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Her Forgotten Past
''Her Forgotten Past'' is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Wesley Ford and starring Monte Blue, Barbara Kent and Henry B. Walthall.Pitts p. 253 Synopsis Without telling her wealthy father, Doris Maynard marries the family chauffeur. When he finds out the couple leave together, but after a few months she discovers that her husband is a reckless gambler, who with a warrant out for his arrest goes on the run. Doris returns home and sometime later is courted by a district attorney In the United States, a district attorney (DA), county attorney, state's attorney, prosecuting attorney, commonwealth's attorney, or state attorney is the chief prosecutor and/or chief law enforcement officer representing a U.S. state in a l ..., but on her father's advice declines to tell him about her recent marriage as it is believed her husband is now dead in an automobile accident. Cast References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940''. McFarland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Morgan (screenwriter)
George Morgan (1854 – January 8, 1936) was an American actor and screenwriter. He wrote for more than 100 films between 1913 and 1940. He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Selected filmography Screenwriter * ''Dick Tracy'' (1937) * '' The Silent Code'' (1935) * ''Badge of Honor'' (1934) * '' When Lightning Strikes'' (1934) * ''Her Forgotten Past'' (1933) * ''The Lost Special'' (1932) * ''The Devil Horse'' (1932) * '' Human Targets'' (1932) * '' Tangled Fortunes'' (1932) * ''The Hurricane Express'' (1932) * '' The Cyclone Kid'' (1931) * ''Heroes of the Flames'' (1931) * '' Finger Prints'' (1931) * '' Quick Trigger Lee'' (1931) * ''Headin' for Trouble'' (1931) * ''The Pirate of Panama'' (1929) * ''Smilin' Guns'' (1929) * '' Wild Blood'' (1928) * ''A Final Reckoning'' (1928) * ''Two Outlaws'' (1928) * '' Galloping Thunder'' (1927) * ''The Silent Flyer'' (1926) * '' The Winking Idol'' (1926) * '' The Great Circus Mystery'' (1925) * ''Romance and Rustlers'' (1925) * ''Perils ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budd Buster
Budd Leland Buster (June 14, 1891 – December 22, 1965), usually credited as Budd Buster (and sometimes Bud Buster), was an American actor known for B western films. He sometimes was credited as George Selk in his later work. Early life Buster was born either Budd Leland Buster or Leland Buster near Colorado Springs, Colorado on June 14, 1891. His parents were John M. Buster and Anna (Annie) Moore Buster, both from Missouri. According to the 1900 census, the family resided in Colorado Springs, and included Buster's one year younger sister, Demple, and his paternal grandmother. By 1920, Buster was part-owner with his father of Colorado Springs Auto and Carriage Livery Company, lived in Ivywild, Colorado, and had two children, Mary Jane (4 years) and John (1 year) with his wife, Mary. Buster had experience in vaudeville. Vaudeville provided experience with makeup, enabling Buster to appear as a wide variety of characters. Silent films From 1909 to 1915, Buster acted in le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Mystery Films
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 the Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Films
The following is an overview of 1933 in film, including significant events, a list of films released, and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1933 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events The Film Daily Yearbook listed the following as the ten leading news events of the year in North America. * Motion picture industry goes under National Recovery Administration code. * Receivers appointed for Paramount Publix, RKO and Fox Theatres. * Film industry takes eight week salary cut. * Sirovich bill for sweeping probe of film industry is defeated. * John D. Hertz withdraws as Paramount Publix finance chairman and Adolph Zukor appoints George J. Schaefer as general manager. * Sidney Kent effects financial reorganization of Fox Film Corp., averting receivership, and company shows first profit since 1930. * Ruling of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware creates "open market" for sound equipment. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally West (actor)
Wallace Rudolph "Wally" West is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics as the original Kid Flash and the third Flash (DC Comics character), Flash. His power consists mainly of speedster (fiction), superhuman speed. The nephew of Iris West, he first appeared in ''Flash'' #110 (1959), which depicted his transformation into Kid Flash. Under the mantle of Kid Flash, Wally was depicted as a teenage sidekick to his uncle-by-marriage, Flash (Barry Allen), Barry Allen, and a founding member of the Teen Titans. After Barry's death in ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' in 1985, Wally took on the role of the Flash from 1986 to 2009 in DC's main lineup until Barry returned in ''The Flash: Rebirth''. He would later return as the main Flash since 2021, as part of the ''Infinite Frontier'' relaunch. In his debut as the Flash, Wally wears a distinct red and gold costume which, like his uncle, he traditionally stores compressed inside a ring. He later creates a costume dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Thalasso
Arthur Thalasso (November 26, 1883 – February 13, 1954) was an American stage actor of vaudeville and musical comedy in the 1910s and, subsequently, a screen actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1919 and 1945. He was born the son of German immigrants Frank Thalasso (1852-1895) and Pauline Thalasso (1848-1919) in Cincinnati, Ohio, and died at Harbor General Hospital"Obituary: Arthur Thalasso," ''Los Angeles Times'', 16 Feb. 1954, p. 10, part II in Torrance, California. Selected filmography * ''La La Lucille'' (1920) - Janitor * ''The Forbidden Thing'' (1920) - Joe Portega * ''The Kid'' (1921) - Car Thief with gun (uncredited) * ''Children of Darkness'' (1921) - Vance * ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' (1921) - The Stranger * ''The Sign of the Rose'' (1922) - Detective Lynch * ''Black Gold'' (1924) - Tim Endicott * ''Wine'' (1924) - Amoti * ''Secrets of the Night'' (1924) - Detective Reardon (uncredited) * ''The Movies'' (1925, Short) - The Villain - Bull Buckley * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Price
Stanley Price (December 31, 1892July 13, 1955) was an American film supporting actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1922 and 1956. He was a charter member of the Screen Actors Guild. Career Price was an actor whose artistic career spanned four different decades, from silents through talkies to the advent of color. He debuted in the silent movie '' Your Best Friend'' (William Nigh, 1922), sharing starring duties with Vera Gordon and Harry Benham. After that, he became a familiar figure, wearing either cowboy rustler outfits or gangster nice suits, particularly in the cliffhanger serials of the 1930s through the early 1950s. Usually, he served as the assistant or second-in-command for the '' brains heavy''. He usually wore workmanlike duds, did the physical labor, and often had more brawn than morality. Thus, Price went from one chapter to the next trying desperately to kill the hero with fists, knives, guns, bombs or whatever else happened to be handy at the time. Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy O'Flynn
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Paddy may refer to: People *Paddy (given name), a list of people with the given name or nickname *An ethnic slur for an Irishman Birds *Paddy (pigeon), a Second World War carrier pigeon *Snowy sheathbill or paddy, a bird species *Black-faced sheathbill, also known as the paddy bird Entertainment * ''Paddy'' (film), a 1970 Irish comedy *Paddy Kirk, a fictional character in the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' Other uses *Paddy field, a type of cultivated land *Paddy (unmilled rice) *Paddy mail, a train for construction workers *Paddy Whiskey, a liquor See also *Patty (other) *Paddi (other) *Padi (other) Padi, PADI or Pa Di may refer to: * Padi, Chennai, India, a locality and neighbourhood in the city of Chennai ** Padi railway station * Padi, Iran, a village * Padi Boyd, American astrophysicist * Padi Richo, Indian politician * Padi (band), an I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William H
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James T
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Hall (actor)
Henry Hall may refer to: Politics and government * Henry Hall (MP), in 1601 MP for City of York * Henry Charles Hall (1883–1962), Canadian politician * Henry Clay Hall (1860–1936), attorney and member of the Interstate Commerce Commission appointed by President Wilson * Lyall Hall (Henry Lyall Hall, 1861–1935), member of the West Australian parliament Entertainment * Henry Hall (bandleader) (1898–1989), British bandleader * Henry Hall (actor) (1876–1954), American actor, including in ''The Secret Witness'' * Henry Hunter Hall (born 1997), American actor * Henry Richard Hall (1920-1999), American actor better known as Huntz Hall Arts and literature * Henry Hall (poet) (died 1707), English poet and composer * Henry Robinson Hall (1859–1927), British painter * Henry Bryan Hall (1808–1884), English stipple engraver and portrait painter Academia * Henry Hall (physicist) (1928–2015), British physicist * Henry Hall (Egyptologist) (1873–1930), British Egypto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kit Guard
Kit Guard (born Christen Klitgaard May 5, 1894 - July 18, 1961) was a Danish-American actor whose career started in the 1920s. Guard left his birthplace of Hals, Denmark, around the turn of the 20th century, one of five brothers to do so. He moved to San Francisco, and in 1913 he became assistant stage manager and actor at the Alcazar Theatre there. He later acted on stage at the Wigwam Theatre in San Francisco. In World War I, he entertained overseas and later served in the Rainbow Division of the U. S. Army. Guard was a prolific performer, appearing in over 400 films. He appeared with Al Cooke as a comic duo in a number of films from 1923 to 1927. His other film appearances range from ''The Racketeer'' in 1929 to ''The Joker Is Wild'' in 1957, with a number of subsequent uncredited appearances. Guard died of cancer at the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills on July 18, 1961, aged 67. Selected filmography * ''The Patent Leather Pug'' (1925) * '' Two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
