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Lawrence Gray
Lawrence Gray (July 28, 1898 – February 2, 1970) was an American actor of the 1920s and 1930s. Biography Born in San Francisco in 1898, Gray served during World War I in the U. S. Navy and gained a commission. After the war he began in the technical side of films at the Lasky Studios, but later became an extra in crowd scenes and such, and liking the work, decided on a film career. He appeared in over 40 films between 1925 and 1936, although many were B movies. In 1930, he starred in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film musical ''Children of Pleasure'', alongside Wynne Gibson, and was also involved with the film score. That same year he also starred in the Vitaphone film musicals '' Sunny'' and ''Spring is Here''. He spent much of his career in vaudeville. He died on February 2, 1970, aged 71, in 1970 in Mexico City. Selected filmography * ''The Dressmaker from Paris'' (1925) * ''The Coast of Folly'' (1925) * '' Stage Struck'' (1925) * ''Are Parents People?'' (1925) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco, California
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th most populous in the United States, with 815,201 residents as of 2021. It covers a land area of , at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City, and the fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income (at $160,749) and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include ''SF'', ''San Fran'', ''The '', ''Frisco'', and ''Baghdad by the Bay''. San Francisco and the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area are a global center of economic activity and the arts and sciences, spurred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stage Struck (1925 Film)
''Stage Struck'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film starring Gloria Swanson, Lawrence Gray, Gertrude Astor, and Ford Sterling. The film was directed by Allan Dwan, and released by Paramount Pictures with the opening and ending sequences filmed in the early two-color Technicolor. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Jennie Hagan, a waitress in a river town restaurant is in love with Orme Wilson, the hot cake artist, who is fond of actresses. She struggles hard to win him, even studying acting, and dreaming about the stage, and after many trials is successful. Cast Production notes The majority of the film was shot in location in New Martinsville, West Virginia. Other sequences were shot at the Astoria Studio in Astoria, Queens. Preservation In 2004, the film, including its Technicolor sequences, was restored by the George Eastman House film archive. A copy of the film is also in the British Film Institute collection. See also * List of early color feature films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domestic Meddlers
''Domestic Meddlers'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by James Flood and starring Claire Windsor, Lawrence Gray and Roy D'Arcy.Darby p.373 Cast * Claire Windsor as Claire * Lawrence Gray as Walter * Roy D'Arcy as Lew * Jed Prouty Jed Prouty (born Clarence Gordon Prouty; April 6, 1879 – May 10, 1956) was an American film actor. Biography Born as Clarence Gordon Prouty in Boston, Massachusetts, Prouty was a vaudeville performer before becoming a film actor. Mostly app ... as Jonsey References Bibliography * Darby, William. ''Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films''. Scarecrow Press, 1991. External links * 1928 films 1928 comedy films Silent American comedy films Films directed by James Flood American silent feature films 1920s English-language films Tiffany Pictures films American black-and-white films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamond Handcuffs
''Diamond Handcuffs'' is a 1928 American drama silent film directed by John P. McCarthy and written by Joseph Farnham, Willis Goldbeck and Bradley King. The film stars Eleanor Boardman, Lawrence Gray, Sam Hardy, Gwen Lee and Lena Malena. The film was released on May 5, 1928, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Cast *Eleanor Boardman as Tillie *Lawrence Gray as Larry * Sam Hardy as Spike *Gwen Lee as Cecile *Lena Malena as Musa *Conrad Nagel John Conrad Nagel (March 16, 1897 – February 24, 1970) was an American film, stage, television and radio actor. He was considered a famous matinée idol and leading man of the 1920s and 1930s. He was given an Academy Honorary Award in 1940 and ... as John * John Roche as Jerry Fontaine * Charles Stevens as Niambo References External links * * Lobby card 1928 films 1920s English-language films Silent American drama films 1928 drama films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films American black-and-white films American silent feature films Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pajamas (film)
''Pajamas'' is a 1927 American comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and written by William Conselman and Malcolm Stuart Boylan. The film stars Olive Borden, Lawrence Gray, J.J. Clark and Jerry Miley. The film was released on October 23, 1927, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast *Olive Borden as Angela Wade *Lawrence Gray Lawrence Gray (July 28, 1898 – February 2, 1970) was an American actor of the 1920s and 1930s. Biography Born in San Francisco in 1898, Gray served during World War I in the U. S. Navy and gained a commission. After the war he began i ... as John Weston *J.J. Clark as Daniel Wade *Jerry Miley as Russell Forrest References External links * 1927 films 1920s English-language films Silent American comedy films 1927 comedy films Fox Film films Films directed by John G. Blystone American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1920s American films {{1920s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convoy (1927 Film)
''Convoy'' is a lost 1927 American silent World War I drama starring Lowell Sherman and Dorothy Mackaill and released through First National Pictures. The film is an early producing credit for the Halperin Brothers, Victor and Edward, later of '' White Zombie'' fame, and is the final screen appearance of Broadway stars Gail Kane and Vincent Serrano. The Alfred Hitchcock film '' Notorious'' (1946) was based on the same story, originally published in ''The Saturday Evening Post''. Background ''The Song of the Dragon'', is a story by John Taintor Foote, which appeared as a two-part serial in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' in November 1921. Set during World War I in New York City, The film tells the tale of a theatrical producer approached by federal agents who want his assistance in recruiting an actress he once had a relationship with to seduce the leader of a gang of enemy saboteurs.McGilligan, p. 366 Cast *Lowell Sherman as Ernest Drake *Dorothy Mackaill as Sylvia Dodge *Willia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Callahans And The Murphys
''The Callahans and the Murphys'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by George W. Hill. The film was based on a novel by Kathleen Norris, and was the first of several MGM films to star Marie Dressler and Polly Moran. The film was released on June 18, 1927, but subsequently withdrawn from distribution by MGM after protests were lodged by Irish-American organizations. The film is now presumed to be a lost film. Wayback Machine)..Retrieved July 19, 2018 Plot Mrs. Callahan (Dressler) and Mrs. Murphy (Moran), are a couple of feuding tenement housewives working to keep control of their many children. Dan Murphy (Gray) falls in love with Ellen Callaha ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After Midnight (1927 Film)
''After Midnight'' is a 1927 American silent drama film written and directed by Monta Bell. The film stars Norma Shearer and Gwen Lee. A copy of ''After Midnight'' is housed at the Cinémathèque Française. Synopsis A story of New York's nightlife: Mary (Norma Shearer) is a cabaret hostess with a heart of gold and her sister Maizie (Gwen Lee) is a gold-digger with no heart. Cast * Norma Shearer - Mary Miller * Lawrence Gray - Joe Miller * Gwen Lee - Maizie * Eddie Sturgis - Red Smith * Philip Sleeman - Gus Van Gundy References External links * * Lobby posterat Flickr Flickr ( ; ) is an American image hosting and video hosting service, as well as an online community, founded in Canada and headquartered in the United States. It was created by Ludicorp in 2004 and was a popular way for amateur and professional ... 1927 films 1927 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films American black-and-white films 1920s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Telephone Girl (1927 Film)
''The Telephone Girl'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Herbert Brenon, produced by Famous Players-Lasky, released by Paramount Pictures, and based on the play ''The Woman'' (1911) by William C. deMille. This film starred Madge Bellamy, Holbrook Blinn, and Warner Baxter. Cast *Madge Bellamy as Kitty O'Brien *Holbrook Blinn as Jim Blake *Warner Baxter as Matthew Standish *May Allison as Grace Robinson *Lawrence Gray as Tom Blake *Hale Hamilton as Mark *Hamilton Revelle as Van Dyke *William E. Shay as Detective *Karen Hansen as Mrs. Standish Preservation status This film is preserved at EYE Institut aka Filmmuseum Eye Filmmuseum is a film archive, museum, and cinema in Amsterdam that preserves and presents both Dutch and foreign films screened in the Netherlands. Location and history Eye Filmmuseum is located in the Overhoeks neighborhood of Amsterdam in t .... (update: the film survives at EYE Filmmuseum, Netherlands Retrieved June 29, 2016) References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kid Boots (film)
''Kid Boots'' is a 1926 American silent feature comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle, and based on the 1923 musical written by William Anthony McGuire and Otto Harbach. This was entertainer Eddie Cantor's first film. A print is preserved at the Library of Congress. Plot Kid Boots is a put-upon clerk in a men's tailor shop. When Malcolm Waite storms in to buy a new suit, the service he receive is so inept that he destroys the shop trying to throttle Boots. Boots flees for his life, stopping only to make Bow's acquaintance. Attempting to hide in a hotel, Boots becomes an accidental witness to the infidelity of a rich man's wife. The rich man, Tom Sterling, has a $100,000.00 settlement suit at stake. So he keeps Boots close to him as a character witness. Boots and his new friend lay low at a posh golf resort and all is well until it is discovered Clara McCoy and the bullying Big Boyle also work there. Big Boyle eventually subjects Boots to a brutal massage and electroshock tre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love 'Em And Leave 'Em (film)
''Love 'Em and Leave 'Em'' is a 1926 silent American comedy drama film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Evelyn Brent. According to the website SilentEra, a 16 mm film print of this film exists. Many foreign and domestic archive holdings. Plot Mame (Brent) has been caring for her sister Janie (Brooks) since their mother died. While Mame is the responsible one at home, Janie stays out late having fun. Bill (Gray), who lives down the hall, is sweet on Mame. All three work at a department store, where Janie has been made treasurer of the employee league. Lem (Perkins), a scoundrel in the apartment building, recommends a bet that Janie cannot resist, and she uses some of the league dance money to place her wager. Mame's creative ideas have mistakenly been credited to Bill and he is given a chance to be a window dresser at the store. When Mame leaves on vacation, Bill and Janie try window dressing together, with disastrous results: Janie seduces Bill. Meanwhile, Mame returns ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Untamed Lady
''The Untamed Lady'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Frank Tuttle, and starring Gloria Swanson and Lawrence Gray. The film was also the debut of Nancy Kelly who was a child actress at the time. The film was written by James Ashmore Creelman from an original story by Fannie Hurst. Plot As described in a film magazine review, St. Clair Van Tassel, a wealthy orphan who as a child had her every wish granted, develops into a beautiful but extremely bad tempered young woman who is wooed by many and loved by at least one. She breaks engagements with three men, but meets a different type of man in the fourth. When she attempts to break her engagement with him, he holds her captive in a cabin. She escapes, and, in pursuing her, the man is hurt. She goes to the hospital to see him, and there she becomes aware that her love for him has overcome her blazing temper. Cast * Gloria Swanson as St. Clair Van Tassel * Lawrence Gray as Larry Gastlen * Joseph W. Smiley as Uncl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
