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Leo Sulky
Leo Sulky (6 December 1874 – 3 June 1957) was an American actor. He usually appeared in films directed by Del Lord such as ''Black Oxfords'' (1924), ''Yukon Jake'' (1924), ''Wall Street Blues'' (1924), ''Lizzies of the Field'' (1924), '' Galloping Bungalows'' (1924), ''From Rags to Britches'' (1925), and ''A Sea Dog's Tale'' (1926); by Harry Edwards such as ''The Lion and the Souse'' (1924), ''The Luck o' the Foolish'' (1924). ''The Hansom Cabman'' (1924), '' All Night Long'' (1924), ''There He Goes'' (1925), ''The Sea Squawk'' (1925), ''Boobs in the Wood'' (1925), and ''Plain Clothes'' (1925); and by Ralph Ceder such as ''Little Robinson Corkscrew'' (1924), and ''Wandering Waistlines'' (1924). He also appeared in ''The First 100 Years'' (1924) by Harry Sweet, ''The Window Dummy'' (1925) by Lloyd Bacon, ''Hotsy Totsy'' (1925) by Alf Goulding, ''Alice Be Good'' (1926) by Eddie Cline, ''Picking Peaches'' (1924) by Erle C. Kenton, ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1924), '' She Couldn't Say ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hoose-Gow
''The Hoose-Gow'' is a 1929 short film starring Laurel and Hardy, directed by James Parrott and produced by Hal Roach. Synopsis Stan and Ollie arrive as new inmate A prisoner (also known as an inmate or detainee) is a person who is deprived of liberty against their will. This can be by confinement, captivity, or forcible restraint. The term applies particularly to serving a prison sentence in a prison. ...s at a prison after apparently taking part in a hold-up raid, a raid they tell a prison officer they were only watching. After signalling to friends across the prison wall a rope ladder appears while they speak to the prison guard. Their accomplices run off when the guard climbs the ladder, but when the guard opens the outer door he accidentally closes it with them outside and they run off. Reappearing with a shotgun and Laurel and Hardy return with the seats of their trousers shot out. Doing outside works, the fellow prisoners tell them the guard's dinner table is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reap The Wild Wind
''Reap the Wild Wind'' is a 1942 American adventure film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Ray Milland, John Wayne, and Paulette Goddard, with a supporting cast featuring Raymond Massey, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman, Susan Hayward and Charles Bickford. DeMille's second Technicolor production, the film is based on a serialized story written by Thelma Strabel in 1940 for ''The Saturday Evening Post''. The screenplay was written by Alan Le May (author of the novel ''The Searchers''), Charles Bennett, Jesse Lasky, Jr. and Jeanie MacPherson. While he based his film on Strabel's story, set in the 1840s along the Florida coast, DeMille took liberties with details such as sibling relationships and subplots, while staying true to the spirit of the story, which centers on the headstrong, independent woman portrayed by Goddard. Released shortly after the United States' entry into World War II, ''Reap the Wild Wind'' was wildly successful at the box office and ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood Money (1933 Film)
''Blood Money'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code crime drama film directed by Rowland Brown about a crooked bail bondsman named Bill Bailey, played by George Bancroft, with Chick Chandler as crime boss Drury Darling, Judith Anderson as Drury's sister and Bailey's lover, and Frances Dee as a thrill-seeking, larcenous beauty who fatefully catches Bailey's eye. The film was considered to be lost for nearly forty years before reappearing. This marked the film debut of Anderson (better known for her next role, housekeeper Mrs. Danvers in the 1940 '' Rebecca''). Cast *George Bancroft as Bill Bailey *Frances Dee as Elaine Talbart *Chick Chandler as Drury Darling *Judith Anderson as Ruby Darling * Blossom Seeley as Singer *Etienne Girardot as Bail Bond Clerk * George Regas as Charley Dee, normally cast in wholesome roles, described Talbert in the 2002 Turner Classic Movies documentary ''Complicated Women'' as rather weird character, to say the least. She was a kleptomaniac, a nymphomani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duck Soup (1933 Film)
''Duck Soup'' is a 1933 American pre-Code musical black comedy film written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, with additional dialogue by Arthur Sheekman and Nat Perrin, directed by Leo McCarey. Released theatrically by Paramount Pictures on November 17, 1933, it starred the Marx Brothers ( Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo in his final Marx Brothers’ movie) and also featured Margaret Dumont, Louis Calhern, Raquel Torres and Edgar Kennedy. It was the last of five Marx Brothers movies released by Paramount Pictures. Groucho plays the newly installed president of the mythical country of Freedonia. Zeppo is his secretary, while Harpo and Chico are Sylvanian spies. Relations between Groucho and the Sylvanian ambassador deteriorate during the film, and they go to war at the conclusion. Compared to the Marx Brothers' previous films, ''Duck Soup'' was a box office disappointment, though not entirely a "flop" as is sometimes reported. The film opened to mixed reviews, although th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Power And The Glory (1933 Film)
''The Power and the Glory'' is a 1933 pre-Code film starring Spencer Tracy and Colleen Moore, written by Preston Sturges, and directed by William K. Howard. The picture's screenplay was Sturges' first script, which he delivered complete in the form of a finished shooting script, for which he received $17,500 ($ today) and a percentage of the profits. Profit-sharing arrangements, now a common practice in Hollywood, were then unusual and gained Sturges much attention. The film, told through flashbacks, was cited by Pauline Kael in her essay "Raising Kane", as a prototype for the narrative structure of ''Citizen Kane'' (1941). (Screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, who along with Orson Welles won an Oscar for the screenplay of ''Citizen Kane'', was a friend of Sturges.) ''The Power and the Glory'' was loosely based by Sturges on the life of C. W. Post, his second wife's grandfather, who founded the Postum Cereal Company, which later became General Foods. Like Tom Garner, the lead c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Shark (film)
''Tiger Shark'' is a 1932 American pre-Code melodrama romantic film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Edward G. Robinson, Richard Arlen and Zita Johann. Plot The wife of one-handed tuna fisherman Mike Mascarenhas falls for the man whose life Mike had saved while at sea. Cast Production notes The film was made in the same year as '' Scarface'', which is considered to be the Howard Hawks' best film of the early sound era. The general storyline was repeated several times in later films such as ''Manpower'' (1941) with Marlene Dietrich and George Raft, in which Robinson plays the same role but as a powerline worker. The film's leading lady Zita Johann may be best remembered for her role in Karl Freund's ''The Mummy A mummy is an unusually well preserved corpse. Mummy or The Mummy may also refer to: Places * Mummy Range, a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado in the United States * Mummy Cave, a rock shelter and archeological site in P ...'' (1932) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beau Hunks
''Beau Hunks'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code Laurel and Hardy film, directed by James W. Horne. The title is a reference to the Beau Geste trilogy (''Beau Geste'' (1924), ''Beau Sabreur'' (1926) and ''Beau Ideal'' (1927) and the Hollywood films of the same period based on them); to the line in ''Beau Sabreur'' where Buddy says '"Sure thing, Son Hank — if a gang of Touareg Bohunks couldn't, French troops couldn't. . . . I s'pose it ''is'' us he's after?"'; or to ''bohunk'', a common ethnic slur of the time in the United States. At 37 minutes, it is the longest Laurel and Hardy short. The French Foreign Legion scenario was reused in ''The Flying Deuces'' with Charles B. Middleton again playing their commanding officer. Plot A lovesick Ollie sings and plays piano for his absent sweetheart Jeanie-Weenie (only ever seen as a photograph) before revealing to Stan that he is to marry her. No sooner does he make this announcement than the postman delivers a Dear John letter from Jeanie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Numbered Men
''Numbered Men'' is a 1930 American pre-Code prison drama film (originally with songs) produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The movie stars Bernice Claire, Conrad Nagel, Raymond Hackett and Ralph Ince. The film was based on the play, entitled ''Jail Break'', by Dwight Taylor. Plot Bertie "Duke" Gray (Conrad Nagel) is a counterfeiter who has been sentenced to prison for ten years. Seeing that there is no chance to escape, he accepts his fate and settles down into prison life to make the best of it. Gray is friends with Bud Leonard (played by Raymond Hackett), a young man who can not stand prison for he is in love with Mary Dane (played by Bernice Claire) and misses her terribly. To make matters worse, while Hackett is in prison, the man who framed him, played by Lou Rinaldo (played by Maurice Black), is making a play for Mary. When she tempts Bud to escape he is ready to run the risk although it may mean h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiddlesticks (1927 Film)
Fiddlesticks is a 1927 silent black and white short American film starring Harry Langdon directed by Harry Edwards and written by Frank Capra and produced by Mack Sennett. "Fiddlesticks" is a faux swear word (i.e. in place of true swearing) common in the early 20th century and defunct by the end of the 20th century. In the context of the film it acts as a kind of pun in relation to Harry's double bass looking like an oversized fiddle. The film was the final collaboration between Harry Langdon and Mack Sennett. The plot paralleled the Harold Lloyd film The Kid Brother released earlier that year.Keystone: The Life and Clowns of Mack Sennett by Simon Louvish Plot The Hogan family sit and debate their idle son - Harry. The men one to throw him out but Mrs Hogan hopes he will be a great musician one day. Harry does not realise his own shortcomings as a music student, whose instrument of choice is the double bass. He attempts to play My Wild Irish Rose and his professor asks him t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love 'Em And Weep
''Love 'em and Weep'' is a 1927 American silent comedy short film starring Mae Busch, Stan Laurel and James Finlayson. Opening Title ''Ancient Proverb—Every married man should have his fling—But be careful not to get flung too far.'' Plot An old flame (Mae Busch) of businessman Titus Tillsbury ( James Finlayson) threatens to expose their past, destroying both his marriage and career. He sends his aide ( Stan Laurel) to keep her away from a dinner party he and his wife are hosting that evening. Cast Production ''Love 'em and Weep'' was filmed in January 1927 and released June 12 of that year by Pathé Exchange Pathé Exchange, commonly known as Pathé, was an American film production and distribution company, largely of Hollywood's silent era. Known for its groundbreaking newsreel and wide array of shorts, it grew out of the American division of the m .... Notes * Since Laurel and Hardy appear in the film, it is considered an early ''Laurel and Hardy'' film despi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butter Fingers
''Butter Fingers'' is a 1925 American silent film sports comedy film directed by Del Lord Delmer "Del" Lord (October 7, 1894March 23, 1970) was a Canadian film director and actor best known as a director of Three Stooges films. Career Delmer Lord was born in the small town of Grimsby, Ontario, Canada. Interested in the theatre, he t ... starring Billy Bevan. at silentera.com Cast References External links * * 1925 films Mack Sennett Comedies short films[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Town Ideas
''Big Town Ideas'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Carl Harbaugh and starring Eileen Percy, Laura La Plante and James Parrott.Munden p.60 It was produced and distributed by Fox Film. Cast * Eileen Percy as Fan Tilden * Kenneth Gibson as Alan Dix * James Parrott as Spick Sprague * Lon Poff as Deputy * Laura La Plante as Molly Dorn * Leo Sulky as George Small * Harry DeRoy as Bald-headed Man * Lefty James as Warden * Lawrence A. Bowes as Governor * Paul Kamp as Grocer's Boy * Paul Cazeneuve as Show Manager * Clarence Wilson as Chef * Jess Aldridge Jess is a unisex given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Jessica, Jesse, Jessie, etc., and a surname. It may refer to: Given name * Jess Atkinson (born 1961), American football player * Jess Cain (1926–2008), American radio host * ... as Governor's Bodyguard References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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