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Harry Forbes (cinematographer)
Harry Forbes was an American cinematographer whose career spanned the silent and sound eras. His first film was 1915's ''The Victory of Virtue'', billed as Harry W. Forbes. Forbes died on August 17, 1939, shortly after the release of the final film he worked on, ''Death Goes North''. Selected filmography * '' Little Miss Nobody'' (1917) * '' The Little Terror'' (1917) * '' Beggar's Holiday'' (1934) *'' Marrying Widows'' (1934) * ''Million Dollar Haul ''Million Dollar Haul'' is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Albert Herman and starring Reed Howes, Janet Chandler and William Farnum.Pitts p.374 Synopsis The owner of a Los Angeles warehouse that has been robbed calls in a private investi ...'' (1935) References External links * American cinematographers 1888 births 1939 deaths {{Cinematographer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_type2 = Counties , subdivision_name1 = Illinois , subdivision_name2 = Cook and DuPage , established_title = Settled , established_date = , established_title2 = Incorporated (city) , established_date2 = , founder = Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , government_type = Mayor–council , governing_body = Chicago City Council , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Lori Lightfoot ( D) , leader_title1 = City Clerk , leader_name1 = Anna Valencia ( D) , unit_pref = Imperial , area_footnotes = , area_tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria metropolitan area, Illinois, Peoria and Rockford metropolitan area, Illinois, Rockford, as well Springfield, Illinois, Springfield, its capital. Of the fifty U.S. states, Illinois has the List of U.S. states and territories by GDP, fifth-largest gross domestic product (GDP), the List of U.S. states and territories by population, sixth-largest population, and the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 25th-largest land area. Illinois has a highly diverse Economy of Illinois, economy, with the global city of Chicago in the northeast, major industrial and agricultural productivity, agricultural hubs in the north and center, and natural resources such as coal, timber, and petroleum in the south. Owing to its centr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territories of the United States by population, most populous U.S. state and the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 3rd largest by area. It is also the most populated Administrative division, subnational entity in North America and the 34th most populous in the world. The Greater Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous Statistical area (United States), urban regions respectively, with the former having more than 18.7million residents and the latter having over 9.6million. Sacramento, California, Sacramento is the state's capital, while Los Angeles is the List of largest California cities by population, most populous city in the state and the List of United States cities by population, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Goes North
''Death Goes North'' is an American-Canadian action western film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Edgar Edwards, Sheila Bromley Sheila Bromley (born Sheila LeGay; October 31, 1911 – July 23, 2003), (The reference work ''Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003'' gave her birth date as October 31, 1907). sometimes billed as Sheila LeGay, Sheila Manners, Sheila Manno ... and James McGrath.Gasher p.30 The film was produced in spring of 1937, but released belatedly on July 1, 1939. Cast References Bibliography * Mike Gasher. ''Hollywood North: The Feature Film Industry in British Columbia''. UBC Press, 2002. External links * * * (public domain) 1939 films 1930s action films American action films Canadian action films American Western (genre) films Canadian Western (genre) films 1939 Western (genre) films English-language Canadian films Films directed by Frank McDonald Columbia Pictures films Canadian black-and-white films American black-and-white ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Los Angeles Times
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspapers
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Miss Nobody (1917 Film)
''Little Miss Nobody'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Harry F. Millarde and starring Violet Mersereau, Clara Beyers and Helen Lindroth.Connelly p.377 Cast * Violet Mersereau as Bonnie * Clara Beyers as Elinor Grenville * Helen Lindroth as Charlotte Wharton * Sidney Mason Sidney Mason (1886–1923) was an American film actor active during the silent era.Langman p.291 He was the father of the actor Sydney Mason. Selected filmography * '' His Neighbor's Wife'' (1913) * ''The Daughter of MacGregor'' (1916) * ''The H ... as Arthur Wharton * Dean Raymond as George Grenville * John Mackin as Bull Dorgan * James O'Neill as Joe Gaskell * Robert Clugston as Billy Hamilton * Willis Baker as Dr. Morley References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Terror
''The Little Terror'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Rex Ingram and starring Violet Mersereau, Sidney Mason and Ned Finley.Connelly p.377 Cast * Violet Mersereau as Tina and Alice * Sidney Mason as George Reynolds * Ned Finley as John Saunders * Robert Clugston as Wallace Saunders * Ed Porter as The Manager * John Raymond as Archibald Watkins * Mathilde Brundage Mathilde Brundage (September 22, 1859 – May 6, 1939) was an American actress. She appeared in 87 films between 1914 and 1928. Also known as Bertha Brundage, she was born in Louisville, Kentucky. For much of her life, her family thwarted her de ... as Mrs. Watkins References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Universal Pictures fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beggar's Holiday (film)
''Beggar's Holiday'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Hardie Albright, J. Farrell MacDonald and Sally O'Neil. It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature.Pitts p.437 Scenes were shot at the Talisman Studios. In Britain it was distributed by Universal Pictures. Synopsis The daughter of a tug boat captain loses her job as a taxi dancer. Struggling she meets and falls in love with him, unwittingly knowing that he has been charged with embezzlement and is out on bail. He plans to enjoy two weeks fun with her before skipping the country, but unexpectedly finds that he has fallen in love with her too. He confesses his situation to her and stays in America to face the music. Paroled after a year, he goes straight and gets a job at the wharf. Cast * Hardie Albright as Dapper Frank Mason aka Bing * J. Farrell MacDonald as Pop Malloy * Sally O'Neil as Myrt Malloy * Barbara Barondess as Flo Evans * George Grandee as Bill Evans * William Franklin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marrying Widows
''Marrying Widows'' is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Judith Allen, Johnny Mack Brown and Minna Gombell.Parish & Pitts, p. 286 Synopsis After the death of her sewing machine tycoon husband, a young woman is cold-shouldered by her grasping in-laws. She heads to New York City and meets a man, falls in love and gets married. Unknown to her her new husband is after what he thinks to be her fortune, in revenge for the theft of his father's patents that made the sewing machine profits. Discovering that she is in fact penniless, they both reconcile. Cast * Judith Allen as The Widow * Johnny Mack Brown as The Husband * Minna Gombell as The Press Agent * Lucien Littlefield as The Brother-In-Law * Bert Roach as The Husband's Partner * Sarah Padden * Virginia Sale * Nat Carr * Arthur Hoyt * Otto Hoffman * Syd Saylor * Gladys Blake * George Grandee George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Million Dollar Haul
''Million Dollar Haul'' is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Albert Herman and starring Reed Howes, Janet Chandler and William Farnum.Pitts p.374 Synopsis The owner of a Los Angeles warehouse that has been robbed calls in a private investigator, who believes that they are an inside job An insider threat is a malicious threat to an organization that comes from people within the organization, such as employees, former employees, contractors or business associates, who have inside information concerning the organization's security ... and sets out to find the perpetrator. Cast References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940''. McFarland & Company, 2005. External links * 1935 films 1935 mystery films 1935 crime films American crime films American mystery films Films directed by Albert Herman Films set in Los Angeles 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{mystery-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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