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Eddie Boland
Eddie Boland (December 27, 1885 – February 3, 1935) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1912 and 1937, mostly in comedic supporting roles. Among his best-known roles were "The Obliging Gentleman" in F. W. Murnaus silent film '' Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans'' (1927) and a criminal showman in the Harold Lloyd comedy ''The Kid Brother'' (1927). He was born in San Francisco, California and died in Santa Monica, California from a heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which may tr .... Filmography References External links * * 1885 births 1935 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kid Brother
''The Kid Brother'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. It was successful and popular upon release and today is considered by critics and fans to be one of Lloyd's best films, integrating elements of comedy, romance, drama, and character development. Its storyline is an homage to a 1921 film called '' Tol'able David'', although it is essentially a re-make of a little-known 1924 Hal Roach feature, '' The White Sheep'', starring Glenn Tryon. The film entered the public domain in 2023. Plot The Hickorys are a respected family in Hickoryville. Sheriff Jim and his big, strong sons Leo and Olin have little respect for the youngest son, Harold, who does not have their muscles. When Jim, Leo and Olin go to an important town meeting to discuss a dam, Harold is left behind. He puts on his father's gun and badge and is mistaken for the sheriff by "Flash" Farrell, who runs a traveling medicine show for Mary after the death of her father. Farrell talks Haro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Performance
''The Last Performance'' is a 1929 American film directed by Paul Fejos and starring Conrad Veidt and Mary Philbin. The film was made in two version: a silent version and Movietone version complete with music, talking sequences, and sound effects with the talking sequences were confined only to the last reel. Premise Conrad Veidt stars as Erik the Great, a sinister stage magician who is in love with a woman half his age, Julie, played by Mary Philbin. A young thief, Mark Royce (played by Fred MacKaye) is caught stealing from Erik's apartment and is taken in at Julie's suggestion. Secretly she falls in love with the new apprentice. However, Erik's other apprentice, Buffo (played by Leslie Fenton) becomes aware of Julie's love for Mark, and driven by jealousy tells Erik. Buffo is later found killed, and Mark is the prime suspect. Cast * Conrad Veidt as Erik the Great * Mary Philbin as Julie Fergeron * Leslie Fenton as Buffo Black * Fred MacKaye as Mark Royce (credited as Fred Mac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cat's-Paw
''The Cat's-Paw'' (1934) is a comedy film starring Harold Lloyd and directed by Sam Taylor. It was Lloyd's seventh and final collaboration with Taylor and the fourth of his seven starring roles in sound. ''The Cat’s Paw'', a novel by Clarence Budington Kelland, had appeared in the ''Saturday Evening Post'' from August 26-September 30, 1933, when Lloyd read it, and decided to buy the rights to it for $25,000. Plot Ezekiel Cobb, a naive young man raised by missionaries in China, is sent to the United States to seek a wife. He is promptly enlisted by the corrupt political machine of the fictional city of Stockport, led by the corrupt boss Jake Mayo ( George Barbier) to run for mayor as phony "reform" politician. He is expected to be the " cat's paw" of the political machine. Cobb unexpectedly takes his job seriously. Frequently quoting Chinese poet Li Po (pronounced "Ling Po" in the story), he embarks on a campaign to clean his town of its corrupt political machine. Fighting ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying Down To Rio
''Flying Down to Rio'' is a 1933 American pre-Code RKO musical film famous for being the first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, although Dolores del Río and Gene Raymond received top billing and the leading roles. Among the featured players are Franklin Pangborn and Eric Blore. The songs in the film were written by Vincent Youmans (music), Gus Kahn and Edward Eliscu (lyrics), with musical direction and additional music by Max Steiner. During the initial year that a Best Original Song was given during 7th Academy Awards, the film obtained a nomination for MUSIC (Song) – "Carioca," Music by Vincent Youmans; Lyrics by Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn ame in 3rd Ironically, the song lost to "The Continental" from ''The Gay Divorcee'', the subsequent film of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers (the duo now top-billed) after ''Flying Down to Rio''. The black-and-white film (later computer-colorized) with, according to Arlene Croce's ''The Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Have Lived
''I Have Lived'' is a 1933 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Alan Dinehart, Anita Page and Allen Vincent.Pitts p.93 Plot A playwright discovers an actress to star in his latest play, unaware of her secret background. Cast * Alan Dinehart as Thomas Langley * Anita Page as Jean St. Clair * Allen Vincent as Warren White * Gertrude Astor as Harriet Naisson * Maude Truax as Mrs. Genevieve 'Mousie' Reynolds * Matthew Betz as Blackie * Eddie Boland as Sidney Cook * Florence Dudley as First Actress * Gladys Blake as Second Actress * Dell Henderson George Delbert "Dell" Henderson (July 5, 1877 – December 2, 1956) was a Canadian-American actor, director, and writer. He began his long and prolific film career in the early days of silent film. Biography Born in the Southwestern Ontario city ... as J.W. * Harry C. Bradley as Small Town Man * Edward Keane as Leading Man References Bibliography * Michael R. Pitts. ''Poverty Row Studios, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Kong (1933 Film)
''King Kong'' is a 1933 American pre-Code adventure fantasy horror monster film directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack. The screenplay by James Ashmore Creelman and Ruth Rose was developed from an idea conceived by Cooper and Edgar Wallace. It stars Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong and Bruce Cabot, and tells the story of a giant ape dubbed Kong who attempts to possess a beautiful young woman. It features stop-motion animation by Willis O'Brien and a music score by Max Steiner. It is the first entry in the King Kong franchise. ''King Kong'' opened in New York City on March 2, 1933, to rave reviews, and has since been ranked by Rotten Tomatoes as the greatest horror film of all time and the fifty-sixth greatest film of all time. In 1991, it was deemed "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. A sequel, titled ''Son of Kong'', was fast-tracked and rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secrets Of Wu Sin
''The Secrets of Wu Sin'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Lois Wilson, Grant Withers and Dorothy Revier. It was made by the Poverty Row studio Chesterfield Pictures.Pitts p. 91 Main cast * Lois Wilson as Nona Gould * Grant Withers as James Manning * Dorothy Revier as Margaret King * Robert Warwick as Roger King * Tetsu Komai as Wu Sin * Toshia Mori as Miao Lin * Richard Loo Richard Loo (October 1, 1903 – November 20, 1983) was an American film actor who was one of the most familiar Asian character actors in American films of the 1930s and 1940s. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1931 and 1982. Early lif ... as Charlie San * Luke Chan as Luke * James Wang as Pete References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940''. McFarland & Company, 2005. External links * 1932 films 1932 mystery films 1930s English-language films American mystery films Films directed by Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Death Kiss
''The Death Kiss'' is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film starring David Manners as a crusading studio writer, Adrienne Ames as an actress, and Bela Lugosi as a studio manager. The thriller features three leading players from the previous year's '' Dracula'' (Lugosi, Manners, and Edward Van Sloan), and was the first film directed by Edwin L. Marin. The film was produced by KBS Productions at Tiffany Pictures and released by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures. The film's main plot devices was reused for the 1946 French film ''That's Not the Way to Die'' starring Erich von Stroheim. The film is currently in the public domain. Plot During the filming of a death scene of ''The Death Kiss'', leading man Myles Brent is really shot and killed. Tonart Studios manager Joseph Steiner (Lugosi) is assigned to handle the situation. The studio wants to pass it off as a simple accident, but screenwriter Franklyn Drew (Manners) digs a bullet out of a wall and tells Homicide Detective Lieutenant Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanity Street
''Vanity Street'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code crime drama film directed by Nick Grinde and starring Charles Bickford, Helen Chandler and Mayo Methot.Scott p.42 A New York policeman assists a down-on-her-luck showgirl, helping her get a job at the Follies ''Follies'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. The plot takes place in a crumbling Broadway theater, now scheduled for demolition, previously home to a musical revue (based on the ''Ziegfeld Fol .... The two fall in love and plan to get married, when he finds himself arresting her for a murder he knows she did not commit. He sets out to clear her by finding the real killer. Cast References Bibliography * Ian Scott. ''In Capra's Shadow: The Life and Career of Screenwriter Robert Riskin''. University Press of Kentucky, 2015. External links * 1932 films American crime drama films American black-and-white films 1932 crime drama films 1930s English-language films Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder At Dawn as Arnstein
*Frank Ball as Dr. Farrington
*Alfred Cross as Goddard
''Murder at Dawn'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code film directed by Richard Thorpe. The film is also known as ''The Death Ray'' in the United Kingdom. Cast *Jack Mulhall as Danny *Josephine Dunn as Doris Farrington *Eddie Boland as Freddie *Marjorie Beebe as Gertrude *Martha Mattox as The Housekeeper *Mischa Auer as Henry *Phillips Smalley as Judge Folger *Crauford Kent Crauford Kent (12 October 1881 – 14 May 1953) was an English character actor based in the United States. He has also been credited as Craufurd Kent External links * * * 1932 films American mystery films[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guilty Generation
''The Guilty Generation'' is a 1931 American pre-code crime film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Leo Carrillo, Constance Cummings and Robert Young. Plot The children of feuding gangsters fall in love and fight to escape their parents' notoriety. Cast * Leo Carrillo as Mike Palmiero * Constance Cummings as Maria Palmiero * Robert Young as Marco Ricca * Boris Karloff as Tony Ricca * Emma Dunn as Nina Palmero * Leslie Fenton as Joe Pamiero * Murray Kinnell as Jerry * Ruth Warren as Nellie Weaver See also * Boris Karloff filmography Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given name *:''See'': List of people with given name Boris * Boris (surname) * Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after his ... External links * * 1931 films 1931 drama films American black-and-white films American drama films Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Rowland V. Lee 1930s English-language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Miracle Woman
''The Miracle Woman'' is a 1931 American pre-Code romance film directed by Frank Capra and starring Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, and Sam Hardy. Based on the play ''Bless You Sister'' by John Meehan and Robert Riskin, the film is about a preacher's daughter who becomes disillusioned by the mistreatment of her dying father by his church. Having grown cynical about religion, she teams up with a con man and performs fake miracles for profit. The love and trust of a blind man, however, restores her faith in God and her fellow man. ''The Miracle Woman'' was the second of five film collaborations between Capra and Stanwyck. Produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, the film was reportedly inspired by the life of Aimee Semple McPherson. Plot Florence Fallon is outraged when church elders, in order to make way for a younger preacher, fire her minister father after his many years of selfless service. Following her father's death, she tells the congregation what she thinks of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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