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Florence Shirley
Florence Shirley (born Florence Isabell Splaine; June 5, 1892 – May 12, 1967) was an American stage and film actress. Early years Born in New York City, Shirley was the daughter of Francis Splaine. Career Shirley began her stage career in Boston at age 14, when she said two lines in a Christmas play put on by John Craig's Castle Square Stock Company. Craig's interest led to her having children's parts in other plays, including boys' parts in productions of Shakespeare's plays. By 1914, she had become the ingenue of that company. She enjoyed moderate success on Broadway. After the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912, she participated in a benefit concert for survivors held at the George M. Cohan Theatre. Her last Broadway appearance was in '' Alice in Arms'' (originally called ''Star in the Window'') alongside Kirk Douglas. She appeared in more than 50 films throughout her film career. Personal life and death On February 14, 1917, Shirley married efficiency engine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood, California
Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. Its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the U.S. film industry and the people associated with it. Many notable film studios, such as Columbia Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and Universal Pictures, are located near or in Hollywood. Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. It was consolidated with the city of Los Angeles in 1910. Soon thereafter a prominent film industry emerged, having developed first on the East Coast. Eventually it became the most recognizable in the world. History Initial development H.J. Whitley, a real estate developer, arranged to buy the E.C. Hurd ranch. They agreed on a price and shook hands on the deal. Whitley shared his plans for the new town with General Harrison Gray Otis, publisher of the ''Los Angeles Times'', and Ivar Weid, a prominent businessman in the area. Daeida Wilcox, who donated land to help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline - U
Deadline(s) or The Deadline(s) may refer to: * Time limit, a narrow field of time by which an objective must be accomplished Arts, entertainment, and media Comics * Deadline (DC Comics), a fictional villain * ''Deadline'' (magazine), a British comics magazine * ''Deadline'' (Marvel Comics), a 2002 limited series Films * The Dead Line (1920 film), an American silent drama film * The Dead Line (1926 film), an American silent western film * ''The Deadline'' (film), a 1931 American western directed by Lambert Hillyer * ''Deadline'' (1948 film), an American western starring Sunset Carson * ''Deadline'' (1971 film), a Swedish/Danish film directed by Stellan Olsson * ''Deadline'' (1980 film), a Canadian horror film starring Stephen Young * ''Deadline'' (1982 film), an Australian film starring Barry Newman * ''Deadline'' (1987 film), a war drama film starring Christopher Walken * ''Deadline'' (1988 film), a British television drama film starring John Hurt and Imogen Stubbs * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Moon (1940 Film)
''New Moon'' is a 1940 American musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Robert Z. Leonard, with uncredited direction by W. S. Van Dyke. It is the second film adaptation of the operetta ''The New Moon'', which premiered on Broadway theatre, Broadway in 1928. The stage version featured music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and others. The first film adaptation, also titled ''New Moon (1930 film), New Moon'', which premiered in 1930, was less faithful to the stage version. Plot During the 18th century in New Orleans, Louisiana, a French nobleman in disguise as a Indentured servant, bondsman, Charles (Nelson Eddy) leads his fellow bondsman in revolt against his ship's captain, commandeering the ship and heading out to sea. Cast * Jeanette MacDonald as Marianne de Beaumanoir * Nelson Eddy as Charles (Henri), Duc de Villiers * Mary Boland as Valerie de Rossac * George Zucco as Vicomte Ribaud * H. B. Warner as Father Michel * Grant M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pier 13
''Pier 13'' is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Lynn Bari, Lloyd Nolan and Joan Valerie.Schlossheimer p.330 It is a remake of the 1932 film ''Me and My Gal'' with Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett in which a waterfront cop meets an attractive waitress whose sister turns out to be romantically involved with the criminal he is pursuing. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lewis H. Creber and Richard Day. Partial cast * Lynn Bari as Sally Kelly * Lloyd Nolan as Danny Dolan * Joan Valerie as Helen Kelly * Douglas Fowley as Johnnie Hale * Chick Chandler as Nickie * Oscar O'Shea as Skipper Kelly * Adrian Morris as Al Higgins * Louis Jean Heydt as Bill Hamilton * Frank Orth as Dead Pan Charlie * Stanley Blystone as Policeman * Charles D. Brown as Captain Blake * Maurice Cass as Howard * Frank Darien as Old Man in Car * Hal K. Dawson as Ticket Salesman * Edward Earle as Peters * Sherry Hall as Clerk * Hamilton MacFa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Finger, Left Hand (film)
''Third Finger, Left Hand'' is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Myrna Loy and Melvyn Douglas. The screenplay concerns a woman who pretends to be married to fend off would-be suitors and jealous wives, then regrets her deception when she meets an artist. Plot New York magazine editor Margot Sherwood "Merrick" (Myrna Loy) invents a husband (who is conveniently away in remote corners of the world) mainly to safeguard her job; the magazine publisher's jealous wife has had the last two women in her position fired after mere months. It also comes in handy keeping aggressive men at bay, as Margot is determined to succeed in her career. Magazine photographer August Winkel (Felix Bressart) helps by writing letters supposedly from "Tony Merrick". One day, she goes to meet a friend arriving on a passenger ship. However, when she enters her friend's cabin, she finds some paintings, but no friend. Soon after, art dealer Mr. Flandrin (Donald Meek) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady With Red Hair
''Lady with Red Hair'' (1940) is an American historical drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Miriam Hopkins, Claude Rains and Richard Ainley. Released by Warner Brothers it stars Hopkins as the nineteenth century actress Mrs. Leslie Carter. Future star Alexis Smith made her screen debut in a small role. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Parker. Plot When Caroline Carter is divorced by her wealthy husband, she also loses custody of her son Dudley in the proceedings. Down on the ground she decides to win her fortune and son back. She leaves Chicago for New York to become an actress and tries to get acquainted to the theatrical producer David Belasco. Belasco just wants to get rid of Caroline and promises to write her a play to get her out of his office. He has no intention of giving her work, but when she ultimately confronts him on the matter several months afterwards, he tries to get her a part in a show. He succeeds, but the show is a failur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nice Girl?
''Nice Girl?'' is a 1941 American musical film directed by William A. Seiter, and starring Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Walter Brennan, Robert Stack, and Robert Benchley. Based on the play ''Nice Girl?'' by Phyllis Duganne, the film is about a young girl who finds herself attracted to one of her father's business partners who comes to town to give her father a scholarship for his dietary studies. Plot The musical starts with the busybody postman who reads everybody's mail, Hector (Walter Brennan), delivering mail to the Dana household and particularly to Cora (Helen Broderick), the maid he is in love with. Professor Oliver Dana (Robert Benchley) is the head of the household. The oldest sister is Sylvia (Anne Gwynne), an actress, and the youngest is Nancy (Ann Gillis), who is a bit of a flirt and has all the boys fighting over her. The middle sister Jane (Deanna Durbin), the "nice girl", makes her entry singing the song "Perhaps" to the rabbits she takes care of. Her father is tryi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Sons O' Guns
''Three Sons o' Guns'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Benjamin Stoloff, written by Fred Niblo, Jr., and starring Wayne Morris, Marjorie Rambeau, Irene Rich, Tom Brown, William T. Orr, Susan Peters and Moroni Olsen. It was released by Warner Bros. on August 2, 1941. Plot Margaret Patterson was left a widow when her three sons were young and struggled a lot to bring them up with limited income. The three sons grow up to be selfish, irresponsible and can hardly keep a job. Now they are being drafted into the army and each one of them comes up with an excuse for not being drafted. Cast *Wayne Morris as Charley Patterson *Marjorie Rambeau as Aunt Lottie *Irene Rich as Margaret Patterson * Tom Brown as Eddie Patterson * William T. Orr as Kenneth Patterson *Susan Peters as Mary Tyler *Moroni Olsen as Philip Talbot *Barbara Pepper as Francie *John Kelly as Buffalo Bill Oxenstern *Fritz Feld as Blotievkin *Charles Waldron as Henry Gresham *Charles Halton as Haddock * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When Ladies Meet (1941 Film)
''When Ladies Meet'' (television broadcast title: ''Strange Skirts'') is a 1941 American romantic comedy film by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Greer Garson, Herbert Marshall, and Spring Byington in a story about a novelist in love with her publisher. The screenplay by S.K. Lauren and Anita Loos was based upon a 1932 play by Rachel Crothers. The film was directed by Robert Z. Leonard, who also co-produced the film (with Orville O. Dull). The film was a remake of the 1933 pre-Code film of the same name, which starred Ann Harding, Myrna Loy, Robert Montgomery, and Frank Morgan in the roles played by Garson, Crawford, Taylor and Marshall. Cast * Joan Crawford as Mary 'Minnie' Howard * Robert Taylor as Jimmy Lee * Greer Garson as Mrs. Clare Woodruf * Herbert Marshall as Rogers Woodruf * Spring Byington as Bridget 'Bridgie' Drake * Rafael Storm as Walter Del Canto * Mona Barrie as Mabel Guiness * Max Willenz as Pierre, Bridget's Summer House Handyman * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Started With Eve
''It Started with Eve'' is a 1941 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Deanna Durbin, Robert Cummings, and Charles Laughton. The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Music Score (Charles Previn and Hans J. Salter). The film is considered by some critics to be Durbin's best film, and the last in which she worked with the producer (Joe Pasternak) and director (Henry Koster) who groomed her for stardom. ''It Started with Eve'' was remade in 1964 as ''I'd Rather Be Rich''. Plot The millionaire Jonathan Reynolds is dying, and his son Johnny returns from Mexico City to his deathbed. The attending physician, Dr. Harvey, informs Johnny that his father does not have much time to live and that his last wish is to get to know Johnny's future wife. Johnny drives quickly to his hotel to find his fiancée, Gloria Pennington, but she has left with her mother. Desperate, he asks Anne Terry if she can play Gloria for an evening. She agrees. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Were Dancing
''We Were Dancing'' is a short comic play in two scenes by Noël Coward. It is one of ten short plays that make up ''Tonight at 8.30'', a cycle written to be performed in groups of three plays across three evenings. The original production, starring Coward and Gertrude Lawrence played in a pre-London tour, and then the West End, and finally New York, in 1935–1937. ''We Were Dancing'' has been revived periodically and was adapted for the cinema in 1942. The play depicts a married woman who falls in love with a divorced man at a dance on a South Pacific island. They plan to go to Australia, but in the cold light of morning, they realise that they have nothing in common and go their separate ways, Background In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Coward wrote a succession of hits, ranging from the operetta '' Bitter Sweet'' (1929) and the epic ''Cavalcade'' (1931), requiring a large cast, gargantuan sets and a complex hydraulic stage, to the intimate comedies ''Private Lives'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Cardboard Lover
''Her Cardboard Lover'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by George Cukor, starring Norma Shearer (in her final screen role), Robert Taylor, and George Sanders. The screenplay by Jacques Deval, John Collier, Anthony Veiller, and William H. Wright is based on the English translation of Deval's 1926 play ''Dans sa candeur naïve'' by Valerie Wyngate and P.G. Wodehouse. The film is the third screen adaptation of the play, following ''The Cardboard Lover'' in 1928 and ''The Passionate Plumber'' in 1932. Plot Songwriter Terry Trindale is attracted to Consuelo Croyden, a woman he sees nightly at a Palm Beach casino. He finally works up the courage to approach her and express his feelings, but she rebuffs his advances. When he later accrues a $3,200 gambling debt to her, Consuelo agrees to hire him as her secretary to work off what he owes her. One of Terry's duties is to assume the role of her fiancé in order to discourage the insistent attention of Tony Barling, to whom Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
