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Helen Lowell
Helen Lowell born Helen Lowell Robb (1866–1937) was an American stage and film actress. Life Lowell was born in New York on June 2, 1866, to William and Mary Robb. In 1884 she debuted in the title role of Iolanthe at the Academy of Music in New York. At the age of 21 her mother died. She was known for playing the role of ''Mrs. Errol'' in Little Lord Fauntleroy. In 1895 she played Charlotte Corday. She appeared in J.M.Barrie's Quality Street creating the role of Susan Throssell in the first New York production with Maude Adams, who starred as Phoebe Throssell (ibdb.com). In October 1903 she appeared in the stage version Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch in Louisville, Kentucky. She was able to tour to Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and across America for the next seven years playing Miss Hazy "in the Cabbage Patch". She had a successful career as a stage comedienne, appearing on Broadway in ''The Torch-Bearers'' (1922), before she went to Hollywood in 1934 where she appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, California
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] |
The Goose And The Gander
''The Goose and the Gander'' is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Kay Francis, George Brent and Genevieve Tobin. A woman finds out her ex-husband's new wife is cheating on him and decides to expose her. Cast * Kay Francis as Georgiana * George Brent as Bob McNear * Genevieve Tobin as Betty * John Eldredge as Lawrence * Claire Dodd as Connie * Ralph Forbes as Ralph Summers * Helen Lowell as Aunt Julia * Spencer Charters as Winkelsteinberger * William Austin as Arthur Summers * Eddie Shubert as Sweeney * Charles Coleman as Jones * Olive Jones as Miriam Brent * Bill Elliott as Teddy (credited as Gordon Elliott) * John Sheehan as Murphy * Wade Boteler Wade Boteler (October 3, 1888 – May 7, 1943) was an American film actor and writer. He appeared in more than 430 films between 1919 and 1943. Biography He was born in Santa Ana, California, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart ... as Sprague References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Film Actresses
The following American film actresses are listed alphabetically. It contains both actresses born American and those who acquired American nationality later. Some actors who are well known for both film and TV work are also included in the list of American television actresses. Key to entries: : born in ''Nation'': this person was born abroad but was American by birth : ''Nationality''-born: this person acquired American citizenship later in life : a range is ''birth''–''death'' years : if year of death only is known, that is stated explicitly A * Beverly Aadland 1942–2010 *Mariann Aalda born *Caroline Aaron born *Diahnne Abbott born *Rose Abdoo born * Paula Abdul born *Donzaleigh Abernathy born *Whitney Able born *Candice Accola born *Amy Acker born *Jean Acker 1893–1978 *Bettye Ackerman 1924–2006 *Amy Adams born (born in Italy) * Brooke Adams born *Edie Adams 1927–2008 * Jane Adams born *Joey Lauren Adams born *Julie Adams 1926–2019 *Lillian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 20 – Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first time that the United States presidential inauguration occurs on this date; the change is due to the ratification in 1933 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and assa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1866 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee. ** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine '' The Liberator'' is published. * January 6 – Ottoman troops clash with supporters of Maronite leader Youssef Bey Karam, at St. Doumit in Lebanon; the Ottomans are defeated. * January 12 ** The ''Royal Aeronautical Society'' is formed as ''The Aeronautical Society of Great Britain'' in London, the world's oldest such society. ** British auxiliary steamer sinks in a storm in the Bay of Biscay, on passage from the Thames to Australia, with the loss of 244 people, and only 19 survivors. * January 18 – Wesley College, Melbourne, is established. * January 26 – Volcanic eruption in the Santorini caldera begins. * February 7 – Battle of Abtao: A Spanish naval squadron fights a combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet, at the island of Abtao, in the Chiloé Archipelago of southern Chile. * February 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael O'Halloran (1937 Film)
''Michael O'Halloran'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by Karl Brown and starring Wynne Gibson, Warren Hull and Jackie Moran.Leese p.43 It is an adaptation of the 1915 novel of the same name by Gene Stratton-Porter. Cast * Wynne Gibson as Grace Mintum * Warren Hull as Dr. Douglas Bruce * Jackie Moran as Michael O'Halloran * Charlene Wyatt as Lily O'Halloran * Sidney Blackmer as Jim Mintum * Irene Manning as Leslie * G. P. Huntley as Ted Frost * Robert Greig as Craig, the Butler * Helen Lowell as Hettie * Vera Gordon as Mrs. Levinsky * Pierre Watkin as Mark Grave * Dorothy Vaughan as Mrs. Tolliver * Bodil Rosing as Mrs. Polska * Guy Usher as Judge H.J. Benson * Edgar Allen as Reporter * Richard Beach as Eddie * Anne Bennett as Mary Jones * Doris Bren as Nina Polska * Lynn Browning as Friend * Sonny Bupp as Sarge * Horace B. Carpenter as Skipper * Nell Craig as Reporter * Walter Dennis as Snowball * Barry Downing as Malcolm Minturn * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowed Under
''Snowed Under'' is a 1936 American romantic comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring George Brent as a playwright who is working under a tight deadline. He becomes snowed-in in his remote cabin with two ex-wives and a girlfriend, played by Genevieve Tobin, Glenda Farrell and Patricia Ellis. Plot summary Cast * George Brent as Alan Tanner * Genevieve Tobin as Alice Merritt ex-wife #1 * Glenda Farrell as Daisy Lowell ex-wife #2 * Patricia Ellis as Pat Quinn * Frank McHugh as Orlando Rowe * John Eldredge as McBride * Porter Hall as Arthur Layton * Helen Lowell as Mrs. Canterbury * Mary Treen Mary Treen (born Mary Louise Summers, March 27, 1907 – July 20, 1989) was an American film and television actress. A minor actress for much of her career, she managed to secure a plain, unassuming niche for herself in the Hollywood of the ... as Miss. Jones (uncredited) * Shirley Lloyd as Blonde who answered telephone (uncredited) References External links * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Days' Wonder
''Four Days' Wonder'' is a 1936 American comedy mystery film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Jeanne Dante, Kenneth Howell and Martha Sleeper. Produced by Universal Pictures, the film is based on the 1933 novel "Four Days' Wonder" by British writer A. A. Milne (New York, 1933). It was the first feature directed by Sidney Salkow. Plot A child is accused of murder. Production Filming started 5 August 1936. Star Jeanne Dante was on Broadway in ''Call It a Day ''Call It a Day'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Olivia de Havilland, Ian Hunter, Anita Louise, Alice Brady, Roland Young, and Frieda Inescort. Based on the 1935 play '' Call It a Day'' by Dodie Smith, the ...''.Family Life Gets a Break in Play Named 'Call It a Day' Chicago Daily Tribune 15 Nov 1936: E2. References External links * * * * 1936 films 1936 comedy films 1930s comedy mystery films American comedy mystery films 1936 mystery films 1930s English-langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Brian Kent
''Wild Brian Kent'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Ralph Bellamy, Mae Clarke and Helen Lowell.Goble p.510 Cast * Ralph Bellamy as Brian Kent * Mae Clarke as Betty Prentice * Helen Lowell as Aunt Sue Prentice * Stanley Andrews as Tony Baxter * Richard Alexander as Phil Hansen * Lew Kelly as Bill * Eddy Chandler as Jed * Jack Duffy as Old-time fireman * Howard C. Hickman as Bob Cruikshank * Horace B. Carpenter as Warning Rider * Lester Dorr as Croupier * Herman Hack as Jed's Henchman * Henry Hall as Sheriff / Race Announcer * Elaine Koehler as Little Girl * Merrill McCormick as Bearded Man in Grandstand * Gertrude Messinger as Operator * Russell Simpson as Race Judge * Arthur Thalasso as Man sent to buy drinks * Wally West as Gambling Patron See also *''The Re-Creation of Brian Kent ''The Re-Creation of Brian Kent'' is a 1925 American drama film directed by Sam Wood and written by Mary Alice Scully and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'd Give My Life
''I'd Give My Life'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by George O'Neil based upon the play '' The Noose''. The film stars Guy Standing, Frances Drake, Tom Brown, Janet Beecher, Robert Gleckler, and Helen Lowell. The film was released on August 14, 1936, by Paramount Pictures. The play was previously filmed as '' The Noose'' (1928). Plot Cast *Sir Guy Standing as Governor John Bancroft * Frances Drake as Mary Reyburn * Tom Brown as Nickie Elkins *Janet Beecher as Mrs. Bancroft *Robert Gleckler as Buck Gordon *Helen Lowell as Mrs. Bancroft, Sr. *Paul Hurst Paul Michael Hurst (born 25 September 1974) is an English football manager and former player who is the manager of club Grimsby Town. As a player, he was a defender from 1993 to 2008, notably playing his entire career at Rotherham United, b ... as Conly * Charles C. Wilson as Warden * Charles Richman as Attorney Bill Chase * Thomas E. Jackson as Doyle References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strike Me Pink (film)
''Strike Me Pink'' is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Taurog, starring Eddie Cantor and Ethel Merman, and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. Cantor plays a nebbishy employee of an amusement park, forced to assert himself against a gang of slot-machine racketeers. The climax involves a wild chase over a roller coaster and in a hot-air balloon, filmed at The Pike in Long Beach, California. The film's sets were designed by the art director Richard Day. The film was Eddie Cantor's sixth of six films for Goldwyn, all produced and released within seven years. The story derives from the novel ''Dreamland'' by the once-popular writer Clarence Budington Kelland, reworked as a 1933 stage musical comedy by Ray Henderson for Jimmy Durante. Cast * Eddie Cantor as Eddie Pink * Ethel Merman as Joyce Lennox * Sally Eilers as Claribel Higg * Harry Parke as Parkyakarkus (as Parkyakarkus) * William Frawley as Mr. Copple * Helen Lowell as Hattie 'Ma' Carson (as Helene Lowell) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party Wire
A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration or celebration of a special occasion. A party will often feature food and beverages, and often conversation, music, dancing, or other forms of entertainment. Some parties are held in honor of a specific person, day, or event, such as a birthday party, a Super Bowl party, or a St. Patrick’s Day party. Parties of this kind are often called celebrations. A party is not necessarily a private occasion. Public parties are sometimes held in restaurants, pubs, beer gardens, nightclubs, or bars, and people attending such parties may be charged an admission fee by the host. Large parties in public streets may celebrate events such as Mardi Gras or the signing of a peace treaty ending a long war. Types Balls Banquets Birthday party A birthday party is a celebration of the anniversary of the birth of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
