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Lucien Prival
Lucien Prival (July 14, 1901 – June 3, 1994) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1926 and 1953. Born in New York City, Prival was the son of a French mother and a Russian father. From 1912-1919 he lived with his family in Berlin. After returning to New York, Lucien worked as a salesman in an art store until he was able to land a small role on the stage.Los Angeles Times, February 2, 1927, page a11 He signed with First National Pictures. Partial filmography * ''Puppets'' (1926) - Frank * ''The Great Deception'' (1926) - Von Markow * ''A Man of Quality'' (1926) - Spanish Joe * '' High Hat'' (1927) - Minor Role * ''The Patent Leather Kid'' (1927) - The German Officer * '' American Beauty'' (1927, lost film) - Gillespie * '' The Racket'' (1928) - Chick * '' Adoration'' (1928) - Baron * '' The Peacock Fan'' (1929) - Dr. Change Dorfman * '' Party Girl'' (1930) - Paul Newcast * ''In the Next Room'' (1930) - French Exporter * '' Hell's Angels'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood Speaks
''Hollywood Speaks'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film. Cast * Genevieve Tobin as Gertrude Smith, later known as Greta Swan *Pat O'Brien as Jimmy Reed *Lucien Prival as Frederick Landau *Ralf Harolde as Carp *Rita La Roy as Millie Coreen *Leni Stengel as Mrs. Landau *Anderson Lawlor as Joe Hammond * Jack Holt as himself Production Columbia announced the film in August 1931. It was Norman Krasna's first film under his contract with Columbia and he started writing it in April 1932. The same amount the studio announced Eddie Buzzel would direct and Genevieve Tobin would star. Reception The ''Los Angeles Times'' called it a "routine melodrama with little to say of interest."Stage and Screen: Los Angeles Times August 21, 1932: B17. References External links''Hollywood Speaks''at IMDb''Hollywood Speaks''at TCMDB Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in 1994, Turner Classic Movies is headquart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party Girl (1930 Film)
''Party Girl'' is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jeanette Loff, and Marie Prevost. It is also known by the alternative title of ''Dangerous Business'', the title of the novel on which it is based. It follows a New York businessman who inadvertently becomes involved in the criminal activities of a covert escort agency. The film holds the record for the longest transfer from banned status to original release in United Kingdom history, having been rejected for cinema release in 1930, and remaining unreleased there until 2003. Plot Maude Lindsay operates the Lindsay Social Bureau, which is a covert front for a "party girl" escort agency that caters to high-class playboys attempting to close business deals. Jay Rountree, the son of a bottle manufacturer, is engaged to marry his secretary, Ellen Powell, a former party girl, whose roommate, Diana Hoster, secretly works as a party girl. Around Christmas time, Jay and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storm At Daybreak
''Storm at Daybreak'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Richard Boleslawski, written by Bertram Millhauser, and starring Kay Francis, Nils Asther, Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Eugene Pallette and C. Henry Gordon. It was released on July 14, 1933, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Premise The wife of a Serbian mayor engages in a clandestine affair with her husband's best friend, a Hungarian officer. Cast * Kay Francis as Irina Radovic * Nils Asther as Capt. Geza Petery * Walter Huston as Mayor Dushan Radovic * Phillips Holmes as Csaholyi * Eugene Pallette as Janos * C. Henry Gordon as Panto Nikitch * Frank Burk as Jankovitcch (uncredited) * Louise Closser Hale as Militza Brooska * Jean Parker as Danitza * Mischa Auer as Assassin (uncredited) * Frank Conroy as Archduke Franz Ferdinand (uncredited) * Leonid Kinskey as Villager (uncredited) * Akim Tamiroff as Fiddler (uncredited) Critical reception ''The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sphinx (1933 Film)
''The Sphinx'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code mystery drama film directed by Phil Rosen. The film was remade by William Beaudine as ''Phantom Killer'' in 1942. Plot A man comes out of the office of "Garfield Investment Company". He meets the janitor in the stairs and asks him for a match, and then what time it is. "It's nine" the Italian-American janitor Luigi Bacciagalupi answers and wants to know from which apartment he came out. The man leaves without answering. Shortly after, the janitor finds a dead man in the office of "Garfield Investment Company". Newspaperman Burton from the Chronicle is there to talk with the inspector. Before he can see him he talks with the watching police officer, and after a while, realizes that the Garfield Investment Company just that morning went bankrupt. "Another broker went down the flush". The janitor recognizes on the police records the man who came out of the office, Mr. Breen. During the trial he sticks to what he has seen and what he has hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reunion In Vienna
''Reunion in Vienna'' is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama produced and distributed by MGM. Sidney Franklin served as director. The film stars John Barrymore in a story taken from the 1931 stage play of the same name by Robert Emmet Sherwood. Plot An archduke who had been banished from Austria returns to Vienna for a reunion of his old fellow aristocrats and meets up with the former love of his life, who is now married to a psychoanalyst. Cast *John Barrymore as Archduke Rudolf von Habsburg *Diana Wynyard as Elena Krug *Frank Morgan as Dr. Anton King *Henry Travers as Father Krug *May Robson as Frau Lucher *Eduardo Ciannelli as Pofferoff *Una Merkel as Ilsa Hinrich *Bodil Rosing as Kathie (Krug family's maid) *Bela Loblov as Musician *Morris Nussbaum as Musician *Nella Walker as Countess Von Stainz *Hebert Evans as Count Von Stainz ;Unbilled *Morris Ankrum as Bit Role *Symona Boniface as Noblewoman * John Davidson as Officer * George Davis as Waiter *Ferdinand Gottschal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Slam (1933 Film)
''Grand Slam'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William Dieterle and Alfred E. Green and starring Paul Lukas, Loretta Young and Frank McHugh. The film was released by Warner Bros. on March 18, 1933. Plot A waiter named Peter Stanislavsky learns the game of Contract bridge, bridge as a favor to his new bride Marcia, whose entire family plays the game. When he luckily defeats bridge champion Cedric Van Dorn, Peter jokingly claims that he won because of the "Stanislavsky method", and soon becomes world-famous as a bridge expert. Trouble ensues when Peter and Marcia form a team to play in bridge tournaments. Peter infuriates Marcia by questioning her play. Cast * Paul Lukas as Peter Stanislavsky * Loretta Young as Marcia Stanislavsky * Frank McHugh as Philip 'Speed' McCann * Glenda Farrell as Blondie * Helen Vinson as Lola Starr * Roscoe Karns as Contest Radio Announcer * Ferdinand Gottschalk as Cedric Van Dorn * Reginald Barlow as Theodore * Walter B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secrets Of The French Police
''Secrets of the French Police'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code crime film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Gwili Andre, Gregory Ratoff, and Frank Morgan. The film was made as a B film by RKO Radio Pictures, using some of the sets from RKO's ''The Most Dangerous Game'' (1932). The film is based partly on Samuel Ornitz's own unpublished novel ''The Last Empress''.Dick p.20 Plot In Paris, a French thief is employed by the Sûreté to investigate a sinister Russian émigré who may have the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia at his house. Cast * Gwili Andre as Eugenie Dorain * Gregory Ratoff as Han Moloff * Frank Morgan as François St. Cyr * John Warburton as Leon Renault * Rochelle Hudson as K-31 * Christian Rub as Anton Dorain * Murray Kinnell as Bertillon * Arnold Korff as Grand Duke Maxim * Kendall Lee as Rena Harka * Lucien Prival as Lomzoi * Guido Trento as Count de Marsay * Wong Chung as Chinese Guard * Harry Cording as Man Reading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherlock Holmes (1932 Film)
''Sherlock Holmes'' (a.k.a. ''Conan Doyle's Master Detective Sherlock Holmes'') is a 1932 American Pre-Code film starring Clive Brook as the eponymous London detective. The movie is based on the successful stage play ''Sherlock Holmes'' by William Gillette, in turn based on the stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, and is directed by William K. Howard for the Fox Film Corporation. Brook had played Holmes previously in '' The Return of Sherlock Holmes'' and the "Murder Will Out" segment of ''Paramount on Parade''. Reginald Owen plays Dr. Watson, and Ernest Torrence is Holmes's arch-rival, Professor Moriarty. Reginald Owen played Sherlock Holmes the following year in ''A Study in Scarlet''. Owen is one of a small number of actors to play both Holmes and Watson. Examples of other such actors include Jeremy Brett, who played Watson on stage in the United States and, most famously, Holmes on British television, Carleton Hobbs, who played both roles in British radio adaptations, and Patric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Limited as James
* Adaline Asbury as Mrs. James
''Western Limited'' is a 1932 American drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Estelle Taylor, Edmund Burns, and Lucien Prival. It was released on August 5, 1932. Cast * Estelle Taylor as Doris, the secretary * Edmund Burns as Sinclair * Lucien Prival as Benoit * Gertrude Astor as Mrs. Winters * Eddie Kane as Frank * James Burtis as Eddie * John Vosper as Bracy (credited as John Vosburgh) * Mahlon Hamilton as Wilkes * Crauford Kent Crauford Kent (12 October 1881 – 14 May 1953) was an English character actor based in the United States. He has also been credited as Craufurd Kent References External links * * * Films directed by C ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The World And The Flesh
''The World and the Flesh'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by John Cromwell and written by Oliver H.P. Garrett. The film stars George Bancroft, Miriam Hopkins, Alan Mowbray, George E. Stone, Mitchell Lewis, Max Wagner and Harry Cording. The film was released on April 22, 1932, by Paramount Pictures. Plot “A soldier of fortune risks his life to save a rich girl’s friends during Russian Revolution—at a price!” Canham, 1976 p. 118-119: Filmography section. The entire plot summary is duplicated here from Canham source. Cast *George Bancroft as Kylenko *Miriam Hopkins as Maria Yaskaya *Alan Mowbray as Dimitri *George E. Stone as Rutchkin * Mitchell Lewis as Sukhanov *Max Wagner as Vorobiov *Harry Cording as Ivanovitch *Emmett Corrigan as Gen. Spiro *Oscar Apfel as Banker *Reginald Barlow Reginald Harry Barlow (June 17, 1866 – July 6, 1943) was an American stage and screen character actor, author, and film director. He was a busy performer in Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Sinners (1931 Film)
''Young Sinners'' is an American Pre-Code drama film released on May 17, 1931, directed by John G. Blystone. The screenplay was initially written by Maurine Watkins though the script filmed was William Conselman's, not Watkins'. (Watkin's script is in the archives of 20th Century Fox's produced scripts). Conselman scrapped her screenplay in favor of his own (adaptation, continuity and dialog, according to American Film Institute) based on the play '' Young Sinners'' by Elmer Harris (New York, November 28, 1929).American Film Institute: Catalog of Feature Film''Young Sinners'' afi.com; retrieved November 26, 2013. Cast *Thomas Meighan - Tom McGuire *Hardie Albright - Gene Gibson * Dorothy Jordan - Constance Sinclair *Cecilia Loftus - Mrs. Sinclair * James Kirkwood - John Gibson *Edmund Breese - Trent *Lucien Prival - Baron von Konitz *Arnold Lucy - Butler *Nora Lane - Maggie McGuire *Joan Castle - Sue *John Arledge - Jimmy *Edward Nugent - Bud *Yvonne Pelletier - Madge *Steve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Princess And The Plumber
''The Princess and the Plumber'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Alexander Korda and written by Howard J. Green. The film stars Charles Farrell, Maureen O'Sullivan, H. B. Warner, Joseph Cawthorn, Bert Roach and Lucien Prival. The film was released on December 21, 1930, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast *Charles Farrell as Charlie Peters/Albert Bowers *Maureen O'Sullivan as Princess Louise *H. B. Warner as Prince Conrad of Daritzia *Joseph Cawthorn as Merkl *Bert Roach as Albert Bowers *Lucien Prival as Baron von Kemper *Murray Kinnell as Worthing *Louise Closser Hale Louise Closser Hale (October 13, 1872 – July 26, 1933) was an American actress, playwright, and novelist. Early life Louise Closser was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 13, 1872. Her father was Joseph Closser, a grain dealer, and her ... as Miss Eden References External links * 1930 films 1930 comedy films American comedy films 1930s English-language films Fox Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |