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June Clyde
June Clyde (born Ina Parton, December 2, 1909 – October 1, 1987) was an American actress, singer and dancer known for roles in such pre-Code films as '' A Strange Adventure'' (1932) and ''A Study in Scarlet'' (1933). Early years June Clyde was born on December 2, 1909, near Maysville, Missouri, as Ina Parton. She was the third child of William Arthur Parton and Orpha Dorothy Day. William and Orpha divorced about 1913, when Orpha took the three girls to live in St. Joseph, Missouri. The girls were nieces of actress Leona Hutton. By 1915, the family moved to Arbuckle, California. Around 1916, Orpha married Harvey Arthur Clyde. Career When Clyde was six years old, she appeared on stage as Baby Tetrazinia. When she was 19, she starred in the film ''Tanned Legs'' (1929). She was a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1932 and she progressed in a career in Hollywood films before marrying film director Thornton Freeland. Clyde moved to England with her husband and appeared in several Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Study In Scarlet (1933 Film)
''A Study in Scarlet'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code mystery thriller film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Reginald Owen as Sherlock Holmes and Anna May Wong as Mrs. Pyke. The title comes from Arthur Conan Doyle's 1887 novel of the same name, the first in the Holmes series, but the screenplay by Robert Florey was original. Production Despite her billing, Anna May Wong only appears on screen for less than ten minutes. Reginald Owen had played Dr. Watson in ''Sherlock Holmes'' the previous year; Owen was one of a small number of actors to play both Holmes and Watson. Some of the other actors who played both roles are Jeremy Brett, who played Watson on stage in the United States prior to adopting the mantle of Holmes on British television, Howard Marion-Crawford, who played Holmes on British radio and Watson on American television, Carleton Hobbs, who played both roles in British radio adaptations, and Patrick Macnee Daniel Patrick Macnee (6 February 1922 – 25 June 2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona (1931 Film)
''Arizona'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Laura La Plante, John Wayne and June Clyde. It is one of several films based on Augustus Thomas's 1899 play of the same name. Filmed as "Arizona", the movie's makers applied to the New York State Censor Board for a new title, "Men Are Like That", and the film was released and reviewed under that title in New York and elsewhere. (It was copyrighted under the title ''Arizona'' however, and was years later reissued under that name.) The film was released in the U.K. as ''The Virtuous Wife''. Plot While at West Point, Lt. Bob Denton rebuffs Evelyn Palmer, who shows up later in Arizona as the wife of his commanding officer. Denton gets involved in a romantic relationship with Evelyn's younger sister, Bonnie. To keep him from marrying her sister, Evelyn falsely accuses Denton of sexually harassing her, which leads to his being expelled from the academy. She later learns that he and her siste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tess Of The Storm Country (1932 Film)
''Tess of the Storm Country'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by directed by Alfred Santell and starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, and Dudley Digges. It was released by Fox Film Corporation. It is based on the novel of the same name by Grace Miller White and its adaptation for the stage by Rupert Hughes. Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen films together, including Frank Borzage's classics '' Seventh Heaven'' (1927), '' Street Angel'' (1928), and '' Lucky Star'' (1929). Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress for the first two films and F. W. Murnau's '' Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans''. The film's copyright was renewed in 1960.https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyr3141213libr/page/48/mode/1up?view=theater Cast *Janet Gaynor as Tess Howland *Charles Farrell as Frederick Garfield, Jr. *Dudley Digges as Captain Howland * Dan Green as Katsura *June Clyde as Teola Garfield *Claude Gillingwater as Frederick Garfield Sr. *George Meeker as Dan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Finishing Touch (1932 Film)
''The Finishing Touch'' is a 1928 short comedy silent film produced by Hal Roach, directed by Clyde Bruckman and starring Laurel and Hardy. It was released February 25, 1928 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Synopsis Stan and Ollie are hired by a homeowner (Sam Lufkin) to finish building a house for him. Furthermore, they are offered a $500 bonus if they do a speedy job. They then proceed on their appointed task with zeal but experience one disastrous result after another. Compounding their difficulties is a nearby hospital whose small but feisty head nurse sics a policeman (Edgar Kennedy) on the finishers for being too loud in their work. The policeman tries to keep Stan and Ollie as quiet as possible. In doing so, he unwittingly gets in the firing line and suffers numerous indignities, including having a bucket of glue and a stack of shingles fall from the roof onto his head. Eventually the home is finished, and Stan and Ollie seem to have done a passable job. The homeowner arrives. Plea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The All American (1932 Film)
''The All American'' is a 1932 American pre-Code sports drama film directed by Russell Mack and written by Ferdinand Reyher and Frank Wead. The film stars Richard Arlen, Andy Devine and Gloria Stuart. It was given its premiere in Los Angeles on October 7, 1932, by Universal Pictures. Many noted real-life football players and a coach appeared uncredited in the film. Plot College football hero Gary King's life changes for the worse when the allure of money results in a business arrangement with untrustworthy Willie Walsh and a romance with heiress Gloria Neuchard, changing all his previous plans. Gary spurns sweetheart Ellen Steffens and puts off a promise to best friend Steve Kelly to launch a construction business together. His lavish spending on Gloria and gambling habit result in Gary falling deeply in debt. In the meantime, Gary's younger brother Bob has become an All-American football star. Bob is married to Betty Poe and all is well until wealthy Gloria and scheming Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back Street (1932 Film)
''Back Street'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by John M. Stahl and starring Irene Dunne and John Boles. Based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Fannie Hurst, it tells the story of a woman who spends her life as the secret mistress of a wealthy married man. The devotion and love of the woman to the married man determines that she will be the “back streets” of him in the whole life; a story of a love that was not destined. This was the first of three film versions of Hurst's novel; remakes were released in 1941 and 1961. Plot In early 1900s Cincinnati, young and beautiful Ray Schmidt (Irene Dunne) works in her father's shop by day and stays out late drinking beer and dancing with various men by night, although her stepmother disapproves. Ray dates for fun, mostly going out with traveling salesmen passing through town, and neither she nor her dates are interested in any permanent attachment. An exception is Kurt Shendler, who owns a bicycle shop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thrill Of Youth
''Thrill of Youth'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring June Clyde and Dorothy Peterson.Pitts, p. 90 Cast * June Clyde as Jill Fenwick * Allen Vincent as Jack Thayer * Dorothy Peterson as Seena Sherwood * George Irving as Jeff Thayer * Matty Kemp as Chet Thayer * Lucy Beaumont as Grandma Thayer * Tom Ricketts as Grandpa Zachary Thayer * Caryl Lincoln as Marcia Dale * Ethel Clayton as Alice Fenwick * Bryant Washburn Franklin Bryant Washburn III (April 28, 1889 – April 30, 1963) was an American film actor who appeared in more than 370 films between 1911 and 1947. Washburn's parents were Franklin Bryant Washburn II and Metha Catherine Johnson Washburn. He a ... as Colby Sherwood Plot References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940''. McFarland & Company, 2005. External links * 1932 films 1932 drama films 1930s English-language films American drama films Films directed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Patrol (film)
''Radio Patrol'' is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by Edward L. Cahn, written by Tom Reed and Richard Schayer, and starring Robert Armstrong, Russell Hopton, Lila Lee, June Clyde, Sidney Toler and Andy Devine. It was released on June 2, 1932, by Universal Pictures. Plot Cast * Robert Armstrong as Bill Kennedy *Russell Hopton as Pat Bourke *Lila Lee as Sue Kennedy *June Clyde as Vern Wiley *Sidney Toler as Sgt. Tom Keogh *Andy Devine as Pete Wiley * Harry Woods as Kloskey *Onslow Stevens as Carl Hughes *John Lester Johnson as Smokey Johnson *Noel Madison as Tony *Dewey Robinson as Little Erny *Herman Bing Herman Bing (March 30, 1889 – January 9, 1947) was a German-American character actor. He acted in more than 120 films and many of his parts were uncredited. Biography Bing was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was son of the opera ... as Schwabacher, the Funeral Director (unaccredited) References External links * 1932 films 1930s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racing Youth
''Racing Youth'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Vin Moore and written by Earle Snell. The film stars Slim Summerville, Louise Fazenda, Frank Albertson, June Clyde, Arthur Stuart Hull and Forrest Stanley. The film was released on April 1, 1932, by Universal Pictures. Cast *Slim Summerville as Slim *Louise Fazenda as Daisy Joy *Frank Albertson as Teddy Blue *June Clyde as Amelia Cruickshank *Arthur Stuart Hull as Brown *Forrest Stanley as Sanford * Eddie Phillips as Van *Otis Harlan Otis Harlan (December 29, 1865 – January 21, 1940) was an American actor and comedian. He voiced Happy, one of the Seven Dwarfs in the Disney animated film ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. Early years Harlan was born in Zanesville, Ohio ... as Dave References External links * 1932 films 1930s English-language films American auto racing films 1932 romantic drama films American romantic drama films 1932 drama films Universal Pictures films Films directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cohens And Kellys In Hollywood
''The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood'' is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by John Francis Dillon and written by Howard J. Green. The film stars George Sidney, Charles Murray, June Clyde, Norman Foster, Esther Howard, and Emma Dunn. The film was released on March 28, 1932, by Universal Pictures. Cast *George Sidney as Sidney Nathan Cohen *Charles Murray as Michael Kelly *June Clyde as Kitty Kelly *Norman Foster as Maurice Cohen *Esther Howard as Mrs. Maggie Kelly *Emma Dunn as Mrs. Sarah Cohen *Eileen Percy as Eileen Percy * Edwin Maxwell as Chauncey Chadwick *Luis Alberni as Bladimir Petrosky *John Roche as Gregory Gordon *Robert Greig as Chesterfield *Dorothy Christy as Mrs. Chauncey Chadwick *Harry Barris as Pianist *Frank Albertson as Frank Albertson *Lew Ayres as Lew Ayers * Sidney Fox as Sidney Fox * Genevieve Tobin as Genevieve Tobin *Tom Mix Thomas Edwin Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix; January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steady Company (1932 Film)
''Steady Company'' is a 1932 pre-Code American action film directed by Edward Ludwig, written by Edward Ludwig and Earle Snell, and starring Norman Foster, June Clyde, ZaSu Pitts, Henry Armetta, J. Farrell MacDonald and Maurice Black. It was released on March 14, 1932, by Universal Pictures. Cast *Norman Foster as Jim *June Clyde as Peggy *ZaSu Pitts as Dot *Henry Armetta as Tony Capri *J. Farrell MacDonald as Hogan *Maurice Black as Blix *Morgan Wallace as Tuxedo Carter *Jack Perry as Pico Vacci *Morrie Cohan as Curly Blake *Willard Robertson Willard Robertson (January 1, 1886 – April 5, 1948) was an American actor and writer. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1924 and 1948. He was born in Runnels, Texas, and died in Hollywood, California. Biography Robertson first w ... as Pop Henley References External links * 1932 films 1930s English-language films American action films 1930s action films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Edward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Witness
''The Secret Witness'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film, directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Una Merkel, William Collier Jr. and Zasu Pitts.Goble p. 946 It is an adaptation of the novel ''Murder in the Gilded Cage'' by Sam Spewack. The screenplay concerns a man who is found murdered in his luxury apartment. His neighbors believe that the wrong man has been arrested and set out to solve the crime. Cast * Una Merkel as Lois Martin * William Collier Jr. as Arthur Jones aka Casey * Zasu Pitts as Bella * Purnell Pratt as Capt. McGowan * Ralf Harolde as Lewis Leroy * Clyde Cook as Larson - Building Engineer * June Clyde as Tess Jones * Nat Pendleton as Gunner - Bodyguard * Clarence Muse as Jeff - Building Janitor * Hooper Atchley as Herbert 'Bert' Folsom * Billy Bletcher as Radio Announcer's Voice * Mike Donlin as Mike - Speakeasy Proprietor * James Durkin as Detective * Greta Granstedt as Moll * Henry Hall as Police Commissioner Martin * Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
