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Neil Fitzgerald
Neil Fitzgerald (15 January 1893 – 15 June 1982) was an Irish actor. Cornelius James Fitzgerald was born at Henry Street (now O'Brien Street), Tipperary, the son of James Joseph Fitzgerald, a grocer, and Ellen McGrath. He was educated in Trinity College Dublin, studying pharmacy, but chose to become an actor. He made his Broadway debut in ''Leave Her to Heaven'' in 1940. He appeared in numerous Irish plays on Broadway during his life. His credited film debut was in 1935 in John Ford's '' The Informer'' as "Tommy Connor". He had numerous television credits also. He died in 1982 in Princeton, New Jersey Princeton is a municipality with a borough form of government in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was established on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township, both of whi .... Filmography References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzgerald, Neil 1893 births 1982 deaths Irish male film act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatre World
''Theatre World'' is an annual American theatre pictorial and statistical print publication. It includes Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and regional theatre, national theatrical awards, and obituaries. Theatre World "In 1944, three young men who loved theater, Daniel Blum, Norman McDonald, and John Willis, created ''Theatre World'', a magazine about the theater." ''Theatre World'' was first published in 1945. George Jean Nathan's annual ''Theatre Book Of The Year'' (Alfred A. Knopf) preceded and competed. ''Theatre World'' is an annual pictorial and statistical record of American theatre, in print. It includes Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and regional theatre, as well as a complete national theatrical awards section and obituaries. It is a pictorial and statistical reference to each American theatrical season, and is used by industry professionals, students, historians, and fans. ''Theatre World'' is the recipient of a 2001 Tony Honor for Excellen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unguarded Hour
''The Unguarded Hour'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Loretta Young and Franchot Tone. In England, a prominent young prosecutor in a murder trial is unaware that his wife is involved. It is based on Bernard Merivale's 1935 play ''The Unguarded Hour'', an adaptation of an earlier Hungarian work by Ladislas Fodor. Some changes were made from the play in order to heighten the drama, including having the heroine as the elusive witness in connection with the trial. The film's set designs were overseen by Cedric Gibbons, assisted by Edwin B. Willis and Joseph Wright. Dolly Tree designed the costumes. Plot Barrister Sir Alan Dearden is tipped to be Britain's next and youngest ever Attorney General. Shortly before he leaves for holiday on the Continent, his wife Helen is approached by a man claiming to have love letters written by her husband to his own estranged wife. Although these pre-date their marriage, Lady Helen worries that scandal would ruin he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidnapped (1938 Film)
''Kidnapped'' (1938) is an adventure film directed by Otto Preminger (who was uncredited) and Alfred L. Werker, starring Warner Baxter and Freddie Bartholomew, and based on the 1886 novel '' Kidnapped'' by Robert Louis Stevenson. The copyright of the film was renewed. Plot In 1747, David Balfour's evil uncle arranges for him to be kidnapped and sent to sea where he meets exiled Alan Breck. The two make their way back to Scotland and justice. Cast * Warner Baxter as Alan Breck * Freddie Bartholomew as David Balfour * Arleen Whelan as Jean MacDonald * C. Aubrey Smith as Duke of Argyle * Reginald Owen as Captain Hoseason * John Carradine as Gordon * Nigel Bruce as Neil MacDonald * Miles Mander as Ebenezer Balfour * Ralph Forbes as James * H. B. Warner as Angus Rankeillor * Arthur Hohl as Riach * E. E. Clive as Minister MacDougall * Halliwell Hobbes as Dominie Campbell * Montagu Love as Colonel Whitehead * Moroni Olsen as Douglas * Leonard Mudie as Red Fox * Mary G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holiday (1938 Film)
''Holiday'' (released in the United Kingdom as ''Free to Live'') is a 1938 American romantic comedy film directed by George Cukor, a remake of the 1930 film of the same name. The film tells of a man who has risen from humble beginnings only to be torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family. The film, adapted by Donald Ogden Stewart and Sidney Buchman from the 1928 play of the same name by Philip Barry, stars Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant and features Doris Nolan, Lew Ayres, and Edward Everett Horton. Horton reprised his role as Professor Nick Potter from the 1930 version. Although Hepburn had been Hope Williams' understudy in the original production of the play on Broadway, she only played the part for one performance. Screenwriter Donald Ogden Stewart appeared in the original stage version as Nick Potter. Plot Jonathan "Johnny" Case (Cary Grant), a self-made man who has worked all his life, is about to marry Julia Seton (Dori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Settlement (film)
''International Settlement'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Dolores del Río, George Sanders and June Lang. It is set in the Shanghai International Settlement during the Sino-Japanese War. In the film, a gun runner falls in love with a beautiful French singer. Plot The "International Settlement" is in the heart of Shanghai, where Western foreign powers had long controlled a protected enclave divided among 13 nations. Japanese forces have successfully overrun Peiping and are now heading for Shanghai. Newsreel footage (actual) shows Japanese bombers attacking Peiping and Chinese refugees fleeing south. Del Forbes, a vagabond adventurer with a dapper mustache, sailing for China, is broke enough to agree to impersonate a fellow passenger, ailing munitions dealer Zabellu. Too ill to leave the ship, Zabellu pays Forbes to impersonate him in an illegal arms deal for which he's owed some 200,000 pounds, which Forbes understands is "nearly a mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancer Spy
''Lancer Spy'' is a 1937 American thriller film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Dolores Del Rio and George Sanders. Its plot concerns an Englishman who impersonates a German officer and a female German spy who falls in love with him. Plot Cast Production ''Lancer Spy'' was based on a story written by Marthe McKenna, a Belgian woman who was a spy for England during World War I. She had previously written the 1932 memoir ''I Was a Spy'', the basis of a 1933 film of the same title. Gregory Ratoff signed a contract with 20th Century Fox to write, produce and direct. The film was originally to star Michael Whalen in the part that was eventually played by George Sanders. French actor Germaine Aussey was to have made her American debut in the film but was replaced by Dolores del Río soon after filming began in May 1937. Peter Lorre was cast after his success in '' Think Fast, Mr Moto''. Fox bought his contract from the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation. Colin Clive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London By Night (film)
''London by Night'' is a 1937 American murder mystery film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring George Murphy, Rita Johnson and Virginia Field. It marked the screen debut of Johnson who while shooting the film also unsuccessfully tested to replace Jean Harlow in '' Saratoga''. Gossip columnist Louella Parsons drew attention to her as a rising star.Wagner p.99 It was based on an unproduced play ''The Umbrella'' by British writer William Matthew Scott. Plot A London-based newspaperman is about to head for Paris for his first vacation in three years when he becomes embroiled by the murder of a shopkeeper in the square where he lives, followed shortly afterwards by the shooting of a police constable. Working alongside Inspector Jefferson of Scotland Yard he encounters a spirited socialite when he accosts her family's butler whom he wrongly suspects is the killer. Public alarm rises further when a barmaid at a nearby pub is also killed. Reception According to MGM records the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parnell (film)
''Parnell'' is a 1937 biographical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, starring Clark Gable as Charles Stewart Parnell, the famous Irish politician. It was Gable's least successful film and is generally considered his worst, and it is listed in ''The Fifty Worst Films of All Time''. The movie addresses the sex scandal that destroyed Parnell's political career, but its treatment of the subject is highly sanitized (and fictionalized) in keeping with Hollywood content restrictions at the time. Plot The life of Irish politician and Home Rule activist, Charles Stewart Parnell. Cast Credited Cast * Clark Gable as Charles Stewart Parnell * Myrna Loy as Katie O'Shea * Edna May Oliver as Aunt Ben Wood * Edmund Gwenn as Campbell * Alan Marshal as Captain William O'Shea * Donald Crisp as Davitt * Billie Burke as Clara Wood * Berton Churchill as The O'Gorman Mahon * Donald Meek as Murphy * Montagu Love as Gladstone * Byron Russell as Healy * Brandon Tynan as Redmond * Neil Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thirteenth Chair (1937 Film)
''The Thirteenth Chair'' is a 1937 American mystery film directed by George B. Seitz, based on the 1919 stage play by Bayard Veiller, and starring Dame May Whitty, Lewis Stone, Madge Evans, and Elissa Landi. This was the third film adaptation of the play. There was an earlier version by director Tod Browning in 1929, with Bela Lugosi in a supporting role, and an even earlier 1919 silent film adaptation that starred Creighton Hale. Plot In Calcutta, India, Scotland Yard Inspector Marney (Lewis Stone) and local police Commissioner Grimshaw (Matthew Boulton) discuss the murder of Leonard Lee as they approach the bungalow where he was stabbed in the back. Grimshaw succinctly describes the victim as “rotten”. John Wales (Henry Daniell) is inside the supposedly locked house. Lee was his best friend. Wales proposes a séance, not to raise spirits, but to put psychological pressure on suspects. They agree, and Grimshaw calls the Governor, Sir Roscoe Crosby (Holmes Herbert), to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost Horizon (1937 Film)
''Lost Horizon'' is a 1937 American adventure drama fantasy film directed by Frank Capra. The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the 1933 novel of the same name by James Hilton. The film exceeded its original budget by more than $776,000 and took five years to earn back its cost. The serious financial crisis it created for Columbia Pictures damaged the partnership between Capra and studio head Harry Cohn, as well as the friendship between Capra and Riskin. In 2016, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Plot It is 1935. Before returning to Britain to become the new Foreign Secretary, writer, soldier, and diplomat Robert Conway has one last task in China, rescuing 90 westerners in the city of Baskul. He flies out with the last few evacuees, just ahead of armed revolutionaries. Unbeknownst to the passengers, the pilot has been for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Plough And The Stars (film)
''The Plough and the Stars'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by John Ford based on the play of the same name by Seán O'Casey. Plot Nora Clitheroe runs a rooming house in Dublin while trying to stay away from the political turmoil raging around her in Revoluntary Ireland. However, try as might, she discovers that her husband Jack has joined a militia of Irish rebels seeking to oust the British from Ireland. Nora fears for Jack's safety and begs him to keep his distance from the revolutionary forces. Jack assures her that he'll step back from their activities, but it's not until it's too late that Nora learns that Jack has done just the opposite—and has become a commander with the Irish Citizen Army as they plan to occupy the Dublin Post Office as part of the Easter Rising. Cast * Barbara Stanwyck as Nora Clitheroe * Preston Foster as Jack Clitheroe * Barry Fitzgerald as Fluther Good * Denis O'Dea as The Young Covey * F. J. McCormick as Capt. Brennan * Una O'Connor as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Chan At The Race Track
''Charlie Chan at the Race Track'' is the 12th film in the 20th Century Fox-produced Charlie Chan series starring Warner Oland in the title role. Plot When a prominent racehorse owner winds up dead-allegedly kicked to death by his prized stallion, Charlie Chan is called in to investigate. But when the indomitable detective discovers evidence of foul play, he's soon hot on the hooves of an international gambling ring with an evil plot to turn the racetracks of the world into a trifecta of terror! Cast *Warner Oland as Charlie Chan *Keye Luke as Lee Chan * Helen Wood as Alice Fenton * Thomas Beck as Bruce Rogers * Alan Dinehart as George Chester * Gavin Muir as Bagley *Gloria Roy as Catherine Chester * Jonathan Hale as Warren Fenton * George Irving as Major Kent *Max Wagner as Joe * Paul Fix as Lefty * John Rogers as Mooney *Frankie Darro as Tip Collins *Frank Coghlan Jr Frank Coghlan Jr. (March 15, 1916 – September 7, 2009) also known as Junior Coghlan, was an Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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