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Frances Drake (actor)
Frances Drake (born Frances Morgan Dean; October 22, 1912 – January 18, 2000) was an American actress best known for playing Eponine in ''Les Misérables'' (1935). Early years Drake was born in New York City as Frances Morgan Dean to a wealthy family. She was educated at Havergal College in Canada and at age 14 "she was sent to school in England, under her grandmother's wing." She was there when the stock market crashed in 1929. Career Needing to make money for the first time in her life, Drake became a dancer and stage actress and found that film paid even better. In 1933, she explained: "I met an actor in London – Gordon Wallace, who was in Eva Le Gallienne's repertory company for a while – and he asked me to form a dance team with him. We danced, and a stage producer asked us to take parts in a play. Then I was invited to make films in England." She returned to the United States in 1934Katz, Ephraim (1979). ''The Film Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Encyc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trailer (promotion)
A trailer (also known as a preview, coming attraction or attraction video) is a commercial advertisement, originally for a feature film that is going to be exhibited in the future at a movie theater/cinema. It is a product of creative and technical work. Movie trailers have now become popular on DVDs and Blu-ray discs, as well as on the Internet and mobile devices. Of some 10 billion videos watched online annually, film trailers rank third, after news and user-created video. The trailer format has been adopted as a promotional tool for television shows, video games, books, and theatrical events/concerts. History The first trailer shown in an American film theater was in November 1913, when Nils Granlund, the advertising manager for the Marcus Loew theater chain, produced a short promotional film for the musical ''The Pleasure Seekers'', opening at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway. As reported in a wire service story carried by the Lincoln, Nebraska ''Daily Star' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet My Sister
''Meet My Sister'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Jean Daumery and starring Clifford Mollison, Constance Shotter and Enid Stamp-Taylor. It was made at Welwyn Studios as a quota quickie by British International Pictures.Chibnall p.274 Synopsis The screenplay concerns a man who comes to mistakenly believe that his fiancée is his sister. Cast * Clifford Mollison as Lord Victor Wilby * Constance Shotter as Joan Lynton * Enid Stamp-Taylor as Lulu Marsoc * Fred Duprez as Hiram Sowerby * Frances Drake as Helen Sowerby * Jimmy Godden as Pogson * Patrick Barr as Bob Seymour * Helen Ferrers as Honorable Christine Wilby * Syd Crossley Syd Crossley (18 November 1885 – 1 November 1960) was an English stage and film actor. Born in London in 1885, Crossley began his career as a music hall comedian. He appeared in more than 110 films, often cast as a butler, between 1925 an ... as Butler References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight Taxi (1937 Film)
''Midnight Taxi'' is a 1937 American crime film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Brian Donlevy, Frances Drake and Alan Dinehart.Smith p.203 Plot A federal agent poses as a taxi driver to infiltrate a gang of counterfeiters. Cast * Brian Donlevy as Charles 'Chick' Gardner * Frances Drake as Gilda Lee * Alan Dinehart as Philip Strickland * Sig Ruman as John B. Rudd * Gilbert Roland as Flash Dillon * Harold Huber as Walter 'Lucky' Todd * Paul Stanon as Agent J. W. McNeary * Lon Chaney Jr. as Detective Erickson * Russell Hicks as Barney Flagg * Regis Toomey as Hilton * Agnes Ayres as Society Woman * Joseph E. Bernard as Copy Reader * Edgar Dearing as Officer Murray * John Dilson as Doc Wilson * James Flavin as Detective McCormick * Creighton Hale as G-Man * Sherry Hall as Monte * Eddie Hart as Detective Morton * Otto Hoffman as Louie the Tailor * Frank Marlowe as Sailor * Paul McVey as Robert Powers * Frank Mills as Gas Station A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'd Give My Life
''I'd Give My Life'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by George O'Neil based upon the play '' The Noose''. The film stars Guy Standing, Frances Drake, Tom Brown, Janet Beecher, Robert Gleckler, and Helen Lowell. The film was released on August 14, 1936, by Paramount Pictures. The play was previously filmed as '' The Noose'' (1928). Plot Cast *Sir Guy Standing as Governor John Bancroft * Frances Drake as Mary Reyburn * Tom Brown as Nickie Elkins *Janet Beecher as Mrs. Bancroft * Robert Gleckler as Buck Gordon *Helen Lowell Helen Lowell born Helen Lowell Robb (1866–1937) was an American stage and film actress. Life Lowell was born in New York on June 2, 1866, to William and Mary Robb. In 1884 she debuted in the title role of Iolanthe at the Academy of Music in N ... as Mrs. Bancroft, Sr. * Paul Hurst as Conly * Charles C. Wilson as Warden * Charles Richman as Attorney Bill Chase * Thomas E. Jackson as Doyle References Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
And Sudden Death
''And Sudden Death'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Charles Barton and written by Joseph Moncure March. The film stars Randolph Scott, Frances Drake, and Tom Brown; with supporting actors Billy Lee, Fuzzy Knight, Terry Walker and Porter Hall. The film was released on June 16, 1936, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Betty Winslow and others in her family are reckless drivers, and Lt. Knox of the police is determined to make her change her ways after repeated traffic violations. Betty eventually reforms, but when drunken brother Jackie gets behind the wheel of a car and causes an accident, Betty takes the blame and goes to prison. Jackie's guilty conscience ultimately gets the better of him, freeing Betty to get on with her life, as well as a romantic future with Lt. Knox. Cast * Randolph Scott as Police Lt. James Knox * Frances Drake as Betty Winslow * Tom Brown as Jackie Winslow *Billy Lee as Bobby Sanborn *Fuzzy Knight as Steve Bartlett *Terry Walker as Bangs *Por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida Special
''Florida Special'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by David Boehm, Marguerite Roberts, Laura Perelman and S. J. Perelman. The film stars Jack Oakie, Sally Eilers, Kent Taylor, Frances Drake, Claude Gillingwater and Sam Hearn. The film was released on April 21, 1936, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Newspaper reporter Bangs Carter and his rich buddy Wally Tucker end up on the '' Florida Special'' train bound for Florida with jewel thieves and Wally's ex-girlfriend. Bangs falls for a passenger, Jerry Quinn, along the way as they try to catch the crooks. Cast *Jack Oakie as Bangs Carter *Sally Eilers as Jerry Quinn *Kent Taylor as Wally Tucker * Frances Drake as Marina Landon * Claude Gillingwater as Simeon Stafford *Sam Hearn as Schlepperman *J. Farrell MacDonald as Captain Timothy Harrigan * Sidney Blackmer as Jack Macklyn *Matthew Betz as Herman Weil * Dwight Frye as Jenkins *Garry Owen as Joe *Clyde Dilson as Dominic *Mack Gray as Louie *S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Preview Murder Mystery
''The Preview Murder Mystery'' is a 1936 American mystery-comedy, directed by Robert Florey and shot in the Paramount studio. The plot follows a studio public relations man who attempts to trap a killer using television technology, allowing on-screen glimpses of technicians like Florey's cinematographer Karl Struss. Reginald Denny plays Johnny Morgan, the suave head of PR for a movie studio. He is a devoted fan of a mysterious actor who developed a cult following during the silent era. It is widely believed that it is a tragedy that he died before sound movies became the standard and there are people who see the idea of remaking his films as sound productions as bordering on sacrilege. From his description, this actor reflected elements of Rudolph Valentino and Lon Chaney, Sr.; he was an exotically handsome leading man and a master of disguise who appeared in many intense, weird roles. When an attempt is made to remake one of his starring vehicles as a musical, the effort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Invisible Ray (1936 Film)
''The Invisible Ray'' is a 1936 American science-fiction horror film directed by Lambert Hillyer. It stars Boris Karloff as Dr. Janos Rukh, a scientist who comes in contact with a meteorite composed of an element known as "Radium X". After exposure to its rays begins to make him glow in the dark, his touch becomes deadly, and he begins to be slowly driven mad. Alongside Karloff, the film's cast includes Bela Lugosi, Frances Drake, Frank Lawton, Walter Kingsford, Beulah Bondi, Violet Kemble Cooper, and Nydia Westman. Prior to production, Universal Pictures was originally developing the film ''Bluebeard'' for Karloff and Lugosi. When that production did not start, Universal wanted a release by the end of 1935 with Karloff and Lugosi, and hired director Stuart Walker and screenwriter John Colton to make the film ''The Invisible Ray''. As Walker was dissatisfied with Colton's script, he requested a three-day delay before production was set to begin and after being denied this, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Without Regret (film)
''Without Regret'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Harold Young and starring Elissa Landi, Paul Cavanagh and Frances Drake. It also features an early appearance by David Niven. It was based on the play ''Interference'' the British writers Roland Pertwee and Harold Dearden which had previously been turned into a 1928 silent film of the same title. The film was released on September 13, 1935, by Paramount Pictures. Premise After returning to England and unwittingly committing bigamy, a young woman is threatened with blackmail. Main cast *Elissa Landi as Jennifer Gage * Paul Cavanagh as Robert Godfrey * Frances Drake as Mona Gould *Kent Taylor as Steven Paradin *Gilbert Emery as Inspector Hayes *David Niven as Bill Gage * Forrester Harvey as Police Surgeon * Peter Hobbes as Fred * Viva Tattersall Viva Tattersall (1898–1989) was the stage name of British stage and film actress, playwright and sculptor, Vera Tattersall, who settled in the United States. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transient Lady
''Transient Lady'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Edward Buzzell, written by Edward Buzzell, Arthur Caesar and Harvey F. Thew, and starring Gene Raymond, Henry Hull, Frances Drake, June Clayworth, Clark Williams and Edward Ellis. It was released on March 4, 1935, by Universal Pictures. Plot When Senator Baxter's brother is murdered, he tries to place the blame on an innocent man. Cast *Gene Raymond as Carey Marshall *Henry Hull as Sen. Hamp Baxter * Frances Drake as Dale Cameron * June Clayworth as Pat Warren *Clark Williams as Chris Blake * Edward Ellis as Nick Kiley * Frederick Burton as Major Marshall * Douglas Fowley as Matt Baxter *Helen Lowell as Matilda Branham *Clara Blandick as Eva Branham *Phillip Trent as Fred Baxter *Al Bridge as Sheriff Angel Verner *Willard Robertson as Ed Goring *Eddie "Rochester" Anderson Edmund Lincoln Anderson (September 18, 1905 – February 28, 1977) was an American comedian and actor. To a generation of early radio and te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forsaking All Others
''Forsaking All Others'' is a 1934 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by W.S. Van Dyke, and starring Robert Montgomery, Joan Crawford and Clark Gable. The screenplay was written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, which was based upon a 1933 play by Edward Barry Roberts and Frank Morgan Cavett starring Tallulah Bankhead. In this comedy of errors, three friends of long standing are involved in a love triangle lasting many years. ''Forsaking All Others'' is the sixth of eight cinematic collaborations between Crawford and Gable. Plot Ever since Jeff Williams (Clark Gable) was a child, he has been in love with Mary Clay (Joan Crawford). Returning from Madrid, Spain, he wants to propose to her firsthand. However, he comes to a halt, as he finds out that she is being married to Dillon 'Dill' Todd ( Robert Montgomery) the very next day. The three had been friends since childhood, but no one besides the butler realized Jeff's feelings. So instead, he wishes all the best for the coup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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