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Fern Emmett
Fern Emmett (March 22, 1896 – September 3, 1946) was an American film actress. She appeared in 212 films between 1930 and 1946. Emmett's film debut came with Universal in a two-reel production in 1914. Personal life Emmett was married to actor Henry Roquemore. Death Emmett died in Hollywood, California. Her remains are interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14000 Famous Persons by Scott Wilson Selected filmography * '' Second Honeymoon'' (1930) * '' Romance of the West'' (1930) * '' Westward Bound'' (1930) * '' West of Cheyenne'' (1931) * '' Rider of the Plains'' (1931) * '' Ten Nights in a Bar-Room'' (1931) * ''Dynamite Denny'' (1932) * ''Bridge Wives'' (1932) * ''Hollywood Luck'' (1932) * ''Hollywood Lights'' (1932) * ''Love in High Gear'' (1932) * ''East of Fifth Avenue'' (1933) * ''Riders of Destiny'' (1933) * '' Blue Steel'' (1934) * '' Terror of the Plains'' (1934) * ''Loser's End'' (1935) * ''B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Half A Sinner (1940 Film)
''Half a Sinner'' is a 1940 American comedy crime film directed by Al Christie. It stars Heather Angel as a schoolteacher who in one day becomes Public Enemy Number One in Pennsylvania. The film is based on Dalton Trumbo's short story "Lady Takes a Chance". The working titles of this film were ''Everything Happens to Ann'' and ''The Lady Takes a Chance''. Plot On the last day of the school year, plain 25-year-old teacher Anne Gladden has her student Willy write punishment lines on the blackboard. After the class is dismissed, she releases the boy and tells him that few can do what they want in life, so they might as well make the best of what they have. She is overheard by Margaret Ree, an older teacher. Margaret tells Anne that she regrets not doing wild things when she was young. She advises Anne to do what she never did and Anne decides to take her advice for one day. She buys a pretty dress and hosiery and releases her pet canary. Sitting in a public park, Anne is prop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood Lights
''Hollywood Lights'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Fatty Arbuckle, starring Rita Flynn, Virginia Brooks, Tut Mace, and Ted O'Shea. Cast * Rita Flynn * Virginia Brooks * Tut Mace * Ted O'Shea * Fern Emmett * Lynton Brent * Jack Shaw * Bert Young * Betty Grable (as Frances Dean) See also * Fatty Arbuckle filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of the American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter Roscoe Arbuckle. Films marked with a diamond (♦) were directed by and featured Arbuckle. He used the name William Goodrich on the films he di ... External links * 1932 films Films directed by Roscoe Arbuckle 1932 comedy films 1932 short films Educational Pictures short films American black-and-white films American comedy short films Films with screenplays by Jack Townley 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three On A Limb
''Three on a Limb'' is a 1936 American short comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Buster Keaton. Plot Elmer, a boy scout, stops for lunch at a roadside diner and falls in love with Molly, the waitress, right away. Molly's fiancée, a traffic warden named Homer arrives and gives Elmer a ticket but Molly allows Elmer to drive her home and while backing up he accidentally runs over Homer's motorcycle. Molly reveals her parents are trying to pressure her into marrying Homer but he is not in love with him. Molly introduces her parents to Elmer and they instantly disapprove of him due to his appearance and outfit. Molly's father challenges Elmer's scout skills by getting him to prove he can make a fire by rubbing two sticks together. Elmer accidentally sets fire to Molly's parent's rug. He attempts to extinguish the fire with a hose but there is a knot in the tube which stops the water from coming out. Homer arrives and sees the knot, he unties it and is sprayed with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Oregon Trail (1936 Film)
''The Oregon Trail'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Scott Pembroke for Republic Pictures and starring John Wayne. It is a lost film with no known prints remaining. In 2013, film collector Kent Sperring discovered 40 photographs that were taken during the making of the film. ''The Oregon Trail'' started production on November 29, 1935, and was filmed at Alabama Hills. Plot John Wayne plays retired army captain John Delmont, who discovers from his father's journal that he was left to die by a renegade, and vows to hunt down the killer. Cast * John Wayne as Capt John Delmont *Ann Rutherford as Anne Ridgeley * Joseph W. Girard as Col. Delmont *Yakima Canutt as Tom Richards * Frank Rice as Red * E. H. Calvert as Jim Ridgeley *Ben Hendricks Jr. as Maj. Harris * Harry Harvey as Tim *Fern Emmett as Minnie * Jack Rutherford as Benton *Marian Ferrell as Sis *Roland Ray as Markey *Gino Corrado as Forrenza *Edward LeSaint Edward LeSaint (January 1, 1871 – September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainbow Valley (film)
''Rainbow Valley'' is a 1935 American Western film released by Monogram Pictures, written by Lindsley Parsons, directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring John Wayne and Gabby Hayes. Plot Riding to the small town of Rainbow Valley, John Martin meets George, the mailman for the area, who is looking for water for his car. Martin, surprised to see a car, gives George his canteen of water. Farther down the road, highwaymen have set up an ambush for George. Martin, who is following on horseback, drives off the highwaymen. Martin takes George to the town doctor. Eleanor, the postmistress, is suspicious of Martin, but George explains how he fought off the gang. The townspeople are tired of being terrorized by the highwaymen. They are circulating a petition to the governor for assistance in completing their road and ridding it of the gang, which is led by Rogers, a wealthy landowner whose goal is to drive out the townspeople and buy their land cheaply. Martin went to school for e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas Terror (film)
''Texas Terror'' is a 1935 American Monogram romantic Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring John Wayne, George "Gabby" Hayes and Lucile Brown. Cast * John Wayne as John Higgins * Lucile Browne as Bess Matthews (billed as Lucille Browne) * LeRoy Mason as Joe Dickson (billed as Leroy Mason) * Fern Emmett as Aunt Martha Hubbard * George "Gabby" Hayes as Sheriff Ed Williams (billed as George Hayes) * Jay Wilsey as Blackie Martin (billed as Buffalo Bill Jr.) * John Ince as blacksmith Bob * Henry Roquemore as dance MC (billed as Henry Roguemore) * Jack Duffy as Jake Abernathy Reception ''Texas Terror'' was released on February 1, 1935. Reviewing the film as part of a collection, Stuart Galbraith called it part of a series of "substandard, ultra-cheap John Wayne pictures". Reviewing another collection, Ike Oden of DVD Verdict called it a "disposable footnote". See also * John Wayne filmography American actor, director, and producer John Wayne (1907–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The E-Flat Man
''The E-Flat Man'' is a 1935 American short comedy film featuring Buster Keaton. Plot A mob boss tells his crew to get him some aspirin to treat his aching tooth. Since it is after midnight, his crew break into the closed drug store. Across the street, Elmer (Keaton) waits outside his girlfriend's house as the two plan to elope. The police are alerted to a robbery taking place on the street and when they arrive the robbers escape in Elmer's car and Elmer and his girlfriend mistakenly drive off in the cop car. An alert is put out and Elmer and his girlfriend realize they are now on the run from the police. They take cover on a local farm and hide in a hay bale and in the morning given jobs on the farm: Elmer as a farmhand and his girlfriend as a maid but are soon forced to leave after their description is given again over the farmhouse radio Back at the station the real robbers are apprehended. Morning arrives and Elmer and his girlfriends are pursued through the cornfields by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behind The Green Lights
''Behind the Green Lights'' is a 1935 American crime film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Norman Foster, Judith Allen and Sidney Blackmer.Goble p.685 Partial cast * Norman Foster as Detective Lt. Dave Britten * Judith Allen as Mary Kennedy * Sidney Blackmer as Raymond Cortell * Purnell Pratt as Detective Lt. Jim Kennedy * Theodore von Eltz as John C. Owen * Ford Sterling as Max Schultz, German Janitor * Kenneth Thomson as Charles T. 'Ritzy' Conrad * Lloyd Whitlock as Assistant District Attorney * Edward Hearn as Detective Brewster * Jane Meredith as Mrs. Gorham * Edward Gargan as Moran - a Cop * J. Carrol Naish as Sam Dover * John Davidson as Beasley * Hooper Atchley as District Attorney Marsden * Marc Loebell as Manny Spivalo * Fern Emmett Fern Emmett (March 22, 1896 – September 3, 1946) was an American film actress. She appeared in 212 films between 1930 and 1946. Emmett's film debut came with Universal in a two-reel product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Calibre
''Big Calibre'' is a 1935 American Western film produced by Supreme Pictures and directed by Robert N. Bradbury. It premiered on March 8, 1935. The film features Bob Steele as Bob O'Neill, a stockgrower who, seeking vengeance for his murdered father, goes after the murderer, crazed scientist Otto Zenz (Bill Quinn). Plot Rancher Bob O'Neill's father is gassed to death by lunatic Otto Zenz. In a bid to avenge his father, Bob tracks the scientist down, and they eventually have a showdown in the dry plains. Cast * Bob Steele as Bob O'Neill * Peggy Campbell as June Bowers * Forrest Taylor as Banker Bentley * John Elliott as Rusty Hicks * Georgia O'Dell as Arabella * William Quinn as Otto Zenz, aka Gadski (credited as Bill Quinn) * Earl Dwire as Sheriff of Gladstone * Frank Ball as Jim Bowers * Si Jenks as Square Dance Caller (credited as Cy Jenks) * Chris Allen as Man at Dance (uncredited) * Silver Tip Baker as Barfly / Man at Dance (uncredited) * Barney Beasley as Barfly (un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loser's End
''Loser's End'' is a 1935 American Western film produced by Harry S. Webb for Reliable Pictures and directed by Bernard B. Ray. Plot summary A cowboy meets up with a bandit gang. Taken captive, he is rescued by a man called Don Carlos, and together with a young woman named Lolita, they join forces to stop the gang's upcoming raid and bring them to justice. Cast * Jack Perrin as Jack * Tina Menard as Lolita * Frank Rice as Amos * William Gould as Bill Meeker * Fern Emmett as Molly O'Hara, the Cook * Elias Lazaroff as Don Carlos Delgardo * Robert Walker as Henchman Joe * Jimmy Aubrey Jimmy Aubrey (23 October 1887 – 2 September 1983) was an English actor who worked with both Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy, having gone with Fred Karno's theatrical company to America in 1908. However he left to start on his own in v ... as Henchman Dick * Rosemary Joye as Lupe Little External links * * 1935 films 1935 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terror Of The Plains
''Terror of the Plains'' is a 1934 American Western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Tom Tyler, Roberta Gale and William Gould.Pitts p.315 Main cast * Tom Tyler as Tom Lansing - Posing as Tom Smith * Roberta Gale as Bess Roberts * William Gould as Kirk Cramer - aka Butcher Wells * Slim Whitaker as Nevada - Henchman * Fern Emmett as Rose * Nelson McDowell as Parson Jones * Frank Rice as Banty - Tom's Sidekick * Ralph Lewis as Dad Lansing * Robert Walker as Sheriff * Murdock MacQuarrie Murdock MacQuarrie (August 25, 1878 – August 20, 1942) was an American silent film actor and director. His name was also seen as Murdock McQuarrie. MacQuarrie was born in San Francisco, California, and attended school there. He was the ... as Cole - Foreman References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Steel (1934 Film)
''Blue Steel'' is a 1934 American pre-Code Monogram Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring John Wayne. Wayne plays a U.S. Marshal who is trying to capture the Polka Dot Bandit, who has taken off with $4,000. The film also featured Yakima Canutt and George "Gabby" Hayes. It was released as ''Stolen Goods'' in the UK, and this version was later released in a colorized version on home video. Since the movie has fallen into the public domain, several versions are in circulation, including a colorized edition with a jarringly re-dubbed soundtrack, including dialogue, music and sound effects. Plot John Carruthers is an undercover US Marshal. He appears to be in town investigating a string of robberies committed by the Polka Dot Bandit, but when he is a little late in discovering one of the Bandit's thefts, Sheriff Jake thinks Carruthers is the thief. For some reason, instead of arresting him, Jake accompanies him on his journey; after all, as Carruthers says, "I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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