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Ivan Simpson
Ivan F. Simpson (8 February 1875 – 12 October 1951) was a Scottish film and stage actor. Life and career Simpson was born on 8 February 1875 in Glasgow, Scotland, and went as a young man to New York City, where he worked for four decades on Broadway theatre, Broadway from 1906 until his death. In 1915 he started his film silent career and starred in notable silent films like ''The Green Goddess (1923 film), The Green Goddess'' from 1923, where he played the role of Mister Watkins. He also replied in this role seven years later in the sound film version of ''The Green Goddess''. In 1929 he portrayed Hugh Myers in ''Disraeli (1929 film), Disraeli'', where he played along his close friend George Arliss. Arliss and Simpson appeared together in a total of nine films. at Allmovie Especially in the 1930s, Simpson was a su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936 Film)
''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' is a 1936 drama film based on the 1886 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The film stars Freddie Bartholomew, Dolores Costello, and C. Aubrey Smith. The first film produced by David O. Selznick's Selznick International Pictures, it was the studio's most profitable film until ''Gone with the Wind''. The film is directed by John Cromwell. The film was critically well received and is now in the public domain. In 2012 it was released on Blu-ray Disc by Kino Lorber, following a restoration by the George Eastman House Motion Picture Department. Plot Young Cedric "Ceddie" Errol (Freddie Bartholomew) and his widowed mother, whom he calls "Dearest" (Dolores Costello), live frugally in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's prejudiced English grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt (C. Aubrey Smith), had long ago disowned his son for marrying an American. The earl sends his lawyer Havisham (Henry Stephenson) to bring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Played God (1922 Film)
''The Man Who Played God'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by F. Harmon Weight and written by Forrest Halsey. The film stars George Arliss, Ann Forrest, Ivan Simpson, Edward Earle, and Effie Shannon. The film was released on October 1, 1922, by United Artists. Considered to be a lost film for decades, a print of ''The Man Who Played God'' was found at Gosfilmofond in Moscow. Plot A famous pianist (Montgomery Royle) is engaged to a quite younger woman. An accidental explosion results in him becoming deaf but he learns to read lips quite quickly. He decides to use that skill to help random people around him. However, he sees his fiancee in a park with a different man. Montgomery is heartbroken, but after she confesses the truth to him, he helps her to be secure with the new man. Cast *George Arliss as Montgomery Royle *Ann Forrest as Marjory Blaine *Ivan Simpson as Battle *Edward Earle as Philip Stevens *Effie Shannon as Mildred Arden *Miriam Battista as Little Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manslaughter (1930 Film)
''Manslaughter'' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Abbott, and starring Claudette Colbert and Fredric March. An original print of the film is saved in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. This film is a sound remake of Cecil B. DeMille's 1922 silent classic ''Manslaughter''. Paramount also released a French-language version of this 1930 film as '' The Indictment'', directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki. Plot summary A wealthy woman runs over and kills a man in an automobile accident. Cast *Claudette Colbert as Lydia Thorne *Fredric March as Dan O'Bannon *Emma Dunn as Miss Bennett *Natalie Moorhead as Eleanor Bellington *Richard Tucker as J.P. Albee *Hilda Vaughn as Louise Evans * G. Pat Collins as John Drummond *Steve Pendleton as Bobby * Stanley Fields as Peters *Arnold Lucy as Piers *Ivan F. Simpson as Morson *George Chandler George Chandler (June 30, 1898 – June 10, 1985) was an American actor who starred in over 140 feature films, usually in s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inside The Lines (1930 Film)
''Inside the Lines'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code spy drama film starring Betty Compson, Ralph Forbes, and Mischa Auer. It was directed by Roy Pomeroy (who also was the associate producer) from a screenplay by John Farrow and Ewart Adamson, which in turn was based on the 1915 Broadway play of the same name by Earl Derr Biggers. This version is a remake of the Inside the Lines (1918 film), 1918 silent version, also with the same name. This film exists in the public domain because the claimants did not renew the copyright after 28 years. Plot Jane Gershon is engaged to Eric Woodhouse, living in Germany prior to the onset of World War I. When the war breaks out, they are forced to separate, but are reunited months later in Gibraltar, at the British fortress there. Both are supposedly German spies with orders to destroy the British fleet, anchored in the harbor. Not fully trusting either of them, the German government has sent another agent, the Hindu Amahdi, to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Dawn (film)
''Golden Dawn'' is a 1930 American pre-Code musical operetta film released by Warner Bros., photographed entirely in Technicolor, and starring Vivienne Segal, Walter Woolf King and Noah Beery. The film is based on the semi-hit 1927 stage musical of the same name (music composed by Emmerich Kálmán and Herbert Stothart, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach.) Plot The story takes place in colonial Africa, where Dawn is a white girl, kidnapped in infancy and is being brought up by a black native, Mooda, who runs a canteen in the now German colonial settlement. Dawn falls in love with a British rubber planter, Tom Allen, who is now a prisoner of war. The native black leader of the tribes in that region is also in love with Dawn and becomes extremely jealous when he hears of Dawn's love for Allen, who, in turn, is sent back to Britain by the Germans for attempting to steal Dawn, whom they believe is half black. Eventually, the British regain control of the terr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isle Of Escape
''Isle of Escape'' is a 1930 American pre-Code film produced and released by Warner Bros. The film stars Monte Blue and Myrna Loy and is set in the South Seas. Blue had been playing man-stranded-on-island roles in such films as ''White Shadows in the South Seas'' at MGM towards the end of the silent era and continued doing so in this early talkie. Plot Dave Wade, a young miner, manages to escape from some cannibals in the South Seas who have killed all of his companions. He arrives at the island of Samora with a bag of gold which he managed to save. Here he meets a brutal man named Shane and a woman named Stella, who had been forced into a secret marriage with Shane. The couple run a small hotel. Stella immediately sympathizes with Dave's plight, while Shane sets his greedy eyes on his gold. After the death of Stella's mother, Dave escapes with her to another island. Here they meet Moira, a native girl, who falls in love with Dave and desperately tries to divert his love away fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Green Goddess (1930 Film)
''The Green Goddess'' is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Alfred E. Green. It was a remake of the 1923 silent film, which was in turn based on the play of the same name by William Archer. It was produced by Warner Bros. using their new Vitaphone sound system, and adapted by Julien Josephson. It stars George Arliss, Alice Joyce (in her final film role), Ralph Forbes and H.B. Warner. Arliss and Ivan F. Simpson played the same parts in all three productions, while Joyce reprised her role from the earlier film. Arliss was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance. Plot A small plane carrying three British citizens — Major Crespin (H.B. Warner), his estranged wife Lucilla (Alice Joyce), and pilot Dr. Traherne (Ralph Forbes) — becomes lost and is forced to crash land in the tiny realm of Rukh, somewhere near the Himalaya Mountains. The Raja (George Arliss) who rules the land welcomes them. As it happens, the Raja's three brothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evidence (1929 Film)
''Evidence'' is a 1929 Pre-Code crime drama film produced and distributed by the Warner Brothers. It is based on the 1914 Broadway play ''Evidence'' by J. duRocher MacPherson and L. duRocher MacPherson. This early talkie was directed by John G. Adolfi and starred Pauline Frederick and Lowell Sherman. While this film is lost, its soundtrack, recorded by the Vitaphone process, survives. Cast * - Myra Stanhope * |
Womanhandled
''Womanhandled'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on a short story by Arthur Stringer and stars Richard Dix and Esther Ralston. Plot Bill Dana (Richard Dix) meets Mollie (Esther Ralston) in the park and is smitten. Mollie expresses admiration for the rugged men of the west, and Bill decides to go to his Uncle Lester's (Edmund Breese) ranch to man up and deserve Mollie's love. Upon arrival he finds that the west isn't quite so wild anymore, with cowboys herding cows in cars and his uncle spending a lot of time on the golf course. Bill settles in to enjoy his stay, but after a while Mollie announces she is coming for a visit. Bill and Uncle Lester cook up a plan to pass as rugged for a day or so, forcing the cowboys onto horses and dressing the servants up as Native Americans, and Mollie is fooled. When she decides to stay longer, Bill puts on a show of being too rugged. He eats with at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Kiss For Cinderella (film)
''A Kiss for Cinderella'' is a 1925 American silent fantasy film taken from the 1916 stage play by James M. Barrie. The film stars Betty Bronson and Tom Moore and was made at Paramount's Astoria Studios in Astoria, Queens. The play had starred stage actress Maude Adams in the Bronson role. The film was directed by Herbert Brenon who had also directed the 1924 film version of Barrie's ''Peter Pan'', which also starred Bronson. Tom Moore had previously costarred in ''The Cinderella Man'' for Goldwyn in 1917 alongside Mae Marsh. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Jane, a house slavey who dreams of a Prince Charming, is named Cinderella by an artist whose studio she cleans because she always talks of wonderful things that will one day befall her. A policeman who at first suspects her of some mischief falls in love with her, and, after she recovers from an illness caused by exposure, he proposes and is accepted. Cast Preservation Prints of ''A Kiss for Cinderella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovers In Quarantine
''Lovers in Quarantine'' is an extant 1925 American silent comedy film starring Bebe Daniels and directed by Frank Tuttle. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on a 1924 Broadway play ''Quarantine'' by F. Tennyson Jesse. The film entered the public domain on January 1, 2021. Cast Preservation A print of ''Lovers in Quarantine'' is preserved at the Library of Congress. Library of Congress
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Wild, Wild Susan
''Wild, Wild Susan'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring popular Bebe Daniels. Famous Players–Lasky produced and Paramount Pictures distributed. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Wild, Wild Susan'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature Feature may refer to: Computing * Feature (CAD), could be a hole, pocket, or notch * Feature (computer vision), could be an edge, corner or blob * Feature (software design) is an intentional distinguishing char .... References External links * *Lobby poster 1925 films [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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