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Marcel Le Picard
Marcel Le Picard (1887–1952) was a French cinematographer known for his work on American films.American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929 p.129 He shot around two hundred films between 1916 and 1953. He did much of his prolific work for low-budget studios such as Republic Pictures, Monogram Pictures and Producers Releasing Corporation. Selected filmography * ''The Outlaw's Revenge'' (1915) * ''A Daughter of the Gods'' (1916) * '' Day Dreams'' (1919) * ''Through the Wrong Door'' (1919) * ''Leave It to Susan'' (1919) * '' Water, Water, Everywhere'' (1920) * '' Cyclone Jones'' (1923) * '' I Am the Man'' (1924) * ''White Mice'' (1926) * ''The Broadway Boob'' (1926) * ''Back to Liberty'' (1927) * ''His Rise to Fame'' (1927) * ''Combat'' (1927) * ''The Winning Oar'' (1927) * ''The Broadway Drifter'' (1927) * ''Inspiration'' (1928) * ''The Legion of Missing Men'' (1937) * ''The Shadow Strikes'' (1937) * '' Man from Texas'' (1939) * '' The Golden Trail' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back To Liberty
''Back to Liberty'' is a 1927 American silent mystery film directed by Bernard McEveety and starring George Walsh, Edmund Breese and Dorothy Hall.Munden p.33 Cast * George Walsh as Jimmy Stevens * Edmund Breese as Tom Devon / Reginald Briand * Dorothy Hall as Floria Briand * Jean Del Val as Rudolph Gambier * De Sacia Mooers De Sacia Mooers (November 19, 1888 – January 11, 1960) was a film actress, disputably from Los Angeles, California. She appeared in over one hundred movies in the silent film era. She was perhaps best known as the "Blonde Vamp" for her role ... as Nina Burke References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1927 films 1927 mystery films American mystery films Films directed by Bernard McEveety American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder By Invitation
''Murder by Invitation'' is a 1941 American mystery film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Wallace Ford. Plot The relatives of Cassandra "Cassie" Denham, an old unmarried lady living in New York who is reputedly good for three million dollars, try to make a judge declare her unable to take care of herself financially. The attempt fails, and in charge of handing in the petition is Cassie's nephew Garson Denham, a lawyer. Instead he summons a newspaper reporter, Bob White (Wallace Ford), and his girlfriend, Nora O'Brien (Marian Marsh), and tells them he has been invited to stay a week at Cassie's estate up in the mountains. The invitation states that any relative not arriving at the specified time will be excluded from the will. Garson believes his aunt is mentally unsound and plans to kill them all during the stay. Despite this Garson and his wife, his brothers Tom and Larry and their mother Martha keep the appointment. As they arrive Cassie tells them that they are there so th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowery Blitzkrieg
''Bowery Blitzkrieg'' is a 1941 film and the sixth installment of the East Side Kids series. The film "introduced" Huntz Hall in his first of the East Side Kids film series. It was released in the United Kingdom under the title ''Stand and Deliver''. Plot Two police officers patrolling the streets of New York City's Bowery discuss the lamentable fact that most of the young boys in the neighborhood will turn to crime and end up in jail. One exception, they agree, is Danny Breslin, a young boxer who is studying economics and destined for success. While Danny's future looks bright, the future of his former best friend, Muggs McGinnis, appears to hold little more than troubles with the law and juvenile probation. One day, when Danny learns that Muggs has been speaking poorly of his schoolteacher sister Mary, he marches over to Clancy's Pool Hall, their favorite neighborhood haunt, and punches Muggs. The fight eventually turns into a pool hall riot, which results in Muggs's arrest. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invisible Ghost
''Invisible Ghost'' is a 1941 American horror film directed by Joseph H. Lewis, produced by Sam Katzman and starring Bela Lugosi. Plot The home of Charles Kessler is beset by a series of unsolved murders. Kessler, who lives with his daughter and servants since his wife left him, is shown to be the murderer, unbeknownst to himself. His wife, who became brain-damaged in a car accident not long after leaving him, has been visiting the grounds of the house and the sight of her through his window puts Kessler into a trance-like state which makes him homicidal. Ralph Dickson, the fiancée of Kessler's daughter, is convicted and executed for one of the murders. His twin brother Paul arrives and, through a series of events, including Kessler's wife finally entering the house and being seen by others, Kessler is seen to go into the trance and the mystery is revealed. Cast Production The film was initially announced in press as ''Murder by the Stars'', and later re-titled ''The Phant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roll Wagons Roll
''Roll Wagons Roll'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and starring Tex Ritter, Nelson McDowell and Muriel Evans Muriel Evans (born Muriel Adele Evanson; July 20, 1910 – October 26, 2000) was an American film actress. She is best known for her many appearances in popular westerns of the 1930s for which she won a Golden Boot Award. Early life and c ....Bond p.327 Plot Cast References Bibliography * Bond, Johnny. ''The Tex Ritter Story''. Chappell Music Company, 1976. External links * 1940 films 1940 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Albert Herman Monogram Pictures films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{1940s-western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Golden Trail (1940 Film)
''The Golden Trail'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and starring Tex Ritter, Stanley Price and Gene Alsace In biology, the word gene (from , ; "...Wilhelm Johannsen coined the word gene to describe the Mendelian units of heredity..." meaning ''generation'' or ''birth'' or ''gender'') can have several different meanings. The Mendelian gene is a ba ....Drew p.326 Plot Cast References Bibliography * Bernard A. Drew. ''Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide''. Routledge, 2013. External links * 1940 films 1940 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Albert Herman Monogram Pictures films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{1940s-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man From Texas (1939 Film)
''Man from Texas'' is a 1939 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Albert Herman and starring Tex Ritter, Ruth Rogers (actress), Ruth Rogers and Hal Price.Bond p.326 Plot Cast * Tex Ritter as Tex Allen * Ruth Rogers (actress), Ruth Rogers as Laddie Dennison * Hal Price as Marshal 'Happy' Jack Martin * Charles B. Wood as Shooting Kid * Kenne Duncan as Speed Dennison * Vic Demourelle as Jeff Hall * Roy Barcroft as Henchman Drifter * Frank Wayne (actor), Frank Wayne as Henchman Longhorn * Tom London as Henchman Slim * Chuck Baldra as Deputy * Walter Wilson (actor), Walter Wilson as Walt * Victor Adamson as Dennison Cowhand * White Flash the horse as White Flash References Bibliography * Bond, Johnny. ''The Tex Ritter Story''. Chappell Music Company, 1976. External links * 1939 films 1939 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Albert Herman Monogram Pictures films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shadow Strikes
''The Shadow Strikes'' is a 1937 black and white American film based on the story ''Ghost of the Manor'' written by Walter B. Gibson under the pen name Maxwell Grant The Shadow was featured on a popular radio show and also as a pulp magazine crime fighter. The film was directed by Lynn Shores and stars Rod La Rocque as Lamont Granston, The Shadow. (The cast list at the beginning and a newspaper article toward the end of the film spell his surname ''Granston''). This film is the first that features the character known as The Shadow, both this film and its sequel, '' International Crime'', were produced by Colony Pictures and released by Grand National Pictures. The film was released on October 29, 1937. Plot Lamont Granston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at an attorney's office. When the police search the scene, Granston must assume the identity of the attorney, Chester Randall. Before he can leave, a phone call summons the attorney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Legion Of Missing Men
''The Legion of Missing Men'' is a 1937 Monogram Pictures film about the French Foreign Legion set in the French protectorate of Morocco. Directed by Hamilton MacFadden, it stars Ralph Forbes who had also served in the cinematic Foreign Legion in ''Beau Geste'' (1926) and ''Beau Ideal'' (1931). Singer and actress Hala Linda was married to Richard Gump, the composer of the film's "The Legionnaires Song".''The Pittsburgh Press'' Nov 3, 1937 It was the only film of Monogram's Marlene Dietrich imitator. The film features scenes reused from a silent film, presumably '' Under Two Flags''. Plot Bob Carter is a professional soldier of fortune whose expertise is in the use of the machine gun. He has plied his trade for Sun Yat-Sen in the Xinhai Revolution, the Mexican Revolution and with the Spanish in the Rif War for de Rivera. Now he is content to be a Legionnaire in the 20th Marching Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment with his comrades in arms the American Muggsy and the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inspiration (1928 Film)
''Inspiration'' is a 1928 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Bernard McEveety and starring George Walsh, Gladys Frazin and Marguerite Clayton.Munden p.381 It is also known by the alternative title of ''Love's Test''. Synopsis When he is falsely accused of having fathered a child with another woman, a man is abandoned by his fiancée and disinherited by his father. He leaves for China. There he meets a dancer, Carlita, who persuades him to return home and establish the truth, despite the fact she herself loves him. Cast * George Walsh as Gerald Erskine * Gladys Frazin as Carlita * Marguerite Clayton as Mary Keith * Earle Larrimore as Jimmie * Bradley Barker as George Gordon * Ali Yousoff as Pietro * John Costello (actor), John Costello as Capt. Broady * Buddy Harris (actor), Buddy Harris as Bobby * Bernice Vert as Anna Martin References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Broadway Drifter
''The Broadway Drifter'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Bernard McEveety and starring George Walsh, Dorothy Hall and Arthur Donaldson.Munden p.89 Synopsis A drifter who hangs around Broadway is disowned by his father. He tries to reform and find employment running a health institution for girls and later working at an airplane factory. Cast * George Walsh as Bob Stafford * Dorothy Hall as Eileen Byrne * Bigelow Cooper as Myron Stafford * Arthur Donaldson as Frank Harmon * Paul Doucet as Phil Winston * Nellie Savage as Mignon Renee * Gladys Valerie as Laura Morris * Donald Laskley Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the ... as Sam * George Offerman Jr. as Tommy References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Cata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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