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Edward E. Paramore, Jr.
Edward E. Paramore Jr. (17 September 1895 – 1 May 1956) was an American screenwriter. Career His 1929 play ''Ringside'', co-written with George Abbott and Hyatt Daab, was adapted for the movie ''Night Parade'' by RKO. He was a staff screenwriter at Paramount. He wrote the script for the film ''The Bitter Tea of General Yen'' for Columbia, ''Baby Take a Bow'' and ''Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas'' for 20th Century Fox, and ''Man of Conquest'' for Republic. He retired in 1943. He was one of the founders of the Screen Actors Guild. Paramore died from a skull fracture stemming from an accident in a parking garage in Shreveport, Louisiana.Associated Press (May 2, 1956). Edward E. Paramore Jr., Screen Writer, Dies in Shreveport, La., After Accident. ''The New York Times'' His son Edward E. Paramore III produced under the name Harold Lime. Filmography *''Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas'' (1943) *''Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die'' (1942) *''Mystery Sea Raider'' (1940) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. Terminology In the silent era, writers now considered screenwriters were denoted by terms such as photoplaywright, photoplay writer, photoplay dramatist and screen playwright.Steven Maras. ''Screenwriting: History, Theory and Practice.'' Wallflower Press, 2009. pp. 82–85. Screenwriting historian Steven Maras notes that these early writers were often understood as being the authors of the films as shown and argues that they cannot be precisely equated with present-day screenwriters because they were responsible for a technical product, a brief "scenario", "treatment", or "synopsis" that is a written synopsis of what is to be filmed. Profession Screenwriting is a freelance profession. No education is required to be a professional scree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Comrades (1938 Film)
''Three Comrades'' is a 1938 drama film directed by Frank Borzage and produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz for MGM. The screenplay is by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Edward E. Paramore Jr., and was adapted from the novel '' Three Comrades'' by Erich Maria Remarque. It tells the story of the friendship of three young German soldiers following World War I, during the Weimar Republic and the rise of Nazism. The film stars Robert Taylor, Margaret Sullavan, Franchot Tone and Robert Young. Sullavan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Plot On the last day of World War I, November 11, 1918, three German fighter pilots - Erich Lohkamp, Otto Koster, and Gottfried Lenz - are having a final drink with their compatriots. They toast each other, expressing fatalistic attitudes about the future. With their only hope being in their friendship, the three comrades open a taxi and auto repair business and are barely able to eke out a living. One day several years later (1920), while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Border Legion (1930 Film)
''The Border Legion'' is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Otto Brower. It stars Jack Holt, Fay Wray, and Richard Arlen. It is based on the novel with the same title by Zane Grey. Cast * Jack Holt as Jack Kells *Fay Wray as Joan Randall *Richard Arlen as Jim Cleve *Eugene Pallette as Bunco Davis * Stanley Fields as Hack Gulden *E. H. Calvert as Judge Savin *Ethan Allen as George Randall *Syd Saylor as Shrimp Production The railroad scenes were filmed on the Sierra Railroad in Tuolumne County, California. See also *'' The Border Legion'' (1918) *'' The Border Legion'' (1924) *'' The Last Round-Up'' (1934) References External links''The Border Legion''at the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... * 1930 films America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Santa Fe Trail (1930 Film)
''The Santa Fe Trail'' is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film, directed by Otto Brower and Edwin H. Knopf, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Richard Arlen, Rosita Moreno, and Eugene Pallette. The film was an adaptation of Hal George Evarts's 1925 novel, ''Spanish Acres''. Synopsis A sheepherder (Arlen) has to clear his name after being erroneously accused of murdering and Indian. Two children who saw the killing come to his aid. Cast * Richard Arlen as Stan Hollister * Rosita Moreno as Maria Castinado * Eugene Pallette as Doc Brady * Mitzi Green as Emily * Junior Durkin as Old Timer * Hooper Atchley as Marc Coulard * Luis Alberni as Juan Castinado * Lee Shumway as Slaven * Chief Standing Bear as Chief Sutanek * Blue Cloud as Eagle Feather * Chief Yowlachie Chief Yowlachie (August 15, 1890 – March 7, 1966), also known as Daniel Simmons; was a Native American actor from the Yakama tribe in the U.S. state of Washington, known for playing supporting roles an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fighting Caravans
''Fighting Caravans'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Otto Brower and David Burton and starring Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, and Ernest Torrence. Based on the 1929 novel ''Fighting Caravans'' by Zane Grey, the film is about a young frontier scout who helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try to save him from falling in love. Although billed as being based on the Zane Grey novel, the stories have little in common. The film was actually written by Agnes Brand Leahy, Edward E. Paramore, Jr., and Keene Thompson. ''Fighting Caravans'' was remade just three years later as ''Wagon Wheels'', a low-budget production employing extensive stock footage from ''Fighting Caravans'' and starring Randolph Scott and Gail Patrick in the lead roles. Every character's name was changed in the remake except that of Clint Belmet, played by Cooper and Scott. Plot Clint Belmet (Gary Cooper) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newly Rich
''Forbidden Adventure'', also known as ''Newly Rich'', is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Mitzi Green, Edna May Oliver, Louise Fazenda and Jackie Searl. Three children - two actors and a king - run away from their constricted lives and have a forbidden adventure. Filming took place from April 2 to May 7, 1931. Cast * Mitzi Green as Daisy Tate * Edna May Oliver as Bessie Tate * Louise Fazenda as Maggie Tiffany * Jackie Searl as Tiny Tim * Bruce Line as King Maximilian * Virginia Hammond as Queen Sedonia * Lawrence Grant Percy Reginald Lawrence-Grant (30 October 1870 in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England – 19 February 1952 in Santa Barbara, California, USA) was an English actor known for supporting roles in films such as ''The Living Ghost'', '' I'll Tell ... as Equerry * Dell Henderson as Director References External links * * 1931 films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films Films about actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Man's Folly
''Rich Man's Folly'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code drama film directed by John Cromwell (director), John Cromwell and written by Edward E. Paramore Jr. and Grover Jones. The film stars George Bancroft (actor), George Bancroft, Frances Dee, Robert Ames (actor), Robert Ames, Juliette Compton, David Durand, Dorothy Peterson, and Harry Allen (actor), Harry Allen. The film was released on November 14, 1931, by Paramount Pictures. This modern adaptation of the 1848 novel ''Dombey and Son'' is regarded as Hollywood's first major screen adaptation of a Charles Dickens work. Plot Cast *George Bancroft (actor), George Bancroft as Brock Trumbull *Frances Dee as Ann Trumbull *Robert Ames (actor), Robert Ames as Joe Warren *Juliette Compton as Paula Norcross *David Durand (actor), David Durand as Brock Junior *Dorothy Peterson as Katherine Trumbull *Harry Allen (actor), Harry Allen as McWylie *Gilbert Emery as Kincaid *Guy Oliver as Dayton *Anne Shirley (actress), Anne Shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master Of Men (film)
''Master of Men'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Jack Holt, Fay Wray and Walter Connolly.Kinnard & Crnkovich, p. 115 It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Synopsis An aspirational steel mill worker fights his way up to become a Wall Street financier. His wife disapproves of his stock market schemes, and when he loses large amounts of money they go to live in the country. Cast * Jack Holt as Buck Garrett * Fay Wray as Kay Walling * Walter Connolly as Sam Parker * Berton Churchill as Mr. Walling * Theodore von Eltz Theodore von Eltz (November 5, 1893 – October 6, 1964) was an American film actor, appearing in more than 200 films between 1915 and 1957. He was the father of actress Lori March. Von Eltz was a Yale University professor's son. After 12 ... as Grenaker References Bibliography * Roy Kinnard & Tony Crnkovich. ''The Films of Fay Wray''. McFarland, 2015. External links * 1933 film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystery Woman (1935 Film)
''Mystery Woman'' is the name of a series of 11 made-for-television mystery films released by the Hallmark Channel between 2003 and 2007, and now appearing regularly on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. While on the Hallmark Channel, it was broadcast in rotation with the movie series '' McBride'', '' Murder 101'', and ''Jane Doe'', under the umbrella title ''Hallmark Channel Mystery Wheel''. In the UK these movies are aired, on a rotation basis, in the afternoon drama slot on Channel 5. The series pilot aired in 2003, followed by ten episodes that ran through 2005–07. ''Mystery Woman'' stars Kellie Martin as Samantha Kinsey, proprietor of a bookstore specializing in mystery books who gets involved in solving real-life mysteries. Martin has also directed two episodes. Main cast * Kellie Martin as Samantha Kinsey: an avid murder-mystery fan who inherits a bookstore in the first film. Her extensive knowledge of murder-mystery books assists her in her amateur sleuthing. In the pil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocky Mountain Mystery
''Rocky Mountain Mystery'' is a 1935 American Western film directed by Charles Barton and starring Randolph Scott, Mrs. Leslie Carter, and Ann Sheridan. Based on an unpublished novel ''Golden Dreams'' by Zane Grey, the film is about a mining engineer who teams up with a crusty deputy sheriff to solve a series of mystery killings at an old radium mine where the owner's family waits for his death for their inheritance. The film was re-released under the title The Fighting Westerner. Plot Mining engineer Larry Sutton arrives at the Ballard radium mine to take over as chief engineer from his missing brother-in-law Jack Parson, who is a suspect in the murder of ranch caretaker Adolph Borg. Sutton teams up with deputy sheriff Tex Murdock who is investigating the murder. Staying at the ranch with the ailing owner, Jim Ballard, are his niece Flora and nephew Fritz who have been notified of their uncle's failing health, and now wait to inherit his legacy. Also staying at the ranch is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Farmer Takes A Wife (1935 Film)
''The Farmer Takes a Wife'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Victor Fleming, written by Edwin J. Burke, and starring Janet Gaynor, Henry Fonda (in his screen debut) and Charles Bickford. It is based on the 1934 Broadway play '' The Farmer Takes a Wife'' by Marc Connelly and Frank B. Elser, with Fonda reprising his stage role as the farmer. The film was released on August 2, 1935, by 20th Century-Fox. Plot Dan Harrow goes to work as a driver for Samson Weaver on the Erie Canal, but his heart is set on buying a farm and settling down, even though his father was a canal man. This ambition and his distaste for fighting puzzle Molly Larkins, the girlfriend and cook of Jotham Klore, but she develops a liking for him anyway. When Samson wins $5000 in a lottery, he gives Dan a half share of his boat. This prompts Dan to propose to Molly, but she wants to stay on the Erie Canal, not live on a farm, so she will only go work for him, much to Jotham's displeasure. Jotham arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Godfathers (1936 Film)
''Three Godfathers'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Richard Boleslawski and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, Walter Brennan, and Irene Hervey. It was adapted from the novel of the same name by Peter B. Kyne. Three bank robbers find a newborn baby and his dying mother in the desert. Directors Edward LeSaint and John Ford had previously filmed silent versions of the film titled '' The Three Godfathers'' (LeSaint in 1916) and '' Marked Men'' (Ford in 1919), both of which starred actor Harry Carey. The first sound version was '' Hell's Heroes'', which was also William Wyler's first all-talking film; it starred Charles Bickford, Raymond Hatton, and Fred Kohler. John Ford would later film yet another version of the film as '' 3 Godfathers'' (1948) dedicated to Carey, and starring John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz, and Carey's son, Harry Carey Jr. Plot A week before Christmas, four bandits ride through the desert and pause on a rise ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
