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Molly O'Day
Molly O'Day (born Suzanne Dobson Noonan; October 16, 1909 – October 22, 1998) was an American film actress and the younger sister of Sally O'Neil. Biography Born in Bayonne, New Jersey, she was the youngest of 11 children of Judge Thomas Francis Patrick Noonan and his wife, Hannah Kelly, a Metropolitan Opera singer. After their father's death, O'Day and her two sisters moved to Hollywood. Besides O'Neil, another sister, Isabelle, also acted in films. O'Day's first appearance was in the Laurel and Hardy short '' 45 Minutes from Hollywood'' in 1926. She also appeared in Hal Roach's Our Gang series. Only 16, she defeated 2,000 contenders in an audition for the tough girl heroine in the 1927 prizefighter movie '' The Patent Leather Kid''. Like O'Neil in 1926, O'Day became one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1928. Also in 1928, she had surgery to "remove several pounds of flesh from her hips and legs." An Associated Press news story reported: "The actress has been gainin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayonne, New Jersey
Bayonne ( ) is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. Located in the Gateway Region, Bayonne is situated on a peninsula located between Newark Bay to the west, the Kill Van Kull to the south, and New York Bay to the east. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 71,686. Bayonne was originally formed as a township on April 1, 1861, from portions of Bergen Township. Bayonne was reincorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 10, 1869, replacing Bayonne Township, subject to the results of a referendum held nine days later.Snyder, John P''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 146. Accessed February 9, 2012. At the time it was formed, Bayonne included the communities of Bergen Point, Constable Hook, Centreville, Pamrapo and Saltersville. While somewhat diminished, traditional manufacturing, distribution, and maritime activities remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shepherd Of The Hills (1928 Film)
''The Shepherd of the Hills'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Alec B. Francis, Molly O'Day and John Boles.Munden p.707 Cast * Alec B. Francis as David Howitt, The Shepherd * Molly O'Day as Sammy Lane * John Boles as Young Matt * Matthew Betz as Wash Gibbs * Romaine Fielding as Old Matt * Otis Harlan as By Thunder * Joseph Bennett as Ollie * Maurice Murphy as Little Pete * Edythe Chapman as Aunt Mollie * Carl Stockdale as Jim Lane * Ena Gregory Ena Jessie Gregory (18 April 1907 – 13 June 1993), also known as Marian Douglas, was an Australian-American actress who achieved fame in Hollywood in the 1920s. Childhood Ena Gregory was born Ena Jessie Gregory to Arthur and Jessie Gregory in ... as Maggie * John Westwood as The Artist 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 l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bars Of Hate
''Bars of Hate'' is a 1935 American crime film directed by Albert Herman. Cast * Regis Toomey as Ted Clark * Sheila Terry as Ann Dawson * Molly O'Day as Gertie * Snub Pollard as Danny, the Pickpocket * Robert Warwick as The Governor * Fuzzy Knight as Montague * Gordon Griffith Gordon S. Griffith (July 4, 1907 – October 12, 1958) was an American assistant director, film producer, and one of the first child actors in the American movie industry. Griffith worked in the film industry for five decades, acting in ov ... as Jim Grant References External links * 1935 films 1935 crime films American crime films American black-and-white films Films directed by Albert Herman 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-crime-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Life Of Vergie Winters
''The Life of Vergie Winters'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code film, starring Ann Harding and John Boles. Plot From her Parkville jail cell, Vergie Winters watches the funeral procession of Senator John Shadwell and remembers her twenty-year past with him: The moment young lawyer John returns to Parkville from an extended honeymoon with his social climbing wife Laura, he visits Vergie, his former lover. After a passionate embrace, John explains to the youthful milliner that he had abandoned their romance because Vergie's father had told him that she was pregnant by laborer Hugo McQueen and would be forced to marry. Vergie then tells John that, to keep her from marrying John, Laura's father had paid her father $10,000 to tell him that devastating lie. Still deeply in love, John and Vergie continue to see each other, but when John starts to campaign for Congress, Preston, a political boss, informs Vergie that, if John is to receive his vital support, she must forego their affair. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloe, Love Is Calling You
''Chloe, Love Is Calling You'' is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Marshall Neilan. The film is also known as ''Chloe'' (American short title). This was lead actress Olive Borden's last film. Plot summary A low-budget Southern drama about a light skinned woman who was raised in the swamps who wishes to avenge her black father's lynching. She falls in love with Wade Carson, a white man who works for Col. Gordon, who orchestrated the lynching. Later she discovers that Col. Gordon is actually her father. Cast *Olive Borden as Chloe (Betty Ann Gordon) *Reed Howes as Wade Carson *Molly O'Day as Joyce, the Colonel's niece *Philip Ober as Jim Strong * Georgette Harvey as Old Mandy *Francis Joyner as Col. Gordon * J. Augustus Smith as Mose, a Thieving Worker *Jess Cavin as Hill, a Thieving Worker *Richard Huey as Ben, the Servant Reception Like many American films of the time, ''Chloe, Love Is Calling You'' was subject to review by city and state film censorship boards. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hired Wife (1934 Film)
''Hired Wife'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by George Melford and starring Greta Nissen, Weldon Heyburn and James Kirkwood. It was produced as a second feature by the independent company Pinnacle Productions.Wollstein p.280 It was shot at the Sun Haven Studios in Florida rather than in Hollywood. Location shooting took place at the Soreno Hotel in St. Petersburg, Florida. Cast * Greta Nissen as Vivian Mathews * Weldon Heyburn as Kent Johns * James Kirkwood as Philip Marlowe * Molly O'Day as Pat Sullivan * Jane Winton Jane Winton (October 10, 1905 – September 22, 1959) was an American film actress, dancer, opera soprano, writer, and painter. Early years Winton was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1905. The deaths of her father when she was four yea ... as Dovie Jansen * Blanche Taylor as Mrs. Jansen * Carolyn Gales as Aunt Mancha * Evelyn Bennett as Celeste * Johnnie Lee a s Hotel Bellboy * Bob Miller as Hotel Bellboy * James Peters as Airport Truck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigolettes Of Paris
''Gigolettes of Paris'' is an extant American film released in 1933. It was produced by Equitable Pictures. It starred Madge Bellamy and Gilbert Roland. Alphonse Martell, originally from France and an actor in many American films, wrote the story and directed. The film has been described as cheaply made. The film was released as '' Tarnished Youth'' in the UK. It was Jetta Goudal's last film. The film was originally going to be called Goldiggers of Paris but a lawsuit from a competing film production company prevented use of the name. The film is about a romance between a salesgirl and a wealthy count as well as another man. The film was going to be called ''Gold Diggers of Paris'', but Warner Brothers sued. The film used RCA Photophone Recording. Cast *Madge Bellamy *Gilbert Roland *Natalie Moorhead *Theodore Von Eltz *Molly O'Day *Henry Kolker *Paul Porcasi *Albert Conti *Maude Truax Maude may refer to: Places *Maude, New South Wales, a village on the lower Murrumbidgee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get That Venus
''Get That Venus'' is a 1933 American comedy film directed by Arthur Varney and starring Ernest Truex, Jean Arthur and Harry Davenport.Koszarski p.306 Cast * Ernest Truex as Tom Wilson * Jean Arthur as Margaret Rendleby * Harry Davenport as Mr. Rendleby * Tom Howard as Joe Smiley * Herbert Rawlinson as Editor Nash * Molly O'Day as Belle * May Vokes as Mrs. Murphy * Stanley Harrison as Fishkins * Olga Anson as Mrs. Georgina Van Aster * Wesley Barry as Bit Part * Donald MacBride Donald Hugh MacBride (June 23, 1893 – June 21, 1957) was an American character actor on stage, in films, and on television who launched his career as a teenage singer (making several recordings in 1907) in vaudeville and went on to be an ... References Bibliography * Koszarski, Richard. ''Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff''. Rutgers University Press, 2008. External links * 1933 films American comedy films 1933 comedy films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playthings Of Desire
''Playthings of Desire'' is a 1924 American silent melodrama film produced and directed by Burton L. King and starring Estelle Taylor. Cast Preservation A print listed as being complete of ''Playthings of Desire'' is located in the Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library ....''Catalog of Holdings the American Film Collection and the United Artists Collection at the Library of Congress'' published by the American Film Institute, c.1978 References External links * * 1924 films American silent feature films Films based on short fiction Films directed by Burton L. King Silent American drama films American black-and-white films 1924 drama films Melodrama films 1920s American films {{silent-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil On Deck
''Devil on Deck'' is a 1932 Pre-code talking film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Reed Howes and Molly O'Day. It was produced and distributed by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures, a B-movie studio that turned out occasionally some successful pictures like ''The Great Gabbo''. Story As this is a lost film, not even the AFI has any story or plot on it. By the promotional material that survives, it's a typical South Seas story found all over the silent film era just a few years before sound arrived. The cast is made up mostly of silent film veterans. Cast *Reed Howes as John Moore *Molly O'Day as Kay Wheeler *Wheeler Oakman as Shanghai Morgan *June Marlowe as Mary Moore *Kenneth Treseder as Limey *A. S. 'Pop' Byron as Pop Wheeler *Rolfe Sedan as Frenchie *Constantine Romanoff as Swede Preservation status *This film is presumed lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sob Sister
Sob sister was an American term in the early 20th century for reporters (usually women) who specialized in newspaper articles (often called "sob stories") with emphasis on the human interest angle using language of sentimentality. The derogatory label was coined in 1907 during coverage of a murder trial. Origin The term "sob sister" dates to 1907, when Irvin S. Cobb derided the women reporters who were covering the trial of Harry K. Thaw for murder. ''Sob brother'' was less commonly used for male reporters who wrote similar articles. By 1910, sob sister was in common use to describe any woman reporter and was sometimes used to describe women novelists such as Fanny Hurst. Years later, a review of Truman Capote's ''In Cold Blood'' described the book as "sob sister gothic". The term was usually intended to imply that the sob sister was less than a "real" reporter,, was an amateur, and that they "manufactured tears for profit". Mary Margaret McBride, who wrote for the ''New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea Devils (1931 Film)
''Sea Devils'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Joseph Levering and starring Molly O'Day, Edmund Burns and Walter Long (actor), Walter Long.Darby, p. 65 Cast * Molly O'Day as Ann McCall * Edmund Burns as Richard Charters * Walter Long (actor), Walter Long a Johnson the First Mate * Paul Panzer as Steve the Radio Operator * Henry Otto as Governor * Jules Cowles as Attorney References Bibliography * Darby, William. ''Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films''. Scarecrow Press, 1991. External links * 1931 films 1931 drama films American drama films Films directed by Joseph Levering 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
