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Lillian Elliott
Lillian Elliott (24 April 1874 – 15 January 1959) was a stage and film actress, appearing in 60 films between 1915 and 1943. She was born in Canada and died in Hollywood, California. She was married to actor James Corrigan, and their eldest son, Lloyd Corrigan, became a Hollywood writer, director, and character actor. Partial filmography * '' Help Wanted'' (1915) - Mrs. Meyers * ''Lavender and Old Lace'' (1921) - Jane Hathaway * ''Too Much Married'' (1921) - Mrs. Peter Gulp * ''The Chorus Lady'' (1924) - Mrs. Patrick O'Brien * ''One Glorious Night'' (1924) - Mrs. Clark * '' Proud Flesh'' (1925) - Mrs. Casey * ''Old Clothes'' (1925) - Nathan's Mother * '' Sally, Irene and Mary'' (1938) - Mrs. O'Dare * '' Partners Again'' (1926) - Rosie Potash * '' The Volga Boatman'' (1926) - Landlady (uncredited) * ''The Family Upstairs'' (1926) - Emma Heller * '' The City'' (1926) - Mrs. Elliott * ''Ankles Preferred'' (1927) - Mrs. Goldberg * '' The King of Kings'' (1927) - (uncredited) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood, California
Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. Its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the U.S. film industry and the people associated with it. Many notable film studios, such as Columbia Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and Universal Pictures, are located near or in Hollywood. Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. It was consolidated with the city of Los Angeles in 1910. Soon thereafter a prominent film industry emerged, having developed first on the East Coast. Eventually it became the most recognizable in the world. History Initial development H.J. Whitley, a real estate developer, arranged to buy the E.C. Hurd ranch. They agreed on a price and shook hands on the deal. Whitley shared his plans for the new town with General Harrison Gray Otis, publisher of the ''Los Angeles Times'', and Ivar Weid, a prominent businessman in the area. Daeida Wilcox, who donated land to help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Swellhead
''The Swellhead'' is a 1930 American pre-Code sports film directed by James Flood and starring James Gleason, Johnnie Walker (actor), Johnnie Walker, and Marion Shilling. It is also known by the alternative title of ''Counted Out''. Cast * James Gleason as Johnny Trump * Johnnie Walker (actor), Johnnie Walker as Bill 'Cyclone' Hickey * Marion Shilling as Mamie Judd * Natalie Kingston as Barbara Larkin * Paul Hurst as Mugsy * Freeman Wood as Clive Warren * Lillian Elliott as Mrs. Callahan Preservation status A copy is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. References External links * * 1930 films 1930s sports films 1930s English-language films Films directed by James Flood Tiffany Pictures films American boxing films American black-and-white films 1930s American films {{sport-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One More River
''One More River'' is a 1934 American drama film mystery directed by James Whale. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures and starred Colin Clive, Diana Wynyard and stage actress Mrs Patrick Campbell in one of her very few films. The film marked Jane Wyatt's screen debut. It is based on the 1933 novel of the same title by John Galsworthy. The novel was the conclusion of a trilogy the Nobel Prize-winner conceived as a supplement to his popular '' Forsyte Saga'', which told of generations of an upper middle class English family through the period when the stability of the Victorian era gave way to the uncertainties and tensions of modernity. Universal snapped up the film rights to this best seller and gave the prestigious project to its star director, James Whale. Filming from May to July 1934, ''One More River'' was one of the first films to be subjected to the exacting censorship of the Production Code Administration under Joseph Breen, which took effect in mid-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trumpet Blows , and Frances Drake as Chulita, the woman they both want to marry.Everett Aaker, ''The Films of George Raft'', McFarland & Company, 2013, pp 49-50
The film was written by Bartlett Cormack and Wallace Smith, and directed by Stephen Roberts.
The film was a box office disappointment.
''The Trumpet Blows'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code film directed by Stephen Roberts, featuring George Raft as a Mexican matador, Adolphe Menjou as a retired bandito clearly based on Pancho Villa Francisco "Pancho" Villa (,"Villa" ''Collins English Dictionary''. ; ; Plot |
A Bedtime Story
''A Bedtime Story'' is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic comedy film starring Maurice Chevalier. Plot Chevalier plays a Parisian playboy who finds himself obliged to care for an abandoned baby. The film was directed by Norman Taurog and also stars Edward Everett Horton, Helen Twelvetrees, and Baby LeRoy (in his film debut, as the baby). Production problem The film was notable for the performance of Baby LeRoy, a one-year-old who had been selected from an orphanage by Chevalier and Taurog for his charming appeal. When certain scenes needed to be re-shot, they found that the baby had grown two front teeth, even though the later scenes would be showing the bare gums. There was no way round this.''With Love, the Autobiography of Maurice Chevalier'' (Cassell, 1960), p. 325. Cast *Maurice Chevalier as Monsieur Rene *Helen Twelvetrees as Sally *Edward Everett Horton as Victor Dubois *Adrienne Ames as Paulette *Baby LeRoy as Monsieur "Baby" *Earle Foxe as Max de l'Enclos *Leah Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evenings For Sale by Haydn, nicknamed "Evening"
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The evening is the period of the day between afternoon and night. Evening may also refer to: * ''Evening'' (magazine), a Japanese magazine * ''Evening'' (novel), a 1998 novel by Susan Minot ** ''Evening'' (film), a 2007 film * ''Evenings'' (film), a 1989 Dutch film * ''Evening'' (EP), EP by Mae * Symphony No. 8 (Haydn) Joseph Haydn wrote his Symphony No. 8 in G major under the employ of Prince Paul II Anton Esterházy in Spring 1761, in the transition between the Baroque and Classical periods. It is the third part of a set of three symphonies that Prince Anton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinners In The Sun
''Sinners in the Sun'' is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Alexander Hall, and starring Carole Lombard, Chester Morris, Adrienne Ames, and Alison Skipworth. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Plot Doris Blake (Carole Lombard) works as a top model for Louis in a very chic New York City dress shop. Her boyfriend Jimmie Martin (Chester Morris) is a mechanic. When he comes to pick her up, he talks about marriage, but she argues they both have no money. At a picnic, they quarrel again, and he breaks up with her. Later, Doris meets the very rich, very eccentric Claire Kinkaid (Adrienne Ames) at the shop. To Doris's surprise, Claire does not much care for her own lavish lifestyle. Claire asks her if she has a boyfriend; when Doris tells her they broke up, Claire tells her that a boyfriend is the only thing she wants. Jimmie is standing outside. When Doris and Claire step out, he pretends to be fixing a fancy car, which turns out to be Claire' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polly Of The Circus (1932 Film)
''Polly of the Circus'' is a 1932 American pre-Code MGM drama film directed by Alfred Santell and starring Marion Davies and Clark Gable. Plot When a traveling circus arrives in a small town, trapeze artist Polly Fisher (Marion Davies) is outraged to find that clothing has been added to posters of her to hide her moderately skimpy costume. She goes to see the man she mistakenly holds responsible, Reverend John Hartley (Clark Gable). He denies being the censor, but their relationship gets off to a rocky start. When a heckler distracts Polly during her performance, she falls to the ground. John Hartley has her brought to his nearby house. The doctor advises against moving her. As she recuperates, Polly and John fall in love and marry. She willingly gives up the circus for him. John's uncle, Bishop James Northcott (C. Aubrey Smith), questions the wisdom of the union, and John's congregation rebels at having an ex-circus performer as their minister's wife. As a result, he is fired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Eats
''Free Eats'' is a 1932 ''Our Gang'' short comedy film directed by Ray McCarey. It was the 112th (24th talking Our Gang episode) ''Our Gang'' short that was released. Plot The gang along with other poor children in the town are given a party with games and great food to eat. In addition, each child would be given a food basket to bring home to their parents. It's given by a wealthy woman whose husband is running for office. Meanwhile a couple of criminals have set up two midgets to come to the party as babies. They would steal expensive jewelry and planned on robbing a safe filled with money. Stymie caught the "fidgets" in the safe. After an altercation with Stymie, the rest of the gang come to Stymie's rescue as the midgets pull a gun. An alarm goes off and the police come to arrest the midgets. Episode concludes with the police sergeant spitting tobacco into a nearby waste can, from which the missing midget then rises, telling the "flatfoot" to call his shots. Cast The Gang * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broken Lullaby
''Broken Lullaby'' (a.k.a. ''The Man I Killed'') is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay by Samson Raphaelson and Ernest Vajda is based on the 1930 play ''L'homme que j'ai tué'' by Maurice Rostand and its 1931 English-language adaptation, ''The Man I Killed'', by Reginald Berkeley. Plot Haunted by the memory of Walter Holderlin, a soldier he killed during World War I, French musician Paul Renard (Phillips Holmes) confesses to a priest ( Frank Sheridan), who grants him absolution. Using the address on a letter he found on the dead man's body, Paul then travels to Germany to find his family. As anti-French sentiment continues to permeate Germany, Dr. Holderlin (Lionel Barrymore) initially refuses to welcome Paul into his home, but changes his mind when his son's fiancée Elsa identifies him as the man who has been leaving flowers on Walter's grave. Rather than reveal the real connection between them, Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spy (1931 Film)
''The Spy'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Berthold Viertel and written by Ernest Pascal. The film stars Kay Johnson, Neil Hamilton, John Halliday, Milton Holmes, Freddie Burke Frederick and Austen Jewell. The film was released on April 26, 1931, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast *Kay Johnson as Anna Turin * Neil Hamilton as Ivan Turin * John Halliday as Sergei Krasnoff *Milton Holmes as Yashka *Freddie Burke Frederick as Kalya *Austen Jewell as Petya *Henry Kolker as Tchijinski *Douglas Haig as Seryoska * David Durand as Vanya *Mischa Auer Mischa Auer (born Mikhail Semyonovich Unkovsky (Михаил Семёнович Унковский; 17 November 1905 – 5 March 1967) was a Russians, Russian-born American actor who moved to Hollywood in the late 1920s. He first appeared in fi ... as Man in Cafe References External links * 1931 films American drama films 1931 drama films Fox Film films Films directed by Berthold Viertel American black-an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Single Sin
''The Single Sin'' is a 1931 American Pre-code drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Kay Johnson, Bert Lytell and Paul Hurst. It was produced and released by the independent company Tiffany Pictures. Synopsis Struggling actress Kate Adams gets mixed up in a bootlegging racket, but is sent to jail for several months. Reforming herself she gets a job as the secretary of millionaire Roger Van Dorn, who eventually marries her. Her newfound respectability is threatened when her former partner in crime Frank Bowman is released from prison and gets a job as Van Dorn's chauffeur. He proceeds to blackmail Kate by threatening to reveal their former association. Cast *Kay Johnson as Kate Adams *Bert Lytell as Joe Strickland *Paul Hurst as Slug *Matthew Betz as Frank Bowman *Holmes Herbert as Roger Van Dorn * Geneva Mitchell as Marian * Sandra Ravel as French maid *Charles McNaughton as Butler *Lillian Elliott as Cook *Robert Emmett O'Connor as Detective Preservation status *A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
