|
Margaret Irving
Margaret Irving (January 18, 1898 – March 5, 1988) was an American stage and film actress. Biography Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1898, Irving is best remembered today for her roles as Aunt Gus in the 1950s sitcom '' The People's Choice'' and as Mrs. Whitehead in '' Animal Crackers'' (1930) starring the Marx Brothers, a role she originated on the Broadway stage. Her other films included ''San Francisco'' (1936), '' Captain Calamity'' (1936), '' Follow Your Heart'' (1936), '' Charlie Chan at the Opera'' (1936), '' Mr. Moto's Last Warning'' (1939), and ''In Society'' (1944). She was married to William Frederick James. She died in 1988 in San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ..., at the age of 90. Filmography References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsylvania behind Philadelphia, and the 68th-largest city in the U.S. with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 census. The city anchors the Pittsburgh metropolitan area of Western Pennsylvania; its population of 2.37 million is the largest in both the Ohio Valley and Appalachia, the second-largest in Pennsylvania, and the 27th-largest in the U.S. It is the principal city of the greater Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton combined statistical area that extends into Ohio and West Virginia. Pittsburgh is located in southwest Pennsylvania at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River, which combine to form the Ohio River. Pittsburgh is known both as "the Steel City" for its more than 300 steel-related businesses and as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thanks A Million
''Thanks a Million'' is a 1935 musical film produced and released by 20th Century Fox and directed by Roy Del Ruth. It stars Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak and Fred Allen, and features Patsy Kelly, David Rubinoff and Paul Whiteman and his band with singer/pianist Ramona. The script by Nunnally Johnson was based on a story by producer Darryl F. Zanuck (writing as Melville Crossman) and contained uncredited additional dialogue by Fred Allen, James Gow, Edmund Gross and Harry Tugend. ''Thanks a Million'' was nominated for the Academy Award for Sound ( E. H. Hansen) in 1935. It was remade in 1946 as '' If I'm Lucky'', with Perry Como and Phil Silvers in the Powell and Allen roles. Plot Stranded in a small town in a downpour, the manager of a traveling musical show (Fred Allen) convinces the handlers of a boring long-winded local judge running for governor ( Raymond Walburn) to hire his group to attract people to the politician's rallies. When the show's crooner, Eric Land (Dick Powell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love, Honor And Behave
''Love, Honor and Behave'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Stanley Logan and starring Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane. The supporting cast includes John Litel, Thomas Mitchell, Dick Foran and Dickie Moore. " Bei Mir Bist Du Schon" serves as the motion picture's the theme song. Initially set in Meadowfield, Long Island in 1922, the picture's plot revolves around a timid husband who finally stands up for himself in the wake of being cuckolded by his ravishing wife. Plot Dan and Sally Painter meddle in son Ted's life, quarrel and ultimately divorce after Dan's affair with Lisa Blake, whose husband Jim promptly divorces her. Ted's belief that sportsmanship comes before winning is tested during a college tennis match, which he loses on purpose after being awarded a point that should have gone to his opponent. His dad Dan doesn't approve of this attitude and predicts Ted will be a failure in his future business life. Barbara Blake, daughter of Lisa and Jim, becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Baroness And The Butler
''The Baroness and the Butler'' is a 1938 American romantic comedy film based on the play ''Jean'' by Ladislaus Bus-Fekete. Directed by Walter Lang, it stars William Powell and, in her American English-language debut, Annabella. Plot Johann Porok, a third-generation butler in the service of Count Albert Sandor, the Prime Minister of Hungary, is unexpectedly elected to the Hungarian parliament, representing the opposition social progressive party. Despite this, he insists on remaining a servant as well. Count Sandor is pleased with this peculiar arrangement, as he has found Johann to be the perfect butler and does not wish to break in a new man. His daughter, Baroness Katrina Marissey, however, considers Johann a traitor and treats him very coldly. In parliament, Johann attacks the Prime Minister, his employer, for yearly promising much to the poor underclass and delivering nothing, always citing "difficulties". To Katrina's puzzlement, the Count is not offended in the least a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Miss Roughneck
''Little Miss Roughneck'' is a 1938 American drama. Plot summary Budding child vaudeville performer Foxine LaRue (Edith Fellows) and her mother Gertrude LaRue (Margaret Irving) will do anything to get Foxine into show business. Together, they stage a kidnapping hoax. Foxine is nowhere to be found, having hitched a ride on a freight train after mailing a ransom note. Overheard talking about the hoax, Gertrude is arrested by the police. Pascual Orozco (Leo Carrillo) finds Foxine, and she tells him she escaped from an orphanage. He tries to drive her back to the orphanage, but she steals his car. Orozco is also arrested for the kidnapping. A mob tries to hang Orozco, and Foxine finally confesses. Cast * Edith Fellows – Foxine LaRue *Jacqueline Wells Julie Bishop (born Jacqueline Brown; August 30, 1914 – August 30, 2001), previously known as Jacqueline Wells, was an American film and television actress. She appeared in more than 80 films between 1923 and 1957. Early life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sh! The Octopus
''Sh! The Octopus'' is a 1937 comedy-mystery film produced by Warner Bros., directed by William McGann and starring Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins and Marcia Ralston. While contract players Herbert and Jenkins frequently appeared in the same picture, this is the only movie to present them as an actual team. The film's oddball qualities have made it something of a cult favorite. Premise Herbert and Jenkins play two bumbling detectives, who, in pursuit of a master criminal, The Octopus, find themselves inside a haunted lighthouse full of suspicious characters, including the titular character, who appears to be an actual octopus. Cast * Hugh Herbert as Kelly *Allen Jenkins as Dempsey *Marcia Ralston as Vesta Vernoff * John Eldredge as Paul Morgan * George Rosener as Captain Hook * Margaret Irving as Polly Crane *Elspeth Dudgeon as Nanny *Lew Harvey as Sinister plotter *Frank Hagney as Sinister plotter *Ed Biby as Sinister plotter *Molly Doyle as Nurse *Jack Jorgensen as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under Suspicion (1937 Film)
''Under Suspicion'' is a 1937 American mystery film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Jack Holt, Katherine DeMille and Luis Alberni.Goble p.997 Synopsis Millionaire automobile A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods. The year 1886 is regarded ... manufacturer Robert Bailey announces that he plans to turn over ownership of his company to the employees. This outrages his fellow stockholders and two attempts are made to kill him. Bailey summons them all to his lodge in order to try and work out which is the potential murderer. Cast References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1937 films 1937 mystery films 1930s English-language films American mystery films Films directed by Lewis D. Collins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wife, Doctor And Nurse
''Wife, Doctor and Nurse'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Walter Lang and starring Loretta Young. Plot Cast * Loretta Young as Ina Heath Lewis * Warner Baxter as Dr. Judd Lewis * Virginia Bruce as Miss Stephens aka Steve * Jane Darwell as Mrs. Krueger * Sidney Blackmer as Dr. Therberg * Maurice Cass Maurice Cass (October 12, 1884 – June 8, 1954) was a character actor on stage and in films and television shows. Born in Vilna, Russian Empire (modern day Vilnius, Lithuania) he moved to America at six years of age. When he was 17, he toure ... as Pompout * Minna Gombell as Constance * Margaret Irving as Mrs. Cunningham * Bill Elliott as Bruce Thomas (as Gordon Elliott) * Lynn Bari (uncredited) References External links * 1937 films 1937 comedy films American comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by Walter Lang Films with screenplays by Lamar Trotti Films scored by Arthur Lange Films with screenplays by Kathryn Scola 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outcasts Of Poker Flat (1937 Film)
''The Outcasts of Poker Flat'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Christy Cabanne and written by John Twist and Harry Segall. The film stars Preston Foster, Jean Muir, Van Heflin, Virginia Weidler and Margaret Irving. The film was released on April 16, 1937, by RKO Pictures. The screenplay is based on the short story ''The Outcasts of Poker Flat'' by Bret Harte, which has been brought to film at least five times, including in 1919 ''The Outcasts of Poker Flat'' with Harry Carey and in 1952 ''The Outcasts of Poker Flat "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" (1869) is a short story written by writer of the American West Bret Harte. An example of naturalism and local color of California during the first half of the nineteenth century. The story was first published in Janua ...'' with Dale Robertson. Plot A gunfighter and gambler, John Oakhurst ends up caring for a baby girl whose mother dies in childbirth. He decides to call her "Luck" and looks to new schoolmarm Helen Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men In Exile
''Men in Exile'' is a 1937 film directed by John Farrow. A "B" movie from Warner Bros, it was the first feature Farrow directed. It is essentially a remake of their 1931 melodrama ''Safe in Hell'', albeit with the lead switched from female to male, with some plot changes as a result. Plot After becoming the target of a manhunt for a murder he did not commit, cab driver Jimmy Carmody flees to a tropical island that serves as a haven for criminals on the run. Soon after he arrives, he becomes involved with gun smugglers trying to overthrow the local dictator, as well as falling for the lovely daughter of the owner of the hotel he's staying at. Cast * Dick Purcell as Jimmy Carmody * June Travis as Sally Haines * Victor Varconi as Colonel Gomez * Olin Howland as H. Mortimer Jones * Margaret Irving as Mother Haines * Norman Willis as Rocky Crane * Veda Ann Borg as Rita * Alan Baxter as Danny Haines * Carlos DeValdez as General Alcatraz * Alec Harford as Limey * John Alexander ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Days' Wonder
''Four Days' Wonder'' is a 1936 American comedy mystery film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Jeanne Dante, Kenneth Howell and Martha Sleeper. Produced by Universal Pictures Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Americ ..., the film is based on the 1933 novel " Four Days' Wonder" by British writer A. A. Milne (New York, 1933). It was the first feature directed by Sidney Salkow. Plot A child is accused of murder. Production Filming started 5 August 1936. Star Jeanne Dante was on Broadway in '' Call It a Day''.Family Life Gets a Break in Play Named 'Call It a Day' Chicago Daily Tribune 15 Nov 1936: E2. References External links * * * * 1936 films 1936 comedy films 1930s comedy mystery films American comedy mystery films 1936 mystery films 1930s English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women Are Trouble
''Women Are Trouble'' is a 1936 American crime film directed by Errol Taggart and written by Michael Fessier. The film stars Stuart Erwin, Paul Kelly, Florence Rice, Margaret Irving, Cy Kendall and John Harrington. The film was released on July 31, 1936, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Cast *Stuart Erwin as Matt Casey * Paul Kelly as Bill Blaine * Florence Rice as Ruth Nolan *Margaret Irving as Frances Blaine * Cy Kendall as Inspector Matson *John Harrington as Gleason * Harold Huber as Pete the Pusher *Kitty McHugh as Della Murty * Raymond Hatton as Joe Murty *George Chandler George Chandler (June 30, 1898 – June 10, 1985) was an American actor who starred in over 140 feature films, usually in smaller supporting roles, and he is perhaps best known for playing the character of Uncle Petrie Martin on the televi ... as Reporter See also *'' Casey, Crime Photographer'' References External links * 1936 films American crime films 1936 crime films Metro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
_1.jpg "Click for more on -> Love, Honor And Behave")