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Hugh O'Connell
Hugh O'Connell (August 4, 1898 – January 19, 1943) was an American film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), ... and performed on Broadway.Fleming p. 265 Filmography References Bibliography * Fleming, E.J. Carole Landis: A Tragic Life in Hollywood''. McFarland, 2005. External links *Internet Broadway Database 1898 births 1943 deaths [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once In A Lifetime (play)
Once in a Lifetime may refer to: Film and television * ''Once in a Lifetime'' (1932 film), based on the play by Kaufman and Hart, starring Jack Oakie * ''Once in a Lifetime'', a 1984 TV special by Talking Heads, also known as "Talking Heads vs. Television" * ''Once in a Lifetime'' (1994 film), a TV film based on a novel by Danielle Steele (see below) * ''Once in a Lifetime'', a 1995 Hong Kong film starring Sean Lau * ''Once in a Lifetime'' (2000 film) (''Livet är en schlager''), a Swedish film * ''Once in a Lifetime'' (2014 film), a French film * '' Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos'', a 2006 documentary * "Once in a Lifetime" (''Eureka'' episode), 2006 Music Songs * "Once in a Lifetime" (Talking Heads song), from their 1980 album ''Remain in Light'' * "Once in a Lifetime" (Gregorian song), from their 1991 album ''Sadisfaction'' * " To nie ja!", a 1994 song by Edyta Górniak, released in English as "Once in a Lifetime" * "Once in a Lifetime" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan Moon
''Manhattan Moon'' is an American romantic comedy directed by Stuart Walker, and stars Ricardo Cortez and Dorothy Page. It was released on August 5, 1935. Plot Cast * Ricardo Cortez as Dan Moore * Dorothy Page as Yvonne/Doris * Henry Mollison as Reggie Van Dorset * Hugh O'Connell as Speed * Regis Toomey as Eddie * Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Maid * Luis Alberni as Luigi) * Henry Armetta as Tony * William L'Estrange Millman as Wilbur, secretary * Irving Bacon as Hot dog man * Jack Cheatham as Henchman * Colonel Robinson as Mr. Van Dorset * Elizabeth Williams as Mrs. Van Dorset * Rudolph Cornell as Usher * Jean Perry as Head waiter * Joe Connors as Dancer * Evelyn Miller as Tessie * Lou Seymour as Master of ceremonies * Earl Eby as Guest * Marcia Remy as Guest * John Hall as Theatre doorman * Lloyd Whitlock as Apartment house manager * Hal Price as Station announcer * Corbet Morris as Parker * Stanley Mack as News photographer * Jack Gardner as News photographer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women Are Like That
''Women Are Like That'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Stanley Logan and written by Horace Jackson. The film stars Kay Francis, Pat O'Brien, Ralph Forbes, Melville Cooper, Thurston Hall and Grant Mitchell. The film was released by Warner Bros. on April 24, 1938. Plot Businesswoman Claire King (Kay Francis) is the daughter of a powerful advertising executive. When she marries humble copywriter Bill Landin (Pat O'Brien), she wants to use her influence and connections to boost her husband's status and help him achieve success, but he resents her efforts. The couple nearly separates, but eventually see the error of their ways. Cast * Kay Francis as Claire Landin * Pat O'Brien as Bill Landin * Ralph Forbes as Martin Brush * Melville Cooper as Mainwaring * Thurston Hall as Claudius King * Grant Mitchell as Mr. Snell * Gordon Oliver as Howard Johns * John Eldredge as Charles Braden * Herbert Rawlinson as Avery Flickner * Hugh O'Connell as George Dunlap * Georgia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torchy Blane In Panama
''Torchy Blane in Panama'' is a 1938 American mystery film directed by William Clemens and starring Lola Lane, Paul Kelly, and Tom Kennedy. Released on May 7, 1938, the fifth film in a series of Torchy Blane movies by Warner Bros. It is followed by ''Torchy Gets Her Man'' (1938). Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to Los Angeles via the Panama Canal. Plot When policeman Gahagan (Tom Kennedy) witnesses a bank robbery during a parade of the Loyal Order of Leopards, he rushes off to call his boss, Steve McBride ( Paul Kelly). Moments after Steve arrives at the bank, reporter Torchy Blane ( Lola Lane), Steve's girlfriend, arrives and does her own investigating. She is miffed to find another reporter there ahead of her. When Steve ignores her after she finds a lodge button wedged in a teller's cage, Torchy writes the story in her newspaper. Determined to scoop the other newspapers, Torchy convinces Steve that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Accidents Will Happen (film)
''Accidents Will Happen'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by William Clemens and written by George Bricker and Anthony Coldeway. The film stars Ronald Reagan, Gloria Blondell, Dick Purcell, Sheila Bromley, Addison Richards, Hugh O'Connell and Janet Shaw. The film was released by Warner Bros. on April 9, 1938. Plot Eric Gregg is an insurance investigator whose avaricious wife Nona wants him to make more money. After he solves a case and is promised a raise, Nona is a witness in a car crash involving a claim against Eric's company. Her testimony conflicts with others at the scene. Later, Eric discovers Nona with a very expensive fur coat on credit. He learns that she paid it off with the help of Thurston, the loan company's boss, who works with a ring of criminals working to defraud insurance companies. Shortly thereafter, Eric ends up losing his job after a rival, Dawson, exposes the fraud. Eric and a cigarette girl, Patricia Carmody, begin pulling insurance scam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swing Your Lady
''Swing Your Lady'' is a 1938 country musical comedy film directed by Ray Enright, starring Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh, and Louise Fazenda. Ronald Reagan is also in the cast in one of his early roles. Daniel Boone Savage, a professional wrestler, made his film debut in this feature. Nat Pendleton was a former Olympic and professional wrestler. In 1938, Brunette singer Penny Singleton was about to turn blonde and embark on a long, hugely successful career playing the iconic comic strip character Blondie in a series of 28 films and a popular radio show. Bogart was apparently becoming very disenchanted with the film roles that Warner Bros. was offering him at this stage of his career; the following year he appeared in his only horror/sci-fi film, ''The Return of Doctor X'', and these were two roles he never liked talking about when he became a major film star several years later; he considered his performance in ''Swing Your Lady'' the worst of his career. ''Swing Your Lady ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Perfect Specimen
''The Perfect Specimen'' is a 1937 film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn and Joan Blondell. The picture is based on a novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams. It was Flynn's first comedy. Plot Gerald Wicks, the heir to a large fortune, has never been outside the gates of his childhood estate. He goes on an adventure with newspaper reporter Mona Carter and they fall in love. Cast *Errol Flynn as Gerald Beresford Wicks *Joan Blondell as Mona Carter *Hugh Herbert as Killigrew Shaw *Edward Everett Horton as Mr. Gratten *Dick Foran as Jink Carter *Beverly Roberts as Alicia *May Robson as Mrs. Leona Wicks * Allen Jenkins as Pinky *Dennie Moore as Clarabelle *Hugh O'Connell as Hotel clerk *James Burke as Snodgrass *Granville Bates as Hooker Original novel The book was based on a novel. ''The New York Times'' called it "a trifling little number. It reads like one of those old fashioned farce comedies... hammock reading for a hot afternoon." Production The film was Flynn's fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Certain Woman
''That Certain Woman'' is a 1937 American drama film written and directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, and Anita Louise. It is a remake of Goulding's 1929 film '' The Trespasser'', Gloria Swanson's first sound film. Plot The soap opera-like plot of the Warner Bros. release focuses on Mary Donnell, a naive young woman married to Al Haines, a bootlegger who is killed during the St. Valentine's Day massacre. In order to support herself she has taken a job as a secretary to married attorney Lloyd Rogers, who finds himself attracted to her but keeps his feelings secret out of respect for his wife. Jack Merrick, Jr., the playboy son of a wealthy client, elopes with Mary, but his disapproving father interferes and has the marriage annulled. Soon after Mary discovers she is pregnant and decides to have the child without informing Jack. Jack later marries Florence ”Flip” Carson, a woman of his own social class, who later is left crippled by an automobi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Footloose Heiress
''The Footloose Heiress'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by William Clemens and written by Robertson White. The film stars Craig Reynolds, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel, William Hopper, Hugh O'Connell and Teddy Hart. The film was released by Warner Bros. on August 21, 1937. Plot Kay Allyn ( Ann Sheridan) is the spoiled daughter of eccentric advertising tycoon John C. Allyn (Hugh O'Connell). To win a $5,000 bet with a friend, Kay must wed society boy Jack Pierson (William Hopper) before midnight on her 18th birthday. As Jack has no means of supporting himself, her father is not impressed, and tries to foil his daughter's plans with the aid of hobo Bruce 'Butch' Baeder ( Craig Reynolds). Taking a shine to the young man, the tycoon creates a job for him as a radio copy man, and Kay eventually falls for him. An added attraction is that hobo Bruce turns out to be the son of a famous Boston advertising millionaire. Cast * Craig Reynolds as Bruce 'Butch' Baeder * Ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marry The Girl (1937 Film)
''Marry the Girl'' is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by William C. McGann. The 68 minute film, set at a newspaper syndicate, was written by Sig Herzig and Pat C. Flick, shot by cinematographer Arthur L. Todd, and was produced by Bryan Foy and Jack L. Warner under the Warner Bros. banner. Plot summary Ollie Radway ( Mary Boland) is a daffy dowager who, with equally eccentric brother John (Hugh Herbert), runs a thriving newspaper. After firing the managing editor for failing to keep her niece Virginia ( Carol Hughes) out of the newspaper business, she hands the job to David Partridge (Frank McHugh), a minor employee with a crush on the girl. In short order, Partridge is assigned to keep Virginia away from fortune-hunting editorial artist Dimitri Kyeff (Mischa Auer).http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/15060/Marry-the-Girl/articles.html Cast * Mary Boland as Ollie Radway * Frank McHugh as David 'Party' Partridge * Hugh Herbert as John B. Radway * Carol Hughes as Vir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fly-Away Baby
''Fly-Away Baby'' (a.k.a. ''Fly Away Baby'') is a 1937 American crime-mystery film starring Glenda Farrell as reporter Torchy Blane, along with her detective boyfriend, Steve McBride ( Barton MacLane) solving a murder and smuggling case during around-the-world flight. After the success of the first film ''Smart Blonde'' (1937), Warner Bros. quickly produced a second film based on the Torchy Blane / Steve McBride crime-fighting duo, where Torchy once again beat the police and solved the crime all on her own.Ferrara, Greg"Articles: 'Fly-Away Baby' (1937)."''TCM'', 2019. Retrieved: July 3, 2019. Released on June 19, 1937, the film is followed by '' The Adventurous Blonde'' (1937). Plot When jeweler Milton Devereux is murdered and his collection of diamonds is stolen, crime reporter Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell) is assigned to the case. Her police detective boyfriend Steve McBride ( Barton MacLane) is investigating the case, but Torchy tags along as he hunts for the murder weapon. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ready, Willing, And Able (film)
''Ready, Willing, and Able'' is a 1937 musical film directed by Ray Enright and starring Ruby Keeler and Ross Alexander. Songs in the film were written by composer Richard A. Whiting and lyricist Johnny Mercer. The most successful song introduced by Wini Shaw and Ross Alexander, and reprised throughout, was "Too Marvelous for Words", which has become a pop and jazz standard. In the final production number choreographed by Bobby Connolly, Ruby Keeler and Lee Dixon tap across the keys of a giant-sized typewriter while dancers’ legs mimic typebars striking letters. The film was released to lackluster business in the aftermath of Alexander’s suicide. Cast * Ruby Keeler as Jane Clarke * Lee Dixon as Pinky 'Pinkie' Blair * Allen Jenkins as J. 'Katsy' Van Courtland * Louise Fazenda as Clara Heineman * Ross Alexander as Barry Granville (his last film before his suicide) * Carol Hughes as Angie * Hugh O'Connell as Truman Hardy * Wini Shaw as The English Jane Clarke * Teddy H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |