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Hector Turnbull
Hector Turnbull (September 11, 1884 – April 8, 1934) was an American screenwriter and film producer. He wrote for 25 films between 1915 and 1937. He was born in Arlington, New Jersey and died in New Hope, Pennsylvania from a heart attack. Selected filmography * '' The Cheat'' (1915) * ''Temptation'' (1915) * ''The Heart of Nora Flynn'' (1916) * ''Alien Souls'' (1916) * ''Less Than the Dust'' (1916) * '' The Evil Eye'' (1917) * '' Everything for Sale'' (1921) * ''My American Wife'' (1922) * '' Mantrap'' (1926) * ''Casey at the Bat'' (1927) * ''Underworld'' (1927) * ''Marked Money'' (1928) * ''Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...'' (1930) * '' The Cheat'' (1931) * '' The Cheat'' (1937, original screenplay) References External links * 1884 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May McAvoy
May Irene McAvoy (September 8, 1899 – April 26, 1984) was an American actress who worked mainly during the silent-film era. Some of her major roles are Laura Pennington in '' The Enchanted Cottage'', Esther in '' Ben-Hur'', and Mary Dale in ''The Jazz Singer''. Life and career May Irene McAvoy was born on September 8, 1899 in New York City to Julia Agnes McAvoy (née Reilly) and James Patrick McAvoy, who were both first generation Irish-Americans. The 1910 census lists her as living with her maternal grandparents in Sussex, New Jersey. McAvoy debuted as an extra in the film ''Hate'' in 1917. After appearing in more than three dozen films, she co-starred with Ramón Novarro and Francis X. Bushman in director Fred Niblo's 1925 production of '' Ben-Hur'' released by MGM. She also portrayed Lady Windermere in Ernst Lubitsch's ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (1925). In addition to acting in ''The Jazz Singer'', McAvoy coached Al Jolson as he made his film debut. Although her voic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casey At The Bat (1927 Film)
''Casey at the Bat'' is a 1927 American silent film, directed by Monte Brice, written by Ernest Thayer and based on the 1888 baseball poem of the same name. The picture stars Wallace Beery, Ford Sterling, ZaSu Pitts and Sterling Holloway in his film debut. Surviving period advertisements indicate Eddie Sutherland may have been slated as director before Brice. A copy was preserved at the Library of Congress. Cast * Wallace Beery as Casey * Ford Sterling as O'Dowd * ZaSu Pitts as Camille * Sterling Holloway as Elmer Putnam * Spec O'Donnell as Spec * Iris Stuart as Trixie * Sydney Jarvis as McGraw * Lotus Thompson as Rosalind Byrne * Sally Blane as Florodora Girl See also * '' Breaking into the Big League'' (1913) * ''Babe Comes Home ''Babe Comes Home'' is a 1927 American silent sports comedy film produced and distributed through First National and directed by Ted Wilde. The film is a baseball-styled sports film centering on Babe Ruth and Anna Q. Nilsson. The film was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From New Jersey
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American Film Producers
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American Male Screenwriters
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Deaths
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * January 26 – A 10-year German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed by Nazi Germany and the Second Polish Republic. * January 30 ** In Nazi Germany, the political power of federal states such as Prussia is substantially abolished, by the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" (''Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reiches''). ** Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, signs the Gold Reserve Act: all gold held in the Federal Reserve is to be surrendered to the United States Department of the Treasury; immediately following, the President raises the statutory gold price from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1884 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price attempts to cremate his dead baby son, Iesu Grist, in Wales. Later tried and acquitted on the grounds that cremation is not contrary to English law, he is thus able to carry out the ceremony (the first in the United Kingdom in modern times) on March 14, setting a legal precedent. * February 1 – ''A New English Dictionary on historical principles, part 1'' (edited by James A. H. Murray), the first fascicle of what will become ''The Oxford English Dictionary'', is published in England. * February 5 – Derby County Football Club is founded in England. * March 13 – The siege of Khartoum, Sudan, begins (ends on January 26, 1885). * March 28 – Prince Leopold, the youngest son and the eighth child of Queen Victoria and Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cheat (1937 Film)
''The Cheat'' (French: ''Forfaiture'') is a 1937 French drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Victor Francen, Sessue Hayakawa and Louis Jouvet.Kennedy-Karpat p.156 It is a remake of the American silent film '' The Cheat'' by Cecil B. DeMille. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. Main cast * Victor Francen as Pierre Moret * Sessue Hayakawa as Prince Hu-Long * Louis Jouvet as Valfar * Lise Delamare as Denise Moret * Lucas Gridoux as Tang-Si * Ève Francis as Mrs. Curtis * Lucien Nat as Maître Ribeyre * Pierre Magnier as Le Président de la société * Jean Brochard as Félicien * Sylvia Bataille Sylvia Bataille (born Sylvia Maklès; 1 November 1908 – 22 December 1993) was a French actress of Romanian-Jewish descent. When she was twenty, she married the writer Georges Bataille with whom she had a daughter, the psychoanalyst Laurence Bata ... as Ming References Bibliography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cheat (1931 Film)
''The Cheat'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Abbott and starring Tallulah Bankhead and Harvey Stephens. The film is a remake of the 1915 silent film of the same title, directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Plot Elsa Carlyle (Tallulah Bankhead), in contrast to her charming personality and loving relationship with her indulgent husband, Jeffrey (Harvey Stephens), is a compulsive gambler and spendthrift who is overly concerned with social standing and appearances. Jeffrey tries to convince Elsa to avoid spending while he makes investments in an effort to provide them with enough wealth to live comfortably for the rest of their lives, but she had impulsively placed a large bet and immediately is $10,000 in debt. Later, after helping raise money for a charitable cause, she steals this money and invests it in a stock scheme, and promptly loses it as well when the stock tanks. Hardy Livingston (Irving Pichel), a wealthy lady's man, has his eye on Elsa and finds h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morocco (1930 Film)
''Morocco '' is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, and Adolphe Menjou. Based on the 1927 novel ''Amy Jolly'' (the on-screen credits state: from the play 'Amy Jolly') by Benno Vigny and adapted by Jules Furthman, the film is about a cabaret singer and a Legionnaire who fall in love during the Rif War, and whose relationship is complicated by his womanizing and the appearance of a rich man who is also in love with her. The film is famous for a scene in which Dietrich performs a song dressed in a man's tailcoat and kisses another woman (to the embarrassment of the latter), both of which were considered scandalous for the period. Dietrich was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, von Sternberg for Best Director, Hans Dreier for Best Art Direction, and Lee Garmes for Best Cinematography. In 1992, ''Morocco'' was selected for preservation in the United States National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marked Money
''Marked Money'' is a 1928 American silent action film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Tom Keene, Tom Kennedy and Virginia Bradford.Munden p.493 The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward C. Jewell. Cast * Frank Coghlan Jr. as Boy * Tom Keene as Clyde * Tom Kennedy as Bill Clemons * Bert Woodruff as Capt. Fairchild * Virginia Bradford as Grace Fairchild * Maurice Black Maurice Black (January 14, 1891 – January 18, 1938) was an American character actor known for his portrayal of mobsters. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1928 to 1938, when he died of pneumonia, four days after his 47th birthday. ... as Donovan * Jack Richardson as Scudder * Mark Hamilton as Mariner Bill References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1928 films 1920s action films 1920s En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
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