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John P. Livadary
John Paul Livadary (born 20 May 1896, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, died 7 April 1987, Newport Beach, California, USA ) was a sound designer. He started work in 1928 at Columbia Pictures and won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing three times and was nominated another 14 times, in a career that spanned 30 years. The first Oscar was for ''One Night of Love'' (1934), the second for ''The Jolson Story'' (1946) and the third for ''From Here to Eternity'' (1953). He also won the Academy Award for Technical Achievement three times (shared twice) and the Academy Scientific and Technical Award once (shared). Partial filmography *''Broadway Scandals'' (1929) *''The Song of Love'' (1929) *''Flight'' (1929) *''Acquitted'' (1929) *''The Broadway Hoofer'' (1929) *'' Wall Street'' (1929) *''Around the Corner'' (1930) *'' Soldiers and Women'' (1930) *''Hell's Island'' (1930) *''Ladies Must Play'' (1930) *'' Shadow Ranch'' (1930) *''Hurricane'' (1930) *'' Men Without Law'' (1930) *'' Dirigible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, cultural and historic hub. The city straddles the Bosporus strait, lying in both Europe and Asia, and has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population of Turkey. Istanbul is the list of European cities by population within city limits, most populous European city, and the world's List of largest cities, 15th-largest city. The city was founded as Byzantium ( grc-gre, Βυζάντιον, ) in the 7th century BCE by Ancient Greece, Greek settlers from Megara. In 330 CE, the Roman emperor Constantine the Great made it his imperial capital, renaming it first as New Rome ( grc-gre, Νέα Ῥώμη, ; la, Nova Roma) and then as Constantinople () after himself. The city grew in size and influence, eventually becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wall Street (1929 Film)
''Wall Street'' is an American pre-Code drama film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Ralph Ince, Aileen Pringle, Sam De Grasse, Philip Strange, and Freddie Burke Frederick. Released on December 1, 1929, it was produced by Harry Cohn. Premise Ralph Ince is Roller McCray, a steelworker turned ruthless tycoon whose tough business methods leads a rival (Philip Strange) to commit suicide. The widow (Aileen Pringle), believing she can ruin Ince by using his own methods, conspires with her husband's former partner (Sam De Grasse), but a strong friendship between Ince and Pringle's young son (Freddie Burke Frederick) changes things dramatically. Cast *Ralph Ince - Roller McCray *Aileen Pringle - Ann Tabor *Philip Strange - Walter Tabor *Sam De Grasse - John Willard *Ernest Hilliard - Savage * James Finlayson - Andy *George MacFarlane - Ed Foster * Fred Graham - Baring See also *1929 in film *List of early sound feature films (1926–1929) This is a list of early pre-recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Desire
''Human Desire'' is a 1954 American film noir drama film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame and Broderick Crawford. It is loosely based on Émile Zola's 1890 novel ''La Bête humaine''. The story had been filmed twice before: ''La Bête humaine'' (1938), directed by Jean Renoir, and ''Die Bestie im Menschen'', starring Ilka Grüning (1920). Plot Korean War veteran Jeff Warren returns to his town and duties as a train engineer, driving streamliners hauling passenger trains for the fictional Central National railroad. Warren worked alongside Alec Simmons and was a boarder in his home before going off to war. Alec's daughter Ellen is smitten with Jeff. Carl Buckley is a gruff, hard-drinking psychopath. He is an assistant yard supervisor married to the younger Vicki. After Carl is fired for talking back to his boss, Carl begs Vicki to visit John Owens, a man from her past and an important customer of the railroad. Carl hopes Owens' influence could help h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pushover (film)
''Pushover'' is a 1954 American film noir crime film directed by Richard Quine and starring Fred MacMurray, Phil Carey and Kim Novak in her first credited role. The motion picture was adapted from two novels, Thomas Walsh's ''The Night Watch'' and William S. Ballinger's ''Rafferty'', by Roy Huggins, who went on to great success creating television series, including '' The Fugitive'', ''Maverick'', and ''The Rockford Files''. Plot During a bank robbery a bank guard, in attempting to wrest a pistol from one of the two robbers, is shot and killed by the robber, Harry Wheeler (Paul Richards). Lona McLane (Kim Novak), an unaccompanied young woman in a mink coat, leaves a movie theatre and walks to her car. When she tries to start it, it will not turn over, but almost immediately Paul Sheridan (Fred MacMurray) appears at her window to offer his assistance. He spends the evening with her as they call a mechanic, stop for a drink at a bar, and repair to his apartment. In the morning, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Law Vs
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brave Bulls
''The Brave Bulls'' (aka ''Toros Bravos'' and ''The Brave Bulls, A Novel'') is a 1949 Western novel written by Tom Lea (his first) about the raising of bulls, on the ranch Las Astas, for bullfighting in Mexico. Las Astas is based on the real "La Punta", a 15,000 hectare (about 37,000 acre) ranch in eastern Jalisco, near Lagos de Moreno, at one time the largest fighting-bull ranch in the world. Lea, also an artist and muralist, did illustrations throughout the book and on the end papers and dust jacket. Prior to, during World War II, and after, Lea was an artist, and not an author. He went to Mexico to get a better idea about bullfighting, but forgot to take a sketchbook or paintbox, so he found himself using words to describe what he would have as a visual artist. Plot ''The Brave Bulls'' is the story of Luis Bello, ''"The Swordsman of Guerreras"'', the greatest matador in Mexico, who is at the top of his profession, with everything that comes with it, money, a mistress, fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Many Husbands
''Too Many Husbands'' (released in the United Kingdom as ''My Two Husbands'') is a 1940 American romantic comedy film about a woman who loses her husband in a boating accident and remarries, only to have her first spouse reappear—yet another variation on the 1864 poem ''Enoch Arden'' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The film stars Jean Arthur, Fred MacMurray and Melvyn Douglas, and is based on the 1919 play ''Home and Beauty'' by W. Somerset Maugham, which was retitled ''Too Many Husbands'' when it came to New York. The film was directed by Wesley Ruggles. A couple of months after ''Too Many Husbands'' was released by Columbia, RKO put out a movie that was more popular both then and now, ''My Favorite Wife'', a variation on the story with Cary Grant as the remarried spouse whose former wife Irene Dunne returns from sea. ''Too Many Husbands'' was remade as a musical, '' Three for the Show'' (1955), with Jack Lemmon and Betty Grable. ''My Favorite Wife'' came back yet again as '' Move Ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Me Forever (film)
''Love Me Forever'' (also released as ''On Wings of Song'') is a 1935 American drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Recording ( John P. Livadary). Cast * Grace Moore as Margaret Howard * Leo Carrillo as Steve Corelli * Robert Allen as Phillip Cameron * Spring Byington as Clara Fields * Michael Bartlett as Michael Bartlett * Luis Alberni as Luigi * Douglass Dumbrille as Miller * Thurston Hall as Maurizio Reception Writing for ''The Spectator'', Graham Greene made light of the film's use of excerpts from ''La Bohème ''La bohème'' (; ) is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions '' quadri'', '' tableaux'' or "images", rather than ''atti'' (acts). composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giusep ...'' and described Moore's acting as "undistinguished", suggesting that the success of the film is due in large part to Carrillo's performance. It was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirigible (film)
''Dirigible'' is a 1931 American pre-Code adventure film directed by Frank Capra for Columbia Pictures and starring Jack Holt, Ralph Graves and Fay Wray. The picture focuses on the competition between naval fixed-wing and airship pilots to reach the South Pole by air. The female lead is played by Fay Wray. The action scenes feature the stars Jack Holt and Ralph Graves, who also played fliers two years earlier in Capra's 1929 airborne adventure ''Flight''. This film had been intended to emulate the success of ''Wings'' (1927), another production with a similar plot. ''Dirigible'' was characterized as "marginally science fictional" by scifilm.org. (Capra later planned to make a fully science fictional movie but was never able to.) Plot When the famed explorer Louis Rondelle (Hobart Bosworth) requests the U.S. Navy's assistance in reaching the South Pole, officer Jack Bradon (Jack Holt) convinces Rear Admiral John S. Martin (Emmett Corrigan) to offer his dirigible, the USS ''Pen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men Without Law
''Men Without Law'' is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Louis King and starring Buck Jones, Carmelita Geraghty, Thomas Carr, Lydia Knott, and Harry Woods. The film was released by Columbia Pictures on October 15, 1930. Cast *Buck Jones as Buck Healy * Carmelita Geraghty as Juanita del Rey * Thomas Carr as Tom Healy (as Tommy Carr) *Lydia Knott as Mrs. Healy * Harry Woods as Murdock *Fred Burns as Sheriff Jim *Syd Saylor as Hank *Fred Kelsey as Deputy Sheriff Jeff *Ben Corbett as Pug - Henchman * Donald Reed as Ramon del Rey * Hector V. Sarno as Francisco del Rey (as Hector Sarno) *Silver as Silver - Buck's Horse *Tom Bay as Tom - Henchman (uncredited) *Bob Burns as Posse Rider (uncredited) *Bob Card as Soldier on Train (uncredited) * Lafe McKee as Townsman (uncredited) *Art Mix as Henchman (uncredited) *Bill Nestell Bill Nestell (March 3, 1893 – October 18, 1966) was an American film actor and stuntman. He appeared in more than 100 films between 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadow Ranch (film)
''Shadow Ranch'' is a 1930 American pre-Code Western (genre), Western film directed by Louis King. The Library of Congress Packard holds a print of the film.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', (<-book title) p.163 c.1978 by the American Film Institute Cast *Buck Jones as Sim Baldwin (as Charles 'Buck' Jones) *Marguerite De La Motte as Ruth Cameron *Kate Price (actress), Kate Price as Maggie Murphy *Albert J. Smith (actor), Albert J. Smith as Dan Blake (as Al Smith) *Robert McKenzie (actor), Robert McKenzie as Lawyer *Frank Rice (actor), Frank Rice as Ranny Williams *Ben Corbett as Cowhand Ben *Ernie Adams (actor), Ernie Adams as Henchman Joe *Slim Whitaker as Henchman CurleyReferences External links * * 1930 films 1930 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films American Western (genre) films Columbia Pictures f ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladies Must Play
Ladies Must Play is a 1930 pre-Code comedy film starring Dorothy Sebastian and Neil Hamilton directed by Raymond Cannon. Tony, a popular but bankrupt New York socialite, sends his stenographer to Newport to find and marry a millionaire, but she owes her boss a 10% commission. Cast * Dorothy Sebastian as Norma Blake * Neil Hamilton as Anthony 'Tony' Gregg * Natalie Moorhead as Connie Tremaine * John Holland as Geoffrey West * Harry Stubbs Harry Oakes Stubbs (December 7, 1874 – May 9, 1950) was an English-born American character actor, who appeared both on Broadway and in films. He was born on December 7, 1874 in Southampton, Hampshire, England. Stubbs immigrated from England ... as Stormfield 'Stormy' Buttons * Shirley Palmer as Marie * Pauline Neff as Mrs. Wheeler References External links * 1930 films American comedy films 1930 comedy films 1930s English-language films Columbia Pictures films American black-and-white films Films directed by Raymond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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