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Ex-Flame
''Ex-Flame'' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Neil Hamilton, Marian Nixon, and Norman Kerry. The film is an adaptation of the 1861 Victorian novel ''East Lynne'', but is set in contemporary England. This was the first production of the Poverty Row company Liberty Pictures.Pitts p.216 The following year, a more celebrated film version of the novel was released by Fox Film. Some sources state this is a lost film. Cast * Neil Hamilton as Sir Carlisle Austin * Marian Nixon as Lady Catherine * Judith Barrie as Barbara Lacey * Norman Kerry as Beaumont Winthrop * 'Snub' Pollard as Boggins * Roland Drew as Umberto * José Bohr as Argentinean * Joan Standing as Kilmer * Cornelius Keefe as Keith * May Beatty as Lady Harriett * Lorimer Johnston Lorimer Johnston (November 2, 1858 in Maysville, Kentucky – February 20, 1941 in Hollywood, California) was an American silent film actor and director. He was invo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Barrie
Judith Barrie (born Catherine Brown; March 1907January 9, 1991) was an American actress and model who appeared in four films from 1930 to 1932, retiring after her brief marriage to producer Edward Halperin. Biography Born Catherine Brown and raised in Sacramento, Barrie was the granddaughter of a wealthy wheat merchant in California. Her father was Fred Brown, and her mother, Eva Brown, of Lincoln, California. She had one older sister, Hermia (born 1906). She graduated from Miss Head's School, a girls' boarding school in Berkeley. After graduating, she worked as a model in New York City, and became a muse of artist James Montgomery Flagg. While in New York, she also performed professionally as a concert pianist. While modeling, Barrie was noticed by producer Edward Halperin (brother of director Victor Halperin) who suggested to her that she seek a career in film. After appearing in her feature debut in ''Party Girl'' (1930) opposite Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, she served as a model f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberty Pictures
Liberty Pictures was an American film production company of the 1930s. Part of Poverty Row, the company produced low-budget B pictures. It was one of two companies controlled by the producer M.H. Hoffman along with Allied Pictures. The company produced its first film in 1930 ''Ex-Flame'', loosely based on the Victorian novel ''East Lynne''. In 1935 the company was taken over by the larger Republic Pictures.Pitts p.216 When absorbing the company, Republic adopted the symbolic motif of Liberty Pictures - the Liberty Bell ringing in Philadelphia. This merger constituted an attempt by Herbert Yates to rationalize Poverty Row and create a ninth major studio. Filmography * ''Ex-Flame'' (1930) * ''The She-Wolf (1931 film), The She-Wolf'' (1931) * ''Cheaters (1934 film), Cheaters'' (1934) * ''Once to Every Bachelor'' (1934) * ''Take the Stand'' (1934) * ''Two Heads on a Pillow'' (1934) * ''When Strangers Meet'' (1934) * ''School for Girls'' (1934) * ''No Ransom'' (1934) * ''Sweepstake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Lynne
''East Lynne'' is an English sensation novel of 1861 by Ellen Wood, writing as Mrs Henry Wood. A Victorian best-seller, it is remembered chiefly for its elaborate and implausible plot, centring on infidelity and double identities. There have been numerous stage and film adaptations. The much-quoted line "Gone! And never called me mother!" (variant: "Dead! Dead! And never called me mother!") does not appear in the book; both variants come from later stage adaptations. The book was originally serialised in ''The New Monthly Magazine'' between January 1860 and September 1861, being issued as a three-volume novel on 19 September 1861.Oxford World's Classics edition. Plot summary Lady Isabel Vane is distraught when her beloved father dies suddenly and the earldom and all the property go to a distant relation, leaving her homeless and penniless. She is a beautiful and refined young woman, who (for lack of other options) marries the lawyer Archibald Carlyle who buys her former ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Armstrong
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several eras in the history of jazz. Armstrong was born and raised in New Orleans. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an inventive trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. Around 1922, he followed his mentor, Joe "King" Oliver, to Chicago to play in the . In Chicago, he spent time with other popular jazz musicians, reconnecting with his friend Bix Beiderbecke and spending time with Hoagy Carmichael and Lil Hardin. He earned a reputation at "cutting contests", and his fame reached band leader Fletcher Henderson. Henderson persuaded Armstrong to come to New York City, where he became a featured and musically influential band soloist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Crockett
Charles Crockett (December 29, 1870 – June 12, 1934) was an American character actor known for his roles in films such as ''Guilty Hands'', '' The Gingham Girl'', and ''The Princess from Hoboken''. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 29, 1870, Crockett appeared in stage productions before becoming a film actor. During his career, he acted in four Western films, two comedy films, and two historical films. Calling him "a well-known character actor", ''The Cincinnati Post'' said, "In addition to being an actor of repute, Crockett is known in studioland as 'Hollywood's Will Rogers', so famous have his many humorous after-dinner speeches become in every quarter of the studio city." Rotten Tomatoes said he "had a successful Hollywood career". The ''Bulletin'', a publication of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, stated Crockett was "the well known character actor of Hollywood", while ''The Sacramento Bee'' called him a "screen luminary". Crockett died on June 12, 1934, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Standing
Joan Standing (21 June 1903 – 3 February 1979) was an English actress best known for playing Nurse Briggs in the 1931 horror film ''Dracula''. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1940. Partial filmography * '' The Loves of Letty'' (1919) - Slavey * ''The Branding Iron'' (1920) - Maude Upper * '' Silk Hosiery'' (1920) - Sophia Black * ''Lorna Doone'' (1922) - Gwenny Carfax (uncredited) * ''Oliver Twist'' (1922) - Charlotte * '' Hearts Aflame'' (1923) - Ginger * ''The Cricket on the Hearth'' (1923) - Tillie Slowboy * ''Pleasure Mad'' (1923) - Hulda * ''A Noise in Newboro'' (1923) - Dorothy Mason * '' Three Weeks'' (1924) - Isabella * ''Women Who Give'' (1924) - Sophia Higginboottom * ''Happiness'' (1924) - Jenny * ''What Shall I Do?'' (1924) - Lizzie * ''The Beauty Prize'' (1924) - Lydia Du Bois * ''Empty Hearts'' (1924) - Hilda, the maid * ''Greed'' (1924) - Selina * '' The Dancers'' (1925) - Pringle * ''Faint Perfume'' (1925) - The Hired Girl * ''Love on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Bohr
José Bohr (3 September 1901 – 29 May 1994) was a German-born Chilean film director, producer, actor and screenwriter. He directed 35 films between 1919 and 1969. Selected filmography Actor * '' Así es la vida'' (1930) * ''Rogue of the Rio Grande'' (1930) * ''Sombras de gloria'' (1930) * ''Ex-Flame'' (1930) * '' Hollywood, ciudad de ensueño'' (1931) Director * ''La sangre manda'' (1934) * ''Luponini de Chicago'' (1935) * '' Sueño de amor'' (1935) * '' Así es la mujer'' (1936) * '' Por mis pistolas'' (1938) * '' El látigo'' (1939) * '' Si mis campos hablaran'' (1947) * ''La dama de las camelias'' (1947) * ''Mis espuelas de plata'' (1948) * ''Tonto pillo'' (1948) * ''Uno que ha sido marino'' (1951) * ''El gran circo Chamorro ''The Big Chamorro Circus'' (Spanish: ''El gran circo Chamorro'') is a 1955 Chilean comedy film directed by José Bohr and starring Eugenio Retes and Malú Gatica. Plot The story revolves around the life of Euríspides Chamorro (Retes), who wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Drew
Roland Drew (born Walter Goss; August 4, 1900 – March 17, 1988) was an American actor. Biography Born in 1900 in New York City, Drew made his first film in 1926 and continued to work until the 1940s. Noted primarily as Dolores del Río's leading man in ''Ramona'' in 1928, another of his prominent film roles was as Dr. Robinson in ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' a decade later. His other appearances include ''From Nine to Nine'', '' Hitler, Beast of Berlin'', '' Bermuda Mystery'', and ''Two O'Clock Courage''. He also gained fame as Prince Barin in the 1940 film serial ''Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe''. On Broadway, Drew portrayed Jackson Macy in ''Shooting Star'' (1933) and Lieutenant Roget in ''Paths of Glory'' (1935). He retired from acting and became a dressmaker. He enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army in September 1942 during World War II. Drew married actress Dorothy Dearing Dorothy Dearing (April 17, 1913 – April 19, 1965) was an American ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'Snub' Pollard
Harold Fraser (9 November 1889 – 19 January 1962), known professionally as Snub Pollard, was an Australian-born vaudevillian, who became a silent film comedian in Hollywood, popular in the 1920s. Career Born in Melbourne, Australia, on 9 November 1889, Pollard began performing with Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company at a young age. Like many of the actors in the popular juvenile company, he adopted Pollard as his stage name.Another well-known performer in the company, Daphne Trott also did so. They were not related. The company ran several highly successful professional children's troupes that traveled Australia and New Zealand in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. In 1908, Harry Pollard joined the company tour to North America. After the completion of the tour, he returned to the US. By 1915 he was regularly appearing in uncredited roles in movies, for example, Charles Epting notes that Pollard can clearly be seen in Chaplin's 1915 short '' By the Sea''. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Halperin
Victor Hugo Halperin (August 24, 1895 in Chicago, Illinois – May 17, 1983 in Bentonville, Arkansas) was an American stage actor, stage director, film director, producer, and writer. The majority of his works involved romance and horror. His brother, with whom he collaborated, was producer Edward Halperin (May 12, 1898 – March 2, 1981). Biography Victor Halperin began his career as a filmmaker in 1922, working as a writer on ''The Danger Point'' (an original story). In two years, he was working as a writer-producer-director on the Agnes Ayres film, ''When a Girl Loves''. He is best known for his 1932 horror film '' White Zombie'', starring Madge Bellamy and Bela Lugosi. Once thought "lost", the film has grown in stature over the years, first gaining a cult status, and eventually becoming recognized as one of the leading classics of the genre. Years after the film's release, Victor Halperin expressed a distaste for his horror films: "I don't believe in fear, violence, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Halperin
Victor Hugo Halperin (August 24, 1895 in Chicago, Illinois – May 17, 1983 in Bentonville, Arkansas) was an American stage actor, stage director, film director, film producer, producer, and writer. The majority of his works involved romance film, romance and horror film, horror. His brother, with whom he collaborated, was producer Edward Halperin (May 12, 1898 – March 2, 1981). Biography Victor Halperin began his career as a filmmaker in 1922, working as a writer on ''The Danger Point'' (an original story). In two years, he was working as a writer-producer-director on the Agnes Ayres film, ''When a Girl Loves''. He is best known for his 1932 horror film ''White Zombie (film), White Zombie'', starring Madge Bellamy and Bela Lugosi. Once thought "lost", the film has grown in stature over the years, first gaining a cult status, and eventually becoming recognized as one of the leading classics of the genre. Years after the film's release, Victor Halperin expressed a distaste f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Kerry
Norman Kerry (born Norman Hussey Kaiser,"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards,registration for Norman Hussey Kaiser, Los Angeles, California, April 27, 1942 This document lists his full name as Norman Hussey Kaiser, noting the name Norman Kerry as an alias. June 16, 1894 – January 12, 1956) was an American actor whose career in the motion picture industry spanned twenty-five years, beginning in 1916 and peaking during the silent era of the 1920s. Changing his name from the unmistakably German "Kaiser" at the onset of World War I, he rose quickly in his field, becoming "the Clark Gable of the 920s"''San Francisco Examiner'' (San Francisco, California), 14 Oct 1953, page 10. Kerry often played the heroic dashing swashbuckler or the seductive lothario. He was extremely popular with female fans. On a personal level, Kerry was known as a prankster and was said to have a wonderful sense of humor and to be very popular.Rambova, Natacha. ''Rudy.'' London: Hutchins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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