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Greta Meyer
Greta Meyer (7 August 18838 October 1965) was a German actress in motion pictures beginning in the silent film era. Biography Meyer belonged to a German family that was comparable to the Barrymore family in America. At age 3 she debuted on stage with her father's stock company. She went on to perform in operettas and plays in Amsterdam, Berlin, Dresden, Vienna, and other cities in Europe. She sang for Austria's emperor and Kaiser Wilhelm, and she starred in ''The Merry Widow'' for the Count of Luxembourg. Her early film efforts came in films like '' De jantjes'' (1922) and ''Die Königsloge'' (1929). Meyer came to the United States as the star of an operetta company. When the operetta's run was completed, she stayed in New York, starring in ''The Bat'' and other plays.She began a German theater in New York, but anti-German feelings following World War I diminished attendance and caused protests, leading to the theater's closing. She went on to study Yiddish and to perform acros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Cracks Down
''Bill Cracks Down'' is a 1937 American action romantic drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Grant Withers, Beatrice Roberts, Ranny Weeks and Judith Allen. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures. The film was released under the alternative title ''Men of Steel'' in the United Kingdom.p. 19 Martin, Len D. ''The Republic Pictures Checklist: Features, Serials, Cartoons, Short Subjects and Training Films of Republic Pictures Corporation, 1935-1959'' McFarland; 2nd edition (5 May 2006) Plot Bill Reardon runs a steel mill and is the idol of his workers; he'll forego his board meetings to challenge his workers in coal shoveling contests. His heart eventually gives out, but prior to his death he makes his will out with some unusual provisos. His playboy artist son Bill Junior returns from Paris to discover that in order to receive his inheritance he must work in the steel mill for one year with a false name, with the foreman "Tons" Walker being in charge of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nuisance (1933 Film)
''The Nuisance'' is a 1933 American pre-Code film starring Lee Tracy as a lawyer, Madge Evans as his love interest (with a secret), and Frank Morgan as his accomplice. Plot summary Cast * Lee Tracy as Joseph Phineas "Joe" Stevens * Madge Evans as Dorothy Mason * Frank Morgan as Dr. Buchanan Prescott * Charles Butterworth as "Floppy" Phil Montague * John Miljan as John Calhoun * Virginia Cherrill as Miss Rutherford * David Landau as Kelley * Greta Meyer as Mrs. Mannheimer * Herman Bing as Willy * Samuel Hinds as Mr. Beaumont * Syd Saylor Syd or SYD may refer to: *Syd (name), including a list of people with the name * ''Syd.'', taxonomic author abbreviation of Hans Sydow (1879–1946), German mycologist * Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ** IATA code for Sydney Airport, New South ... as Fred References External links * * * * American romantic comedy-drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Jack Conway 1930s legal films Metro-Goldwyn-May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Road Back (film)
''The Road Back'' is a 1937 American historical drama war film directed by James Whale, starring John King, Richard Cromwell, and Slim Summerville with a supporting cast featuring Andy Devine, Louise Fazenda, Noah Beery Jr., Lionel Atwill, Spring Byington, Al Shean, and an uncredited Dwight Frye. The screenplay is by Charles Kenyon and R. C. Sherriff from the novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque. Combining a strong anti-war message with prescient warnings about the rising dangers of the dictatorship of Nazi Germany, it was intended to be a powerful and controversial picture, and Universal entrusted it to their finest director, James Whale. The novel on which the film is based was banned by Nazi Germany. When the film was made, Universal Pictures was threatened with a boycott of all their films by the German government unless the anti-Nazi sentiments in the script were watered down. Carl Laemmle and his son, Carl Laemmle, Jr., the former heads of Universal, had recent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Of Mystery (1937 Film)
''Night of Mystery'' is a 1937 American mystery film directed by E.A. Dupont and starring Grant Richards, Roscoe Karns and Helen Burgess. The film was a remake of ''The Greene Murder Case'' (1929), adapted from a 1928 novel of the same name.Goble p.472 Because of this it is sometimes known by the alternative title ''The Greene Murder Case''. Cast * Grant Richards as Philo Vance * Roscoe Karns as Sgt. Heath * Helen Burgess as Ada Greene * Ruth Coleman as Sibella Greene * Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs. Tobias Greene * Harvey Stephens as Dr. Von Blon * June Martel as Barton * Ellen Drew as Secretary * Purnell Pratt as John F. X. Markham * Colin Tapley as Chester Greene * James Bush as Rex Greene * Ivan F. Simpson as Sproot * Greta Meyer as Mrs. Mannheim * Leonard Carey as Lister * Nora Cecil Nora Cecil (September 26, 1878 – May 1, 1951) was an English-born American actress whose 30-year career spanned both the silent and sound film eras. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damaged Goods (1937 Film)
''Damaged Goods'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by Phil Goldstone and starring Pedro de Cordoba, Phyllis Barry and Douglas Walton.Schaefer p.194 It is based on the play ''Les Avariés'' by Eugène Brieux and the subsequent adapted novel ''Damaged Goods'' by Upton Sinclair. A silent film adaptation ''Damaged Goods'' had been made in 1914. The film's sets were designed by the art director Frank Dexter. Plot A young lawyer, engaged to the daughter of a Congressman, attends a party where he has a fling with another woman. Two weeks later he suspects that he has contracted syphilis from her. Cast * Pedro de Cordoba as Dr. Edward B. Walker * Phyllis Barry as Margie * Douglas Walton as George Dupont * Arletta Duncan as Henrietta Allen * Ferdinand Munier as Congressman Allen * Esther Dale as Mrs. Dupont * Clarence Wilson as Dr. N.R. Shryer * Greta Meyer Greta Meyer (7 August 18838 October 1965) was a German actress in motion pictures beginning in the silent film er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When Love Is Young
''When Love Is Young'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Hal Mohr and starring Virginia Bruce, Kent Taylor, Walter Brennan, Greta Meyer, Christian Rub and William Tannen. Written by Joseph Fields and Eve Greene, it is based on the 1935 short story ''Class Prophecy'' by Eleanore Griffin that was originally serialized in McCall's Magazine. The film was released on March 28, 1937 by Universal Pictures. Plot Wanda Werner is aspiring opera singer from rural America and tries to make it big by singing popular hits from Broadway. Cast *Virginia Bruce as Wanda Werner *Kent Taylor as Andy Russell *Walter Brennan as Uncle Hugo *Greta Meyer as Hannah Werner *Christian Rub as Anton Werner *William Tannen as Norman Crocker *Jean Rogers as Irene Henry *Sterling Holloway as Orville Kane *Nydia Westman as 'Dotty' Leonard *David Oliver as Cudgy Wallace *Laurie Douglas as Laurie Sykes * J. Scott Smart as Winthrop Grove *Franklin Pangborn Franklin Pangborn (January 23, 1889 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spendthrift (film)
''Spendthrift'' is a 1936 American romance film directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Henry Fonda, Pat Paterson, Mary Brian and George Barbier and released by Paramount Pictures. Cast *Henry Fonda as Townsend Middleton * Pat Paterson as Valerie 'Boots' O'Connell *Mary Brian as Sally Barnaby * George Barbier as Uncle Morton Middleton * Edward Brophy as Bill McGuire *Richard Carle as Popsy * J.M. Kerrigan as Pop O'Connell *Spencer Charters as Col. Barnaby * June Brewster as Topsy Martin *Halliwell Hobbes as Beuhl - the Butler *Jerry Mandy as Enrico *Miki Morita as Valet *Greta Meyer Greta Meyer (7 August 18838 October 1965) was a German actress in motion pictures beginning in the silent film era. Biography Meyer belonged to a German family that was comparable to the Barrymore family in America. At age 3 she debuted on sta ... as Hilda - the Maid * Robert Strange as Ransom Reception The film recorded a loss of $126,925. References External links * 1936 films 1930s r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return Of Peter Grimm (1935 Film)
''The Return of Peter Grimm'' is a 1935 American drama film directed George Nicholls, Jr. from a screenplay by Francis Edward Faragoh based upon the 1911 Broadway play of the same name by David Belasco. Produced by Kenneth Macgowan and released by RKO Radio Pictures on September 13, 1935, it stars Lionel Barrymore, Helen Mack, Edward Ellis, and Donald Meek. Previously filmed by Fox Film Corporation in 1926 as a silent film, '' The Return of Peter Grimm''. A business owner disbelieves in the afterlife, until he dies and returns as a ghost. When he learns that his intended heir plans to sell the business, the ghost tries to sabotage the heir's arranged marriage. Plot The owner of a thriving, generations-old nursery business, Peter Grimm is determined to marry off Catherine, an orphan he has raised to young womanhood, to his nephew Frederik. Catherine, who does not love Frederik, reluctantly agrees to marry him just to please her benefactor. Meanwhile, James, Grimm's secretary, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mister Dynamite
''Mister Dynamite'' is a 1935 American action film directed by Alan Crosland and written by Doris Malloy and Harry Clork. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Jean Dixon, Victor Varconi, Esther Ralston, Verna Hillie and Minor Watson. The film was released on April 22, 1935, by Universal Pictures. Plot Private detective T.N. Thompson, nicknamed "Dynamite" due to his initials, takes an interest when a man is murdered in San Francisco leaving a casino. The dead man, D.H. Matthews, had an argument outside the casino with Jarl Dvorjak, a celebrated pianist who was gambling while his aloof and money-mad wife Charmian was away. Dvorjak's acquaintance with Mona Lewis led him to the casino, which is owned by her father Clark Lewis and closed by the police after the killing. Mona becomes a suspect, particularly after Dvorjak's business manager Carey Williams is killed as well. When the pianist himself is shot while playing an organ, Thompson puts everything together and reveals to all that Matt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naughty Marietta (film)
''Naughty Marietta'' is a 1935 American musical romance film based on the 1910 operetta of the same name by Victor Herbert. Jeanette MacDonald stars as a princess who flees an arranged marriage. She sails for New Orleans and is rescued from pirates by Captain Richard Warrington (Nelson Eddy). Five of Herbert's most famous songs come from the score of ''Naughty Marietta'', with words by lyricist Rida Johnson Young: "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life", " Italian Street Song", "Neath the Southern Moon", "I'm Falling in Love with Someone" and "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (Along the Highway)". Additional lyrics for several of Herbert's songs were penned for the film by Gus Kahn. The film was written by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, John Lee Mahin and Rida Johnson Young. Plot To avoid an arranged marriage to Don Carlos, an elderly Spanish duke, Princess Marie masquerades as her uncle's former servant, Marietta, and escapes from France on a ship with casquette girls who are traveling to New Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biography Of A Bachelor Girl
''Biography of a Bachelor Girl'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith and written by Horace Jackson and Anita Loos. It is based upon the play, "Biography," by S. N. Behrman. The film stars Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery, Edward Everett Horton, Edward Arnold, Una Merkel and Charles Richman. It was released on January 4, 1935, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Cynical and hard-bitten publisher Richard Kurt ( Robert Montgomery) persuades free-spirited bohemian artist Marion Forsythe (Ann Harding) to write her memoirs, which he hopes will be salacious. Her old (and nearly forgotten) flame Leander Nolan (Edward Everett Horton)—she calls him Bunny—is now running for the Senate and fears embarrassment and political ruin. Spurred by his wealthy backer and prospective father-in-law, Nolan tries to halt publication of the book, clashing from the start with Kurt. To get Marion away from the distraction, Kurt takes her to a secluded cabin in Maine, where a romance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Line-Up
''The Line-Up'' is a 1934 American crime film directed by Howard Higgin and starring William Gargan, Marian Nixon and Paul Hurst.Langman & Finn p.144 Synopsis A young police officer is assigned to the detective squad investigating a series of thefts of fur coats. A woman working as a hat check girl in a hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a ref ... comes under suspicion of working with the gang, but he sets out to prove her innocence and track down the real culprits. Cast References Bibliography * Langman, Larry & Finn, Daniel. ''A Guide to American Crime Films of the Thirties''. Greenwood Press, 1995. External links * 1934 films 1934 crime films American crime films Films directed by Howard Higgin Columbia Pictures films 1930s English-language films 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
