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Gladys Lehman
Gladys Lehman (born Gladys Collins) was a prolific American screenwriter who had a long career in Hollywood. Biography Lehman was born in Gates, Oregon, to James Collins and Lois Gates. She was the eldest of the couple's four children, and she attended Wardner-Kellogg High School in Idaho. As a college student, she was initiated into Gamma Phi Beta sorority at the Xi chapter at the University of Idaho. She later attended the University of California. She married Benjamin Lehman, an author and English professor at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1915; the pair had two sons (one who died as an infant) but divorced in the 1920s. Gladys moved to Hollywood around 1925 and quickly made a career for herself, starting out as a reader at Universal. She was one of the founders of the Screen Writers Guild in 1933. Under contract at Universal from 1926 to 1932, she followed that with freelance work until the early 1950s. She was also one of the founding members of the Motio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Idaho
The University of Idaho (U of I, or UIdaho) is a public land-grant research university in Moscow, Idaho. It is the state's land-grant and primary research university,, and the lead university in the Idaho Space Grant Consortium. The University of Idaho was the state's sole university for 71 years, until 1963. Its College of Law, established in 1909, was first accredited by the American Bar Association in 1925. Formed by the Idaho Territory legislature on January 30, 1889, the university opened its doors in 1892 on October 3, with an initial class of 40 students. The first graduating class in 1896 contained two men and two women. It has an enrollment exceeding 12,000, with over 11,000 on the Moscow campus. The university offers 142 degree programs, from accountancy to wildlife resources, including bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and specialists' degrees, and accompanyinhonors programs Certificates of completion are offered in 30 areas of study. At 25% and 53%, its 4 and 6 y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fall Of Eve
''The Fall of Eve'' is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer, which stars Patsy Ruth Miller, Ford Sterling, and Gertrude Astor. The screenplay was written by Gladys Lehman, from a story by Anita Loos and John Emerson, and the film was released by Columbia Pictures on June 25, 1929. Cast list * Patsy Ruth Miller as Eve Grant * Ford Sterling as Mr. Mack * Gertrude Astor as Mrs. Ford * Arthur Rankin as Tom Ford, Jr. * Jed Prouty as Tom Ford, Sr. * Betty Farrington as Mrs. Mack * Fred Kelsey Frederick Alvin Kelsey (August 20, 1884 – September 2, 1961) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. Kelsey directed one- and two-reel films for Universal Film Manufacturing Company. He appeared in more than 400 films be ... as Cop * Bob White as Hank Mann References External links * * * 1929 comedy films 1929 films American comedy films Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Frank R. Strayer American black-and-white films 1920s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Takes A Holiday
''Death Takes a Holiday'' is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama starring Fredric March, Evelyn Venable and Guy Standing. It is based on the 1924 Italian play ''La morte in vacanza'' by Alberto Casella (1891–1957), as adapted in English for Broadway in 1929 by Walter Ferris. Synopsis After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form as Prince Sirki (Fredric March) for three days so that he can mingle among mortals and find an answer. He finds a host in Duke Lambert (Guy Standing) after revealing himself and his intentions to the Duke, and he takes up temporary residence in the Duke's villa. However, Death falls in love with the beautiful young Grazia (Evelyn Venable). As he does so, Duke Lambert, the father of Grazia's mortal lover Corrado (Kent Taylor), begs him to give Grazia up and leave her among the living. Death is torn between seeking his own happiness or sacrificing it so that Grazia may live. After listening to the pleas from the Duke and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Woman
''White Woman'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Stuart Walker and starring Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton, and Charles Bickford.''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40'' published by The American Film Institute c.1993 The screenplay concerns a young widow who remarries and accompanies her husband to his remote jungle rubber plantation. One of hundreds of Paramount films held in limbo by Universal Studios. Universal gained ownership of Paramount features produced between 1929 and 1949. Paramount remade the film in 1939 as ''Island of Lost Men'', with Anna May Wong, J. Carrol Naish and Broderick Crawford in the roles originated by Lombard, Laughton and Bickford. It was directed by Kurt Neumann. Plot Cast *Carole Lombard as Judith Denning *Charles Laughton as Horace H. Prin *Charles Bickford as Ballister *Kent Taylor as David von Elst *Percy Kilbride as Jakey * James Bell as Hambly * Charles Middleton as Fenton (as Charles B. Middleton) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Just Had To Get Married
''They Just Had to Get Married'' is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, Roland Young, and Verree Teasdale. The screenplay was written by Gladys Lehman, H.M. Walker, and an uncredited Preston Sturges, based on the Broadway play ''A Pair of Silk Stockings'' (1914) by Cyril Harcourt. This was the play's third film adaptation.TC''They Just Had to Get Married'' notes tcm.com; accessed August 4, 2015. Plot When wealthy Henry Davidson dies, he leaves all his money to his faithful butler, Sam Sutton (Summerville), and maid, Molly Hull (Pitts), who are finally able to get married. Their new lives as millionaires gets them involved with flirtatious Lola Montrose (Teasdale) and Davidson's relative Hillary Hume (Young), and complications ensue. Sam and Molly lose everything, break up, and are finally tricked into reconciling.Brennan, SandrSynopsis allmovie.com; accessed September 23, 2015. Cast *Slim Summerville as S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back Street (1932 Film)
''Back Street'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by John M. Stahl and starring Irene Dunne and John Boles. Based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Fannie Hurst, it tells the story of a woman who spends her life as the secret mistress of a wealthy married man. The devotion and love of the woman to the married man determines that she will be the “back streets” of him in the whole life; a story of a love that was not destined. This was the first of three film versions of Hurst's novel; remakes were released in 1941 and 1961. Plot In early 1900s Cincinnati, young and beautiful Ray Schmidt (Irene Dunne) works in her father's shop by day and stays out late drinking beer and dancing with various men by night, although her stepmother disapproves. Ray dates for fun, mostly going out with traveling salesmen passing through town, and neither she nor her dates are interested in any permanent attachment. An exception is Kurt Shendler, who owns a bicycle shop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Father Without Knowing It
''A Father Without Knowing It'' (French: ''Papa sans le savoir'') is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Robert Wyler and starring Noël-Noël, Pierre Brasseur and Françoise Rosay.Crisp p.392 Cast * Noël-Noël as Léon Jacquet * Pierre Brasseur as Jean * Françoise Rosay as Madame Jacquet * Janine Merrey as Jeannine * Christiane Delyne as Madge * Lugné-Poe as L'oncle * Edmond Castel as Le marseillais * Émile Saint-Ober * Riri Bouché * Christiane Dor * Yvonne Yma * Suzanne Delvé as Madame Bertrand See also * ''The Little Accident'' (1930) * ''Unexpected Father'' (1939) * ''Casanova Brown'' (1944) * Broadway comedy ''Little Accident ''Little Accident'' was a 1928 Broadway three-act comedy written by Floyd Dell and Thomas Mitchell (who also played Norman Overbeck in the play). It was based on Dell's 1927 novel ''An Unmarried Father''. It was produced by Crosby Gaige and direc ...'' (1928) References Bibliography * Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strictly Dishonorable (1931 Film)
''Strictly Dishonorable'' is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by John M. Stahl and starring Paul Lukas, Sidney Fox and Lewis Stone, George Meeker, and Sidney Toler. It was written by Gladys Lehman and based on Preston Sturges' 1929 hit Broadway play of the same name. ''Strictly Dishonorable'' was Sturges' second play on Broadway, and his first to be filmed. As a film made before the advent of the Production Code, the film-makers were able to preserve the cheerfully uninhibited sexual innuendo of the Sturges play in their movie version, which he is said to have endorsed.TCNotes/ref> Plot Snubbish, quick-tempered Henry Greene (George Meeker) and his fiancee Isabelle Perry ( Sidney Fox) stop into a New York speakeasy owned by Tomasso Antiovi (William Ricciardi) for a drink. They meet retired Judge Dempsey (Lewis Stone), an amiable man who befriends the Southern belle, much to Henry's dismay. Famous opera singer Tino Caraffa, a charming but notorious playboy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seed (1931 Film)
''Seed'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by John M. Stahl. The screenplay by Gladys Lehman is based on a novel by Charles G. Norris. Plot Bart Carter has sacrificed a writing career so he can support his wife Peggy and their five children by working as a clerk in a New York City publishing house. When his former girlfriend Mildred Bronson, a literary agent who has been working in the Paris office, returns to the States, she arranges for Bart to draw his regular salary while working on a novel. Because his home life is so chaotic, Bart writes at Mildred's apartment during the day and frequently stays for dinner, and the two soon discover their old feelings for each other have been revived. Bart's novel is published, and when ''Seed'' becomes a critical and commercial success, he abandons his family and moves to France with Mildred. Peggy opens a dress shop and lives with the children in an apartment above the store. A decade later, the now-married Bart and Mild ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Voluntad Del Muerto
''La Voluntad del Muerto'' ( en, The Will of the Dead Man, italic=yes) is a Spanish-language version of '' The Cat Creeps'' (1930), both of which are now considered to be lost films. The film was directed by George Melford and stars Antonio Moreno, Lupita Tovar, Andrés de Segurola, Roberto E. Guzmán, Paul Ellis, Lucio Villegas, Agostino Borgato Agostino Borgato (June 30, 1871 – March 14, 1939), sometimes known as Al Borgato, was an Italian actor and director, before moving to Hollywood in the mid-1920s. Borgato acted and/or directed about fifteen films in his native Italy between 191 ..., Conchita Ballesteros, María Calvo, and Soledad Jiménez. A premiere gala was held for the film at Los Angeles' California Theatre on January 23, 1931. References External links *''La Voluntad del muerto'' at the Internet Movie Database 1930 films 1930s Spanish-language films Spanish-language American films American mystery films American black-and-white films American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cat Creeps (1930 Film)
''The Cat Creeps'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code mystery film directed by Rupert Julian based on the 1922 play ''The Cat and the Canary (play), The Cat and the Canary'' by John Willard (playwright), John Willard. The film is a sound remake of ''The Cat and the Canary (1927 film), The Cat and the Canary'' (1927). Starring Helen Twelvetrees, Raymond Hackett, Neil Hamilton (actor), Neil Hamilton, Lilyan Tashman, Jean Hersholt, Elizabeth Patterson (actress), Elizabeth Patterson, and Montagu Love. Developed as a remake, Universal Pictures initially tried to re-cast Laura La Plante from ''The Cat and the Canary'', but on finding her unavailable re-titled the film to ''The Cat Creeps''. While filming was done during the day, the sets were used at night for a La Voluntad del muerto, Spanish-language version of the film. ''The Cat Creeps'' was first shown in New York on November 7, 1930 and received critical acclaim from contemporary reviews finding it creepy and prais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Lady Surrenders
''A Lady Surrenders'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code romantic drama film directed by John M. Stahl and starring Genevieve Tobin, Rose Hobart, Conrad Nagel, and Basil Rathbone. A copy exists in the Library of Congress. Plot summary A man is left by his wife and assuming her to be gone forever, he remarries. Complications ensue when his original wife returns home. afi.com; accessed August 3, 2015. Cast * as Winthrop Beauvel * as Isabel Beauvel * Genevieve Tobin ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
