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Frances Hyland (screenwriter)
Frances Hyland (born Frances C. Moore) was an American screenwriter active between the late 1920s and the late 1940s. She was the first woman hired as a "gagman" at a film studio, and she wrote dozens of comedic scripts over the course of her career. Biography Hyland was born in Arkansas, the daughter of William C. Moore and Aura Lee Dickey. Her father was the editor of the local newspaper; he would later move to California and edit ''The Hueneme Harbor Bulletin''. In 1926, she became the first woman to be hired by Universal as a "gagman" (comedy writer). She later worked for Tiffany Pictures. She continued to work steadily throughout the 1930s and 1940s, producing scripts for well-received films like ''The Sin of Nora Moran'', ''A Shriek in the Night'', and '' In Old California''. She was married to filmmaker Albert Ray until his death. Her date of death and final resting place are unknown. Selected filmography * ''In Old Sacramento'' (1946) * '' Murder in the Music Hall' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiffany Pictures
Tiffany Pictures, which also became Tiffany-Stahl Productions for a time, was a Hollywood motion picture studio in operation from 1921 until 1932. It is considered a Poverty Row studio, whose films had lower budgets, lesser-known stars, and overall lower production values than major studios. History Tiffany Productions was a movie-making venture founded in 1921 by star Mae Murray, her then-husband, director Robert Z. Leonard, and Maurice H. Hoffman, who made eight films, all released through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Murray and Leonard divorced in 1925. Starting in 1925 with ''Souls for Sables'', co-starring Claire Windsor and Eugene O'Brien, Tiffany released 70 features, both silent and sound, 20 of which were Westerns. At one point, Tiffany was booking its films into nearly 2,500 theatres. To produce their films, Tiffany acquired the former Reliance-Majestic Studios lot at 4516 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles in 1927. From 1927 to 1930, John M. Stahl was the director of Tiffany and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Girl (1938 Film)
''City Girl'' is a 1938 American crime film directed by Alfred L. Werker and written by Lester Ziffren, Frances Hyland and Robin Harris. The film stars Ricardo Cortez, Phyllis Brooks, Robert Wilcox, Douglas Fowley, Chick Chandler and Esther Muir. The film was released on January 7, 1938, by 20th Century Fox. Plot Bored with her life and with Don, her lawyer boyfriend, waitress Ellen Ward craves excitement. She accepts an invitation from Ritchie and Mike, a couple of petty crooks, and ends up giving them an alibi for a crime. Ritchie rewards her with $100. Ellen catches the eye racketeer Charles Blake, irking his moll Vivian, who attacks her with a pair of scissors. Ellen shoots her in self-defense. Ellen is badly injured and has her face radically altered by plastic surgery. Don becomes an assistant district attorney and helps an investigation into Blake's activities, with Ellen, no longer recognizable, working undercover. Blake is about to shoot Don when, at the last instant, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thirteenth Guest
''The Thirteenth Guest'' is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery comedy thriller film, released on August 9, 1932. The film is also known as ''Lady Beware'' in the United Kingdom. It is based on the 1929 novel ''The Thirteenth Guest'' written by crime fiction author Armitage Trail, best known for the novel ''Scarface'' on which the 1932 movie of the same name was based. The novel was filmed again in 1943 as ''Mystery of the 13th Guest''. , msnbc.com; accessed August 3, 2015. Plot summary Marie Morgan () has been lured to an old abandoned house by a false note from a friend, and is in jeopardy although she doesn't yet realize it. As ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilty Or Not Guilty (1932 Film)
''Guilty or Not Guilty'' was a Canadian panel quiz show television series which aired on CBC Television CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-l ... from 1958 to 1959. Premise Duncan Crux, a lawyer, hosted this Vancouver-produced series. Actual legal cases were presented in a trial format to a panel which resembled a jury. After the panel delivered their verdict, the case's real-life verdict was revealed. Scheduling This half-hour series was broadcast on Sundays at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 5 October 1958 to 31 January 1959. References External links * CBC Television original programming 1950s Canadian game shows 1958 Canadian television series debuts 1959 Canadian television series endings Black-and-white Canadian television shows Court shows Television s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Officer Thirteen
''Officer Thirteen'' is a 1932 American crime film directed by George Melford and starring Monte Blue, Lila Lee and Charles Delaney. The film features an early performance from the future star Mickey Rooney in a supporting role. As of September 6, 2012, the film is in public domain. Retrieved November 19, 2022. Plot After his partner is killed in the line of duty, a policeman quits the force and vows to hunt down the group responsible.Cast *Monte Blue as Tom Burke *Lila Lee as Doris Dane *Charles Delaney as Sandy Malone *Robert Ellis (actor, born 1892), Robert Ellis as Jack Blake *Frances Rich as Joan Thorpe *Joseph W. Girard as Chief of Police Kramer *Seena Owen as Trixi Du Bray *Mickey Rooney as Buddy Malone *Jackie Searl as Sammy *Lloyd Ingraham as Judge Dane *Florence ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Intruder (1933 Film)
''The Intruder'' is a 1933 Pre code comedy crime film directed by Albert Ray and starring Monte Blue and Lila Lee, two silent screen veterans. The cast also featured Gwen Lee, Arthur Housman and Mischa Auer. Shot at the RKO-Pathé Studios in California, it was produced and distributed by the Poverty Row studio Allied Pictures. The picture survives in the Library of Congress collection.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collections in The Library of Congress'', (<-book title) p.89 c.1978 by the American Film Institute Synopsis When one of the passengers is murdered on a during a , a man named Samson declares himself to be a |
A Woman's Man
''A Woman's Man'' is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring John Halliday, Marguerite De La Motte and Wallace Ford.Langman p.247 The screenplay concerns a film star diva who storms off the film set and begins a romance with a publicity-hungry boxer. Cast * John Halliday as Tom Cleary - Director * Marguerite De La Motte as Gloria Jordan - Star * Wallace Ford as Joe Flynn - Prizefighter * Kitty Kelly as Molly Evans - Secretary * Jameson Thomas as Roger Pentley - Playboy * Tom Dugan as Pete Miller - Trainer * Wallis Clark as Ralph Mallon- Studio Chief * Donald Douglas as Walter Payson - Horseback Rider * Leigh Allen as Crane - Leading Man * George Mayo as Assistant Director * Harrison Greene Harrison Greene (January 18, 1884 – September 28, 1945) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1931 and 1945. The son of a jeweler, Greene was born in Portland, Oregon, but grew up in California ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Money Means Nothing (1934 Film)
''Money Means Nothing'' is a 1934 American drama film, directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Wallace Ford, Gloria Shea, and Edgar Kennedy, and was released on June 14, 1934. Cast list * Wallace Ford as Ken McKay * Gloria Shea as Julie Ferris McKay * Edgar Kennedy as Herbert Green * Vivien Oakland as Helen Whitney * Maidel Turner as Mrs. Green * Betty Blythe as Mrs. Ferris * Eddie Tamblyn as Robby Ferris * Richard Tucker as George Whitney * Tenen Holtz as Silverman * Ann Brody Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ... as Mrs. Silverman References External links * * * Films directed by Christy Cabanne Monogram Pictures films American comedy-drama films 1934 comedy-drama films American black-and-white films 1934 films 1930s American films {{1930s-drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helldorado (film)
''Helldorado'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by James Cruze and written by Philip Dunne, Frances Hyland, and Rex Taylor. The film stars Richard Arlen, Madge Evans, Ralph Bellamy, James Gleason, Helen Jerome Eddy and Henry B. Walthall. The film was released on December 21, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation. Plot Cast *Richard Arlen as Art Ryan *Madge Evans as Glenda Wynant *Ralph Bellamy as J.F. Van Avery *James Gleason as Sam Barnes *Helen Jerome Eddy as Miss Fife *Henry B. Walthall as Abner Meadows *Gertrude Short as Mae *Patricia Farr as Flo * Stanley Fields as truck driver *Philip Hurlic as Sam Ed *Stepin Fetchit as Ulysses *Lester Dorr Lester Dorr (born Harry Lester Dorr; May 8, 1893 – August 25, 1980) was an American actor who between 1917 and 1975 appeared in well over 500 productions on stage, in feature films and shorts, and in televised plays and weekly series. Even a ... as newspaper reporter References External links * 1934 films 1930s Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smart Girl (film)
''Smart Girl'' is a 1935 film directed by Aubrey Scotto and starring Ida Lupino. Reception The film made a profit of $88,511. References External links''Smart Girl''at IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... 1935 films Films directed by Aubrey Scotto 1935 drama films American drama films Films produced by Walter Wanger American black-and-white films Paramount Pictures films 1930s American films {{1930s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunder In The Night
''Thunder in the Night'' is a 1935 American crime film directed by George Archainbaud and written by Frances Hyland and Eugene Solow. It is based on the 1934 play ''A Woman Lies'' by Ladislas Fodor. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Karen Morley, Paul Cavanagh, Una O'Connor, Gene Lockhart and John Qualen. The film was released on September 20, 1935, by 20th Century Fox. Plot Torok, a police captain in Budapest, is pleased when his friend, Count Peter Alvinczy, is elected to the presidency of the government's cabinet. Alvinczy is married to Madalaine, whose first husband, Paul Szegedy, long believed to be dead, turns up and threatens to publicly embarrass Alvinczy by revealing his wife to be already married. Szegedy's mistress and partner in a theatrical act, Katherine Szabo, tries in vain to change his mind, even telling Torok at the police precinct what is occurring. He goes through with the scheme to blackmail Madalaine and is soon found dead by Torok, shot through the heart on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crime Of Dr
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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