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Marian Nixon
Marian Nixon (born Marja Nissinen; October 20, 1904 – February 13, 1983) was an American film actress. Sometimes credited as Marion Nixon, she appeared in more than 70 films. Career Born in Superior, Wisconsin, to parents of Finnish descent, Nixon began her career as a teen dancing in choruses in vaudeville. She began appearing in bit part in films in 1922 and landed her first substantial role in the 1923 film ''Cupid's Fireman'' opposite Buck Jones. The following year, she was named a WAMPAS Baby Star. Nixon continued to work steadily throughout the mid to late 1920s appearing in ''Riders of the Purple Sage'' (1925), '' Hands Up!'' (1926), and ''The Chinese Parrot'' (1927). In 1929, she made her talkie debut as the lead in ''Geraldine''. Later that same year, Nixon appeared opposite Al Jolson in '' Say It with Songs'' followed by ''General Crack'' in 1930. In 1931, Nixon's Beauty Arts Institute moved into the Equitable Building of Hollywood; Nixon was president of the company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superior, Wisconsin
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General Crack
''General Crack'' is a 1929 American pre-Code part-talkie historical costume melodrama with Technicolor sequences which was directed by Alan Crosland and produced and distributed by Warner Bros. It was filmed and premiered in 1929, and released early in 1930. It stars John Barrymore in his first full-length talking feature. The film would prove to be Crosland and Barrymore's last historical epic together. It was based on the 1928 novel ''General Crack'' by the British writer Marjorie Bowen, published under the name George Preedy, one of her several pen names. Plot The film takes place in the 18th century Austria and revolves around Prince Christian, commonly known as General Crack (John Barrymore). His father had been a respectable member of the upper ranks of the nobility but his mother was a gypsy. General Crack, as a soldier of fortune, spent his adult life selling his services to the highest bidder. He espouses the doubtful cause of Leopold II of Austria (Lowell Sherman, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Griffin
Ted Griffin (born December 21, 1970) is an American screenwriter whose credits include '' Ravenous'', ''Matchstick Men'', and ''Ocean's Eleven''. Born in Pasadena, California, Griffin graduated from Colgate University in 1993. He was scheduled to make his directorial debut with '' Rumor Has It...'', for which he had written the original screenplay, but was replaced by Rob Reiner 12 days after principal filming began.Thompson, Anne (August 25, 2004A Film Studio Fires a Director, Raising Eyebrows in Hollywood ''New York Times'' He did a rewrite on the Ashton Kutcher film '' Killers''. He moved into television by creating ''Terriers'' for FX. Griffin played Agent Hughes in '' The Wolf of Wall Street''. His brother is screenwriter Nicholas Griffin. His maternal grandparents were director William A. Seiter and Finnish American actress Marian Nixon. Griffin became engaged to actress Sutton Foster in August 2013. He and Foster married on October 25, 2014. Filmography *''Puddle C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We're Rich Again
''We're Rich Again'' is a 1934 American comedy-drama film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Edna May Oliver, Billie Burke, and Marian Nixon. It is based on the play ''And Who Will Be Clever'' by Alden Nash. Plot In Santa Barbara, California, the formerly wealthy Page family tries to stave off bill collectors and repossessors for three days until Carolyn marries a rich man. Cast *Edna May Oliver as Maude Stanley *Billie Burke as Linda Page *Marian Nixon as Arabella Sykes (as Marion Nixon) * Reginald Denny as Bookington "Bookie" Wells *Joan Marsh as Carolyn "Carrie" Page *Buster Crabbe as Erasmus Rockwell "Erp" Pennington (as Larry "Buster" Crabbe) * Grant Mitchell as Wilbur Page *Gloria Shea as Victoria "Vic" Page *Edgar Kennedy as Healy *Otto Yamaoka as Fugi *Lenita Lane as Charmion *Dick Elliott as Fred Green *Andrés de Segurola Andrés Perelló de Segurola (27 March 1874 – 23 January 1953) was a Spanish operatic bass. Biography He was born on 27 March 1874 in V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_type2 = Counties , subdivision_name1 = Illinois , subdivision_name2 = Cook and DuPage , established_title = Settled , established_date = , established_title2 = Incorporated (city) , established_date2 = , founder = Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , government_type = Mayor–council , governing_body = Chicago City Council , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Lori Lightfoot ( D) , leader_title1 = City Clerk , leader_name1 = Anna Valencia ( D) , unit_pref = Imperial , area_footnotes = , area_tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Benjamin (boxer)
Joe Benjamin was a Pacific Coast Featherweight Boxing Champion in 1915 and a 1922 World Junior Lightweight Boxing Championship contender against Johnny Dundee. In his fifty-one reported wins on BoxRec, he had nineteen by knockout, giving him an impressive knockout ratio.''The Jewish Boxer's Hall of Fame'', Blady, Ken, (1988) Shapolsky Publishers, Inc., New York, NY, pgs.139–146 With exceptional defensive skills, he was one of only two boxers of his era to fight 200 bouts and receive only one knockout. In his career he sparred and trained with champion Jack Dempsey, and fought reigning champions Benny Leonard, and Johnny Dundee. During his boxing career, he appeared in a few of his friend Douglas Fairbank's movies around 1920, married and kept company with several actresses, and later raised prize race horses. Early life Benjamin was born on September 7, 1898 (or, in 1899, according to the U.S. Federal Census of 1900) in Portland, Oregon to German immigrants, Isaac and Goldie B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Calamity (film)
''Captain Calamity'' is a 1936 American South Seas (genre), South Seas adventure film directed by John Reinhardt (director), John Reinhardt and starring George F. Houston, George Houston released by Grand National Films Inc., Grand National Pictures. It was filmed in an early colour process called Hirlicolor at Talisman Studios and Santa Catalina Island, California. Plot A penniless ship's captain is taking a passenger ashore after their voyage. The passenger throws a gold coin in the ocean that he says has been bad luck to him as it was a gift from his ex-fiancee. The Captain sends one of his men, an experienced underwater diver, to successfully retrieve it. The passenger explains that is a gold Spanish doubloon and the Captain is more than welcome to it. Going ashore, the Captain decides to have some fun by telling stories indicating that he discovered four chests full of the coins, which were pirate treasure. The news spreads throughout the island and leads to kidnapping, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilgrimage (1933 Film)
''Pilgrimage'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by John Ford. The film was a box office disappointment for Fox. Cast * Henrietta Crosman as Mrs. Hannah Jessop * Heather Angel as Suzanne * Norman Foster as Jim 'Jimmy' Jessop (Hannah's son) * Lucille La Verne as Mrs. Kelly Hatfield * Maurice Murphy as Gary Worth * Marian Nixon as Mary Saunders * Jay Ward as Jimmy Saunders (Mary and Jimmy Hessop's son) * Robert Warwick as Major Albertson * Louise Carter as Mrs. Rogers * Betty Blythe as Janet Prescot * Francis Ford as Mayor Elmer Briggs * Charley Grapewin as Dad Saunders * Hedda Hopper Hedda Hopper (born Elda Furry; May 2, 1885February 1, 1966) was an American gossip columnist and actress. At the height of her influence in the 1940s, her readership was 35 million. A strong supporter of the House Un-American Activities Committ ... as Mrs. Worth (Gary Worth's mother) * Frances Rich as The Nurse * Shirley Palmer as Nurse References External links * 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ford
John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), known professionally as John Ford, was an American film director and naval officer. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation. He was the recipient of six Academy Awards including a record four wins for Best Director. Ford made frequent use of location shooting and wide shots, in which his characters were framed against a vast, harsh, and rugged natural terrain. In a career of more than 50 years, Ford directed more than 140 films (although most of his silent films are now lost). He is renowned both for Westerns such as '' Stagecoach'' (1939), '' The Searchers'' (1956), and ''The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'' (1962) and adaptations of classic 20th century American novels such as '' The Grapes of Wrath'' (1940). Ford's work was held in high regard by his colleagues, with Akira Kurosawa, Orson Welles and Ingmar Bergman among those who named him one of the greate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cagney
James Francis Cagney Jr. (; July 17, 1899March 30, 1986) was an American actor, dancer and film director. On stage and in film, Cagney was known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing. He won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of performances. He is remembered for playing multifaceted tough guys in films such as ''The Public Enemy'' (1931), ''Taxi!'' (1932), ''Angels with Dirty Faces'' (1938), ''The Roaring Twenties'' (1939), ''City for Conquest'' (1940) and ''White Heat'' (1949), finding himself typecasting (acting), typecast or limited by this reputation earlier in his career. He was able to negotiate dancing opportunities in his films and ended up winning the Academy Award for his role in the musical ''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' (1942). In 1999 the American Film Institute ranked him eighth among its list of AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars, greatest male stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Orson Welles described Cagney a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winner Take All (1932 Film)
''Winner Take All'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring James Cagney as a boxer. The film also features a single scene of George Raft conducting a band that had been lifted from '' Queen of the Nightclubs'', an earlier filmEverett Aaker, ''The Films of George Raft'', McFarland & Company, 2013, p. 27 and lost film.Everett Aaker, ''The Films of George Raft'', McFarland & Company, 2013 p. 14 Cagney and Raft would not make a full-fledged film together until ''Each Dawn I Die'' seven years later. Footage from Cagney's fight scenes would be used 52 years later in Cagney's final performance, the 1984 TV-movie '' Terrible Joe Moran'', which also told the story of a former boxer. Plot Rising boxer Jimmy Kane is sent from New York City to the Rosario Ranch and Hot Springs in New Mexico to regain his health after spending too much time with women and drink. There he meets young widow Peggy Harmon and her son Dickie. She eventually falls in love wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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