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Mildred Johnston
Mildred Johnston (born Mildred Bell; June 11, 1890March 20, 1974) was an American film editor active in the 1920s and 1930s. Biography Mildred was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1890, the daughter of Thomas Bell and May Greene. Her father, the city auditor (and a respected journalist), died of typhoid fever when she was 8. She later attended college at the University of Missouri. By the early 1920s, she was living in Los Angeles with her mother, where she was working as an assistant film editor and script girl. In 1921, she married Richard Johnston, an assistant director and production manager at Paramount. The pair had two daughters. Between 1928 and 1935, she edited almost three dozen films, most of which were produced by Liberty Pictures. Much of her earlier work during that time range was on B-Westerns. She was also a founding member of the Blind Children's Center of Los Angeles. By the late 1940s, she seems to have retired from the film industry; her last known credit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System. MU was founded in 1839 and was the first public university west of the Mississippi River. It has been a member of the Association of American Universities since 1908 and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". To date, the University of Missouri alumni, faculty, and staff include 18 Rhodes Scholars, 19 Truman Scholars, 141 Fulbright Scholars, 7 Governors of Missouri, and 6 members of the U.S. Congress. Enrolling 31,401 students in 2021, it offers more than 300 degree programs in thirteen major academic divisions. Its well-known Missouri School of Journalism was founded by Walter Williams (journalist), Walter Williams in 1908 as the world's first journalism school; It publishes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheaters (1934 Film)
''Cheaters'' is a 1934 American crime film directed by Phil Rosen and starring William Boyd, June Collyer and Dorothy Mackaill.Pitts p.217 Main cast * William Boyd as Steve Morris * June Collyer as Kay Murray * Dorothy Mackaill as Mabel * William Collier Sr. as K.C. Kelly * Alan Mowbray as Paul Southern * Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Detective Sweeney * Louise Beavers Louise Beavers (March 8, 1902 – October 26, 1962) was an American film and television actress. From the 1920s until 1960, she appeared in dozens of films and two hit television shows. She was most often cast in the roles of a maid, servant ... as Lily References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005. External links * 1934 films 1934 crime films American crime films Films directed by Phil Rosen American black-and-white films 1930s Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Man's Land
''A Man's Land'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film, written by Adele Buffington and directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Hoot Gibson, Marion Shilling, and Robert Ellis, and was released on June 11, 1932. Plot Tex Mason's ranch is facing a lot of cattle rustling that will put them out of business. Unknown to Tex is that Joe, one of his ranch hands, is in cahoots with John Thomas who desires to take over the ranch for himself when it fails. When the actual owner of the ranch, who lives in Chicago dies, he leaves half the ranch to Tex and half to his daughter, Peggy Turner. Peggy desires to turn the cattle ranch into a dude ranch. Accompanied by her maiden Aunt Flossie, Peggy travels West and immediately butts horns with Tex. Peggy feels that cattle branding is cruelty to dumb animals, and turns against Tex when he dresses the cattle up in pink and blue ribbons. John Thomas befriends Peggy and sees the chance to set Tex up with the blame for the rustling. Cast list * Hoot Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stoker (1932 Film)
''The Stoker'' is a 1932 American film directed by Chester M. Franklin. Plot summary A man whose wife has deserted him winds up saving a beautiful girl from the clutches of a murderous bandit on a Nicaraguan coffee plantation. Cast *Monte Blue as Dick Martin *Dorothy Burgess as Margarita Valdez *Noah Beery as Santini *Natalie Moorhead as Vera Martin *Richard Tucker (actor), Richard Tucker as Alan Ballard *Clarence Geldart as Senor Valdez *Charles Stevens (actor), Charles Stevens as Ernesto *Harry J. Vejar as Jailer *Chris-Pin Martin as Chief of Police References External links * * 1932 films 1932 drama films American drama films American black-and-white films Films with screenplays by F. Hugh Herbert 1930s English-language films Films directed by Chester Franklin 1930s American films {{1930s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Parisian Romance (film)
''A Parisian Romance'' is a 1932 American drama film directed by Chester M. Franklin and starring Lew Cody, Marion Shilling and Gilbert Roland.Pitts p.25 It is based on the play of the same title by Octave Feuillet, which had previously been made into a 1916 silent film. Synopsis In Paris, a notorious womanizer falls in love with a young woman who at last makes him mend his ways. Cast * Lew Cody as Baron * Marion Shilling as Claudette * Gilbert Roland as Victor * Joyce Compton as Marcelle * Yola d'Avril as Pauline * Nicholas Soussanin as Emil * George J. Lewis as Pierre * Bryant Washburn as Briac * Helen Jerome Eddy as Yvonne * Paul Porcasi as Deville * James Eagles as Paul * Luis Alberni as Pascal * Nadine Dore Nadine may refer to: People * Nadine (given name) * Nadine, Countess of Shrewsbury (1913–2003), English opera soprano Film and TV * ''Nadine'' (1987 film), a 1987 film with Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger * , a 2007 Dutch film with Monic Hen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cowboy Counsellor
''Cowboy Counsellor'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film starring Hoot Gibson and directed by George Melford. It mixed in strong elements of comedy with courtroom drama. One reviewer deemed it "the best of Gibson's films for Allied." Retrieved November 19, 2022. Plot Dan Alton is a , posing as a |
The Golden West (1932 Film)
''The Golden West'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film directed by David Howard and written by Gordon Rigby. The film stars George O'Brien, Janet Chandler, Marion Burns, Arthur Pierson, Onslow Stevens and Emmett Corrigan. It is based on the novel '' The Last Trail'' by Zane Grey. The film was released on October 30, 1932, by Fox Film Corporation. It is based on a novel by Zane Grey. Plot Cast * George O'Brien as David Lynch / Motano *Janet Chandler as Betty Summers / Betty Brown *Marion Burns as Helen Sheppard * Arthur Pierson as Robert Summers *Onslow Stevens as Calvin Brown *Emmett Corrigan as Colonel Horace Summers *Bert Hanlon as Dennis Epstein *Edmund Breese as Sam Lynch *Frank Hagney as Chief Grey Eagle(*uncredited) *Hattie McDaniel Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893October 26, 1952) was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. For her role as Mammy in ''Gone with the Wind'' (1939), she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ironmaster (1933 Film)
''The Ironmaster'' (french: Le Maître de forges) is a 1933 French drama film scripted and supervised by Abel Gance, and directed by Fernand Rivers. It is a remake of the 1912 film ''Le Maître de forges''. In 1948 Rivers himself remade the film. Cast * Gaby Morlay as Claire de Beaulieu * Léon Belières as Monsieur Moulinet * Paule Andral as Marquise de Beaulieu * Jacques Dumesnil as Gaston de Bligny * Henri Rollan as Philippe Derblay * Rivers Cadet as Baron de Prefont * Christiane Delyne as Athenais de Moulinet * Ghislaine Bru as Suzanne Derblay * Guy Parzy as Octave de Beaulieu * Irma Génin as Baronne de Prefont * Jean Dulac * Jane Marken * Marcel Maupi Marcel Maupi, stage name of Marcel Louis Alexandre Barberin or Maupi, (6 November 1881, Marseille – 4 January 1949, Antibes) was a French actor. Selected filmography * ''Dance Hall'' (1931) * '' Marius'' (1931) * '' Fanny'' (1932) * '' The Iro ... References External links * 1933 films 1933 drama films Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Intruder (1933 Film)
''The Intruder'' is a 1933 Pre code comedy crime film directed by Albert Ray and starring Monte Blue and Lila Lee, two silent screen veterans. The cast also featured Gwen Lee, Arthur Housman and Mischa Auer. Shot at the RKO-Pathé Studios in California, it was produced and distributed by the Poverty Row studio Allied Pictures. The picture survives in the Library of Congress collection.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collections in The Library of Congress'', (<-book title) p.89 c.1978 by the American Film Institute Synopsis When one of the passengers is murdered on a during a , a man named Samson declares himself to be a |
The Eleventh Commandment (1933 Film)
''The Eleventh Commandment'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Melford and starring Marian Marsh, Theodore von Eltz and Alan Hale. It is based on a play by Brandon Fleming. The story had previously been made into a 1924 British silent film. Plot When a wealthy unmarried woman dies without heirs, her estate is entrusted to her attorney. However his partner at the law firm schemes to get his hands on the money and hires a barmaid to pretend to be a relative and claim the estate. Cast *Marian Marsh as Corinne Ross *Theodore von Eltz as Wayne Winters * Alan Hale as Max Stäger *Marie Prevost as Tessie Florin *Gloria Shea as Nina *Arthur Hoyt as Charlie Moore *William V. Mong as John Ross *Lee Moran as Steve *Ethel Wales Ethel Wales (April 4, 1878 – February 15, 1952) was an American actress who appeared in more than 130 films during her 30-year career. Biography Born in 1878 in Passaic, New Jersey, Wales graduated from "Wisconsin u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dude Bandit
''The Dude Bandit'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code Western film directed by George Melford. Starring Hoot Gibson, the film is a remake of Gibson's '' Clearing the Range'' (1931). Cast *Hoot Gibson as "Ace" Cooper posing as Tex *Gloria Shea as Betty Mason *Hooper Atchley as Al Burton * Skeeter Bill Robbins as "Skeeter" *Horace B. Carpenter as "Doc" Pettit *Neal Hart as Henchman Jack Hargan * Lafe McKee as Rancher Brown *Gordon De Main as Dan "Dad" Mason *Fred Burns Frederick D. Burns (born September 6, 1889, in Nevada, Missouri; died December 22, 1971, in Cincinnati, Ohio) was an important figure in Midwest amateur tennis in the early part of the 20th century. Burns was a journalist by profession from 1911 ... as Sheriff Jim External links * * 1933 films 1933 Western (genre) films 1930s English-language films American black-and-white films American Western (genre) films Films directed by George Melford Remakes of American films 1930s American films {{1930s- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Year Later (film)
''One Year Later'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code film directed by E. Mason Hopper. Plot summary First, a pair of blissful honeymooners traveling by train. Then, a year later, the same coach is carrying the man to his place of execution. Although it seems hopeless, there are two wild cards on board: the man's wife and a terminally ill reporter. Cast *Mary Brian as Molly Collins *Russell Hopton as Tony Richards *Don Dillaway as Jim Collins *DeWitt Jennings as Deputy Russell *Will Ahern as Will Ahern * Gladys Ahern as Joyce Carewe * George Irving as J. Atwell Hunt * Jackie Searl as Clarence *Pauline Garon as Vera Marks * William Humphrey as Conductor *Harry Holman as Fat Man *Marjorie Beebe Marjorie Eileen Beebe (October 9, 1908 – May 9, 1983) was an American film actress. Early years Beebe was born on October 9, 1909. She graduated from Hollywood High School. Career Beebe tired of working as an assistant in a magician's show, ... as News Stand Girl * Herbert Evans as T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
