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Berton Churchill
Berton Churchill (December 9, 1876 – October 10, 1940) was a Canadian stage and film actor. Early years Churchill was born in Toronto, Ontario. After his family moved to New York City, he graduated from high school there, studied law at night, and was a weekly participant in the William J. Florence Dramatic Society in Jersey City. As a young man interested in the theater, he appeared in stock companies as early as 1903 and worked as a newspaper pressman, eventually becoming a foreman and leader of his union. Progressing in his acting, he began performing with the Berkely Lyceum. Career Churchill acted for two years with a traveling repertory company, developing skills that eventually took him to Broadway. The death of his father caused him to return home to work as a press foreman. Eventually he returned to acting in small parts. His career received a boost when E. F. Albee saw him perform in Boston. Albee added him to his summer stock company at Pawtucket, where C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dark Hour (1936 Film)
''The Dark Hour'' is a 1936 American film directed by Charles Lamont. Plot When Elsa Carson's (Irene Ware) Uncle, Henry Carson (William V. Mong), is found murdered there is no shortage of suspects. To start with these include her other Uncle, Charles Carson (Hobart Bosworth), her fiancé, Jim Landis ( Ray Walker), who is investigating the case; her Aunt, Mrs. Tallman (Hedda Hopper); and Foot, the Butler (E.E. Clive). Elsa also doesn't know that retired Police Detective, Paul Bernard (Berton Churchill), has been on the trail of her Uncle Charles and the Butler for years, or that others might have their own motives for the murder. Things then start to look bleak for Elsa when the murder weapon and a disguise are found in her room. Differences from novel Ewart Adamson based the screenplay on the 1928 novel ''The Last Trap'', by American mystery writer Sinclair Gluck. The working title for the film was "''The Last Trap''". The film omits many details from the novel. As Retired Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cabin In The Cotton
''The Cabin in the Cotton'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code drama film directed by Michael Curtiz. The screenplay by Paul Green (playwright), Paul Green is based on the novel of the same title by Harry Harrison Kroll. The film perhaps is best known for a line of dialogue spoken by a platinum-blonde Bette Davis in a Southern United States, Southern drawl -- "I'd like ta kiss ya, but I just washed my hair."—a line lifted directly from the book. In later years it was immortalized by Davis impersonators and quoted in the 1995 film ''Get Shorty (film), Get Shorty''. Plot Marvin Blake is a sharecropper's son who wants to better himself by continued schooling instead of working in the fields under the heat in the Deep South. Initially, greedy Planter (American South), planter Lane Norwood is opposed to the idea and says he needs to work in his fields, but after the sudden death of his over-worked father, he grudgingly helps Blake achieve his goal and gives the young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarnished Lady
''Tarnished Lady'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Cukor and starring Tallulah Bankhead and Clive Brook. The screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart is based on his short story, ''A Story of a New York Lady''. Plot Nancy Courtney, a once wealthy socialite, has had to struggle to maintain a facade of prosperity ever since her father's death. Although she loves writer DeWitt Taylor, who is indifferent to amassing a fortune, her mother urges her to marry stockbroker Norman Cravath instead. Nancy acquiesces to her mother's wishes but, despite the fact her new husband does everything he can to please her, she is miserable in her marriage. Meanwhile, DeWitt has begun romancing Norman's former girl friend Germaine Prentiss, Nancy's long-time rival. She realizes DeWitt's relationship with Germaine is changing him into a social climber. Unaware Norman's firm has just been barred from the stock market and he is facing financial ruin, Nancy tells her husband she is le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tongues Of Flame
''Tongues of Flame'' is a 1924 American silent melodrama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on a novel by Peter Clark MacFarlane and was directed by Joseph Henabery. The film starred Thomas Meighan and Bessie Love. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Plot The Native American Siwash people have been displaced from their land and live on a reservation. Wealthy Boland (Churchill) attempts to buy the reservation from the Siwash, who consult honest attorney Harrington (Meighan) for advice. Harrington looks into the contract and advises the Siwash to accept it. However, after the sale goes through, Boland drills for oil on the land, violating the contract. This angers Harrington, who exposes Boland's fraud. In retaliation, Boland has Harrington arrested on false charges. A local court looks into the surveys associated with Boland's contracts, and returns all the Siwash native l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six Cylinder Love (1923 Film)
''Six Cylinder Love'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film produced and distributed by Fox Film and directed by Elmer Clifton. The film is based on a popular 1921 Broadway play and stars Ernest Truex from the play. Other actors appearing in the film from the Broadway play are Donald Meek and Ralph Sipperly. Both Hedda Hopper and June Walker had substantial roles in the long-running play, but did not appear in the film. Walker's part was played by ingenue Florence Eldridge in her first film. Also making their film debuts are Donald Meek and Thomas Mitchell. In 1931, Fox produced an early sound remake starring newcomer Spencer Tracy. The 20th Century Fox studio remade the story in 1939 as '' The Honeymoon's Over''. Plot As described in a film magazine review, newlyweds Gilbert and Marilyn Sterling make their home in a pleasant suburb. The young wife explains that she wants an automobile badly. The husband takes out a mortgage on the home and buys a machine from crafty auto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Road Called Straight
''The Road Called Straight'' is a 1919 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Louis Bennison, Ormi Hawley, Henry Mortimer, Berton Churchill, Jane Adler, and John Daly Murphy. The film was released by Goldwyn Pictures on April 20, 1919. Plot Cast *Louis Bennison as Al Boyd *Ormi Hawley as Betty Swiftmore *Henry Mortimer as Harrison Stevens *Berton Churchill as Robert Swiftmore *Jane Adler as Betty's Mother *John Daly Murphy as Steven's Valet Preservation The film is now considered lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee .... References External links * * 1919 comedy-drama films 1910s English-language films 1919 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Goldwyn Pictures films Lost American comedy-d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berton Churchill In Vagabond Lady Trailer
Berton is a both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: As a surname *Alain Berton, (1912–1979), French chemical engineer specialized in toxicology * Annibale Berton (born 1936), Italian Olympic canoeist * George Frederick Street Berton (1808–1840), Canadian lawyer from New Brunswick *Giuseppe Berton (1932–2013), Italian missionary * Henri Berton (fl. 1908), French Olympic archer *Henri-Montan Berton (1767–1844), French composer *John Berton (contemporary), American computer graphics animator and visual effects artist * Liliane Berton (1924–2009), French opera singer and recording artist *Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, 1st Duke of Mahón (1717–1796), French soldier during the Seven Years' War; later joined the Spanish army *Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon (1541–1615), French soldier * Marie-Hélène Crombé-Berton (born 1960), Belgian politician of the ''Mouvement Réformateur'' party *Pierre Berton (1920–2004), Canadian autho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Actors Guild
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) was an American labor union which represented over 100,000 film and television principal and background performers worldwide. On March 30, 2012, the union leadership announced that the SAG membership voted to merge with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) to create SAG-AFTRA. According to SAG's Mission Statement, the Guild sought to: negotiate and enforce collective bargaining agreements that establish equitable levels of compensation, benefits, and working conditions for its performers; collect compensation for exploitation of recorded performances by its members, and provide protection against unauthorized use of those performances; and preserve and expand work opportunities for its members. The Guild was founded in 1933 in an effort to eliminate what was described as exploitation of Hollywood actors who were being forced into oppressive multi-year contracts with the major movie studios. Opposition to these cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wayne
Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed The Duke or Duke Wayne, was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films made during Hollywood's Golden Age, especially in Western and war movies. His career flourished from the silent era of the 1920s through the American New Wave, as he appeared in a total of 179 film and television productions. He was among the top box-office draws for three decades, and he appeared with many other important Hollywood stars of his era. In 1999, the American Film Institute selected Wayne as one of the greatest male stars of classic American cinema. Wayne was born in Winterset, Iowa, but grew up in Southern California. After losing his football scholarship to the University of Southern California from a bodysurfing accident, he began working for the Fox Film Corporation. He appeared mostly in small parts, but his first leading role came in Raoul Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stagecoach (1939 Film)
''Stagecoach'' is a 1939 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne in his breakthrough role. The screenplay by Dudley Nichols is an adaptation of "The Stage to Lordsburg", a 1937 short story by Ernest Haycox. The film follows a group of strangers riding on a stagecoach through dangerous Apache territory. The film has long been recognized as an important work that transcends the Western genre. Philosopher Robert B. Pippin has observed that both the collection of characters and their journey "are archetypal rather than merely individual" and that the film is a "mythic representation of the American aspiration toward a form of politically meaningful equality." In 1995, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in their National Film Registry. Still, ''Stagecoach'' has not avoided controversy. Like most Westerns of the era, its depic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Rogers
William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma), and is known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son". As an entertainer and humorist, he traveled around the world three times, made 71 films (50 silent films and 21 "talkies"), and wrote more than 4,000 nationally syndicated newspaper columns. By the mid-1930s, Rogers was hugely popular in the United States for his leading political wit and was the highest paid of Hollywood film stars. He died in 1935 with aviator Wiley Post when their small airplane crashed in northern Alaska. Rogers began his career as a performer on vaudeville. His rope act led to success in the ''Ziegfeld Follies'', which in turn led to the first of his many movie contracts. His 1920s syndicated newspaper column and his radio appearances increased his visibility and populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
