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Lucille Ward
Lucille Ward (February 25, 1880 – August 8, 1952) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 140 films between 1915 and 1944. She was born and died in Dayton, Ohio. Ward's career began in 1907 when she acted in a production of ''Monte Cristo'' in New York. After a dozen years of performing in musical comedies, stock theater, and vaudeville, Ward began acting in films. Ward was married to Chauncey Smith, who died in 1949. Selected filmography * ''The Quest'' (1915) - Mrs. Chalmers - the Hostess * ''The Lonesome Heart'' (1915) - Sarah Prue * ''The Girl from His Town'' (1915) - Minor Role * ''Infatuation'' (1915) - Mrs. Fenshaw * ''The Miracle of Life'' (1915) - Mrs. Gerald Fels-Martine * '' The House of Lies'' (1916) - Mrs. Coleman * ''Her Father's Son'' (1916) - Mammy Chloe * ''The Road to Love'' (1916) - Lella Sadiya * ''My Fighting Gentleman'' (1917) * '' How Could You, Jean?'' (1918) * ''Beauty and the Rogue'' (1918) * ''The Amateur Adventuress'' (1919 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater Dayton was estimated to be at 814,049 residents. The Combined Statistical Area (CSA) was 1,086,512. This makes Dayton the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Ohio and 73rd in the United States. Dayton is within Ohio's Miami Valley region, north of the Greater Cincinnati area. Ohio's borders are within of roughly 60 percent of the country's population and manufacturing infrastructure, making the Dayton area a logistical centroid for manufacturers, suppliers, and shippers. Dayton also hosts significant research and development in fields like industrial, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering that have led to many technological innovations. Much of this innovation is due in part to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and its place in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Side - West Side (1923 Film)
''East Side - West Side'' is a 1923 American silent drama film. Directed by Irving Cummings, the film stars Kenneth Harlan, Eileen Percy, and Maxine Elliott Hicks. It was released on June 1, 1923. Cast list * Kenneth Harlan as Duncan Van Norman * Eileen Percy as Lory James * Maxine Elliott Hicks as Kit Lamson * Lucille Hutton as Eunice Potter * Lucille Ward as Mrs. Cornelia Van Norman * John T. Prince as Paget * Betty May as Amy Van Norman * Charles Hill Mailes as Dr. Ernest Shepley * Wally Van Wally Van (born Charles Wallace Van Nostrand; September 27, 1880 – May 9, 1974) was an American actor and film director of the silent era. Early years Van was born Charles Wallace Van Nostrand on September 27, 1880, in New Hyde Park, ... as Skiddy Stillman References External links * American silent feature films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films Films directed by Irving Cummings 1923 drama films 1923 films 1920s American films { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sons Of The Legion
''Sons of the Legion'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Lynne Overman, Evelyn Keyes and Tim Holt. Its plot concerns a group of boys looking to start a S.A.L. squadron. However, because a boy's father wrongfully received a dishonorable discharge after the Great War, his father cannot join the American Legion The American Legion, commonly known as the Legion, is a non-profit organization of U.S. war War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militi ... and in turn the son cannot join the squadron. Cast Production Tim Holt was loaned to Paramount from Walter Wanger. Filming started June 30, 1938. References External links * * 1930s English-language films 1938 films 1930s war films American black-and-white films American Legion American World War I films Films directed by James Patrick Hogan Paramount Pictures films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideaway (1937 Film)
''Hideaway'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Richard Rosson. Based on the 1937 play ''A House in the Country'' by Melvin Levy, the screenplay was written by J. Robert Bren and Edmund L. Hartmann. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, it opened on August 13, 1937. The film stars Fred Stone, Emma Dunn, Marjorie Lord and J. Carroll Naish. Cast * Fred Stone as Franklin Peterson * Emma Dunn as Emma Peterson * Marjorie Lord as Joan Peterson * J. Carrol Naish as Mike Clarke * William Corson as Bill Parker * Ray Mayer as Eddie Baxter * Bradley Page as Al Miller * Paul Guilfoyle as Norris * Tommy Bond as Oscar Peterson * Dudley Clements as Sheriff Roscoe W. Wiggins * Alec Craig as Jerry Nolan * Charles Withers as Yokum * Otto Hoffman Otto F. Hoffman (May 2, 1879 – June 23, 1944) was an American film actor. He appeared in almost 200 films between 1915 and 1944. He was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles, California, from lung cancer. Hoffman's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengal Tiger (1936 Film)
''Bengal Tiger'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Louis King and starring Barton MacLane, June Travis and Warren Hull.Miller p.64 The plot closely resembles that of the 1932 film ''Tiger Shark''. The film's sets were designed by the art director Esdras Hartley. Plot summary Cliff Ballenger tries to train a tiger named "Satan" for the circus who is more dangerous than he seems. Cast * Barton MacLane as Cliff Ballenger * June Travis as Laura Homan Ballenger * Warren Hull as Joe Larson * Paul Graetz as Carl Homan * Joseph Crehan as Bill Hinsdale * Dick Purcell as Nick DeLargo * Carlyle Moore Jr. as Ambulance Driver * John Aasen as Giant * Richard Alexander as Strong Man * Don Barclay as Bit Part * Joseph Belmont as Bit Part * Glen Cavender as Roustabout * Jack A. Goodrich as Jake * Sol Gorss as Caster * Willard Hall as Announcer * Gordon Hart as Hospital Superintendent * Jolly Lee Harvey as Fat Woman * Jack Holmes as Doctor * Stuart H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Bluff (1933 American Film)
''The Big Bluff'' is a 1933 American comedy film directed by Reginald Denny and starring Denny, Claudia Dell and Donald Keith. It was produced by George W. Weeks and the independent Tower Productions.Pitts p.433 The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Palmentola. Plot An actor from a touring theatrical troupe is hired to impersonate an English lord by a small town social climber in order to impress their rival acquaintance who has thrown a party for a British aristocrat. Confusion arises when other members of the theatrical company join in the impersonation. It ultimately emerges that the other aristocrat is a fake, while the actor really is secretly a peer. Cast * Reginald Denny * Claudia Dell * Donald Keith * Jed Prouty * Cyril Chadwick * Phil Tead * Alden Gay * Rhea Mitchell * Lucille Ward * Ethel Wales * Eric Wilton The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marriage On Approval
''Marriage on Approval'' is a 1933 pre-Code American drama film directed by Howard Higgin and starring Barbara Kent, Don Dillaway and William Farnum.Pitts p.162 It was released in the United Kingdom by British Lion under the alternative title of ''Married in Haste''. Synopsis The teenage daughter of a puritanical Reverend promises him she will not marry until she is older, but after a night of heavy drinking she wakes up to find she has a husband. Cast * Barbara Kent as Beth MacDougall * Don Dillaway as Larry Bennett * William Farnum as Reverend John MacDougall * Edward Woods as Billy McGee * Dorothy Granger as Hortense Bailey * Phyllis Barry as Dorothy * Leila McIntyre as Mary MacDonald * Lucille Ward as Mrs. Walker * Otis Harlan as Justice of the Peace Michael O'Connors * Clarence Geldert Clarence Geldart (June 9, 1867 – May 13, 1935) was an American film actor. He appeared in 127 films between 1915 and 1936. He was sometimes credited as C.H. Geldart or Charles H. G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Public Enemy
''The Public Enemy'' (''Enemies of the Public'' in the UK) is a 1931 American all-talking pre-Code gangster film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The film was directed by William A. Wellman and stars James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Donald Cook and Joan Blondell. The film relates the story of a young man's rise in the criminal underworld in prohibition-era urban America. The supporting players include Beryl Mercer, Murray Kinnell, and Mae Clarke. The screenplay is based on an unpublished novel—''Beer and Blood'' by two former newspapermen, John Bright and Kubec Glasmon—who had witnessed some of Al Capone's murderous gang rivalries in Chicago. In 1998, ''The Public Enemy'' was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Plot As youngsters in 1900s Chicago, Irish-Americans Tom Powers and his lifelong friend Matt Doyle engage in petty theft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What A Man! (1930 Film)
''What a Man'' is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by George Crone and starring Reginald Denny, Miriam Seegar and Harvey Clark. It was an adaptation of the play ''They All Want Something'' by Courtenay Savage, which was itself based on a novel by E.J. Rath. A separate Spanish language version ''Thus Is Life'' was made at the same time. The film was remade in 1938 as ''Merrily We Live''. It is also known by the alternative title ''The Gentleman Chauffeur''. Premise A British ex-Grenadier Guards officer moves to America, but struggles to find work. After he is employed as a chauffeur to a wealthy family, he falls in love with his employer's daughter. Cast * Reginald Denny as Wade Rawlins * Miriam Seegar as Eileen Kilbourne * Harvey Clark as Mr. Kilbourne * Lucille Ward as Mrs. Kilbourne * Carlyle Moore Jr. as Kane Kilbourne * Anita Louise as Marion Kilbourne * Norma Drew as Elsie Thayer * Christiane Yves as Marquise de la Fresne * Charles C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California Straight Ahead (1925 Film)
''California Straight Ahead'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Harry A. Pollard and starring Reginald Denny, Gertrude Olmstead, and Tom Wilson. Plot As described in a film magazine, on the eve of his wedding, Tom Hayden (Denny) entertains the boys in "The Honeymoon Trailer," an elaborate transcontinental bus he has rigged up for the bridal tour. The bus gets out of control and goes down a gulley. Tom is taken to the hospital, where he regains consciousness and remembers that his bride Betty (Olmstead) is waiting. With the help of his faithful black Sambo (Wilson), he escapes through the window to an ambulance in which an insane woman has just been delivered to the hospital. He dresses while Sambo drives. The insane woman jumps from beneath the bedclothes, embraces him and calls him her long lost lover, making a scene in front of the house of the bride, who scorns him. Betty’s father orders him out and Tom’s own dad disowns him until he has cut out the mad ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman Of The World
''A Woman of the World'' is a 1925 American silent comedy-drama film starring Pola Negri, directed by Mal St. Clair, produced by Famous Players-Lasky, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Countess Natatorini (Negri) seeks to forget a faithless lover by visiting her distant American cousin Sam Poore (Conklin) and his wife Lou (Ward) in their Midwestern The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of the United States. I ... home. Richard Granger (Herbert), newly elected district attorney and crusading reformer, shocked when he sees her violating the town social norms he is enforcing by smoking a cigarette in public, finds that he is strongly attracted to her. At a community meeting, the Countess finds that the townspeople are selling the right to ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1925 Film)
''His Majesty, Bunker Bean'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Matt Moore. It is based on a 1916 play, ''His Majesty, Bunker Bean'' by Lee Wilson Dodd, taken from a novel ''Bunker Bean'' by Harry Leon Wilson. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Bunker Bean, who is the stenographer of Jim Breede, a millionaire, is an imaginative youth who is told by a clairvoyant that he is the reincarnation Reincarnation, also known as rebirth or transmigration, is the philosophical or religious concept that the non-physical essence of a living being begins a new life in a different physical form or body after biological death. Resurrection is a ... of an Egyptian king. He tries to act the part of the king, and in so doing he fascinates his employer’s daughter Marie, who forces from him a promise to marry her. When Bunker learns that after all he is not the king’s reincarnation, he is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
