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Dorothy Gulliver
Dorothy Kathleen Gulliver (September 6, 1908 – May 23, 1997) was an American silent film actress, and one of the few to make a successful transition when films began using sound. Biography The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gulliver, she was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1908 and was raised as a Mormon. From childhood, she wanted to be an actress. After she won the Miss Salt Lake City beauty contest in 1924 a scout for Paramount sought to have her go to Hollywood, but her mother opposed that plan. In June 1925, she won a beauty contest sponsored by Universal, with her awards including a six-month contract with Universal at a salary of $50 per week. Gulliver's early work at Universal included two short films and two serials, '' The Winking Idol'' (1926) and ''Strings of Steel'' (1926). She was named as a 1928 WAMPAS Baby Star. Gulliver was part of ''The Collegians'' silent series of the late 1920s, and did some silent serials with William Desmond, Jack Hoxie, and Hoot Gib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, the city is the core of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which had a population of 1,257,936 at the 2020 census. Salt Lake City is further situated within a larger metropolis known as the Salt Lake City–Provo–Orem Combined Statistical Area, Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo Combined Statistical Area, a corridor of contiguous urban and suburban development stretched along a segment of the Wasatch Front, comprising a population of 2,746,164 (as of 2021 estimates), making it the 22nd largest in the nation. It is also the central core of the larger of only two major urban areas located within the Great Basin (the other being Reno, Nevada). Salt Lake C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Dog Of The Regiment
''A Dog of the Regiment'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman. This film is presumed lost. According to Warner Bros records the film earned $188,000 domestic and $59,000 foreign. Plot Based on a story by Albert S. Howson, the film traces the life of Rin-Tin-Tin "from the time he was a puppy to the time when he fell into the hands of an American, fighting in France." The American is an flyer whose plane went down behind German lines.Cast * |
Under Montana Skies
''Under Montana Skies'' is a 1930 American western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Kenneth Harlan, Slim Summerville and Dorothy Gulliver.Pitts p.375 It was produced and distributed by Tiffany Pictures, one of the leading independent studios in Hollywood. Synopsis In a western town, cowboy Clay Conning gets a traveling musical troupe out of financial trouble so they can put on a show. However, a cattle rustler and old adversary of his makes off with the box office cash, leading to a pursuit. Cast * Kenneth Harlan as Clay Conning * Slim Summerville as Sunshine * Dorothy Gulliver as Mary * Nita Martan as Blondie * Harry Todd as Abner Jenkins * Ethel Wales as Martha Jenkins * Lafe McKee as Sheriff Pinkie * Christian J. Frank as Townsman * Slim Whitaker Charles Orbie "Slim" Whitaker (July 29, 1893 – June 27, 1960) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 340 films between 1914 and 1949. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and died in Los Ange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troopers Three
''Troopers Three'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and B. Reeves Eason and produced and distributed by Tiffany Studios. Plot Eddie Haskins (Lease), a wisecracking young man, teams up with two ham-acrobats known as 'Bugs & Sunny' (Karns and Summerville). When they are all kicked out of a vaudeville theater in California, they enlist in the U. S. Cavalry. Eddie falls in love with Dorothy Clark (Gulliver), the daughter of a sergeant and, following a moonlight tryst, they are discovered by Sergeant Hank Darby (London) who himself is in love with Dorothy. They have a fist-fight in which Eddie comes out second best. When Darby is reprimanded for fighting with an enlisted man, the troopers incorrectly think that Eddie squealed on him, and they punish him with a conspiracy of silence. Dorothy also rejects him. Eddie has a problem. Maybe a fire will break out in the stables and he can rescue Sergeant Darby. Cast *Rex Lease as Eddie Haskins *Dorothy Gul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexicali Rose (1929 Film)
''Mexicali Rose'' (also known as ''The Girl from Mexico'') is a 1929 American pre-Code Pre-Code Hollywood was the brief era in the American film industry between the widespread adoption of sound in film in 1929LaSalle (2002), p. 1. and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines, popularly known ... romantic drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton, and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Sam Hardy. A silent and sound version are preserved at the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' page 115 c.1978 published by The American Film Institute Plot "Happy" Manning returns early from a trip to his Mexican casino, the Mina de Oro (Gold Mine), and to his wife Rose, unaware she has been unfaithful to him with Joe, the croupier. Happy soon finds out and divorces Rose, but he keeps Joe, as Joe is too valuable an employee to lose. Afterward, he goes t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Painted Faces (1929 Film)
''Painted Faces'' is a 1929 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Joe E. Brown, Helen Foster and Barton Hepburn.Babington & Charles Barr p.53 The film's sets were designed by the art director Hervey Libbert. Synopsis After a vaudeville performer is murdered, another member of the troupe is arrested. During his trial only one juror, himself a entertainer, holds that he has been framed and seeks out the real culprit. Cast * Joe E. Brown as Hermann / Beppo * Helen Foster as Nancy * Barton Hepburn as Buddy Barton * Dorothy Gulliver as Babe Barnes * Lester Cole as Roderick * Richard Tucker as District Attorney * Purnell Pratt as Foreman of Jury * Mabel Julienne Scott as Mrs. Warren - Nervous Woman Jury Member * Clem Beauchamp as Jury Member * Joseph Belmont as Jury Member * Alma Bennett as Jury Member * Allan Cavan as Defense Attorney * William B. Davidson as Ringmaster * Russ Dudley as Jury Member * Dannie Mac Grant as Circus Specta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Parade
''Night Parade'' is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film directed by Malcolm St. Clair based on the play ''Ringside'' by Hyatt Daab, Edward Paramore, Jr. and George Abbott. Released by RKO Pictures in October 1929, it starred Hugh Trevor, Aileen Pringle, Dorothy Gulliver and Robert Ellis. Plot Bobby Murray is the middleweight champion, managed by his father, Tom. He is expected to lose an upcoming fight in defense of his title. A local sportswriter, Sid Durham, also thinks he will lose, but he has high regard for Tom. A gangster, John Zelli, also feels that Murray will lose, but wants to ensure that fact. Zelli enlists the talents of sultry Paula Vernoff to seduce Bobby, and get him to agree to throw the fight. Over the course of several meetings between Paula and Bobby, she eventually, through seduction and alcohol, gets him to agree to purposely lose. Durham, through his connections, learns of Zelli's plot, and tells Tom what Bobby agreed to. Tom confronts Bobby, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Love
''College Love'' is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Nat Ross and written by John B. Clymer, Pierre Couderc, Leonard Fields and Albert DeMond. The film stars George J. Lewis, Eddie Phillips (actor), Eddie Phillips, Dorothy Gulliver, Churchill Ross, Hayden Stevenson and Sumner Getchell. The film was released on July 7, 1929, by Universal Pictures. Cast *George J. Lewis as Robert Wilson *Eddie Phillips (actor), Eddie Phillips as Flash Thomas *Dorothy Gulliver as Dorothy Mae *Churchill Ross as Jimmy Reed *Hayden Stevenson as Coach Jones *Sumner Getchell as Fat References External links * 1929 films 1920s English-language films American comedy films 1929 comedy films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Nat Ross American black-and-white films 1920s American films {{1920s-US-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lariat Kid
''The Lariat Kid'' is a lost 1929 American silent Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. Cast * Hoot Gibson as Tom Richards * Ann Christy as Mary Lou * Cap Anderson as Scar Hagerty * Mary Foy as Aunt Bella * Walter Brennan as Pat O'Shea * Andy Waldron as George Carson * Bud Osborne as Trigger Finger * Joseph Bennett as Pecos Kid * Jim Corey as Jackknife * Francis Ford as Cal Gregg * Joe Rickson Joe Rickson (born Oscar Erickson; September 6, 1880 – January 8, 1958) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 90 films between 1913 and 1945. He was born in Clearcreek, Montana and died in Los Angeles, California. Parti ... as Tony References External links * * 1929 films Films directed by B. Reeves Eason Universal Pictures films 1929 Western (genre) films Lost Western (genre) films Lost American films American black-and-white films 1929 lost films Silent Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clearing The Trail
''Clearing the Trail'' is a lost 1928 American silent Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and released through Universal Pictures. ''Clearing the Trail''] Cast * - Pete Watson * - Ellen * Fred Gilman - Steve Watson * C. E. Anderson - Don Talbot * - Silk Cardross * Andrew Waldron - Judge Price ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wild West Show (1928 Film)
''The Wild West Show'' is a lost 1928 American silent Western film directed by Del Andrews and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and distributed through Universal Pictures. Cast * Hoot Gibson as Rodeo Bill * Dorothy Gulliver as Ruth Henson * Allan Forrest as Alexander * Gale Henry as Zella * Monte Montague as Bill's Sidekick * Roy Laidlaw Roy James Laidlaw (born 5 October 1953) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, pp145, 146 Rugby Union career Amateur career Much of his domestic rugby was played with Jed-Forest RFC, who were in the Scottish Second Divi ... as Joe Henson * John Hall as Sheriff References External links * * 1928 films Lost American Western (genre) films 1928 Western (genre) films English-language Western (genre) films American black-and-white films 1928 lost films Silent American Western (genre) films Films directed by Del Andrews 1920s American films 1920s English-language films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Morning, Judge (1928 Film)
''Good Morning, Judge'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Reginald Denny, Mary Nolan, and Otis Harlan.Mundren p. 306 Plot Cast * Reginald Denny as Freddie Grey * Mary Nolan as Julia Harrington * Otis Harlan as Jerry Snoot * Dorothy Gulliver as Ruth Grey * William B. Davidson as Elton (as William Davidson) * Bull Montana as First Crook * William Worthington as Mr. Grey Sr * Sailor Sharkey A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ... as Second Crook * Charles Coleman as Butler * William H. Tooker as Judge References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
