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Gene Havlick
Gene Havlick (March 16, 1894 in Enid, Oklahoma, USA – May 11, 1959 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film editor. He was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one. He worked on over 100 films during his 30-year career. Early life Eugene Charles Havlicek was born in Enid, Oklahoma to Frank Havlicek and Agnes Petricka, of Czech people, Czech descent. His parents married in Heidelberg, Minnesota. Frank was a cabinet-maker, and later, an undertaker. By 1900, the family went by "Havlick". Filmography * ''The Crimson Canyon'' (1928) * ''Beauty and Bullets'' (1928) * ''Grit Wins'' (1929) * ''The Border Wildcat'' (1929) * ''The Fall of Eve'' (1929) * ''The Smiling Terror'' (1929) * ''The Ridin' Demon'' (1929) * ''The College Coquette'' (1929) * ''Song of Love (1929 film), Song of Love'' (1929) * ''A Royal Romance (1930 film), A Royal Romance'' (1930) * ''Sisters (1930 film), Sisters'' (1930) * ''Brothers (1930 film), Brothers'' (1930) * ''Madonna of the Streets (fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enid, Oklahoma
Enid ( ) is the ninth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the county seat of Garfield County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,308. Enid was founded during the opening of the Cherokee Outlet in the Land Run of 1893, and is named after Enid, a character in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's '' Idylls of the King''. In 1991, the Oklahoma state legislature designated Enid the " purple martin capital of Oklahoma."Purple Martin State Capitals ", ''Nature Society News'', June 2006, p. 8. Enid holds the nickname of "Queen Wheat City" and "Wheat Capital" of Oklahoma and the United States for its immense grain storage capacity, and has the third-largest grain storage capacity in the world. History [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madonna Of The Streets (film)
''Madonna of the Streets'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama film directed by John S. Robertson and starring Evelyn Brent. The film is a sound remake of the 1924 silent film '' Madonna of the Streets'' starring Alla Nazimova. A copy of the film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', p. 109, c.1978 by the American Film Institute Cast * Evelyn Brent as May * Robert Ames as Morton * Ivan Linow as Slumguillion * Josephine Dunn as Marion * Edwards Davis as Clark * Zack Williams as Blink * Richard Tucker as Kingsley * Ed Brady Ed John Brady (born June 17, 1962) is a former American football player. Brady was raised in Morris, Illinois, and attended Morris Community High School, where he led the Morris Redskins football team to a state championship. Brady played for ... as Ramsey References External links *''Madonna of the Streets'' at TC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanity Street
''Vanity Street'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code crime drama film directed by Nick Grinde and starring Charles Bickford, Helen Chandler and Mayo Methot.Scott p.42 A New York policeman assists a down-on-her-luck showgirl, helping her get a job at the Follies ''Follies'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. The plot takes place in a crumbling Broadway theater, now scheduled for demolition, previously home to a musical revue (based on the ''Ziegfeld Fol .... The two fall in love and plan to get married, when he finds himself arresting her for a murder he knows she did not commit. He sets out to clear her by finding the real killer. Cast References Bibliography * Ian Scott. ''In Capra's Shadow: The Life and Career of Screenwriter Robert Riskin''. University Press of Kentucky, 2015. External links * 1932 films American crime drama films American black-and-white films 1932 crime drama films 1930s English-language films Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Man (1932 Film)
''The Last Man'' is a 1932 American mystery film directed by Howard Higgin and starring Charles Bickford, Constance Cummings and Alec B. Francis.Fetrow p.346 Cast * Charles Bickford as Bannister * Constance Cummings as Marian * Alec B. Francis as Mr. Wingate * Alan Roscoe as Marsden * Robert Ellis as English Charlie * James Wang as Won-Le-Ton * William A. Williams a s. Gibbs * Jack Carlyle as 1st Mate of the Glencoe * John Eberts as Egyptian Spy * Kit Guard as 1st Mate of the Ballentyne * Edward LeSaint as Captain of the Glencoe * George Magrill as 2nd Mate of the Ballentyne * Hal Price as Captain of the Ballentyne * Jack Richardson as Doctor * Albert J. Smith as Halborn * Robert St. Angelo as Joe * William Sundholm William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Correspondent (film)
''War Correspondent'' is a 1932 American drama film directed by Paul Sloane. The film stars Jack Holt, Ralph Graves and Lila Lee. Although set in war-torn China, ''War Correspondent'' was entirely shot in California. Plot Outside of Shanghai, famous war correspondent Franklyn Bennett (Ralph Graves), part of an unofficial branch of the U.S. military, broadcasts over the radio an eyewitness report of an air battle won by China's ace, "General Ching," flying for the nationalist forces of Wu Sun ( Victor Wong). "General Ching" is Jim Kenyon ( Jack Holt), a cynical American soldier of fortune. Wu Sun presents Jim with the Order of the Golden Dragon, China's highest medal for defeating the forces of General Fang (Tetsu Komai). The airman excuses himself to meet Julie March (Lila Lee), a former prostitute. When Julie's rickshaw is smashed by an automobile, the passenger is a former client. Franklyn rescues her and escorts her back to the Cathay Hotel. A short time later, he places a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood Speaks
''Hollywood Speaks'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film. Cast * Genevieve Tobin as Gertrude Smith, later known as Greta Swan *Pat O'Brien as Jimmy Reed *Lucien Prival as Frederick Landau *Ralf Harolde as Carp *Rita La Roy as Millie Coreen *Leni Stengel as Mrs. Landau *Anderson Lawlor as Joe Hammond * Jack Holt as himself Production Columbia announced the film in August 1931. It was Norman Krasna's first film under his contract with Columbia and he started writing it in April 1932. The same amount the studio announced Eddie Buzzel would direct and Genevieve Tobin would star. Reception The ''Los Angeles Times'' called it a "routine melodrama with little to say of interest."Stage and Screen: Los Angeles Times August 21, 1932: B17. References External links''Hollywood Speaks''at IMDb''Hollywood Speaks''at TCMDB Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in 1994, Turner Classic Movies is headquart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attorney For The Defense
''Attorney for the Defense'' is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Edmund Lowe, Evelyn Brent, and Constance Cummings. Cast * Edmund Lowe as William J. Burton * Evelyn Brent as Val Lorraine * Constance Cummings as Ruth Barry * Don Dillaway as Paul Wallace ** Douglas Haig as Paul Wallace as a Boy * Dorothy Peterson as Mrs. Wallace * Bradley Page as Nick Quinn Kramer * Nat Pendleton as Mugg Malone * Dwight Frye as James Wallace * Wallis Clark as District Attorney James A. Crowell * Clarence Muse Clarence Muse (October 14, 1889 – October 13, 1979) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, singer, and composer. He was the first African American to appear in a starring role in a film, 1929's ''Hearts in Dixie''. He acted for ... as Jefferson Q. Leffingwell References External links * 1932 films 1932 crime drama films American crime drama films American black-and-white films Columbia Pictures films Films direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shopworn
''Shopworn'' is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Nick Grinde and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Regis Toomey. Written by Jo Swerling and Robert Riskin, based on a story by Sarah Y. Mason, the film is about a poor hardworking waitress who meets and falls in love with a wealthy college student. His mother objects to the union and frames the waitress for a crime she did not commit. After serving her time, the waitress enters show business and becomes a star. Plot Waitress Kitty Lane and wealthy David Livingston fall in love. However his overly protective mother Helen does not approve and does everything she can to break them up. She has her friend Judge Forbes first try bribery; when that fails, he arranges to have her jailed on a bogus morals charge. Meanwhile, Mrs. Livingston convinces her son that Kitty took the $5000 bribe. As the years pass, Kitty becomes a successful showgirl, with numerous admirers, while David is a doctor. When their paths cross again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Menace (1932 Film)
''The Menace'' is a 1932 American pre-Code American crime drama film directed by Roy William Neill. The screenplay by Roy Chanslor, Dorothy Howell, and Charles Logue is based on the 1927 novel ''The Feathered Serpent'' by Edgar Wallace. Plot Englishman Ronald Quayle was accused of murdering his father and, based on testimony offered by his stepmother Caroline, was found guilty and imprisoned. Managing to escape, he fled to the United States and found work in an oil field, where an explosion scarred his face. After undergoing plastic surgery, he returns home under the alias Robert Crockett, determined to prove Caroline and her lover Jack Utterson really killed his father. Having squandered her inheritance, Caroline has put the Quayle home on the market. Pretending to be a potential buyer, Ronald introduces himself to Caroline. Meanwhile, Scotland Yard Inspector Tracy has assigned Ronald's former fiancée Peggy Lowel to inventory the contents of the house in the hope she will f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Deceiver (film)
''The Deceiver'' is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Louis King. It was written by Jack Cunningham, based on a short story called "It Might Have Happened" by Bella Muni and Abem Finkel. The film stars Lloyd Hughes, Ian Keith and Dorothy Sebastian. John Wayne makes a minor appearance as a stand-in playing Ian Keith's corpse. It featured songs and tap dance numbers in an act billed as "Hot Harlem". The film premiered on November 21, 1931. Plot Cast See also *List of American films of 1931 A list of American films released in 1931. Cimarron won Best Picture at the Academy Awards. A-B C-D E-F G-H I-J K-L M-N O-P Q-R S T U-Z See also * 1931 in the United States References External links 1931 filmsat the ... References External links * * 1930s mystery drama films 1931 drama films 1931 films American black-and-white films American mystery drama films Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Louis King 1930s Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Dangerous Affair (1931 Film)
''A Dangerous Affair'' is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Jack Holt (actor), Jack Holt, Ralph Graves and Sally Blane.Zmuda, p. 185 Cast * Jack Holt (actor), Jack Holt as Lt. McHenry * Ralph Graves as Wally Cook * Sally Blane as Marjory Randolph * Susan Fleming as Florence * Blanche Friderici as Letty Randolph * Edward Brophy as Nelson * DeWitt Jennings as City Editor * Tyler Brooke as Harvey * William V. Mong as Lionel * Fred Santley as Tom * Sidney Bracey as Plunkett * Charles Middleton (actor), Charles Middleton as Tupper * Esther Muir as Peggy Plot Members of the Randolph family assemble to hear how millions of dollars will be distributed according to a will, but the attorney in charge is murdered. A police lieutenant eventually finds the murderer in a film that ''Harrison's Reports'' said included "every known device to hold the spectator in breathless suspense — trap doors, mysterious murders and disappearances, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fifty Fathoms Deep (1931 Film)
''Fifty Fathoms Deep'' is a 1931 American pre-Code adventure film directed by Roy William Neill starring Jack Holt, Mary Doran and Richard Cromwell. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Synopsis In this high-seas adventure, a woman creates a great rift between old friends: an experienced older diver, and his younger protege. They become enemies when a gold-digger marries the latter. She soon leaves him in favor of a wealthy yachtsman. She is aboard his boat when an accident occurs. The two divers must salvage the costly boat before it sinks. Cast * Jack Holt as Tim Burke * Mary Doran as Florine * Richard Cromwell as 'Pinky' Caldwell * Loretta Sayers as Myra * Wallace MacDonald as Yacht First Mate * Christina Montt Cristina Montt (May 10, 1895 – April 22, 1969), was a Chilean film star of silent and early sound films. Early life She was born in Chile in 1895 into the well-known, political Montt family. Her granduncle, Manuel Montt, was twice president ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
