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Mona Maris
Mona Maris (born Mona Maria Emita Capdeville or Maria Rosa Amita Capdeville, November 7, 1903 – March 23, 1991) was an Argentine film actress. Early life Mona Maris was born Mona Maria Emita Capdeville. Some sources spell her last name as Cap de Vielle, or Maria Rosa Cap de Vielle. Her mother was Spanish Basque and her father was French Catalan. Orphaned when she was four years old, Maris lived with her grandmother in France and was educated in a convent there, as well as in England and Germany. By the age of 19, she spoke four languages — French, German, English and Spanish. In the April 1930 issue of ''Picture Play'' magazine, William H. McKegg wrote that Maris "has assimilated much from each country n which she has lived€”cynical frankness of the French, the simplicity of the Germans—the romanticism of the Italians, and the independence of the English." Film career Maris' ambition to become an actress originated during World War I, when she was a student in L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the RÃo de la Plata, on South America's southeastern coast. "Buenos Aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the former was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Señora Santa MarÃa del Buen Ayre", named after the Madonna of Bonaria in Sardinia, Italy. Buenos Aires is classified as an alpha global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2020 ranking. The city of Buenos Aires is neither part of Buenos Aires Province nor the Province's capital; rather, it is an autonomous district. In 1880, after decades of political infighting, Buenos Aires was federalized and removed from Buenos Aires Province. The city limits were enlarged to include t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Serfs
''The Serfs'' (German: ''Die Leibeigenen'') is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Heinrich George, Mona Maris and Maria Reisenhofer. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Jacek Rotmil. It premiered on 11 January 1928 at the Gloria-Palast.Grange p.276 Cast * Heinrich George as Wildhüter Nikita * Mona Maris as Leibeigene Tatjana, eine Waise * Maria Reisenhofer as Gräfin Danischeff * Harry Halm as Alexej Danischeff, ihr Sohn * Oskar Homolka as Gouverneur Fürst Kurganow * Jutta Jol Jutta Jol (4 February 1896 – 26 October 1981) was a German actress. Born Justine Jutta Blanda Hermine Gehrmann in Metz, Lothringen German Reich (now, Lorraine, France), she died in Berlin. Selected filmography * '' Lord Reginald's Derby Ride'' ... as Sonja Kurganow, seine Tochter References Bibliography * Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008. External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once In A Lifetime (1932 Film)
''Once in a Lifetime'' is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film based on '' Once in a Lifetime'' by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, directed by Russell Mack and stars Jack Oakie, Sidney Fox and Aline MacMahon. It is preserved at the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Feature Films The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' by The American Film Institute, c.1978 Plot The immense success of ''The Jazz Singer'', the first all-talking picture, results in the cancellation of a booking for three song-and-dance vaudeville performers: Jerry Hyland, May Daniels and George Lewis. Jerry, convinced that talkies are the future, decides they will head to Hollywood to break into the fledgling movie industry before others get the same notion. May comes up with the idea to open a school of elocution to teach actors how to speak on film. On the train there, May encounters an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Called Back
''The Man Called Back'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code film directed by Robert Florey. This film was independently produced for the bargain-basement price of $68,000, partly because Florey was allowed to re-use the tropical set constructed for the RKO Radio Pictures film '' Bird of Paradise'' (1932). Plot A disgraced doctor (Nagel) exiles himself to the South Seas, and is rehabilitated by meeting a society woman (Kenyon) and her irresponsible husband (Halliday). He returns to London. Cast * Conrad Nagel as Dr. David Yorke * Doris Kenyon as Diana St. Claire * John Halliday as Gordon St. Claire * Juliette Compton as Vivien Lawrence * Reginald Owen as Dr. Atkins * Mona Maris as Lilaya * Alan Mowbray as King's Counsel * Gilbert Emery as Defense Counsel * Mae Busch as Rosie * Lionel Belmore as Mr. Cartright * Winter Hall as Judge * May Beatty as Mrs. Lucy Sanderson * George C. Pearce George C. Pearce (June 26, 1865 – August 13, 1940) was an American stage and film actor, pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Of The Rio Grande (1932 Film)
''South of the Rio Grande'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Buck Jones. A copy is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' (<-book title) p. 171 (c. 1978) by American Film Institute. Cast * - Sergeant Carlos Olivarez (as Charles 'Buck' Jones) * - Consuela Delgado * George J. Lewis - Corporal Ramon Ruiz (as George Lewis) * |
The Passionate Plumber
''The Passionate Plumber'' is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick, and starring Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, and Irene Purcell. The screenplay by Laurence E. Johnson and Ralph Spence is based on the 1926 play ''Dans sa candeur naïve'' by Jacques Deval. It is the second screen adaptation of the play, following the 1928 silent film ''The Cardboard Lover''. It later was remade in 1942 as '' Her Cardboard Lover''. A French-language version was made at the same time, under the title, ''Le plombier amoureux''. The dueling sequence was reworked in two of Keaton's later short subjects, ''She's Oil Mine'' from 1941 and the 1947 ''Un Duel A Mort'' made in France. Plot Paris plumber Elmer Tuttle is enlisted by socialite Patricia Alden to help make her lover Tony Lagorce jealous. With the help of his friend Julius J. McCracken, and through the high society contacts he has made through Patricia, Elmer hopes to find financing for his latest invention, a pisto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seas Beneath
''Seas Beneath'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code action film directed by John Ford and starring George O'Brien and Marion Lessing. In the book, ''John Ford'' by Peter Bogdanovich, Ford was interviewed about his memories of directing the film, and he had the following to say about the experience, expressing his annoyance at Lessing being hired as a leading actress: Cast * George O'Brien as Cmdr. Robert "Bob" Kingsley * Marion Lessing as Anna Marie Von Steuben * Mona Maris as Fraulein Lolita * Walter C. Kelly as Chief Mike "Guns" Costello * Warren Hymer as "Lug" Kaufman * Steve Pendleton as Ens. Richard "Dick" Cabot * Walter McGrail as Chief Joe Cobb * Larry Kent as Lt. "Mac" McGregor * Henry Victor as Baron Ernst von Steuben * John Loder as Franz Shiller * Maurice Murphy as Merkel (uncredited) * Harry Tenbrook Harry Tenbrook (born Henry Olaf Hansen, October 9, 1887 – September 4, 1960) was an American film actor. Henry Olaf Hansen was born in Christiania (now O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Devil With Women
''A Devil with Women'' is a 1930 American pre-Code film starring Victor McLaglen, Mona Maris, and Humphrey Bogart, and directed by Irving Cummings. Set in a Central American country, adventurer McLaglen and sidekick Bogart find themselves in a fierce competition for a luscious young woman's attentions. Notable for being among Bogart's earliest large film roles. Cast *Victor McLaglen as Jerry Moxton *Mona Maris as Rosita Fernandez *Humphrey Bogart as Tom Standish *Luana Alcaniz as Dolores *Michael Vavitch as Morloff *Soledad Jiménez as Jiminez *Mona Rico as Alicia *John St. Polo as Don Diego *Robert Edeson Robert Edeson (June 3, 1868 – March 24, 1931) was an American film and stage actor of the silent era and a vaudeville performer. Life and career Edeson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of manager and actor George R. Edeson. Afte ... as General Garcia * Joe De La Cruz as Juan References External links * * 1930 films 1930 adventure films American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Mad Kiss
''One Mad Kiss'' is a 1930 American musical film directed by Marcel Silver and James Tinling and starring José Mojica, Mona Maris and Antonio Moreno. The film was not a commercial success and lost $263,000 on its release. A separate Spanish-language version ''El precio de un beso'' was also released.Solomon p.41 It is now considered to be a lost film. Cast * José Mojica as José Salvedra * Mona Maris as Rosario * Antonio Moreno as Don Estrada * Tom Patricola Tom Patricola (January 22, 1891 – January 1, 1950) was an American actor, comic and dancer who starred in vaudeville and motion pictures. Born in New Orleans, Patricola established his fame as a hoofer, becoming a leading interpreter of the Bla ... as Paco References Bibliography * Jarvinen, Lisa. ''The Rise of Spanish-language Filmmaking: Out from Hollywood's Shadow, 1929-1939''. Rutger's University Press, 2012. * Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Arizona Kid (1930 Film)
''The Arizona Kid'' is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Alfred Santell. It was produced by Fox Film Corporation. The first of three sequels to the Academy Award-winning film ''In Old Arizona'' (1929), it stars Warner Baxter in the title role (a character based on the Cisco Kid by O. Henry). The film features Carole Lombard in one of her early roles. The film was a hit at the box office. Parts of the film were shot in Grafton, Rockville Road, and Zion National Park in Utah. Cast * Warner Baxter as The Arizona Kid * Carole Lombard as Virginia Hoyt * Theodore von Eltz as Dick Hoyt * Hank Mann as Bartender Bill * Mona Maris as Lorita * Wilfred Lucas as Manager * James Gibson as Stage Guard * Larry McGrath as Homer Snook * Jack Herrick as The Hoboken Hooker * Walter P. Lewis as Sheriff Jim Andrews * Arthur Stone as Snakebite Pete * De Sacia Mooers as Molly * Soledad Jiminez as Pulga * Horace B. Carpenter as Jake Grant * Art Mix Art Mix (born George Washing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under A Texas Moon
''Under A Texas Moon'' is a 1930 American pre-Code musical Western film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was based on the novel ''Two-Gun Man'' (from 1929) which was written by Stewart Edward White. It was the second all-color, all-talking feature to be filmed entirely outdoors, as well as being the second Western in color and the first all-talking, all-color Western. The film features one theme song by the title of "Under A Texas Moon." Plot Frank Fay, as a Mexican named Don Carlos, rides into a small Texas border settlement on the Fourth of July in the early 1880s. He is accompanied by his two inseparable companions, played by Georgie Stone and George Cooper. The day is being celebrated in the style of a Spanish fiesta. Fay challenges a rough Texan, played by Noah Beery, to a duel, only to find himself invited to undertake the dangerous task of capturing a cattle rustler who has been stealing cattle from the Lazy Y Ranch. He accepts the task on the promise of receivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance Of The Rio Grande
''Romance of the Rio Grande'' (also: En kärleksnatt vid Rio Grande) is a 1929 American pre-Code Western film directed by Alfred Santell and starring Warner Baxter, Mona Maris, Mary Duncan and Antonio Moreno. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation in both a Movietone talking version and also a silent version. Cast * Warner Baxter as Pablo Wharton Cameron * Mona Maris as Manuelita * Mary Duncan as Carlotta * Antonio Moreno as Juan * Robert Edeson as Don Fernando * Agostino Borgato as Vincente * Albert Roccardi as Padre Miguel * Charles Byer as Dick Rivers * Majel Coleman as Dorry Wayne * Merrill McCormick William Merrill McCormick (February 5, 1892 – August 19, 1953) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1916 and 1953. William Merrill McCormick was born on February 5, 1892, in Denver, Colorado. McCormick ap ... as Luca References External links Romance of the Rio Grande @ IMDb.com* 1929 films 1929 Western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
