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Katherine Alexander
Katharine Alexander (September 22, 1898 - February 10, 1981) was an American actress on stage and screen. She appeared in 44 films between 1930 and 1951. Her first name was sometimes spelled Katherine in billing. Biography Alexander was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and was one-eighth Cherokee Indian. As a young woman, she planned to be a concert artist, but Samuel Goldwyn saw her giving a violin recital and gave her a chance on stage. She became one of Broadway's leading ladies but went into films in 1930. Theatrical productions Alexander debuted on stage in ''A Successful Calamity'' with William Gillette. She starred alongside Paul Muni as his wife Linda Loman in London's Phoenix Theatre production of ''Death of a Salesman'', which opened on July 28, 1949, directed by Elia Kazan. Her Broadway credits included ''Time for Elizabeth'' (1948), ''Little Brown Jug'' (1946), ''Letters to Lucerne'' (1941), ''The Party's Over'' (1933), ''Honeymoon'' (1932), ''Best Years'' (193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After Office Hours
''After Office Hours'' is a 1935 crime drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Clark Gable and Constance Bennett. The screenplay was written by Herman Mankiewicz. Plot Jim Branch (Clark Gable), a newspaper editor, falls for wealthy socialite Sharon Norwood (Constance Bennett), after having fired her as a reporter, all while trying to solve a murder mystery. Cast * Constance Bennett as Sharon Norwood * Clark Gable as James "Jim" Branch * Stuart Erwin as Hank Parr * Billie Burke as Mrs. Norwood * Harvey Stephens as Tommy Bannister * Katharine Alexander as Julia Patterson * Hale Hamilton as Henry King Patterson * Henry Travers as Cap * Henry Armetta as Italian diner owner * Charles Richman as Jordan * Herbert Bunston as Barlow, Norwood's butler * Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Murchison * William Demarest as police detective * Rita La Roy Rita La Roy (born Ina La Roi Stuart; October 2, 1901 – February 18, 1993) was an American actress and dancer, beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Should Ladies Behave
''Should Ladies Behave'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and written by Bella Spewack and Sam Spewack, adapted from the play, "The Vinegar Tree" by Paul Osborn. The film stars Lionel Barrymore, Alice Brady, Conway Tearle, Katharine Alexander and Mary Carlisle. The film was released on December 1, 1933, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Cast *Lionel Barrymore as Augustus Merrick *Alice Brady as Laura Merrick *Conway Tearle as Max Lawrence *Katharine Alexander as Mrs. Winifred Lamont *Mary Carlisle as Leone Merrick *William Janney as Geoffrey Cole *Halliwell Hobbes Herbert Halliwell Hobbes (16 November 187720 February 1962) was an English actor. Early years The future actor was the son of William Albert Hobbes (1841-1909), a Warwickshire solicitor, and his wife, Marion Hobbes, née Dennis, (1838-1925). ... as Louis References External links * 1933 films American comedy films 1933 comedy films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonlight Murder
''Moonlight Murder'' is a 1936 American crime film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf. The film stars Chester Morris, Madge Evans, Leo Carrillo, Frank McHugh, Benita Hume, Grant Mitchell, Katharine Alexander and J. Carrol Naish. The film was released on March 27, 1936, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot An amateur detective gets a chance to test his sleuthing skills when an opera singer is murdered at the Hollywood Bowl. Cast *Chester Morris as Steve Farrell *Madge Evans as Toni Adams *Leo Carrillo as Gino D'Acosta *Frank McHugh as William *Benita Hume as Diana * Grant Mitchell as Dr. Adams *Katharine Alexander as Louisa Chiltern *J. Carrol Naish as Bejac *H. B. Warner as Godfrey Chiltern ... *Duncan Renaldo as Pedro *Leonard Ceeley as Ivan Bosloff *Robert McWade as Police Chief Quinlan * Pedro de Cordoba as Swami *Charles Trowbridge Charles Silas Richard Trowbridge (January 10, 1882 – October 30, 1967) was an American film a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sutter's Gold
''Sutter's Gold'' is a 1936 American Western film. It is a fictionalized version of the aftermath of the discovery of gold on Sutter's property, spurring the California Gold Rush of 1849. Edward Arnold plays John Sutter. The supporting cast includes Lee Tracy, Binnie Barnes, Katherine Alexander, Montagu Love, and Harry Carey as Kit Carson. The film was directed by James Cruze. The film is based on the novel "L'Or; la merveilleuse histoire du général Johann August Suter" by Blaise Cendrars (Paris, 1925); , and a play by Bruno Frank. Cast * Edward Arnold as John Sutter *Lee Tracy as Pete Perkin *Binnie Barnes as Countess Elizabeth Bartoffski *Katharine Alexander as Anna Sutter *Montagu Love as Capt. Kettleson *Addison Richards as James Marshall *John Miljan as Gen. Juan Bautista Alvarado *Harry Carey as Kit Carson *William Janney as John Sutter, Jr. *Nan Grey as Ann Eliza Sutter *Robert Warwick as Gen. Alexander Rotscheff *Morgan Wallace as General Fremont *Allen Vincent as J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Splendor (1935 Film)
''Splendor'' is a 1935 American drama film starring Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and distributed by United Artists. It is the third film made by Hopkins and McCrea after '' The Richest Girl in the World'' and '' Barbary Coast''. The two later starred in ''These Three'' and ''Woman Chases Man''. Cast *Miriam Hopkins as Phyllis Manning Lorrimore *Joel McCrea as Brighton Lorrimore *Paul Cavanagh as Martin Deering *Helen Westley as Mrs. Emmeline Lorrimore *Billie Burke as Clarissa *David Niven as Clancey Lorrimore *Katharine Alexander as Martha Lorrimore *Ruth Weston as Edith Gilbert *Arthur Treacher Arthur Veary Treacher (, 23 July 1894 – 14 December 1975) was an English film and stage actor active from the 1920s to the 1960s, and known for playing English types, especially butler and manservant roles, such as the P.G. Wodehouse valet c ... as Major Ballinger External links * 1935 films 1935 drama films American drama films American b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Married Her Boss
''She Married Her Boss'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Claudette Colbert. Plot Julia Scott (Claudette Colbert) is a very efficient secretary at a department store. She is in love with her boss, Richard Barclay (Melvyn Douglas), who pays no attention to her, unless it has to do with business. Julia goes to lunch with Martha Pryor (Jean Dixon), who tells her she is offered a manager position of a department store in Paris. She turns it down, because of her love for Richard. Business forces Julia and Richard to work late at his house. Julia meets Richard's sister, Gertrude, and his daughter, Annabel, who is a very spoiled, out of control child. Richard lets Julia take over the house for a couple of hours, in which she "straightens out" the household. Afterwards, she regrets all that she did at Richard's house. She turns to Martha, who says she'll take care of everything. Martha talks to Richard the next day, telling him that Julia is leaving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginger (1935 Film)
''Ginger'' is a 1935 American comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Seiler and written by Arthur Kober. The film stars Jane Withers, O. P. Heggie, Jackie Searl, Katharine Alexander, and Walter Woolf King. It was Withers' first starring role. Plot Jeanette Tracy, known to her friends as Ginger, is an 8-year-old orphan living in a New York slum apartment with her "Uncle Rex", an aging Shakespearean actor. Their poor but happy existence is framed by lines from famous Shakespearean plays which they recite to each other; their favorite is the balcony scene from ''Romeo and Juliet''. One day, a probation officer comes to the apartment and threatens to take Ginger away if she doesn't stop skipping school and Uncle Rex remains unemployed. Uncle Rex says he has found a job at the casting office and Ginger assures the officer that she will be a model student from now on. It turns out that Uncle Rex's new job is as a barker for a movie theater, and he is arrested when he attacks the manager ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl From 10th Avenue
''The Girl from 10th Avenue'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green. The screenplay by Charles Kenyon is based on the 1914 play ''Outcast'' by Hubert Henry Davies. The film was released in the United Kingdom as ''Men on Her Mind''. Plot Geoffrey Sherwood, rejected by Valentine French in favor of wealthier suitor John Marland, watches her wedding from outside the church. Inebriated, he becomes increasingly louder, drawing the attention of two policemen as well as Miriam Brady, a shopgirl on her lunch hour, who takes Geoff to a cafe to spare him from arrest. There they encounter Hugh Brown and Tony Hewlitt, two of his society friends, who offer Miriam $100 to keep an eye on Geoffrey and make sure he stays out of trouble. The following morning the couple discover that while under the influence of alcohol they were married by a justice of the peace. Miriam offers to give her new husband his freedom, but he decides to remain with her. They set up housekeeping in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alias Mary Dow
''Alias Mary Dow'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Sally Eilers, Ray Milland and Henry O'Neill.Quinlan p.331 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ralph Berger. Premise In order to comfort his dying wife, a man hires a taxi-dancer to pose as their daughter who had been kidnapped as a child. However, when the woman unexpectedly recovers she is forced to maintain the deception. Cast * Sally Eilers as Sally Gates * Ray Milland as Peter Marshall * Henry O'Neill as Henry Dow * Katharine Alexander as Evelyn Dow * Chick Chandler as Jimmie Kane * Addison Richards as Martin * Lola Lane as Minnie * Clarence Muse as 'Rufe' * Juanita Quigley Juanita Quigley (24 June 1931 – 29 October 2017) was an American child actress in motion pictures of the 1930s and 1940s. She had a sister, Rita Quigley, who was also a child actress. Career Juanita Quigley was billed as "Baby Jane" in several ... as Mary Dow References Bibliograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardinal Richelieu (film)
''Cardinal Richelieu'' is a 1935 American historical film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring George Arliss, Maureen O'Sullivan, Edward Arnold and Cesar Romero. It was based on the 1839 play '' Richelieu'' by Edward Bulwer-Lytton depicting the life of the great seventeenth century French statesman Cardinal Richelieu and his dealings with Louis XIII. Cast * George Arliss as Cardinal Richelieu * Maureen O'Sullivan as Lenore * Edward Arnold as Louis XIII * Cesar Romero as Andre de Pons * Douglass Dumbrille as Baradas * Francis Lister as Gaston * Halliwell Hobbes as Father Joseph * Violet Kemble Cooper as Queen Marie * Katharine Alexander as Anne of Austria * Lumsden Hare as Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden * Russell Hicks as Le Moyne * Murray Kinnell as Duke of Lorraine * Herbert Bunston as Duke of Normandy * Guy Bellis as Duke of Buckingham * Boyd Irwin as Austrian Prime Minister * Leonard Mudie as Olivares * Reginald Sheffield as Richelieu's Outrider * William Worth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enchanted April (1935 Film)
''Enchanted April'' is a 1935 American comedy drama film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Ann Harding, Frank Morgan and Katharine Alexander. It was made by RKO Pictures. The original 1922 novel '' The Enchanted April'' has also been adapted for the stage multiple times, and adapted for the 1991 film by screenwriter Peter Barnes. Plot At Hampstead Court Housewives Club, two women sit in the living room with a fireplace. Outside it's raining. One of the women reads a book (a biography of Madame Du Barry); the other woman is nervously looking around the room and finally decides to look up the newspaper. When she sees a certain announcement, she has to talk, saying to the other woman how beautiful it would be to leave dreadful London and go south to Italy, renting a Castle for two or more people and splitting the costs. So they find the way to San Salvatore, and the Enchanted April is there from the very minute they arrive. Their husbands and lovers are soon popping up and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Painted Veil (1934 Film)
''The Painted Veil'' is a 1934 American drama directed by Richard Boleslawski and starring Greta Garbo. The film was produced by Hunt Stromberg for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Based on the 1925 novel '' The Painted Veil'' by W. Somerset Maugham, with a screenplay by John Meehan, Salka Viertel, and Edith Fitzgerald, the film is about a woman who accompanies her new husband to China while he conducts medical research. Feeling neglected by her husband, the woman soon falls in love with a handsome diplomatic attaché. The film score was by Herbert Stothart, the cinematography by William H. Daniels, the art direction by Cedric Gibbons, and the costume design by Adrian. The film earned $1,658,000 at the box office. Plot After her sister Olga marries and leaves home, Katrin Koerber, the daughter of an Austrian medical professor, fights loneliness and dreams of a more exciting life outside Austria. Consequently, when Dr. Walter Fane, a British bacteriologist, asks her to marry him and move ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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