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Irving G. Ries
Irving G. Ries (January 15, 1890 – August 20, 1963) was a silent-era cinematographer who went on to do special effects during the sound era. He often worked with Stan Laurel when he was a cinematographer. As well as a few Oliver Hardy short films. He also did the first film they worked together on ''The Lucky Dog''. He was nominated at the 29th Academy Awards in the category of Best Special Effects for his work on the film ''Forbidden Planet''. He shared his nomination with A. Arnold Gillespie and Wesley C. Miller. Selected filmography Cinematographer *'' Barbarous Mexico'' (1913) ''On the Firing Line with the Germans''(1915) *'' The Slavey'' (1919) *'' The Backyard'' (1920) *''Dames and Dentists'' (1920) *''The Decorator'' (1920) *'' Fists and Fodder'' (1920) *''He Laughs Last'' (1920) *''The Lucky Dog'' (1921) *''The Ladder Jinx'' (1922) *''Mud and Sand'' (1922) *'' The Pest'' (1922) *'' The Handy Man'' (1923) *''When Knights Were Cold'' (1923) *'' Biff Bang Buddy'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Effect
Special effects (often abbreviated as SFX, F/X or simply FX) are illusions or visual tricks used in the theatre, film, television, video game, amusement park and simulator industries to simulate the imagined events in a story or virtual world. Special effects are traditionally divided into the categories of mechanical effects and optical effects. With the emergence of digital film-making a distinction between special effects and visual effects has grown, with the latter referring to digital post-production and optical effects, while "special effects" refers to mechanical effects. Mechanical effects (also called practical or physical effects) are usually accomplished during the live-action shooting. This includes the use of mechanized props, scenery, scale models, animatronics, pyrotechnics and atmospheric effects: creating physical wind, rain, fog, snow, clouds, making a car appear to drive by itself and blowing up a building, etc. Mechanical effects are also often inco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ladder Jinx
''The Ladder Jinx'' is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Jess Robbins and starring Edward Everett Horton, Margaret Landis and Tully Marshall.Munden p.411 Cast * Edward Everett Horton as Arthur Barnes * Margaret Landis as Helen Wilbur * Wilbur Higby as James Wilbur * Tully Marshall as Peter Stalton * Otis Harlan as Thams Gridley * Colin Kenny as Richard Twing * Tom McGuire as Judge Brown * Will Walling William Walling (June 2, 1872 – March 5, 1932) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 60 films between 1921 and 1932. He is known for his role as the railroad president in the 1926 film '' The Great K & A Train Robbery'', ... as Officer Murphy * Tom Murray as Detective Smith * Ernest Shields as Cheyenne Harry * Max Asher as Sam References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plymouth Adventure
''Plymouth Adventure'' is a 1952 Technicolor drama film with an ensemble cast starring Spencer Tracy, Gene Tierney, Van Johnson and Leo Genn, made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Clarence Brown, and produced by Dore Schary. The screenplay was adapted by Helen Deutsch from the 1950 novel ''The Voyage of the Mayflower'' by Ernest Gébler. The supporting cast includes Barry Jones, Dawn Addams, Lloyd Bridges and John Dehner. This was veteran director Brown's final film. Plot The film tells a fictionalized version of the Pilgrims' voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to North America aboard the ''Mayflower''. During the long sea voyage, Capt. Christopher Jones (Spencer Tracy) falls in love with Dorothy Bradford (Gene Tierney), the wife of William Bradford (Leo Genn). The love triangle is resolved in a tragic way at the film's conclusion. Ship's carpenter John Alden (Van Johnson)—said to be the first person to set foot on Plymouth Rock in 1620—catches the eye of Priscilla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Canterville Ghost (1944 Film)
''The Canterville Ghost'' is a 1944 fantasy/comedy film directed by Jules Dassin, loosely based on the 1887 short story of the same title by Oscar Wilde. It starred Charles Laughton as a ghost doomed to haunt an English castle and Robert Young as his American relative called upon to perform an act of bravery to redeem him. It was remade as a TV movie of the same title in 1986 and again in 1996. Plot In the seventeenth century, Sir Simon de Canterville (Charles Laughton) is forced by the Code of Chivalry to engage in a duel on behalf of his brother, but flees to the family castle when his opponent engages a substitute—a giant, the Bold Sir Guy (played by an uncredited Tor Johnson). His proud father, Lord Canterville (Reginald Owen), refuses to acknowledge that his son has disgraced the family name, even when shown in front of witnesses where Simon is cowering. The father has the only entrance to his son's hiding place bricked over as proof that Simon is not there, ignoring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mysterious Island (1929 Film)
''The Mysterious Island'' is a 1929 American science fiction film directed by Lucien Hubbard, based on Jules Verne's 1874 novel '' L'Île mystérieuse'' (''The Mysterious Island''). It was photographed largely in two-color Technicolor and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a part-talkie feature, with some scenes with audible dialog and some that had only synchronized music and sound effects. Plot On a volcanic island near the kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Dakkar, his daughter Sonia and her fiance, chief engineer Nicolai Roget, have designed a submarine boat which Roget pilots on its initial test voyage shortly before the island is overrun by Baron Falon, once Daggar's friend, and now the new despotic ruler of Hetvia. The Baron has Dakkar and his daughter tortured so that Dakkar will reveal all his discoveries. Dakkar is able to escape with the intervention of his loya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Revue Of 1929
''The Hollywood Revue of 1929'', or simply ''The Hollywood Revue'', is a 1929 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code musical comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was the studio's second feature-length musical, and one of their earliest sound films. Produced by Harry Rapf and Irving Thalberg and directed by Charles Reisner, it features nearly all of MGM's stars in a two-hour revue that includes three segments in Technicolor. The Master of ceremonies, masters of ceremonies are Conrad Nagel and Jack Benny. At the 2nd Academy Awards, the film received a Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture nomination (its sole nomination) but lost to another Irving Thalberg Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM production, The Broadway Melody. Production Unlike M-G-M's imposing feature films, which always boasted strong story values, ''The Hollywood Revue of 1929'' was a plotless parade of variety acts. Conrad Nagel, interviewed for the book ''The Real Tinsel'', recalled, "Everybody thought Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold And Grit
''Gold and Grit'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Buddy Roosevelt, William H. Turner and Wilbur Mack.Munden, p. 301 Cast * Buddy Roosevelt as Buddy * Ann McKay as Helen Mason * William H. Turner as Bill Mason * L.J. O'Connor as Jim Crawford * Wilbur Mack as Jack Crawford * Nelson McDowell as Horatio Jefferson Blaabs * Hank Bell Hank Bell (January 21, 1892 – February 4, 1950) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 370 films between 1920 and 1950. He was born in Los Angeles, California, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack A myo ... as The Sheriff References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1925 films 1925 West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast And Fearless
''Fast and Fearless'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Richard Thorpe, written by Betty Burbridge and starring Buffalo Bill, Jr. and Jean Arthur. The film is mostly lost: only reel 2 out of 5 has been saved at the Library of Congress. Plot Lightning Bill Lewis (Bill, Jr.) pursues to capture a gang led by Pedro Gómez (Magrill) that has been terrorizing a border town. When Pedro captures his girlfriend (Arthur), Bill uses the help of Captain Duerta (Riverto) to stop Pedro. In the end, Pedro is caught by Mexican soldiers and Bill is free to marry his girl. Cast * Buffalo Bill, Jr. as Lightning Bill Lewis * Jean Arthur as Mary Brown * William H. Turner as Judge Brown * George Magrill as Pedro Gómez * Julian Rivero as Captain Duerta * Emily Barrye as Blanca * Kewpie King as Fatty Doolittle * Steve Clemente Steve Clemente (born Esteban Clemento Morro November 22, 1885 – May 7, 1950) was a Mexican-American actor known for his many villainous roles. He began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyclone Buddy
In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an anticyclone). Cyclones are characterized by inward-spiraling winds that rotate about a zone of low pressure. The largest low-pressure systems are polar vortices and extratropical cyclones of the largest scale (the synoptic scale). Warm-core cyclones such as tropical cyclones and subtropical cyclones also lie within the synoptic scale. Mesocyclones, tornadoes, and dust devils lie within smaller mesoscale. Upper level cyclones can exist without the presence of a surface low, and can pinch off from the base of the tropical upper tropospheric trough during the summer months in the Northern Hemisphere. Cyclones have also been seen on extraterrestrial planets, such as Mars, Jupiter, and Neptune. Cyclogenesis is the process of cyclone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biff Bang Buddy
Biff or BIFF may refer to: People * Biff (name), a given name or nickname * Biff (cartoon), British cartoon strip Computer-related terms * biff (Unix), a UNIX mail notification program. * BIFF, also B1FF or B1ff, a pseudonym used on Usenet and Internet * BIFF, the Binary Interchange File Format, used by Microsoft Excel Film festivals * Bakersfield Independent Film Festival * Bahamas International Film Festival * Beijing International Film Festival * Beloit International Film Festival * Bergen International Film Festival * Berkshire International Film Festival * Berlin Independent Film Festival * Berlin International Film Festival * Bogota International Film Festival * Boston International Film Festival * Boulder International Film Festival * Brisbane International Film Festival * Brooklyn International Film Festival, former name of the Brooklyn Film Festival * Brussels International Film Festival (other), various film festivals in Brussels * Busan Intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When Knights Were Cold
''When Knights Were Cold'' is a 1923 American comedy film directed by Frank Fouce starring Stan Laurel. Cast * Stan Laurel as Lord Helpus, a Slippery Knight * Mae Laurel as Countess Out, a Classy Eve * Catherine Bennett as Princess Elizabeth New Jersey, a Swell Eve * Scotty MacGregor as Sir Chief Raspberry, a Rough Knight * Billy Armstrong as Earl of Tabasco, a Hot Knight (credited as William Armstrong) * Will Bovis as Duke of Sirloin, a Tough Knight * Stanhope Wheatcroft as Prince of Pluto, a Bad Knight * Harry De More as King Epsom, a Good Knight * Dot Farley (uncredited) See also * List of American films of 1923 This is a list of American films released in 1923. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P–Q R S T U V W Y–Z Shorts See also * 1923 in the United States References External links 1923 ... References External links * 1923 films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1923 c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
