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Barbara Barondess
Barbara Barondess (July 4, 1907 – May 31, 2000) was an American stage and film actress. Pitts p.234 She was married to the actor Douglas MacLean from 1938 to 1948. Selected filmography * ''The Reckless Lady'' (1926) * ''Summer Bachelors'' (1926) * ''Rasputin and the Empress'' (1932) * ''Hold Your Man'' (1933) * ''Devil's Mate'' (1933) * '' Luxury Liner'' (1933) * ''Soldiers of the Storm'' (1933) * '' Queen Christina'' (1933) * ''When Strangers Marry'' (1933) * '' Eight Girls in a Boat'' (1934) * '' The Pursuit of Happiness'' (1934) * '' Change of Heart'' (1934) * ''Beggar's Holiday'' (1934) * ''The Fountain'' (1934) * ''Unknown Blonde'' (1934) * ''Diamond Jim'' (1935) * ''People Will Talk'' (1935) * '' Life Begins at 40'' (1935) * ''A Tale of Two Cities'' (1935) * ''Lady Be Careful'' (1936) * ''Easy Money'' (1936) * '' The Plot Thickens'' (1936) * '' Make a Wish'' (1937) * ''Fit for a King ''Fit for a King'' is a 1937 American film starring Joe E. Brown and directed by Edw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, behind New York County (Manhattan). Brooklyn is also New York City's most populous borough,2010 Gazetteer for New York State . Retrieved September 18, 2016. with 2,736,074 residents in 2020. Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen, Brooklyn is located on the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beggar's Holiday (film)
''Beggar's Holiday'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Hardie Albright, J. Farrell MacDonald and Sally O'Neil. It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature.Pitts p.437 Scenes were shot at the Talisman Studios. In Britain it was distributed by Universal Pictures. Synopsis The daughter of a tug boat captain loses her job as a taxi dancer. Struggling she meets and falls in love with him, unwittingly knowing that he has been charged with embezzlement and is out on bail. He plans to enjoy two weeks fun with her before skipping the country, but unexpectedly finds that he has fallen in love with her too. He confesses his situation to her and stays in America to face the music. Paroled after a year, he goes straight and gets a job at the wharf. Cast * Hardie Albright as Dapper Frank Mason aka Bing * J. Farrell MacDonald as Pop Malloy * Sally O'Neil as Myrt Malloy * Barbara Barondess as Flo Evans * George Grandee as Bill Evans * William Franklin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1907 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emergency Squad (1940 Film)
''Emergency Squad'' is a 1940 American adventure film directed by Edward Dmytryk. Cast * William Henry as Peter Barton * Louise Campbell as Betty Bryant * Richard Denning as Dan Barton * Robert Paige as Chester 'Chesty' Miller * Anthony Quinn as Nick Buller * John Miljan as Slade Wiley * John Marston as Lt. Murdock * Joseph Crehan as H. Tyler Joyce, editor * Barbara Barondess Barbara Barondess (July 4, 1907 – May 31, 2000) was an American stage and film actress. Pitts p.234 She was married to the actor Douglas MacLean from 1938 to 1948. Selected filmography * ''The Reckless Lady'' (1926) * ''Summer Bachelors'' (19 ... as Ada Miller References External links * 1940 films 1940 adventure films American black-and-white films Films directed by Edward Dmytryk American adventure films Paramount Pictures films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{adventure-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fit For A King
''Fit for a King'' is a 1937 American film starring Joe E. Brown and directed by Edward Sedgwick. Plot summary Newspaper reporter " Scoops" (Brown) is sent out on assignment, to investigate the failed assassination attempts on Archduke Julio (Harry Davenport). Trying to get the story, he runs into Jane Hamilton (Helen Mack) who is really Princess Helen. He doesn't realize that she is the story: a princess in exile, in danger of assassination; and, falling in love with "Scoops", while engaged to a prince. The film ends with a wild chase and a shootout with machine guns. The question is, who will survive to tell the tale? Cast *Joe E. Brown as Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones *Helen Mack as Jane Hamilton / Princess Helen * Paul Kelly as Briggs *Harry Davenport as Archduke Julio *Halliwell Hobbes as Count Strunsky *John Qualen as Otto *Donald Briggs as Prince Michael *Frank Reicher as Kurtz *Russell Hicks as Editor Hardwick *Charles Trowbridge Charles Sila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Make A Wish (1937 Film)
''Make a Wish'' is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Bobby Breen, Basil Rathbone and Ralph Forbes. Plot While at summer camp in the Maine woods, young Chip Winters (Breen) befriends British composer Johnathan Selden (Rathbone), who left the city high life to try to break his creative block, and is soon playing matchmaker for his widowed singer mother Irene Winters (Claire) and Selden. Cast * Bobby Breen as Chip Winters * Basil Rathbone Johnny Selden * Marion Claire as Irene Winters * Ralph Forbes as Walter Mays * Donald Meek as Butler Joseph * Billy Lee as Pee Wee * Henry Armetta as Composer Moreta * Leon Errol as Composer Brennan * Herbert Rawlinson as Camp Manager Stevens * Charles Richman as Mr. Wagner * Fred Scott as Minstrel * Lillian Harmer as Clara * Johnny Arthur as Antoine * Richard Tucker as Grant * Leonid Kinskey as Moe * Tommy Ryan as Chunky * Barbara Barondess as Secretary * Billy Lechner as Judge * Lew Kelly as Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Plot Thickens (film)
''The Plot Thickens'' is a 1936 mystery film directed by William Sistrom, starring James Gleason and ZaSu Pitts, who plays the schoolteacher and amateur sleuth Hildegarde Withers from Stuart Palmer's stories. Gleason reprised his role as Hildegarde's friendly nemesis, Inspector Oscar Piper, from RKO Radio Pictures' previous Hildegarde Withers films. Plot Hildegarde Withers (ZaSu Pitts) is a novelist who now tries to figure out the connection between two unrelated murders. Inspector Oscar Piper (James Gleason), is Hildegarde's friendly nemesis. Cast * James Gleason as Oscar Piper * ZaSu Pitts as Hildegarde Withers * Owen Davis, Jr. as Robert 'Bob' Wilkins * Louise Latimer as Alice Stevens * Arthur Aylesworth as Kendall, the Butler * Paul Fix as Joe, the Chauffeur * Richard Tucker as John Carter * Barbara Barondess as Marie, the Maid * James Donlan as Jim, a Detective * Agnes Anderson as Dagmar, the Sculptor * Oscar Apfel Oscar C. Apfel (January 17, 1878 – March 21, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Money (1936 Film)
''Easy Money'' is a 1936 American crime film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Onslow Stevens, Kay Linaker and Noel Madison.Pitts p.111 Cast * Onslow Stevens as Dan Adams * Kay Linaker as Carol Carter * Noel Madison as 'Duke' Trotti * Allen Vincent as Eddie Adams * Barbara Barondess as Tonia * Wallis Clark as Mr. Curtis * Selmer Jackson as Mr. Harrison * Robert Homans as Sam Belden * Robert Graves as Sillsby * Robert Frazer as Lab Man * Broderick O'Farrell as Judge * Barbara Bedford as Mrs. Turner * Dickie Walters as Little Johnny * Betty Mack as Telephone Operator * Henry Hebert as Elmer Johnson * John Kelly as Carney * Monte Vandergrift Monte may refer to: Places Argentina * Argentine Monte, an ecoregion * Monte Desert * Monte Partido, a ''partido'' in Buenos Aires Province Italy * Monte Bregagno * Monte Cassino * Montecorvino (other) * Montefalcione Portugal * Mont ... as Moxey * Allen Wood as Chick * John Dilson as Rusick References Bibliography * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Be Careful
''Lady Be Careful'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Theodore Reed and written by Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, and Harry Ruskin, adapted from the play by Kenyon Nicholson and Charles Knox Robinson. The film stars Lew Ayres, Mary Carlisle, Benny Baker, Buster Crabbe, Grant Withers, and Irving Bacon. The film was released on September 4, 1936, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *Lew Ayres as Chester aka Dynamite *Mary Carlisle as Billie 'Stonewall' Jackson *Benny Baker as Barney *Buster Crabbe as Jake *Grant Withers as Lt. Loomis * Irving Bacon as Happy * Barbara Barondess as Dode *Sheila Bromley as Hazel *Wilma Francis as Bernice *Ethel Sykes as Dancer *Murray Alper as Mattie *Jack Chapin as Herb *Wesley Barry as Texas *Nick Lukats as Tim *Purnell Pratt as Father *Jack Adair as Sydney *Josephine McKim as Alice *Jennifer Gray as Girl in Sailboat *Bobbie Koshay as Girl in Sailboat *Irene Bennett as Girl in Sailboat *Ellen Drew Ellen Drew (born Esther Loretta R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Tale Of Two Cities (1935 Film)
''A Tale of Two Cities'' is a 1935 film based upon Charles Dickens' 1859 historical novel, ''A Tale of Two Cities'', set in London and Paris. The film stars Ronald Colman as Sydney Carton and Elizabeth Allan as Lucie Manette. The supporting players include Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen, Basil Rathbone, Lucille La Verne, Blanche Yurka, Henry B. Walthall and Donald Woods. It was directed by Jack Conway from a screenplay by W. P. Lipscomb and S. N. Behrman. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Film Editing. The story is set in France and England and spans several years before and during the French Revolution. It deals with the evils that precipitated the Revolution and with an innocent family and their friends caught up in the horrors of the Terror. Charles Darnay, a French aristocrat who has rejected his rank and moved to England, and Sidney Carton, an alcoholic English advocate, both fall in love with Lucie Manette. Lucie has brought her fat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Begins At 40 (film)
''Life Begins at 40'' is a 1935 black-and-white film starring Will Rogers and Richard Cromwell. It is based on the non-fiction self-help book ''Life Begins at Forty'' by Walter B. Pitkin. Plot Kenesaw H.Clark is a small town newspaper editor and publisher. He is operating on a shoestring budget and sometimes accepts livestock in lieu of cash. When Clark hires an ex-convict to work on th e paper, pompous town banker Colonel Abercrombie raises the roof. Cromwell had been jailed for a theft from his bank when he worked there as a teller. Clark has doubts about Cromwell's guilt and refuses to fire him. Abercrombie takes revenge by calling in his loans on the newspaper. Clark does his best to carry on, even printing the day's news on butcher paper. Clark responds not with anger, but with humor. He hires a group of professional hog callers to disrupt a political speech by the Colonel. These individuals do their job a little too well, as a stampede of hogs answers the call and destro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
