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Edwin Stanley
Edwin Stanley (November 22, 1880 – December 25, 1944), was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1916 and 1946. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in Hollywood, California. On Broadway, Stanley appeared in ''This Man's Town'' (1930), ''The Marriage Bed'' (1929), and ''The Donovan Affair'' (1926). Stanley was also a playwright. Selected filmography * ''The Fear of Poverty'' (1916) - Alfred Griffin * ''Divorce and the Daughter'' (1916) - Dr. John Osborne * ''King Lear'' (1916) - Edgar * '' The Dummy'' (1917) - Mr. Meredith * ''The Law of Compensation'' (1917) - Raymond Wells * ''Miss Deception'' (1917) - Tom Norton * '' Just a Woman'' (1918) - Fred Howard * ''Marriages Are Made'' (1918) - James Morton * '' Every Mother's Son'' (1918) - Eldest Son * ''The Love Auction'' (1919) - Jack Harley * ''Life'' (1920) - Dennis O'Brien * '' Scandal for Sale'' (1932) - Hotel Resident (uncredited) * ''Amateur Daddy'' (1932) - 1st Fred Smith * ''Virt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy The Kid Returns
'' Billy the Kid Returns '' is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers. Plot Following the shooting of Billy the Kid by his former friend Sheriff Pat Garrett, lookalike deputy sheriff Roy Rogers, assisted by travelling musical instrument salesman Frog Millhouse, takes his place to defend the honest settlers of Lincoln County, New Mexico, from evil ranchers. Cast * Roy Rogers as Roy Rogers / Billy the Kid * Smiley Burnette as Frog Millhouse *Lynne Roberts as Ellen Moore * Morgan Wallace as J. B. Morganson * Fred Kohler as Matson * Wade Boteler as Sheriff Pat Garrett * Edwin Stanley as Nathaniel Moore * Horace Murphy as Mr. Miller - Homesteader * Joseph Crehan as U.S. Marshal Dave Conway *Robert Emmett Keane Robert Emmett Keane (March 4, 1883 – July 2, 1981) was an American actor of both the stage and screen. Biography Keane began on stage in the 1910s, his first Broadway appearance being in the production of '' The Passing Show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Other Woman (1933 Film)
''No Other Woman'' is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic melodrama film starring Irene Dunne, and featuring Charles Bickford, Gwili Andre and Eric Linden. It was directed by J. Walter Ruben from a screenplay by Wanda Tuchock and Bernard Schubert based on the play ''Just a Woman'' by Eugene Walter, which ran for 136 performances on Broadway in 1916, and was previously made into silent films called ''Just a Woman'' in 1918 and 1925. Plot Anna (Irene Dunne) yearns to escape from Pittsburgh and tells her boyfriend, steelworker Jim Stanley (Charles Bickford) that she will never marry a steelworker, but he changes her mind. After their marriage, however, she does not abandon her dream; she puts away as much money as she can and runs a boarding house to build up their savings. When her friend Joe (Eric Linden) discovers a way to make a permanent dye out of the waste products of the steel mill, she sees her chance. Despite his initial opposition, Jim supports his wife. He tells Joe t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Now I'll Tell
''Now I'll Tell'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Edwin J. Burke starring Spencer Tracy, Helen Twelvetrees, and Alice Faye. It was produced by Fox Film shortly before the company's merger with Twentieth Century Pictures. It marked the final screen appearance of former silent star Alice Calhoun. Plot Murray Golden is an unscrupulous New York City gambler and casino operator who wants to live life to the fullest. His philosophy is encapsulated in something he keeps saying: "You're only wrong when you fail." His wife, Virginia, has extracted a promise that he will quit the business once he makes $500,000. However, when he does, he breaks his word. He also starts seeing Peggy Warren behind his wife's back. Murray learns that gangster Al Mossiter has fixed a championship boxing match. He pays one of the fighters to take a dive in the second round, before Mossiter's man goes down in the fifth, and wins a lot of money. (Mossiter's boxer is later murdered.) However ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper World (film)
''Upperworld'' is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Warren William as a wealthy married railroad tycoon whose friendship with a showgirl, played by Ginger Rogers, leads to blackmail and murder. ''Upperworld'' is one of the last films released before the strict enforcement of the Hollywood Production Code by Joseph I. Breen, which began on July 1, 1934. Plot ''Upperworld'' tells the story of Alexander Stream (Warren William), a wealthy railroad tycoon. He is devoted to his wife (Mary Astor), but has an affair with a chorus girl (Ginger Rogers), which leads to blackmail and murder. Alexander (Alex) Stream is a multimillionaire. While he is devoted to his wife, Hettie (Astor) and son, Tommy ( Dickie Moore), she is too busy playing attending and throwing society functions to pay much attention to her husband. While out in his yacht, he encounters a young woman, Lilly Linda (Rogers) who is drowning in the ocean. The crew throws her a life pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Shakedown
''The Big Shakedown'' is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film starring Charles Farrell and Bette Davis, and directed by John Francis Dillon. The screenplay is based on the story "Cut Rate" by Niven Busch and Samuel G. Engel. The film also stars Ricardo Cortez and Glenda Farrell and was director John Francis Dillon's final film. Plot Jimmy Morrell (Charles Farrell) and Norma Nelson (Bette Davis) who plan to wed as soon as their neighborhood pharmacy begins to show a profit. The opportunity arises when former bootlegger Dutch Barnes (Ricardo Cortez) offers Jimmy a job duplicating name brand toothpaste and cosmetics that can be made cheaply and then sold in the bottles and jars of reputable pharmaceutical companies at regular prices. When Dutch asks him to copy the formula for a popular brand of antiseptic, Jimmy refuses, claiming he's unable to get a key ingredient, but when Dutch offers him a bonus hefty enough to allow Jimmy to marry Norma, he agrees. Dutch's ex-girlfriend Lily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Fall In Love (film)
''Let's Fall in Love'' is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic musical film starring Edmund Lowe and Ann Sothern. Released by Columbia Pictures, the film was directed by David Burton and written by Herbert Fields. The songs ''Let's Fall in Love'' (not to be confused with the Cole Porter song sometimes called ''Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love'') and ''Love Is Love Anywhere'' were introduced by Ann Sothern in this film. The film was later remade in 1949 by Douglas Sirk as Slightly French, starring Don Ameche and Dorothy Lamour. Plot A Hollywood director (Edmund Lowe) finds himself in trouble when his latest Swedish discovery departs the shooting of his film. He finds the perfect candidate in a girl working at a fair (Ann Sothern). The only problem is, she is not in fact Swedish; a minor detail but one that can be sorted by deft handiwork and a bit of pretence. Cast * Edmund Lowe as Ken * Ann Sothern as Jean * Miriam Jordan as Gerry * Gregory Ratoff as Max * Greta Meyer as Lisa * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
From Headquarters (1933 Film)
''From Headquarters'' is a 1933 American pre-Code murder mystery film starring George Brent, Margaret Lindsay and Eugene Pallette, and directed by William Dieterle. Plot summary Cast * George Brent as Lieutenant J. Stevens * Margaret Lindsay as Lou Ann Winton * Eugene Pallette as Sergeant Boggs * Robert Barrat as Anderzian * Henry O'Neill as Inspector Donnelly * Hugh Herbert as Manny Wales * Dorothy Burgess as Dolly White * Theodore Newton as Jack Winton * Hobart Cavanaugh as Muggs Manton * Ken Murray as Mac * Murray Kinnell as Horton * Edward Ellis as Dr. Van de Water * Kenneth Thomson as Gordon Bates Reception ''The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...'' review was lukewarm, calling it "a tidbit for the hardier addicts of the mystery melodramas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Coach
''College Coach'' (UK title ''Football Coach'') is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film starring Dick Powell and Ann Dvorak. The film features John Wayne in his last bit-part role. Plot Calvert College begins taking football more seriously, over the objections of Dr. Sargeant, the president of the school. Coach Gore is brought in and given a free rein, which he uses to pay money to standout players. He is so obsessed with winning that he ignores his wife, Claire. The president's son, Phil Sargeant, is also an outstanding athlete, but is far more interested in studying chemistry. He is persuaded to join the team, however, and becomes the fourth of the "Four Aces" who begin leading Calvert to victories. Football stars begin feeling entitled to things, including favoritism in the classroom. One of them, Weaver, even makes a pass at the coach's wife. Phil Sargeant is offended when given a passing grade for a chemistry test he didn't even complete. He quarrels with the coach and qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Woman (film)
''My Woman'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama romance film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Helen Twelvetrees, Victor Jory and Wallace Ford. Plot A devoted wife helps her husband achieve success as a radio comic, but stardom comes at a price. Cast * Helen Twelvetrees as Connie Riley Rollins * Victor Jory as John Bradley * Wallace Ford as Chick Rollins * Claire Dodd as Muriel Bennett * Hobart Cavanaugh as Mr. Miller * Harry Holman Harry James Holman (March 15, 1862 – May 3, 1947) was an American character actor. He appeared in approximately 130 films between 1923 and 1947. Biography Born in Conway, Missouri, Holman dropped out of school in the ninth grade and b ... as Lou * Charles Lane as Conn (as Charles Levison) * Raymond Brown as Pop Riley External links * 1933 films 1933 romantic drama films American romantic drama films Columbia Pictures films American black-and-white films Films about radio people Films directed by Victor Schertzi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Boys Of The Road
''Wild Boys of the Road'' is a 1933 pre-Code Depression-era American drama film directed by William Wellman and starring Frankie Darro, Rochelle Hudson, and Grant Mitchell. It tells the story of several teens forced into becoming hobos. The screenplay by Earl Baldwin is based on the story ''Desperate Youth'' by Daniel Ahern. In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Plot One Saturday night, Eddie Smith (Frankie Darro), Tommy Gordon (Edwin Phillips) and Eddie's girlfriend Grace (Rochelle Hudson) go to the high school prom. Casually chatting about the unemployment situation, Tommy tells Eddie that he is going to drop out of high school to look for work to help support his struggling family. Eddie offers to speak to his father ( Grant Mitchell) about getting him a job, only to discover that his father has himself just lost his own job. Eddi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Carver's Profession
''Ann Carver's Profession'' is an American pre-Code 1933 film directed by Edward Buzzell. It focuses on the relationship of a female lawyer and her husband, and on the strain that her financial success places on their marriage. The film stars actress Fay Wray and this film was made during the year she cemented her fame in ''King Kong''. Although the writing credits differ, the film bears a striking resemblance in plot to Columbia's 1938 production '' The Lady Objects'' starring Lanny Ross and Gloria Stuart. Plot Ann Carver (Fay Wray) and Bill Graham (Gene Raymond) are college sweethearts who graduate, marry, and go to work. There are major differences in their career success. Ann has a law degree, and goes to work at the law firm of retired Judge Bingham. On the other hand, Bill, who in college was a campus football star and voted "Most Popular Man on Campus", lands a low-level job in an architectural firm. She scores a sensational success with her first case (see below) and rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International House (1933 Film)
''International House'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film starring Peggy Hopkins Joyce and W. C. Fields, directed by A. Edward Sutherland and released by Paramount Pictures. The tagline of the film was "The '' Grand Hotel'' of comedy". It is a mixture of comedy and musical acts tied together by a slim plot line, in the style of the '' Big Broadcast'' pictures that were also released by Paramount during the 1930s. In addition to some typical comedic lunacy from W. C. Fields and Burns and Allen (George Burns and Gracie Allen), it provides a snapshot of some popular stage and radio acts of the era. The film includes some risqué pre-Code humor. The cast also features Cab Calloway with his orchestra and Bela Lugosi. Plot At International House, a large hotel in metropolitan Wuhu, China Chinese inventor Dr. Wong (Edmund Breese) is soliciting bids for the rights to his "radioscope", a kind of television. Unlike real television, his contraption does not need a camera; it can look ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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