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Mother Carey's Chickens (film)
''Mother Carey's Chickens'' is a 1938 drama film starring Anne Shirley and Ruby Keeler. The film was directed by Rowland V. Lee and based upon a 1917 play by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Rachel Crothers, which in turn was adapted from Wiggins' '' Mother Carey's Chickens''. Originally Katharine Hepburn was assigned to the lead role. She refused, however, and left RKO in order to avoid having to appear in the film. In 1963, Walt Disney released '' Summer Magic'', a loose remake of this film, with Hayley Mills as Nancy Carey. Plot Mr. Carey, a captain in the United States Navy, dies during the Spanish–American War. His wife Margaret, daughters Nancy and Kitty and sons Gilbert and Peter are left behind. They are now on their own with only Capt. Carey's pension for income. The family moves into a series of ever-smaller rented houses while Mrs. Carey works in a textile mill Textile Manufacturing or Textile Engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowland V
Rowland may refer to: Places ;in the United States * Rowland Heights, California, an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County * Rowland, Kentucky, an unincorporated community *Rowland Township, Michigan * Rowland, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Rowland Township, North Carolina **Rowland, North Carolina, a town *Rowland, Nevada, a ghost town * Rowland, Oregon, a ghost town ;Elsewhere * Rowland, Derbyshire, England, a village and civil parish * Rowland (crater), on the Moon People * Rowland (given name), people so named * Rowland (surname), people so named Other *The title character of Childe Rowland, a fairy tale by Joseph Jacobs, based on a Scottish ballad * Rowland Institute for Science, now part of Harvard University * Rowland Theater, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States See also * Roland (other) * Rowlands *Rowlan Rowlan ( ) is an Irish Surname and the anglicized version of the name Ó Rothlain . It, therefore, shares a link with the surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Textile Mill
Textile Manufacturing or Textile Engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods such as clothing, household items, upholstery and various industrial products. Different types of fibres are used to produce yarn. Cotton remains the most widely used and common natural fiber making up 90% of all-natural fibers used in the textile industry. People often use cotton clothing and accessories because of comfort, not limited to different weathers. There are many variable processes available at the spinning and fabric-forming stages coupled with the complexities of the finishing and colouration processes to the production of a wide range of products. History Textile manufacturing in the modern era is an evolved form of the art and craft industries. Until the 18th and 19th centuries, the textile industry was a household work. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Irving (American Actor)
George Henry Irving (October 5, 1874 – September 11, 1961) was an American film actor and director. Career Irving started his career as a theatre actor, notably as leading man to Maude Adams. He came to Hollywood in 1914 and acted in over 250 films from 1914 until 1948. Irving was initially an actor-director and directed about 35 silent films, which are mostly forgotten today. He switched exclusively to acting in the mid-1920s and became a character actor until the later 1940s. Irving usually played reputable and stern persons of authority in supporting roles. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Robert Wentworth in ''Coquette'' (1929), and as the lawyer Alexander Peabody in ''Bringing Up Baby'' (1938). He ended his prolific career with two television roles in the 1950s. Personal life George Irving and his wife, Katherine Gilman, had two daughters, Katharine and Dorothy. He died from a heart attack in Hollywood in 1961, aged 86. Selected filmography Actor *'' Paid i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucille Ward
Lucille Ward (February 25, 1880 – August 8, 1952) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 140 films between 1915 and 1944. She was born and died in Dayton, Ohio. Ward's career began in 1907 when she acted in a production of ''Monte Cristo'' in New York. After a dozen years of performing in musical comedies, stock theater, and vaudeville, Ward began acting in films. Ward was married to Chauncey Smith, who died in 1949. Selected filmography * ''The Quest'' (1915) - Mrs. Chalmers - the Hostess * ''The Lonesome Heart'' (1915) - Sarah Prue * ''The Girl from His Town'' (1915) - Minor Role * ''Infatuation'' (1915) - Mrs. Fenshaw * ''The Miracle of Life'' (1915) - Mrs. Gerald Fels-Martine * '' The House of Lies'' (1916) - Mrs. Coleman * '' Her Father's Son'' (1916) - Mammy Chloe * '' The Road to Love'' (1916) - Lella Sadiya * '' My Fighting Gentleman'' (1917) * '' How Could You, Jean?'' (1918) * '' Beauty and the Rogue'' (1918) * ''The Amateur Adventuress'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvey Clark (actor)
Harvey Thornton Clark (October 4, 1885 – July 19, 1938) was an American actor on stage and screen. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1915 and 1938. He was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack. Selected filmography * ''The Darkening Trail'' (1915) - (uncredited) * '' The Sign of the Spade'' (1916) - Old Deefy / James Fenton * ''Honor Thy Name'' (1916) - Uncle Tobey * ''The Gentle Intruder'' (1917) - Mr. Baxter * '' Shifting Sands'' (1918) * '' The Golden Fleece'' (1918) * ''Love's Prisoner'' (1919) * '' A Sporting Chance'' (1919) * ''Prudence on Broadway'' (1919) * '' Restless Souls'' (1919) * '' The Dangerous Talent'' (1920) * ''The Honey Bee'' (1920) * ''The Valley of Tomorrow'' (1920) * ''The Week-End'' (1920) * ''An Arabian Knight'' (1920) * '' The Servant in the House'' (1921) * '' Payment Guaranteed'' (1921) * ''Her Face Value'' (1921) * '' The Kiss'' (1921) * '' Shattered Idols'' (1922) * '' The Woman He Love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllis Kennedy
Phyllis Kennedy (June 16, 1914 – December 29, 1998) was an American film actress. Early life She was born on June 16, 1914 in Detroit, Michigan. Following her high school graduation in 1932, she got employment as a clothes model in a local department store. During her modeling period, one of her friends recommended that she try her hand at acting. She began her acting career on the New York stage in a small role in a 1935 production of ''Jane Eyre''. Soon, she decided to try her hand in the film industry. Around 1935, she broke her back while dancing in a show in Denver and was told she would never dance again. Two years later, she was able to dance again. Hollywood years Kennedy was noticed by Ginger Rogers when she performed as a chorus girl in '' Shall We Dance?'' She did some comedy dances for Rogers offstage, which impressed the other actress. This relationship led to her being cast as a maid in ''Stage Door'' with Rogers and Katharine Hepburn''.'' She was eventually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Morgan
Raphael Kuhner Wuppermann (July 6, 1883 – June 11, 1956), known professionally as Ralph Morgan, was a Hollywood stage and film character actor, and the older brother of Frank Morgan. Early life Morgan was born in New York City, the eighth of eleven children of Josephine Wright (née Hancox) and George Diogracia Wuppermann. His mother was a Mayflower descendant. His father, George Wuppermann, was of Spanish and German lineage. Born in Venezuela and raised in Germany, he later immigrated to the United States. He had made a fortune by distributing Angostura bitters, allowing him to send all of his children to universities. Morgan attended Trinity School, Riverview Military Academy and graduated from Columbia University with a law degree. However, after almost two years' practicing, he abandoned the world of jurisprudence for the vocation of journeyman actor, having already appeared in Columbia's annual Varsity Show. In 1905, billed as Raphael Kuhner Wupperman, he appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Weidler
Virginia Anna Adeleid Weidler (March 21, 1927 – July 1, 1968) was an American child actress, popular in Hollywood films during the 1930s and 1940s. Early life and career Weidler was born on March 21, 1927, in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles County, California; she was the sixth and final child born to Alfred Weidler, an architect, and Margaret Weidler (born Margarete Therese Louise Radon, 1890–1987), a former opera singer. She was the second Weidler child born in the United States after the family emigrated from Germany in 1923. She made her first film appearance in 1931. Her first credited role was as Europena in ''Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch'' (1934) a role she won at age seven after having been seen in the play '' Autumn Crocus''. Virginia made a big impression on audiences as the little girl who would "hold my breath 'til I am black in the face" to get her way. For the next several years, she appeared in many memorable films from George Stevens's '' Laddie'' (1935) to a pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Hamilton (actress)
Margaret Brainard Hamilton (December 9, 1902 – May 16, 1985) was an American actress. She was best known for her portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West, and her Kansas counterpart Almira Gulch, in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's film '' The Wizard of Oz'' (1939). A former schoolteacher, she worked as a character actress in films for seven years before she was offered the role that defined her public image. In later years, Hamilton appeared in films and made frequent cameo appearances on television sitcoms and commercials. She also gained recognition for her work as an advocate of causes designed to benefit children and animals and retained a lifelong commitment to public education. Early life Hamilton was born in Cleveland, Ohio and practiced her craft doing children's theater while she was a Junior League of Cleveland member. Hamilton made her debut as a "professional entertainer" on December 9, 1929, in a "program of 'heart rending songs'" in the Charles S. Brooks Theater at the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Moran
Jackie Moran (January 26, 1923 – September 20, 1990) was an American movie actor who, between 1936 and 1946, appeared in over thirty films, primarily in teenage roles. Early life and Hollywood career A native of Mattoon, Illinois, John E. Moran first sang in a church choir. He was discovered by Mary Pickford who convinced his mother to take him to Hollywood for a screen test in 1935. Renamed Jackie Moran, he was subsequently cast in a number of substantial supporting roles. He became well-known with the 1938 release of David O. Selznick's production '' The Adventures of Tom Sawyer''. The 93-minute big-budget Technicolor film presented Moran as Huckleberry Finn to Tommy Kelly's Tom Sawyer. Jackie Moran received critical praise for his natural acting style. Jackie Moran went on to star in several youth-oriented films for low-budget and poverty-row studios, such as Republic and Monogram. His most frequent co-star was the one-year-younger Marcia Mae Jones, who appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alma Kruger
Alma Kruger (September 13, 1871 – April 5, 1960) was an American actress. Career Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1871 (or 1868 according to other sources), Kruger had a long career on stage before appearing in films. From 1907 to 1935, she featured in theatre plays on Broadway, mostly in Shakespearean plays such as '' Hamlet'' (as Gertrude), '' Twelfth Night'' (as Olivia), '' Taming of the Shrew'' (Widow), and '' The Merchant of Venice'' (Nerissa). Kruger was brought to Hollywood by Samuel Goldwyn. She appeared in her first film '' These Three'' (1936) while in her 60s. She then proceeded to act in over 40 films in the space of little more than a decade. Among her notable roles was Nurse Molly Byrd, the superintendent of nurses in the popular Dr. Kildare/Dr. Gillespie film series, appearing in all but the first two of the 16 movies. She portrayed Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in '' Marie Antoinette'' (1938) and the almost mother-in-law of Rosalind Russell's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Albertson
Francis Healey Albertson (February 2, 1909 – February 29, 1964) was an American actor who had supporting roles in films such as ''It's a Wonderful Life'' (1946) and ''Psycho (1960 film), Psycho'' (1960). Early life Albertson was a native of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the first child of Frank (or Francis) B. and Mary ( Healey) Albertson. He spent his childhood first in nearby Frazee, Minnesota, Frazee, and later in Puyallup, Washington. As a young man in Los Angeles, he worked as a laboratory assistant in a photographic shop, which resulted in contacts leading to his acting career.''Pasadena Star-News'', March 3, 1964, p. 16 Career Albertson made well over 100 appearances (1923–1964) in movies and television. In his early career he often sang and danced in such films as ''Just Imagine'' (1930) and ''A Connecticut Yankee'' (1931). He was featured in ''Alice Adams'' (1935) as the title character's brother, and in Room Service (1938 film), ''Room Service'' (1938) he p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
