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Fay Bainter
Fay Okell Bainter (December 7, 1893 – April 16, 1968) was an American film and stage actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''Jezebel'' (1938) and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Early life Bainter was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Charles F. Bainter and Mary Okell. Career Bainter made her first appearance on stage in 1908 in '' The County Chairman'' at Morosco's Theater in Burbank, California. In 1910, she was a traveling stage actress. Her Broadway debut was in the role of Celine Marinter in ''The Rose of Panama'' (1912). P. G. Wodehouse, reviewing ''Turn to the Right'' in ''Vanity Fair'' in 1916, wrote, "Miss Bainter's advent from nowhere and her instant success form the season's biggest sensation." She appeared in a number of successful plays in New York, such as ''East Is West'', ''The Willow Tree'', and '' Dodsworth''. In 1926, she appeared with Walter Abel in a Broadway production of Channing Pollock's ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, largest city in the U.S. state, state of California and the List of United States cities by population, second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, and its Greater Los Angeles, sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodgers And Hammerstein
Rodgers and Hammerstein was a theater-writing team of composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and lyricist-dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960), who together created a series of innovative and influential American musicals. Their popular Broadway productions in the 1940s and 1950s initiated what is considered the "golden age" of musical theater. Gordon, John Steele''Oklahoma'!'. Retrieved June 13, 2010 Five of their Broadway shows, ''Oklahoma!'', ''Carousel'', ''South Pacific'', ''The King and I'' and ''The Sound of Music'', were outstanding successes, as was the television broadcast of ''Cinderella'' (1957). Of the other four shows that the team produced on Broadway during their lifetimes, '' Flower Drum Song'' was well-received, and none was an outright flop. Most of their shows have received frequent revivals around the world, both professional and amateur. Among the many accolades their shows (and film versions) garnered were thirty-four Tony Awards, fifteen Academy Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daughters Courageous
''Daughters Courageous'' is a 1939 American drama film starring John Garfield, Claude Rains, Jeffrey Lynn and featuring the Lane Sisters: Lola Lane, Rosemary Lane and Priscilla Lane. Based on the play ''Fly Away Home'' by Dorothy Bennett and Irving White, the film was directed by Michael Curtiz. It was released by Warner Bros. on June 23, 1939. Plot Freewheeling Jim Masters returns home after a 20-year absence, during which he was declared dead, to find that his wife, Nancy, is about to marry Sam Sloane, a stable local man in Carmel, California. She must now choose between her ex-husband and her new fiancé. The Masters daughters are also upset that their irresponsible father has re-entered their lives after so long an absence. Meanwhile, the youngest daughter, Buff, is drawn to tough-guy Gabriel Lopez, a man that reminds Jim Masters of himself. Cast * John Garfield as Gabriel Lopez * Claude Rains as Jim Masters * Jeffrey Lynn as Johnny Heming * Fay Bainter as Nancy Masters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lady And The Mob
''The Lady and the Mob'' is a 1939 American crime film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and written by Richard Maibaum and Gertrude Purcell. The film stars Fay Bainter, Ida Lupino, Lee Bowman, Henry Armetta, Warren Hymer and Harold Huber. It was released on April 3, 1939 by Columbia Pictures. Plot Cast *Fay Bainter as Hattie Leonard *Ida Lupino as Lila Thorne *Lee Bowman as Fred Leonard *Henry Armetta as Zambrogio *Warren Hymer as Frankie O'Fallon *Harold Huber as Harry the Lug *Forbes Murray as District Attorney *Joe Sawyer as Blinky Mack *Tom Dugan (actor, born 1889), Tom Dugan as Brains Logan *Joe Caits as Bert the Beetle *Jim Toney as Big Time Tim *Tommy Mack as The Canary *Brandon Tynan as Mayor Jones *George Meeker as George Watson References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lady and the Mob 1939 films American crime films 1939 crime films Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Benjamin Stoloff American black-and-white films Films with screenplays by Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939 Film)
''Yes, My Darling Daughter'' is a 1939 American screwball comedy film directed by William Keighley and starring Priscilla Lane. Ellen Murray (Priscilla Lane) is a young woman determined to spend a weekend with her lover, Douglas Hall (Jeffrey Lynn) before he takes off to Europe for his new job. Plot summary Cast * Priscilla Lane as Ellen Murray * Jeffrey Lynn as Douglas 'Doug' Hall * Roland Young as Titus 'Jay' Jaywood * Fay Bainter as Ann 'Annie' Murray * May Robson as Granny Whitman * Genevieve Tobin as Aunt Connie Nevins * Ian Hunter as Lewis Murray * Robert Homans as Police Sergeant Murphy * Edward Gargan as Dayfield Motorcycle Policeman * Spencer Charters as Angus Dibble * Lottie Williams as Martha, the Maid * Paul Panzer as Peter (scenes deleted) * George Tobias as Dock Worker (uncredited) * Clem Bevans as Henry (baggage man) (uncredited) * John Harron as Belga Line Steward (uncredited) * Vera Lewis Vera Lewis (June 10, 1873 – February 8, 1956) was an Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Arkansas Traveler (film)
''The Arkansas Traveler'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Alfred Santell and written by Viola Brothers Shore and George Sessions Perry. The film stars Bob Burns, Fay Bainter, John Beal, Jean Parker, Lyle Talbot and Irvin S. Cobb. The film was released on October 14, 1938, by Paramount Pictures. Plot The Arkansas Traveler, an itinerant printer, returns to a small town to help save a newspaper started by his friend who has died. Cast * Bob Burns as The Arkansas Traveler *Fay Bainter as Mrs. Martha Allen * John Beal as John 'Johnnie' Daniels *Jean Parker as Judy Allen *Lyle Talbot as Matt Collins *Irvin S. Cobb Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876 – March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, editor and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky, who relocated to New York in 1904, living there for the remainder of his life. He wrote for the ''New York Worl ... as Town Constable * Dickie Moore as Benjamin Franklin 'Benny' Allen * Porter Hall as Mayor Daniels Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mother Carey's Chickens (film)
''Mother Carey's Chickens'' is a 1938 drama film starring Anne Shirley and Ruby Keeler. The film was directed by Rowland V. Lee and based upon a 1917 play by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Rachel Crothers, which in turn was adapted from Wiggins' '' Mother Carey's Chickens''. Originally Katharine Hepburn was assigned to the lead role. She refused, however, and left RKO in order to avoid having to appear in the film. In 1963, Walt Disney released '' Summer Magic'', a loose remake of this film, with Hayley Mills as Nancy Carey. Plot Mr. Carey, a captain in the United States Navy, dies during the Spanish–American War. His wife Margaret, daughters Nancy and Kitty and sons Gilbert and Peter are left behind. They are now on their own with only Capt. Carey's pension for income. The family moves into a series of ever-smaller rented houses while Mrs. Carey works in a textile mill Textile Manufacturing or Textile Engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Make Way For Tomorrow
''Make Way for Tomorrow'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by Leo McCarey. The plot concerns an elderly couple (played by Victor Moore and Beulah Bondi) who are forced to separate when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents. The film was written by Viña Delmar, from a play by Helen and Noah Leary, which was in turn based on the novel ''The Years Are So Long'' by advice columnist Josephine Lawrence. McCarey viewed the film as his best, and it has been praised by later critics. In 2010, it was released selected for preservation by the United States Library of Congress's National Film Registry. Plot Barkley "Bark" ( Victor Moore) and Lucy Cooper (Beulah Bondi) are an elderly couple who lose their home to foreclosure, as Barkley has been unable to find employment because of his age. They summon four of their five children—the fifth lives thousands of miles away in California—to break the news and decide where they will live until t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Soldier And The Lady
''The Soldier and the Lady'' is the 1937 American adventure film version of the oft-produced 1876 Jules Verne novel, '' Michel Strogoff''. Produced by Pandro S. Berman, he hired as his associate producer, Joseph Ermolieff. Ermolieff had produced two earlier versions of the film, '' Michel Strogoff'' in France, and ''The Czar's Courier'' in Germany, both released in 1936. Both the earlier films had starred the German actor Adolf Wohlbrück. Berman also imported Wohlbrück, changing his name to Anton Walbrook to have him star in the American version. Other stars of the film were Elizabeth Allan, Margot Grahame, Akim Tamiroff, Fay Bainter and Eric Blore. RKO Radio Pictures had purchased the rights to the French version of the movie, and used footage from that film in the American production. The film was released on April 9, 1937. Plot The Tsar sends courier Michael Strogoff to deliver vital information to Grand Duke Vladimir far away in Siberia. The Tartars, aided by renegade O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quality Street (1937 Film)
''Quality Street'' is a 1937 period film made by RKO Radio Pictures.''Harrison's Reports'' film review; March 20, 1937, page 47. It was directed by George Stevens and produced by Pandro S. Berman. Set in 19th-century England, the film stars Katharine Hepburn and Franchot Tone. Joan Fontaine makes one of her early (uncredited) film appearances. The screenplay was by Allan Scott, Mortimer Offner, and Jack Townley, based on the 1901 play '' Quality Street'' by J. M. Barrie. This 1937 version was filmed at the RKO Encino movie ranch, RKO Forty Acres backlot, and RKO Hollywood Studios. ''Quality Street'' was a box office failure, recording a loss of $248,000.Richard Jewel, "RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951". ''Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television'', Vol 14 No 1, 1994; p. 44 It was Katharine Hepburn's fourth flop film in a row for RKO Pictures, which added to Miss Hepburn’s label as "box office poison" by the 1938 national group of movie exhibitors. Roy Webb's music was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Side Of Heaven
''This Side of Heaven'' is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by William K. Howard, written by Zelda Sears, Eve Greene, Edgar Allan Woolf and Florence Ryerson, and starring Lionel Barrymore, Fay Bainter, Mae Clarke, Tom Brown and Una Merkel. It was released on February 2, 1934, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Premise Personal and professional problems eventually drive a man to attempt suicide. Cast *Lionel Barrymore as Martin Turner *Fay Bainter as Francene Turner * Mae Clarke as Jane Turner * Tom Brown as Seth Turner * Una Merkel as Birdie * Mary Carlisle as Peggy Turner * Onslow Stevens as Walter * Henry Wadsworth as Hal *Edward Nugent as Vance *C. Henry Gordon as William Barnes * Dickie Moore as Freddie * Edwin Maxwell as R.S. Sawyer *Mickey Daniels as Stinky Bliss *Helen Hayes as Actress on screen in theatre, Uncredited Cameo (Clip from ''Another Language'') * Robert Montgomery as Actor on screen in theatre, Uncredited cameo (Clip from ''Another Language ''Anot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Burgess
Dorothy Burgess (March 4, 1907 – August 20, 1961) was an American stage and motion-picture actress. Family, education Born in Los Angeles in 1907, Burgess was a niece of Fay Bainter. On her father's side, she was related to David C. Montgomery of Montgomery and Stone. Her grandfather was Henry A. Burgess, Sr. He came to Los Angeles in 1893, establishing a business at Terminal Island. His home was at 637 West 41st Place. He was born in England. Her dad was H.A. (Burgie) Burgess, a pioneer air-transport executive. For a decade, he was an assistant to Harris M. (Pop) Hanshue, who founded Western Air Express (Western Airlines), and was its first president. Burgess studied drawing, painting, and sculpture at Mrs. Dow's School in Briarcliff Manor, New York. Her talent in the three artistic disciplines was evident in the creative objects that decorated her Hollywood apartment. Burgess and her mother, Grace, resided in a home in Malibu, California, in 1932."Star And Director Develo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
