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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] |
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] |
Thundering Fleas
''Thundering Fleas'' is a 1926 ''Our Gang'' film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 51st ''Our Gang'' short subject released. Cast The Gang * Joe Cobb as Joe * Jackie Condon as Jackie * Mickey Daniels as Mickey * Johnny Downs as Johnny * Allen Hoskins as Farina * Mary Kornman as Mary * Scooter Lowry as Skooter * Jay R. Smith as Jay * Jannie Hoskins as Mango * Clifton Young as Bonedust * Buster the Dog as Magnolia Additional cast * Lassie Lou Ahern as Flower girl * Harry Bowen as Flea circus spectator * Sammy Brooks Flea circus spectator * Allan Cavan as Father of the bride * Charley Chase as Mustachioed wedding guest * James Finlayson as Justice of the Peace * Robert Finlayson as Musician * George B. French as Professor Clements * Dick Gilbert as Skooter's father * Charlie Hall as Musician * Oliver Hardy as Officer * Ham Kinsey as Extra at the wedding * Mildred Kornman as Skooter's sister * Sam Lufkin as Extra at the wedding * Jerry Mandy as Sheldon, the groom * Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaudeville Performers
Vaudeville (; ) is a theatre, theatrical genre of variety show, variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition or light poetry, interspersed with songs or ballets. It became popular in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s, but the idea of vaudeville's theatre changed radically from its French antecedent. In some ways analogous to music hall from Victorian era, Victorian Britain, a typical North American vaudeville performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill. Types of acts have included popular and classical musicians, singers, dancers, comedians, animal training, trained animals, Magic (illusion), magicians, Ventriloquism, ventriloquists, Strongman (strength athlete), strongmen, female and male impersonators, acrobatics, acrobats, clowns, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Screenwriters
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American Film Directors
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended a film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write their o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Deaths
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. * January 14 – An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 27 and injures 314. * January 19 – End of the siege of the University of Tokyo, marking the beginning of the end for the 1968–69 Japanese university protests. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is sworn in as the 37th President of the United States. * January 22 – An assassination attempt is carried out on Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev by deserter Viktor Ilyin. One person is killed, several are injured. Brezhnev escaped unharmed. * January 27 ** Fourteen men, 9 of them Jews, are executed in Baghdad for spying for Israel. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1899 Births
Events January 1899 * January 1 ** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – **Bolivia sets up a customs office in Puerto Alonso, leading to the Brazilian settlers there to declare the Republic of Acre in a revolt against Bolivian authorities. **The first part of the Jakarta Kota–Anyer Kidul railway on the island of Java is opened between Batavia Zuid ( Jakarta Kota) and Tangerang. * January 3 – Hungarian Prime Minister Dezső Bánffy fights an inconclusive duel with his bitter enemy in parliament, Horánszky Nándor. * January 4 – **U.S. President William McKinley's declaration of December 21, 1898, proclaiming a policy of benevolent assimilation of the Philippines as a United States territory, is announced in Manila by the U.S. commander, General Elwell Otis, and angers independence activists who had fought against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What's The World Coming To?
''What's the World Coming To?'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Richard Wallace and starring Clyde Cook. The film's working title was ''Furious Future''. A restoration of the film was completed in September 2015 as a collaboration between Carleton University, New York University, and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Plot Set 100 years in the future, women dominate society and men are the "weaker" sex, assuming the stereotypical roles of pampered women. A stay-at-home husband of a well-off successful businesswoman, Billie, is cheating on her. Another dominant woman tries to seduce Cook, but a ruckus breaks out when Billie returns home and finds the two flirting. Cast * Clyde Cook as Claudia Catwalloper, the Blushing Groom / The Baby * Katherine Grant as Billie, the Bride * James Finlayson as The Groom’s Father * Laura De Cardi as Lieutenant Penelope, the Villain * Martha Sleeper as The Butler * Helen Gilmore as A neighbor (uncredited) * Frank Terr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wandering Papas
''Wandering Papas'' is a 1926 American comedy film starring Clyde Cook, featuring Oliver Hardy, and directed by Stan Laurel. Cast * Clyde Cook as The camp cook * Oliver Hardy as The foreman (as Babe Hardy) * Sue O'Neill as Susie, the hermit's daughter * Tyler Brooke as Onion, a bridge engineer * Adolph Milar as The hermit (as Adolph Millar) See also * List of American films of 1926 A list of American films released in 1926. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Shorts See also * 1926 in American television * 1926 in the United States References External lin ... References External links * 1926 films Silent American comedy films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Stan Laurel 1926 short films American comedy short films 1926 comedy films 1920s American films {{short-silent-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame Mystery
''Madame Mystery'' is a 1926 American film starring Theda Bara, Oliver Hardy, and James Finlayson, directed by Richard Wallace and Stan Laurel, co-written by Laurel, and produced by Hal Roach. Footage from this film was reused in the Hal Roach two-reeler '' 45 Minutes From Hollywood'' (released December 26, 1926). Cast * Theda Bara as Madame Mysterieux * Tyler Brooke as Hungry artist * James Finlayson as Struggling author * Oliver Hardy as Captain Schmaltz * Fred Malatesta as Man of a thousand eyes * Martha Sleeper * Sammy Brooks * Helen Gilmore * William Gillespie See also * List of American films of 1926 A list of American films released in 1926. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Shorts See also * 1926 in American television * 1926 in the United States References External lin ... References External links * 1926 films 1926 short films American silent short films American black-and-white fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Say It With Babies
''Say It with Babies'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film starring Glenn Tryon and featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Glenn Tryon - Casper Crum * Vivien Oakland - Mrs. Crum * Oliver Hardy - Hector, the floorwalker (as Babe Hardy) * Martha Sleeper - His wife * Jackie Hanes - The waif (as Jackie 'Husky' Hanes) * Eva Novak * Sammy Brooks * Helen Gilmore See also * List of American films of 1926 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy as a team, see: Laurel and Hardy films :''This list contains only the films that Laurel and Hardy made together. For their solo films see Stan Laur ... External links * 1926 films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1926 short films Films directed by Fred Guiol Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1926 comedy films 1920s American films {{short-silent-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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