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Chicken A La King (film)
''Chicken a La King'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Henry Lehrman and starring Nancy Carroll, George Meeker and Ford Sterling. The title is a reference to the dish Chicken à la King. Synopsis Concerned that her husband is spending too much time with a couple of chorus girls, his wife undergoes an expensive makeover. Cast * Nancy Carroll as Maisie Devoe * George Meeker as Buck Taylor * Ford Sterling as Horace Trundle * Arthur Stone as Oscar Barrows * Frances Lee as Babe Lorraine * Carol Holloway as Effie Trundle Preservation status *The film is now 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 Bibliography * Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2011. External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Lehrman
Henry Lehrman (March 30, 1881 – November 7, 1946) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. Lehrman was a very prominent figure of Hollywood's silent film era, working with such cinematic pioneers as D. W. Griffith and Mack Sennett. He directed, as well as co-starred in, Charlie Chaplin's very first film, ''Making a Living''. Lehrman was notoriously careless of the safety of the actors who worked for him. He was the lover of the actress Virginia Rappe, for whose death Roscoe Arbuckle, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (whom Lehrman had directed in about a dozen films in the early 1920s), in a highly publicized series of trials, was accused, and later acquitted, of manslaughter. Life and career Born in Sambir, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine) or Vienna, Lehrman emigrated to the United States in 1908 or December 1906 and although he is best remembered as a film director, he began his career as an actor in a 1909 Biograph Studios production directed by D. W. Griffith. He ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
