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Charles Morton (actor)
Charles Morton (28 January 1908 in Illinois, USA – 26 October 1966 in North Hollywood, California) was an American actor. Career Born in Illinois, Charles Morton spent his adolescence in Madison, Wisconsin; receiving his education at Madison High School and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He made his first stage appearance at the age of seven and later appeared in vaudeville, stock and the legitimate stage. Morton's career started late in the silent era, first as a leading man, continued into sound features and finally television. His polished physical appearance, charm and personality were noted by the studios and at the age of 19 signed his first contract with Fox in 1927. Audiences first discovered the handsome youth that same year opposite the studio's leading flapper, Madge Bellamy, in ''Colleen'', one of the era's many comedy-dramas. Morton went on to star in John Ford's 1928 World War I silent film ''Four Sons''. Morton was also a member of the ultimately tragic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria metropolitan area, Illinois, Peoria and Rockford metropolitan area, Illinois, Rockford, as well Springfield, Illinois, Springfield, its capital. Of the fifty U.S. states, Illinois has the List of U.S. states and territories by GDP, fifth-largest gross domestic product (GDP), the List of U.S. states and territories by population, sixth-largest population, and the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 25th-largest land area. Illinois has a highly diverse Economy of Illinois, economy, with the global city of Chicago in the northeast, major industrial and agricultural productivity, agricultural hubs in the north and center, and natural resources such as coal, timber, and petroleum in the south. Owing to its centr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich But Honest
''Rich But Honest'' is a 1927 American silent comedy-drama film, written by Randall H. Faye and directed by Albert Ray and Horace Hough. The film was released on May 22, 1927 by Fox Film Corporation, starring Nancy Nash, John Holland, Charles Morton, and J. Farrell MacDonald. Cast *Nancy Nash as Florine Candless * John Holland as Bob Hendricks * Charles Morton as Dick Carter *J. Farrell MacDonald as Diamond Jim O'Grady *Tyler Brooke as Barney Zoom * Ted McNamara as Heinie *Marjorie Beebe as Maybelle * Ernest Shields as Archie *Doris Lloyd as Mrs. O'Grady * Coy Watson Jr. as Jimmie (uncredited) Preservation The film is now considered lost. See also * List of lost films *1937 Fox vault fire The 1937 Fox vault fire was a major fire that broke out in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States, on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industr ... References External links * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaudeville Performers
Vaudeville (; ) is a theatre, theatrical genre of variety show, variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition or light poetry, interspersed with songs or ballets. It became popular in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s, but the idea of vaudeville's theatre changed radically from its French antecedent. In some ways analogous to music hall from Victorian era, Victorian Britain, a typical North American vaudeville performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill. Types of acts have included popular and classical musicians, singers, dancers, comedians, animal training, trained animals, Magic (illusion), magicians, Ventriloquism, ventriloquists, Strongman (strength athlete), strongmen, female and male impersonators, acrobatics, acrobats, clowns, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Male Actors From Illinois
Male (symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilization. A male organism cannot reproduce sexually without access to at least one ovum from a female, but some organisms can reproduce both sexually and asexually. Most male mammals, including male humans, have a Y chromosome, which codes for the production of larger amounts of testosterone to develop male reproductive organs. Not all species share a common sex-determination system. In most animals, including humans, sex is determined genetically; however, species such as ''Cymothoa exigua'' change sex depending on the number of females present in the vicinity. In humans, the word ''male'' can also be used to refer to gender in the social sense of gender role or gender identity. Overview The existence of separate sexes has evolved independently at different times and in different lineages, an example of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** Georgia House of Representatives, The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. ** A Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes in Lagos, Nigeria, primarily to discuss Rhodesia. * January 12 – United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communism, Communist aggression there is e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1908 Births
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Goldie Gets Along
''Goldie Gets Along'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and starring Lili Damita, Charles Morton and Sam Hardy. The screenplay was written by William A. Drake, based on the 1931 novel of the same title by Hawthorne Hurst.Goble p.235 Synopsis A young Frenchwoman living with her aunt and uncle in New Jersey has ambitions of making it in Hollywood and sand sets out to hitchhike her wake there. Her adventures involve her briefly being sent to jail for stealing a car and taking part in a series of crooked beauty contests. Eventually she makes it to Hollywood and tries to target a contract with a big film director, discovering in the process that the fiancée she left at home is now a big movie star. Cast *Lili Damita as Goldie LaFarge * Charles Morton as Bill Tobin * Sam Hardy as Sam Muldoon *Nat Pendleton as Motorcycle Officer Cassidy *Lita Chevret as Marie Gardner *Arthur Hoyt as Mayor Silas C. Simms * Henry Fink as Bob Flynn *Bradley Page ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Ride (1931 Film)
''The Last Ride'' is a 1931 American crime film directed by Duke Worne and starring Dorothy Revier, Virginia Brown Faire and Charles Morton (actor), Charles Morton.Fetrow p.348 Plot Cast * Dorothy Revier as Lita Alvaro * Virginia Brown Faire as Doris White * Charles Morton (actor), Charles Morton as Roy Smith * Frank Mayo (actor), Frank Mayo as Piccardi * Tom Santschi as Big Boy * Francis Ford (actor), Francis Ford as Brady * Bobby Dunn as Dink References Bibliography * Alan G. Fetrow. ''Sound films, 1927-1939: a United States filmography''. McFarland, 1992. External links * 1931 films 1931 crime films 1930s English-language films American crime films Films directed by Duke Worne Universal Pictures films American black-and-white films 1930s American films {{1930s-crime-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dawn Trail
''The Dawn Trail'' is a 1930 American Western film, directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Marceline Day, Miriam Seegar, and Charles Morton, and was released on November 28, 1930. It was remade as the 1939 film ''Texas Stampede''. Cast list * Buck Jones as Larry * Miriam Seegar as June * Charles Morton as Mart * Erville Alderson as Denton * Edward J. Le Saint as Amos * Charles King as Skeets * Hank Mann as Cock Eye * Vester Pegg as Mac * Slim Whitaker as Steve * Charles Brinley Charles Brinley (November 15, 1880 – February 17, 1946) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 140 films between 1913 and 1939. He was born in Yuma, Arizona and died in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, ... as Nestor References External links * * * Films directed by Christy Cabanne Columbia Pictures films American Western (genre) films 1930 Western (genre) films 1930 films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caught Short
''Caught Short'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Robert E. Hopkins, Joseph H. Johnson and Willard Mack. The film stars Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Anita Page, Charles Morton and Thomas Conlin. The film was released on May 10, 1930, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Cast *Marie Dressler as Marie Jones *Polly Moran as Polly Smith *Anita Page as Genevieve Jones * Charles Morton as William Smith *Thomas Conlin as Frankie *Douglas Haig as Johnny *Nanci Price as Priscilla *Greta Mann as Sophy *Herbert Prior as Mr. Frisby * T. Roy Barnes as Mr. Kidd * Edward Dillon as Mr. Thutt *Alice Moe as Miss Ambrose *Gwen Lee as Manicurist *Lee Kohlmar as Peddler *Greta Granstedt Greta Granstedt (born Irene Louise Granstedt; July 13, 1907 – October 7, 1987) was an American film and television actress. Early life Irene "Greta" Granstedt was the second child of Theodore and Emma Granstedt, born in Scandia, Kansas. ... as Fanny Lee References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Check And Double Check
''Check and Double Check'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code comedy film produced and released by RKO Radio Pictures based on the ''Amos 'n' Andy'' old-time radio, radio show. The title was derived from a catchphrase associated with the show. Directed by Melville W. Brown, from a screenplay by Bert Kalmar, J. Walter Ruben, and Harry Ruby, it starred Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden, in blackface, in the roles of Andy and Amos, respectively, which they had created for the radio show. The film also featured Duke Ellington and his "Cotton Club Orchestra". Plot Amos and Andy run the "Fresh Air Taxicab Company, Incorporated", so named because their one taxi has no top. Their old vehicle has broken down, causing a traffic jam. Stuck in the traffic jam are John Blair and his wife, who were on their way to meet an old family friend at the train station, Richard Williams. When the Blairs do not show up, he makes his own way to their house, where he meets their daughter, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Year's Eve (1929 Film)
''New Year's Eve'' is a lost film, lost 1929 film drama produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and starring Mary Astor and Charles Morton (actor), Charles Morton. Veteran Henry Lehrman, who had worked with Mack Sennett and Charlie Chaplin, was the director. Samuel Roxy Rothafel, Samuel L. Rothafel wrote the music for film. The Western Electric Sound System was used but a silent version was also made. Max Gold was an assistant director. This was not a talking film despite it being made in 1929. It was a silent with music and effects soundtrack. Plot Saddled with the care of a younger brother and unable to find work, Marjorie Ware puts aside her scruples and goes to see a gambler who has long cast a lustful eye on her. A pickpocket kills the gambler, and the police find Marjorie at the scene of the crime, charging her with the murder. The pickpocket later falls to his death, however, and evidence is uncovered that sets Mary free, cleared of all suspicion of guilt in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
