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Paul Stanton (actor)
Paul Stanton (born Paul George Stahl; December 21, 1884 – October 9, 1955) was an American character actor and bit-part player in American films. Originally from Illinois, he appeared in about 130 films between 1918 and 1952, mostly in supporting roles. He often portrayed authoritarian figures like judges, attorneys, managers, officials and doctors. Selected filmography * ''The Girl and the Judge'' (1918) - Walter Stuyvesant * '' The Glorious Adventure'' (1918) - Bob Williamson * ''Her Price'' (1918) - Robert Carroll * '' Should Ladies Behave'' (1933) - Oscar McFarrey (uncredited) * ''The Women in His Life'' (1933) - Judge Malone (uncredited) * ''This Side of Heaven'' (1934) - Doctor (scenes deleted) * ''Viva Villa!'' (1934) - Newspaperman (scenes deleted) * ''Stand Up and Cheer!'' (1934) - Senator (uncredited) * ''The Most Precious Thing in Life'' (1934) - Charles Kelsey (uncredited) * ''Call It Luck'' (1934) - Mr. Morgan (uncredited) * ''His Greatest Gamble'' (1934) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth On Parole
''Youth on Parole'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Marian Marsh and Gordon Oliver. Plot summary "Bobbie" Blake (Marian Marsh) and Phillip Henderson (Gordon Oliver) are complete strangers looking in a jewelry store window, when a hood known as "The Sparkler" (Miles Mander) sets them up to take the rap, stashing some of the loot in their pockets as the gang makes their getaway. No one believes that they are innocent, not even their public defender. When they serve their time in "The Joint", no one will give them a break with their prison record, not even their own families; and they cannot keep a job. Their landlady, Mrs. Abernathy (Margaret Dumont), likes them and encourages them to get married. Despite the danger, Phil convinces Bobbi that their only chance is to see "The Sparkler" and even the score. Cast * Marian Marsh as 'Bobbie' Blake * Gordon Oliver as Phillip Henderson * Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Abernathy (landlady) * Peggy Shann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Times Square Lady
''Times Square Lady'' is a 1935 American crime drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Robert Taylor, Virginia Bruce and Helen Twelvetrees.Quirk p.36 It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Synopsis Toni Bradley comes to New York from Iowa to take over her late father's business, most of which involved gambling. Her father's former associates plan to take the business away from her but with the help of one of them, Steve Gordon who changes sides and a songwriter Pinky Tomlin, she manages to fight back. Reception According to MGM records the film earned $310,000 in the US and Canada and $114,000 elsewhere, making a profit of $131,000. Cast * Robert Taylor as Steve Gordon * Virginia Bruce as Toni Bradley * Pinky Tomlin as Pinky Tomlin of Durant Oklahoma * Helen Twelvetrees as Margo Heath * Isabel Jewell as 'Babe' * Nat Pendleton as Mack * Jack La Rue as Jack Kramer * Henry Kolker as Mr. Fielding * Raymond Hatton as 'Slim' Kennedy * Russell Hopto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Half Angel (1936 Film)
''Half Angel'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lanfield and written by Gene Fowler, Bess Meredyth and Allen Rivkin. The film stars Frances Dee, Brian Donlevy, Charles Butterworth, Helen Westley, Henry Stephenson and Sara Haden. The film was released on May 22, 1936, by 20th Century Fox. Plot Cast *Frances Dee as Allison Lang *Brian Donlevy as Duffy Giles * Charles Butterworth as Doc Felix *Helen Westley as Martha Hargraves *Henry Stephenson as Prof. Jerome Hargraves *Sara Haden as Henrietta Hargraves *Etienne Girardot as Dr. Alexander Cotton * Paul Stanton as District Attorney * Gavin Muir as Dr. William Barth *Julius Tannen as City Editor *Nigel De Brulier as Dr. Hall *Hilda Vaughn Hilda Vaughn (December 27, 1898 – December 28, 1957) was an American actress of the stage, film, radio, and television. Early years Hilda Weiller Strouse, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Strouse, Vaughn attended Vassar College and the Ame ... as Bertha *Philip Sleeman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champagne Charlie (1936 Film)
''Champagne Charlie'' is a 1936 American crime drama film directed by James Tinling and starring Paul Cavanagh, Helen Wood and Thomas Beck. It was produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Synopsis "Champagne" Charlie Courtland (Paul Cavanaugh) is a smooth, sophisticated and highly unethical gambler, plying his trade among the rich and famous. Charlie's backers hope for a huge financial windfall when he begins to court beautiful young heiress Linda Craig (Helen Wood). Cast * Paul Cavanagh as Charlie Cortland * Helen Wood as Linda Craig * Thomas Beck as Tod Hollingsworth * Minna Gombell as Lillian Wayne * Herbert Mundin as Mr. James Augustus Fipps * Noel Madison as Pedro Gorini * Montagu Love as Ivan Suchine * Delma Byron as Iris * Alan Edwards as Valaroff * Madge Bellamy Madge Bellamy (born Margaret Derden Philpott; June 30, 1899 – January 24, 1990) was an American stage and film actress. She was a popular leading lady in the 1920s and early 1930s. Her career decli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gentle Julia (1936 Film)
''Gentle Julia'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Jane Withers, Tom Brown and Marsha Hunt.Goble p.453 It is an adaptation of the 1922 novel of the same title by Booth Tarkington. Cast * Jane Withers as Florence Atwater * Tom Brown as Noble Dill * Marsha Hunt as Julia Atwater * Jackie Searl as Herbert Livingston Atwater * Francis Ford as Tubbs, Fish Peddler * George Meeker as Crum * Maurice Murphy as Newland Sanders * Harry Holman as Grandpa Atwater * Myra Marsh as Mrs. Atwater * Hattie McDaniel as Kitty Silvers * Jackie Hughes as Henry Rooter * Eddie Buzard as Wallie Torbin * Frank Sully as Mr. Toms * Mary Alden as Aunt * Lynn Bari as Young Lady Outside Church / Jealous Girl at Dance * Mary Carr as Old Lady at Dance * Harvey Clark as Fat Man with Umbrella * John Dilson as Uncle * Grace Goodall as Aunt * Roger Gray as Policeman * Arthur Hoyt as Mr. Wainwright - Justice of the Peace * Marcia Mae Jone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Chan At The Circus
''Charlie Chan at the Circus'' is the 11th film produced by Fox starring Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. A seemingly harmless family outing drags a vacationing Chan into a murder investigation. The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Cramer. Plot Charlie Chan takes his wife and twelve children on an outing to a circus after receiving a free pass from one of the owners, Joe Kinney. Kinney wants Chan to find out who is sending him anonymous threatening letters. Nearly all of the circus workers are suspects, since Kinney is very unpopular. However, when Chan goes to meet him during the night's performance, he finds the man dead, seemingly killed by a rampaging gorilla who somehow escaped from his cage. Lieutenant Macy takes charge of the investigation, assisted by Chan and his overzealous eldest son Lee, who also takes the opportunity to (unsuccessfully) romance Su Toy (Toshia Mori, credited as Shia Jung), the contortionist. On Chan's advice, Macy lets the circus c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Every Saturday Night
''Every Saturday Night'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by James Tinling and starring June Lang, Thomas Beck and Jed Prouty.Drew p.180 This is the first of 17 low-budget films about the Jones Family (named Evers initially). Cast * June Lang as Bonnie Evers * Thomas Beck as Clark Newall * Jed Prouty as Mr. Evers * Spring Byington as Mrs. Evers * Florence Roberts as Granny Evers * Kenneth Howell as Jack Evers * George Ernest as Roger Evers * June Carlson as Lucy Evers * Paul Stanton as Mr. Mewell * Billy Mahan as Bobby Evers * Kay Hughes as Patty Newall * Phyllis Fraser as Millicent * Fred Wallace as Jed * Oscar Apfel Oscar C. Apfel (January 17, 1878 – March 21, 1938) was an American film actor, director, screenwriter and producer. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1913 and 1939, and also directed 94 films between 1911 and 1927. Biography Apf ... as Mr. Dayton References Bibliography * Bernard A. Drew. ''Motion Picture Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Had To Happen
''It Had to Happen'' is a 1936 American drama film starring George Raft and Rosalind Russell. The movie was written by Kathryn Scola, and Howard Ellis Smith, and directed by Roy Del Ruth. It is based on the 1909 short story "Canavan, the Man Who Had His Way" by Rupert Hughes. Plot An Italian, Enrico Scaffa, emigrates to America where he has a run-in with Beatrice, the elegant wife of a wealthy banker. Enrico gets a job working for a politician and works his way up to be a power in the city. Despite romancing his secretary Miss Sullivan, he crosses with Beatrice again and pursues her. Cast * George Raft as Enrico Scaffa *Rosalind Russell as Beatrice Nunes *Leo Carrillo as Giuseppe *Arline Judge as Miss Sullivan * Alan Dinehart as Rodman Dreke *Arthur Hohl Arthur Hohl (May 21, 1889 – March 10, 1964) was an American stage and motion-picture character actor. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and began appearing in films in the early 1920s. He played a great number of v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prisoner Of Shark Island
''The Prisoner of Shark Island'' is a 1936 American drama film loosely based on the life of Maryland physician Samuel Mudd, who treated the injured presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth and later spent time in prison after his controversial conviction for being one of Booth's accomplices. The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, was directed by John Ford and starred Warner Baxter and Gloria Stuart. Twentieth Century Pictures, before it merged with Fox, purchased the rights to the book ''The Life of Dr. Mudd'' by Nettie Mudd Monroe, the doctor's daughter. The film's credits, however, make no reference to Monroe or her book. Modern sources state that Darryl F. Zanuck, Twentieth Century's vice-president in charge of production, got the idea to make the film after he read an article in ''Time'' magazine about the prison camp for political prisoners on the Dry Tortugas island. Plot A few short hours after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln ( Frank McGlynn Sr.), Dr. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whipsaw (film)
''Whipsaw'' is a 1935 American crime drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy. Written by Howard Emmett Rogers, based on a story by James Edward Grant, the film is about a government agent working undercover traveling across the country with an unsuspecting woman, hoping she will lead him to her gang of jewel thieves. The film was produced by Harry Rapf for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and was released on December 18, 1935, in the United States. Plot Thieves Ed Dexter and Harry Ames are trying to steal some valuable pearls. When Ed discovers another gang, led by "Doc" Evans, has the same idea, he tips off the police to get rid of the competition. Then Ed and Harry get what they were after. When the authorities connect Vivian to the robbery (she had worked with Ed and Harry in the past, but not on this theft), government agent Ross McBride is assigned to get Vivian to lead him to her partners by pretending to be a crook named Danny Ackerman. However, Vivian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Another Face
''Another Face'' (released in the UK as ''It Happened in Hollywood'')''Another Face'' (1935) "AKA" section at IMDb is a 1935 film directed by and starring , and . A wanted gangster has |
Red Salute (1935 Film)
''Red Salute'' (also released as ''Arms and the Girl'') is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Young. Based on a story by Humphrey Pearson, the film is about the daughter of a US Army general who becomes involved with a suspected communist agitator. Plot Drue Van Allen, the daughter of an American general, is in love with communist graduate student Leonard Arner. When Leonard is ejected from a college campus for speaking to the students, a newspaper photographer takes a picture of him in Drue's car and prints it on the front page. When Drue ignores her father’s advice, he tricks her into boarding an airplane bound for Mexico, supposedly to see her aunt Betty off, then locks her in. She is stuck in Juarez with no money to get home. After a rowdy soldier, Jeff overhears a border policeman warn her not to try to cross into the US, Jeff, whom she nicknames "Uncle Sam", strikes up a conversation, telling her he thinks she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
