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Charles Arnt
Charles E. Arnt (August 20, 1906 – August 6, 1990) was an American film actor from 1933 to 1962. Arnt appeared as a character actor in more than 200 films. Arnt was born in Michigan City, Indiana, the son of a banker. He graduated from Phillips Academy and Princeton University. While at Princeton, he helped to found the University Players and was president of the Princeton Triangle Club theatrical troupe. He became a banker after he graduated from college. In the early 1930s, Arnt acted with the University Repertory Theater in Maryland. On Broadway, he appeared in ''Carry Nation'' (1932), ''Three Waltzes'' (1937), and ''Knickerbocker Holiday'' (1938). In 1962, Arnt retired from acting and began to import and breed Charolais cattle on a ranch in Washington state. Arnt died in Orcas Island, Washington from pancreatic and liver cancer. He was survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter, and four grandchildren. Selected filmography * ''Roman Scandals'' (1933) – Caiu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Favorite Brunette
''My Favorite Brunette'' is a 1947 American romantic comedy film and film noir parody, directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. Written by Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose, the film is about a baby photographer on death row in San Quentin State Prison who tells reporters his history. While taking care of his private-eye neighbor's office, he is asked by an irresistible baroness to find a missing baron, which initiates a series of confusing but sinister events in a gloomy mansion and a private sanatorium. Spoofing movie detectives and the film noir style, the film features Lon Chaney, Jr. playing Willie, a character based on his ''Of Mice and Men'' role Lennie; Peter Lorre as Kismet, a comic take on his many film noir roles; and cameo appearances by film noir regular Alan Ladd and Hope partner Bing Crosby. Sequences were filmed in San Francisco and Pebble Beach, California. Plot The story is told in flashback from Death Row as Ronnie Jackson (Bob Hope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Married Her Boss
''She Married Her Boss'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Claudette Colbert. Plot Julia Scott (Claudette Colbert) is a very efficient secretary at a department store. She is in love with her boss, Richard Barclay (Melvyn Douglas), who pays no attention to her, unless it has to do with business. Julia goes to lunch with Martha Pryor (Jean Dixon), who tells her she is offered a manager position of a department store in Paris. She turns it down, because of her love for Richard. Business forces Julia and Richard to work late at his house. Julia meets Richard's sister, Gertrude, and his daughter, Annabel, who is a very spoiled, out of control child. Richard lets Julia take over the house for a couple of hours, in which she "straightens out" the household. Afterwards, she regrets all that she did at Richard's house. She turns to Martha, who says she'll take care of everything. Martha talks to Richard the next day, telling him that Julia is leaving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remember The Night
''Remember the Night'' is a 1940 American Christmas romantic comedy trial film starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray and directed by Mitchell Leisen. The film was written by Preston Sturges and was the last of his scripts shot by another director, as Sturges began his own directorial career the same year with ''The Great McGinty''.TCNotes/ref> Plot Lee Leander is arrested for stealing a bracelet from a New York City jewelry store. The assistant district attorney, John "Jack" Sargeant, is assigned to prosecute her. The trial begins just before Christmas, but to avoid facing a jury filled with the holiday spirit, Jack has the trial postponed on a technicality. When he hears Lee complaining to her lawyer about spending Christmas in jail, Jack feels guilty and asks bondsman Fat Mike to post bail. Fat Mike assumes that Jack intends to seduce Lee, and after he posts bail for her, he delivers her to Jack's apartment. Discovering that Lee is a fellow Hoosier (native of Indiana), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Happened In Hollywood
''It Happened in Hollywood'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Richard Dix, Fay Wray and Victor Kilian. The arrival of sound wrecks the career of a leading western actor while his leading lady rises to new heights. Its original working title was ''Once a Hero''. Plot Cast * Richard Dix as Tim Bart * Fay Wray as Gloria Gay * Victor Kilian as Slim * Charles Arnt as Jed Reed * Granville Bates as Sam Bennett * William B. Davidson as Al Howard * Arthur Loft as Pete * Edgar Dearing as Joe Stevens * James Donlan as Shorty * Bill Burrud as Billy - The Kid * Franklin Pangborn as Mr. Forsythe * Zeffie Tilbury as Miss Gordon * Harold Goodwin as Buck * Charles Brinley as Pappy * Scotty Beckett as Boy (uncredited) * Byron Foulger as Chet (uncredited) * Edward LeSaint as Doctor (uncredited) * Sam McDaniel as Porter (uncredited) * Zita Moulton Zita Moulton (1883 – December 25, 1987), also known as Zita Gordon, was an American model and actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountain Music (film)
''Mountain Music'' is a 1937 American comedy-musical film directed by Robert Florey. Paramount quickly reunited Raye and Burns from their pairing in ''Waikiki Wedding'' of earlier the same year. The plot, rooted in Burns' comic hillbilly persona from radio, revolves around a longstanding feud between two country families of Monotony, Arkansas, and an amnesia-prone groom. This was Wally Vernon's first film. Some sources have Charles Reisner as co-director. Cast * Bob Burns as Bob Burnside * Martha Raye as Mary Beamish * John Howard as Ardinger Burnside * Terry Walker as Lobelia Sheppard * Rufe Davis as Ham Sheppard * George "Gabby" Hayes as Granpappy Burnside * Spencer Charters as Justice of the Peace Sharody * Charles Timblin as Shep Sheppard * Jan Duggan as Ma Burnside * Olin Howland as Pappy Burnside * Fuzzy Knight as Amos Burnside * Wally Vernon as Odette Potta * Cliff Clark as Medicine Show Proprietor * Goodee Montgomery as Alice, Potts Showgirl * Rita La Roy as M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel's Holiday
''Angel's Holiday'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by James Tinling and written by Frank Fenton and Lynn Root. The film stars Jane Withers, Joan Davis, Sally Blane, Robert Kent, Harold Huber and Frank Jenks. The film was released on June 7, 1937, by 20th Century Fox. Plot Cast *Jane Withers as June 'Angel' Everett *Joan Davis as Strivers *Sally Blane as Pauline Kaye * Robert Kent as Nick Moore *Harold Huber as Bat Regan *Frank Jenks as Butch Broder * Ray Walker as Crandall *John Qualen as Waldo Everett *Lon Chaney, Jr. as Eddie *Al Lydell as Gramp Hiram Seely *Russell Hopton as Gus *Paul Hurst as Sgt. Murphy * John Kelly as Maxie *George Taylor as Eddie *Cy Kendall as Chief of Police *Charles Arnt Charles E. Arnt (August 20, 1906 – August 6, 1990) was an American film actor from 1933 to 1962. Arnt appeared as a character actor in more than 200 films. Arnt was born in Michigan City, Indiana, the son of a banker. He graduated from ... as Everett Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swing High, Swing Low (film)
''Swing High, Swing Low'' is a 1937 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray. It is the second film adaptation of the popular 1927 Broadway play ''Burlesque'' by George Manker Watters and Arthur Hopkins (after ''The Dance of Life'' (1929) and before '' When My Baby Smiles at Me'' (1948)). Plot Working her way as a hairdresser on board a liner traveling through the Panama Canal Zone, Maggie King (Carole Lombard) brushes off a brash young soldier, "Skid" Johnson (Fred MacMurray), on his last day in the Army. However, he is persistent, and the next day she and her friend Ella reluctantly go on a double date with him and his piano player friend Harry ( Charles Butterworth) in Balboa. In a nightclub, she expresses her distaste of trumpet music, whereupon he impresses her with his amazing prowess with the instrument. When a man (Anthony Quinn, speaking only Spanish) tries to pick her up at the bar, he and Skid end ... [...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 gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Holiday
''College Holiday'' is a 1936 Paramount comedy. The film stars Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen, and Martha Raye. It was directed by Frank Tuttle. Plot A woman hotelier with an interest in eugenics invites some young men to spend the summer. Cast * Jack Benny as J. Davis Bowster * George Burns as George Hymen * Gracie Allen as Calliope 'Gracie' Dove * Mary Boland as Carola P. Gaye * Martha Raye as Daisy Schloggenheimer * Ben Blue as Stage Hand * Marsha Hunt as Sylvia Smith * Leif Erickson as Dick Winters * Eleanore Whitney as Eleanore Wayne * Johnny Downs as Johnny Jones * Ellen Drew Ellen Drew (born Esther Loretta Ray; November 23, 1914 – December 3, 2003) was an American film actress. Early life Drew, born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1914, was the daughter of an Irish-born barber. She had a younger brother, Arden. Her ... as Dancer on Train External links * * 1936 films 1930s English-language films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Frank Tutt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mind Your Own Business (film)
''Mind Your Own Business'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and written by John Francis Larkin and Dore Schary. The film stars Charlie Ruggles, Alice Brady, Lyle Talbot, Benny Baker, Gene Lockhart, and Jack La Rue. It was released on December 18, 1936 by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *Charlie Ruggles as Orville Shanks *Alice Brady as Melba Shanks *Lyle Talbot as Crane * Benny Baker as Sparrow *Gene Lockhart as Bottles * Jack La Rue as Cruger * Jon Hall as Scoutmaster Davis *Frankie Darro as Bob *William Demarest as Droopy *Robert Baldwin as Jimmy Jeeper * Nick Stewart as Butler * Paul Harvey as Brannigan *Theodore von Eltz as District Attorney Adams *Duke York Duke York ( Charles Everest Sinsabaugh; October 17, 1908January 24, 1952), was an American film actor and stuntman who appeared in nearly 160 films between 1932 and 1952. He was also known as Duke Owl. Early years The son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd ... as Cruger's Henchman * Charles C. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinner Take All
''Sinner Take All'' is a 1936 murder mystery film directed by Errol Taggart and starring Bruce Cabot and Margaret Lindsay. Plot When millionaire New York City businessman Aaron Lampier (Charley Grapewin) receives a death threat in the mail, he sends for his offspring. Ernie Hyams (Bruce Cabot), a newspaper reporter turned lawyer, is dispatched by MacKelvey (Stanley Ridges), his former editor, to track down Lampier's daughter Lorraine (Margaret Lindsay). She does not appreciate being dragged away from the nightclub/casino of Frank Penny (Joseph Calleia). She and her perpetually drunk brother Stephen ( George Lynn) have also received similar mail. When their brother David is killed in a car crash that night, Ernie soon discovers it was not an accident; a wire cable strung across the road was used to cause it. Ernie is pressured into investigating. Lampier's will leaves everything equally to his children. If they predecease him, the estate goes to various charities. Stephen is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wedding Present (film)
''Wedding Present'' is a 1936 romantic screwball comedy film directed by Richard Wallace and starring Joan Bennett and Cary Grant. The screenplay was written by Joseph Anthony, based on a story by Paul Gallico. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures. Synopsis Charlie Mason and 'Rusty' Fleming are reporters for a Chicago tabloid who are romantically involved. Charlie's mischievous shenanigans cause Rusty to move to New York. Charlie resigns his job and, along with gangster friend 'Smiles' Benson, he pursues Rusty to win her back before she marries a stuffy society author. Cast *Joan Bennett as Monica 'Rusty' Fleming *Cary Grant as Charlie *George Bancroft as Stagg *Conrad Nagel as Dodacker *Gene Lockhart as Archduke Gustav Ernest *William Demarest as 'Smiles' Benson *Inez Courtney as Mary Lawson *Edward Brophy as Squinty *George Meeker as Gordon Blaker * Lois Wilson as Laura Dodacker *Mary Forbes as Mrs. Dodacker *Dagmar Oakland as a reporter (uncredited) Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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