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Gertrude Orr
Gertrude Orr (1891–1971) was an American screenwriter who worked primarily at Fox in the 1920s and 1930s. Her best-known films include ''Call of the Yukon'' and '' The Blind Goddess''. Biography Orr was born in Covington, Kentucky, the youngest of four children born to John Orr and Luella Roberts. The family relocated to Denver, Colorado, when she was young. Orr began her career writing for '' The Denver Post'' in Denver, Colorado; her first assignment was writing obituaries. After moving to Hollywood and starting at Fox in the publicity department, she soon worked her way into the writing department; in 1925, she was the only woman on that team. Orr also wrote a biography of famed circus tiger trainer Mabel Stark called ''Hold That Tiger'' in 1938. Her marriage to Harold Martin ended in divorce. Partial filmography * ''Slander House'' (1938) * ''Call of the Yukon'' (1938) * ''The Mandarin Mystery'' (1936) * '' Country Gentleman'' (1936) * ''The Harvester'' (1936) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Of The Yukon
''Call of the Yukon'' is a 1938 American action/adventure film produced and released by Republic Pictures, directed by John T. Coyle and B. Reeves Eason and starring Richard Arlen and Beverly Roberts. The film features extensive Alaskan location shooting by Norman Dawn who shot several films there. The film is based on the 1926 novel ''Swift Lightning A Story Of Wildlife Adventure In The Frozen North'' by Northern genre writer James Oliver Curwood. The film's working titles were ''Thunder in Alaska'' and ''Swift Lightning''.http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/70105/Call-of-the-Yukon/notes.html Plot Adventuring author Jean Williams is living in the wilds of Alaska alongside the Eskimo people gathering material for her novel. She befriends several animals who become her loyal friends such as a pair of bear cubs whose mother has been killed by hunter Gaston Rogers, a talking raven and the bereaved collie Firefly who will not leave the grave of her master, a game warden killed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman Against The World
''A Woman Against the World'' is a lost 1928 American drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Harrison Ford, Georgia Hale, and Lee Moran. Cast * Harrison Ford as Schuyler Van Loan * Georgia Hale as Carol Hill * Lee Moran as Bob Yates * Harvey Clark as City Editor * Walter Hiers as Reporter * Gertrude Olmstead as Bernice Crane, Bride * William H. Tooker as Mortimer Crane, Bride's Father * Ida Darling as Mrs. Crane, Bride's Mother * Wade Boteler as Jim Barnes, Chauffeur * Charles Clary as Warden * Sally Rand as Maysie Bell * Rosemary Theby Rosemary Theresa Theby (born Rose Masing, April 8, 1892 – November 10, 1973) was an American film actress. She appeared in some 250 films between 1911 and 1940. Early life and career The daughter of George and Katherine Masing, Theby ... as Housekeeper * Jim Farley as Detective References Bibliography * Gates, Phillipa. ''Detecting Women: Gender and the Hollywood Detective Film''. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Women Screenwriters
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1971 Deaths
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 66 people are killed and over 200 injured during a crush in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States television sitcom ''All in the Family'', starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS. * January 14 – Seventy Brazilian political prisoners are rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1891 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany. ** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. **Germany takes formal possession of its new African territories. * January 2 – A. L. Drummond of New York is appointed Chief of the Treasury Secret Service. * January 4 – The Earl of Zetland issues a declaration regarding the famine in the western counties of Ireland. * January 5 **The Australian shearers' strike, that leads indirectly to the foundation of the Australian Labor Party, begins. **A fight between the United States and Indians breaks out near Pine Ridge agency. ** Henry B. Brown, of Michigan, is sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. **A fight between railway strikers and police breaks out at Motherwell, Scotland. * January 6 – Encounters continue, between strikers and the authorities at Glasgow. * January 7 ** General Miles' force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smilin' At Trouble
''Smilin' at Trouble'' is a 1925 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by Harry Garson and starring Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn, Helen Lynch and Kathleen Myers.Katchmer p. 293 Location shooting took place around San Pedro, Los Angeles, San Pedro and at a dam construction site, likely the Pit 3 Dam in Northern California. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Michael Arnold, a wealthy contractor who hopes to crash into high society with the aid of Lafaette Van Renselaer, a worthless and dishonest aristocratic youth he carried on a dam construction job, engages a young civil engineer Jerry Foster to help him over several structural difficulties in the work. The engineer falls in love with his employer’s daughter Alice, and she returns his affection until she believes him to be in love with another woman. The dishonest youth’s success in having used inferior cement in the dam results in a flood in which he is drowned. The engineer saves his empl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertha, The Sewing Machine Girl
''Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl'' is a 1926 American drama film directed by Irving Cummings and written by Gertrude Orr. It is based on the 1906 play ''Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl'' by Theodore Kremer. The film stars Madge Bellamy, Allan Simpson, Sally Phipps, Paul Nicholson, Anita Garvin and J. Farrell MacDonald. The film was released on December 19, 1926, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast *Madge Bellamy as Bertha Sloan *Allan Simpson as Roy Davis * Sally Phipps as Jessie *Paul Nicholson as Jules Morton *Anita Garvin as Flo Mason *J. Farrell MacDonald as Sloan * Ethel Wales as Mrs. Sloan *Arthur Housman Arthur Housman (October 10, 1889 – April 8, 1942) was an American actor in films during both the silent film era and the Golden Age of Hollywood. Career Arthur Housman was one of the first screen comedians known to the public by name, and on ... as Salesman *Harry A. Bailey as Sam Ginsberg References External links * 1926 films Silent American drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marriage (1927 Film)
''Marriage'' is a lost 1927 American silent drama film directed by Roy William Neill and written by Gertrude Orr and Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier. It is based on the 1912 novel ''Marriage'' by H. G. Wells. The film stars Virginia Valli, Allan Durant, Gladys McConnell, Lawford Davidson, Donald Stuart, and Frank Dunn. The film was released on February 13, 1927, by Fox Film Corporation The Fox Film Corporation (also known as Fox Studios) was an American Independent film production studio formed by William Fox (1879–1952) in 1915, by combining his earlier Greater New York Film Rental Company and Box Office Attractions Film .... Cast References External links * 1927 films 1920s English-language films Silent American drama films 1927 drama films Fox Film films Films directed by Roy William Neill American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films based on British novels 1920s American films {{1920s-US-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singed
''Singed'' is a 1927 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. The film was directed by John Griffith Wray and stars Blanche Sweet. ''Singed'' is based on Adela Rogers St. Johns's story "Love o' Women". A print is preserved at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. With Czech intertitles. Cast *Blanche Sweet as Dolly Wall *Warner Baxter as Royce Wingate *James Wang as Wong * Alfred Allen as Jim *Clark Comstock as Wes Adams *Howard Truesdale as Indian Agent *Claude King as Ben Grimes *Ida Darling as Mrs. Eleanor Cardigan *Mary McAllister as Amy Cardigan *Edwards Davis as Howard Halliday *Edgar Norton as Ernie Whitehead See also *Blanche Sweet filmography __NOTOC__ This is the filmography for Blanche Sweet. According to the Internet Movie Database, Sweet appeared in 161 films between 1909 and 1959. ---- 1909 - 1910 - 1911 - 1912 - 1913 - 1914 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1919 - Later films ... References External links * * Lobby po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Married Alive
''Married Alive'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Emmett J. Flynn and written by Gertrude Orr. The film stars Margaret Livingston, Matt Moore, Claire Adams, Gertrude Claire, Marcella Daly and Henry Sedley. The film was released on July 17, 1927, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast * Lou Tellegen as James Duxbury *Margaret Livingston as Amy Duxbury * Matt Moore as Charles Orme *Claire Adams as Viola Helmesley Duxbury *Gertrude Claire as Lady Rockett *Marcella Daly as Blanche Fountain Duxbury *Henry Sedley as Max Ferbur *Eric Mayne as Dr. McMaster * Charles Willis Lane as Mr. Fountain *Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Maggs Duxbury Preservation status *The film is currently lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee .... References External links * 1927 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Loves Of Carmen (1927 Film)
''The Loves of Carmen'' is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Raoul Walsh. The film, based on the novella ''Carmen'' by Prosper Mérimée, stars Dolores del Río in the title role, and Don Alvarado as Jose. The film was restored by the Museum of Modern Art and The Film Foundation. Cast * Dolores del Río as Carmen * Don Alvarado as Jose * Victor McLaglen as Escamillo * Mathilde Comont as Emilia * Fred Kohler Fred Kohler (April 20, 1888 – October 28, 1938) was an American actor. Career Fred Kohler was born in Kansas City, Missouri or in Dubuque, Iowa. As a teen, he began to pursue a career in vaudeville, but worked other jobs to support himself. ... as Gypsy Chief * Nancy Nash as Michaela * Jack Baston as Morales * Carmen Costello as Teresa * Rafael Valverde as Miguel External links * * 1927 films 1927 romantic drama films American romantic drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films based on short f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mad Parade
''The Mad Parade'' is a 1931 Pre-Code American feature film about women canteen workers toiling in a château near the front lines in France during World War I. It was directed by William Beaudine and starred Evelyn Brent. According to the American Film Institute catalog, this film was widely publicized as the first all-women cast picture, although off-stage male voices are heard and parts of their bodies are shown in the picture. Cast * Evelyn Brent as Monica Dale * Irene Rich as Mrs. Schuyler * Louise Fazenda as Fanny Smithers * Lilyan Tashman as Lil Wheeler * Marceline Day as Dorothy Quinlan * Fritzi Ridgeway as Prudence Graham * June Clyde June Clyde (born Ina Parton, December 2, 1909 – October 1, 1987) was an American actress, singer and dancer known for roles in such pre-Code films as '' A Strange Adventure'' (1932) and ''A Study in Scarlet'' (1933). Early years June Cly ... as Janice Lee References External links * 1931 films 1930s war drama films A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
