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Earle Rodney
Earle Rodney (4 June 1888 – 16 December 1932) was a Canadian screenwriter, actor, and film director. He wrote for more than 100 films between 1926 and 1947 (posthumous credit). He also acted in 69 films between 1915 and 1929, often paired with Dorothy Devore. He was born in Toronto, and died in Los Angeles, California from pneumonia. Selected filmography * '' The Nick of Time Baby'' (1916 - acted) * ''Whose Baby?'' (1917 - acted) * ''Keys of the Righteous'' (1918 - acted) * '' Naughty, Naughty'' (1918) * '' The Biggest Show on Earth'' (1918) * ''The City of Tears'' (1918) * '' Know Thy Wife'' (1918) * '' A Roman Scandal'' (1919 - acted) * '' Her Bridal Nightmare'' (1920 - acted) * '' Crazy to Act'' (1927 - director) * '' Heart Trouble'' (1928 - writer) * ''The Campus Vamp'' (1928 - writer) * ''Girl Crazy'' (1929 - acted) * '' The Old Barn'' (1929 - writer) * '' The Bees' Buzz'' (1929 - writer) * ''Midnight Daddies'' (1930, writer) * '' Ghost Parade'' (1931 - writer) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart Trouble (1928 Film)
''Heart Trouble'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film starring Harry Langdon and Doris Dawson. It is Langdon's final silent film and his last feature-length one. First National Pictures was preparing to fire Langdon. Reportedly less than a hundred prints were made and it went into only limited release, even though the reviews were good. It is presumed to be lost. Plot A young man tries to enlist in the United States Army for World War I, but is rejected as physically unfit. Cast * Harry Langdon as Harry Van Housen * Doris Dawson as The Girl * Lionel Belmore as Adolph Van Housen * Madge Hunt as Mrs. Adolph van Housen * Bud Jamison as Contractor * Mark Hamilton as Conductor * Nelson McDowell as Conductor * Edythe Chapman * Clark Comstock * Jack Pratt Jack Pratt, born John Harold Pratt, (1878–1938) was a Canadian film director and actor. He directed several films and acted in dozens more. As a director, his work included screen adaptations of novels. Known as Smiling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Deaths
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1888 Births
In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late as 2888, which has 14 digits. Events January–March * January 3 – The 91-centimeter telescope at Lick Observatory in California is first used. * January 12 – The Schoolhouse Blizzard hits Dakota Territory, the states of Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas, leaving 235 dead, many of them children on their way home from school. * January 13 – The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C. * January 21 – The Amateur Athletic Union is founded by William Buckingham Curtis in the United States. * January 26 – The Lawn Tennis Association is founded in England. * February 6 – Gillis Bildt becomes Prime Minister of Sweden (1888–1889). * February 27 – In West Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Road To Hollywood
''The Road to Hollywood'' is a 1947 American film released by Astor Pictures that is a combination of several of Bing Crosby's Educational Pictures short subjects. The title was designed to draft off Paramount Pictures' " Road to..." film series starring Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour; Hope and Lamour do not appear in the film. Plot Bud Pollard narrates a biography of Bing Crosby stringing together the following short subjects: * "I Surrender Dear" (1931) * " One More Chance" (1931) * "Billboard Girl" (1931) * " Dream House" (1931) Cast *Bing Crosby as Himself (archive footage) * Luis Alberni as The Marquis, from ''I Surrender Dear'' (archive footage) *Bud Pollard as Himself (Host / Narrator) * Ann Christy as Betty Brooks, from ''Dream House'' (archive footage) * Patsy O'Leary as Ethel Bangs, from '' One More Chance'' / Mrs. McCullough, from ''I Surrender Dear'' (archive footage) * George C. Pearce as Mary's Father, from ''Billboard Girl'' (archive footage) *Arth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Girl
''Billboard Girl'' is a 1932 Educational-Mack Sennett Featurette (No. S2709) starring Bing Crosby and directed by Leslie Pearce. This was the fourth of the six short films Crosby made for Mack Sennett and which helped launch his career as a solo performer. Background Crosby produced six short films for Mack Sennett, of which four were shot over the course of three months in 1931 and the other two in 1932. The shorts were: * I Surrender Dear (released September 1931) * One More Chance (released November 1931) * Dream House (released January 1932) *Billboard Girl (released March 1932) * Sing, Bing, Sing (released March 1933) *Blue of the Night (released January 1933) Cast *Bing – Bing Crosby *Mary Malone – Marjorie “Babe” Kane *Jerry – Dick Stewart *Freddie – Jimmy Eagles *Whitney – Lincoln Stedman *Mr. Malone – George Pearce Plot Bing and his friend Jerry are seen admiring the picture of a college girl, Mary Malone, on a billboard. Bing has, without meeting h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dream House (1931 Film)
''Dream House'' is a 1931 Educational-Mack Sennett Featurette (No. S2688) starring Bing Crosby and directed by Del Lord. This was the third of the six short films Crosby made for Sennett and which helped launch his career as a solo performer. Background Six shorts were made by Crosby for Mack Sennett, of which were four filmed in a three-month period in 1931 and two in 1932. The shorts were: * ''I Surrender Dear'' (released September 1931) * ''One More Chance'' (released November 1931) *Dream House (released January 1932) *''Billboard Girl'' (released March 1932) *'' Sing, Bing, Sing'' (released March 1933) * ''Blue of the Night'' (released January 1933) Crosby’s records were selling very well when Sennett signed him and “It Must Be True”, one of his big hits with Gus Arnheim was included in “Dream House”. Plot Preparing to meet his girlfriend Betty, plumber Bing Fawcett sings in his bath and whilst dressing 'When I Take My Sugar to Tea'. Finding, however, that Bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One More Chance (1931 Film)
''One More Chance'' is a 1931 Educational-Mack Sennett Featurette (No. S2687) starring Bing Crosby and directed by Mack Sennett. This was the second of the six short films Crosby made for Sennett and which helped launch his career as a solo performer. This film is notable for Crosby first singing on film his classic hit " Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" which is sung to a bevy of giggling overweight Native American maidens who gradually close in on him. He also sings "Just One More Chance" which topped the various charts of the day in 1931. Plot Bing Bangs (Crosby) is a salesman for "Magic" washing machines and his demonstration of the machine at the beginning of the film results in disaster. Crosby later gains a transfer from Hoboken to California and he drives his wife Ethel and her Uncle Joe (who dislikes Bing) in an open car on the journey having many adventures en route. Uncle Joe presses Ethel to divorce Bing and marry a more desirable suitor called Percy Howard. Ethel, Joe an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Surrender Dear (1931 Film)
''I Surrender Dear'' is a 1931 Educational-Mack Sennett Featurette (No. S2094) starring Bing Crosby and directed by Mack Sennett. This was the first of the six short films Crosby made for Sennett and which helped launch his career as a solo performer. Background Crosby, who was then one of The Rhythm Boys vocal group, had a chance meeting with Mack Sennett at the Lakeside Golf Club of Hollywood in the fall of 1930. Sennett was looking for a singer for his short films which had until recently been ‘silents’. Having seen Crosby and The Rhythm Boys perform at the Cocoanut Grove, he invited both Crosby and Donald Novis to audition for him. Sennett decided to take on the former and subsequently, in May 1931, Crosby signed a contract on behalf of the Rhythm Boys for a series of two-reel comedies. The Rhythm Boys were to be paid $1,000 a week while engaged in the filming ($ in dollars ). Within days, however, the Rhythm Boys walked out of their contact at the Cocoanut Grove an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost Parade
''Ghost Parade'' is a 1931 American short subject film directed by Mack Sennett. Plot summary A disparate group of characters are menaced in a haunted house by mice playing a xylophone, a talking dog, a gorilla, and each other. Cast * Harry Gribbon as The Constable * Andy Clyde as Mr. Martin *Marjorie Beebe Marjorie Eileen Beebe (October 9, 1908 – May 9, 1983) was an American film actress. Early years Beebe was born on October 9, 1909. She graduated from Hollywood High School. Career Beebe tired of working as an assistant in a magician's show, ... * Frank Eastman *Marion Sayers *Babe Stafford * Charles Gemora as Gorilla External links * * 1931 films Comedy mystery films Mack Sennett Comedies short films American black-and-white films 1931 comedy films American comedy mystery films American haunted house films Educational Pictures short films American comedy short films 1930s comedy mystery films Films directed by Mack Sennett 1930s English-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight Daddies
''Midnight Daddies'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Mack Sennett and starring Andy Clyde, Harry Gribbon, and Rosemary Theby.Balducci, p. 99 It was the last feature film that Sennett directed: his remaining six films were Bing Crosby shorts. Cast * Andy Clyde as Wilbur Louder * Harry Gribbon as Charlie Mason aka Charles De Maisone * Rosemary Theby as Mrs. Wilbur Louder * Addie McPhail as Trixie - Charlie's Sweetheart * Alma Bennett as Camille McNab - Vamp * Jack Cooper as Lord Rumsberry - Modiste Shop Owner * Kathrin Clare Ward as Wilbur's Mother-in-law * Vernon Dent as Baron von Twiddlebaum - Designer * George Gray as Everett * Anna Dodge as 1st Bridge Player * Sunshine Hart as 2nd Bridge Player * Wade Boteler Wade Boteler (October 3, 1888 – May 7, 1943) was an American film actor and writer. He appeared in more than 430 films between 1919 and 1943. Biography He was born in Santa Ana, California, and died in Hollywood, California, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bees' Buzz
''The Bees' Buzz'' is a 1929 American film directed by Mack Sennett. Cast * Harry Gribbon as Homer Ashcraft * Andy Clyde as Peggy's father * Barbara Leonard as Peggy *Tyler Brooke as Peggy's suitor *Vernon Dent as Jim *Ruth Kane as A party guest *Billy Gilbert William Gilbert Barron (September 12, 1894 – September 23, 1971), known professionally as Billy Gilbert, was an American actor and comedian. He was known for his comic sneeze routines. He appeared in over 200 feature films, short subjects ... External links * * 1929 films Mack Sennett Comedies short films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films 1929 comedy films American comedy short films Films directed by Mack Sennett 1920s American films {{short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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