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Ben Taggart
Ben Taggart (April 5, 1889 – May 17, 1947) was an American actor. Taggart's stage experience began in Seattle, and he went on to play leading roles in Washington, Portland, San Francisco, Trenton, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia. He was described as "an adept comedian as well as a delineator of the more serious parts." Selected filmography His first movie was ''The Woman Next Door'' in 1915;(24 July 1915)Taggart in Kleine's "Woman Next Door" ''The Moving Picture World'' from 1931 to 1945 he appeared in a number of minor uncredited roles. Credited roles include: * '' The Woman Next Door'' (1915) - Tom Grayson * ''The Fixer'' (1915) - Mr. William Fowler * ''The Sentimental Lady'' (1915) - Tom Woodbury * ''She'' (1917) - Leo Vincey * '' Oh, Boy!'' (1919) - Charles Hartley * ''The Hidden Light'' (1920) - Victor Bailey * '' Mammy'' (1930) - Sheriff (uncredited) * '' Kick In'' (1931) - Detective Johnson (uncredited) * ''Newly Rich'' (1931) - Mr. Black (uncredited) * '' Smart Money'' ( ... [...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] |
Taxi!
''Taxi!'' is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring James Cagney and Loretta Young. The film includes a famous, and often misquoted, line with Cagney speaking to his brother's killer through a locked closet: "Come out and take it, you dirty yellow-bellied rat, or I'll give it to you through the door!" This line has often been misquoted as "You dirty rat, you killed my brother". To play his competitor in a ballroom dance contest, Cagney recommended his pal, fellow tough-guy-dancer George Raft, who was uncredited in the film. In a lengthy and memorable sequence, the scene culminates with Raft and his partner winning the dance contest against Cagney and Young, after which Cagney slugs Raft and knocks him down.Everett Aaker, ''The Films of George Raft'', McFarland & Company, 2013, p. 20 As in ''The Public Enemy'' (1931), several scenes in ''Taxi!'' involved the use of live machine gun bullets. After a few of the bullets narrowly missed Cagney's head, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast Workers
''Fast Workers'', also known as ''Rivets'', is a 1933 pre-Code drama film starring John Gilbert and Robert Armstrong as construction workers and romantic rivals for the character played by Mae Clarke. The film, which is based on the unproduced play ''Rivets'' by John McDermott, was directed by an uncredited Tod Browning. The supporting cast features Virginia Cherrill and Sterling Holloway. Plot ''Fast Workers'' is set in the early 1930s, in the time of the film's release. It portrays the freewheeling lives and romantic escapades of two friends who work as riveters on high-rise construction projects. Gunner Smith ( John Gilbert) is a rake who loves women but hates the notion of emotionally committing to any of his romantic conquests. His close friend Bucker Reilly, however, is just the opposite, often losing his heart to the various "dames" he meets and quickly becoming entangled with them. Gunner therefore sees it as his ongoing duty as a pal to save Bucker from rushing headl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Lady's Profession
''A Lady's Profession'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan, Walter DeLeon and Nina Wilcox Putnam. The film stars Alison Skipworth, Roland Young, Sari Maritza, Kent Taylor, Roscoe Karns, Warren Hymer and George Barbier. The film was released on March 3, 1933, by Paramount Pictures. Cast *Alison Skipworth as Beulah Bonnell *Roland Young as Lord Reginald Withers *Sari Maritza as Cecily Withers *Kent Taylor as Dick Garfield *Roscoe Karns as Tony *Warren Hymer as Nutty Bolton * George Barbier as James Garfield *DeWitt Jennings as Mr. Stephens *Billy Bletcher as Keyhole *Dewey Robinson as The Colonel *Edgar Norton as Crotchett *Ethel Griffies as Lady McDougal *Claudia Craddock as Miss Snodgrass * James Burke as Mulroy *Jackie Searl John E. Searl (July 7, 1921 – April 29, 1991) was an American actor. He portrayed bratty kids in several films, and often had only small roles, such as "Robin Figg" in 1934' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast Life (1932 Film)
''Fast Life'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film starring William Haines and Madge Evans, directed by Harry A. Pollard and is based upon the story ''Let's Go'' by E.J. Rath. Plot Two people leave the US Navy after having served ten years as a sailor. Sandy is one of them and later invents a carburetor that should increase the speed that powered boats will run. When testing it, he accidentally sinks a boat and has to pay for it. Now he is broke and enters a boat contest. To win, he has to invent the fastest boat in the world. Cast (in credits order) *William Haines as Sandy *Madge Evans as Shirley *Conrad Nagel as Burton *Arthur Byron as Jameson *Cliff Edwards as Bumpy *Warburton Gamble as Halstead *Kenneth Thomson as Mr Williams *Albert Gran Albert Gran (August 4, 1862 – December 16, 1932) was a Norwegian-born American stage and film actor. He is most associated with his appearance in drama and light comedy films. Biography Albert Gran was born in Berge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Park (1932 Film)
''Central Park'' is a 1932 United States Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code feature-length crime drama film directed by John G. Adolfi. This rarely seen film stars Wallace Ford and Joan Blondell and exists in a nitrate print at the Library of Congress. It has seen a DVD release by Teakwood Video. Plot Two destitute New Yorkers meet in Central Park to then get separated after getting involved with some gangsters. The gangsters pose as police officers to make money. The two New Yorkers are reunited in the end Cast * Joan Blondell as Dot * Wallace Ford as Rick * Guy Kibbee as Policeman Charlie Cabot * Henry B. Walthall as Eby * John Wray (actor), John Wray as Robert Smiley * Harold Huber as Nick Sarno * Lee Shumway as Al (uncredited) * Larry Steers as Headwaiter (uncredited) References External links * * * * 1932 films 1932 crime drama films American black-and-white films American crime drama films Films directed by John G. Adolfi Films set in New York City First National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faithless (1932 Film)
''Faithless'' is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film about a spoiled socialite who learns a sharp lesson when she loses all her money during the Great Depression. The film stars Tallulah Bankhead and Robert Montgomery and is based on Mildred Cram's novel ''Tinfoil'', which was the film's working title. Plot Spoiled New York socialite Carol Morgan (Bankhead), romping through the Depression with her lavish lifestyle, breaks off her engagement with Bill Wade (Montgomery) over her refusal to live on his comparatively modest salary rather than her own wealth. To make matters worse, she expresses scorn for his career as an advertising executive. An unplanned sexual encounter seems to resolve their differences until Carol refuses Bill's offer for an expedited wedding at city hall, and again they are unable to come to terms. The impasse ends with Bill leaving her at her opulent home. Later, when Carol's lawyer and financial manager inform her that she has lost everything, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hold 'Em Jail
''Hold 'Em Jail'' is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring Wheeler and Woolsey. They play a couple of boobs who are wrongfully convicted for firearm possession and sent to prison, where they somehow end up playing on the warden's football team. Warden Edgar Kennedy is not above framing innocent people into prison and blackmailing them into playing on his football team in exchange for being eventually proven innocent. Wheeler and Woolsey are wise to the racket, but Kennedy has to treat them with kid gloves because his old maid sister (Oliver) is in love with one of them. Rare for the duo, the film is a straight comedy with no musical numbers. It is also noteworthy for giving Betty Grable her first substantial role after appearances as a Goldwyn Girl and in bit parts. The title is a pun on the then-popular college football cheer, "Hold 'em, Yale." Cast * Bert Wheeler as Curly Harris * Robert Woolsey as Spider Robbins * Edna May Oliver as Violet Jones * Robert Armstrong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horse Feathers
''Horse Feathers'' is a 1932 pre-Code comedy film starring the Marx Brothers. It stars the Four Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo), Thelma Todd and David Landau. It was written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, S. J. Perelman, and Will B. Johnstone. Kalmar and Ruby also wrote the original songs for the film. Several of the film's gags were taken from the Marx Brothers' stage comedy from the 1900s, ''Fun in Hi Skule''. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term "horse feathers" is U.S. slang for "nonsense, rubbish, balderdash," attributed originally to Billy DeBeck. Plot The film revolves around college football and a game between the fictional Darwin and Huxley Colleges. Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley College, is convinced by his son Frank, a student at the school, to recruit professional football players to help Huxley's losing football team. Baravelli is an "iceman", who delivers ice and bootleg liquor from a local speakea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Million Dollar Legs (1932 Film)
''Million Dollar Legs'' is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring Jack Oakie and W.C. Fields, directed by Edward F. Cline, produced by Herman J. Mankiewicz (co-writer of ''Citizen Kane'') and B.P. Schulberg, co-written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film was inspired by the 1932 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles, California. Plot While visiting the mythical country of Klopstokia on business, brush salesman Migg Tweeny (Jack Oakie) collides with a young woman (Susan Fleming) on the street and the two fall instantly in love. Her name is Angela—all the women in Klopstokia are named Angela, and the men are named George—and she is the daughter of Klopstokia's president (W.C. Fields), whose country is bankrupt, and who relies upon his great physical strength to dominate a cabinet that is conspiring to overthrow him. Tweeny, hoping to win the hand of the president's daughter in marriage, presents him with a plan to remedy Klopstokia's fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Strange Love Of Molly Louvain
''The Strange Love of Molly Louvain'' is a 1932 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Ann Dvorak and Lee Tracy. The script was based on the play ''Tinsel Girl'' by Maurine Dallas Watkins. Plot Molly Louvain is a young woman who has a baby out of wedlock. She falls in with a career criminal and, after he is shot by police, she hides out with a former bellhop who wants to marry her and make her "respectable." But, instead, she falls in love with Scotty Cornell, a fast-talking cynical newspaper reporter, who does not realize that she is, in fact, the very gun moll that he has been writing about in his columns. As she is about to go to prison, he discovers her identity, but pledges to stick by her nevertheless. Cast * Ann Dvorak as Madeleine Maude 'Molly' Louvain * Lee Tracy as Scott 'Scotty' Cornell * Richard Cromwell as Jimmy Cook * Guy Kibbee as Pop, a Policeman * Leslie Fenton as Nicky Grant * Frank McHugh as Skeets, a Reporter * Evalyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
