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Charles C. Wilson
Charles Cahill Wilson (July 29, 1894 – January 7, 1948) was an American screen and stage actor. He appeared in numerous films during the Golden Age of Hollywood from the late 1920s to late 1940s. Biography Born in New York City in 1894, the white-haired, burly actor was often typecast as an earnest police officer, newspaper editor or principal. He appeared in over 250 films between 1928 and 1948, mostly playing small supporting roles with a few sentences. Charles Wilson began his acting career at the theatre, including roles in six Broadway plays between 1918 and 1931. In 1928, he directed the Hollywood comedy ''Lucky Boy'' (1928), where he also made his film debut. According to the Internet Movie Database, ''Lucky Boy'' was Wilson's only film as a director. His most notable role was probably Clark Gable's "wonderfully aggravated" newspaper boss in Frank Capra's comedy ''It Happened One Night'', which won five Academy Awards in 1935. He was also cast in small roles in other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Gangster
''Lady Gangster'' is a 1942 Warner Bros. B picture crime film directed by Robert Florey, credited as "Florian Roberts". It is based on the play ''Gangstress, or Women in Prison'' by Dorothy Mackaye, who in 1928, as #440960, served less than ten months of a one- to three-year sentence in San Quentin State Prison.Gene Coughlin, "Tragedies of the Stage", ''Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph'' (September 12, 1948), p. ''American Weekly'', p. 7. ''Lady Gangster'' is a remake of the pre-Code film, ''Ladies They Talk About'' (1933). Jackie Gleason plays a supporting role. Plot Dorothy "Dot" Burton (Faye Emerson) is a member of a gang of bank robbers. Using her femininity and a cute dog provided her by her male cohorts, who dognapped him, she is able to enter a bank before opening time, leaving the door open and the bank guard holding her dog, thus enabling a successful robbery. When police interfere with the getaway, she faints and proclaims her innocence, but the police have strong doubts as " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Starrett
Charles Robert Starrett (March 28, 1903 – March 22, 1986) was an American actor, best known for his starring role in the ''Durango Kid'' westerns. Starrett still holds the record for starring in the longest series of theatrical features: 131 westerns, all produced by Columbia Pictures. Early years Starrett was born in Athol, Massachusetts, where his grandfather had built a prosperous tool works. He attended Worcester Academy, then graduated from Dartmouth College. Career A graduate of Worcester Academy in 1922, Starrett went on to study at Dartmouth College. While on the Dartmouth football team he was hired to play a football extra in the film ''The Quarterback'' (1926). Bitten by the acting bug, Starrett played minor roles in films and leading roles in stage plays. In 1928, he was a member of the Walker Company, a repertory theatre troupe headed by Stuart Walker. He played the romantic lead in his first movie, '' Fast and Loose'' (1930), which starred Frank Morgan, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Detective 62
''Private Detective 62'' is a 1933 American pre-Code detective film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring William Powell as a private detective who falls for a woman whom he has been hired to frame in a scandal. Plot In France, United States State Department employee Donald Free (William Powell) is caught trying to steal French state papers. Free is released from his job and is deported. Back in the US, Free has a hard time finding another job due to the Great Depression. Free convinces Dan Hogan (Arthur Hohl), the crooked and incompetent owner of the Peerless Detective Agency, to partner with him. Without Free's knowledge, Hogan becomes financed by gangster Tony Bandor (Gordon Westcott) and business booms. Bandor complains that a society woman, Janet Reynolds (Margaret Lindsay), is winning too much at his gambling tables and hires Hogan to find some scandal he can use to prevent her from collecting her winnings. Hogan engages Free, without telling him the truth behind the req ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Diggers Of 1933
''Gold Diggers of 1933'' is a pre-Code Warner Bros. musical film directed by Mervyn LeRoy with songs by Harry Warren (music) and Al Dubin (lyrics), staged and choreographed by Busby Berkeley. It stars Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon, Ruby Keeler, and Dick Powell, and features Guy Kibbee, Ned Sparks and Ginger Rogers. The story is based on the play ''The Gold Diggers'' by Avery Hopwood, which ran for 282 performances on Broadway in 1919 and 1920. The play was made into a silent film in 1923 by David Belasco, the producer of the Broadway play, as '' The Gold Diggers'', starring Hope Hampton and Wyndham Standing, and again as a talkie in 1929, directed by Roy Del Ruth. That film, ''Gold Diggers of Broadway'', which starred Nancy Welford and Conway Tearle, was one of the biggest box office hits of that year, and ''Gold Diggers of 1933'' was one of the top-grossing films of 1933.TCNotes/ref> This version of Hopwood's play was written by James Seymour and Er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmer, The Great
''Elmer, the Great'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Joe E. Brown and Patricia Ellis. Plot Elmer Kane (Joe E. Brown) is a rookie ballplayer with the Chicago Cubs whose ego is matched only by his appetite. Because he is not only vain but naive, Elmer's teammates take great delight in pulling practical jokes on him. Still, he is so valuable a player that the Cubs management hides the letters from his hometown sweetheart Nellie (Patricia Ellis), so that Elmer won't bolt the team and head for home. When Nellie comes to visit Elmer, she finds him in an innocent but compromising situation with a glamorous actress (Claire Dodd). She turns her back on him, and disconsolate Elmer tries to forget his troubles at a crooked gambling house. Elmer incurs an enormous gambling debt, which the casino's owner is willing to forget if Elmer will only throw the deciding World Series game (which he refers to as the World Serious). Elmer brawls with the gambl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infernal Machine (film)
''Infernal Machine'' is a 1933 American pre-Code thriller film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Chester Morris, Genevieve Tobin and Victor Jory. The film was based on a novel by Karl Sloboda. Retrieved July 11, 2016 Released by , the title is sometimes written as ''The Infernal Machine''. After finishing the film Varnel moved to Britain where he became an established director of s. Plot A bomb planted on board a ship may go off ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard To Handle (film)
''Hard to Handle'' (1933) is a pre-Code comedy film starring James Cagney as a breezily clowning con artist who organizes a Depression-era dance marathon. His character remarks at one point, "The mass is a cow. It must be milked". The movie was produced at Warner Bros. and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Cast *James Cagney as Myron C. 'Lefty' Merrill *Mary Brian as Ruth Waters *Allen Jenkins as Marathon radio announcer *Ruth Donnelly as Lil Waters *Claire Dodd as Marlene Reeves *Robert McWade as Charles G. Reeves * Berton Churchill as Col. H.D.X. Wells * Emma Dunn as Mrs. Hawks * Gavin Gordon as John Hayden * Sterling Holloway as Andy Heaney * William H. Strauss as Mr. Abe Goldstein * Bess Flowers Bess Flowers (November 23, 1898 – July 28, 1984) was an American actress best known for her work as an extra in hundreds of films. She was known as "The Queen of the Hollywood Extras," appearing in more than 350 feature films and numerous ... as Merrill's Secretary Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Sin
''My Sin'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Abbott, and written by Abbott, Owen Davis, Adelaide Heilbron. It was adapted from the play, ''Her Past'', written by Frederick J. Jackson. The film stars Tallulah Bankhead, Fredric March, Harry Davenport, Scott Kolk, and Lily Cahill. The film was released on October 3, 1931, by Paramount Pictures. Plot In Panama, infamous nightclub hostess Carlotta (Tallulah Bankhead) kills, in a struggle, a man in self-defence and is put on trial for murder. Her defence counsel is Dick Grady (Fredric March), a lawyer who has become an alcoholic. When he proves Carlotta's innocence, however, Dick regains respect and new employment through Roger Metcalf (Harry Davenport). He also manages to save Carlotta from committing suicide. He lends her money, and they both dream up a new identity for her as "Ann Trevor," and she moves to New York. Through various letters and repayment checks, Dick learns that "Ann Trevor" is happy and suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secrets Of A Secretary
''Secrets of a Secretary'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Abbott, and starring Claudette Colbert and Herbert Marshall. The film was stage actress Mary Boland's first role in a talkie. Premise Society girl becomes a social secretary when her father dies penniless. From a story by Charles Brackett. Cast *Claudette Colbert as Helen Blake *Herbert Marshall as Lord Danforth *Georges Metaxa as Frank D'Agnoll *Betty Lawford as Sylvia Merritt *Mary Boland as Mrs. Merritt *Berton Churchill as Mr. Merritt *Averell Harris as Don Marlow *Betty Garde as Dorothy White *Hugh O'Connell as Charlie Rickenbacker *Joseph Crehan as Reporter (uncredited) *Porter Hall as Drunk (uncredited) *H. Dudley Hawley as Mr. Blake (uncredited) *Olaf Hytten as Court Reporter (uncredited) * Edward Keane as Albany Hotel Manager (uncredited) *Barry Macollum (uncredited) *Millard Mitchell as Policeman (uncredited) *William Pawley (uncredited) * Charles C. Wilson as Police Captain (uncredite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolen Heaven (1931 Film)
''Stolen Heaven'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by George Abbott and starring Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes, and Louis Calhern. It was released on February 21, 1931, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Mary, a girl of the streets, and Joe, a young thief, rob twenty thousand dollars and decide to spend all the money and then commit suicide. But Joe's conscience speaks louder and he confesses the crime. He goes to prison knowing that Mary will wait for him. Cast *Nancy Carroll as Mary *Phillips Holmes as Joe *Louis Calhern as Steve Perry *Edward Keane (actor), Edward Keane as Detective Morgan *Guy Kibbee as Police Commissioner See also * 1931 in film * List of American films of 1931 * List of drama films * List of Paramount Pictures films External links * * 1931 films 1931 drama films American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by George Abbott Paramount Pictures films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-drama-fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Of Love (1929 Film)
''Song of Love'' is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Belle Baker and Ralph Graves. It was released by Columbia Pictures on November 13, 1929. The film was the film debut of Belle Baker. The film contained songs but was also issued in a silent version. Actress Eve Arden made her film debut in the film, appearing under her real name, Eunice Quedens. Premise The story of a show business family called the Gibsons. Ma Gibson (Baker) realizes their lifestyle is affecting their child and breaks up the act. Cast *Belle Baker as Anna Gibson *Ralph Graves as Tom Gibson *Eve Arden as Maisie LeRoy (credited as Eunice Quedens) *Arthur Housman as Joe Sweeney, Acrobat * Charles C. Wilson as Traveling Salesman (credited as Charles Wilson) *Maurice Black as Tony Giuseppe (uncredited) *Dannie Mac Grant as Little Boy (uncredited) *Douglas Greer as Freckle-Faced Boy (uncredited) * William Irving as Stage Manager (uncredited) *Eddie Kane as Max Goldman ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Scandals
''Broadway Scandals'' is a 1929 American Pre-Code musical film. Cast * Sally O'Neil - Mary * Jack Egan - Ted Howard * Carmel Myers - Valeska * J. Barney Sherry - Le Claire * Charles C. Wilson - Jack Lane * Doris Dawson - Bobby * Wild Bill Elliott - George Halloway Songs * "Does An Elephant Love Peanuts?" *:Music and Lyrics by James F. Hanley *:Sung by Jack Egan *:Danced by Jack Egan and Sally O'Neill *:Copyright 1929 by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. Inc. * "What Is Life Without Love?" *:Sung by Jack Egan *:Music and Lyrics by Jack Stone, Fred Thompson, & Dave Franklin *:Copyright 1929 by Irving Berlin Inc. * "Would I Love To Love You (I'd Love To)" *:Sung by Jack Egan *:Words and Music by Dave Dreyer and Sidney Clare *:Copyright 1929 by Irving Berlin Inc. * ''"Can You Read in My Eyes" *:Music and lyrics by Sam Coslow * "Love's the Cause of All My Blues" *:Music and lyrics by Joe Trent and Charles Daniels * "Rhythm of the Tambourine" *:Music and lyrics by David Franklin * "Kickin' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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