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Otis Garrett
Otis Garrett (1905–1941) was an American film editor, screenwriter and film director.Shelley p.150 Filmography Director * ''The Last Express'' (1938) * '' Danger on the Air'' (1938) * '' The Black Doll'' (1938) * ''Personal Secretary'' (1938) * '' The Lady in the Morgue'' (1938) * '' Exile Express'' (1939) * '' Mystery of the White Room'' (1939) * ''The Witness Vanishes'' (1939) * ''Sandy Gets Her Man'' (1940) * ''Margie'' (1940) * ''World Premiere'' (1941) Editor * ''The Guilty Generation'' (1931) * '' Behind the Mask'' (1932) * '' The Crusader'' (1932) * '' The Unwritten Law'' (1932) * ''The Mystic Hour'' (1933) * ''The Vampire Bat'' (1933) * ''Gigolettes of Paris'' (1933) * '' The World Gone Mad'' (1933) * '' Curtain at Eight'' (1933) * ''The Sin of Nora Moran'' (1933) * ''What Price Decency'' (1933) * ''Sing Sinner Sing'' (1933) * '' Unknown Blonde'' (1934) * '' Breezing Home'' (1937) * ''Night Key'' (1937) * '' The Westland Case'' (1937) Screenwriter * ''Age of Indiscret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington (state)
Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. Named for George Washington—the first U.S. president—the state was formed from the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by the British Empire in 1846, by the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. The state is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, Oregon to the south, Idaho to the east, and the Canadian province of British Columbia to the north. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital; the state's largest city is Seattle. Washington is often referred to as Washington state to distinguish it from the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. Washington is the 18th-largest state, with an area of , and the 13th-most populous state, with more than 7.7 million people. The majority of Washington's residents live in the Seattle metropolitan area, the center of trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guilty Generation
''The Guilty Generation'' is a 1931 American pre-code crime film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Leo Carrillo, Constance Cummings and Robert Young. Plot The children of feuding gangsters fall in love and fight to escape their parents' notoriety. Cast * Leo Carrillo as Mike Palmiero * Constance Cummings as Maria Palmiero * Robert Young as Marco Ricca * Boris Karloff as Tony Ricca * Emma Dunn as Nina Palmero * Leslie Fenton as Joe Pamiero * Murray Kinnell as Jerry * Ruth Warren as Nellie Weaver See also * Boris Karloff filmography Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given name *:''See'': List of people with given name Boris * Boris (surname) * Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after his ... External links * * 1931 films 1931 drama films American black-and-white films American drama films Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Rowland V. Lee 1930s English-language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breezing Home
''Breezing Home'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by Milton Carruth and starring Binnie Barnes, William Gargan, and Wendy Barrie Wendy Barrie (born Marguerite Wendy Jenkins; 18 April 1912 – 2 February 1978) was a British-American film and television actress. Early life Barrie was born in London to English parents. Her father, Francis Charles John Graigoe Jenkin KC .... Plot A racehorse trainer, Steve Rowan, is forced to sell one of his favorites, Galaxy, to a crooked bookie, Joe Montgomery. With the gambler unable to get directly involved, Gloria Lee, who is Joe's girlfriend, acts as the horse's official new owner when Galaxy is entered in a race. Steve is still the trainer, but quits after Joe fixes the race by bribing a jockey to disrupt Galaxy's race. Steve leaves for California, where wealthy stable owner Henrietta Fairfax hires him to train Memento, her own top thoroughbred. Gloria's guilt results in her following Steve out west. She needs to borrow $1, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unknown Blonde
''Unknown Blonde'' is a 1934 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Hobart Henley and starring Edward Arnold, Barbara Barondess and Dorothy Revier. It was released by the independent Majestic Pictures.Pitts, p. 234 It was based on the 1932 novel ''Collusion'' by Theodore D. Irwin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ralph Oberg. Synopsis Frank Rodie emerges as a very successful divorce lawyer, embittered after his own wife tricks him into innocently appearing as a co-respondent in a case and then divorcing him so she could marry a wealthy stockbroker. His wife turns their daughter Judith against him and, now with her husband in financial difficulties, she is spending money that Frank sends for their daughter. He manages to get even by trapping his wife into a compromising situation after her husband sues for divorce. Finally Frank is called in to save his daughter's reputation when she is dragged into a divorce case, eventually winning her appreciation. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sing Sinner Sing
''Sing Sinner Sing'' is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Howard Christie. Plot summary Leila Hyams plays a singer who is accused of her husband's murder. Production notes At the time the movie was released, it was recognized as being loosely based on the 1932 Libby Holman-Zachary Smith Reynolds case. According to Jeanne Scheper, other films inspired by "this episode of Holman's life include .. ''Reckless'' (dir. Victor Fleming, 1935), with Jean Harlow; and ''Written on the Wind'' (dir. Douglas Sirk, 1956), with Lauren Bacall and Rock Hudson." Cast *Paul Lukas as Phil Carida *Leila Hyams as Lela Larson *Don Dillaway as Ted Rendon *Ruth Donnelly as Maggie Flannigan *George E. Stone as Spats *Joyce Compton as Gwen *Jill Dennett as Sadie *Arthur Hoyt as Uncle Homer *Paul McGrail as Louis *Gladys Blake as Cecily Gordon *Arthur Housman as Jerry *Edgar Norton as Roberts the Butler *John St. Polis as James Parks *Stella Adams as Aunt Emily van Puyten * Pat O'M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Price Decency
''What Price Decency'' is a 1933 American drama film directed by Arthur Gregor and starring Dorothy Burgess, Alan Hale and Walter Byron. The director adapted the story from one his own plays.Goble p.192 It is now considered a lost film. Cast * Dorothy Burgess as Norma * Alan Hale as Klaus van Leyden * Walter Byron as Tom O'Neil * Henry Durant as Matizzi * Val Duran Val may refer to: Val-a Film * ''Val'' (film), an American documentary about Val Kilmer, directed by Leo Scott and Ting Poo Military equipment * Aichi D3A, a Japanese World War II dive bomber codenamed "Val" by the Allies * AS Val, a So ... as Pimo References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1933 films 1933 drama films American drama films Films directed by Arthur Gregor American black-and-white films Majestic Pictures films Lost American films American films based on plays 1933 lost films Lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sin Of Nora Moran
''The Sin of Nora Moran'' is a 1933 American pre-code melodrama and proto-noir film directed by Phil Goldstone and based on the short story "Burnt Offering" by W. Maxwell Goodhue. The film is also known as ''Voice from the Grave'' (American reissue title). Since the protagonist is put to death for a crime she did not commit, some saw the film as an argument against capital punishment. The painting for the movie poster is by Peruvian artist Alberto Vargas, who was working in the United States and later became known for his images of the "Vargas Girls". Plot summary Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she did not commit. She could easily reveal the truth and save her own life, if only it would not damage the lives, careers and reputations of those whom she loves. Cast *Zita Johann as Nora Moran *John Miljan as Paulino *Alan Dinehart as District Attorney John Grant *Paul Cavanagh as Governor Dick Crawford *Claire Du Bre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtain At Eight
''Curtain at Eight'' is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring C. Aubrey Smith, Dorothy Mackaill and Paul Cavanagh.Pitts p.224 Plot summary Wylie Thornton is the star of "Isle of Romance" at the Edwin Booth Theater. He is two-timing his wife, Alma Thornton, as well as Lola Cresmer, her sister Anice Cresmer, and Doris Manning, three actresses in the play. Thornton has been nice to Geraldine, the chimpanzee, and she has a crush on the handsome man. Geraldine has figured out how to open and close her wheeled cage, numbered "7", which is in the Property Room of the theater. Mack, the property master, does not like that, or her, and mistreats the "monk". In the Property Room, Geraldine gets her hands on a .32 caliber unrifled revolver and in handling the gun, accidentally fires it. Roaming the dressing rooms, Geraldine takes a photograph of Thornton from his room back to her cage. Upset by Thornton's two-timing, Anice Cresmer, who plays "Tong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The World Gone Mad
''The World Gone Mad'' (also released as ''The Public Be Hanged'') is a 1933 American pre-Code crime film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Pat O'Brien, Evelyn Brent and Neil Hamilton. It was made on a low-budget by the independent Majestic Pictures, a Poverty Row forerunner of Republic Pictures. Plot When a district attorney who has been investigating a utility company's directors for fraud is suddenly killed, his wisecracking newspaperman friend (Pat O'Brien) gets curious. He and the upstanding new district attorney ( Neil Hamilton) separately pursue the case. Cultivated but sinister businessmen, a shady nightclub owner specializing in "import and export", several beautiful young women always seen in evening gowns, a "Latin lover" type who reads Casanova and an abundance of suave men in evening dress provide eye-candy for the duration. Cast * Pat O'Brien as Andy Terrell * Evelyn Brent as Carlotta Lamont * Neil Hamilton as Lionel Houston * Mary Brian as Diane Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigolettes Of Paris
''Gigolettes of Paris'' is an extant American film released in 1933. It was produced by Equitable Pictures. It starred Madge Bellamy and Gilbert Roland. Alphonse Martell, originally from France and an actor in many American films, wrote the story and directed. The film has been described as cheaply made. The film was released as '' Tarnished Youth'' in the UK. It was Jetta Goudal's last film. The film was originally going to be called Goldiggers of Paris but a lawsuit from a competing film production company prevented use of the name. The film is about a romance between a salesgirl and a wealthy count as well as another man. The film was going to be called ''Gold Diggers of Paris'', but Warner Brothers sued. The film used RCA Photophone Recording. Cast *Madge Bellamy *Gilbert Roland *Natalie Moorhead *Theodore Von Eltz *Molly O'Day *Henry Kolker *Paul Porcasi *Albert Conti *Maude Truax Maude may refer to: Places *Maude, New South Wales, a village on the lower Murrumbidgee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vampire Bat
''The Vampire Bat'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code horror film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas, and Dwight Frye. Plot When the villagers of Kleinschloss start dying of blood loss, the town fathers suspect a resurgence of vampirism, but police inspector Karl Brettschneider remains skeptical. Scientist Dr. Otto von Niemann, who cares for the victims, visits a patient who was attacked by a bat, Martha Mueller. Out of appreciation for her kindness, Martha is visited by a mentally challenged man named Hermann Glieb, who claims he likes bats because they are "soft like cat" and "nice". On the doctor's journey home, he meets Kringen, one of the townsfolk, who claims to have been attacked by the vampire in the form of a bat, but withheld his story from the town in order to not spread fear. Dr. von Niemann encourages Kringen to tell the townsfolk of his story. Kringen becomes suspicious that Glieb may be the vampire due to his obsession with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mystic Hour
''The Mystic Hour'' is a 1933 American mystery film directed by Melville De Lay and starring Charles Hutchison, Lucille Powers and Montagu Love. It is also known by the alternative title of ''At Twelve Midnight''. The film was one of the earliest releases of the Poverty Row studio Reliable Pictures. The movie is about the Fox, a famous burglar who masquerades as a private investigator. Cast * Charles Hutchison as Robert Randall * Lucille Powers as Mary Marshall * Montagu Love as Captain James alias The Fox * Charles Middleton as Roger Thurston * Edith Thornton as Myra Marshall * Eddie Phillips as Bradley Thurston * Jimmy Aubrey Jimmy Aubrey (23 October 1887 – 2 September 1983) was an English actor who worked with both Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy, having gone with Fred Karno's theatrical company to America in 1908. However he left to start on his own in v ... as Blinkey References External links * 1933 films 1933 mystery films American mys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
