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Nana Bryant
Nana Irene Bryant (November 23, 1888 – December 24, 1955) was an American film, stage, and television actress. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1935 and 1955. Biography Bryant was born 1888 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She appeared in stock companies in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and spent several seasons on tour. She also played on Broadway theatre, Broadway, appearing in the then non-singing role of Morgan le Fay in Rodgers and Hart's ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'', before working in films. Her other Broadway credits included ''Marriage Is for Single People'' (1945), ''Baby Pompadour'' (1934), ''A Ship Comes In'' (1934), ''The First Apple'' (1933), ''The Dubarry'' (1932), ''The Stork is Dead'' (1932), ''Heigh-Ho, Everybody'' (1932), ''The Padre'' (1926), ''The Wild Rose'' (1926), ''No More Women'' (1926), ''The Firebrand'' (1924). Bryant had a supporting role in the ''Frank Morgan Show'', a summer replacement for Jack Benny's program in 1946. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line with Kentucky. The city is the economic and cultural hub of the Cincinnati metropolitan area. With an estimated population of 2,256,884, it is Ohio's largest metropolitan area and the nation's 30th-largest, and with a city population of 309,317, Cincinnati is the third-largest city in Ohio and 64th in the United States. Throughout much of the 19th century, it was among the top 10 U.S. cities by population, surpassed only by New Orleans and the older, established settlements of the United States eastern seaboard, as well as being the sixth-most populous city from 1840 until 1860. As a rivertown crossroads at the junction of the North, South, East, and West, Cincinnati developed with fewer immigrants and less influence from Europe than Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Way Ticket (1935 Film)
''One Way Ticket'' is a 1935 American crime film directed by Herbert Biberman starring Lloyd Nolan, Peggy Conklin and Walter Connolly. The film is based on the 1934 novel '' One-Way Ticket'' by Ethel Turner. It is a prison drama in which a man becomes a robber following the authorities' failure to convict a corrupt banker. It was the directorial debut of Biberman, a playwright and theatre director of Marxist political leanings; following some theatrical success in New York, he signed a two-picture deal with Columbia in 1934, and it was followed by ''Meet Nero Wolfe'' in 1936. Cast * Lloyd Nolan as Jerry * Peggy Conklin as Ronnie * Walter Connolly as Captain Bill Bourne * Edith Fellows as Ellen * Gloria Shea as Willa * Nana Bryant as Mrs. Bourne * Thurston Hall as Mr. Ritchie * George McKay as Martin * Robert Middlemass as Bender * Willie Fung as Wing * Jack Rube Clifford as Charlie * James Flavin as Ed Critical reception Writing for ''The Spectator'' in 1936, Graham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Dangerous Adventure (1937 Film)
''A Dangerous Adventure'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Don Terry, Rosalind Keith and Russell Hicks. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Cast * Don Terry as Tim Sawyer * Rosalind Keith as Linda Gale * Russell Hicks as Allen * John Gallaudet as Hadley * Nana Bryant as Marie * Frank C. Wilson as Depan * Marc Lawrence as Calkins * Joe Sawyer Joe Sawyer (born Joseph Sauers, August 29, 1906 – April 21, 1982) was a Canadian film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1927 and 1962, and was sometimes billed under his birth name. Early life Sawyer was born August 29, 1 ... as Dutch References External links * 1937 films 1937 drama films American drama films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films Films directed by D. Ross Lederman Columbia Pictures films 1930s American films {{1930s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil Is Driving (1937 Film)
''The Devil Is Driving'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Richard Dix, Joan Perry and Nana Bryant.Hannsberry p.133 Partial cast * Richard Dix as Paul Driscoll * Joan Perry as Eve Hammond * Nana Bryant as Mrs. Sanders * Ian Wolfe as Elias Sanders * Elisha Cook Jr. as Tony Stevens * Henry Kolker as Charles Stevens * Walter Kingsford as Louis Wooster * Ann Rutherford as Kitty Wooster * Frank C. Wilson as Martin Foster * Paul Harvey Paul Harvey Aurandt (September 4, 1918 – February 28, 2009) was an American radio broadcaster for ABC News Radio. He broadcast ''News and Comment'' on mornings and mid-days on weekdays and at noon on Saturdays and also his famous '' The Rest ... as Sam Mitchell * John Wray as Joe Peters References Bibliography * Karen Burroughs Hannsberry. ''Bad Boys: The Actors of Film Noir''. McFarland, 2003. External links * 1937 films American drama films 1937 drama films Films directed by Harr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The League Of Frightened Men (1937 Film)
''The League of Frightened Men'' is a 1937 American mystery film based on the 1935 novel of the same name, the second Nero Wolfe novel by Rex Stout. Directed by Alfred E. Green, the Columbia Pictures film stars Walter Connolly as Nero Wolfe, a role played by Edward Arnold in the previous year's ''Meet Nero Wolfe''. The role of Wolfe's assistant Archie Goodwin was reprised by Lionel Stander. Plot Professor Hibbard (Leonard Mudie) requests detective Nero Wolfe's assistance in tracking down the sender of a few sinister letters, which killed two of Hibbard's acquaintances. Prominent author Paul Chapin (Eduardo Ciannelli), who is a cripple, is pinpointed by Wolfe as the culprit. Wolfe rationally deduces that Chapin is out for payback — decades ago, a prank then-Harvard University scholar Hibbard and a group of chums played on Chapin went awry, causing him to be in his current state. Hibbard shares with Wolfe that his daughter (Irene Hervey) is romantically involved with Chapin's e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Get Married (1937 Film)
''Let's Get Married'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Ida Lupino, who plays the daughter of a political consultant, Joe Quinn (Walter Connolly). It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Lupino was loaned out from Paramount to make the film.Bubbeo p.158 Cast * Ida Lupino as Paula Quinn * Walter Connolly as Joe Quinn * Ralph Bellamy as Kirk Duncan * Raymond Walburn as B. B. Harrington * Robert Allen as Charles * Nana Bryant as Mrs. Willoughby * Reginald Denny as George Willoughby * Edward McWade as Tom * Emmett Vogan as Dick * Will Morgan as Harry * Granville Bates Granville Bates (January 7, 1882 – July 8, 1940) was an American character actor and bit player, appearing in over ninety films. Biography Bates was born in Chicago in 1882 to Granville Bates, Sr., a developer and builder, and Adaline Bates ... as Hank Keith References Bibliography * Bubbeo, Daniel. ''The Women of Warner Brothers: The Lives and Careers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennies From Heaven (1936 Film)
''Pennies From Heaven'' is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bing Crosby, Madge Evans, and Edith Fellows. Jo Swerling's screenplay was based on the novel ''The Peacock Feather'' by Leslie Moore. The film is about a singer wrongly imprisoned who promises a condemned fellow inmate that he will help the family of his victim when he is released. The singer delays his dream of becoming a gondolier in Venice and becomes a street singer in order to help the young girl and her elderly grandfather. His life is further complicated when he meets a beautiful welfare worker who takes a dim view of the young girl's welfare and initiates proceedings to have her put in an orphanage. ''Pennies From Heaven'' remains most noteworthy for Crosby's introduction of the titular song, a Depression-era favorite, since recorded by numerous singers. The film features Louis Armstrong in a supporting role. In 1937, the film received an Oscar nomination for Best O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora Goes Wild
''Theodora Goes Wild'' is a 1936 American screwball comedy film that tells the story of the residents in a small town who are incensed by a risqué novel, unaware that the book was written under a pseudonym by a member of the town's leading family. It stars Irene Dunne and Melvyn Douglas and was directed by Richard Boleslawski. The film was written by Mary McCarthy and Sidney Buchman. Dunne was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actress in a Leading Role and the movie was also nominated for the Best Film Editing. Before this film, Dunne had been cast in dramatic films. ''Theodora Goes Wild'' was her first comedy, and this extremely popular film proved to be the beginning of a new phase in her film career as a screen comedienne. Plot Theodora Lynn (Irene Dunne) is a Sunday school teacher and former church organist in Lynnfield, Connecticut, raised by two spinster aunts, Mary (Elisabeth Risdon) and Elsie Lynn (Margaret McWade). She also happens to be, under the pen name Caro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Lived Twice
''The Man Who Lived Twice'' is a 1936 American crime film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Ralph Bellamy, Marian Marsh and Thurston Hall Ernest Thurston Hall (May 10, 1882 – February 20, 1958) was an American film, stage and television actor.Aylesworth, Thomas G. and Bowman, John S. (1987). ''The World Almanac Who's Who of Film''. World Almanac. . Pp. 186-187. Career Stag .... It was remade as '' Man in the Dark'' in 1953.Cardullo p.234 Cast References Bibliography * Cardullo, Bert. ''European Directors and Their Films: Essays on Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2012. External links * 1936 films American crime films 1936 crime films Films directed by Harry Lachman Columbia Pictures films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-crime-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackmailer (1936 Film)
''Blackmailer'' is a 1936 American comedy thriller film directed by Gordon Wiles and starring William Gargan, Florence Rice, and H.B. Warner.Langman & Finn p.26 It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Synopsis An incompetent police inspector and an equally foolish private detective both become involved in a blackmail case. Main cast * William Gargan as Peter Cornish * Florence Rice as Joan Rankin * H.B. Warner as Michael Rankin * Nana Bryant as Mrs. Lindsay * Wyrley Birch as Nelson * Drue Leyton as Lydia Rankin * Paul Hurst as Inspector Killian * Kenneth Thomson as Mr. Porter * Boyd Irwin as Dr. Lindsay * Alexander Cross as Jack Donovan * Herman Bing Herman Bing (March 30, 1889 – January 9, 1947) was a German-American character actor. He acted in more than 120 films and many of his parts were uncredited. Biography Bing was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was son of the opera ... as Dr. Rosenkrantz - Coroner References Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet Nero Wolfe
''Meet Nero Wolfe'' is a 1936 mystery film based on the 1934 novel '' Fer-de-Lance'', written by Rex Stout. Set in New York, the story introduced the detective genius Nero Wolfe ( Edward Arnold) and his assistant Archie Goodwin (Lionel Stander). The partnership endured through 33 novels and 39 short stories written by Stout, but continued in only one more film for Columbia Pictures. Wolfe's client is portrayed by Rita Hayworth, then billed as Rita Cansino, in an early performance. The titles of the film begin with the November 1934 issue of ''The American Magazine'' — in which the abridged version of ''Fer-de-Lance'' appeared — lying on a table. The magazine is taken from the table and opened to an illustrated spread that reads, "Edward Arnold in ''Meet Nero Wolfe''." Plot At the West Hills Golf Club in Westchester, E.J. Kimball (Walter Kingsford) and his son Manuel (Russell Hardie) are welcomed into the party of elderly Professor Barstow (Boyd Irwin Sr.) and his prospec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King Steps Out
''The King Steps Out'' is a 1936 American light comedy film directed by Josef von Sternberg based on the early years of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known as "Sisi" or "Sissi", and her courtship and marriage to Franz Joseph I of Austria, after he was initially engaged to her older sister Duchess Helene in Bavaria. The film is set from 1852 to 1854. The script was written by Sidney Buchman, based on a theatre play called ''Sissys Brautfahrt'' by Ernst Décsey and Robert Weil aka Gustav Holm. Columbia Pictures bought the rights from Ernst Marischka in order to make the film. The lyrics for the music were by Dorothy Fields and the music by Viennese composer and violinist Fritz Kreisler. Cinematography was by Lucien Ballard and the editing by Viola Lawrence. Costume design was by the Austrian Ernst Deutsch-Dryden. Future Broadway dancer Gwen Verdon made her movie debut doing a ballet solo at age 11, but was uncredited. The film had only minimal influence on the later '' Sissi' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
