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Nella Walker
Nella Walker (March 6, 1886 – March 22, 1971) was an American actress and vaudeville performer of the 1920s through the 1950s. Biography The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walker, she was born and raised in Chicago. In 1910, she married Wilbur Mack. In 1912, they formed the vaudeville team Mack and Walker. By 1929, she had launched a film acting career, her first film role being in ''Tanned Legs''. She appeared in three films in 1929 and easily transitioned to sound films, appearing in another four films in 1930, possibly making the smooth transition because she was never an established actress in silent films. In 1931, her film career took off, with appearances in 10 films that year, five of which were uncredited. Her marriage ended not long after her film career was on the rise, and from 1932 to 1933, she appeared in 15 films, only five of which were uncredited. In 1935, her career improved, and from this year to 1938, she had 23 film appearances. Her biggest film app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trailer (promotion)
A trailer (also known as a preview, coming attraction or attraction video) is a commercial advertisement, originally for a feature film that is going to be exhibited in the future at a movie theater/cinema. It is a product of creative and technical work. Movie trailers have now become popular on DVDs and Blu-ray discs, as well as on the Internet and mobile devices. Of some 10 billion videos watched online annually, film trailers rank third, after news and user-created video. The trailer format has been adopted as a promotional tool for television shows, video games, books, and theatrical events/concerts. History The first trailer shown in an American film theater was in November 1913, when Nils Granlund, the advertising manager for the Marcus Loew theater chain, produced a short promotional film for the musical ''The Pleasure Seekers'', opening at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway. As reported in a wire service story carried by the Lincoln, Nebraska ''Daily Star'', t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanned Legs
''Tanned Legs'' is a 1929 American Pre-Code musical comedy directed by Marshall Neilan and written by Thomas J. Geraghty based on a story by Louis Sarecky. The film starred Ann Pennington, Arthur Lake, June Clyde, Dorothy Revier, Sally Blane and Albert Gran. In its first year of operations, RKO attempted to take advantage of musicals as much as possible, and so the music of Oscar Levant and Sidney Clare was awkwardly inserted into this simple comedy script. Plot Peggy is the daughter of Mr. Reynolds and his wife Sophie. Although married, both of the elder Reynolds are having romantic interludes with younger people, Mrs. Lyons-King and Roger Fleming, respectively. In addition, Peggy's sister, Janet, is infatuated with Clinton Darrow, a ne'er-do-well, who is only interested in the Reynolds' money, not in Janet. Peggy is in the only normal relationship, with her boyfriend, Bill. While at a seaside resort, Peggy attempts to get all of her family members back in line. Howeve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An American Tragedy (film)
''An American Tragedy'' (1931) is a pre-Code drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on Theodore Dreiser's 1925 novel ''An American Tragedy'' and the 1926 play adaptation. These were based on the historic 1906 murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette at Big Moose Lake in upstate New York.''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-1940'' by the American Film Institute, c. 1993 The novel would again be adapted in the 1951 Paramount release '' A Place in the Sun''. Cast *Phillips Holmes as Clyde Griffiths * Sylvia Sidney as Roberta Alden *Frances Dee as Sondra Finchley *Irving Pichel as District Attorney Orville Mason * Frederick Burton as Samuel Griffiths *Claire McDowell as Mrs. Samuel Griffiths *Wallace Middleton as Gilbert Griffiths *Emmett Corrigan as Belknap * Charles B. Middleton as Jephson *Lucille La Verne as Mrs. Asa Griffiths *Albert Hart as Titus Alden *Fanny Midgley as Mrs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Public Defender
''The Public Defender'' is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film directed by J. Walter Ruben, starring Richard Dix and featuring Boris Karloff. Rich playboy Pike Winslow dons the mantle of 'The Reckoner', a mysterious avenger, when he learns that his lady friend Barbara Gerry's father has been framed in a bank embezzlement scandal. Using meticulous planning and split-second timing, Pike, along with his associates, the erudite 'Professor' and tough-guy scrapper 'Doc', attempt to find proof that will clear Gerry and identify the real culprits. Cast * Richard Dix as Pike Winslow * Shirley Grey as Barbara Gerry * Purnell Pratt as John Kirk * Ruth Weston as Rose Harmer * Edmund Breese as Frank Wells * Frank Sheridan as Charles Harmer * Alan Roscoe as Inspector Malcolm O'Neil * Boris Karloff as 'Professor' * Nella Walker as Aunt Matilda * Paul Hurst as 'Doc' * Carl Gerard as Cyrus Pringle * Robert Emmett O'Connor as Detective Brady * Phillips Smalley as Thomas Drake (as Phillip Smalley) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Common Law (1931 Film)
''The Common Law'' is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama film, directed by Paul L. Stein and produced by Charles R. Rogers. Based on Robert W. Chambers' 1911 novel of the same name, this was the third time the book was made into a film, and the first during the talking film era. The sexual drama stars Constance Bennett and Joel McCrea in the title roles. It was received well both at the box office and by film critics, becoming one of RKO's most financially successful films of the year. Plot Valerie West is a young American expatriate living with her wealthy lover, Dick Carmedon, in Paris. Tired of the relationship, she moves out, after which she meets struggling American artist John Neville. She begins posing nude for him. At first the relationship is purely business, but the two soon fall in love, and she moves in with him. The two begin to live an idyllic life, despite Carmedon's attempts to get Valerie back. Unbeknownst to Valerie, Neville is a member of a wealthy, so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Their Mad Moment
''Their Mad Moment'' is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by Chandler Sprague and starring Dorothy Mackaill, Warner Baxter and ZaSu Pitts. An uncredited Hamilton MacFadden also directed some scenes. It is based on the 1927 novel ''Basquerie'' by Eleanor Mercein Kelly.Goble, Alan. "Their Mad Moment", The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. London: Bowker-Saur, 1999. A Spanish-language version ''Mi último amor'' was also produced. Synopsis American Suzanne Stanley, short of money, takes her stepdaughter Emily to Biarritz in order to find her a wealthy husband. She pushes her towards the dull Englishman Sir Harry Congers, but Emily is drawn instead to a poor Basque boatman Esteban. She agrees to go with him to the mountains to meet his family, intending to live romantically for a few days to compensate for a lifetime with Sir Harry. She knows she cannot cope with the harsh, peasant life in the mountains, and slips away to Biarritz. He reappears on the da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hush Money (1931 Film)
''Hush Money'' is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy-drama film featuring Joan Bennett, Hardie Albright, Owen Moore, Myrna Loy, and George Raft. The movie was directed by Sidney Lanfield. Cast *Joan Bennett as Joan Gordon *Hardie Albright as Stuart Elliot *Owen Moore as Steve Pelton *Myrna Loy as Flo Curtis * C. Henry Gordon as Jack Curtis *George Raft George Raft (born George Ranft; September 26, 1901 – November 24, 1980) was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s. A stylish leading man in dozens of movies, Raft is ... as MaxieEverett Aaker, ''The Films of George Raft'', McFarland & Company, 2013 p 18 References External links * 1931 films 1931 comedy-drama films American comedy-drama films 1930s English-language films American black-and-white films Films directed by Sidney Lanfield Films with screenplays by Dudley Nichols Fox Film films 1930s American films English-language comedy-d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indiscreet (1931 Film)
''Indiscreet'' is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Gloria Swanson and Ben Lyon. The screenplay by Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson, based on their story ''Obey That Impulse'', originally was written as a full-fledged musical, but only two songs – "If You Haven't Got Love" and "Come to Me" – remained when the film was released. The film is available on DVD. Plot Determined to start the new year off right, dress designer Geraldine "Gerry" Trent sends her unfaithful boyfriend, Jim Woodward, packing. A short time later, her friend Buster Collins introduces her to author Tony Blake. Gerry loves Tony's book, ''Obey That Impulse'', and finds him attractive as well. Practicing what he preaches, Tony immediately proposes marriage. Gerry just laughs, but together they have a lot of fun acting out Tony's theory, and she soon realizes that she loves and wants to marry him. First, though, she feels she must tell him about her affair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hot Heiress
''The Hot Heiress'' is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and written by Herbert Fields, with three songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. The film stars Ben Lyon, Ona Munson, Walter Pidgeon, Tom Dugan, Holmes Herbert and Inez Courtney. The film was released by Warner Bros. on March 28, 1931. Plot Hap Harrigan is a construction worker who spots socialite Juliette through a window of the building next door and is instantly smitten. She falls for him as well and they begin a romance. But since her family wouldn't approve, she tells them he's actually an architect. Things get sticky when the man she broke up with plans to sabotage their impending engagement. Cast * Ben Lyon as 'Hap' Harrigan * Ona Munson as Juliette * Walter Pidgeon as Clay * Tom Dugan as Bill Dugan * Holmes Herbert as Mr. Hunter * Inez Courtney as Margie * Thelma Todd as Lola * Nella Walker as Mrs. Hunter Reception Mordaunt Hall of ''The New York Times'' said, "Under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extravagance (1930 Film)
''Extravagance'' is a 1930 pre-Code film directed by Phil Rosen and released by Tiffany Pictures. Plot summary Alice Kendall is the darling of her social set, the sons and daughters of millionaires. Unknown to Alice, her mother has impoverished herself to provide Alice the luxuries she expects. When Alice becomes engaged to businessman Fred Garlan, her mother spends the last of her money on Alice's trousseau. Feeling stifled in her marriage because of Fred's long hours, Alice spends more than Fred can earn, causing strain in the marriage. When she asks for a sable coat like her friend owns, Fred makes it clear they cannot afford it. When a well-known playboy named Morrell helps her get one through a phony stock deal, Alice and Fred's marriage is brought to the breaking point. Cast *June Collyer as Alice Kendall * Lloyd Hughes as Fred Garlan *Owen Moore as Jim Hamilton *Dorothy Christy as Esther Hamilton *Jameson Thomas as Morrell *Gwen Lee as Sally *Robert Agnew as Billy *Nella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What A Widow!
''What a Widow!'' was a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Allan Dwan and produced by and starring Gloria Swanson. It was distributed through United Artists. The film was produced by Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. It received generally positive reviews and was noted for its animated title sequence created by William Dietz, but was met with lukewarm returns at the box office. Cast *Gloria Swanson as Tamarind Brook *Owen Moore as Gerry Morgan *Lew Cody as Victor *Margaret Livingston as Valli *William Holden as Mr. Lodge *Herbert Braggiotti as Jose Alvarado *Gregory Gaye as Baslikoff * Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Paulette *Nella Walker as Marquise *Daphne Pollard as Masseuse *Reginald Sharland (uncredited) Preservation status This film is now considered a lost film. The soundtrack is preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and the trailer is preserved at the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collections and The United Artis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rain Or Shine (film)
''Rain or Shine'' is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Frank Capra and starring Joe Cook and Louise Fazenda. The film was adapted from a hit Broadway musical of the same name and was originally planned as a full-scale musical. Due to the public backlash against musical films (beginning in the latter part of the summer of 1930), all musical numbers were discarded before release. This move proved to be prudent as the film was a box office success, continuing the streak of hits Capra directed for the young Columbia Pictures studio. Synopsis A woman inherits her father's struggling travelling circus, and looks to the circus's manager, Smiley, to save the day when the performers conspire to strike during a performance. Cast * Joe Cook as Smiley Johnson *Louise Fazenda as Frankie *Joan Peers as Mary Rainey * William Collier Jr. as Bud Conway * Tom Howard as Amos K. Shrewsberry *Dave Chasen as Dave *Alan Roscoe as Dalton *Adolph Milar as Foltz *Clarence Muse as Nero *Nella Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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