of the 1921 Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1921 film), silent film of the same name. Cast *Jack Mulhall as Burn-'em-Up Barnes, Auto racing, racing driver nicknamed the "King of the Dirt Track" and shortly the co-owner of the ''Temple Barnes Transportation'' school bus company *Frankie Darro as Bobbie Riley, Barnes' kid sidekick and ward following his brother's accidental death *Lane Sisters, Lola Lane as Marjorie Temple, owner of the ''Temple (later Temple Barnes) Transportation'' school bus company and land with a hidden wealth of oil *Julian Rivero as Tony, Marjorie's Comic relief, bumbling Italian people, Italian-accented mechanic *Edwin Maxwell (actor), Edwin Maxwell as Lyman Warren *Jason Robards, Sr., Jason Robards as John Drummond, Villain, crooked race promoter who knows th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viva Villa!
''Viva Villa!'' is a 1934 American pre-Code film directed by Jack Conway and starring Wallace Beery as Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. The screenplay was written by Ben Hecht, adapted from the 1933 book ''Viva Villa!'' by Edgecumb Pinchon and O. B. Stade. The film was shot on location in Mexico and produced by David O. Selznick. There was uncredited assistance with the script by Howard Hawks, James Kevin McGuinness, and Howard Emmett Rogers. Hawks and William A. Wellman were also uncredited directors on the film. The film is a fictionalized biography of Pancho Villa starring Beery in the titular role and featuring Fay Wray, who had played the leading lady in ''King Kong'' the previous year. The supporting cast includes Leo Carillo, Donald Cook, Stuart Erwin, Henry B. Walthall, Joseph Schildkraut and Katherine DeMille. Plot After seeing his poor father lose his land and be whipped to death for protesting, young Pancho Villa stabs one of the killers, then heads off into th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kennel Murder Case (film)
''The Kennel Murder Case'' is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film adapted from the 1933 novel of the same name by S. S. Van Dine. Directed by Michael Curtiz for Warner Bros., it stars William Powell and Mary Astor. Powell's role as Philo Vance is not the actor's first performance as the aristocratic sleuth; he also portrays the character in three films produced by Paramount in 1929 and 1930. In the film, dog show competitor Archer Coe is found murdered within his own bedroom. There is a long list of suspects, since the victim had antagonized members of his own family, his own lover, and his own employees. The corpse of the victim's brother is soon found, hidden in a closet. One of the other suspects survives a knife attack, and the dog of Coe's neighbor is found to be seriously injured. Vance has to deduce the motives behind the attacks in order to figure out who killed Coe. Plot When Philo Vance's dog does not make it into the final of the Long Island Kennel Club's dog sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Forgotten Past
''Her Forgotten Past'' is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Wesley Ford and starring Monte Blue, Barbara Kent and Henry B. Walthall.Pitts p. 253 Synopsis Without telling her wealthy father, Doris Maynard marries the family chauffeur. When he finds out the couple leave together, but after a few months she discovers that her husband is a reckless gambler, who with a warrant out for his arrest goes on the run. Doris returns home and sometime later is courted by a district attorney In the United States, a district attorney (DA), county attorney, state's attorney, prosecuting attorney, commonwealth's attorney, or state attorney is the chief prosecutor and/or chief law enforcement officer representing a U.S. state in a l ..., but on her father's advice declines to tell him about her recent marriage as it is believed her husband is now dead in an automobile accident. Cast References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940''. McFarland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trapped In Tia Juana
''Trapped in Tia Juana'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Wallace Fox. Duncan Renaldo plays twin brothers separated at birth: West Point graduate Kenneth Holbert and Mexican bandit El Zorro. Cast *Edwina Booth as Dorothy *Duncan Renaldo Renault Renaldo Duncan (April 23, 1904 – September 3, 1980), better known as Duncan Renaldo, was a Romanian-born American actor best remembered for his portrayal of The Cisco Kid in films and on the 1950–1956 American TV series ''The Cisco K ... as Kenneth Holbert/El Zorro References External links * * * * 1932 films 1932 Western (genre) films 1930s American films 1930s English-language films American black-and-white films American Western (genre) films Films about twin brothers Films directed by Wallace Fox Mayfair Pictures films English-language Western (genre) films {{1930s-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Pal, The King
''My Pal, the King'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Kurt Neumann, starring Tom Mix, and featuring Mickey Rooney and James Kirkwood.Quinlan, David (1997) ''The Film Lover's Companion: An A to Z Guide to 2,000 Stars and the Movies They Made''. Carol Publishing Group, p.411 The screenplay concerns a rodeo cowboy who helps a child king. Plot Tom Reed's (Tom Mix) famous traveling Wild West show performs in Alvonia, a small European country, where the child king, ten year old Charles V ( Mickey Rooney), neglects his duties because of his interest in the show. After a discussion with Tom, Charles decides that he should treat his subjects fairly, which does not please Count De Mar ( James Kirkwood) who has been in control of the country and wants to tax the people heavily. He plots with the Dowager Queen (Clarissa Selwynne) to kidnap Charles and his tutor, Dr. Lorenz (Wallis Clark), and throws them in a dungeon, and suggests to Lorenz that he kill Charles and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Reckless Rider
''The Reckless Rider'' is a 1932 American western film directed by Armand Schaefer and starring Lane Chandler, Phyllis Barrington and Neal Hart.Pits p.135 It was a loose remake of the 1928 FBO Pictures film ''When the Law Rides'' also written by Oliver Drake (filmmaker), Oliver Drake. Synopsis 'Tex' Wilkins confronts a masked night rider who is threatening the inhabitants of a town. Cast * Lane Chandler as 'Tex' Wilkins * Phyllis Barrington as Mary Jones * J. Frank Glendon as Parson Jones * Neal Hart as John Lamar * Patrick Rooney (actor), Patrick Rooney as 'Butch' Harbin * G. Raymond Nye as 'Wheezer' Bill * Bartlett A. Carre as Ole * Ben Corbett as Benny * Franklyn Farnum as Sheriff * Arthur Thalasso as Bartender * Raven the Horse as Raven - Tex's Horse References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012. External links * 1932 films 1932 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films American Wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two-Fisted Law
''Two-Fisted Law'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman for Columbia Pictures, starring Tim McCoy and featuring John Wayne playing a character named "Duke". The picture also features Alice Day, Wheeler Oakman, Tully Marshall, Wallace MacDonald, and Walter Brennan. Plot Cast *Tim McCoy as Tim Clark *Alice Day as Betty Owen *Wheeler Oakman as Bob Russell *Tully Marshall as Sheriff Malcolm *Wallace MacDonald as Artie *John Wayne as Duke *Walter Brennan as Deputy Sheriff Bendix * Richard Alexander as Zeke Yokum *Merrill McCormick as Green, the Agent (uncredited) *Bud Osborne as Henchman Jiggs Tyler (uncredited) *Arthur Thalasso as Bartender Jake (uncredited) See also * John Wayne filmography American actor, director, and producer John Wayne (1907–1979) began working on films as an extra, prop man and stuntman, mainly for the Fox Film Corporation. He frequently worked in minor roles with director John Ford and when Raoul Walsh sugg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Impatient Maiden
''The Impatient Maiden'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by James Whale, starring Lew Ayres and Mae Clarke, and released by Universal Pictures. The screenplay was written by Richard Schayer and Winifred Dunn, based on the novel ''The Impatient Virgin'', by Donald Henderson Clarke. Plot Cast *Lew Ayres as Dr. Myron Brown *Mae Clarke as Ruth Robbins *Una Merkel as Betty Merrick *Andy Devine as Clarence Howe * John Halliday as Albert Hartman *Oscar Apfel as Dr. Wilcox *Ethel Griffies as Nurse Lovett *Helen Jerome Eddy as Mrs. Gilman *Bert Roach as Mr. Gilman *Cecil Cunningham as Mrs. Rosy *Lorin Raker as Mr. Rosy *Blanche Payson as Mrs. Thomas *Arthur Hoyt as Mr. Thomas *Monte Montague Monte Montague (April 23, 1891 – April 6, 1959) was the stage name for Walter H. Montague, an American film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films between 1920 and 1954. He was born in Somerset, Kentucky, and died in Burbank, California ... as ambulance drive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Six
''The Secret Six'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code crime film starring Wallace Beery as "Slaughterhouse Scorpio", a character very loosely based on Al Capone, and featuring Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown, John Mack Brown, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Marjorie Rambeau and Ralph Bellamy. The film was written by Frances Marion and directed by George Hill (director), George W. Hill for MGM. Plot Bootlegger Johnny Franks recruits a crude working man called Louis "Slaughterhouse" Scorpio as part of the gang of mob boss Richard "Newt" Newton. Scorpio eventually becomes head of the organization himself. Then he is prosecuted by a secret group of six masked crime fighters, aided by newspaper reporters Carl Luckner and Hank Rogers. Cast (in credits order) * Wallace Beery as Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio * Lewis Stone as Richard 'Newt' Newton * Johnny Mack Brown, John Mack Brown as Hank Rogers * Jean Harlow as Anne Courtland * Marjorie Rambeau as Peaches * Paul Hurst (acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
