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Frederick Burton (actor)
Frederick Burton (October 20, 1871 – October 23, 1957) was an American actor. He appeared in 122 films between 1914 and 1947. Burton was born in Gosport, Indiana and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. Life and career The following comes from a 1907 issue of '' Life Magazine'': FREDERICK BURTON, the actor, hails from Gosport, Ind. He got his start on the stage after making a hit in a Knights of Pythias benefit in Gosport. After three years' absence from home, his company played in Terre Haute and Burton invited his father to come over and see him act. The old man took in the show, and after the last curtain went back on the stage to see his son. Presently the treasurer appeared at the dressing room door and handed Burton his weekly pay envelope. Burton senior saw the figures on the outside and his eyes sparkled. "You don't mean to tell me you get that much every week, do you?" exclaimed the old gentleman. "That's right," Burton replied, modestly. "Well, what other chor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heliotrope (film)
''Heliotrope'' is a lost 1920 American silent drama film directed by George D. Baker and written by Robert W. Chambers and Will M. Ritchey. The film stars Wilfred Lytell, Ben Hendricks Sr., Julia Swayne Gordon, Betty Hilburn, Diana Allen, and Frederick Burton. The film was released on November 28, 1920, by Paramount Pictures. Cast * Wilfred Lytell as Jimmie Andrews *Ben Hendricks Sr. as Sol Goldman *Julia Swayne Gordon as Josephine Hasdock *Betty Hilburn as Mabel Andrews * Diana Allen as Alice Hasdock * Frederick Burton as Heliotrope Harry Hasdock *Clayton White as George Andrews * William B. Mack as 'Spike' Foley *William H. Tooker William H. Tooker (September 2, 1869 – October 10, 1936) was an American stage and film actor. Tooker acted with the Tivoli Comic Opera Company in San Francisco. On Broadway, he performed in ''The Coronet of the Duchess'' (1904) and ''The Gove ... as Governor Mercer *Thomas Findley as Warden Michael Pyne References External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back To Life (1925 Film)
''Back to Life'' is a 1925 American silent war drama film directed by Whitman Bennett and starring Patsy Ruth Miller, David Powell, and Lawford Davidson.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Back to Life'' at silentera.com Plot As described in a film magazine review, Margaret Lothbury receives news that her husband, an American volunteer aviator serving with the during , died at the front. In reality, John Lothbury has b ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flight To Fame
''Flight to Fame'' is a 1938 American action film directed by Charles C. Coleman. It stars Charles Farrell, Julie Bishop, and Hugh Sothern. Cast * Charles Farrell as Capt. Robert Lawrence * Julie Bishop as Barbara Fiske (credited as Jacqueline Wells) * Hugh Sothern as Dr. Harlan Fiske * Alexander D'Arcy as Perez * Jason Robards Sr. as Muller (credited as Jason Robards) * Charles D. Brown as Maj. Loy * Addison Richards as Col. King * Frederick Burton as Gen. Darrow * Selmer Jackson as Jules Peabody * Reed Howes as Roy Curran * Dutch Hendrian as Sound Sergeant (uncredited) * Eddie Kane as Officer (uncredited) * Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart as Page Boy (uncredited) * James Millican as Pilot (uncredited) * Lee Prather as Officer (uncredited) * Edwin Stanley as Minor Role (uncredited) * Vernon Steele Vernon Steele (born Arturo Romeo Antonietti; 18 September 1882 – 23 July 1955) was a Chilean-born British actor known for his appearances on the Broadway stage and in American films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Saint In New York (film)
''The Saint in New York'' is an American 1938 crime film, directed by Ben Holmes and adapted from Leslie Charteris's 1935 novel of the same name by Charles Kaufman and Mortimer Offner. After a police lieutenant is killed, the New York Police Department enlists gentleman criminal Simon Templar to fight criminal elements in the city. Released by RKO Pictures, ''The Saint in New York'' marks the first screen appearance of Templar, also known as "The Saint". Louis Hayward stars as the title character, with Kay Sutton as his love interest. Alfred Hitchcock was initially discussed as a possible director for the film. This was the first of eight films in RKO's film series about The Saint. After being replaced in the series by George Sanders, Hayward would not play The Saint again until 1953 in Hammer Films production of ''The Saint's Return''. There had not been a Saint film made in twelve years. Plot Police Lieutenant Martin, an officer leading the fight against New York gang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fury (1936 Film)
''Fury '' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Fritz Lang that tells the story of an innocent man (Spencer Tracy) who narrowly escapes being burned to death by a lynch mob and the revenge he then seeks. The film was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and stars Sylvia Sidney and Tracy, with a supporting cast featuring Walter Abel, Bruce Cabot, Edward Ellis and Walter Brennan. Loosely based on the events surrounding the Brooke Hart murder in San Jose, California, the film was adapted by Bartlett Cormack and Lang from the story ''Mob Rule'' by Norman Krasna. ''Fury'' was Lang's first American film. Plot En route to meet his fiancée Katherine Grant, gas-station owner Joe Wilson is arrested on flimsy circumstantial evidence for the kidnapping of a child. Gossip soon travels around the small town, growing more distorted through each retelling, until a mob gathers at the jail. When the resolute sheriff refuses to give up his prisoner, the enraged townspeople burn down the buildin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora Goes Wild
''Theodora Goes Wild'' is a 1936 American screwball comedy film that tells the story of the residents in a small town who are incensed by a risqué novel, unaware that the book was written under a pseudonym by a member of the town's leading family. It stars Irene Dunne and Melvyn Douglas and was directed by Richard Boleslawski. The film was written by Mary McCarthy and Sidney Buchman. Dunne was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actress in a Leading Role and the movie was also nominated for the Best Film Editing. Before this film, Dunne had been cast in dramatic films. ''Theodora Goes Wild'' was her first comedy, and this extremely popular film proved to be the beginning of a new phase in her film career as a screen comedienne. Plot Theodora Lynn ( Irene Dunne) is a Sunday school teacher and former church organist in Lynnfield, Connecticut, raised by two spinster aunts, Mary ( Elisabeth Risdon) and Elsie Lynn (Margaret McWade). She also happens to be, under the pen name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Birds (1934 Film)
''Love Birds'' is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and written by Doris Anderson, Henry Myers, and Tom Reed. The film stars Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, Mickey Rooney, Frederick Burton, Emmett Vogan, and Dorothy Christy. The film was released on May 4, 1934, by Universal Pictures. Plot Cast *Slim Summerville as Henry Whipple *ZaSu Pitts as Araminta Tootle * Mickey Rooney as Gladwyn Tootle * Frederick Burton as Barbwire *Emmett Vogan as Forbes *Dorothy Christy as Kitten *Maude Eburne as Mme. Bertha *Ethel Mandell as Teacher *John T. Murray as Dentist * Craig Reynolds as Bus Driver *Gertrude Short Carmen Gertrude Short (April 6, 1902 – July 31, 1968) was an American film actress of the silent and early sound era. She appeared in more than 130 films between 1912 and 1945. Biography Carmen Gertrude Short was born in Cincinnati, ... as Burlesque Girl * Arthur Stone as Janitor * Clarence Wilson as Blewitt References Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedside
''Bedside'' is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film starring Warren William, Jean Muir and Allen Jenkins. Plot A man passes himself off as a doctor. Cast * Warren William as Bob Brown * Jean Muir as Caroline Grant * Allen Jenkins as Sam Sparks * David Landau as Smith * Katharine Sergava (Kathryn Sergava) as Mimi Maritza * Henry O'Neill as Dr. William Chester * Donald Meek as Dr. George Wiley * Renee Whitney as Mme. Varsova * Walter Walker as Dr. Michaels * Marjorie Lytell as Patient with Sprained Ankle * Frederick Burton as Hospital Superintendent * Philip Faversham as Intern Attending Caroline (as Phillip Faversham) * Louise Beavers as Pansy * Earle Foxe as Joe Reception ''The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...'' critic wrote that "the story ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Other Woman (1933 Film)
''No Other Woman'' is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic melodrama film starring Irene Dunne, and featuring Charles Bickford, Gwili Andre and Eric Linden. It was directed by J. Walter Ruben from a screenplay by Wanda Tuchock and Bernard Schubert based on the play ''Just a Woman'' by Eugene Walter, which ran for 136 performances on Broadway in 1916, and was previously made into silent films called ''Just a Woman'' in 1918 and 1925. Plot Anna ( Irene Dunne) yearns to escape from Pittsburgh and tells her boyfriend, steelworker Jim Stanley ( Charles Bickford) that she will never marry a steelworker, but he changes her mind. After their marriage, however, she does not abandon her dream; she puts away as much money as she can and runs a boarding house to build up their savings. When her friend Joe ( Eric Linden) discovers a way to make a permanent dye out of the waste products of the steel mill, she sees her chance. Despite his initial opposition, Jim supports his wife. He tells ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Of June 13
''The Night of June 13'' is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Stephen Roberts. The film stars Clive Brook, Frances Dee, Charlie Ruggles, Gene Raymond, Lila Lee, Mary Boland and Adrianne Allen. The film was released on September 23, 1932, by Paramount Pictures. Cast *Clive Brook as John Curry *Lila Lee as Trudie Morrow *Charlie Ruggles as Philo Strawn *Frances Dee as Ginger Blake *Gene Raymond as Herbert Morrow *Mary Boland as Mazie Strawn *Adrianne Allen as Elna Curry *Charley Grapewin as "Grandpop" Jeptha Strawn *Helen Ware as Mrs. Lizzie Morrow *Helen Jerome Eddy as Martha Blake *Arthur Hohl as Prosecuting Attorney *Billy Butts as Junior Strawn *Richard Carle as Otto ;Other uncredited cast members (alphabetically) *Bobby Barber as Jury Foreman * Frederick Burton as Judge *Wallis Clark as Defense Attorney * John Elliott as Real Estate Agent *Paul Fix as Reporter *Billy Franey as Jimmy - Trash Collector *Otto Fries as Bailiff *Edward LeSaint as Mr. Henry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Way Passage
''One Way Passage'' is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic film starring William Powell and Kay Francis as star-crossed lovers, directed by Tay Garnett and released by Warner Bros. The screenplay by Robert Lord won the Academy Award for Best Story. Plot Dan Hardesty is an escaped murderer, sentenced to hang and on the run. In a Hong Kong bar, he literally bumps into Joan Ames, a terminally ill woman whose friends are wishing her bon voyage. It is love at first sight. In what will become a signature gesture for the couple, they share a Paradise Cocktail, then Dan breaks the bowl of his glass, followed by Joan; they leave the stems crossed on the bar. San Francisco Police Sergeant Steve Burke captures Dan at gunpoint when he leaves the bar (though out of sight of Joan) and escorts him aboard an ocean liner bound for San Francisco. Dan jumps into the water, dragging Steve with him. He takes the key from Steve’s pocket and frees himself. Then he spots Joan among the passengers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freighters Of Destiny
''Freighters of Destiny'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film produced and directed by film editor Fred Allen, from a screenplay by Adele Buffington. Allen had started in the film industry as an editor in the early 1920s during the silent era. In the early 1930s, he was given the opportunity to direct. ''Freighters'' was his first film at the helm. The film stars Tom Keene, a well known actor of B-films.Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, ''The RKO Story.'' New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p. 47 Plot John Macy runs a wagon train caravan which supplies a remote settlement. His son, Steve, helps him in running the caravan, as well as dating one of the local girls in the town, Ruth. Randolph Carter is a local banker who covets the commerce created by the wagon train. Carter hires gunmen to attack the caravan, who in a raid, kill Macy, and take possession of the wagons and their supplies. Steve, who was not with the caravan at the time of the attack, takes over runn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
