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Dorothy Peterson
Bergetta "Dorothy" Peterson (25 December 1897 - 3 October 1979) was an American actress. She began her acting career on Broadway before appearing in more than eighty Hollywood films. Early years Peterson was born in Hector, Minnesota, the daughter of Oscar Frank Peterson and Emily Johnson Peterson. She had a brother, Buford, and was raised in Zion, Illinois. She was of Swedish ancestry. She studied at a dramatic school, performing in adaptations of Greek plays, and then attended the Chicago Musical College. Career Billed by her birth name, Peterson acted with a company in ''Icebound'' at the Montauk Theater in Brooklyn, New York, in September 1923. For two years, Peterson toured with Borgony Hammer's Ibsen Repertory Company. She left that troupe to go to New York, where she began performing in Broadway productions. Broadway plays in which she acted included ''Subway Express'' (1929), ''Dracula'' (1927), ''God Loves Us'' (1926), ''Pomeroy's Past'' (1926), ''Find Daddy'' (1926) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hector, Minnesota
Hector is a city in Renville County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,151 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. History Hector was founded in 1878 when the Hastings and Dakota Railway Company constructed the railroad on the north side of the original town site. The ten-block town site survey was completed on September 14, 1878, on land owned by the Hastings and Dakota. The village was named after the township of Hector, which had been organized in June 1874. It was originally named Milford, but the name was changed when it was learned there was already another Milford in Minnesota. There was heated debate between those who favored the name Plainfield (after the stage stop and post office) and those who favored the name Hector, a township in New York on the east shore of Seneca Lake where many of the early settlers came from. Hector, New York, was named after the bravest of the ancient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traveling Husbands
''Traveling Husbands'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Paul Sloane based on a screenplay by Humphrey Pearson. The film stars Constance Cummings, Frank Albertson, Evelyn Brent, Dorothy Peterson and Hugh Herbert. Hugh Herbert's brother, Tom, made his screen debut with a small role in this film, billed as Tom Francis. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, the film premiered in New York City on August 7, 1931, and was released nationwide the following week on August 15. It received mixed reviews from the critics. Plot While waiting to see the owner of the store who is potentially a new big client, Barry Greene, a traveling salesman, practices his sales pitch on Ellen Wilson. Unbeknownst to Barry, Ellen is the daughter of his potential client, J.C. Wilson. Her father, obsessed with business, has neglected his daughter. When she goes in to speak with her father, his usual lack of interest in her life causes her to decide to teach him a lesson by living a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When A Feller Needs A Friend
''When a Feller Needs a Friend'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Harry A. Pollard and written by Frank Butler and Sylvia Thalberg. The film stars Jackie Cooper, Charles "Chic" Sale, Ralph Graves, Dorothy Peterson, Andy Shuford, and Helen Parrish. The film was released on April 30, 1932, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Eddie (Cooper) wears a leg brace and his mother will not let him play like the other boys. His hope is that a German doctor will be able to operate and fix his leg. When his cousin Froggie comes to live with his family, he is nice to Mr. and Mrs. Randall, but mean to Eddie. Uncle Jonas (Sale) sees what is happening, but Eddie's parents do not believe him as Froggie seems so nice. Uncle Jonas tries to make Eddie tougher by teaching him boxing and baseball, but all it does is get Jonas thrown out of the house. Cast *Jackie Cooper as Edward Haverford 'Eddie' Randall * Charles "Chic" Sale as Uncle Jonas Tucker *Ralph Graves as Mr. Tom Randall * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
So Big! (1932 Film)
''So Big'' is a 1932 pre-Code American drama film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Barbara Stanwyck. The screenplay by J. Grubb Alexander and Robert Lord is based on the 1924 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, by Edna Ferber. ''So Big'' was the second full-scale screen adaptation of the Ferber novel. The first was a 1924 silent film of the same name directed by Charles Brabin and starring Colleen Moore. A 1953 remake was directed by Robert Wise and starred Jane Wyman. The story was also made as a short in 1930, with Helen Jerome Eddy. Plot Following the death of her mother, Selina Peake and her father, Simeon, move to Chicago, where she enrolls in finishing school. Her father is killed, leaving her penniless, and Selina's friend, Julie Hemple, helps her find a job as a schoolteacher in a small Dutch community. Selina moves in with the Poole family and tutors their son Roelf. Selina eventually marries immigrant farmer Pervus De Jong, and gives birth to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Business And Pleasure
''Business and Pleasure'' is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by David Butler, starring Will Rogers and featuring Boris Karloff. Plot Earl Tinker () goes on a Mediterranean cruise and finds that a business rival has a in pursuit.Cast * as Earl Tinker * |
She Wanted A Millionaire
''She Wanted a Millionaire'' is a 1932 American pre-Code film starring Joan Bennett and Spencer Tracy. The film, produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation, was directed by John G. Blystone and also features Una Merkel. It is the only film that Bennett and Tracy made together in which she was billed over Tracy. They also played the top-billed romantic leads in ''Me and My Gal'' (1932), '' Father of the Bride'' (1950), and ''Father's Little Dividend'' (1951). Plot summary Cast * Joan Bennett as Jane Miller * Spencer Tracy as William Kelley * Una Merkel as Mary Taylor * James Kirkwood as Roger Norton * Dorothy Peterson as Mrs. Miller * Douglas Cosgrove as Mr. Miller * Don Dillaway as Humphrey * Tetsu Komai as Charlie * Constantine Romanoff as Monk * George Chandler as Hotel Worker * Lucille La Verne as Mother Norton * Judith Vosselli as French Society Woman * Cecilia Parker as Miss Hollywood * June Lang as Beauty Contest Contestant * Sheila Bromley as Beauty Cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beast Of The City
''The Beast of the City'' is a 1932 American pre-Code gangster film featuring cops as vigilantes and known for its singularly vicious ending. Written by W.R. Burnett, Ben Hecht (uncredited), and John Lee Mahin, and directed by Charles Brabin, the film stars Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford, Jean Hersholt, and Tully Marshall. Plot Police Captain Jim Fitzpatrick (Walter Huston) is a dedicated family man and crime fighter not averse to using violence to fight violence. Although he's been demoted for political reasons, public outcry forces the mayor to take more aggressive action against sleazy gang boss Sam Belmonte (Jean Hersholt), and Fitzpatrick is promoted to police chief. His younger brother, Police Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (Wallace Ford), allows himself to be seduced by a languorously sexy Belmonte gang moll (Jean Harlow) and needs money to continue the relationship. Frustrated when his principled brother will not promote him, he betrays Jim's trust by conspiring with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbidden (1932 Film)
''Forbidden'' is a 1932 American pre-Code melodrama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, and Ralph Bellamy. An original story inspired by the 1931 novel '' Back Street'' by Fannie Hurst, with a screenplay by Jo Swerling, the film is about a young librarian who falls in love with a married man while on a sea cruise. Plot Librarian Lulu Smith shows up late to work for the first time in eight years—the victim of spring fever. Frustrated by her loneliness, she withdraws her life savings and buys a ticket for a two week romantic cruise to Havana— advertised as the "land of romance". On the ship, she meets Bob Grover, a lawyer with political ambitions, who mistook her room 66 for his room 99 after a few too many drinks. They have dinner together, and soon they develop a romantic attraction. In Havana, they spend their time together gambling, drinking, riding horses, and taking moonlit walks on the beach. When he asks why she came to Havana, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma (1932 Film)
''Emma'' is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy-drama film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, starring Marie Dressler, written by Leonard Praskins from a story by Frances Marion, and directed by Clarence Brown. The supporting cast features Richard Cromwell, Jean Hersholt and Myrna Loy. Plot Inventor Frederick Smith's wife dies during the birth of their fourth baby, Ronnie, leaving the family in the care of their faithful housekeeper Emma. Twenty years later, after Smith's inventions have made the family rich, the affable Ronnie, who is Emma's favorite, arrives home from college, announcing that he wants to quit school and become a pilot. The other Smith children, Bill, Gypsy and Isabelle, have all grown into spoiled adults, but Emma lovingly indulges them all, making excuses for their bad behavior to their father and everyone else. As Emma leaves for her first vacation in 32 years with the family, the absent-minded Frederick sadly takes her to the station. She gets cold feet and decide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Man's Folly
''Rich Man's Folly'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code drama film directed by John Cromwell (director), John Cromwell and written by Edward E. Paramore Jr. and Grover Jones. The film stars George Bancroft (actor), George Bancroft, Frances Dee, Robert Ames (actor), Robert Ames, Juliette Compton, David Durand, Dorothy Peterson, and Harry Allen (actor), Harry Allen. The film was released on November 14, 1931, by Paramount Pictures. This modern adaptation of the 1848 novel ''Dombey and Son'' is regarded as Hollywood's first major screen adaptation of a Charles Dickens work. Plot Cast *George Bancroft (actor), George Bancroft as Brock Trumbull *Frances Dee as Ann Trumbull *Robert Ames (actor), Robert Ames as Joe Warren *Juliette Compton as Paula Norcross *David Durand (actor), David Durand as Brock Junior *Dorothy Peterson as Katherine Trumbull *Harry Allen (actor), Harry Allen as McWylie *Gilbert Emery as Kincaid *Guy Oliver as Dayton *Anne Shirley (actress), Anne Shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Way Back Home (1931 Film)
''Way Back Home'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Phillips Lord, Effie Palmer, Frank Albertson, and Bette Davis. The screenplay by Jane Murfin is based on characters created for the NBC Radio show ''Seth Parker'' by Phillips Lord. Plot A decade earlier, Jonesport, Maine preacher Seth Parker and his wife took in motherless infant Robbie Turner after he was abandoned by his sadistic alcoholic father Rufe; young Robbie has always considered the Parkers his parents. Mary Lucy Duffy, whose father has banished her from their home for fraternizing with farmhand David Clark, is also living with the Parkers, and her romance with David attracts the attention of the local gossips. David's mother had run off with a stranger years earlier, and when she returned to Jonesport with an illegitimate infant son, they were shunned by the townspeople. Mary Lucy and David plan to elope to Bangor, but Seth encourages them to stay by offering to pay f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skyline (1931 Film)
''Skyline'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Sam Taylor and starring silent film veteran Thomas Meighan. It is based on a novel—''East Side, West Side''—by Felix Riesenberg. It was produced and released by Fox Film Corporation. Cast *Thomas Meighan – Gordon A. McClellan *Hardie Albright – John Breen *Maureen O'Sullivan – Kathleen Kearny *Myrna Loy – Paula Lambert * Stanley Fields – Captain Breen *Jack Kennedy – Kearny *Robert McWade – Judge West *Don Dillaway – Gerry Gaige *Alice Ward – Mrs. Kearny *Dorothy Peterson Bergetta "Dorothy" Peterson (25 December 1897 - 3 October 1979) was an American actress. She began her acting career on Broadway before appearing in more than eighty Hollywood films. Early years Peterson was born in Hector, Minnesota, the daug ... – Rose Breen References External linksSkyline at IMDb.com*lobby poster 1931 films Films directed by Sam Taylor Fox Film films Films based on American novels 1931 dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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