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Edward J. Le Saint
Edward LeSaint (January 1, 1871 – September 10, 1940) was an American stage and film actor and director whose career began in the silent era. He acted in over 300 films and directed more than 90. He was sometimes credited as Edward J. Le Saint.Edward J. Le Saint at IBDB Early years LeSaint was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, of French ancestry. His schooling also was in Cincinnati. Before venturing into entertainment, he worked in a railroad's auditing office.Career 
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Disorder In The Court
''Disorder in the Court'' is a 1936 short subject directed by Preston Black starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 15th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959. Plot The Stooges are key witnesses at a murder trial. Their friend and colleague, Gail Tempest, is a dancer at the Black Bottom cafe where the Stooges are musicians. She is accused of killing Kirk Robin (a play on " Who Killed Cock Robin?"). When the Stooges are called to the witness stand, they are nowhere to be found. The defense attorney goes out into the hall only to find the Stooges playing jacks and tic-tac-toe simultaneously on the floor. After considerable mutual frustration, the court finally swears in Curly, who begins to describe the events that took place on the night of the murder. He offers to show the court exactly what happened. The Stooges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lawyer's Secret
''The Lawyer's Secret'' is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and Max Marcin and written by Lloyd Corrigan, James Hilary Finn, and Max Marcin. The film stars Clive Brook, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Jean Arthur, Francis McDonald, and Harold Goodwin. The film was released on June 6, 1931, by Paramount Pictures. Cast *Clive Brook as Drake Norris *Charles "Buddy" Rogers as Laurie Roberts *Richard Arlen as Joe Hart *Fay Wray as Kay Roberts *Jean Arthur as Beatrice Stevens *Francis McDonald as The Weasel * Harold Goodwin as 'Madame X' *Syd Saylor as Red *Lawrence LaMarr as Tom *Sheila Bromley as Madge - Madame X's Girlfriend (uncredited) * G. Pat Collins as Motorcycle Officer (uncredited) *Gordon De Main as Detective (uncredited) *Claire Dodd as Party Guest (uncredited) *Robert Homans as Chief of Police (uncredited) *Payne B. Johnson as Baby (uncredited) *Edward LeSaint as Prison Warden (uncredited) *Wilbur Mack as Frank - Distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Free Soul
''A Free Soul'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film that tells the story of an alcoholic San Francisco defense attorney who must defend his daughter's ex-boyfriend on a charge of murdering the mobster she had started a relationship with, who he had previously gotten an acquittal for on a murder charge. Directed by Clarence Brown it stars Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore, and Clark Gable. ''A Free Soul'' became famous for Barrymore's climactic courtroom monologue that is said to be the main reason he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 4th Academy Awards that year."A Free Soul" . Retrieved March 5, 2014. Gable made such an impression in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kick In (1931 Film)
''Kick In'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film, based on the 1914 Broadway play by Willard Mack which had starred John Barrymore, was directed by Richard Wallace and starred the legendary Clara Bow in her last film for Paramount Pictures. The movie was filmed twice in the silent era: a version filmed in 1917 by Pathé and a 1922 version released by Paramount. The 1922 film, lost for over 80 years, was discovered to have been in the Gosfilmofond archive in Moscow and returned to the U.S. in 2010. The 1931 version of ''Kick In'' is currently controlled by Universal Studios, who own or control all Paramount films made between 1929 and 1949. The 1931 ''Kick In'' has (as of 2011) never been broadcast on television. Cast *Clara Bow as Molly Hewes *Regis Toomey as Chick Hewes *Wynne Gibson as Myrtle Sylvester *Juliette Compton as Piccadilly Bessie *Leslie Fenton as Charlie * James Murray as Benny L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Raiders (1931 Film)
''Sky Raiders'' is a 1931 film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Lloyd Hughes and Marceline Day. Produced by Columbia Pictures, it was filmed at Grand Central Air Terminal Grand Central Airport is a former airport in Glendale, California. Also known as Grand Central Air Terminal (GCAT), the airport was an important facility for the growing Los Angeles suburb of Glendale in the 1920s and a key element in the devel ..., now Grand Central Airport, in Glendale, California. Plot Hughes plays Bob, a daredevil aviator in love with Grace (Day). Bob's reckless behavior and addiction to alcohol causes the death of Grace's brother, and Bob subsequently loses his job and Grace's love. Bob puts his life back together and catches a gang of hijackers who were robbing gold shipments from mid-air flights. References External links * * * * 1931 films Columbia Pictures films American black-and-white films 1931 adventure films American adventure films 1931 crime film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Streets (1931 Film)
''City Streets'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code film noir directed by Rouben Mamoulian from a story by Dashiell Hammett and starring Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sidney and Paul Lukas. This Pre-Code crime film is about a racketeer's daughter who is in love with a shooting gallery showman. Despite her prodding, the showman known as The Kid has no ambitions about joining the rackets and making enough money to support her in the lifestyle she's accustomed to. Her father implicates her in a murder and she's sent to prison, after which her father convinces The Kid to join the gang to free his daughter. Plot Nan Cooley ( Sylvia Sidney), the daughter of racketeer Pop Cooley (Guy Kibbee), is in love with The Kid (Gary Cooper), a shooting gallery showman. Cooley tries to urge him to join the gang, in order to earn enough money to support her in the lifestyle she is accustomed to, but The Kid refuses. Soon her father kills bootlegging chief Blackie ( Stanley Fields), at the urging of Big Fella Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gentleman's Fate
''Gentleman's Fate'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and written by Leonard Praskins. The film stars John Gilbert, Louis Wolheim, Leila Hyams, Anita Page, and Marie Prevost. The film was released on March 7, 1931, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, just seventeen days after Wolheim's untimely death. Plot Jack Thomas (John Gilbert) has grown up in the belief that he was an orphan. His guardian tells him that he has an elder brother in New Jersey named Frank Tomasulo (Louis Wolheim), and a dying father, Francesco (Frank Reicher), both of whom are in the bootlegging business during the prohibition era. On his deathbed, Francesco gives Jack an emerald necklace. Jack gives it to his fiancée, Marjorie Channing (Leila Hyams), but it turns out to have been stolen. Frank does not want his father's name to be dishonored, so he forces Jack to falsely admit to having stolen the necklace. Marjorie breaks off the engagement and travels to England. After a brief spel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millie (film)
''Millie'' (1931) is an American pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon from a screenplay by Charles Kenyon and Ralph Morgan, based on a novel of the same name by Donald Henderson Clarke. The film was an independent production by Charles R. Rogers, distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, after their acquisition of Pathé Exchange. It stars Helen Twelvetrees in one of her best roles, with a supporting cast that includes Lilyan Tashman, James Hall, Joan Blondell, John Halliday and Anita Louise. Plot Millie (Helen Twelvetrees) is a naive young woman who marries a wealthy man from New York, Jack Maitland ( James Hall). Three years later, unhappy in her marriage due to her husband's continued infidelity, she asks for and receives a divorce. Because of her pride, she does not want his money, but she also does not want to deprive her daughter of a comfortable lifestyle. She allows Jack and his mother ( Charlotte Walker) to retain custody of her daughter Connie ( Anita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Parade (film)
''The Last Parade'' is a 1931 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Jack Holt, Tom Moore and Constance Cummings.Dick, p. 51 Synopsis Two World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ... veterans return home. One joins the police while the other, failing to get a job as a newspaper reporter, gets mixed up with organized crime. Cast References Bibliography * Dick, Bernard F. ''The Merchant Prince of Poverty Row: Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures''. University Press of Kentucky, 2015. External links * 1931 films 1931 crime drama films American crime drama films Films directed by Erle C. Kenton Columbia Pictures films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{crime-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mothers Cry
''Mothers Cry'' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and directed by Hobart Henley. The movie stars Dorothy Peterson, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Evalyn Knapp and Sidney Blackmer. The film is based on the popular novel of the same name written by Helen Grace Carlisle. Plot The film is focused on the life of widowed mother Mary Williams (Dorothy Peterson) and her struggles to raise her four children. Daniel (Edward Woods), her eldest, torments her and his siblings throughout his childhood and grows up to be a criminal. Younger son Arthur (David Manners) grows up to be a successful architect. Daughter Jennie (Evalyn Knapp) loves domestic work and homelife and is courted by Karl Muller (Reinhold Pasch), a wealthy older gentleman. The other daughter, Beattie (Helen Chandler), grows up to be an idealistic dreamer. One day Daniel doublecrosses some gangsters, who beat him up, and he disappears for three years, ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dawn Trail
''The Dawn Trail'' is a 1930 American Western film, directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Marceline Day, Miriam Seegar, and Charles Morton, and was released on November 28, 1930. It was remade as the 1939 film ''Texas Stampede''. Cast list * Buck Jones as Larry * Miriam Seegar as June * Charles Morton as Mart * Erville Alderson as Denton * Edward J. Le Saint as Amos * Charles King as Skeets * Hank Mann as Cock Eye * Vester Pegg as Mac * Slim Whitaker as Steve * Charles Brinley Charles Brinley (November 15, 1880 – February 17, 1946) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 140 films between 1913 and 1939. He was born in Yuma, Arizona and died in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, ... as Nestor References External links * * * Films directed by Christy Cabanne Columbia Pictures films American Western (genre) films 1930 Western (genre) films 1930 films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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