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Jiggs And Maggie (film Series)
Jiggs and Maggie are the major characters in a series of films made by the American studio Monogram Pictures between 1946 and 1950. Jiggs and Maggie are Irish immigrants to the United States, who constantly argue. The characters were created by the cartoonist George McManus in his long-running strip ''Bringing Up Father''.Drew p.170 McManus appears in four of the films, playing himself. The characters had first appeared on screen in the 1928 MGM film ''Bringing Up Father''. In 1946 Monogram made a fresh version starring actors Joe Yule and Renie Riano. Due to the popularity of the film, a series of four sequels were made. Monogram was a low-budget studio that specializes in making comedy, crime and western series. The final film in the series, '' Jiggs and Maggie Out West'', was released a little less than a month after Yule suffered a fatal heart attack. Films * ''Bringing Up Father'' (1946) * ''Jiggs and Maggie in Society'' (1947) * '' Jiggs and Maggie in Court'' (1948) * ''Jigg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George McManus
George McManus (January 23, 1884 – October 22, 1954) was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of Irish immigrant Jiggs and his wife Maggie, the main characters of his syndicated comic strip, ''Bringing Up Father''. Biography Born in St. Louis, Missouri, of Irish parents, McManus had an innate gift for drawing and a sense of humor. He recalled an incident when he was in high school: "My teacher sent home to my parents a picture I had drawn of a classmate named Sweeney. This'' is what your boy has been doing,' the teacher wrote, icily. I laid the note in Pop's lap and headed wearily for the woodshed. But Pop, instead, put on his hat and coat and went to the editor of ''The Republican''. He showed y drawing ofSweeney to the editor. Next day I had a job on ''The Republican'' at $5 a week—as an errand boy." At ''The Republican'', he created his first comic strip, ''Alma and Oliver''. In 1904, after winning $3000 at the racetrack, he went to New York City and a jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiggs And Maggie In Society
''Jiggs and Maggie in Society'' is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring Joe Yule, Renie Riano and Tim Ryan. The film is part of the '' Jiggs and Maggie'' series, the first sequel to the 1946 film ''Bringing Up Father''.Drew p.170 Plot Irish-American matriarch Maggie attempts to gain her family entry into New York's High Society. Main cast * Joe Yule as Jiggs * Renie Riano as Maggie Jiggs * Tim Ryan as Dinty Moore * Wanda McKay as Millicent Perker * Lee Bonnell as Van De Graft * Pat Goldin as Dugan * Herbert Evans as Jenkins * June Harrison as Nora Jiggs * Scott Taylor as Tommy * Jimmy Aubrey as McGurk * Thayer Roberts as Henchman Pete * Richard Irving as Henchman Al * William Cabanne as George * Dick Ryan as Grogan * Constance Purdy as Mrs. Kelsey Chelsea Blackwell * Edith Leslie as Mary * Helena Dare as Aggie * Lesley Farley as Miami * Betty Blythe as Mrs. Vacuum * Marcelle Imhof as Mrs. Heavydoe * Dale Carnegie a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On Comic Strips
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Films Based On American Comics
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Film Characters
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing ''agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses which eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Film Series
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Jiggs And Maggie In Jackpot Jitters
''Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters'' is a 1949 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Joe Yule, Renie Riano and George McManus. It was the third of four films in the '' Jiggs and Maggie'' film series, spun off from ''Bringing Up Father'' (1946).Drew p.170 The series follows the adventures of a family of Irish immigrants to the United States. Plot Jiggs and Maggie win a racehorse in a competition, but lose large sums of money on it each time it races. Cast * Joe Yule as Jiggs * Renie Riano as Maggie * George McManus as George McManus * Tim Ryan as Dinty Moore * Pat Goldin as Dugan * June Harrison as Nora * Sam Hayes as Race Announcer * Joe Hernandez as Race Announcer * Jimmy Aubrey as McGurk * Leon Belasco as Gambler * Willie Best as Willie * Betty Blythe as Mrs. Van Belden * Chester Conklin as Jiggs' Friend * Joe Devlin as Casey * Earle Hodgins as Joe Klink * Eddie Kane as Gambler * Tom Kennedy Thomas or Tom Kennedy may refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiggs And Maggie In Court
''Jiggs and Maggie in Court'' is a 1948 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Joe Yule, Renie Riano and George McManus.Marshall, Wendy L. ''William Beaudine: From Silents to Television''. Scarecrow Press, 2005. p. 336. . It was the second of a series of four films featuring Yule and Riano as the title characters, in a spin-off from the 1946 film ''Bringing Up Father ''Bringing Up Father'' is an American comic strip created by cartoonist George McManus. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, it ran for 87 years, from January 2, 1913, to May 28, 2000. The strip was later titled ''Jiggs and Maggie'' (or ...''. Plot Angry at being pointed out in the street by people who recognize her cartoon, Maggie takes the cartoonist to court to try to force him to stop drawing her. Cast References External links * American comedy films American black-and-white films 1948 comedy films Films based on American comics Films based on comic strips Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bringing Up Father (1946 Film)
''Bringing Up Father'' is a 1946 American comedy film, based on the comic strip ''Bringing Up Father'' by George McManus, about the adventures of the social-climbing Maggie and her long-suffering husband Jiggs. Here, one of Maggie's society friends enlists her help in getting an undesirable tenant evicted, a tenant who turns out to be Jiggs himself. Meanwhile, Jiggs rounds up his friends from the bar to defend his turf. McManus briefly appears here as himself. This 1946 production is subsequent to a number of previous Maggie and Jiggs movies, both animated and live-action, notably a silent 1928 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film directed by Jack Conway. This one was successful enough to inspire four more Monogram sequels: * ''Jiggs and Maggie in Society'' (1948) * '' Jiggs and Maggie in Court'' (1948) * ''Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters'' (1949) * '' Jiggs and Maggie Out West'' (1950) All five of these featured former vaudevillian Joe Yule (father of Mickey Rooney) as Jiggs, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Yule
Ninnian Joseph Yule (30 April 1892 – 30 March 1950) was a Scottish-American burlesque and vaudeville actor who later appeared in many films as a character actor. He starred alongside Renie Riano in the '' Jiggs and Maggie'' film series. Yule was the father of actor Mickey Rooney. Biography Ninnian Joseph Yule was born in the Hutchesontown district of Glasgow on 30 April 1892, the son of Elizabeth (née McKell; 1866–1919) and boiler maker Ninnian Yule (1866–1943). He emigrated to the United States with his parents on the steamship ''Bolivia'', arriving at the Port of New York on 2 August 1892. They settled in Brooklyn. As a teenager, Yule performed in local vaudeville theatres and was later booked into leading burlesque wheels, including the Columbia Burlesque Wheel, where he adopted the stage name Joe Yule. In 1919, Yule married fellow vaudevillian Nellie W. Carter, a native of Kansas City, Missouri. In 1920, while they were appearing together in a Brooklyn production of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiggs And Maggie Out West
''Jiggs and Maggie Out West'' is a 1950 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Joe Yule, Renie Riano and George McManus. It was the final film in the '' Jiggs and Maggie'' film series, featuring the adventures of a bickering Irish-American couple.Drew p.170 Plot Jiggs and Maggie inherit a gold mine in a western town, but have difficulty finding it. Main cast * Joe Yule as Jiggs * Renie Riano as Maggie * George McManus as George McManus * Tim Ryan as Dinty Moore * Jim Bannon as 'Snake-Bite' Carter * Riley Hill as Bob Carter * Pat Goldin as Dugan * June Harrison as Nora * Henry Kulky as 'Bomber' Kulkowich * Terry McGinnis as 'Cyclone' McGinnis * Billy Griffith Stewart Cathie Griffith, (16 June 1914 – 7 April 1993), known as Billy Griffith, was an English cricketer and cricket administrator. He played in three Test matches for England in 1948 and 1949. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge ... as Lawyer Blakely References B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bringing Up Father (1928 Film)
''Bringing Up Father'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Jack Conway and starring Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, and J. Farrell MacDonald. The film was based on the newspaper comic strip ''Bringing Up Father'' by George McManus. It was remade in 1946 as a sound film, proving popular enough for a spin-off of four Jiggs and Maggie films to be made. Cast * Marie Dressler as Annie Moore * Polly Moran as Maggie * J. Farrell MacDonald as Jiggs * Jules Cowles as Dinty Moore * Gertrude Olmstead as Ellen * Grant Withers as Dennis * Andrés de Segurola as The Count * Rose Dione as Mrs. Smith * David Mir as Oswald * Tenen Holtz as Ginsberg Feitelbaum Preservation A print was donated by MGM to George Eastman House The George Eastman Museum, also referred to as ''George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film'', the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
