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Nat Levine
Nat Levine (July 26, 1899 – August 6, 1989), was an American film producer. He produced 105 films between 1921 and 1946. He was personal secretary to Marcus Loew, formed Mascot Pictures in 1927, and merged Mascot with Herbert Yates's Republic Pictures in 1935. He was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles. Selected filmography * ''Rose of the Desert'' (1925) * '' The Silent Flyer'' (1926) * '' The Golden Stallion'' (1927) * '' Isle of Sunken Gold'' (1927) * ''Heroes of the Wild'' (1927) * '' Vultures of the Sea'' (1928) * '' The Vanishing West'' (1928) * ''The Fatal Warning'' (1929) * '' The King of the Kongo'' (1929) * '' The Devil Horse'' (1932) * ''The Pride of the Legion'' (1932) * ''The Law of the Wild'' (1934) * ''Little Men'' (1934) * '' 1,000 Dollars a Minute'' (1935) * ''Ladies Crave Excitement'' (1935) * ''Behind the Green Lights'' (1935) * '' Ticket to Paradise'' (1936) *''The House of a Thousand Candles ''The House of a Thousand Candles'' is a 1936 Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Loew
Marcus Loew (May 7, 1870 - September 5, 1927) was an American business magnate and a pioneer of the motion picture industry who formed Loew's Theatres and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio (MGM). Life and career Loew was born in New York City, into a poor Jewish family, who had emigrated to New York City a few years previously from Austria and Germany. He was forced by circumstances to work at a very young age and had little formal education. Nevertheless, beginning with a small investment of money saved from menial jobs, he bought into the penny arcade business. Shortly after, in partnership with Adolph Zukor and others, he founded the successful but short-lived Automatic Vaudeville Company which established a chain of arcades across several cities. After the company dissolved in 1904 Loew converted his share of the business into nickelodeons and over time he turned Loew's Theatres into a leading chain of vaudeville and movie theaters in the United States. By 1905, Marcus Loew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil Horse
''The Devil Horse'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code movie serial starring Harry Carey, Frankie Darro and Noah Beery, Sr. that was distributed by Mascot Pictures. This is regarded as the best of the three serials Harry Carey made in the early 1930s, the other two being ''Last of the Mohicans'' and '' The Vanishing Legion''. Frankie Darro had co-starred with Carey previously in ''The Vanishing Legion''. Lane Chandler played the murdered ranger Elliott Norton, uncredited. Plot Hank Canfield (Noah Beery), leader of a gang of horse thieves, attempts to steal a wild racehorse called El Diablo. The crooks bungle the job, but in making their escape, they kill a Ranger named Elliott Norton (Lane Chandler). The ranger's older brother Bob (Harry Carey) sets out to bring his brother's killers to justice, not realizing the apparently respectable Canfield is the guilty party. A young mute orphan referred to as the Wild Boy (Frankie Darro) is the only one in town who knows who the killer is, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1899 Births
Events January 1899 * January 1 ** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – **Bolivia sets up a customs office in Puerto Alonso, leading to the Brazilian settlers there to declare the Republic of Acre in a revolt against Bolivian authorities. **The first part of the Jakarta Kota–Anyer Kidul railway on the island of Java is opened between Batavia Zuid ( Jakarta Kota) and Tangerang. * January 3 – Hungarian Prime Minister Dezső Bánffy fights an inconclusive duel with his bitter enemy in parliament, Horánszky Nándor. * January 4 – **U.S. President William McKinley's declaration of December 21, 1898, proclaiming a policy of benevolent assimilation of the Philippines as a United States territory, is announced in Manila by the U.S. commander, General Elwell Otis, and angers independence activists who had fought against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House Of A Thousand Candles
''The House of a Thousand Candles'' is a 1936 American thriller film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Phillips Holmes, Mae Clarke and Irving Pichel. It is based on the 1906 novel by Meredith Nicholson. The novel had been filmed twice before, once in 1915 (as ''The House of a Thousand Candles'') and again in 1919 by Henry King (under the title ''Haunting Shadows''). A British secret service agent is sent to try to prevent a plot to derail a peace conference in Geneva and threaten international peace. Plot Unscrupulous casino owner Anton Sebastian secretly runs a network of spies out of his hotel and casino, "The House of a Thousand Candles". After killing one of his spies, Victor Demetrius, via poison, he sends a secret message over the radio to a dancer, Raquel. Sebastian orders him to intercept a British intelligence agent Tony Carleton and steal some top-secret documents. British intelligence officer Sir Andrew McIntyre instructs agent Carleton to pick up some opera ticke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ticket To Paradise (1936 Film)
''Ticket to Paradise'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Aubrey Scotto, written by Jack Natteford and Nathanael West, and starring Roger Pryor, Wendy Barrie, Claude Gillingwater, Andrew Tombes, Luis Alberni and E. E. Clive. It was released on June 25, 1936, by Republic Pictures. Premise While hurrying to the airport to catch a plane, a man is involved in a car accident and loses his memory. Cast *Roger Pryor as Terry Dodd aka Jack Doe *Wendy Barrie as Jane Forbes * Claude Gillingwater as Robert Forbes *Andrew Tombes as Nirney *Luis Alberni as Dr. Munson aka Monte * E. E. Clive as Barkins * Stanley Fields as Dan Kelly *Theodore von Eltz as George Small * Russell Hicks as Colton *Herbert Rawlinson as Fred Townsend * John Sheehan as Taxi Driver *Earle Hodgins as Cab Starter *Grace Hayle as Minnie Dawson * Harry Woods as John Dawson * Gavin Gordon as Tony Bates * Harry Harvey Sr. as Spotter *Duke York as Milkman *Eric Mayne as Dr. Eckstrom *Bud Jamison as Taxi Dispatcher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behind The Green Lights
''Behind the Green Lights'' is a 1935 American crime film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Norman Foster, Judith Allen and Sidney Blackmer.Goble p.685 Partial cast * Norman Foster as Detective Lt. Dave Britten * Judith Allen as Mary Kennedy * Sidney Blackmer as Raymond Cortell * Purnell Pratt as Detective Lt. Jim Kennedy * Theodore von Eltz as John C. Owen * Ford Sterling as Max Schultz, German Janitor * Kenneth Thomson as Charles T. 'Ritzy' Conrad * Lloyd Whitlock as Assistant District Attorney * Edward Hearn as Detective Brewster * Jane Meredith as Mrs. Gorham * Edward Gargan as Moran - a Cop * J. Carrol Naish as Sam Dover * John Davidson as Beasley * Hooper Atchley as District Attorney Marsden * Marc Loebell as Manny Spivalo * 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 prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladies Crave Excitement
''Ladies Crave Excitement'' is a 1935 American action–comedy drama film released by Mascot Pictures, directed by Nick Grinde and starring Norman Foster, Evalyn Knapp and Esther Ralston. Plot Don Phelan, the ace newsreel reporter, falls in love with Wilma Howell, the daughter of the owner of another newsreel company that is a bitter rival of the one Don works for. The rivalry, with cameramen jostling each other out of the way, acts of sabotage, and reporters fighting to get the 'scoop', does not bode well for the romance. Cast Soundtrack Release ''Ladies Crave Excitement'' was released on DVD The DVD (common abbreviation for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kind ... on July 26, 2010. The film was again released on DVD on August 27, 2013. References External links * * 1935 films 1930s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1,000 Dollars A Minute
''1,000 Dollars a Minute'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Aubrey Scotto and starring Roger Pryor and Leila Hyams. The film was released on October 22, 1935. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Sound Recording. Plot A broken and pennyless newspaperman takes part in an experiment where two crazy millionaires are offering a prize of $10,000 to anyone that can spend $1,000 a minute, every minute, for 12 hours straight. Cast * Roger Pryor as Wally Jones * Leila Hyams as Dorothy Summers * Edward Brophy as Benny Dolan * Sterling Holloway as Pete * Edgar Kennedy as Police Officer McCarthy * Purnell Pratt as Charlie, the Editor * Herman Bing as Vanderbrocken * Arthur Hoyt as Jewel clerk * William Austin as Salesman * Franklin Pangborn as Reville * George Hayes as New Deal Watson * Morgan Wallace as Big Jim Bradley * Claude King Claude King (February 5, 1923 – March 7, 2013) was an American country music singer and songwriter, be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Men (1934 Film)
''Little Men'' is a 1934 American feature film based on Louisa May Alcott's 1871 novel ''Little Men'', starring Ralph Morgan and Erin O'Brien-Moore, directed by Phil Rosen, and was released by Mascot Pictures. Alcott wrote ''Little Men'' in response to her prior novel, '' Little Women'', hoping to achieve the same level of success. It is a sequel to Little Women (1933 film) Plot The former Jo March (O'Brien-Moore), now married to Prof. Bhaer (Morgan), opens a boarding school for wayward boys. One day, a boy by the name of Nat Blake arrives at the house and is taken in by the Bhaers. Nat is soft-spoken, compassionate, respectful, and bright. He is picked on by the kids at first but soon fits right in. One day while riding back from a birthday party, Nat sees one of his homeless friends, Dan. He invites Dan back to the house, assuming that the Bhaers can take him in as they did himself. Although Professor Bhaer is hesitant due to the fact that Dan is older than all of the other b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Law Of The Wild
''The Law of the Wild'' is a 1934 American western serial film produced by Nat Levine, directed by B. Reeves Eason and Armand Schaefer, distributed by Mascot Pictures, and starring two famous animal stars, Rex the Wonder Horse and Rin Tin Tin Jr. as the serial's two leads. Bob Custer played hero John Sheldon, Richard Cramer played villain Frank Nolan, and famed comedian Ben Turpin co-starred as the comic relief sidekick Henry. Plot John Sheldon is falsely accused by Frank Nolan of killing Lou Salters. Nolan steals Sheldon's horse Rex while Sheldon is in jail, with plans to ride him in a big race. Sheldon's friend Alice and her comedic sidekick Henry rescue the horse with the aid of Rin Tin Tin Jr., and Alice rides him in the race instead. The winnings from the race are used to pay for Sheldon's legal defense. Cast * Rex King of the Wild Horses as himself * Rin Tin Tin, Jr. as Rinty * Bob Custer as John Sheldon * Richard Cramer as Frank Nolan, the villain * Lucile Browne as A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pride Of The Legion
''The Pride of the Legion'' is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by Ford Beebe and starring Victor Jory, Barbara Kent and Sally Blane Sally Blane (born Elizabeth Jane Young; July 11, 1910 – August 27, 1997) was an American actress who appeared in over 100 movies. Early life Blane was born in Salida, Colorado. She was the sister of actresses Polly Ann Young and Loretta Young ....Tuska p. 88 Cast References Bibliography * Tuska, Jon. ''The Vanishing Legion: A History of Mascot Pictures, 1927-1935''. McFarland, 1999. External links * 1932 films 1932 crime films American crime films Films directed by Ford Beebe Mascot Pictures films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-crime-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King Of The Kongo
''The King of the Kongo'' (1929) is a Mascot film serial, and was the first serial to have sound,(Re)search My Trash: Mascot Pictures retrieved June 29, 2007 although only partial sound ("Part Talking") rather than the later (and now standard) "All-Talking" productions with complete sound. The first episode was a "three reeler" with the remaining nine episodes being "two reelers" (approximately 15 minutes per ). Plot Independently, the two protagonists, Diana Martin and agent Larry T ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
