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Grover Jones
Grover Jones (November 15, 1893 – September 24, 1940) was an American screenwriter - often teamed with William Slavens McNutt - and film director. He wrote more than 100 films between 1920 and his death. He also was a film journal publisher and prolific short story writer. Jones was born in Rosedale, Indiana, grew up in West Terre Haute, Indiana, and died in Hollywood, California. He was the father of American polo pioneer Sue Sally Hale. Selected filmography * ''Slow as Lightning'' (1923) * ''The Iron Mule'' (1925) * '' Easy Going Gordon'' (1925) * '' He Who Laughs Last'' (1925) * ''The Patent Leather Pug'' (1925) * '' Too Much Youth'' (1925) * ''The Canvas Kisser'' (1925) * ''Heir-Loons'' (1925) * ''A Gentleman Roughneck'' (1925) * '' Going the Limit'' (1925) * '' The Merry Cavalier'' (1926) * ''The Fighting Doctor'' (1926) * ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (1926) * ''Speed Crazed'' (1926) * ''Unknown Dangers'' (1926) * '' The Boaster'' (1926) * '' What a Night!'' (1928) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosedale, Indiana
Rosedale is a town in Florida Township, Parke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 725 at the 2010 census. History When Parke County was established in 1821, Rosedale was the first village in the county, and served as the first county seat.Bowen 1913, pp. 178–179. The town was named for Chauncey Rose Chauncey Rose (December 24, 1794 – August 13, 1877) was a successful American businessman of the 19th century. Early life Chauncey Rose was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut to Scottish immigrants on December 24, 1794. Chauncey was one o ..., a pioneer who settled in this township in 1819. Later the county seat was moved to Armiesburg, Indiana, Armiesburg, and then in 1822 to Rockville, Indiana, Rockville (where it remained). The first court session in the county was held in Roseville. The town flourished until 1835 when more business began to be drawn to Rockville. In 1861, the post office was established in Rosedale, where it is still currently ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Reporter (film)
''The Hollywood Reporter'' is a 1926 American silent crime drama film directed by Bruce Mitchell and starring Frank Merrill, Peggy Montgomery and Charles K. French.Connelly p.363 Synopsis Corrupt city boss Hymie During, running for election, tries to gain the support of the editor of the ''Hollywood Morning Express'' by blackmailing him over time he had once served in prison. The editor gets his top reporter Billy Hudson, who is in love with his daughter, to try and dig up evidence against During. Cast * Frank Merrill as Billy Hudson * Charles K. French as Basil Manning * Peggy Montgomery as Lois Manning * William T. Hayes as Dell Crossley * Jack Richardson as Hymie During * Violet Schram Violet may refer to: Common meanings * Violet (color), a spectral color with wavelengths shorter than blue * One of a list of plants known as violet, particularly: ** ''Viola'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants Places United States * Viol ... as Margaret Latham References Bib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limehouse Blues (film)
''Limehouse Blues'' (also known as ''East End Chant'') is a 1934 American crime film, directed by Alexander Hall. The film is set in the Limehouse district in the East End of London and its Chinatown, London, Chinatown. Among the stars of the film were George Raft and Anna May Wong. The film is named after the song "Limehouse Blues (song), Limehouse Blues". It is also known as East End Chant. Plot The film starts in a riverfront slum in Limehouse. ''The Lily Gardens'', a local club, is owned by Chinese Americans, Chinese-American immigrant Harry Young. Young uses the club as a center of operations for his lucrative smuggling operation. Young is a recent arrival in London, but he has managed to take over crime operations in his area. Rival criminal Pug Talbot is increasingly driven out of business. Talbot is enraged over the situation, and his anger causes him to abuse his own daughter, Toni. The girl has been raised to be a Pickpocketing, pickpocket and is under her father's con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Sunday Afternoon (1933 Film)
''One Sunday Afternoon'' is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Roberts and starring Gary Cooper and Fay Wray. Based on the 1933 Broadway play by James Hagan, the film is about a middle-aged dentist who reminisces about his unrequited love for a beautiful woman and his former friend who betrayed him and married her. This pre-Code film was released by Paramount Pictures on September 1, 1933. Plot Dr. Lucius Griffith "Biff" Grimes (Gary Cooper) is a small town dentist dissatisfied with his lot. Though married to the lovely and affectionate Amy Lind Grimes (Frances Fuller), Grimes still carries a torch for his former sweetheart, Virginia "Virgie" Brush Barnstead (Fay Wray). Years earlier, Grimes had lost Virgie to his old friend Hugo Barnstead ( Neil Hamilton), and is consumed with the desire to get even with his rival. The now-wealthy Hugo has a dental emergency and comes to see Grimes, who comes close to killing his old rival with gas. The sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If I Had A Million
''If I Had a Million'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Paramount Studios anthology film starring Gary Cooper, George Raft, Charles Laughton, W.C. Fields, Jack Oakie, Frances Dee and Charlie Ruggles, among others. There were seven directors: Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Taurog, Stephen Roberts, Norman Z. McLeod, James Cruze, William A. Seiter, and H. Bruce Humberstone. Lubitsch, Cruze, Seiter, and Humberstone were each responsible for a single vignette, Roberts and McLeod directed two each, and Taurog was in charge of the prologue and epilogue. The screenplays were scripted by many different writers, with Joseph L. Mankiewicz making a large contribution. ''If I Had a Million'' is based on a novel by Robert Hardy Andrews. A wealthy dying businessman played by veteran actor Richard Bennett decides to leave his money to eight complete strangers. Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, George Raft, May Robson, Charles Ruggles, and Gene Raymond play some of the lucky beneficiaries. The 1950s televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trouble In Paradise (1932 Film)
''Trouble in Paradise'' is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, and Herbert Marshall. Based on the 1931 play ''The Honest Finder'' (''A Becsületes Megtaláló'') by Hungarian playwright László Aladár,"Screenplay info" on . Accessed=August 24, 2012 the lead characters are a gentleman thief and a lady pickpocket who join forces to con a beautiful woman who is the owner of a perfume company. In 1991, ''Trouble in Paradise'' was selected for preservation by the United States |
Ladies Of The Big House
''Ladies of the Big House'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Marion Gering and written by Ernest Booth, William Slavens McNutt and Grover Jones. The film stars Sylvia Sidney, Gene Raymond, Wynne Gibson, Earle Foxe, Rockliffe Fellowes, Purnell Pratt and Frank Sheridan. The film was released on December 26, 1931, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Young florist Kathleen Storm ( Sylvia Sidney) is instantly the object of desire of a young man standing in front of the shopwindow, where she is arranging flowers. They have two wonderful weeks in their life together before they marry. The same day her criminal ex-boyfriend Kid Athens (Earle Foxe), who heard about her wedding, decides to frame her and her new husband. She and her husband Standish (Gene Raymond) end up in prison. He is sentenced to death penalty on a charge of murder and she to a life sentence. In prison she meets a woman, Susie Thompson (Wynne Gibson), who was Kid Athens' girlfriend before her, who after an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huckleberry Finn (1931 Film)
''Huckleberry Finn'' (1931) is an American pre-Code comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Jackie Coogan as Tom Sawyer and Junior Durkin as Huckleberry Finn. The picture was based upon the 1884 novel ''The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' by Mark Twain. Cast * Jackie Coogan as Tom Sawyer * Junior Durkin as Huckleberry Finn * Mitzi Green as Becky Thatcher * Jackie Searl as Sid Sawyer * Clarence Muse as Jim * Eugene Pallette as Duke of Bridgewater * Oscar Apfel as The King * Clara Blandick as Aunt Polly * Jane Darwell as Widow Douglas * Warner Richmond as Pap Finn * Charlotte Henry as Mary Jane * Lillian Harmer as Miss Watson * Guy Oliver as Judge Thatcher * Edward LeSaint as Doc Robinson (uncredited) * Frank McGlynn Sr. as Teacher (uncredited) Production This is an adaptation of the classic novel ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' by Mark Twain and is a follow-up to ''Tom Sawyer'' (1930). Omitting the entire issue of whether or not Huck ought to turn the slav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Sawyer (1930 Film)
''Tom Sawyer'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by John Cromwell and starring Jackie Coogan. The screenplay by Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt, and Sam Mintz is based on the 1876 novel ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' by Mark Twain. The film was the third screen adaptation of the Twain novel, following silent versions released in 1907 and 1917. The picture was made on location at the Paramount Ranch in Agoura, California. A sequel, ''Huckleberry Finn'', directed by Norman Taurog and featuring most of the ''Tom Sawyer'' cast, was released the following year. Plot After arguing with his sweetheart, Becky Thatcher, Tom Sawyer seeks solace from his friend Huck Finn, who tells him about a mysterious cure for warts that requires them to visit the local cemetery at midnight. While there they witness a murder committed by Injun Joe, who convinces Muff Potter, who also was there but in an inebriated state, that he is guilty of the crime. Tom and Huck promise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dangerous Paradise (1930 Film)
''Dangerous Paradise'' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen and Warner Oland. The film is an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1915 novel ''Victory'', with the significant change of a happy ending introduced to the plot which acknowledged a similar change made in the 1919 silent film ''Victory'' directed by Maurice Tourneur. As was common in the early years of sound, ''Dangerous Paradise'' was remade in several different languages by Paramount at the Joinville Studios in Paris. Cast * Nancy Carroll as Alma * Richard Arlen as Heyst * Warner Oland as Schomberg * Gustav von Seyffertitz as Mr. Jones * Francis McDonald as Ricardo * George Kotsonaros as Pedro * Dorothea Wolbert as Mrs. Schomberg * Clarence Wilson as Zangiacomo * Evelyn Selbie as Mrs. Zangiacomo * Willie Fung Willie Fung (3 March 1896 – 16 April 1945) was a Chinese-American film actor who played supporting roles in 125 American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Virginian (1929 Film)
''The Virginian'' is a 1929 American pre-Code Western film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Gary Cooper, Walter Huston, and Richard Arlen. The film was based on the 1902 novel '' The Virginian'' by Owen Wister and adapted from the popular 1904 theatrical play Wister had collaborated on with playwright Kirke La Shelle. ''The Virginian'' is about a good-natured cowboy who romances the new schoolmarm and has a crisis of conscience when he learns his best friend is involved in cattle rustling. The film is considered to be Gary Cooper's breakthrough role and is well known for Cooper's line, "If you wanna call me that—smile", in response to a cuss by the antagonist. Plot A man known only as the Virginian is ranch foreman at Box H Ranch near Medicine Bow, Wyoming. At a saloon in Medicine Bow, he and the cattle rustler Trampas vie for the attentions of a barmaid; when Trampas insults him, the Virginian pulls a gun and tells him to smile. Soon afterwards, Molly Wood, a new scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What A Night! (1928 Film)
''What a Night!'' is a 1928 American silent romantic comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland. The romantic comedy was written by Louise Long, from a story by Lloyd Corrigan and Grover Jones. The film stars Bebe Daniels, Neil Hamilton, and William Austin. Plot Daniels, in her final silent film, plays Dorothy Winston, an heiress who sets out to become a newspaper reporter. When she breaks a big story, she finds herself in peril. Cast *Bebe Daniels as Dorothy Winston * Neil Hamilton as Joe Madison * William Austin as Percy Penfield *Wheeler Oakman as Mike Corney *Charles Sellon as Editor Madison *Charles Hill Mailes as Patterson * Ernie Adams as Snarky Preservation status This is one of Bebe Daniels's one of many 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 ... Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
