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Michael O'Halloran (1937 Film)
''Michael O'Halloran'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by Karl Brown and starring Wynne Gibson, Warren Hull and Jackie Moran.Leese p.43 It is an adaptation of the 1915 novel of the same name by Gene Stratton-Porter. Cast * Wynne Gibson as Grace Mintum * Warren Hull as Dr. Douglas Bruce * Jackie Moran as Michael O'Halloran * Charlene Wyatt as Lily O'Halloran * Sidney Blackmer as Jim Mintum * Irene Manning as Leslie * G. P. Huntley as Ted Frost * Robert Greig as Craig, the Butler * Helen Lowell as Hettie * Vera Gordon as Mrs. Levinsky * Pierre Watkin as Mark Grave * Dorothy Vaughan as Mrs. Tolliver * Bodil Rosing as Mrs. Polska * Guy Usher as Judge H.J. Benson * Edgar Allen as Reporter * Richard Beach as Eddie * Anne Bennett as Mary Jones * Doris Bren as Nina Polska * Lynn Browning as Friend * Sonny Bupp as Sarge * Horace B. Carpenter as Skipper * Nell Craig as Reporter * Walter Dennis as Snowball * Barry Downing as Malcolm Minturn * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Brown (cinematographer)
Karl Brown (December 26, 1896 – March 25, 1990) was an American cinematographer, screenwriter, and film director. He was also a member of the American Society of Cinematographers and served as vice president from 1924 to 1925. Career Brown's first entertainment-related job, while still in his teens, was working at a development lab for the U.S. branch of the Kinemacolor Film Company in Los Angeles. Brown was 17 when renowned film director D.W. Griffith and his crew came to take over the Kinemacolor Film Company in 1913. Brown got in touch with camera man G.W. Bitzer and soon after became his assistant. Brown assisted Bitzer during the filming of ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915) and ''Intolerance'' (1916). His duties consisted of loading the camera with film, carrying the camera, and operating a second camera during the Ride of the Clan and the Fall of Babylon scenes. After the collapse of Kinemacolor, he worked as a still photographer on '' The Spoilers'' (1914), having be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Lowell
Helen Lowell born Helen Lowell Robb (1866–1937) was an American stage and film actress. Life Lowell was born in New York on June 2, 1866, to William and Mary Robb. In 1884 she debuted in the title role of Iolanthe at the Academy of Music in New York. At the age of 21 her mother died. She was known for playing the role of ''Mrs. Errol'' in Little Lord Fauntleroy. In 1895 she played Charlotte Corday. She appeared in J.M.Barrie's Quality Street creating the role of Susan Throssell in the first New York production with Maude Adams, who starred as Phoebe Throssell (ibdb.com). In October 1903 she appeared in the stage version Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch in Louisville, Kentucky. She was able to tour to Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and across America for the next seven years playing Miss Hazy "in the Cabbage Patch". She had a successful career as a stage comedienne, appearing on Broadway in ''The Torch-Bearers'' (1922), before she went to Hollywood in 1934 where she appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger McGee
Roger L. McGee (April 30, 1922 – October 27, 2013) was an American film actor whose career spanned from the 1930s to the 1950s. His earliest work included shorts for Shirley Temple and '' Our Gang'', including ''Our Gang Follies of 1938''. His film roles included '' Nothing but Trouble'' in 1944 and ''Forbidden Planet'' in 1956, in which he played Lindstrom. McGee was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on April 30, 1922, or in St. Louis, Missouri, on December 9, 1926. He became a real estate developer, focusing on California and Nevada, after he left the acting profession in the late 1950s. He resided with his wife, Adele, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state ..., from 1987 to 2011 before returning to California. McGee died at his home in Shell Beach, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vince Lombardi
Vincent Thomas Lombardi (June 11, 1913 – September 3, 1970) was an American football coach and executive in the National Football League (NFL). Lombardi is considered by many to be the greatest coach in football history, and he is recognized as one of the greatest coaches and leaders in the history of all American sports. He is best known as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers during the 1960s, where he led the team to three straight and five total NFL Championships in seven years, in addition to winning the first two Super Bowls at the conclusion of the 1966 and 1967 NFL seasons. Lombardi began his coaching career as an assistant and later as a head coach at St. Cecilia High School in Englewood, New Jersey. He was an assistant coach at Fordham, the United States Military Academy and the New York Giants before becoming head coach of the Green Bay Packers from 1959 to 1967 and the Washington Redskins in 1969. He never had a losing season as head coach in the NFL, compi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Kibrick
Leonard Kibrick (September 6, 1924 – January 4, 1993) was an American child actor. Career Kibrick was most notable for appearing in the '' Our Gang'' short subjects series from 1934 to 1936, usually portraying the villain. Kibrick first appeared in the 1934 Our Gang short '' For Pete's Sake''. He appeared in many more Our Gang shorts for the next two years. His final Our Gang short was the 1936 '' The Lucky Corner.'' His role as the bully in the series was taken over by Tommy Bond (as "Butch") in 1937, and Leonard's younger brother Sidney Kibrick portrayed Butch's sidekick, "The Woim". Death A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Kibrick died of cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal b ... on January 4, 1993. Filmography References External links * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fern Emmett
Fern Emmett (March 22, 1896 – September 3, 1946) was an American film actress. She appeared in 212 films between 1930 and 1946. Emmett's film debut came with Universal in a two-reel production in 1914. Personal life Emmett was married to actor Henry Roquemore. Death Emmett died in Hollywood, California. Her remains are interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14000 Famous Persons by Scott Wilson Selected filmography * '' Second Honeymoon'' (1930) * '' Romance of the West'' (1930) * '' Westward Bound'' (1930) * '' West of Cheyenne'' (1931) * ''Rider of the Plains'' (1931) * '' Ten Nights in a Bar-Room'' (1931) * '' Dynamite Denny'' (1932) * ''Bridge Wives'' (1932) * '' Hollywood Luck'' (1932) * ''Hollywood Lights'' (1932) * ''Love in High Gear'' (1932) * ''East of Fifth Avenue'' (1933) * ''Riders of Destiny'' (1933) * '' Blue Steel'' (1934) * ''Terror of the Plains'' (1934) * ''Loser's End'' (1935) * ''B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Elliott (actor)
Wild Bill Elliott (born Gordon Nance, October 16, 1904 – November 26, 1965) was an American film actor. He specialized in playing the rugged heroes of B Westerns, particularly the Red Ryder series of films. Early life Elliott was born Gordon Nance on a ranch near Pattonsburg, Missouri, the son of Leroy Whitfield Nance, a cattle broker, and his wife, Maude Myrtle Auldridge."More About 'Wild Bill Elliott'", ''Daviess County issouriHistorical Society Journal'', March 15, 2004. The young Nance grew up within 20 miles of his birthplace; he spent most of his youth on a ranch near King City, Missouri. His father was a cattle rancher and commissioner buyer for the Kansas City stockyards. Riding and roping were part of Nance's upbringing. He won first place in a rodeo event in the 1920 American Royal livestock show. He briefly attended Rockhurst College, a Jesuit school in Kansas City, but soon left for California with hopes of becoming an actor. Career By 1925, he was getting o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Eaton
Jay Eaton (March 17, 1899 – February 5, 1970) was an American character actor whose career spanned both the silent and sound film eras. Biography Born on March 17, 1899, in Union, New Jersey, Eaton entered the film industry with a featured role in the 1920 silent film ''Her First Elopement''. Over the next 32 years, according to some sources, he would appear in almost 200 films, usually in smaller uncredited roles, or as a background extra. During the course of his career, he would appear in many notable films, including: '' Stage Mother'' (1933), ''Morning Glory'' (1933), '' A Night at the Opera'' (1935), ''Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'' (1936), ''Cover Girl'' (1944), ''Rhapsody in Blue'' (1945), '' Brewster's Millions'' (1945), ''The Big Sleep'' (1946), ''The Blue Dahlia'' (1946), ''The Kid from Brooklyn'' (1946), ''The Fuller Brush Man'' (1948), ''The Fountainhead'' (1949), and '' Young Man with a Horn'' (1950). His final appearance would be in William Wyler's 1952 film, ''Carri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nell Craig
Nell Craig (June 13, 1891 – January 5, 1965) was an American actress. Partial filmography * '' The Triflers'' (1920) * ''The Desperate Hero'' (1920) * ''Passion's Playground'' (1920) * ''Her First Elopement'' (1920) * ''The Queen of Sheba'' (1921) * '' Remembrance'' (1922) * ''The Abysmal Brute'' (1923) * ''Abraham Lincoln'' (1924) * '' A Boy of Flanders'' (1924) * '' Cimarron'' (1931) * ''Hold Your Man'' (1933) * ''Beauty for Sale'' (1933) * ''I'm No Angel'' (1933) * ''The Cat's-Paw'' (1934) * ''The Lemon Drop Kid'' (1934) * '' Mad Love'' (1935) * ''The Secret of Dr. Kildare'' (1939) * '' Dr. Kildare's Strange Case'' (1940) * '' Beyond Tomorrow'' (1940) * ''Dr. Kildare Goes Home'' (1940) * '' Nobody's Children'' (1940) * ''Dr. Kildare's Crisis'' (1940) * ''The People vs. Dr. Kildare'' (1941) * ''Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day'' (1941) * '' Dr. Kildare's Victory'' (1942) * ''Calling Dr. Gillespie'' (1942) * ''Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant'' (1942) * ''Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace B
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (; 8 December 65 – 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace (), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his ''Odes'' as just about the only Latin lyrics worth reading: "He can be lofty sometimes, yet he is also full of charm and grace, versatile in his figures, and felicitously daring in his choice of words."Quintilian 10.1.96. The only other lyrical poet Quintilian thought comparable with Horace was the now obscure poet/metrical theorist, Caesius Bassus (R. Tarrant, ''Ancient Receptions of Horace'', 280) Horace also crafted elegant hexameter verses (''Satires'' and '' Epistles'') and caustic iambic poetry ('' Epodes''). The hexameters are amusing yet serious works, friendly in tone, leading the ancient satirist Persius to comment: "as his friend laughs, Horace slyly puts his finger on his every fault; once let in, he plays about the heartstring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonny Bupp
Moyer MacClaren Bupp (January 10, 1928 – November 1, 2007) professionally known as Sonny Bupp, was an American child film actor and businessman. His most notable film was ''Citizen Kane'' (1941), in which he appears as Junior, Charles Foster Kane III, the eight-year-old son of Charles Foster Kane and his first wife, Emily. Bupp was the last surviving credited member of the ''Citizen Kane'' cast at his death. Career Born Moyer MacClaren Bupp in New York City, Sonny Bupp was the brother of actors Tommy (1924–1983), June (1913–1989) and Ann Bupp (1922–2005). He appeared in over 60 films during his career, including two ''Our Gang'' comedies, 1935's ''Our Gang Follies of 1936'' and 1938's '' Men in Fright''. He appeared in ''Citizen Kane'' as the son of Charles Foster Kane, and was the last surviving credited cast member of that film. He also appeared in the 1937 Three Stooges' '' Cash and Carry'', as well as such films as ''Love Is on the Air'' (Ronald Reagan's first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Usher
James Guy Usher (May 9, 1883 – June 16, 1944) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films between 1932 and 1943. Born in Mason City, Iowa, Usher acted on stage before venturing into films. Billed as James Guy Usher, he often worked with the Echkhardt Players. In films, Usher often portrayed characters in business or industry. Usher died of a heart attack in San Diego, California, at age 61. Selected filmography * ''The Penguin Pool Murder'' (1932) * ''Face in the Sky'' (1933) * ''Fast Workers'' (1933) * ''Hell Bent for Love'' (1934) * ''Flirting with Danger'' (1934) * '' Little Big Shot'' (1935) * ''Grand Exit'' (1935) * ''Justice of the Range'' (1935) * '' Make a Million'' (1935) * '' The Mystery Man'' (1935) * ''Charlie Chan at the Opera'' (1936) as Inspector Regan * ''The President's Mystery'' (1936) * ''Postal Inspector'' (1936) * ''Counsel for Crime'' (1937) * ''Marked Woman'' (1937) as Detective Ferguson (uncredited) * '' Crashing Through Dange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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