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Chrispin Martin
Chris-Pin Martin (born Ysabel Ponciana Chris-Pin Martin Paiz, November 19, 1893 – June 27, 1953) was an American character actor whose specialty lay in portraying comical Mexicans, particularly sidekicks in ''The Cisco Kid'' film series. He acted in over 100 films between 1925 and 1953, including over 50 westerns. Biography Martin was born in Tucson, Arizona. His roles were as a bumbling or slow comedic character who spoke in broken English. His most remembered western film role was in nine of the ''Cisco Kid'' films playing the Kid's sidekicks Gordito and in the later films Pancho. He also appeared in the John Ford classic ''Stagecoach'' (1939) with John Wayne. He was credited in his films by other names, including Chrispin Martin, Chris King Martin, Chris Martin, Cris-Pin Martin, and Ethier Crispin Martini. Martin was adept in both drama and comedy, in films like the melodramatic ''The Ox-Bow Incident'' (1943) as "Poncho" the Mexican who reluctantly becomes a part of a ly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Empire (film)
''American Empire'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by William C. McGann. The film was released in the United Kingdom as ''My Son Alone''. Plot Three Civil War vets head to Texas and build a cattle empire, and battle rustlers, bad weather and each other. The first man abandons ship, and he is soon followed by the second partner. That leaves the "good guy" to defend his property from the vengeful traitors. Cast * Richard Dix as Dan Taylor * Leo Carrillo as Dominique Beauchard * Preston Foster as Paxton Bryce * Frances Gifford as Abigail 'Abby' Taylor, Dan's Sister * Robert Barrat as Crowder, Small Rancher * Jack La Rue as Pierre, Beauchard Henchman * Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Sailaway * Cliff Edwards as Runty * Merrill Rodin as Paxton Bryce Jr. * Chris-Pin Martin as Augustin, Beauchard Henchman * Richard Webb as Crane (small rancher) * William Farnum as Louisiana Judge * Etta McDaniel as Willa May, Bryce's Maid * Hal Taliaferro Floyd Taliaferro Alderson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gold Rush
''The Gold Rush'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film written, produced, and directed by Charlie Chaplin. The film also stars Chaplin in his Little Tramp persona, Georgia Hale, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman, and Malcolm Waite. Chaplin drew inspiration from photographs of the Klondike Gold Rush as well as from the story of the Donner Party who, when snowbound in the Sierra Nevada, were driven to cannibalism or eating leather from their shoes. Chaplin, who believed tragedies and comics were not far from each other, decided to combine these stories of deprivation and horror in comedy. He decided that his famous rogue figure should become a gold-digger who joins a brave optimist determined to face all the pitfalls associated with the search for gold, such as sickness, hunger, cold, loneliness, or the possibility that he may at any time be attacked by a grizzly. In the film, scenes like Chaplin cooking and dreaming of his shoe, or how his starving friend Big Jim sees him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under A Texas Moon
''Under A Texas Moon'' is a 1930 American pre-Code musical Western film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was based on the novel ''Two-Gun Man'' (from 1929) which was written by Stewart Edward White. It was the second all-color, all-talking feature to be filmed entirely outdoors, as well as being the second Western in color and the first all-talking, all-color Western. The film features one theme song by the title of "Under A Texas Moon." Plot Frank Fay, as a Mexican named Don Carlos, rides into a small Texas border settlement on the Fourth of July in the early 1880s. He is accompanied by his two inseparable companions, played by Georgie Stone and George Cooper. The day is being celebrated in the style of a Spanish fiesta. Fay challenges a rough Texan, played by Noah Beery, to a duel, only to find himself invited to undertake the dangerous task of capturing a cattle rustler who has been stealing cattle from the Lazy Y Ranch. He accepts the task on the promise of receivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Condemned (1929 Film)
''Condemned'' is a 1929 American black-and-white pre-Code melodrama, directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Ronald Colman, Ann Harding, Dudley Digges, Louis Wolheim, William Elmer, and Wilhelm von Brincken. The movie was adapted by Sidney Howard from the novel by Blair Niles. Production background This film was also released in a silent version running 9000 feet. SilentEra.com; accessed July 23, 2015. In 1930, Colman was nominated for an in the category for his work in this film and in '' |
Where East Is East
''Where East Is East'' is a 1929 American silent drama film starring Lon Chaney as an animal trapper in Laos. The motion picture is Chaney's penultimate silent film and the last of his collaborations with director Tod Browning. While this film is essentially a silent film in form, with intertitles and no spoken dialogue, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released it with a Movietone soundtrack of effects and music. at silentera.com Plot Tiger Haynes traps wild animals for a living, and bears the scars of his dangerous occupation on his face. He cares for only one thing in life: his beloved daughter, Toyo. When he returns to the city of Vien-Tien from his latest foray in the jungle, Toyo tells him that she and Bobby Bailey, the son of a ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rescue (1929 Film)
''The Rescue'' is a 1929 American Pre-Code romantic adventure film directed by Herbert Brenon, and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. The screenplay was written by Elizabeth Meehan, based on the 1920 novel by Joseph Conrad. The music score is by Hugo Riesenfeld. The film stars Ronald Colman and Lili Damita. Cast *Ronald Colman as Tom Lingard *Lili Damita as Lady Edith Travers *Alfred Hickman as Mr. Travers *Theodore von Eltz as Carter * John Davidson as Hassim *Philip Strange as D'Alacer * Bernard Siegel as Jorgensen * Sōjin Kamiyama as Daman *Harry Cording as Belarab *Laska Winter as Immada *Duke Kahanamoku as Jaffir *Louis Morrison as Shaw *George Regas as Wasub * Chrispin Martin as Tenga Preservation status An incomplete print, missing one reel, is in the collection of the George Eastman House film archive. See also * List of early sound feature films (1926–1929) This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and part talking/ all talking feature films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Across To Singapore
''Across to Singapore'' is a 1928 American silent romantic drama film directed by William Nigh, and starring Ramon Novarro, Joan Crawford and Ernest Torrence. The plot involves a love triangle between a woman and two brothers, set on board ship and in Singapore. The screenplay was written by Ted Shane based on the novel '' All the Brothers Were Valiant'' by Ben Ames Williams. This was the second film based on this novel; the first was '' All the Brothers Were Valiant'' (1923, now lost), and it was remade again in 1953 as '' All the Brothers Were Valiant''. Plot In 1857, Joel Shore (Ramon Novarro), the carefree youngest son of a seafaring family, has a flirtatious friendship with Priscilla Crowninshield (Joan Crawford), and he eventually falls in love with her. However, unbeknownst to him, Priscilla has been betrothed to Joel's much older brother, Mark (Ernest Torrence). The wedding is announced in church as a surprise, and Joel and Priscilla are both shocked, with Priscilla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crowd (1928 Film)
''The Crowd'' is a 1928 American silent romance film directed by King Vidor and starring James Murray, Eleanor Boardman and Bert Roach. The feature film was nominated at the very first Academy Award presentation in 1929, for several awards, including Unique and Artistic Production for MGM and Best Director for Vidor. Kevin Brownlow and David Gill restored ''The Crowd'' in 1981, and it was released with a score by Carl Davis. In 1989, the film was one of the first 25 selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to Vidor's career. Plot Born on the Fourth of July, 1900, John Sims ( James Murray) loses his father when he is twelve. At 21, he sets out for New York City, where he is sure he will become somebody important, just as his father h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Old Arizona
''In Old Arizona'' is a 1928 American pre-Code Western film directed by Raoul Walsh and Irving Cummings, nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The film, which was based on the character of the Cisco Kid in the 1907 story " The Caballero's Way" by O. Henry, was a major innovation in Hollywood. It was the first major Western to use the new technology of sound and the first talkie to be filmed outdoors. It made extensive use of authentic locations, filming in Bryce Canyon National Park and Zion National Park in Utah, and the Mission San Juan Capistrano and the Mojave Desert in California. The film premiered in Los Angeles on December 25, 1928, and went into general release on either December 28, 1928, or January 20, 1929. ''In Old Arizona'' contributed to creating the image of the singing cowboy, as its star, Warner Baxter, does some incidental singing. Baxter went on to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance. Other nominations included Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gaucho
''The Gaucho'' (the official full title of the film is ''Douglas Fairbanks as The Gaucho'') is a 1927 silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Lupe Vélez set in Argentina. The lavish adventure extravaganza, filmed at the height of Fairbanks' box office clout, was directed by F. Richard Jones with a running time of 115 minutes. Fairbanks biographer Jeffrey Vance considers the film "a near masterwork" and "an anomaly among his airbanks’works." Vance also considers it a "daring departure, the film is an effort of unanticipated darkness in tone, setting, and character. The spirit of adolescent boyish adventure, the omnipresent characteristic of his prior films, is noticeably absent. It has been replaced by a spiritual fervor and an element of seething sexuality the likes of which has never been seen before in one of his productions.” Cast *Douglas Fairbanks - The Gaucho *Lupe Vélez - The Mountain Girl *Joan Barclay (as Geraine Greear) - The Girl of the Shrine (younger) *E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Of Love
''The Night of Love'' is a 1927 drama film, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, released by United Artists, and stars Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky, and Montagu Love. The screenplay by Lenore J. Coffee is based on the play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. It tells the story of a gypsy chieftain, who in revenge for the Duke kidnapping his wife, gets revenge by stealing the duke's wife. Cast * Ronald Colman as Montero * Vilma Bánky as Princess Marie * Montagu Love as Duke de la Garda * Natalie Kingston as Donna Beatriz * John George as Jester * Bynunsky Hyman as Bandit * Gibson Gowland as Bandit * Laska Winter as Gypsy Bride * Sally Rand as Gypsy Dancer * William H. Tooker as Spanish Ambassador * Eugenie Besserer as Gypsy Censorship The film was banned in 1927 by Eric W. Hamilton, a Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Temptress
''The Temptress'' is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Lionel Barrymore, and Roy D'Arcy. It premiered on October 10, 1926. The film melodrama was based on a novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez adapted for the screen by Dorothy Farnum. Plot summary Cast * Greta Garbo as Elena, who uses her physical beauty to "tempt" and manipulate the opposite sex. * Antonio Moreno as Manuel Robledo, is an Argentine engineer on leave in Paris from a dam building project back home in Argentina. * Marc McDermott as Fontenoy, middle-aged banker who had an affair with Elena during a difficult period and eventually commits suicide in a highly melodramatic fashion by drinking poisoned wine in public. * Lionel Barrymore as Canterac * Armand Kaliz as Marquis de Torre Bianca, a Frenchman and the husband of Elena, but also the close friend of Robledo. * Roy D'Arcy as Manos Duras, a local Argentine bandit who, like Robledo, fall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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