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Lucien Littlefield
Lucien Littlefield (August 16, 1895 – June 4, 1960) was an American actor who achieved a long career from silent films to the television era. He was noted for his versatility, playing a wide range of roles and already portraying old men before he was of voting age. Life and career Lucien Littlefield was born in San Antonio, Texas and attended Staunton Military Academy. He started his movie career in 1913 and worked as an actor until his death in 1960. He usually portrayed comedic supporting characters, often much older than himself. His role of the doctor in '' The Cat and the Canary'' (1927) is one of his more notable performances. The character actor appeared with Laurel and Hardy, first as an eccentric professor in '' Dirty Work'' and finally as a veterinarian in '' Sons of the Desert'', both made in 1933. He also played Mary Pickford's father in '' My Best Girl'' in 1927. Other roles include the western ''Tumbleweeds'' with William S. Hart, the comedy ''Ruggles of Red G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart To Heart (1928 Film)
''Heart to Heart'' is a 1928 American silent film, silent comedy film directed by William Beaudine and produced and distributed by the First National Pictures, First National company. The film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection, Packard Campus''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' (<-book title) p.77 c.1978 by The American Film Institute Cast * Mary Astor as Princess Delatorre / Ellen Guthrie * Lloyd Hughes (actor), Lloyd Hughes as Philip Lennox * Louise Fazenda as Aunt Katie Boyd * Lucien Littlefield as Uncle Joe Boyd * Thelma Todd as Ruby Boyd * Raymond McKee as Milt D'Arcy * Virginia Grey as Hazel Boyd * Aileen Manning as Aunt MetaReferences External links * * 1928 films 1928 comedy films Silent American comedy films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Willia ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was a British actor. He was trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and first appeared professionally on the stage in 1926. In 1927, he was cast in a play with his future wife Elsa Lanchester, with whom he lived and worked until his death. He played a wide range of classical and modern parts, making an impact in Shakespeare at the Old Vic. His film career took him to Broadway and then Hollywood, but he also collaborated with Alexander Korda on notable British films of the era, including ''The Private Life of Henry VIII'', for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the title character. He portrayed everything from monsters and misfits to kings. Among Laughton's biggest film hits were ''The Barretts of Wimpole Street'', ''Mutiny on the Bounty'', ''Ruggles of Red Gap'', ''Jamaica Inn'', ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', ''The Big Clock'', and ''Witness for the Prosecution''. Daniel D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wild Goose Chase (1915 Film)
''The Wild Goose Chase'' is a 1915 American comedy-drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film was written by DeMille's brother William and starred Ina Claire. ''The Wild Goose Chase'' is now considered a lost film. Cast * Ina Claire as Betty Wright * Lucien Littlefield as The 'grind' * Helen Marlborough as Mrs. Wright * Raymond Hatton as Mr. Wright * Tom Forman as Bob Randall * Ernest Joy as Mr. Randall * Theodore Roberts as Horatio Brutus Bangs * Tex Driscoll (uncredited) * Mrs. Lewis McCord (uncredited) * Florence Smythe as Mrs. Randall (uncredited) * Jane Wolfe (uncredited) See also *List of lost films For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films. Reas ... References External links * * * * 1915 films 1915 comedy-drama films 1915 lost films American comedy-drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Gentleman Of Leisure (1915 Film)
''A Gentleman of Leisure'' is a surviving 1915 American silent comedy film produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It stars stage veteran Wallace Eddinger. The film is based on the 1910 novel '' A Gentleman of Leisure'' by P. G. Wodehouse and 1911 Broadway play adapted by Wodehouse and John Stapleton. Douglas Fairbanks was a cast member in the play several years before beginning a film career. This film survives in the Library of Congress. Plot Robert Edgar Willoughby Pitt embarks on a steamship leaving London for New York. However, First Class is full and Robert is forced to travel with the emigrants on the lower deck, from where, by regulation, he cannot access the upper one. The beautiful Molly Creedon is traveling in First Class and Robert, in order to woo the girl, encounters many difficulties precisely because of the restrictions with which he has to comply. Arriving in New York, Robert heads to his exclusive club, where he bets that he could rob a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Warrens Of Virginia (1915 Film)
''The Warrens of Virginia'' is a 1915 American drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Prints of the film survive at the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection. Plot As the American Civil War begins, Ned Burton leaves his Southern love, Agatha Warren, and joins the Union army. He is later protected and saved from death by Agatha in spite of her loyalty to the South. Cast * Blanche Sweet as Agatha Warren * James Neill as General Warren * Page Peters as Arthur Warren (as P.E. Peters) * Mabel Van Buren as Mrs. Warren * House Peters as Ned Burton * Dick La Reno as General Griffin * Mildred Harris as Betty Warren * Milton Brown as Zeke Biggs * Sydney Deane as General Harding * Raymond Hatton as Blake * DeWitt Jennings * Richard L'Estrange as Bill Peavey (credited as Dick La Strange) * Lucien Littlefield Lucien Littlefield (August 16, 1895 – June 4, 1960) was an American actor who achieved a long career from silent films to the television era. He was noted for his ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ghost Breaker (1914 Film)
''The Ghost Breaker'' is a 1914 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar C. Apfel and based on the 1909 Broadway play of the same name by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures under the Famous Players-Lasky banner. ''The Ghost Breaker'' was possibly the first film in a long line of haunted-house horror films with the same story. A 1922 remake of the same name starred Wallace Reid and Lila Lee. The original film was also remade as ''The Ghost Breakers'' (1940) with Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard, and as '' Scared Stiff'' (1953) with Martin and Lewis. The film is now considered lost. Plot Somewhere in Spain, Princess Maria Theresa is examining her jewels one day when she accidentally drops a casket causing a secret compartment to open. Within this compartment, she finds an old piece of paper that describes a locket containing a map of a mysterious location. The Princess assumes that it is the way to the Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Of The Rancho (1914 Film)
''Rose of the Rancho'' is a 1914 American silent Western film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It is based upon the play of the same name by David Belasco and Richard Walton Tully. The film cost $16,988 to make, and grossed $87,028. A 35mm print of this film exists in the George Eastman House film archive. The film was remade in 1936 by Paramount and starred John Boles and Gladys Swarthout. Plot Esra Kincaid (La Reno) takes land by force and, having taken the Espinoza land, his sights are set on the Castro rancho. US government agent Kearney (Johnston) holds him off till the cavalry shows up and he can declare his love for Juanita "The Rose of the Rancho" (Barriscale). Cast * Bessie Barriscale as Juanita * Dick La Reno as Esra Kincaid * Jack W. Johnston as Kearney, Government Agent (as J.W. Johnston) * Monroe Salisbury as Don Luis Del Torre * James Neill as Padre Antonio * Sydney Deane as Espinoza * William Elmer as Half Breed * Jane Darwell as Senora Castro Kenton, Juanita's * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspapers
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gunn
''Peter Gunn'' is an American private eye television series, starring Craig Stevens as Peter Gunn with Lola Albright as his girlfriend, Edie Hart. The series aired on NBC from September 22, 1958, to 1960 and on ABC in 1960–1961. The series was created by Blake Edwards, who, on occasion, was also writer (for 39 episodes) and director (for nine episodes). ''Peter Gunn'' is notable for being the first televised detective program whose character was created for television, instead of adapted from other media. The series is probably best remembered today for its music, including the iconic "Peter Gunn Theme", which was nominated for an Emmy Award and two Grammys for Henry Mancini. Subsequently it was performed and recorded by many jazz, rock and blues musicians. The progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer recorded the song adding synthesizers. The series was number 17 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1958–1959 TV season and number 29 for the 1960-61 TV season. Plot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragnet (1951 TV Series)
''Dragnet''—later syndicated as ''Badge 714''—is an American television series, based on Dragnet (radio series), the radio series of the same name, both created by their star, Jack Webb. The shows take their name from the police term dragnet (policing), ''dragnet'', a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects. Webb reprised his radio role of Los Angeles police detective Sergeant Joe Friday. Ben Alexander (actor), Ben Alexander co-starred as Friday's partner, Officer Frank Smith. The ominous, four-note introduction to the brass instruments, brass and tympani Dragnet (theme song), theme music (titled "Danger Ahead"), composed by Walter Schumann, is instantly recognizable. It is derived from Miklós Rózsa's score for the 1946 film The Killers (1946 film), ''The Killers''. This was the first television series in a Dragnet (franchise), ''Dragnet'' media franchise encompassing film, television, books and comics. The series was filmed at Walt Disney St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lassie (1954 TV Series)
''Lassie'' is an American television series that follows the adventures of a female Rough Collie dog named Lassie and her companions, both human and animal. The show was the creation of producer Robert Maxwell and animal trainer Rudd Weatherwax and was televised from September 12, 1954, to March 25, 1973. The sixth longest-running U.S. primetime television series after ''The Simpsons'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', ''Gunsmoke,'' ''Law & Order and Family Guy,'' the show ran for 17 seasons on CBS before entering first-run syndication for its final two seasons. Initially filmed in black and white, the show transitioned to color in 1965. The show's first 10 seasons follow Lassie's adventures living on a farm. 11-year-old Jeff Miller, his mother Ellen, and his grandfather are Lassie's first human companions until seven-year-old Timmy Martin and his adoptive parents take over in the fourth season. When Lassie's exploits on the farm end in the 11th season, she finds new adve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blondie (1957 TV Series)
''Blondie'' is the first of two TV series based on the comic strip by Chic Young. The show first aired on January 4, 1957 on NBC and ran for one season. Pamela Britton starred in the title role and Arthur Lake played Blondie's husband Dagwood Bumstead, reprising his role from the '' Blondie'' film series. A pilot episode was filmed in 1954 with Hal Le Roy as Dagwood opposite Britton's Blondie. The series was released in its entirety on September 25, 2018 by ClassicFlix. As of 2021, it airs on Tubi. Cast * Arthur Lake as Dagwood Bumstead *Pamela Britton as Blondie Bumstead *Florenz Ames as J.C. Dithers *Ann Barnes as Cookie Bumstead * Stuffy Singer as Alexander Bumstead *Harold Peary as Herb Woodley *Elvia Allman as Cora Dithers *Lucien Littlefield Lucien Littlefield (August 16, 1895 – June 4, 1960) was an American actor who achieved a long career from silent films to the television era. He was noted for his versatility, playing a wide range of roles and already portr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
