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Citizen Saint
'' Citizen Saint: The Life of Mother Cabrini'' is a 1947 film about a Catholic saint. It was directed by Harold Young. It was produced by Clyde Elliott Attractions. It is about Frances Xavier Cabrini, an Italian woman who becomes a nun and is eventually sainted. The film includes songs. Cast *Rev. E. V. Dailey (narrator) *Carla Dare as Francesca "Cecchina" Cabrini (later Mother Cabrini) *Jed Prouty as Neil Hartley * Loraine Mae Martin as Rhea * Walter Butterworth as Junior *Robin Morgan as Cecchina Cabrini * Maurice Cavell as Anton *William Harrigan as Father Vail *June Harrison as Dorine *Lucille Fenton as Antonia Tondini *Lauretta Campeau as Salesia *June DuFrayne as Veronica Reception A review in ''Variety'' read, "Carla Dare plays the title role and does well by it. Best sequence is that in which she miraculously recalls Julie Hayden ic as sister Delfina, from death... Photography by Don Malkames and other credits are okay". Grace Kingsley of ''The Los Angeles Times ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Young (director)
Harold Young (November 13, 1897 – March 3, 1972) was an American film director, editor, and occasional actor. Career Young was born in 1897 in Portland, Oregon, where he was raised and attended high school. After graduating from Columbia University, Young began his career as a film editor from 1923-1934, working first on a series of George O'Hara (actor), George O'Hara short subjects under the director Malcolm St. Clair (filmmaker), Malcolm St. Clair. Young's best-known early directorial assignment is probably ''The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934 film), The Scarlet Pimpernel'' (1934), starring Leslie Howard (actor), Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon, one example of his occasional work in Britain. He died on March 3, 1972, in Beverly Hills, California. Filmography As editor: * ''Sally, Irene and Mary (1925 film), Sally, Irene and Mary'' (1925) * ''The Strong Man'' (1926) * ''Sin Cargo'' (1926) * ''The Private Life of Helen of Troy'' (1927) * ''Yellow Lily'' (1928) * ''The Pai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clyde Elliott Attractions
Clyde Ernest Elliott (July 23, 1885 – June 12, 1959) was an American motion picture director, producer, and writer. He is best known for animal films, especially Frank Buck’s first movie, '' Bring 'Em Back Alive'' (1932). Education and early career Elliott was born in Ord, Nebraska, and was a class of 1909 alumnus of the University of Nebraska, and was a newspaper reporter, advertising solicitor and advertising promotion manager before entering the motion picture Industry. He founded Post Pictures Corporation in 1919, to make nature films distributed by Paramount. Films ''Bring 'Em Back Alive'' (1932) was Elliott and Frank Buck's most successful and popular film. Unlike most other jungle pictures of the time, Elliott kept the camera in the background. Neither the camera nor the cameramen are visible in any of the scenes. The result is a clearer conception of the clashes between tigers, pythons, and crocodiles than had been achieved in previous films. In ''The Devil Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Xavier Cabrini
Frances Xavier Cabrini ( it, Francesca Saverio Cabrini; July 15, 1850 – December 22, 1917), also called Mother Cabrini, was an Italian-American Catholic religious sister. She founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a religious institute that was a major support to her fellow Italian immigrants to the United States. She was the first U.S. citizen to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church, on July 7, 1946. Early life She was born Maria Francesca Cabrini on July 15, 1850, in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, in the Lombard Province of Lodi, then part of the Austrian Empire. She was the youngest of the thirteen children of farmers Agostino Cabrini and Stella Oldini."Our Patron Saint" St. Frances Cabrini Parish, San Jose, California. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jed Prouty
Jed Prouty (born Clarence Gordon Prouty; April 6, 1879 – May 10, 1956) was an American film actor. Biography Born as Clarence Gordon Prouty in Boston, Massachusetts, Prouty was a vaudeville performer before becoming a film actor. Mostly appearing in comedies, he occasionally performed a serious character role, for instance a small part as an oily publicist in '' A Star is Born'' (1937). After a significant career in silent films, a large part of Prouty's later career was the Jones Family film series. They were 17 low-budget 20th Century Fox family comedies between 1936 and 1940, along with Spring Byington as Mrs. Jones, for such directors as Malcolm St. Clair and Frank R. Strayer. Prouty appeared in all but the final entry. Partial filmography (Films marked with a caret are ''Jones Family'' films) * ''Her Game'' (1919) * ''Sadie Love'' (1919) * ''The Conquest of Canaan'' (1921) * '' The Great Adventure'' (1921) * ''Experience'' (1921) * ''Room and Board (1921) * '' Kick I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loraine Mae Martin
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Loraine may refer to: People *Loraine (name) Places * Loraine, California * Loraine, Illinois * Loraine, North Dakota * Loraine, Texas * Loraine Township, Henry County, Illinois Buildings *Hotel Loraine, Wisconsin, United States *Loraine Building, Michigan, United States Other uses * ''Loraine'', a song by Linton Kwesi Johnson from the album ''Bass Culture'' * Loraine baronets, English baronetage See also * Lorain (other) *Lorane (other) * Lorrain (other) * Lorraine (other) * Lorraine (given name) Lorraine is a feminine given name, which is simply from the name of the region of '' Lorraine'' in France and the dish quiche Lorraine. It has been used in the English-speaking world (especially the United States and Canada) since the Franco-Prus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Butterworth
Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 1987), who previously wrestled as "Walter" * Walter, standard author abbreviation for Thomas Walter (botanist) ( – 1789) Companies * American Chocolate, later called Walter, an American automobile manufactured from 1902 to 1906 * Walter Energy, a metallurgical coal producer for the global steel industry * Walter Aircraft Engines, Czech manufacturer of aero-engines Films and television * ''Walter'' (1982 film), a British television drama film * Walter Vetrivel, a 1993 Tamil crime drama film * ''Walter'' (2014 film), a British television crime drama * ''Walter'' (2015 film), an American comedy-drama film * ''Walter'' (2020 film), an Indian crime drama film * ''W*A*L*T*E*R'', a 1984 pilot for a spin-off of the TV series ''M*A*S*H'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Morgan
Robin Morgan (born January 29, 1941) is an American poet, writer, activist, journalist, lecturer and former child actor. Since the early 1960s, she has been a key radical feminist member of the American Women's Movement, and a leader in the international feminist movement. Her 1970 anthology ''Sisterhood Is Powerful'' was cited by the New York Public Library as "One of the 100 Most Influential Books of the 20th Century." She has written more than 20 books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, and was editor of ''Ms.'' magazine. During the 1960s, she participated in the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements; in the late 1960s, she was a founding member of radical feminist organizations such as New York Radical Women and W.I.T.C.H. She founded or co-founded the Feminist Women's Health Network, the National Battered Women's Refuge Network, Media Women, the National Network of Rape Crisis Centers, the Feminist Writers' Guild, the Women's Foreign Policy Council, the National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Cavell
Maurice may refer to: People * Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr *Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor *Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of England *Maurice of Carnoet (1117–1191), Breton abbot and saint *Maurice, Count of Oldenburg (fl. 1169–1211) *Maurice of Inchaffray (14th century), Scottish cleric who became a bishop * Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521–1553), German Saxon nobleman *Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1551–1612) *Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (1567–1625), stadtholder of the Netherlands * Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel or Maurice the Learned (1572–1632) *Maurice of Savoy (1593–1657), prince of Savoy and a cardinal * Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz (1619–1681) *Maurice of the Palatinate (1620–1652), Count Palatine of the Rhine * Maurice of the Netherlands (1843–1850), prince of Orange-Nassau *Maurice Chevalier (1888–1972) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Harrigan
William Harrigan (March 27, 1894 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor who performed in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s and on stage. Early years Harrigan was born in New York City and attended New York Military Academy. Harrigan was the son of actor Edward Harrigan and the grandson of composer David Braham. His sister was Nedda Harrigan, which made him the brother-in-law of director/playwright Joshua Logan. Harrigan first performed on stage when he was 5 years old, joining his father in a production of ''Reilly and the 400'' at the Garrick Theater. During World War I, Harrigan was a captain in the 307th Infantry Regiment of the 77th Division. Career Following his school years, Harrigan acted in New York theaters in plays that included ''Bought and Paid For'' and ''Springtime''. He also toured Australia in 1915 as part of a company led by Charles Millward. Harrigan's Broadway debut was in ''Old Lavender'' (1906). He also performed with his father in a touring c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Haydon
Julie Haydon (born Donella Donaldson, June 10, 1910 – December 24, 1994) was an American Broadway, film and television actress who received second billing as the female lead in the Ben Hecht–Charles MacArthur 1935 film vehicle for Noël Coward, '' The Scoundrel''. After her Hollywood career ended in 1937, she turned to the theatre, originating the roles of Kitty Duval in ''The Time of Your Life'' (1939) and Laura Wingfield in ''The Glass Menagerie'' (1945). Early career and films Born in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, to Orin Donaldson, a newspaper publisher, and Ella Horton, Haydon began her acting career when she was 19, touring with Minnie Maddern Fiske in ''Mrs. Bumstead Leigh''. Within two years, she played ''Ophelia'' in a production of ''Hamlet'' at the Hollywood Playhouse. Shortly after, she began appearing in films, in 1931. Her first film, in which she was billed under her birth name, was ''The Great Meadow'', a Johnny Mack Brown Western drama made by MGM. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Malkames
Don Malkames (April 7, 1904 – November 24, 1986) was a cinematographer and inventor in the history of motion picture technology. Life and work Malkames began his career at age 17 as an assistant cameraman at Hollywood's William Fox Studio. During the 1930s, he worked in the New York area as a director of photography; he was for several years head of the camera department at the Astoria Studios. Malkames also invented a lenticular motion-picture process, designed a newsreel camera and served as a technical adviser to several film museums across the country. He was the father of cinematographer Karl Malkames. He died at 82 in Yonkers, New York. Select features as cinematographer *'' The Shadow Laughs'' (1933) *'' Victims of Persecution'' (1933) *''Kol Nidre'' (1939) *''Paradise in Harlem'' (1939) *'' Motel the Operator'' (1940) *''Overture to Glory'' (1940) *'' Eli Eli'' (1940) *'' Her Second Mother'' (1940) *'' The Jewish Melody'' (1940) *''The Great Advisor'' (1940) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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