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Arnold Lucy
Arnold Lucy (born Walter George Campbell, 8 August 1865 – 15 December 1945) was a British theatre and film actor, best known as Professor Kantorek in ''All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film), All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1930). Life and career Lucy was the youngest of the six sons of architect and surveyor Donald Campbell and his wife Lucy Elizabeth (née Speak) of Church Lane, Hornfield Lodge, Tottenham. His parents married in 1853. Their youngest child and only daughter, Rose Lucy, was born in 1871. Arnold Lucy started his acting career in the late 19th century at the theatre. He said that he performed on the West End theatre, London West End stage over 1,200 times before making his film debut in the silent film ''The Devil's Toy'' (1916). Lucy played in over 40 British and United States, American movies between 1916 and 1938, mostly in small roles. He often portrayed authoritarian and dignified roles, most notable as Professor Kantorek, the nationalistic school tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constance Talmadge
Constance Alice Talmadge (April 19, 1898 – November 23, 1973) was an American silent film star. She was the sister of actresses Norma and Natalie Talmadge. Early life Talmadge was born on April 19, 1898 in Brooklyn, New York, to poor parents, Margaret L. "Peg" and Frederick O. Talmadge. Her father was an alcoholic, and left them when she was still very young. Her mother made a living by doing laundry. When a friend recommended Talmadge's mother use older sister Norma as a model for title slides in flickers, which were shown in early nickelodeons, Peg decided to do so. This led all three sisters into acting careers.Profile goldensilents.com; accessed August 27, 2014. Career [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fair Lady (film)
''Fair Lady'' is a 1922 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Kenneth Webb (director), Kenneth Webb. The film stars Betty Blythe, Thurston Hall and Robert Elliott (actor), Robert Elliott. The film was based on the novel ''The Net'' by Rex Beach. It is not known whether the film currently lost film, survives. Plot In Sicily, Count Martinello is assassinated by Cardi and his mafia group on what would have been his wedding day. His bride to be, Countess Margherita, gets word of this from American Norvin Blake, who fails to protect her from Cardi, who wants her for his own. Later, Margherita and Norvin meet in New Orleans, where he declares his love for her. Recognizing Gian Norcone as the group leader that killed the count, Norvin has him arrested after getting into a fight with him. Caesar Maruffi, a supposed friend and admirer who suits Margherita, is discovered to be Cardi. In the middle of a fight between Cardi and Norvin, Cardi is stabbed by Lucrezia, Margherita' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady With A Past
''Lady with a Past'' is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy film starring Constance Bennett as a shy and very proper young lady who decides to invent a scandalous past for herself to spice up her life. It is based on the novel of the same name by Harriet Henry. Plot Although she is an heiress and quite lovely, Venice Muir is very shy. She is flattered when flirtatious Donnie Wainwright urges her to elope to Paris with him, then irked when he abandons her before their ship departs. Venice gets an idea, hiring a penniless fellow, Guy Bryson, to pretend to be a gigolo and spread word of Venice's effect on men. Soon she is the toast of Paris, suitors lining up to woo her, including Rene, a man of noble lineage. Unbeknownst to her, Rene is in serious debt. When she rejects his proposal, Rene commits suicide, enhancing Venice's reputation as a heartbreaking vixen. Sailing back home, Venice is followed by more gossip, including some about Guy. A dazzled Donnie begins pursuing her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Star Final
''Five Star Final'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film about the excesses of tabloid journalism directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Edward G. Robinson, Aline MacMahon (in her screen debut) and Boris Karloff. The screenplay was by Robert Lord and Byron Morgan based on the 1930 play of the same name by Louis Weitzenkorn. The title refers to the practice of newspapers publishing a series of editions throughout the day, with their final-edition front page having five stars printed and the word "Final." "Five Star Final" is also a font introduced during World War I and then favored by newspapers for its narrow type. Warner Bros. remade the film in 1936 as '' Two Against the World'', also known as ''One Fatal Hour'', starring Humphrey Bogart in Robinson's part and set in a radio station instead of at a newspaper.TCNotes/ref> The film was nominated at the 5th Academy Awards (1931/1932) for Best Picture, but lost to ''Grand Hotel''. Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merely Mary Ann
''Merely Mary Ann'' a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy drama film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen films together, including Frank Borzage's classics '' Seventh Heaven'' (1927), '' Street Angel'' (1928), and '' Lucky Star'' (1929); Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress for the first two and F. W. Murnau's '' Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans''. The film, involving an orphan (Gaynor) and a flat-broke composer (Farrell), was written by Jules Furthman based upon Israel Zangwill's play of the same name and directed by Henry King. Plot Orphan drudge Mary Ann finds love and hope in the arms of a promising but poor composer, John Lonsdale. Cast * Janet Gaynor as Mary Ann * Charles Farrell as John Lonsdale * Beryl Mercer as Mrs. Leadbatter * J. M. Kerrigan as First Drayman * Tom Whiteley as Second Drayman * Lorna Balfour as Lorna Leadbatter * Arnold Lucy as Vicar Smedge * G. P. Huntley as Peter Brooke * Harry Rosen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Sinners (1931 Film)
''Young Sinners'' is an American Pre-Code drama film released on May 17, 1931, directed by John G. Blystone. The screenplay was initially written by Maurine Watkins though the script filmed was William Conselman's, not Watkins'. (Watkin's script is in the archives of 20th Century Fox's produced scripts). Conselman scrapped her screenplay in favor of his own (adaptation, continuity and dialog, according to American Film Institute) based on the play '' Young Sinners'' by Elmer Harris (New York, November 28, 1929).American Film Institute: Catalog of Feature Film''Young Sinners'' afi.com; retrieved November 26, 2013. Cast *Thomas Meighan - Tom McGuire *Hardie Albright - Gene Gibson * Dorothy Jordan - Constance Sinclair *Cecilia Loftus - Mrs. Sinclair * James Kirkwood - John Gibson *Edmund Breese - Trent *Lucien Prival - Baron von Konitz *Arnold Lucy - Butler *Nora Lane - Maggie McGuire *Joan Castle - Sue *John Arledge - Jimmy *Edward Nugent - Bud *Yvonne Pelletier - Madge *Steve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unfaithful (1931 Film)
''Unfaithful'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by John Cromwell, written by Eve Unsell and John Van Druten, and starring Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Paul Cavanagh, Juliette Compton, Donald Cook and Emily Fitzroy. It was released on March 14, 1931, by Paramount Pictures. Plot “A woman sacrifices her good name to save her brother from being disillusioned by his wife's unfaithfulness.” Canham, 1976 p. 118: Filmography section. Complete plot summary quoted verbatim. Cast *Ruth Chatterton as Lady Fay Kilkerry *Paul Lukas as Colin Graham *Paul Cavanagh as Ronald Killkerry *Juliette Compton as Gemma Houston * Donald Cook as Terry Houston *Emily Fitzroy as Auntie Janie *Leslie Palmer as Jeffries *Syd Saylor as Buck *Bruce Warren as Steve *Arnold Lucy as Bishop *David Cavendish as Gerald *Ambrose Barker as Tinker *Stella Moore as Iris *George Jackson as Count Carini * Eric Kalkhurst as Frank *Douglas Gilmore Douglas Gilmore (June 25, 1903 – July 26, 1950) was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Princess And The Plumber
''The Princess and the Plumber'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Alexander Korda and written by Howard J. Green. The film stars Charles Farrell, Maureen O'Sullivan, H. B. Warner, Joseph Cawthorn, Bert Roach and Lucien Prival. The film was released on December 21, 1930, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast *Charles Farrell as Charlie Peters/Albert Bowers *Maureen O'Sullivan as Princess Louise *H. B. Warner as Prince Conrad of Daritzia *Joseph Cawthorn as Merkl *Bert Roach as Albert Bowers *Lucien Prival as Baron von Kemper *Murray Kinnell as Worthing *Louise Closser Hale Louise Closser Hale (October 13, 1872 – July 26, 1933) was an American actress, playwright, and novelist. Early life Louise Closser was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 13, 1872. Her father was Joseph Closser, a grain dealer, and her ... as Miss Eden References External links * 1930 films 1930 comedy films American comedy films 1930s English-language films Fox Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland Yard (1930 Film)
''Scotland Yard'' is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by William K. Howard, written by Garrett Fort, and starring Edmund Lowe, Joan Bennett, Donald Crisp, Georges Renavent, Lumsden Hare and David Torrence. It was released on October 19, 1930, by Fox Film Corporation. It is based on the 1929 play ''Scotland Yard'' by Denison Clift. In 1941, the film was remade under the same title. The film depicts identity theft. A financier who went missing in action during World War I is impersonated by a swindler. Synopsis In London following the First World War, a criminal masquerades of a financier who had gone missing in action with the intent of stealing large sums of money. Cast *Edmund Lowe as Sir John Lasher / Dakin Barrolles *Joan Bennett as Xandra, Lady Lasher *Donald Crisp as Charles Fox *Georges Renavent as Dr. Dean *Lumsden Hare as Sir Clive Heathcote * David Torrence as Captain Graves *Barbara Leonard as Nurse Cecilia * Norman Ainsley as Reggie, Xandra's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manslaughter (1930 Film)
''Manslaughter'' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Abbott, and starring Claudette Colbert and Fredric March. An original print of the film is saved in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. This film is a sound remake of Cecil B. DeMille's 1922 silent classic ''Manslaughter''. Paramount also released a French-language version of this 1930 film as '' The Indictment'', directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki. Plot summary A wealthy woman runs over and kills a man in an automobile accident. Cast *Claudette Colbert as Lydia Thorne *Fredric March as Dan O'Bannon *Emma Dunn as Miss Bennett *Natalie Moorhead as Eleanor Bellington *Richard Tucker as J.P. Albee *Hilda Vaughn as Louise Evans * G. Pat Collins as John Drummond *Steve Pendleton as Bobby * Stanley Fields as Peters *Arnold Lucy as Piers *Ivan F. Simpson as Morson *George Chandler George Chandler (June 30, 1898 – June 10, 1985) was an American actor who starred in over 140 feature films, usually in s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Girl (1930 Film)
''City Girl'' is a 1930 American silent film directed by F. W. Murnau, and starring Charles Farrell and Mary Duncan. It is based upon the play "The Mud Turtle" by Elliot Lester. Though shot as a silent feature, the film was refitted with some sound elements and released in 1930. The film is credited as being the primary inspiration for Terrence Malick's film ''Days of Heaven'' (1978). Plot In the years of the Great Depression, Lem Tustine is sent to Chicago by his father to sell the family farm's wheat crop. He meets Kate, a waitress who is sick of the endless bustle of the city and has dreams of living in the countryside. The stock market price of wheat starts to drop and Lem hurriedly sells the crop for far less than the bottom line his father had given him. Meanwhile, Lem has fallen in love with Kate and they marry. They travel back to the countryside, but Lem's father, angry at the disastrous wheat sale, subjects Kate to hostility and physical abuse, mistakenly believing th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masquerade (1929 Film)
''Masquerade'' is a 1929 American drama film directed by Russell Birdwell and written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan and Frederick Hazlitt Brennan. It is based on the 1907 novel ''The Brass Bowl'' by Louis Joseph Vance. The film stars Alan Birmingham, Leila Hyams, Arnold Lucy, Clyde Cook, J. Farrell MacDonald and George C. Pearce. The film was released on July 14, 1929, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast *Alan Birmingham as Dan Anisty / Dan Maitland *Leila Hyams as Sylvia Graeme *Arnold Lucy as Bannerman * Clyde Cook as Blodgett *J. Farrell MacDonald as Joe Hickey * George C. Pearce as Andrew Graeme *Rita La Roy Rita La Roy (born Ina La Roi Stuart; October 2, 1901 – February 18, 1993) was an American actress and dancer, beginning her career in 1929, and having her last significant role in 1940. Career La Roy appeared in over 50 films, the best k ... as Girl *Frank Richardson as Singer *John Breeden as First Reporter *Jack P. Pierce as Second Reporter *Pat Moriarity as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
