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Donald Meek
Thomas Donald Meek (14 July 1878 – 18 November 1946) was a Scottish-American actor. He first performed publicly at the age of eight and began appearing on Broadway in 1903. Meek is perhaps best known for his roles in the films '' You Can't Take It with You'' (1938) and ''Stagecoach'' (1939). He posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Early years Meek was born in Glasgow to Matthew and Annie Meek. In the 1890s, the Meek family emigrated to Canada and then to the United States. By 1900, they were living in Philadelphia where Meek was employed as a dry goods salesman, according to the United States census of that year with Meek later working on stage. Career Meek's Broadway credits include ''Take My Tip'' (1932), ''After Tomorrow'' (1931), ''Oh, Promise Me'' (1930), ''Broken Dishes'' (1929), in which he starred with a young Bette Davis, ''Jonesy'' (1929), ''Mr. Moneypenny'' (1928), ''The Ivory Door'' (1927), ''My Princess'' (1927), ''Spread Eagle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trailer (promotion)
A trailer (also known as a preview, coming attraction or attraction video) is a commercial advertisement, originally for a feature film that is going to be exhibited in the future at a movie theater/cinema. It is a product of creative and technical work. Movie trailers have now become popular on DVDs and Blu-ray discs, as well as on the Internet and mobile devices. Of some 10 billion videos watched online annually, film trailers rank third, after news and user-created video. The trailer format has been adopted as a promotional tool for television shows, video games, books, and theatrical events/concerts. History The first trailer shown in an American film theater was in November 1913, when Nils Granlund, the advertising manager for the Marcus Loew theater chain, produced a short promotional film for the musical ''The Pleasure Seekers'', opening at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway. As reported in a wire service story carried by the Lincoln, Nebraska ''Daily Star'', t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ford
John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), known professionally as John Ford, was an American film director and naval officer. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation. He was the recipient of six Academy Awards including a record four wins for Best Director. Ford made frequent use of location shooting and wide shots, in which his characters were framed against a vast, harsh, and rugged natural terrain. In a career of more than 50 years, Ford directed more than 140 films (although most of his silent films are now lost). He is renowned both for Westerns such as '' Stagecoach'' (1939), '' The Searchers'' (1956), and ''The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'' (1962) and adaptations of classic 20th century American novels such as '' The Grapes of Wrath'' (1940). Ford's work was held in high regard by his colleagues, with Akira Kurosawa, Orson Welles and Ingmar Bergman among those who named him one of the greate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hi Nellie!
''Hi, Nellie!'' is a 1934 American crime drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Paul Muni and Glenda Farrell. A newspaper editor is demoted to writing an advice column for refusing to go along with the crowd in declaring a missing lawyer to be a thief. Plot Newspaper editor Brad (Paul Muni) learns that Frank J. Canfield, the head of the governor's investigating committee, has disappeared, along with a large sum of money. He refuses to print the story on the front page of the newspaper because there is no proof that Canfield, an honest and prominent lawyer, fled with the missing funds. When every other newspaper in the city features the story, the newspaper's owner Graham (Berton Churchill) reprimands Brad for the missing story and fires him. Brad says that his contract does not allow him to be fired, so Graham decides to make him write the lonely hearts column. Brad is furious, but has no choice but to accept the position. He also decides to keep an eye on the Frank J. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Coach
''College Coach'' (UK title ''Football Coach'') is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film starring Dick Powell and Ann Dvorak. The film features John Wayne in his last bit-part role. Plot Calvert College begins taking football more seriously, over the objections of Dr. Sargeant, the president of the school. Coach Gore is brought in and given a free rein, which he uses to pay money to standout players. He is so obsessed with winning that he ignores his wife, Claire. The president's son, Phil Sargeant, is also an outstanding athlete, but is far more interested in studying chemistry. He is persuaded to join the team, however, and becomes the fourth of the "Four Aces" who begin leading Calvert to victories. Football stars begin feeling entitled to things, including favoritism in the classroom. One of them, Weaver, even makes a pass at the coach's wife. Phil Sargeant is offended when given a passing grade for a chemistry test he didn't even complete. He quarrels with the coach and quit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ever In My Heart
''Ever in My Heart'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code drama film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Otto Kruger, and Ralph Bellamy. It portrays the tragic consequences of the virulent History of propaganda, propaganda that spread false stories of atrocities and stigmatized anything German during the World War I, Great War. Plot In 1909 in the town of Archedale, Mary Archer, an American girl from the prominent Archer family, meets Hugo Wilbrandt, a German chemist who knows her cousin and childhood sweetheart Jeff. It had been assumed for years that Mary and Jeff would marry someday, but Mary falls in love with Hugo and he with her. They soon marry and start a family. Hugo enthustically adopts his new country and becomes an American citizen on the eve of World War I. Allied propaganda soon promotes anti-German sentiment, which eventually costs Hugo his professorship at the local university. Hard times fall on the family, and the Wilbrandts' you ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love, Honor, And Oh Baby!
''Love, Honor, and Oh Baby!'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film, starring Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, and George Barbier. The 1940 Universal Pictures film with the same title is not a remake. Adapted from the stage play, ''"Oh, Promise Me"''. Pitts plays a secretary that plots with her ambulance chasing lawyer, Slim, to compromise her employer for a breach of promise suit. Besides recovering handsomely at the trail, her boyfriend is provided with a case. A capable group of stars rounds out the rest of the cast that includes Donald Meek, Lucille Gleason and Varree Teasdale. The movie did not do well nor was it well reviewed by The New York Times which called it unfunny. Cast *Slim Summerville as Mark Reed *ZaSu Pitts as Connie Clark * George Barbier as Jasper B. Ogden *Lucille Gleason as Flo Bowen *Verree Teasdale as Elsie Carpenter *Donald Meek as Luther Bowen *Purnell Pratt as Marchall Durant *Adrienne Dore as Louise *Dorothy Granger as Mrs. Brown *Neely Edwards as Mr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayward (film)
''Wayward'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Edward Sloman and written by Gladys Unger (with Lillian Day and Mateel Howe Farnham). The film stars Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen, Pauline Frederick, John Litel, and Margalo Gillmore. It was released on February 19, 1932, by Paramount Pictures. Cast *Nancy Carroll as Daisy Frost *Richard Arlen as David Frost *Pauline Frederick as Mrs. Eleanor Frost *John Litel as Robert 'Bob' Daniels *Margalo Gillmore as Louisa Daniels *Burke Clarke as Uncle Judson *Dorothy Stickney as Hattie *Gertrude Michael as Mary Morton *Sidney Easton as George *Mae Questel Mae Questel (born Mae Kwestel, September 13, 1908 – January 4, 1998) was an American actress. She was best known for providing the voices for the animated characters Betty Boop (from 1931) and Olive Oyl (from 1933). She began in vaudeville, ... as Showgirl References External links * 1932 films American drama films 1932 drama films Paramount Pictures films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Personal Maid
''Personal Maid'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Monta Bell and Lothar Mendes and written by Adelaide Heilbron and Grace Perkins. The film stars Nancy Carroll, Pat O'Brien (actor), Pat O'Brien, Gene Raymond, Mary Boland, and George Fawcett. The film was released on September 12, 1931, by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the novel of the same title by Grace Perkins. Cast *Nancy Carroll as Nora Ryan *Pat O'Brien (actor), Pat O'Brien as Peter Shea *Gene Raymond as Dick Gary *Mary Boland as Mrs. Otis Gary *George Fawcett as Gary Gary *Hugh O'Connell as Kipp *Ernest Lawford as Barrows *Charlotte Wynters as Gwen Gary *Jessie Busley as Ma Ryan *Donald Meek as Pa Ryan See also *''The House That Shadows Built'' (1931) Paramount promotional film with excerpts of ''Personal Maid'' References External links * 1931 films American drama films 1931 drama films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Lothar Mendes Films directed by Monta Bell American black- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl Habit
''The Girl Habit'' is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and written by Owen Davis, Clayton Hamilton, Gertrude Purcell and A.E. Thomas. The film stars Charlie Ruggles, Tamara Geva, Margaret Dumont, Allen Jenkins and Donald Meek. The film was released on June 27, 1931, by Paramount Pictures. Cast *Charlie Ruggles as Charlie Floyd *Tamara Geva as Sonja Maloney *Sue Conroy as Lucy Ledyard *Margaret Dumont as Blanche Ledyard *Allen Jenkins as Tony Maloney *Donald Meek as Jonesy *Douglas Gilmore as Huntley Palmer *Jerome Daley as Warden Henry *Betty Garde as Hattie Henry Reception Motion Picture Herald found the film "refreshing" with a "constant flow of laughter," specifically citing Charlie Ruggles as the main reason the picture delighted audiences. Screenland ''Screenland'' was a monthly U.S. magazine about movies, published between September 1920 and June 1971, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hole In The Wall (1929 Film)
''The Hole in the Wall'' is a 1929 pre-Code mystery drama film directed by Robert Florey, and starring Claudette Colbert and Edward G. Robinson. This early talking picture was the first appearance of Edward G. Robinson in the role of a gangster, and "can be viewed as a dry run for his eventual success (in 1931 in ''Little Caesar'')". It was also one of Colbert's first film appearances. It was shot at the Astoria Studios in New York. The film is a remake of an earlier 1921 silent '' The Hole in the Wall''. Plot A con man called The Fox teams up with a fake fortune teller named Madame Mystera to bilk naive people out of their money. When Madame Mystera dies in a car accident, The Fox hires a woman named Jean Oliver to replace her. But as time goes on, he comes to believe that Jean actually does have real supernatural powers. Cast *Claudette Colbert as Jean Oliver * Edward G. Robinson as The Fox *David Newell as Gordon Grant * Nellie Savage as Madame Mystera *Donald Meek as Goofy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six Cylinder Love (1923 Film)
''Six Cylinder Love'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film produced and distributed by Fox Film and directed by Elmer Clifton. The film is based on a popular 1921 Broadway play and stars Ernest Truex from the play. Other actors appearing in the film from the Broadway play are Donald Meek and Ralph Sipperly. Both Hedda Hopper and June Walker had substantial roles in the long-running play, but did not appear in the film. Walker's part was played by ingenue Florence Eldridge in her first film. Also making their film debuts are Donald Meek and Thomas Mitchell. In 1931, Fox produced an early sound remake starring newcomer Spencer Tracy. The 20th Century Fox studio remade the story in 1939 as '' The Honeymoon's Over''. Plot As described in a film magazine review, newlyweds Gilbert and Marilyn Sterling make their home in a pleasant suburb. The young wife explains that she wants an automobile badly. The husband takes out a mortgage on the home and buys a machine from crafty auto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairmount Mausoleum
Fairmount Mausoleum is a public mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Colorado. The building was designed by architects Frederick E. Mountjoy and Francis W. Frewan. Constructed in 1929 and opened in 1930, the Fairmount Mausoleum contains the remains of more than 17,000 people and houses one of the largest stained glass collections in the state of Colorado. In 2005, the Fairmount Mausoleum was listed as an official historic landmark by the City of Denver. Notable interments *Charles Boettcher (1852–1948) businessman and philanthropist *Frederick Gilmer Bonfils (1860–1933) co-founder of ''The Denver Post'' *Helen Bonfils (1889–1972) businesswoman and philanthropist *Charles Gates, Sr. (1877–1961) founder of Gates Rubber Company *Edwin C. Johnson (1884–1970) Colorado Governor and U.S. Senator *William Lee Knous (1889–1959) Colorado Governor *Donald Meek (1878–1946) popular character actor *Eugene Donald Millikin (1891–1958) U.S. Senator * Frederick E. Mountjoy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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