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Edward Small
Edward Small (born Edward Schmalheiser, February 1, 1891 – January 25, 1977) was an American film producer from the late 1920s through 1970, who was enormously prolific over a 50-year career. He is best known for the movies ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (1934), '' The Man in the Iron Mask'' (1939), '' The Corsican Brothers'' (1941), ''Brewster's Millions'' (1945), '' Raw Deal'' (1948), ''Black Magic (1949)'', '' Witness for the Prosecution'' (1957) and '' Solomon and Sheba'' (1959). Early life and career Small was born on February 1, 1891, to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, the son of Rose (née Lewin) and Philip Schmalheiser. His mother was born in Prussia and his father was born in Austria; he had three sisters and two brothers. He began his career as a talent agent in New York City. In 1917, he moved his agency to Los Angeles where his acting clients included a young Hedda Hopper. His first production appears to have been the wartime propaganda film, '' Who's Your Neighbor?'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Count Of Monte Cristo (1934 Film)
''The Count of Monte Cristo'' is a 1934 American adventure film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Robert Donat and Elissa Landi. Based on the 1844 novel ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' by Alexandre Dumas, the story concerns a man who is unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him. When he finally escapes, he seeks revenge against the greedy men who conspired to put him in prison.''Variety'' film review; October 2, 1934, p. 37.''Harrison's Reports'' film review; September 8, 1934, p. 143. This is the first sound film adaptation of Dumas' novel; five silent films preceded it. Plot In 1815, a French merchant ship stops at the island of Elba. A letter from the exiled Napoleon is given to the ship's captain to deliver to a man in Marseille. Before dying of a sickness, the captain entrusts the task to his first officer, Edmond Dantès. However, the city magistrate, Raymond de Villefort, Jr., is tipped off by an informer, the second offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gorilla (1927 Film)
''The Gorilla'' is a 1927 American silent mystery film directed by Alfred Santell based on the play '' The Gorilla'' by Ralph Spence. It stars Charles Murray, Fred Kelsey, and Walter Pidgeon. Following the success of Spence's play on Broadway, production on a film adaptation was set to start in March 1927, while principal photography only began in August 1927. ''The Gorilla'' premiered in Cleveland and Toledo, Ohio and in St. Louis, Missouri on November 5, 1927. The film received positive reviews from ''The Chicago Tribune'', ''Variety'', and ''Harrison's Reports'' while being dismissed by ''The New York Times''. The play was adapted again as a talkie in 1930 and later with the Ritz Brothers in 1939. Prior to its 2024 restoration and reissue, the 1927 version of the film was considered a lost film. Plot As the film was considered a lost film for so long, specific details on the plot are not clear. This plot summary combines details from the Library of Congress, the AFI Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reliance Pictures
Edward Small (born Edward Schmalheiser, February 1, 1891 – January 25, 1977) was an American film producer from the late 1920s through 1970, who was enormously prolific over a 50-year career. He is best known for the movies ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (1934), '' The Man in the Iron Mask'' (1939), '' The Corsican Brothers'' (1941), ''Brewster's Millions'' (1945), '' Raw Deal'' (1948), ''Black Magic (1949)'', '' Witness for the Prosecution'' (1957) and '' Solomon and Sheba'' (1959). Early life and career Small was born on February 1, 1891, to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, the son of Rose (née Lewin) and Philip Schmalheiser. His mother was born in Prussia and his father was born in Austria; he had three sisters and two brothers. He began his career as a talent agent in New York City. In 1917, he moved his agency to Los Angeles where his acting clients included a young Hedda Hopper. His first production appears to have been the wartime propaganda film, '' Who's Your Neighbor?'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igloo (1932 Film)
''Igloo'' is a 1932 American pre-Code documentary film released by Universal Studios. Production In February 1931, Edward Small sent an expedition to the Arctic headed by Ewing Scott with Roy Klaffki as a cameraman to make a film. They were accompanied by Ray Wise, a half Eskimo, half Russian and shot for six months. They went missing for 32 days off Icy Cape, Alaska and were rescued by some whalers. They returned with 100,000 feet of film."BAD GIRL" CONTINUES RUN ''Los Angeles Times'' September 2, 1931: 11 References External links *''Igloo''at IMDb IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biograp ... * 1932 documentary films 1932 films American documentary films Black-and-white documentary films Documentary films about the Arctic Inuit films American black-and-white ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Murray (American Actor)
Charles Albert Murray (June 22, 1872 – July 29, 1941) was an American film actor of the silent era. Murray was born in Laurel, Indiana, on June 22, 1872, to Isaac Murray and Martha Ellen "Mollie" Murray (née Sullenburger). Murray was a comedian in vaudeville and on stage for 20 years, forming the Murray and Mack team, before he began acting in films. His first work in films was for Biograph. His work in films included appearing in The Cohens and Kellys series with George Sidney. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1912 and 1938, starting with film shorts. He also directed five films. Murray was married to Nellie Bae Hamilton. He died in Los Angeles, California, from pneumonia. For his contribution to motion pictures, decades after his death, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1725 Vine Street. Selected filmography * '' His Auto's Maiden Trip'' (1912, Short) * '' Safe in Jail'' (1913, Short) * '' Murphy's I.O.U.'' (1913, Short) - (un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clancy In Wall Street
''Clancy in Wall Street'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film. It stars Charles Murray, who had made a number of films for Edward Small. It was also known as ''Clancy Caught Short'' and was described as the first comedy about the stock market crash. It was the last film for director Ted Wilde, who had died in December of the previous year. Plot Plumber Michael Clancy, fixing up some pipe on the stock exchange, accidentally buys some stock and makes a quick $200 on a 20 percent margin. He wants to continue but his partner, Andy MacIntosh, refuses to get involved. Clancy makes a fortune, leaves his business, and crashes high society, ignoring his old friend, and urging his daughter, Katie, to reject MacIntosh's son in favor of Freddie Saunders. Then the stock market crashes. Cast * Charles Murray as Michael Clancy *Aggie Herring as Mrs. Clancy *Lucien Littlefield as Andy MacIntosh *Edward Nugent Edward James Nugent (February 7, 1904 – January 3, 1995) was an American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belle Baker
Belle Baker (born Bella Becker; December 25, 1893 in New York City – April 29, 1957, in Los Angeles) was a American Jews, Jewish American singer and actress. Popular throughout the 1910s and 1920s, Baker introduced a number of ragtime and torch songs including Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies (1926 song), Blue Skies" and "My Yiddishe Momme, My Yiddishe Mama". She performed in the Ziegfeld Follies and introduced a number of Irving Berlin's songs. An early adapter to radio, Baker hosted her own radio show during the 1930s. Eddie Cantor called her “Dinah Shore, Patti Page, Peggy Lee, Judy Garland all rolled into one.” Early life Baker was born Bella Becker in 1893 to a Russian Jewish family originally from Akmenė, Akmene, Lithuania on New York's Lower East Side. She was the third child of eight children born to Hyman (Chaim) Becker and Sarah Rabinowitz. Her mother was chronically ill. Born into extreme poverty, Baker was unable to attend school and Child labor in the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Of Love (1929 Film)
''Song of Love'' is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Belle Baker and Ralph Graves. It was released by Columbia Pictures on November 13, 1929. The film was the film debut of Belle Baker. The film contained songs but was also issued in a silent version. Actress Eve Arden made her film debut in the film, appearing under her real name, Eunice Quedens. Premise The story of a show business family called the Gibsons. Ma Gibson (Baker) realizes their lifestyle is affecting their child and breaks up the act. Cast * Belle Baker as Anna Gibson * Ralph Graves as Tom Gibson * Eve Arden as Maisie LeRoy (credited as Eunice Quedens) * Arthur Housman as Joe Sweeney, Acrobat * Charles C. Wilson as Traveling Salesman (credited as Charles Wilson) * Maurice Black as Tony Giuseppe (uncredited) * Dannie Mac Grant as Little Boy (uncredited) * Douglas Greer as Freckle-Faced Boy (uncredited) * William Irving as Stage Manager (uncredited) * Eddie Kane as Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Trade name, doing business as Columbia Pictures, is an American film Production company, production and Film distributor, distribution company that is the flagship unit of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Entertainment's Sony Pictures, which is one of the Major film studios, "Big Five" film studios and a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony, Sony Group Corporation. On June 19, 1918, brothers Jack Cohn, Jack and Harry Cohn and their business partner Joe Brandt founded the studio as CBC Film Sales Corporation, Cohn-Brandt-Cohn (CBC) Film Sales Corporation. It adopted the Columbia Pictures name on January 10, 1924 (operating as Columbia Pictures Corporation until December 23, 1968), went public two years later, and eventually began to use the image of Columbia (personification), Columbia, the female personification of the United States, as its logo. In its early years, Columbia was a minor player in Hollywood, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Companionate Marriage
''Companionate Marriage'' was a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Betty Bronson, and released by First National Pictures. The film was a collaboration between the company of Asher Small Rogers and Sam Sax. It was banned by the New York State Censor. The title phrase had received great attention the previous year, with the publication of Ben B. Lindsey's book '' The Companionate Marriage''. Cast * Betty Bronson as Sally Williams * Alec B. Francis as Judge Meredith * William Welsh as Mr. Williams * Edward Martindel as James Moore * Sarah Padden as Mrs. Williams * Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Moore * Richard Walling as Donald Moore * Arthur Rankin as Tommy Van Cleve * June Nash as Ruth Moore Preservation With no prints of ''Companionate Marriage'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanny Brice
Fania Borach (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951), known professionally as Fanny Brice or Fannie Brice, was an American comedian, Illustrated Songs, illustrated song model, singer, and actress who made many stage, radio, and film appearances. She is known as the creator and star of the top-rated radio comedy series ''The Baby Snooks Show''. Her life story was loosely adapted into the stage musical ''Funny Girl (musical), Funny Girl''. Brice was famously portrayed by Barbra Streisand in both the original Broadway theatre, Broadway production of the musical and its Funny Girl (film), 1968 film adaptation. Early life Fania Borach was born in Manhattan, New York City, United States, the third child of Rose (née Stern; 1867–1941), a History of the Jews in Hungary, Jewish Hungarian woman who immigrated to the U.S. at age 10, and Alsace, Alsatian immigrant Charles Borach. The Borachs were Pub#Saloon or lounge, saloon owners and had four children: Phillip, born in 1887; Carrie, bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Man (1928 Film)
''My Man'' is a 1928 black and white sound part-talkie American comedy-drama musical film directed by Archie Mayo starring Fanny Brice and featuring Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. This film was Brice's feature film debut at the age of 37. She was a star in the Ziegfeld Follies before she started acting in motion pictures.Progressive Silent Film List: ''My Man'' at silentera.com Warner Bros. had completely stopped making silent movies by 1928 and had switched exclusively to sound pictures by the end of the year, producing synchronized, part-talkies or full all-talking pict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
