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Ottola Nesmith
Ottola Nesmith (December 12, 1889 – February 7, 1972) was an American actress who appeared in more than 100 films and television shows. Selected filmography * '' Still Waters'' (1915) - Drasa La Rue * '' Rich Man, Poor Man'' (1918) - Mrs. Wynne * ''Beyond Price'' (1921) - Mrs. Temple * ''Wife Against Wife'' (1921) - Florence Bromley * ''The Girl-Shy Cowboy'' (1928) - Girls' College Teacher * ''Back Page'' (1934) - Gertrude Mellon * ''Wings in the Dark'' (1935) - Housekeeper (uncredited) * ''Becky Sharp'' (1935) - Lady Jane Crawley * ''She Gets Her Man'' (1935) - Club Woman (uncredited) * ''A Feather in Her Hat'' (1935) - Susan (uncredited) * ''Ship Cafe'' (1935) - Lady Todhunter (uncredited) * ''The Unguarded Hour'' (1936) - Mrs. Samuel Metford (uncredited) * ''Anthony Adverse'' (1936) - Sister Ursula (uncredited) * ''Three Men on a Horse'' (1936) - Head Nurse * ''Flying Hostess'' (1936) - Passenger (uncredited) * ''A Doctor's Diary'' (1937) - Maternity Ward Nurse (uncred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Becky Sharp (film)
''Becky Sharp'' is a 1935 American Technicolor historical drama film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Miriam Hopkins who was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. Other supporting cast were William Faversham, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Billie Burke, Alison Skipworth, Nigel Bruce, and Alan Mowbray. The film is based on the 1899 play of the same name by Langdon Mitchell, which in turn was based on William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel '' Vanity Fair''. The play was made famous in the late 1890s by actress Minnie Maddern Fiske. The screenplay was written by Francis Edward Faragoh. The film was considered a landmark in cinema as the first feature film to use the newly developed three-strip Technicolor production throughout, opening the way for a growing number of color films to be made in Britain and the United States in the years leading up to World War II. In 2019, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Doctor's Diary
''A Doctor's Diary'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by Charles Vidor and written by David Boehm and Samuel Ornitz. The film stars George Bancroft, Helen Burgess, John Trent, Ruth Coleman, Ronald Sinclair and Molly Lamont. The film was released on January 22, 1937, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *George Bancroft as Dr. Clem Driscoll * Helen Burgess as Ruth Hanlon *John Trent as Dr. Dan Norris *Ruth Coleman as Catherine Stanwood *Ronald Sinclair as Michael Fielding *Molly Lamont as Mrs. Fielding * Sidney Blackmer as Dr. Anson Ludlow *Charles Waldron as Dr. Ellery Stanwood *Frank Puglia Francesco Giuseppe "Frank" Puglia (9 March 1892 – 25 October 1975) was an Italian-American film actor. He had small, but memorable roles in films including ''Casablanca'' (a Moroccan rug merchant), ''Now, Voyager'' and ''The Jungle Book''. ... as Louie * Milburn Stone as Fred Clark * Sue Carol as Mrs. Mason References External links * 1937 films American dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillian Russell (film)
''Lillian Russell'' is a 1940 American biographical film of the life of the singer and actress. The screenplay was by William Anthony McGuire. The film was directed by Irving Cummings and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It stars Alice Faye in the title role, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda and Edward Arnold as Diamond Jim Brady. Richard Day and Joseph C. Wright were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White. Plot Helen Leonard (Faye) has a beautiful voice. As she grows up, she trains to become an opera singer. Her instructor, however, informs her that her voice is pleasing, but not suitable for grand opera. Returning home one day, she and her grandmother (Westley) are saved by a handsome young man, newspaperman Alexander Moore (Fonda). Meanwhile, Helen's mother, Cynthia (Peterson), has political aspirations, but only receives a handful of votes for mayor. While singing one evening, Helen is overheard by vaudeville impresario Tony Pastor (Carrillo), who hir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miracle On Main Street
''Miracle on Main Street'' is a 1939 American drama film directed by Steve Sekely and written by Frederick J. Jackson. The film stars Margo, Walter Abel, William Collier Sr., Jane Darwell, Lyle Talbot and Wynne Gibson. The film was released on December 19, 1939, by Columbia Pictures. Plot Cast *Margo as Maria Porter *Walter Abel as Jim Foreman *William Collier Sr. as Dr. Miles *Jane Darwell as Mrs. Herman *Lyle Talbot as Dick Porter *Wynne Gibson as Sade Blake *Veda Ann Borg as Flo * Pat Flaherty as Detective *George Humbert as Pepito *Jean Brooks as Nina *Susan Miller as Singer *Willie Best as Duke *Dorothy Devore as Woman in Church *Ottola Nesmith Ottola Nesmith (December 12, 1889 – February 7, 1972) was an American actress who appeared in more than 100 films and television shows. Selected filmography * '' Still Waters'' (1915) - Drasa La Rue * '' Rich Man, Poor Man'' (1918) - Mr ... as Welfare worker References External links * {{IMDb title, 0031656, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Spy
''Television Spy'' is a 1939 American drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring William Henry. Plot A scientist invents a television called the Iconoscope, which thieves try to steal. Cast * William Henry as Douglas Cameron * Judith Barrett as Gwen Lawson * William Collier Sr. as James Llewellyn * Richard Denning as Dick Randolph * John Eldredge as Boris * Dorothy Tree as Reni Vonich * Anthony Quinn as Forbes * Minor Watson as Burton Lawson * Morgan Conway as Carl Venner * Wolfgang Zilzer as Frome * Chester Clute as Harry Payne * Byron Foulger as William Sheldon * Ottola Nesmith as Caroline Sheldon * Hilda Plowright as Amelia Sheldon * Olaf Hytten Olaf Hytten (3 March 1888 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1921 and 1955. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and died in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack, while sitting in his car ... as Wagner, the Llewellyn butler * Charles Lane as Adler, insurance sal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Star Maker (1939 Film)
''The Star Maker'' is a 1939 American musical film directed by Roy Del Ruth, written by Frank Butler, Don Hartman and Arthur Caesar, and starring Bing Crosby, Louise Campbell, Linda Ware, Ned Sparks, Laura Hope Crews, Janet Waldo and Walter Damrosch. Filming started in Hollywood on April 17, 1939 and was finished in June. The film was released on August 25, 1939, by Paramount Pictures, and had its New York premiere on August 30, 1939. It was the only film in which Crosby played a happily married man. Plot Loosely based on the life of vaudevillian Gus Edwards, the film follows the career of aspiring song writer Larry Earl (Crosby) who gives up his job as a night clerk and marries Mary (Louise Campbell). He is anxious to get his songs published and buys a piano which they can ill afford. He sees children performing in the street and has an idea to develop and produce their talent on stage. Initially he cannot obtain any bookings but Mary persuades an agent to give her husban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Undercover Doctor
''Undercover Doctor'' is a 1939 American crime film directed by Louis King, written by William R. Lipman and Horace McCoy. The film stars Lloyd Nolan, Janice Logan, J. Carrol Naish, Heather Angel, Broderick Crawford and Robert Wilcox. It was released on June 9, 1939 by Paramount Pictures. Plot Dr. Bartley Morgan appears to be a highly respectable doctor and runs a profitable private practice with his nurse Margaret Hopkins. Underneath his respectable veneer, he is engaged in a range of illegal activities. FBI agent Robert Anders investigates Morgan. Cast *Lloyd Nolan as Robert Anders *Janice Logan as Margaret Hopkins *J. Carrol Naish as Dr. Bartley Morgan * Heather Angel as Cynthia Weld *Broderick Crawford as Eddie Krator * Robert Wilcox as Tom Logan *Richard Carle as Elmer Porter *Stanley Price as Johnny Franklin *John Eldredge as Gordon Kingsley *George Meeker as Dapper Dan Barr *Raymond Hatton as Dizzy Warner *Phil Warren as Spats Edwards *Paul Fix as Monk Jackson *Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Story Of Alexander Graham Bell
''The Story of Alexander Graham Bell'' is a somewhat fictionalized 1939 biographical film of the famous inventor. It was filmed in black-and-white and released by Twentieth Century-Fox. The film stars Don Ameche as Bell and Loretta Young as Mabel, his wife, who contracted scarlet fever at an early age and became deaf. The first half of the film concentrates on the hero's romantic, financial, and scientific struggle. Henry Fonda is notable in a supporting role as Mr. Watson who hears the first words ever spoken over the telephone. In a pivotal scene, Bell (Don Ameche), while working on the telephone, accidentally spills acid onto his lap and shouts in pain, “Mr. Watson, come here! I want you!”. Watson, barely able to contain his own excitement, rushes into the room and stammers out the news that he heard Bell calling out to him over the telephone receiver. Bell has Watson repeat his own words to him to confirm it, and the two men begin hopping around the room, with Wat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keep Smiling (1938 Film)
''Keep Smiling'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gracie Fields, Roger Livesey and Mary Maguire. The film follows a group of performers who club together to buy a bus and travel around the country doing shows after they are cheated out of money by an ex-manager. Plot Cast * Gracie Fields as Gracie Gray * Roger Livesey as Bert Wattle * Mary Maguire as Avis Maguire * Peter Coke as Rene Sigani * Jack Donohue as Denis Wilson * Hay Petrie as Jack * Mike Johnson as Charlie * Eddie Gray as Silvo * Tommy Fields as The Three Bolas * Gladys Dehl as The Three Bolas * Nino Rossini as The Three Bolas * Edward Rigby as Silas Gray * Joe Mott as Bill Sneed * Philip Leaver as De Courcy * Gus McNaughton as Eddie Perkins * Paula Rae Wright (Paula Raymond age 14) as Bettina Bowman * Carol Adams as Dancer * Joss Ambler as Max * Monty Banks as Auditioner * Hal Gordon * Wilfrid Hyde-White as Assistant hotel clerk * Eliot Makeham as Printer * Julian Vedey a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beloved Brat
''The Beloved Brat'' is a 1938 American comedy-drama film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Bonita Granville, Dolores Costello, and Donald Crisp. The screenplay was written by Lawrence Kimble from an original story by Jean Negulesco. Plot Roberta Morgan has wealthy parents who give her plenty of material possessions but who basically ignore her. She acts out and torments the family butler Jenkins. The only person to take notice of her thirteenth birthday is her father's secretary, Williams. She makes friends with a black boy, Pinkie White, and visits his home. She is impressed by the love Pinkie's mother, Mrs White, shows Pinkie and his sister Arabella. Roberta invites Pinkie to dinner to say thank you and Jenkins angrily throws out Pinkie. Roberta's parents go away and Roberta starts behaving even more badly. Jenkins locks her in her room. She sets fire to it and escapes. Jenkins tracks her to Pinkie's house. On the way home in the car, they argue and Roberta grabs the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fools For Scandal
''Fools for Scandal'' is a 1938 screwball comedy film starring Carole Lombard and Fernand Gravet, featuring Ralph Bellamy, Allen Jenkins, Isabel Jeans, Marie Wilson and Marcia Ralston, and produced and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. It was written by Herbert Fields and Joseph Fields with additional dialogue by Irving Brecher, and uncredited contributions by others based on the unproduced 1936 play ''Return Engagement'' by Nancy Hamilton, James Shute and Rosemary Casey. The songs are by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. ''Fools for Scandal'' is now best remembered as one of Lombard's worst films and one that set her on the course for seeking dramatic roles for the next few years. Plot Film star Kay Winters ( Carole Lombard) is traveling through Paris under a wig and the pseudonym of Kay Summers with her maid and companion Myrtle ( Marie Wilson). She meets Rene ( Fernand Gravet), a French marquis who has lost all his money and has pawned all his material possessions to live, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Buccaneer (1938 Film)
''The Buccaneer'' is a 1938 American adventure film made by Paramount Pictures starring Fredric March and based on Jean Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. The picture was produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille from a screenplay by Harold Lamb, Edwin Justus Mayer and C. Gardner Sullivan adapted by Jeanie MacPherson from the 1930 novel ''Lafitte the Pirate'' by Lyle Saxon. The music score was by George Antheil and the cinematography by Victor Milner. The film stars Fredric March as Lafitte, Franciska Gaal and Akim Tamiroff with Margot Grahame, Walter Brennan, Ian Keith, Spring Byington, Douglass Dumbrille, Beulah Bondi and Anthony Quinn in supporting roles. It is one of the few pre-1950 sound films by Paramount to remain under that studio's ownership (partly so the remake could be filmed), whereas most films from that era had been sold to EMKA, Ltd. (now part of NBCUniversal Television Distribution) in the early television era. Cecil B. DeMille remade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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