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George Marion Jr.
George Marion Jr. (August 30, 1899 – February 25, 1968) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 106 films between 1920 and 1940. He also wrote lyrics for at least one Broadway musical revue: 1943's "Early To Bed" with music by Thomas "Fats" Waller. Collaborating with Karl Farkas, Marion wrote the libretto for Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán's 1945 operetta '' Marinka.'' Marion was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He died in New York, New York from a heart attack. His father was George F. Marion (1860-1945), a stage actor, stage director and film actor who is best remembered as Greta Garbo's father Chris in the early sound classic ''Anna Christie'' (1930). He was nominated at the 1st Academy Awards in the category of Best Title Writing, which was the only year it was presented. In 1929, Marion and his wife were involved in the trial of an income-tax adviser. Both of them were witnesses in the trial of J. Marjorie Berger in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. Marion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kid Boots (film)
''Kid Boots'' is a 1926 American silent feature comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle, and based on the 1923 musical written by William Anthony McGuire and Otto Harbach. This was entertainer Eddie Cantor's first film. A print is preserved at the Library of Congress. Plot Kid Boots is a put-upon clerk in a men's tailor shop. When Malcolm Waite storms in to buy a new suit, the service he receive is so inept that he destroys the shop trying to throttle Boots. Boots flees for his life, stopping only to make Bow's acquaintance. Attempting to hide in a hotel, Boots becomes an accidental witness to the infidelity of a rich man's wife. The rich man, Tom Sterling, has a $100,000.00 settlement suit at stake. So he keeps Boots close to him as a character witness. Boots and his new friend lay low at a posh golf resort and all is well until it is discovered Clara McCoy and the bullying Big Boyle also work there. Big Boyle eventually subjects Boots to a brutal massage and electroshock tre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan Cocktail (film)
''Manhattan Cocktail'' (1928) was a part-talkie film, directed by Dorothy Arzner, and starring Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen, and Lilyan Tashman. At the time this movie was made, Hollywood was already making the transition of silent to sound, either making all talking movies, part talking movies, or silent movies with their own soundtrack and sound effects. Preservation status ''Manhattan Cocktail'' is a lost film except for a one-minute montage sequence, "Skyline Dance" by Slavko Vorkapich, which was released in October 2005 on the DVD '' Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant Garde Film 1894–1941''. Songs *"Gotta Be Good" by Victor Schertzinger *"Another Kiss" by Victor Schertzinger See also * List of early sound feature films (1926–1929) This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and part talking/ all talking feature films made in the US and Europe during the transition to sound, between 1926-1929. During this time a variety of recording systems were used, including most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Hair (1928 Film)
''Red Hair'' is a 1928 silent film starring Clara Bow and Lane Chandler, directed by Clarence G. Badger, based on a 1905 novel by Elinor Glyn, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film had one sequence filmed in Technicolor, and is now considered a lost film except for the color sequence at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and a few production stills. Plot A free-spirited young girl has three middle-aged admirers, each of whom sees her from a completely different perspective. Unknown to her, they also happen to be the guardians of a wealthy young man to whom she is attracted. Cast *Clara Bow as Bubbles McCoy *Lane Chandler as Robert Lennon * William Austin as Dr. Eustace Gill * Jacqueline Gadsden as Minnie Luther *Lawrence Grant as Judge Rufus Lennon *Claude King as Thomas L. Burke * William Irving as Demmy See also * List of lost films *List of early color feature films This is a list of early feature-length color films (including primarily black-and-white films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Arabian Knights
''Two Arabian Knights'' (1927) is an American comedy film, directed by Lewis Milestone and starring William Boyd, Mary Astor, and Louis Wolheim. A silent film, ''Two Arabian Knights'' was produced by Howard Hughes and was distributed by United Artists. The screenwriters were James T. O'Donohue, Wallace Smith, and George Marion Jr. The film won the only Academy Award for Best Comedy Direction in 1929. The next year, AMPAS merged the categories Best Director of a Comedy Picture and Best Director of a Dramatic Picture to form the category Academy Award for Best Director. Plot During the First World War, two American soldiers become trapped in no man's land. Expecting to die, W. Dangerfield Phelps III (William Boyd) decides to fulfill his fondest desire: to beat up his sergeant since training camp, Peter O'Gaffney (Louis Wolheim). While they are brawling, the Germans sneak up and capture them. In a German prison camp, the two become friends when Phelps takes responsibility ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Woman To Another
''One Woman to Another'' is a lost 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by J.L. Campbell and George Marion Jr. based upon a play by Frances Nordstrom.Progressive Silent Film List: ''One Woman to Another'' at silentera.com The film stars , , , |
Underworld (1927 Film)
''Underworld'' (also released as ''Paying the Penalty'') is a 1927 American silent crime film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Clive Brook, Evelyn Brent and George Bancroft. The film launched Sternberg's eight-year collaboration with Paramount Pictures, with whom he would produce his seven films with actress Marlene Dietrich. Journalist and screenwriter Ben Hecht won an Academy Award for Best Original Story. Plot Boisterous gangster kingpin 'Bull' Weed rehabilitates the down-and-out 'Rolls Royce' Wensel, a former lawyer who has fallen into alcoholism. The two become confidants, with Rolls Royce's intelligence aiding Weed's schemes, but complications arise when Rolls Royce falls for Weed's girlfriend 'Feathers' McCoy. Adding to Weed's troubles are attempts by a rival gangster, 'Buck' Mulligan, to muscle in on his territory. Their antagonism climaxes with Weed killing Mulligan and he is imprisoned. Awaiting a death sentence, Rolls Royce devises an escape plan, but h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rough House Rosie
''Rough House Rosie'' is a 1927 American silent romantic comedy film produced and released by Paramount Pictures and directed by Frank Strayer. The film is a starring vehicle for Clara Bow who was then Paramount's most popular actress. Reed Howes, a model turned actor, is Bow's leading man. The film was based on the story of the same name by Nunnally Johnson that appeared in ''The Saturday Evening Post''. The story was adapted for the screen by Max Marcin, with a screenplay by Louise Long and Ethel Doherty and titles by George Marion, Jr. ''Rough House Rosie'' is now presumed lost, but a 53-second trailer survives Cast *Clara Bow as Rosie O'Reilly *Reed Howes as Joe Hennessey *Arthur Housman as Kid Farrell *Doris Hill as Ruth *Douglas Gilmore as Arthur Russell *John Miljan as Lew McKay *Henry Kolker as W.S. Davids See also *List of lost films For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wedding Bills
''Wedding Bills'' (also sometimes written as ''Wedding Bill$'') is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Raymond Griffith, Anne Sheridan, and Hallam Cooley.McCaffrey & Jacob p. 141 It is considered 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 .... Cast References Bibliography * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacob. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999. External links * 1927 films 1927 comedy films Silent American comedy films Films directed by Erle C. Kenton American silent feature films 1920s English-language films Paramount Pictures films American black-and-white films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It (1927 Film)
''It'' (stylized in quotation marks) is a 1927 American silent film directed by Clarence G. Badger and Josef von Sternberg, and starring Clara Bow. It is based on the serialised novella of the same name, republished in ''"It" and Other Stories'' (1927), by Elinor Glyn, who adapted the story and appears in the film as herself. The film was a box office hit and served as Bow's star vehicle, turning her into one of the most popular actresses of the era. It popularized the concept of the "it girl", with the term "it" defined in the opening as the "quality possessed by some which draws all others with its magnetic force." The film had its world premiere in Los Angeles on January 14, 1927, followed by a New York showing on February 5, 1927. ''It'' was released to the general public on February 19, 1927. The picture was considered lost for many years; however, in the 1960s, a nitrate copy was discovered in Prague. In 2001, ''It'' was selected for preservation in the United States Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Delivery (1927 Film)
''Special Delivery'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Roscoe Arbuckle, starring Eddie Cantor, Jobyna Ralston and William Powell. It was written by Cantor, John F. Goodrich and George Marion Jr. (with Larry Semon, uncredited). It was released by Paramount Pictures. The film's copyright was renewed, so it entered the public domain on January 1, 2023. Plot Eddie, a mailman, is in love with waitress Madge but finds amongst his rivals for her affections the dishonest promoter Harold Jones. Eddie, who can't dance, impresses Madge at the postal ball by his energetic performance of the Black Bottom after a piece of ice falls down his shirt and wins a cup. He eventually unmasks Harold as a crooked swindler. Cast * Eddie Cantor as Eddie, The Mail Carrier * Jobyna Ralston as Madge, The Girl * William Powell as Harold Jones * Donald Keith as Harrigan, The Fireman * Jack Dougherty as Flannigan, a cop * Victor Potel - Nip, a detective * Paul Kelly as Tuck, another detec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Little Journey
''A Little Journey'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and featuring Claire Windsor, William Haines and Harry Carey. It is based on a play by Rachel Crothers. No prints are thought to survive of this film. It is therefore considered lost. Plot A girl travelling by train to meet her boyfriend meets another young man and falls in love with him.Cast * as Julia Rutherford * |
