Harry Sweet
Harry Sweet (October 2, 1901 – June 18, 1933) was an American actor, director and screenwriter. He appeared in 57 films between 1919 and 1932. He also directed 54 films between 1920 and 1933, including one Harry Langdon short, two of the Tay Garnett- penned comedies Stan Laurel made for Joe Rock, and fifteen of the earliest entries in the Edgar Kennedy "Average Man" series. Sweet was an acrobat before he became an actor, which led to his doing his own stunts in films. Death On June 18, 1933, Sweet was location scouting by private plane in the vicinity of Big Bear Valley. That night, at 7:15 pm, a plane crashed and sank to the bottom of Big Bear Lake, with the authorities initially uncertain as to the identity of the pilot as well as the number and identity of the plane's passengers; on June 19, Bert Gilroy, a film associate of Sweet's, left Los Angeles for Big Bear after efforts to contact the director in that city failed. Hours after the accident, when the plane was ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. Colorado is the eighth most extensive and 21st most populous U.S. state. The 2020 United States census enumerated the population of Colorado at 5,773,714, an increase of 14.80% since the 2010 United States census. The region has been inhabited by Native Americans and their ancestors for at least 13,500 years and possibly much longer. The eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains was a major migration route for early peoples who spread throughout the Americas. "''Colorado''" is the Spanish adjective meaning "ruddy", the color of the Fountain Formation outcroppings found up and down the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The Territory of Colorado was organized on February 28, 1861, and on August 1, 1876, U.S. President Ulyss ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fascinating Youth
''Fascinating Youth'' is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Sam Wood. It starred Charles "Buddy" Rogers (in his feature debut), along with Thelma Todd and Josephine Dunn in supporting roles. Many well-known personalities made guest appearances in the film, judging a beauty contest in one scene, and Clara Bow makes a cameo appearance in her second film for Paramount Pictures. The film is now considered lost, with only the trailer surviving. Cast * as Teddy Ward * Ivy Harris as Jeanne King *[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1933 Deaths
Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – "Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls " Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** National Socialist German Workers Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclamation to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1901 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * 19 (film), ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * Nineteen (film), ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * 19 (Adele album), ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD (rapper), MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * XIX (EP), ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * 19 (song), "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album ''Refugee (Bad4Good album), Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * Nineteen (song), "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Sleuth (1925 Film)
''The Sleuth'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel. Cast * Stan Laurel - Webster Dingle * Glen Cavender - The husband * Alberta Vaughn - The wife * Anita Garvin - The other woman See also * List of American films of 1925 * Stan Laurel filmography This is a list of films of Stan Laurel, as an actor without Oliver Hardy. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy as a team, see: Laurel and Hardy filmography. Notes References * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Laurel, Stan Male actor filmographies Br ... References External links * 1925 films 1925 comedy films 1925 short films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Joe Rock Films directed by Harry Sweet Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1920s American films {{short-silent-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Half A Man (film)
''Half a Man'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel. Cast * Stan Laurel as Winchell McSweeney * Tui Bow as Shipwrecked woman (uncredited) * Julie Leonard as Shipwrecked woman (uncredited) * Blanche Payson as Shipwrecked woman (uncredited) * Murray Rock as Boat crew (uncredited) See also * List of American films of 1925 A List of American films of 1925 is a compilation of American films that were released in the year 1925. All films on this list are in the Public Domain since 2021. A B C D E F G H I J K L M ... References External links *''Half a Man'' at SilentEra 1925 films 1925 short films American silent short films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films 1925 comedy films Films directed by Harry Sweet Films directed by Joe Rock American comedy short films 1920s American films {{short-silent-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paul McCullough
Paul Johnston McCullough (March 27, 1883 – March 25, 1936) was an American actor and comedian who was one half of the comedy duo Clark and McCullough, along with fellow comedian Bobby Clark. Early life and career Born in Springfield, Ohio, McCullough met his future partner Bobby Clark in elementary school. The two became friends and attended tumbling classes at a local YMCA together. Their childhood friendship grew into an adult partnership when they decided to pursue a career as a comedic duo. Billing themselves as "Clark and McCullough", they began their career performing in minstrel shows in the early 1900s. From 1906 to 1912, the pair performed in circuses before entering vaudeville in 1912. Due to the White Rats strike of 1916, Clark and McCullough were forced to enter into the burlesque circuit to continue working. During their time in burlesque, the duo would create some of their most well known sketches. In their act, Clark was the dominant, motor-mouthed joke ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bobby Clark (comedy Actor)
Robert, Bob, or Bobby Clark may refer to: Television and film *Robert Clark (actor) (born 1987), American-born Canadian television actor *Bob Clark (1939–2007), Canadian filmmaker *Bob Clark (television reporter), retired American television reporter for the ABC network *Bobby Clark (juvenile actor) (1944–2021), American film and television actor *Bobby Clark (comedy actor) (1888–1960), vaudevillian, performed on stage, films, television, & the circus *Robert Clark (film executive) (1905–1984), Scottish film executive Literature *Robert Clark (author) (born 1952), American novelist *Robert Clark (poet), see 1911 in poetry *Robert Clark (academic), co-founded ''The Literary Encyclopedia'' Sports Association football (soccer) *Robert Clark (footballer, born 1903) (1903–1970), English footballer for Liverpool F.C. *Bobby Clark (footballer, born 1945), Scottish footballer *Robert Clark (footballer, born 1962), Scottish association football player * Bobby Clark (footballer, b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paul Gerard Smith
Paul Gerard Smith (September 14, 1894 – April 4, 1968) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 90 films between 1926 and 1955. Biography Born in 1894, Smith started writing musical revues at the age of ten. He joined the Marines for World War I and while still in Germany wrote and directed the Sixth Marine Revue in the Rhine Occupation Area. He arrived back in the States in 1919 and started writing vaudeville acts. He became so successful that he was one of the few writers to be credited on the playbill. He scripted the Ziegfeld Follies of 1924, 1925, and 1926 and was also one of the writers of ''Funny Face''. Smith was brought to Hollywood by Buster Keaton to work on '' The General'' and '' Battling Butler''. Early film credits include '' In Old Arizona'', '' Mother Knows Best'', and '' Dressed to Kill'', as well as the first talkies of Harold Lloyd, ''Welcome Danger'' and '' Feet First''. He wrote dozens of B movies for Universal Studios, Fox Film Corporation, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hal Yates
Hal Yates (July 26, 1899 – August 1, 1969) was an American screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 96 films between 1924 and 1953. He also directed 88 films between 1926 and 1953. He started his career in entertainment in a vaudeville double-act called 'Yates and Lawley'. Yates first worked at the Hal Roach Studios where he directed a few early Laurel and Hardy comedies (including the lost Hats Off),and later worked at the RKO studios directing short films featuring Edgar Kennedy and Leon Errol. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * '' Hats Off'' (1927) * ''Get 'Em Young'' (1926) * ''The Nickel-Hopper'' (1926) * ''Along Came Auntie'' (1926) * ''Thundering Fleas'' (1926) * ''Wife Tamers'' (1926) * ''Say It with Babies'' (1926) * ''Madame Mystery'' (1926) * ''Wandering Papas'' (1926) * ''What's the World Coming To? ''What's the World Coming To?'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Richard Wa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ralph Ceder
Ralph Carl Ceder (February 2, 1897 – November 29, 1951)"California, Death Index, 1940-1997," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VPZK-W5H : accessed 24 Nov 2014), Ralph Carl Ceder, 29 Nov 1951; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento. was an American film director and writer. He directed 88 films in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Life Ceder was born on February 2, 1897 in Marinette, Wisconsin to Eugene Martin Ceder (1865–1924) and Petrea Christina (Jensen) Ceder (1869–1946), immigrants from Sweden and Denmark. He married several times: to Molly Moore or Horowitz in 1918, to Elizabeth Mceacharn in 1926, and to Jacquetta Calvin in 1931. He died on November 29, 1951 at Rose Hospital in Los Angeles, California. Ceder started making films in 1917, and he worked with Universal Studios and Paramount Pictures. He also directed for Mack Sennett. His film '' They All Fall'' was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007. Selected filmography ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bugs Baer
Bugs may refer to: * Plural of bug Arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters * Bugs Bunny, a character * Bugs Meany, a character in the ''Encyclopedia Brown'' books Films * ''Bugs'' (2003 film), a science-fiction-horror film * ''Bugs'' (2014 film), a science fiction disaster thriller film Television * ''Bugs'' (TV series), a UK television series from the 1990s * ''Bugs!'', an American animated series, also known as ''Wabbit'' * "Bugs" (''Supernatural''), an episode of the television series ''Supernatural'' * "Bugs", an episode of ''Blue's Clues'' Other media * "Bugs" (Pearl Jam song), a Pearl Jam song from the album ''Vitalogy'' * ''Bugs'' (Theodore Roszak), a novel * ''Bugs! (streaming service)'', often stylized as ''SUPER SOUND Bugs!'', a South Korean subscription digital streaming service Other uses * Bugs (nickname) * Bayesian inference using Gibbs sampling, a software package * Birmingham University Guild of Students, the former name of the University of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |