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Judith Vosselli
Judith Vosselli (June 25, 1895 – September 18, 1966) was a Spanish-born actress who appeared on the American stage and screen during the 1920s and 1930s. Biography Born in Barcelona, Vosselli made her American acting debut in the successful Broadway farce, '' Ladies' Night'', which ran from 1920 to 1921. She appeared on Broadway in 5 more plays over the next five years, including the successful ''Merry Wives of Gotham'' (1924), and ''Louie the 14th'' in 1925. She made the transition from stage to film in 1926, with a role in the silent film, ''The Prince of Tempters''. Over the next ten years she appeared in over 20 feature films. Some of the more notable films in which she appeared include: ''A Lady's Morals'' (1930), starring Grace Moore, Reginald Denny, and Wallace Beery; '' Inspiration'', starring Greta Garbo and Robert Montgomery; the 1932 original sound production of ''Madame Butterfly'', starring Sylvia Sidney and Cary Grant; and the 1935 classic, ''A Tale of Two Citi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prince Of Tempters
''Prince of Tempters'' is a 1926 American silent romance film directed by Lothar Mendes and starring Lois Moran, Ben Lyon, and Lya De Putti. It is based on the 1924 novel '' The Ex-Duke'' by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. Plot Cast * Lois Moran as Monica * Ben Lyon as Francis * Lya De Putti as Dolores * Ian Keith as Mario Ambrosio, later Baron Humberto Giordano * Mary Brian as Mary * Olive Tell as Duchess of Chatsfield * Sam Hardy as Apollo Beneventa * Henry Vibart as Duke of Chatsfield * Judith Vosselli as Signora Wembley * Fraser Coalter as Lawyer * J. Barney Sherry as Papal Secretary * Jeanne Carpenter as Flower girl Production The film was made at the Cosmopolitan Studios in New York. It was the first film made in America by the German director Lothar Mendes, who married Dorothy Mackaill while working on the production. Preservation A copy of this film is held at the Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Flirtation
''The Great Flirtation'' is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Elissa Landi, Adolphe Menjou, David Manners and Lynne Overman. The film was released on June 15, 1934 by Paramount Pictures. It was based on an unpublished story ''I Love an Actress'' by Gregory Ratoff and adapted by Humphrey Pearson. Synopsis In Budapest Stephan Karpath is an egotistical but celebrated stage actor, whose lover Zita Marishka is an aspiring actress. When she is cast alongside him in a play he jealously has her fired. In a huff she departs for New York City, but he accompanies her and they are married on the ship going over. However, in American nobody has heard of Stephan and he finds it difficult to find work. His wife hits on the idea of passing herself off as a famous, but unmarried, Russian actress and is cast in the lead of a Broadway play. She manages to get Stephan work playing opposite her, but to his chagrin she is pursued romantically by several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Is Dangerous (1933 Film)
''Love Is Dangerous'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring John Warburton, Rochelle Hudson, Bradley Page, Judith Vosselli, and Dorothy Revier. The film is also known as ''Love Is Like That''. Plot Gwendolyn, an 18-year-old girl, falls in love with Steve, a misogynistic bachelor, just upon seeing his picture. She manages to meet him, but he pushes her away. She then arranges to meet him again the same evening at the Steve's mother's house. Gwendolyn's sister, whose husband is extremely jealous, also goes there with a friend to teach her husband a lesson... Cast * John Warburton as Steve *Rochelle Hudson as Gwendolyn * Bradley Page as Dean Scarsdale *Judith Vosselli as Emily Scarsdale *Dorothy Revier as Pat Ormsby *Albert Conti as R.J. Ormsby *Herta Lynd as Paula *May Beatty May Beatty (4 June 1880–1 April 1945) was a New Zealand singer and stage and screen actress. She was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 4 June 1880. Bio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under 18
''Under Eighteen'' is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Marian Marsh, Anita Page, Regis Toomey, and Warren William. It is based on the short story "Sky Life" by Frank Mitchell Dazey and Agnes Christine Johnston. Premise A wealthy Broadway producer tries to take advantage of a poor young seamstress who needs money to help her sister divorce her worthless husband. Cast *Marian Marsh as Margie Evans *Anita Page as Sophie *Regis Toomey as Jimmie Slocum *Warren William as Raymond Harding *Norman Foster as Alf *Joyce Compton as Sybil *J. Farrell MacDonald as Pop Evans *Claire Dodd as Babsy *Paul Porcasi as François *Maude Eburne as Mrs. McCarthy *Murray Kinnell as Peterson *Dorothy Appleby as Elsie Reception In his ''New York Times'' review, Mordaunt Hall Mordaunt Hall (1 November 1878 – 2 July 1973) was the first regularly assigned motion picture critic for ''The New York Times'', working from October 1924 to September 1934. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gay Diplomat
''The Gay Diplomat'' is a 1931 American film. Directed by Richard Boleslawski for RKO Radio Pictures, it starred Ivan Lebedeff, Genevieve Tobin and Betty Compson. Synopsis Captain Orloff (Ivan Lebedeff) is a Russian military officer who is sent to Bucharest to discover and dispose of a female spy. The three suspected spies are Countess Diana Dorchy (Genevieve Tobin), Baroness Alma Corri (Betty Compson) and Madame Blinis (Ilka Chase). Before learning the identity of the spy, Orloff falls in love with Diana. In the course of events, the spy is revealed to be Alma who is ultimately tricked into confessing. Orloff returns with his prisoner to St. Petersburg and is joined on the train by Diana. Cast * Genevieve Tobin as Countess Diana Dorchy * Betty Compson as Baroness Alma Corri * Ivan Lebedeff as Captain Ivan Orloff * Ilka Chase as Madame Blinis * Purnell Pratt as Colonel George Gorin * Colin Campbell as Gamble * Arthur Edmund Carew as The Suave Man * Edward Martindel as Ambassa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiss Me Again (1931 Film)
''Kiss Me Again '' is a 1931 American Pre-Code musical operetta film filmed entirely in Technicolor. It was originally released in the United States as ''Toast of the Legion'' late in 1930, but was quickly withdrawn when Warner Bros. realized that the public had grown weary of musicals. The Warner Bros. believed that this attitude would only last for a few months, but, when the public proved obstinate, they reluctantly re-released the film early in 1931 after making a few cuts to the film. Like the 1926 silent First National film '' Mademoiselle Modiste'', ''Kiss Me Again'' is based on a popular 1905 operetta on Broadway, ''Mlle. Modiste'', by Victor Herbert and Henry Martyn Blossom.Traubner, Richard''Operetta: A Theatrical History'' p. 351. Psychology Press, 2003 Plot A French shopgirl (Bernice Claire) obeys her parents by leaving her lover to become an opera star. Cast * Bernice Claire as Mademoiselle Fifi * Edward Everett Horton as Rene * Walter Pidgeon as Paul de St. Cyr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lady Who Dared
''The Lady Who Dared'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by William Beaudine and starring Billie Dove, Sidney Blackmer and Conway Tearle. Print survival, Library of Congress and Turner.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' p.99 c.1978 by The American Film Institute Plot Blackmail prompts a smuggler into obtaining incriminating photos of a diplomat's wife, but he falls in love with her instead. Cast * Billie Dove as Margaret Townsend * Sidney Blackmer as Charles Townsend * Conway Tearle as Jack Norton * Judith Vosselli as Julianne Boone-Fleming * Cosmo Kyrle Bellew as Seton Boone-Fleming * Ivan F. Simpson as Butler * Mathilde Comont as Chambermaid * Lloyd Ingraham Lloyd Chauncey Ingraham (November 30, 1874 – April 4, 1956) was an American film actor and director. Biography Born in Rochelle, Illinois, Ingraham appeared in more than 280 films between 1912 and 1950 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Today (1930 Film)
''Today'' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Conrad Nagel, Catherine Dale Owen and Sarah Padden.Pitts p.223 It was co written by Seton I. Miller and was based on a play by George Howells Broadhurst, which had previously been made into a silent film of the same title. The film's sets were designed by the art director Albert S. D'Agostino. Plot After her husband loses a fortune in the Wall Street Crash and is forced to work as a used car salesman, a young wife is unable to bear the loss in status. Cast * Conrad Nagel as Fred Warner * Catherine Dale Owen as Eve Warner * Sarah Padden as Emma Warner * John M. Sullivan as Henry Warner * Judith Vosselli as Marian Garland * Julia Swayne Gordon as Mrs. Farrington * William Bailey as Gregory * Edna Marion as Gloria Vernon * Robert Thornby Robert Thornby (March 27, 1888 – March 6, 1953) was an American director and actor of the silent era. He directed 75 films betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunny (1930 Film)
''Sunny'' is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Lawrence Gray, O. P. Heggie, and Inez Courtney. It was produced and released by First National Pictures. The film was based on the Broadway stage hit, '' Sunny'', produced by Charles Dillingham, which played from September 22, 1925, to December 11, 1926. Marilyn Miller, who had played the leading part in the Broadway production, was hired by Warner Brothers to reprise the role that made her the highest-paid star on Broadway. Plot Marylin Miller plays the part of an American circus performer, doing her act in a British circus, who is engaged to a man she does not love. A former boyfriend, played by Lawrence Gray, stops by to see her before taking a boat back to the United States. Miller realizing that she loves Gray, decides to run away. She embarks on the same boat that Lawrence takes. Her father, who realizes what his daughter has done, reaches the boat just as it is about to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Second Floor Mystery
''The Second Floor Mystery'' is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Roy Del Ruth. It was based on the 1916 novel ''The Agony Column'' by Earl Derr Biggers. The film stars Grant Withers, Loretta Young, H. B. Warner and John Loder. Plot Geoffrey West and Marion Ferguson (Grant Withers and Loretta Young), two American tourists in London, meet each other at a London hotel while eating breakfast. Both are reading the personal columns of ''The Times''. The next day West inserts an ad, under the alias of Lord Strawberries, which requests her friendship. Ferguson, using the alias of Lady Grapefruit, places an ad in reply which suggests that he should write a series of five letters proving himself worth knowing. West makes up a fabulous story about a murder mysterym based on the things he has heard his upstairs neighbors arguing about. Ferguson's aunt, who disapproves of West, suspects West is the murderer and contacts Scotland Yard. West's neighbor (the one he mentioned in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rogue Song
''The Rogue Song'' is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic and musical film that tells the story of a Russian bandit who falls in love with a princess, but takes his revenge on her when her brother rapes and kills his sister. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production was directed by Lionel Barrymore and released in two versions, with and without sound. Hal Roach wrote and directed the Laurel and Hardy sequences and was not credited. The film stars Metropolitan Opera singer Lawrence Tibbett—who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance—and Catherine Dale Owen. Laurel and Hardy were third-billed; their sequences were filmed at the last minute and interspersed throughout the film in an attempt to boost its potential box-office appeal. This film, MGM's first all-talking Technicolor film,Bann, Richard W. (2000"More 'Rogue Song' Footage Found"''laurel-and-hardy.com'' is partially lost as there are no known complete prints of this film. Fragments do exist. Plot Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
