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Irene Ware
Irene Ware (born Irene Catherine Ahlberg; November 6, 1910 – March 11, 1993) was an American actress. She was a beauty queen and showgirl before appearing in 29 films between 1932 and 1940, and is mostly remembered for her roles as Princess Nadji in '' Chandu the Magician'' (1932) with Edmund Lowe and Bela Lugosi, and as Boris Karloff's and Lugosi's leading lady in 1935's ''The Raven''. Early years Irene Catherine Ahlberg was born November 6, 1910, in Albany, New York. Her father, Ernest Ahlberg, born in Sweden, managed a saloon. Her mother, Anna Freya, born in New York of Austrian parents, was a real estate agent. She lived in New York and Los Angeles. Her sister, Anita, was an artist. Beauty queen As an 18-year-old stenographer, (5`6"/1.68 cm tall), Ware was crowned Miss Greater New York, then Miss United States in 1929, and the same year was first runner-up for the title of Miss Universe at a pageant held in Galveston, Texas. She also won $1,000. ("Miss United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandu The Magician (film)
''Chandu the Magician'' is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery- fantasy film starring Edmund Lowe as Frank Chandler and Bela Lugosi as the villain Roxor that he must stop. Based on the radio play of the same name, written by Harry A. Earnshaw, Vera M. Oldham and R.R. Morgan. The radio series was broadcast from 1932 to 1933, and Fox obtained the rights hoping the film would appeal to a ready-made audience. In 1934 Chandu returned in a twelve part serial, '' The Return of Chandu'', with Bela Lugosi playing the title role. Plot For three years, Frank Chandler has studied eastern magic with the Yogis in India and is now known by his new identity, Chandu. He now has the power to teleport, astral project, mesmerize, as well as project illusions. With these supernatural abilities he has been entrusted by his teacher to "go forth with his youth and strength to conquer the evil that threatens mankind". Chandu is sent to Egypt to deal with an Egyptian megalomaniac known as Roxor, played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Belong To Me (1934 Film)
''You Belong to Me'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker and written by Elizabeth Alexander, Walter DeLeon, Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt. The film stars Lee Tracy, Helen Mack, Helen Morgan, David Holt, Arthur Pierson, Lynne Overman and Dean Jagger. The film was released on September 14, 1934, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *Lee Tracy as Bud Hannigan *Helen Mack as Florette Faxon *Helen Morgan as Bonnie Kay * David Holt as Jimmy Faxon * Arthur Pierson as Hap Stanley *Lynne Overman as Brown *Dean Jagger as Military School Instructor *Edwin Stanley as Major Hurley *Irene Ware as Lila Lacey *Lou Cass as Joe Mandel *Max Mack as Jack Mandel *Mary Owen as Maizie Kelly *Neal Dodd as Minister at Funeral *Irving Bacon Irving Bacon (born Irving Von Peters; September 6, 1893 – February 5, 1965) was an American character actor who appeared in almost 500 films. Early years Bacon was the son of entertainers Millar Bacon and Myrtle Vane. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Affairs Of Cellini
''The Affairs of Cellini'' is a 1934 comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Frank Morgan, Constance Bennett, Fredric March, Fay Wray, and Louis Calhern. It is set in Florence. The film was adapted by Bess Meredyth from the play ''The Firebrand of Florence'' by Edwin Justus Mayer. Plot Both the duke and duchess have an eye for beauty and other partners. The duke presently fancies a young woman who poses as an artist's model. The duchess has her eye on the famous artist, Benvenuto Cellini, who is in the palace making a set of gold plates to be used at ducal banquets. Cellini purportedly hypnotizes young women, and cuckolds the duke of Florence. The somewhat oblivious duke is loath to punish the young man because Cellini fashions gold wares for him, but throws him into the torture chamber. However, a goblet of poisoned wine solves the problem. Cast * Constance Bennett as Duchess of Florence * Fredric March as Benvenuto Cellini * Frank Morgan as Alessandro, Duke of Flore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orient Express (1934 Film)
''Orient Express'' is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Paul Martin and starring Heather Angel, Norman Foster and Ralph Morgan. It is based on the 1932 novel '' Stamboul Train'' by Graham Greene.Hand, Richard J. & Purssell, Andrew. ''Adapting Graham Greene''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. p. 18. Cast * Heather Angel as Coral Musker *Norman Foster as Carlton Myatt *Ralph Morgan as Dr. Richard Czinner *Herbert Mundin as Herbert Thomas Peters * Una O'Connor as Mrs. Peters *Irene Ware as Janet Pardoe *Dorothy Burgess as Mabel Warren *Lisa Gora as Anna *Roy D'Arcy Roy D'Arcy (born Roy Francis Giusti; February 10, 1894 – November 15, 1969) was an American film actor of the silent film and early sound period of the 1930s noted for his portrayal of flamboyant villains. He appeared in 50 different films ... as Josef Grunlich *Perry Ivins as Major Petrovich *Frederick Vogeding as Colonel Hartep *Marc Loebell as Lieutenant Alexitch References Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moulin Rouge (1934 Film)
''Moulin Rouge'' is an American pre-Code musical film released on January 19, 1934, by United Artists, starring Constance Bennett and Franchot Tone. It contained the songs "Coffee in the Morning and Kisses in the Night", and " Boulevard of Broken Dreams" with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin. Lucille Ball appears in an uncredited role as a show girl in the film. It has no relation to any other films of/with the same name. The cast also includes Tullio Carminati, Helen Westley, Russ Brown, Hobart Cavanaugh and Georges Renavent. The film was Twentieth Century Pictures' fourth most popular movie of the year. Plot A singer marries a famous composer, and after a while she gets the itch to go back on the stage. However, her husband won't let her. When she hears that a popular French singer named "Raquel" is coming to New York, she decides to go to Raquel with a plan—unbeknownst to her husband, "Raquel" is actually her sister, and her plan is for them to switch places so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Weakness (film)
''My Weakness'' is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film directed by David Butler and starring Lilian Harvey, Lew Ayres and Charles Butterworth. It was the second of four films made by the British-German actress Harvey in Hollywood, who had emerged as major star during Weimar Germany. It both was and wasn't the first mainstream Hollywood film to use the word "gay" as a descriptor of homosexuality. In one scene, Charles Butterworth and Sid Silvers commiserate over their miserable, hopeless shared love for Lilian Harvey, until Butterworth is struck by a solution: "Let's be gay!" However, the Studio Relations Committee censors decreed that the line had to be muffled.Vieira, Mark A., Sin in Soft Focus: Pre-Code Hollywood, Abrams, 1999, pg. 133 Synopsis A wealthy young man bets that he can turn a cleaning woman into a sophisticated lady and trick three men into wanting to marry her. Cast * Lilian Harvey as Looloo Blake * Lew Ayres as Ronnie Gregory * Charles Butterworth a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brief Moment
''Brief Moment'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by David Burton and starring Carole Lombard and Gene Raymond. It is based on the 1931 play of the same name by S. N. Behrman. Plot Rodney Deane (Gene Raymond) is a rich playboy who falls in love with nightclub singer Abby Fane ( Carole Lombard). Abby wants him to get a job, so he begins working for his father. She later finds out that he is not taking the work seriously and stills spends his days at the racetrack, so she leaves him. Rodney then changes his name and gets a real job. They are reunited by Abby's boss. Cast * Gene Raymond as Rodney Deane * Carole Lombard as Abby Fane * Donald Cook as Franklin Deane * Monroe Owsley as Harold Sigrift * Arthur Hohl as Steve Walsh * Irene Ware as Joan * Teresa Maxwell-Conover as Mrs. William Deane (as Teresa Maxwell) * Reginald Mason as Mr William Deane Reception ''Brief Moment'' received positive reviews. It has been described as ' Capraesque'. Mordaunt Hall of ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humanity (film)
''Humanity'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and written by Bradley King. The film stars Ralph Morgan, Boots Mallory, Alexander Kirkland, Irene Ware, Noel Madison and Wade Boteler. The film was released om March 3, 1933, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast *Ralph Morgan as Dr. William MacDonald *Boots Mallory as Nancy Moore * Alexander Kirkland as Bill MacDonald *Irene Ware as Olive Pelton *Noel Madison as Sam Bernstein *Wade Boteler as Police Lt. Mike Farley *Christian Rub as Schmiddy *Betty Jane Graham as Rosie Schmidt *Ferike Boros as Mrs. Bernstein * George Irving as Dr. Van Buren *Crauford Kent as James Pelton *Nella Walker Nella Walker (March 6, 1886 – March 22, 1971) was an American actress and vaudeville performer of the 1920s through the 1950s. Biography The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walker, she was born and raised in Chicago. In 1910, she marrie ... as Mrs. James Pelton References External links * 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six Hours To Live
''Six Hours to Live'' is a 1932 American pre-Code science fiction drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Warner Baxter, Miriam Jordan and John Boles.Solomon p.336 Cast * Warner Baxter as Capt. Paul Onslow * Miriam Jordan as Baroness Valerie von Sturm * John Boles as Karl Kranz * George F. Marion as Prof. Otto Bauer * Halliwell Hobbes as Baron Emil von Sturm * Irene Ware as The Prostitute * Beryl Mercer as The Widow * Edward McWade as Ivan * John Davidson as Kellner * Edwin Maxwell as Police Commissioner * Dewey Robinson as Blucher * Eugenie Besserer as The Marquisa * Marilyn Harris as Flower Girl * Claude King as Conference Chairman * Michael Mark as Townsman in Window * Torben Meyer as Sturges - Butler * John Reinhardt as Masher * Bodil Rosing as Greta * Michael Visaroff as Monsieur Thereux * Wilhelm von Brincken as Reporter * Hans Heinrich von Twardowski Hans Heinrich von Twardowski (5 May 1898 – 19 November 1958) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
False Pretenses (1935) Betty Compson, Sidney Blackmer, And Irene Ware
''False Pretenses'' is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Irene Ware. Plot When Mary Beekman (Irene Ware) loses her waitress job after a fight with her loutish boyfriend, trucker Mike O’Reilly (Edward Gargan), she stands at a bridge on a windy night, loses her pay check to the wind and leans over the guardrail to catch it, but socialite Kenneth Alden (Sidney Blackmer) catches her. He’s lost everything that is not already mortgaged. Both down on their luck, they assume that the other is there to jump off the bridge. Instead, Mary has an idea. If Ken sells shares to a syndicate of his wealthy friends, in a phoney beauty product, they’ll have enough money for some clothes to pass Mary off in society long enough to meet and marry a wealthy bachelor. Then, they can pay everyone back with interest. The con might work, except that Ken has too much integrity to marry Clarissa Stanhope (Betty Compson) for money, and Mary is beginning to see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
