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Allan Scott (American Screenwriter)
Allan Scott (May 23, 1906 – April 13, 1995) was a screenwriter who was nominated for an Academy Award for ''So Proudly We Hail!''. Career He co-wrote the screenplays for a number of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers films: ''Top Hat'' (1935), ''Follow the Fleet'' (1936), ''Swing Time (film), Swing Time'' (1936), ''Shall We Dance (1937 film), Shall We Dance'' (1937), and ''Carefree (film), Carefree'' (1938), as well as ''Roberta (1935 film), Roberta'' (1935), in which they played supporting roles. Filmography :''As screenwriter, unless otherwise noted.'' * ''Goodbye Again (1933 film), Goodbye Again'' (1933) (play) * ''Let's Try Again'' (1934) (uncredited) * ''By Your Leave'' (1934) * ''Roberta (1935 film), Roberta'' (1935) * ''Village Tale'' (1935) * ''Top Hat'' (1935) * ''In Person (film), In Person'' (1935) * ''I Dream Too Much (1935 film), I Dream Too Much'' (1935) (uncredited add. dialogue) * ''Follow the Fleet'' (1936) * ''Swing Time (film), Swing Time'' (1936) * ''Qualit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arlington, New Jersey
Arlington is a neighborhood in Kearny in the western part of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. Kearny Riverbank Park runs along the neighborhood's Passaic River shore. Arlington Memorial Park cemetery is located on Schuyler Avenue. The community was the location of a railroad station on New Jersey Transit, just east of the WR Draw over the river, which was discontinued with the opening of the Montclair Connection and Secaucus Junction. The Bergen County town of North Arlington takes its name in relation to this community, which it borders. Notable person *Leo Kiely Leo or Léo may refer to: Acronyms * Law enforcement officer * Law enforcement organisation * ''Louisville Eccentric Observer'', a free weekly newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky * Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity Arts ..., professional baseball player who lived in Arlington after his playing career was over. References Kearny, New Jersey Neighborhoods in Hudson Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodbye Again (1933 Film)
''Goodbye Again'' is a 1933 pre-Code romantic comedy film made by First National Pictures and Warner Bros. It was directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Henry Blanke from a screenplay by Ben Markson, based on the play by George Haight and Allan Scott. Cinematography was by George Barnes and costume design by Orry-Kelly. The film stars Warren William, Joan Blondell, Genevieve Tobin, Hugh Herbert, Wallace Ford, Helen Chandler, Hobart Cavanaugh, and Ruth Donnelly. Remade in 1941 as '' Honeymoon for Three'', starring Ann Sheridan and George Brent. Plot On tour in Cleveland, famous author Kenneth Bixby (Warren William) decides to reignite a romance with ex-sweetheart Julie (Genevieve Tobin), skipping a downtown engagement at Halle's Halle Brothers Co., commonly referred to as Halle's, was a department store chain based in Cleveland, Ohio. During most of its 91-year history, Halle's focused on higher-end merchandise which it combined with personal service. The company w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Valley Serenade
''Sun Valley Serenade'' is a 1941 musical film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Sonja Henie, John Payne, Glenn Miller, Milton Berle, and Lynn Bari. It features the Glenn Miller Orchestra as well as dancing by the Nicholas Brothers. It also features Dorothy Dandridge, performing "Chattanooga Choo Choo", which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1996, and was awarded the first Gold Record for sales of 1.2 million. 20th Century Fox re-released the film in 1946 and in 1954 to tie-in with the biopic ''The Glenn Miller Story''. Plot Ted Scott ( John Payne) is a band pianist whose publicity manager decides that, for good press, the band should adopt a foreign refugee. The band goes to Ellis Island to meet the girl and soon discovers that the refugee isn't a 10-year-old child, but a young woman, Karen Benson (Sonja Henie). The surprise comes right before the band is to travel to Sun Valley, Idaho, for a Christmas event. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honeymoon For Three (1941 Film)
''Honeymoon for Three'' is a 1941 romantic comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon. It is a remake of the 1933 film '' Goodbye Again''. Plot An author in love with his secretary gets into trouble when he encounters an infatuated fan. Cast * Ann Sheridan as Anne Rogers. Sheridan and Brent married in 1942 and divorced the following year. * George Brent as Kenneth Bixby * Charlie Ruggles as Harvey Wilson * Osa Massen as Julie Wilson * Jane Wyman as Elizabeth Clochessy * William T. Orr as Arthur Westlake * Lee Patrick as Mrs. Pettijohn * Walter Catlett as Waiter * Herbert Anderson as Floyd Ingram * Johnny Downs as Chester T. Farrington III Reception Bosley Crowther gave a negative review in ''The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...'': "When we take Mr. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Partners
''Lucky Partners'' is a 1940 American comedy romance drama film directed by Lewis Milestone for RKO Radio Pictures. The film is based on the 1935 Sacha Guitry film ''Good Luck'', and stars Ronald Colman and Ginger Rogers in their only film together, and Rogers' eleventh and final film written by Allan Scott. Plot Portrait painter and caricaturist David Grant, newly arrived in Greenwich Village, wishes Jean Newton good luck on a whim as they pass on the sidewalk. When Jean delivers books, a woman makes her the gift of an expensive dress. She is quarreling with her son-in-law, who had given the dress to his wife. Believing David to be lucky, Jean asks him to partner with her on a ticket for the Irish Sweepstakes. He agrees only on condition that, if their horse wins, she accompany him on a platonic trip to see the sights before she settles down to married life in Poughkeepsie, New York. She and her fiancé, Frederick "Freddie" Harper, are dubious about the proposition, but he tal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primrose Path (film)
Primrose Path or The Primrose Path may refer to: *Original quote from Hamlet I, iii, by William Shakespeare * ''The Primrose Path'' (Stoker novel), an 1875 novel by Bram Stoker *''The Primrose Path'', a 1915 play by Bayard Veiller *''The Primrose Path'', the original working title of the 1920 film '' Burnt Wings'' based on the Veiller play *"The Primrose Path", a short story by D.H. Lawrence, published in 1922 in ''England, My England and Other Stories'' * ''The Primrose Path'' (1925 film), an American silent film starring Clara Bow * ''Primrose Path'' (1931 film), an American film directed by William A. O'Connor * ''The Primrose Path'' (1934 film), a British film directed by Reginald Denham * ''Primrose Path'' (1940 film), a 1940 film * ''Primrose Path'' (Jimmy Knepper and Bobby Wellins album), an album recorded in 1980 by Jimmy Knepper with Bobby Wellins *''The Primrose Path'', a 1987 novel by Joyce Thies * ''The Primrose Path'' (Matas novel), a 1995 novel by Carol Matas *''The P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Ave Girl
''Fifth Avenue Girl'', sometimes stylized as ''5th Ave Girl'', is a 1939 RKO Radio Pictures comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Ginger Rogers, Walter Connolly, Verree Teasdale, and James Ellison. The screenplay was written by Allan Scott with uncredited contributions by La Cava and Morris Ryskind. The film is about a rich industrialist with business problems who feels neglected by his family and hires a young woman to stir things up. Plot Wealthy industrialist Alfred Borden has problems both at work and at home. His employees at Amalgamated Pump are making demands that may drive the business that he has built from nothing into bankruptcy. His son Tim, who prefers playing polo, has neglected and lost a major customer. On his birthday, when Alfred returns to his Fifth Avenue mansion, he finds nobody there but the servants. His unfaithful wife Martha, his daughter Katherine and Tim have all forgotten, are busy or do not care. Feeling lonely, Alfred takes the ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man About Town (1939 Film)
''Man About Town'' is a 1939 musical comedy film starring Jack Benny, Dorothy Lamour, and Edward Arnold. The screenplay concerns a producer who tries to get his leading lady to take him seriously romantically by pursuing other women. Then-Sen. Harry S. Truman saw the movie in Washington, and wrote in a letter home to his wife that he enjoyed it.Frank, Jeffrey, ''The Trials of Harry S. Truman'' (Simon & Schuster 2022), p. xx Cast *Jack Benny as Bob Temple *Dorothy Lamour as Diana Wilson *Edward Arnold as Sir John Arlington *Binnie Barnes as Lady Arlington * Monty Woolley as Henri Dubois *Isabel Jeans as Mme. Dubois *Phil Harris as Ted Nash *Betty Grable as Susan Hayes * E. E. Clive as Hotchkiss * Eddie Anderson as Rochester *The Merriel Abbott Dancers as Themselves *Matty Malneck and His Orchestra as Themselves *The Pina Troupe as Themselves * Charles Coleman as Hotel Doorman (uncredited) *Cecil Kellaway Cecil Lauriston Kellaway (22 August 1890 – 28 February 1973) was a Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joy Of Living
''Joy of Living'' is a 1938 American musical comedy film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Irene Dunne and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. with supporting performances from Alice Brady, Guy Kibbee, Jean Dixon, Eric Blore and Lucille Ball. It features the hit song "You Couldn't Be Cuter," written by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields. Plot Margaret "Maggie" Garret is the star of a new musical show, ''Glamour'', having come up the hard way, following the family tradition of stage performance. She now earns a large salary but is devastated to learn that she is deeply in debt. She has worked extremely hard to make the show a success, but spends huge sums on a palatial home, and supporting her parents Dennis and Minerva, her sister Salina (also her understudy) and Salina's work-shy husband, Bert Pine. After the show one night, she forces her way through her adoring fans and is accosted by Dan Webster, who latches on to her and won't be put off. Taking him as a "masher", she drives to the police ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wise Girl (film)
''Wise Girl'' is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Miriam Hopkins, Ray Milland and Walter Abel. The screenplay concerns a wealthy socialite who tries to gain custody of her orphaned nieces. Plot Susan Fletcher (Miriam Hopkins) and her millionaire father, Simon (Henry Stephenson), are eager to take care of her late sister's two daughters, Joan and Katie, but her deceased brother-in-law's will placed them in the custody of his brother, John O'Halloran (Ray Milland). Mr. Fletcher's lawyers inform him that there is nothing they can do, unless John can be shown to be unemployed. However, though he loses jobs frequently, he also seems to be able to find new ones just as quickly. Susan decides to investigate. She passes herself off as an impoverished actress and talks John's kindly landlord into giving her a place to stay. She becomes acquainted with John, a struggling painter, the two girls, and their friends, boxer/sculptor Mike Malloy (Guinn Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quality Street (1937 Film)
''Quality Street'' is a 1937 period film made by RKO Radio Pictures.''Harrison's Reports'' film review; March 20, 1937, page 47. It was directed by George Stevens and produced by Pandro S. Berman. Set in 19th-century England, the film stars Katharine Hepburn and Franchot Tone. Joan Fontaine makes one of her early (uncredited) film appearances. The screenplay was by Allan Scott, Mortimer Offner, and Jack Townley, based on the 1901 play '' Quality Street'' by J. M. Barrie. This 1937 version was filmed at the RKO Encino movie ranch, RKO Forty Acres backlot, and RKO Hollywood Studios. ''Quality Street'' was a box office failure, recording a loss of $248,000.Richard Jewel, "RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951". ''Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television'', Vol 14 No 1, 1994; p. 44 It was Katharine Hepburn's fourth flop film in a row for RKO Pictures, which added to Miss Hepburn’s label as "box office poison" by the 1938 national group of movie exhibitors. Roy Webb's music was nomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Dream Too Much (1935 Film)
''I Dream Too Much'' is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by John Cromwell. It stars Henry Fonda, Lily Pons, and Lucille Ball in one of her earlier roles. It has been described as a "somewhat wispy operetta." Songs are by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Sound Recording (Carl Dreher). Plot Annette Monard Street (Lily Pons) is an aspiring singer, who falls in love with and marries Jonathan Street (Henry Fonda), a struggling young composer. Jonathan pushes her into a singing career, and she soon becomes a star. Meanwhile, Jonathan is unable to sell his music, and he finds himself jealous of his wife's success. Concerned about their relationship, Annette uses her influence to get Jonathan's work turned into a musical comedy. Once she achieves this, she then retires from public life in order to raise a family. Cast * Lily Pons as Annette Monard Street * Henry Fonda as Jonathan 'Johnny' Street * Eric Blore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |