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Arthur Housman
Arthur Housman (October 10, 1889 – April 8, 1942) was an American actor in films during both the silent film era and the Golden Age of Hollywood. Career Arthur Housman was one of the first screen comedians known to the public by name, and one of the first to be part of a movie comedy team. He was a slapstick comic and light leading man for the pioneer Edison studio in New York. In 1913-14 the Edison company cast Housman opposite character actor William Wadsworth as the comedy team "Waddy and Arty." As a member of Edison's stock company, Housman participated in Edison's experimental production of talking pictures. Edison had engineered a way to synchronize dialogue and music (via phonograph records) with the visual action on film, and produced such novelties as ''Musical Blacksmiths'' (a male chorus) and ''Nursery Favorites''. Housman appeared in several reels, including ''The Edison Minstrels'' (as the interlocutor making the spoken announcements) and ''Jack's Joke''. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City, New York
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After The Thin Man
''After the Thin Man'' is a 1936 American murder mystery comedy film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring William Powell, Myrna Loy and James Stewart. A sequel to the 1934 feature ''The Thin Man'', the film presents Powell and Loy as Dashiell Hammett's characters Nick and Nora Charles. The film also features Elissa Landi, Joseph Calleia, Jessie Ralph, Alan Marshal and Penny Singleton (billed under her maiden name as Dorothy McNulty). Plot Nick and Nora Charles return from vacation on New Year's Eve to their home in San Francisco, where Nora's stuffy family expects the couple to join them for a formal dinner. Nick is disliked by Nora's aunt Katherine, the family matriarch, as his immigrant heritage and experience as a "flatfoot" are considered beneath Nora's station. Nora's cousin Selma tells Nora that her husband Robert has been missing for three days. David Graham is Selma's earlier fiancé and an old friend of Nora's family. He offers to pay Robert $25,000 to leave and g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown Of Harvard (1918 Film)
''Brown of Harvard'', also known as ''Tom Brown at Harvard'', is a 1918 film based on the 1906 Broadway play ''Brown of Harvard'' by Rida Johnson Young and the novel by Young and Gilbert Colman. The Washington State University football team and its coach, William "Lone Star" Dietz, participated in filming while in Southern California for the 1916 Rose Bowl. Plot As described in a film magazine, Tom Brown (Moore), a student at Harvard University, is engaged to Evelyn Ames (Daly). Her brother has become desperately involved with Marian Thorne (Winston). In an effort to protect his fiance's brother, the stigma associated with Marian Thorne's condition rests upon Tom. Evelyn breaks her engagement. Wilton Ames (Greene) crowns his borrowing of money from Tom by stealing a blank check and forging it for $300 to get Marion out of the city so that her condition may not get known. Gerald Thorne (McGrail), brother of Marian and stoke on the Harvard crew, refuses to enter the race after he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red, White And Blue Blood
''Red, White and Blue Blood'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film, directed by Charles Brabin. It stars Francis X. Bushman, Beverly Bayne, and Adella Barker, and was released on December 24, 1917. Cast list * Francis X. Bushman as John Spaulding * Beverly Bayne as Helen Molloy-Smythe * Adella Barker as Mrs. Molloy-Smythe * William H. Tooker as Patrick Spaulding * Duncan McRae as Count Jules Berratti * Cecil Fletcher as Bob Molloy-Smythe * Jack Raymond as Light-fingered Bertie * C. R. McKinney as Charlie Jadwin * Arthur Housman Arthur Housman (October 10, 1889 – April 8, 1942) was an American actor in films during both the silent film era and the Golden Age of Hollywood. Career Arthur Housman was one of the first screen comedians known to the public by name, and on ... References External links * * * Films directed by Charles Brabin Metro Pictures films 1917 comedy films 1917 films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennington's Choice
''Pennington's Choice'' is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by William Bowman and starring Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne a popular film acting team of the era. It was distributed by Metro Pictures. In audio recordings made in the early 1960s, Bushman talks about the making of and success of this film. A copy donated by the MGM survives at George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection Rochester New York. Cast * Francis X. Bushman as Robert Pennington *Wellington Playter as Jules Blondeau *H. O'Dell as Louis Blondeau *William Farris as Roland Blondeau * Beverly Bayne as Eugenia Blondeau / Marie Blondeau * Helen Dunbar as Mrs. Allison * Lester Cuneo as Jean *Morris Cytron as Pierre * Jim Jeffries as Himself (credited as J.J. Jeffries) *Gibson Gowland as Mountain Man (uncredited) *Arthur Housman Arthur Housman (October 10, 1889 – April 8, 1942) was an American actor in films during both the silent film era and the Golden Age of Hollywood. Career Arthur Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Simp And The Sophomores
''The Simp and the Sophomores'' is a 1915 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Raymond McKee - Percy Quince * Harry Eytinge - Professor Stout * Arthur Housman - Tom Haze * Oliver Hardy - Professor Arm. Strong (as O.N. Hardy) * Jean Dumar - Alice Fields See also * List of American films of 1915 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy as a team, see: Laurel and Hardy films :''This list contains only the films that Laurel and Hardy made together. For their solo films see Stan Laur ... External links * 1915 films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1915 comedy films 1915 short films Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It May Be You
''It May Be You'' is a 1915 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Arthur Housman - Jack Kenwood * Andy Clark - The Office Boy (as Andrew J. Clark) * Dallas Welford - Hi Jinks * Mabel Dwight - Mrs. Jinks * Maxine Brown - Jinks's Stenographer * Charles Ascot - William Hall (as Charles Ascott) * Caroline Rankin - Stenographer * Oliver Hardy - Paul Simmons (as O.N. Hardy) * Jessie Stevens - Stenographer * Harry Eytinge - A Banker * Gladys Leslie - His secretary * Julian Reed - James Redfield * Jean Dumar - Lillian See also * List of American films of 1915 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy as a team, see: Laurel and Hardy films :''This list contains only the films that Laurel and Hardy made together. For their solo films see Stan Laur ... External links * 1915 films 1915 short films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1915 comedy films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack's Joke
Jack's Family Restaurants, LP (doing business as Jack's) is an American fast food restaurant chain, headquartered and based in Birmingham, and is owned by AEA Investors. Restaurants feature sit-down dining, drive-thrus and takeout service. The menu features primarily burgers, fried chicken, breakfast and various other fast food items including french fries and soft drinks. , there were 202 Jack's restaurants in operation; all corporate owned. The company opens new locations at a rate of 15 per year. History Jack's was founded on November 21, 1960, by Jack Caddell as a single walk-up stand in Homewood, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham. This location still operates today after several remodels, the most recent in 2019, and is the chain's flagship store. The original menu featured items such as fifteen-cent hamburgers and fries, twenty-cent shakes, and a twenty-cent "Fish-On-A-Bun." Jack's rapidly expanded and by the mid-1960s, they had more than a half dozen locations in the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Happened To Mary?
''What Happened to Mary'' (sometimes erroneously referred to as ''What Happened to Mary?'') is the first serial film made in the United States. Produced by Edison Studios, with screenplays by Horace G. Plympton, and directed by Charles Brabin, the action films starred Mary Fuller. Twelve one-reel episodes were released monthly beginning July 1912, coinciding with the literary serial of the same name published in McClure's ''The Ladies' World'' magazine. In addition to the motion pictures and regular magazine installments, ''What Happened to Mary'' was also adapted as a stage play, followed by a novelization, making it an early example of the multimedia franchise. Cast *Mary Fuller as Mary *Marc McDermott as Lieutenant Strakey * Charles Ogle as Richard Craig, Mary's uncle *Herbert Yost as Henry, Craig's son *Miriam Nesbitt as Madame Jolatsy, a spy *Bliss Milford as Daisy *Bigelow Cooper as Mr. Foster, the Lawyer * William Wadsworth as Billy Peart *Harold M. Shaw as Rev. Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by '' Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, in which case it is known as latent tuberculosis. Around 10% of latent infections progress to active disease which, if left untreated, kill about half of those affected. Typical symptoms of active TB are chronic cough with blood-containing mucus, fever, night sweats, and weight loss. It was historically referred to as consumption due to the weight loss associated with the disease. Infection of other organs can cause a wide range of symptoms. Tuberculosis is spread from one person to the next through the air when people who have active TB in their lungs cough, spit, speak, or sneeze. People with Latent TB do not spread the disease. Active infection occurs more often in people with HIV/AIDS and in those who smoke. Diagnosis of active TB is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escort Girl (film)
''Escort Girl'' is a 1941 American film directed by Edward E. Kaye; it is also known as ''Scarlet Virgin''. Plot summary Ruth Ashley ( Betty Compson) is a former escort girl who now owns the Hollywood Escort Bureau in Los Angeles together with Gregory Stone (Wheeler Oakman). Ruth is co-owner of the Café Martinique, where the escorts go with their dates to watch striptease and drink champagne. The escort bureau is managed by Breeze Nolan (Guy Kingsford) who provides customers with both male and female escorts. Ruth has a daughter, June (Margaret Marquis), who is ignorant of her mother's occupation. June believes that her mother works in real estate. Ruth had sent her daughter to a private school in the eastern U.S. Eventually June is engaged to Drake Hamilton (Robert Kellard), and when Drake travels to Los Angeles for work, June decides to accompany him to meet her mother. At the same time, Ruth and her partner learn that the district attorney is planning to put an end to illeg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
