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Edmund Mortimer (actor)
Edmund Mortimer (born Edmund Mortimer Olson; August 21, 1874 – May 21, 1944) was an American actor and film director. Early years Mortimer's family was "prominent socially in Brooklyn and Washington". His father (also named Edmund Mortimer Olson) was a captain in the U. S. Navy. As a boy, Mortimer sang in church choirs and participated in other musical activities in Brooklyn. His military service included membership; in the Second Naval Battalion and in Company C, 23rd Regiment. Career Mortimer began acting on stage in 1904 and went on to perform with several theatrical companies. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1913 and 1945. He also directed 23 films between 1918 and 1928, including ''The Arizona Romeo'' (1925). Selected filmography * '' Neptune's Daughter'' (1914) * ''The Road Through the Dark'' (1918) *'' The Savage Woman'' (1918) * ''The Misfit Wife'' (1920) * '' Alias Jimmy Valentine'' (1920, director) * '' Railroaded'' (1923) * '' The Wolf Man'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil Bat
''The Devil Bat'' is a 1940 black-and-white American horror/howcatchem film produced by Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) and directed by Jean Yarborough. The film stars Bela Lugosi along with Suzanne Kaaren, Guy Usher, Yolande Mallott and the comic team of Dave O'Brien and Donald Kerr as the protagonists. It was the first horror film from PRC.''The Devil Bat'' at TCM 
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The Man From Red Gulch
''The Man from Red Gulch'' is a 1925 American silent Western film featuring Harry Carey. Copies of the film are held at Cineteca Italiana, Milan and the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Cast * Harry Carey as Sandy * Harriet Hammond as Betsey * Frank Campeau as Falloner * Mark Hamilton as Frisbee * Lee Shumway as Lasham * Doris Lloyd as Madame Le Blanc * Frank Norcross as Col. Starbottle * Virginia Davis as Cissy * Michael D. Moore as Jimmy (as Mickey Moore) See also * Harry Carey filmography This is a list of films featuring Harry Carey. 1910 * ''Bill Sharkey's Last Game'' * ''Gentleman Joe'' 1912 * ''An Unseen Enemy'' as The Thief * ''Two Daughters of Eve'' as In Audience * ''Friends'' as Bob Kyne - the Prospector * '' So Near ... References External links * allmovie/synopsis; ''The Man from Red Gulch'' 1925 films 1925 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Edmund Mortimer Producers Distributing Corporation films Silent Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Silent Film Actors
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English American English, sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of variety (linguistics), varieties of the English language native to the United States. English is the Languages of the United States, most widely spoken lan ..., the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Film Actors
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 Deaths
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea, in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1874 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx. * January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time. * January 3 – Third Carlist War – Battle of Caspe: Campaigning on the Ebro in Aragon for the Spanish Republican Government, Colonel Eulogio Despujol surprises a Carlist force under Manuel Marco de Bello at Caspe, northeast of Alcañiz. In a brilliant action the Carlists are routed, losing 200 prisoners and 80 horses, while Despujol is promoted to Brigadier and becomes Conde de Caspe. * January 20 – The Pangkor Treaty (also known as the Pangkor Engagement), by which the British extended their control over first the Sultanate of Perak, and later the other independent Malay States, is signed. * January 23 **Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria, marries Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, only daug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Many Blondes
''Too Many Blondes'' is a 1941 American musical comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Rudy Vallee, Helen Parrish and Lon Chaney Jr. Creighton Tull Chaney (February10, 1906 – July12, 1973), known by his stage name Lon Chaney Jr., was an American actor known for playing Larry Talbot in the film '' The Wolf Man'' (1941) and its various crossovers, Count Alucard (Dra ...Smith p.81 Plot Cast References Bibliography * Smith, Don G. ''Lon Chaney, Jr.: Horror Film Star, 1906-1973''. McFarland, 2004. External links * 1941 films 1941 musical comedy films American musical comedy films Films directed by Thornton Freeland Universal Pictures films Films scored by Frank Skinner American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{musical-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Chump At Oxford
''A Chump at Oxford'' is a Hal Roach comedy film produced in 1939 and released in 1940 by United Artists. It was directed by Alfred J. Goulding and was the penultimate Laurel and Hardy film made at the Roach studio. The title echoes the film '' A Yank at Oxford'' (1938), of which it is a partial parody. Plot Stan and Ollie are down to their last six bucks. They visit an employment agency, where a call comes from Mrs. Vanderveer looking for a maid and butler to help at a dinner party she is holding that night. Ollie tells the receptionist they can fill the post. They arrive and Stan is dressed in drag, pretending to be the maid "Agnes." At the dinner party, Stan is told to take the cocktails, but instead of clearing them away, he drinks them and becomes drunk. Mr. Vanderveer gets impatient with Ollie's incompetent attempts to seat the guests. When Mr. Vanderveer tells the drunken Stan to "serve up the salad ''without dressing''", Stan serves the salad in his underwear. Mrs. Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
At The Circus
''At the Circus'' is a 1939 comedy film starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx and Chico Marx) released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in which they help save a circus from bankruptcy. The film contains Groucho Marx's classic rendition of "Lydia the Tattooed Lady". The supporting cast includes Florence Rice, Kenny Baker, Margaret Dumont, and Eve Arden. The songs, including "Lydia the Tattooed Lady", "Two Blind Loves", and "Step Up and Take a Bow", were written by the team of Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg. The villain is portrayed by Nat Pendleton, who had played a similar role in Horse Feathers (1932), when The Marx Brothers were still under contract to Paramount. Plot Goliath, the circus strongman and the midget, Little Professor Atom, both employed by Wilson's Wonder Circus, are accomplices of bad guy John Carter who is trying to take over the circus, owned by Jeff Wilson. Julie Randall, Jeff's girlfriend, performs a horse act in the circus. Jeff has hidden $10,000 in c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
52nd Street (film)
''52nd Street'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by Harold Young and starring Ian Hunter. Leo Carrillo and Pat Paterson. An independent production by Walter Wanger it was distributed by United Artists. It portrays the rise of 52nd Street in Manhattan as a major hub of nightclubs in the 1930s. Cast * Ian Hunter as Rufus Rondell * Leo Carrillo as Fiorello Zamarelli * Pat Paterson as Margaret Rondell * Ella Logan as Betty * Zasu Pitts as Letitia Rondell * Marla Shelton as Evelyn Macy Rondell * Collette Lyons as Minnie * Dorothy Peterson as Adela Rondell * Kenny Baker as 'Benny' Zamarelli * Al Shean as Klauber * Sid Silvers as Sid * Jack White as Jack * Jack Adair as Porky * George Tapps as George Tapps * Jerry Colonna as Specialty Vocalist * Roman Bohnen as James * Wade Boteler as Butler * Pat Harrington Sr. as Pat Harrington * Al Norman as Al Norman * Maurice Rocco as Maurice Rocco * Dotty Saulter as Dorothy * Delmar Watson as Young Benjamin * Frank Mills as Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freshman Love
''Freshman Love'' is a 1936 sound film based on George Ade's oft filmed 1904 play '' The College Widow'', adaptations of which were filmed twice previously, in 1915 and 1927, and parodied by the Marx Brothers in their 1932 film ''Horse Feathers''. This version is directed by William McGann and is a comedy-musical starring Patricia Ellis. This is Lloyd Bridges' first film. A print is preserved at the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings, The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', c.1978 pub. by The American Film Institute Plot Male students are tricked into joining Billings College's rowing team when the coach, Speed Hammond, is able to persuade the school president's attractive daughter, Joan Simpkins, to recruit them. Bob Wilson is one of the rowers, but due to a problem with his grades, he ends up enrolling under a phony name. Adversaries try everything, even music, to distract the Billings crew during the big r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
