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Edward Keane (actor)
Edward Keane (May 28, 1884 – October 12, 1959) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1921 and 1955. Selected filmography * ''The Supreme Passion'' (1921) – Dr. Jennings * '' The Runaway Bride'' (1930) – Policeman (uncredited) * '' Fast and Loose'' (1930) – Maitre d' (uncredited) * '' Stolen Heaven'' (1931) – Detective Morgan * ''Secrets of a Secretary'' (1931) – Albany Hotel Manager (uncredited) * ''His Woman'' (1931) – Boatswain (uncredited) * '' The Cheat'' (1931) – Defense Attorney * ''Ann Carver's Profession'' (1933) – Harrison (uncredited) * ''I Have Lived'' (1933) – Leading Man * ''Headline Shooter'' (1933) – Joe Burnett (uncredited) * ''One Year Later'' (1933) – Grant (uncredited) * ''Bureau of Missing Persons'' (1933) – Hotel Manager (uncredited) * ''I Loved a Woman'' (1933) – Businessman at Meeting (uncredited) * ''Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men'' (1933) – Construction Boss (uncredited) * ''After Tonight'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Submarine Alert
''Submarine Alert'' is a 1943 American film directed by Frank McDonald, produced by Pine-Thomas Productions and released by Paramount Pictures. The film stars Richard Arlen, Wendy Barrie, Nils Asther, Roger Pryor, Marc Lawrence and Ralph Sanford. Plot During World War II, with shipping being sunk by submarines and with an American scientist working on radio technology killed by Nazi spies, FBI agent G. B. Fleming (Roger Pryor) comes up with a plan to catch the Nazis. He believes that radio signals are alerting the Germans about ship movements. His plan is to fire all the local radio specialists, who likely will seek any employment, including working with the enemy. Tailing the jobless radio men will help the FBI find the Nazis. Engineer Lewis J. "Lew" Deerhold (Richard Arlen) thinks he lost his job because he is a Canadian citizen. Lew looks after his niece Tina (Patsy Nash), a war orphan requiring a brain operation. Needing money, he applies for work at a radio repair shop, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After Tonight
''After Tonight'' is a 1933 American pre-Code World War I spy film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Constance Bennett and Gilbert Roland. The studio considered firing Bennett after the film lost $100,000 at the box office. Plot With the outbreak of World War I, a young woman is unable to purchase a train ticket from Luxembourg to Austria. However, Rudolph "Rudy" Ritter is attracted to her and gets her aboard a train to Bern, Switzerland. Later, when the train is stopped short of their destination, she slips away while he goes in search of a car. He does not even know her name. Rudy turns out to be a captain in the Austrian Ministry of War assigned to deal with Russian spies, particularly the very successful K-14. He gets a lead when a secret message is intercepted; it contains information about a newly improved flamethrower. Rudy is assigned to Major Lieber, the man in charge of the unit developing the weapon. Rudy is delighted when Lieber introduces him to nurse Kar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Merry Frinks
''The Merry Frinks'' is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee and Hugh Herbert. It is also known by the alternative title of ''Happy Family''. Synopsis A put-upon mother inherits a fortune, on the condition that she abandon her deadbeat family. This spurs her family members to attempt to reform themselves in an effort to win her back.Hanson p.215 Cast * Aline MacMahon as Hattie 'Mom' Frink * Guy Kibbee as Uncle Newt Frink * Hugh Herbert as Joe 'Poppa' Frink * Allen Jenkins as Emmett Frink * Helen Lowell as Amelia 'Grandma' Frink * Joan Wheeler as Lucille Frink * Frankie Darro as Norman Frink * Ivan Lebedeff as Ramon Alvarez * Harold Huber as Benny Lopez * Louise Beavers as Camille, Hattie's Maid * Maidel Turner as Mrs. Shinliver * Harry Beresford as Mr. J. Harold Brumby * Harry C. Bradley as Dr. Shinliver * James Bush as Oliver Gilfin * Charles Coleman as Witherspoon, Hattie's Butler * Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Born To Be Bad (1934 Film)
''Born to Be Bad'' is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film starring Loretta Young and Cary Grant, and directed by Lowell Sherman. This film was rejected by the Hays Office twice before it was finally approved. tcm.com; accessed August 9, 2015. Young's character, an unwed mother who entertains wholesale buyers to secure contracts for her friend, had to be re-written and re-filmed, so that her occupation is only hinted at. Zanuck had to cut as much as possible shots of Young in her underwear and of her legs exposed to the hips. The box-office return was poor, with a loss of $50,000. Plot An unwed mother named Letta Strong () was raised in a he ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crime Of Helen Stanley
''The Crime of Helen Stanley'' is a 1934 American pre-Code crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Ralph Bellamy, Shirley Grey and Gail Patrick. The film is also known as ''Murder in the Studio''. It was the third in a series of four films featuring Bellamy as Inspector Trent of the NYPD following on from ''Before Midnight'' and '' One Is Guilty''. The final film '' Girl in Danger'' in the sequence was released later in the year. Plot Inspector Trent (Bellamy) investigates the death of film star Helen Stanley (Patrick) on the set. Another actor in the film, Wallach (Stephen Chase, uncredited) believes he has killed Stanley after he put a live bullet into a prop gun when he "shot" her, and commits suicide after confessing. However the live bullet was still in Wallach's gun. Other suspects are the cameraman, Stanley's lover Lee Davis (Richmond), her sister, Betty Lane (Grey), who is having an affair with Davis. Also in the mix are Stanley's business manager, Geor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Registered Nurse (film)
''Registered Nurse'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code film produced by First National Pictures and released through its parent company Warner Bros. The film was directed by Robert Florey and stars Bebe Daniels in her final role for Warner Bros. Plot Sylvia Benson (Bebe Daniels) is married to belligerent drunk (Gordon Westcott) but after a violent quarrel which results in a car crash, she decides to go back to nursing. Three years later Benson is the best nurse at the hospital, all the doctors think so including dedicated surgeon Dr. Hedwig (John Halliday) and chronic skirt chaser Dr. Connolly (Lyle Talbot). Sylvia has a secret, after the car crash her husband went insane and is now in an asylum. That's why she is keeping the doctors at arm's length whenever they mention marriage. Suddenly he escapes and finds himself at the same hospital where Sylvia is stationed (he doesn't know that) wanting an operation to return his sanity so he can make up to his wife for all those bitter years. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gambling Lady
''Gambling Lady'' is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Archie Mayo, and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea and Pat O'Brien. Plot Mike Lee raises his daughter Lady Lee to be as honest a gambler as he is. When he gets too much in debt to the underworld syndicate headed by Jim Fallin, he commits suicide rather than be pressured into running a crooked game. Lady initially goes to work for Fallin, then quits and sets out on her own when he tries to "help" her by providing a crooked dealer. Longtime admirer and bookie Charlie Lang proposes to her, but it is persistent young Garry Madison who wins her heart, despite unknowingly bringing two policemen in disguise to the illegal gambling den where she is playing. She resists marrying him, fearing the reaction of his high society father, Peter, but Garry is pleased to learn that she already knows and likes his father, a fellow gambler. However, Peter does disapprove of the union, offering to buy her off. When ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonder Bar
''Wonder Bar'' is a 1934 American pre-Code film adaptation of a Broadway musical of the same name directed by Lloyd Bacon with musical numbers created by Busby Berkeley. It stars Al Jolson, Kay Francis, Dolores del Río, Ricardo Cortez, Dick Powell, Guy Kibbee, Ruth Donnelly, Hugh Herbert, Louise Fazenda, Fifi D'Orsay, Merna Kennedy, Henry O'Neill, Robert Barrat, Henry Kolker, and Spencer Charters in the main roles. For its time, ''Wonder Bar'' was considered risqué, barely passing the censors at the Hays Office. The title is a pun on "wunderbar," which is German for "wonderful." Plot ''Wonder Bar'' is set in a Parisian nightclub, with the stars playing the 'regulars' at the club. The movie revolves around two main story points, a romance and a more serious conflict with death, and several minor plots. All of the stories are enlivened from time to time by extravagant musical numbers. The more serious story revolves around Captain Von Ferring (Robert Barrat), a German military ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massacre (1934 Film)
''Massacre'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alan Crosland. The film stars Richard Barthelmess and Ann Dvorak as its Native American protagonists, and also features Charles Middleton, Sidney Toler, Claire Dodd and Clarence Muse. Plot Chief Joe Thunderhorse (Barthelmess) is the star of a wild west show at the Century of Progress in Chicago. Though he is the authentic son of a Native American chief, he has lived away from the reservation so long that he has lost all personal connection to them. His ethnic authenticity and physical prowess are exploited by white showmen. His rich white girlfriend (Dodd) flaunts him in front of her curious friends. Joe and his valet (Muse) travel to the reservation where he grew up upon hearing that his father Black Pony is on his death bed. His dying father no longer recognizes him. The terrible living conditions to which Joe's people are subjected to at the hands of white government agents are also revealed to him. Upon the death of hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havana Widows
''Havana Widows'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Ray Enright, starring Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell. It was released by Warner Bros. on November 18, 1933. Two chorus girls travel to Havana in search of rich husbands. Their target is Deacon Jones, a self-appointed moralist who cannot drink without getting drunk. The film is the first of a series of five movies by Warner Bros. where Blondell and Farrell were paired as blonde bombshell comedy team, throughout the early 1930s. The other films in the series include ''Kansas City Princess'' (1934), ''Traveling Saleslady'' (1935), '' We're in the Money'' (1935) and ''Miss Pacific Fleet'' (1935). Four of the five films were directed by Ray Enright. Farrell and Blondell also co-starred in other Warner Bros. movies: ''Three on a Match'' (1932), '' I've Got Your Number'' (1934) and ''Gold Diggers of 1937'' (1936). Plot Mae Knight (Joan Blondell) and Sadie Appleby (Glenda Farrell), chorus line dancers in a New Yor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood Money (1933 Film)
''Blood Money'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code crime drama film directed by Rowland Brown about a crooked bail bondsman named Bill Bailey, played by George Bancroft, with Chick Chandler as crime boss Drury Darling, Judith Anderson as Drury's sister and Bailey's lover, and Frances Dee as a thrill-seeking, larcenous beauty who fatefully catches Bailey's eye. The film was considered to be lost for nearly forty years before reappearing. This marked the film debut of Anderson (better known for her next role, housekeeper Mrs. Danvers in the 1940 '' Rebecca''). Cast *George Bancroft as Bill Bailey *Frances Dee as Elaine Talbart *Chick Chandler as Drury Darling *Judith Anderson as Ruby Darling * Blossom Seeley as Singer *Etienne Girardot as Bail Bond Clerk * George Regas as Charley Dee, normally cast in wholesome roles, described Talbert in the 2002 Turner Classic Movies documentary ''Complicated Women'' as rather weird character, to say the least. She was a kleptomaniac, a nymphomani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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