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John W. Considine Jr.
John W. Considine Jr. (October 7, 1898 – March 22, 1961) was an American film producer. He joined MGM from Fox in 1932 and remained with the company for the rest of his career. That year he also directed his only film ''Disorderly Conduct''. He was born in Spokane, Washington the son of Elizabeth Ann (Donnelan) and impresario John Considine. He married Carmen Pantages (daughter of Alexander Pantages) and was the father of actor Tim Considine and writer and actor John Considine. He and Carmen divorced in 1958. Filmography * '' Wild Justice'' (1925) * ''The Eagle'' (1925) * ''The Son of the Sheik'' (1926) * ''Two Arabian Knights'' (1927) * ''Tempest'' (1928) * ''The Garden of Eden'' (1928) * '' Eternal Love'' (1929) * ''New York Nights'' (1929) * ''One Romantic Night'' (1930) * '' Puttin' On the Ritz'' (1930) * ''Abraham Lincoln'' (1930) * ''Be Yourself!'' (1930) * ''The Bad One'' (1930) * ''Don't Bet on Women'' (1931) * '' Doctors' Wives'' (1931) * '' Six Cylinder Love'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spokane, Washington
Spokane ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It is in eastern Washington, along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south of the Canada–United States border, Canadian border, west of the Washington–Idaho border, and east of Seattle, along Interstate 90 in Washington, I-90. Spokane is the economic and cultural center of the Spokane metropolitan area, the Spokane–Coeur d'Alene combined statistical area, and the Inland Northwest. It is known as the birthplace of Father's Day (United States), Father's Day, and locally by the nickname of "Lilac City". Officially, Spokane goes by the nickname of ''Hooptown USA'', due to Spokane annually hosting Spokane Hoopfest, the world's largest basketball tournament. The city and the wider Inland Northwest area are served by Spokane International Airport, west of Downtown Spokane. According to the 2010 United States census, 2010 ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Garden Of Eden (1928 Film)
''The Garden of Eden'' is a 1928 silent film starring Corinne Griffith, Louise Dresser and Lowell Sherman. It was adapted from Avery Hopwood's short-lived stage production. A print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. Also prints held by George Eastman House, UCLA Film and Tv and Filmoteca De Catalunya, Barcelona. Plot A Viennese ingénue named ''Toni LeBrun'', (Corinne Griffith), is determined not to be content in her current life, staying with her aunt and uncle and working in their pretzel bakery. The young girl earns a correspondence course degree as an opera singer and dreams of fame on the stage. She decides to leave her small-town life, traveling to Budapest to answer an ad from the ''Palais de Paris''. However, the ad was a sham, a way to get girls for cheap stage shows and more, for its wealthier clientele. When she arrives, Toni is confused when the manager, the lecherous (and quite possibly lesbian) Madame Bauer (Maude George), asks her to show her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Wanted A Millionaire
''She Wanted a Millionaire'' is a 1932 American pre-Code film starring Joan Bennett and Spencer Tracy. The film, produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation, was directed by John G. Blystone and also features Una Merkel. It is the only film that Bennett and Tracy made together in which she was billed over Tracy. They also played the top-billed romantic leads in ''Me and My Gal'' (1932), '' Father of the Bride'' (1950), and ''Father's Little Dividend'' (1951). Plot summary Cast * Joan Bennett as Jane Miller * Spencer Tracy as William Kelley * Una Merkel as Mary Taylor * James Kirkwood as Roger Norton * Dorothy Peterson as Mrs. Miller * Douglas Cosgrove as Mr. Miller * Don Dillaway as Humphrey * Tetsu Komai as Charlie * Constantine Romanoff as Monk * George Chandler as Hotel Worker * Lucille La Verne as Mother Norton * Judith Vosselli as French Society Woman * Cecilia Parker as Miss Hollywood * June Lang as Beauty Contest Contestant * Sheila Bromley as Beauty Cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Always Goodbye (1931 Film)
''Always Goodbye'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Kenneth MacKenna and William Cameron Menzies and starring Elissa Landi, Lewis Stone and Paul Cavanagh.Solomon p.321 It was produced and distributed by Fox Film. Synopsis In London a con man and a former heiress join forces to try and cheat a millionaire at his Italian villa. Cast * Elissa Landi as Lila Banning * Lewis Stone as John Graham * Paul Cavanagh as Reginald Armstrong, alias of Morgan * John Garrick as Cyril Shayne * Frederick Kerr as Sir George Boomer * Lumsden Hare as Blake * Herbert Bunston as Merson * Frank Atkinson as Servant * Mischa Auer as Mechanic * Louise Carver as Tenant in Hallway * Albert Conti as Party Gossip * Gino Corrado as Italian Policeman * Mary Gordon as Mrs. MacPherson, Moviegoer * Inez Palange Inez Palange (June 13, 1889 – October 16, 1962), also written as Ines Palange, was an Italian-born American actress who was best known for her role as Mrs. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skyline (1931 Film)
''Skyline'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Sam Taylor and starring silent film veteran Thomas Meighan. It is based on a novel—''East Side, West Side''—by Felix Riesenberg. It was produced and released by Fox Film Corporation. Cast *Thomas Meighan – Gordon A. McClellan *Hardie Albright – John Breen *Maureen O'Sullivan – Kathleen Kearny *Myrna Loy – Paula Lambert * Stanley Fields – Captain Breen *Jack Kennedy – Kearny *Robert McWade – Judge West *Don Dillaway – Gerry Gaige *Alice Ward – Mrs. Kearny *Dorothy Peterson Bergetta "Dorothy" Peterson (25 December 1897 - 3 October 1979) was an American actress. She began her acting career on Broadway before appearing in more than eighty Hollywood films. Early years Peterson was born in Hector, Minnesota, the daug ... – Rose Breen References External linksSkyline at IMDb.com*lobby poster 1931 films Films directed by Sam Taylor Fox Film films Films based on American novels 1931 dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six Cylinder Love (1931 Film)
''Six Cylinder Love'' is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Spencer Tracy, Sidney Fox and Edward Everett Horton. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and is a remake of their 1923 silent original. Both films are based on the 1921 Broadway play. It recorded a loss of $25,000. A further remake '' The Honeymoon's Over'' was released in 1939. Synopsis A fast-talking auto salesman persuades a couple of newlyweds to purchase a new car that they can ill afford to boost their social prestige. It soon proves to be more trouble than it is worth, leading to the wife getting into trouble by drunk driving and the husband to fall foul of his boss. Eventually, with the help of the auto salesman, they find someone else to sell the car to. Cast * Spencer Tracy as William Donroy * Edward Everett Horton as Monty Winston * Sidney Fox as Marilyn Sterling * Lorin Raker as Gilbert Sterling * William Collier, Sr. as Richard Burton * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctors' Wives (1931 Film)
''Doctors' Wives'' is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama film made by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Frank Borzage. The film stars Warner Baxter and Joan Bennett. The screenplay was written by Maurine Dallas Watkins, based on a novel by Henry and Sylvia Lieferant. Cast * Warner Baxter as Dr. Judson Penning * Joan Bennett as Nina Wyndram * Victor Varconi as Dr. Kane Ruyter * Cecilia Loftus as Aunt Amelia * Paul Porcasi as Dr. Calucci * Minna Gombell as Julia Wyndram * Helene Millard as Vivian Crosby * John St. Polis John M. St. Polis (born John Marie Sainpolis; November 24, 1873 – October 8, 1946) was an American actor. Biography St. Polis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Before starting his film career, he made a name for himself on the Broadway ... as Dr. Mark Wyndram * George Chandler as Dr. Roberts * Violet Dunn as Lou Roberts * Ruth Warren as Charlotte * Louise Mackintosh as Mrs. Kent * William Maddox as Rudie External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Bet On Women
''Don't Bet on Women'' is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by William K. Howard and starring Edmund Lowe, Jeanette MacDonald and Roland Young.Turk p.359 Plot On a whim, Herbert Blake proposes a wager with Roger Fallon that he won't be able to get a kiss during the coming 48 hours from the next woman who happens to walk into the room. Fallon takes the bet, whereupon the woman who turns up is Herbert's wife. Cast * Edmund Lowe as Roger Fallon * Jeanette MacDonald as Jeanne Drake * Roland Young as Herbert Drake * J.M. Kerrigan as Chipley Duff * Una Merkel as Tallulah Hope * Helene Millard as Doris Brent * Louise Beavers as Maid * Sumner Getchell as Office Boy * Henry Kolker as Butterfield * James T. Mack as Sommers - Fallon's Butler * Cyril Ring Cyril Ring (December 5, 1892July 17, 1967) was an American film actor. He began his career in silent films in 1921. By the time of his final performance in 1951, he had appeared in over 350 films, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bad One
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already 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 pronouns 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 pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Be Yourself!
''Be Yourself!'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Fanny Brice and Robert Armstrong. The plot involves an entertainer (Brice) managing a boxer (Armstrong). The cinematographer was Karl Struss and the running time is 65 minutes. Cast *Fanny Brice as Fannie Field * Robert Armstrong as Jerry Moore *Harry Green as Harry Field *G. Pat Collins as "Mac" McCloskey *Gertrude Astor as Lillian Thorpe *Budd Fine as Step *Marjorie Kane as Lola, chorus girl *Rita Flynn as Jessica References External links * *''Be Yourself!''in ''The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...'' 1930 films 1930 musical comedy films American musical comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by Thornton F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Lincoln (1930 Film)
''Abraham Lincoln'', also released under the title ''D. W. Griffith's "Abraham Lincoln"'', is a 1930 pre-Code American biographical film about Abraham Lincoln directed by D. W. Griffith. It stars Walter Huston as Lincoln and Una Merkel, in her second speaking role, as Ann Rutledge. The script was co-written by Stephen Vincent Benét, author of the Civil War prose poem ''John Brown's Body'' (1928), and Gerrit Lloyd. This was the first of only two sound films made by Griffith. The film entered the public domain in 1958 when the initial copyright expired. The copyright holders did not elect to extend it for a second 28-year term. Plot summary The first act of the film covers Lincoln's early life as a storekeeper and rail-splitter in New Salem and his early romance with Ann Rutledge, and his early years as a lawyer and his courtship and marriage to Mary Todd in Springfield, Illinois. The majority of the film deals with Lincoln's presidency during the American Civil War and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puttin' On The Ritz (film)
''Puttin' On the Ritz'' is a 1930 American pre-Code musical film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Harry Richman, Joan Bennett, and James Gleason. The screenplay was written by Gleason and William K. Wells based on a story by John W. Considine Jr. It was the first of many films to feature the popular song " Puttin' On the Ritz", which was written and published by Irving Berlin in 1929. Cast *Harry Richman as Harry Raymond *Joan Bennett as Dolores Fenton *James Gleason as James 'Jimmy' Tierney * Aileen Pringle as Mrs. Teddy Von Rennsler *Lilyan Tashman as Goldie Devere *Purnell Pratt as George Barnes *Richard Tucker as Fenway Brooks *Eddie Kane as Bob Wagner * George Irving as Dr. Blair * Sidney Franklin as Schmidt Preservation All current prints derive from a 1940s re-release print that was censored for pre-Code content and cut down by about twenty minutes. The title cards at the start and end of the film have also been edited and altered. ''Puttin' On the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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