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Mississippi (film)
''Mississippi'' is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Bing Crosby, W. C. Fields, and Joan Bennett. Written by Francis Martin and Jack Cunningham based on the novel ''Magnolia'' by Booth Tarkington, the film is about a young pacifist who, after refusing on principle to defend his sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer and acquires a reputation as a crackshot after a saloon brawl in which a villain accidentally kills himself with his own gun. The film was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. ''Mississippi'' has the distinction of being the only W.C. Fields film with a score by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. It is also the only film in which Fields co-starred with Crosby. Photographed by Charles Lang, the film featured art direction by Hans Dreier and Bernard Herzbrun and was edited by Chandler House. The sound man was Eugene Merritt. The original running time of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bing Crosby
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, musician and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. He was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1926 to 1977. He made over 70 feature films and recorded more than 1,600 songs. His early career coincided with recording innovations that allowed him to develop an intimate singing style that influenced many male singers who followed, such as Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Dean Martin, Dick Haymes, Elvis Presley, and John Lennon. ''Yank'' magazine said that he was "the person who had done the most for the morale of overseas servicemen" during World War II. In 1948, American polls declared him the "most admired man alive", ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII. In 1948, ''Music Digest'' estimated that his recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Larkin (actor, Born 1877)
John Larkin (born John Larkin Smith, November 25, 1877 – March 18, 1936) was an American stage and screen performer, as well as songwriter, whose acting career extended nearly four decades — from the late 1890s through his last acting roles in the five films released the year of his death. A scrapbook preserved at Atlanta's Emory University indicates that "he was billed as "The Rajah of Mirth" and "The Funniest Colored Comedian in the World". Overview Larkin was seen in minstrel shows, vaudeville and, during his final six years, at the start of the sound film era, in major Hollywood studio productions, accumulating nearly 50 film credits between 1930 and 1936. Over half of his film appearances were uncredited and, stable with casting mores prevalent during the era, his roles consisted of shoeshine men, servants, porters, janitors, stablehands and slaves. He was, however, continually employed, averaging from six to eleven films per year. A story in a 1933 issue of the Los An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles King (character Actor)
Charles Lafayette King (February 21, 1895 – May 7, 1957) was an American film actor who appeared in more than 400 films between 1915 and 1956. King was born in Dallas, Texas, and died in Hollywood, California, from cirrhosis of liver. Selected filmography * ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915) * '' Singing River'' (1921) * ''A Motion to Adjourn'' (1921) * ''The Black Bag'' (1922) * ''Merry-Go-Round'' (1923) * ''Hearts of the West'' (1925) * '' Range Courage'' (1927) * '' Barnum & Ringling, Inc.'' (1928) * ''Sisters of Eve'' (1928) * ''The Dawn Trail'' (1930) * '' Beyond the Law'' (1930) * ''Branded Men'' (1931) * ''Alias – the Bad Man'' (1931) * '' The Pocatello Kid'' (1931) * ''Two Gun Man'' (1931) * '' Honor of the Mounted'' (1932) * ''The Hurricane Express'' (1932) * ''Outlaw Justice'' (1932) * '' Young Blood'' (1932) * '' The Fighting Champ'' (1932) * ''The Gay Buckaroo'' (1932) * '' Ghost City'' (1932) * '' A Man's Land'' (1932) * '' Strawberry Roan'' (1933) * '' The F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helene Chadwick
Helene Chadwick (November 25, 1897 – September 4, 1940) was an American actress in silent and in early sound films. Early life and career Chadwick was born in the small town of Chadwicks, New York, which was named for her great-grandfather. Her parents were George W. Chadwick Jr. and Marie Louise Norton Chadwick. Her mother was a singer who performed on the stage and her father was a business man. She began making films for Pathé Pictures in Manhattan, New York. Her first film was ''The Challenge'' (1916), which was produced by Astra Film Corporation and released by Pathé. A director was impressed by Chadwicks's talent as an equestrian, thus she began acting as a western star but this did not continue with the exodus of film production from the east to the west coast. Signed by Samuel Goldwyn, Chadwick went to California in 1913 and entered silent movies in 1916. At the pinnacle of her acting career, she earned a salary estimated to have been $2,000 per week. From 1929 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Burke (actor)
James Michael Burke (September 24, 1886 – May 23, 1968) was an Irish-American film and television character actor born in New York City."New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909", FHL microfilm 1,322,214; New York Municipal Archives, Manhattan, New York, N.Y. FamilySearch. Retrieved February 20, 2019. Career Burke made his stage debut in New York around 1912 and went to Hollywood in 1933. He made over 200 film appearances during his career between 1932 and 1964, some of them uncredited. He was often cast as a police officer, usually a none-too-bright one, such as his role as Sergeant Velie in Columbia Pictures' Ellery Queen crime dramas in the early 1940s. Burke can also be seen in ''At The Circus'', '' The Maltese Falcon'', '' Lone Star'', and many other films. One of his memorable roles is his portrayal of a rowdy rancher in the 1935 comedy ''Ruggles of Red Gap''. In the early 1950s, Burke appeared on television with Tom Conway in the ABC detective drama ''Inspecto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Betz
Matthew Betz (September 13, 1881 – January 26, 1938) was an American film actor. Betz was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1881. Following an extended career in the U.S. Cavalry, Betz spent eight years in Vaudeville. His first stage play was ''Ellis Island''. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1914 and 1937. He died in 1938. Partial filmography * ''Putting One Over'' (1919) * ''Good References'' (1920) * '' Pirate Gold'' (1920) * '' Salvation Nell'' (1921) * ''The Single Track'' (1921) * ''Burn 'Em Up Barnes'' (1921) * ''Boomerang Bill'' (1922) * ''My Old Kentucky Home'' (1922) * ''Sawdust'' (1923) * ''The Self-Made Wife'' (1923) * ''Anna Christie'' (1923) * '' Let's Go'' (1923) * '' Love's Whirlpool'' (1924) * ''The Siren of Seville'' (1924) * '' The Family Secret'' (1924) * ''The Lighthouse by the Sea'' (1924) * '' The Heart Bandit'' (1924) * ''The Way of a Girl'' (1925) *''White Fang'' (1925) * ''The White Desert'' (1925) * ''The Unholy Three'' (1925) * '' Oh! W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Andrews
Stanley Andrews (born Stanley Martin Andrzejewski; August 28, 1891 – June 23, 1969) was an American actor perhaps best known as the voice of Daddy Warbucks on the radio program ''Little Orphan Annie'' and later as "The Old Ranger", the first host of the syndicated western anthology television series, ''Death Valley Days''. Biography Early life Andrews was born in Chicago, Illinois as Stanley Martin Andrzejewski.U.S. WWI Draft Registration retrieved December 21, 2013. Little is known of his early years, except that he was reared in the |
Arthur Knight (film Critic)
Arthur Knight (1916–1991) was an American movie critic, film historian, professor and TV host. His book ''The Liveliest Art,'' first published in 1957, is a history of the cinema used as a textbook at colleges and universities throughout the world. Early life He graduated from City College of New York in 1940, and became an assistant film curator at the Museum of Modern Art. He served in the Army from 1941 to 1945, becoming a first lieutenant. Film teacher Institutions at which he taught include: * Brooklyn Academy of Music * City College of New York Institute of Film Techniques * New School for Social Research * Hunter College * Columbia University * UCLA * University of Southern California * Australian Film Television and Radio School His former students at USC include George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, John Carpenter and Randal Kleiser. His former film history students at the City College of New York Institute of Film Techniques include Donald Swerdlow (now Don Canaan), an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarence Geldart
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. Geldart. He was born in New Brunswick, Canada, and died in Calabasas, California. Geldart's Broadway credits include ''King Henry V'' (1900) and ''Beaucaire'' (1901). Partial filmography * ''The Hidden Pearls'' (1918) * ''Believe Me, Xantippe'' - William (1918) * ''Till I Come Back to You'' (1918) * '' The Goat'' (1918) * '' The Squaw Man'' (1918) * ''The Way of a Man with a Maid'' (1918) * ''The Dub'' (1919) * '' The Poor Boob'' (1919) * ''Captain Kidd, Jr.'' (1919) * '' Putting It Over'' (1919) (as C.H. Geldert) * ''Love Insurance'' (1919) * ''Too Much Johnson'' (1919) (as Charles H. Geldart) * '' Everywoman'' (1919) * ''Don't Change Your Husband'' (1919) * '' The Tree of Knowledge'' (1920) * ''Why Change Your Wife?'' (1920) * '' Thou Art the Man'' (1920) (as Charles H. Geldart) * ''A Lady i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahlon Hamilton
Mahlon Preston Hamilton, Jr. (June 15, 1880 – June 20, 1960), was an American stage and screen actor. He was the son of a bartender born in Baltimore, Maryland, the eldest of four children, with the rest of the siblings being girls. Census records indicate his mother died sometime around 1899. Hamilton served with the Maryland National Guard and attended the Maryland Agricultural College (today the University of Maryland, College Park) before turning to acting. From 1908 through 1914, Hamilton appeared in such plays as ''The Great Question'', ''Israel'', ''When Claudia Smiles'', ''The Chaperon'', and ''Overnight''. He began his film career during the silent era, appearing in more than 90 films between 1914 and 1950. Personal life and death Hamilton married Aleta Farnum in 1918; the marriage ended in divorce in 1925. He died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California from cancer and was interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery. Selected filmography * ''The Final Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Baggot
William King Baggot (November 7, 1879 – July 11, 1948) was an American actor, film director and screenwriter. He was an internationally famous movie star of the silent film era. The first individually publicized leading man in America, Baggot was referred to as "King of the Movies," "The Most Photographed Man in the World" and "The Man Whose Face Is As Familiar As The Man In The Moon." Baggot appeared in over 300 motion pictures from 1909 to 1947; wrote 18 screenplays; and directed 45 movies from 1912 to 1928, including '' The Lie'' (1912), '' Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman'' (1925) and ''The House of Scandal'' (1928). He also directed William S. Hart in his most famous western, ''Tumbleweeds'' (1925). Among his film appearances, he was best known for ''The Scarlet Letter'' (1911), '' Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' (1913), and '' Ivanhoe'' (1913), which was filmed on location in Wales. Early life He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of William Baggot (1845–1909) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Myers
Harry C. Myers (September 5, 1882 – December 25, 1938) was an American film actor and director, sometimes credited as Henry Myers. He performed in many short comedy films with his wife Rosemary Theby. Myers appeared in 330 films between 1908 and 1938, and directed more than 50 films between 1913 and 1917. Biography He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on September 5, 1882. When he was young, Myers moved to Philadelphia, where he received most of his education. He studied drawing and design at the Philadelphia Art School for three years. Turning from art to drama, he acted for two years with the Girard Avenue Stock Company and with other troupes in subsequent years. Myers had been a theatre actor for 10 years before he went into films as an actor for Siegmund Lubin's Lubin Studios in 1909. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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