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Albert Ray
Albert Ray (August 28, 1897 – February 5, 1944) was an American film director, actor, and screenwriter. He directed more than 70 films between 1920 and 1939. He also appeared in 18 films between 1915 and 1922. He was born in New Rochelle, New York and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * '' When Do We Eat?'' (1918) * ''Married in Haste'' (1919) * '' Vagabond Luck'' (1919) * ''The Night Riders'' (1920) * '' The Honey Bee'' (1920) * ''The Ugly Duckling'' (1920) * ''More Pay, Less Work'' (1926) * '' Honesty – The Best Policy'' (1926) * ''Love Makes 'Em Wild'' (1927) * '' Rich But Honest'' (1927) * '' Woman Wise'' (1928) * ''A Thief in the Dark'' (1928) director * ''None but the Brave'' (1928) director * ''Molly and Me'' (1929) * ''My Lady's Past'' (1929) * '' Call of the West'' (1930) * '' Kathleen Mavourneen'' (1930) * '' Unholy Love'' (1932) director * '' The Thirteenth Guest'' (1932) director * '' A Shriek in the Night'' (1933) director * '' West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elinor Fair
Elinor Virginia Martin ('' née'' Crowe; December 21, 1903 – April 26, 1957), known professionally as Elinor Fair, was an American motion picture actress. Early years Elinor Virginia Crowe was born on December 21, 1903, in Richmond, Virginia, to Harry Joseph Crowe, a salesman, and Helen Snowden Jones. Her older brother Donald died in 1904 just four months short of his third birthday. During her childhood her family relocated multiple times. Fair attended high school in Greenwich, Connecticut, and developed an interest in interpretive dancing. Career When Fair was elected a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1924, she had already been in films for a number of years, and in vaudeville before that. She did some of her best work under contract to Cecil B. DeMille, appearing in such productions as ''Yankee Clipper'' and ''Let 'er go Gallagher''. She also played in a handful of talkies, (often reduced to minor roles) before disappearing from the big screen in 1934. Personal life On January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
None But The Brave (1928 Film)
''None but the Brave'' (1928) is an American silent film, released by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Albert Ray, and starring Charles Morton as Charles Stanton, Sally Phipps as Mary. The film also co-starred J. Farrell MacDonald, Sharon Lynn, and Tom Kennedy. One or two sequences were filmed in a two-strip Technicolor, made of black-and-white 35mm film dyed in colors. The film consists of six reels. It is not known whether this film survives or is a lost film. See also * List of early color feature films This is a list of early feature-length color films (including primarily black-and-white films that have one or more color sequences) made up to about 1936, when the Technicolor three-strip process firmly established itself as the major-studio f ... References External links * ''None but the Brave'' at SilentEra 1928 films 1920s color films Fox Film films American silent feature films Silent films in color 1928 romantic comedy films American romantic come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cheaters (1945 Film)
''The Cheaters'' (1945) lso known as ''MR. M. and the Pigeons'', ''The Amazing MR. M.'', ''The Magnificent Mr. M.'' and ''The Magnificent Rogue'') is a Christmas Screwball comedy film">"screwball comedy" tale about a has-been actor invited to Christmas dinner by a rich family. The film was atypical of the Republic Pictures studio, directed by Joseph Kane and starring Joseph Schildkraut. The film was re-released in 1949 under a new title, ''The Castaway'', and when the Republic film catalogue was sold in the 1950s as late night television fodder, it appeared consistently for years as a Christmas staple throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Plot New York City businessman James C. Pidgeon (Eugene Pallette) is on the verge of bankruptcy. His only hope is rich uncle Henry, who is on his deathbed. J.C.'s daughter Therese ( Ruth Terry) persuades the rest of the family to take in a charity case for the holidays, not out of the goodness of her heart but to impress her upper-class boyfriend Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chip Of The Flying U (1940 Film)
''Chip of the Flying U'' is a 1939 American Western film directed by Ralph Staub and starring Johnny Mack Brown. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures and is a remake of their silent epic starring Hoot Gibson. Cast * Johnny Mack Brown as 'Chip' Bennett * Bob Baker as 'Dusty' * Fuzzy Knight as 'Weary' * Doris Weston as Margaret Whitmore * Forrest Taylor as J.G. Whitmore * Anthony Warde as Ed Duncan * Karl Hackett as Hennessy * Henry Hall as Banker Wilson * Claire Whitney as Miss Robinson * Ferris Taylor Robert Ferris Taylor (March 25, 1888 – March 7, 1961) was an American film actor and vaudeville performer. Biography Taylor owned a vaudeville company, the Taylor Players. Besides his acting, Taylor sometimes sang in vaudeville programs. ... as Sheriff * Cecil Kellogg as Red * The Texas Rangers as Musicians References External links Chip of the Flying U at IMDb.com* 1939 films 1939 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Chan In Reno
''Charlie Chan in Reno'' is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Norman Foster, starring Sidney Toler as the fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan, based on an original story "Death Makes a Decree" by Philip Wylie. Plot Mary Whitman has arrived in Reno to obtain a divorce. While there, she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie Chan travels from his home in Honolulu to Reno to solve the murder at the request of Mary's soon-to-be ex-husband. Cast * Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan * Victor Sen Yung as Jimmy Chan ("Number 2 son") * Ricardo Cortez as Dr. Ainsley * Phyllis Brooks as Vivian Wells * Slim Summerville as Sheriff Tombstone Fletcher * Kane Richmond as Curtis Whitman * Pauline Moore as Mary Whitman (Mrs. Curtis Whitman) * Iris Wong as Choy Wong * Eddie Collins Edward Trowbridge Collins Sr. (May 2, 1887 – Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dizzy Doctors
''Dizzy Doctors'' is a 1937 short subject directed by Del Lord starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 21st entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959. Plot The snoring, layabout Stooges are awakened near midday by their wives, who demand that they find jobs. The boys soon stumble on company president Dr. Bright (Horace Murphy), who is in desperate need of salesmen for his new product called Brighto, which has the tagline "Brighto: makes old bodies new." Thinking the liquid is polish, the Stooges take to the streets where they eagerly demonstrate Brighto for prospective customers, but application of the product damages a policeman's (Bud Jamison) sleeve by Larry, destroys another man's shoe by Moe, and ultimately removes the paint from a man's (Vernon Dent) new car. The angry owner of the car joins with the policeman in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing Man (film)
''Dancing Man'' is a 1934 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Albert Ray and starring Reginald Denny, Judith Allen and Edmund Breese.Langman & Finn, p. 61 Allen was loaned out from Paramount Pictures where she was under contract. Synopsis Paul Drexel makes his living as a taxi dancer escorting wealthy woman to dance halls. He meets and falls in love with Diane Trevor, but then to her horror she discovers that he one of his previous clients was her stepmother, Tamara. When Tamara is found murdered, all suspicions seem to point towards Drexel. Cast * Reginald Denny as Paul Drexel * Judith Allen as Diane Trevor * Edmund Breese as J.C. Trevor * Natalie Moorhead as Tamara Trevor * Edwin Maxwell as Morton Randall * Douglas Cosgrove as Donovan * Robert Ellis as Cavendish * Charlotte Merriam as Celestine Castle * Huntley Gordon as Mason * Maude Truax Maude may refer to: Places *Maude, New South Wales, a village on the lower Murrumbidgee River in Australia *Maude, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Of Singapore
''West of Singapore'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Albert Ray and starring Betty Compson, Weldon Heyburn and Margaret Lindsay.Doherty, p. 255 Cast * Betty Compson as Lou * Weldon Heyburn as Dan Manton * Margaret Lindsay as Shelby Worrell * Noel Madison Noel Madison (born Noel Nathaniel Moscovitch; April 30, 1897 – January 6, 1975) was an American character actor in the 1930s and 1940s and appeared in 75 films, often as a gangster. Born in New York City, Madison was the son of actor M ... as Degama * Tom Douglas as Glenn Worrell * Clyde Cook as Ricky * Harvey Clark as Scrub * Ernie Adams as Watson References Bibliography * Doherty, Thomas. ''Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930-1934''. Columbia University Press, 1999. External links * 1933 films American adventure drama films Films directed by Albert Ray Monogram Pictures films American black-and-white films 1930s adventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Shriek In The Night
''A Shriek in the Night'' is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery crime film with elements of romance directed by Albert Ray and starring Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot, and Harvey Clark. It was produced by the independent studio Allied Pictures, and remains the company's best-known release.Pitts p.20 Plot outline Rival newspaper reporters Pat Morgan (Rogers) and Ted Rand (Talbot) find themselves unravelling the mystery behind the death of a millionaire philanthropist who fell from his penthouse balcony. When it is discovered that the plunge was not an accident, the building's residents come under suspicion. Soon, the body count begins to mount as three more murders occur by strangulation. Cast * Ginger Rogers as Pat Morgan * Lyle Talbot as Ted Rand * Harvey Clark as Peterson, the Janitor * Purnell Pratt as Police Insp. Russell * Lillian Harmer as Augusta, the Housekeeper * Arthur Hoyt as Wilfred * Louise Beavers as Maid * Clarence Wilson as Editor Perkins * Maurice Black as Jose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thirteenth Guest
''The Thirteenth Guest'' is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery comedy thriller film, released on August 9, 1932. The film is also known as ''Lady Beware'' in the United Kingdom. It is based on the 1929 novel ''The Thirteenth Guest'' written by crime fiction author Armitage Trail, best known for the novel ''Scarface'' on which the 1932 movie of the same name was based. The novel was filmed again in 1943 as ''Mystery of the 13th Guest''. , msnbc.com; accessed August 3, 2015. Plot summary Marie Morgan () has been lured to an old abandoned house by a false note from a friend, and is in jeopardy although she doesn't yet realize it. As ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unholy Love
''Unholy Love'' (released in the United Kingdom as ''Deceit'') is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed and produced by Albert Ray. It was the first film adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's 1857 French novel ''Madame Bovary'' produced. The film was quickly forgotten when more successful film adaptations of ''Madame Bovary'' were produced thereafter, such as Jean Renoir's 1934 version and Vincente Minnelli's 1949 version. For the 1932 film, Ray renamed all the characters and moved the location of the story to Rye, New York. In actuality, this movie bears little resemblance to Madame Bovary. In the opening credits the following statement appears: Suggested by Gustav Flaubert's famous novel "Madame Bovary." Plot The movie opens with Jerry (Lyle Talbot), a doctor, comforting Sheila (Joyce Compton) at the bed of her dying father. Jerry's father (H. B. Warner), Daniel, also a doctor, enters and tries to help. There is nothing that can be done for the man, and he quietly dies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Mavourneen (1930 Film)
''Kathleen Mavourneen'' is a 1930 American pre-Code sound/talking film directed by Albert Ray, stars Sally O'Neil and produced and distributed by Tiffany Pictures, and is the first talking film version of the oft-filmed Dion Boucicault play. The last version prior to this film was a 1919 silent Fox film starring Theda Bara. Sally O'Neil would star in the 1937 all-Irish version of the story, thereby filming the story twice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hervey Libbert. Prints of the film are held by the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', p.95 c.1978 by The American Film Institute Cast *Sally O'Neil as Kathleen O'Connor *Charles Delaney as Terry * Robert Elliott as Dan Moriarty *Aggie Herring as Aunt Nora Shannon *Walter Perry as Uncle Mike Shannon * Francis Ford as James, The Butler ''other'' *Dannie Mac Grant – uncredited *Donald Novis Don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |