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Philip Klein (screenwriter)
Philip Klein (April 24, 1889 – June 8, 1935) was an American screenwriter.Solomon, p. 331 He worked on around forty films during his career in both the silent and sound eras. He was the son of the British playwright Charles Klein. Selected filmography * '' The Social Highwayman'' (1926) * '' Is Zat So?'' (1927) * ''Don't Marry'' (1928) * ''Charlie Chan Carries On'' (1931) * ''The Spider'' (1931) * ''There Were Thirteen'' (1931) * ''Riders of the Purple Sage ''Riders of the Purple Sage'' is a Western novel by Zane Grey, first published by Harper & Brothers in 1912. Considered by scholars to have played a significant role in shaping the formula of the popular Western genre, the novel has been called ...'' (1931) References Bibliography * Aubrey Solomon. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2011. External links * 1889 births 1935 deaths American people of English-Jewish descent 20th-century American screenwriters { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York, New York
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global cultural, financial, entertainment, and media center with a significant influence on commerce, health care and life sciences, research, technology, education, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Marry
''Don't Marry'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by James Tinling and starring Lois Moran, Neil Hamilton, and Henry Kolker.Solomon p.309 Plot A flapper masquerades as her strait-laced cousin to try and impress a potential suitor. Cast * Lois Moran as Priscilla Bowen / Betty Bowen * Neil Hamilton as Henry Willoughby * Henry Kolker as Gen. Willoughby * Claire McDowell Claire McDowell ( MacDowell; November 2, 1877 – October 23, 1966) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 350 films between 1908 and 1945. Early years Claire MacDowell was born in New York City on November 2, 1877, th ... as Aunt Abigail Bowen * Lydia Dickson as Hortense References Bibliography *Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935. A History and Filmography''. McFarland & Co, 2011. External links * * 1928 films 1928 comedy films Silent American comedy films Films directed by James Tinling American silent feature films 1920s Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 Deaths
Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to successfully complete a solo flight from Hawaii to California, a distance of 2,408 miles. * January 13 – A plebiscite in the Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany. * January 24 – The first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia, United States, by Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company. February * February 6 – Parker Brothers begins selling the board game Monopoly in the United States. * February 13 – Richard Hauptmann is convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. in the United States. * February 15 – The discovery and clinical development of Prontosil, the first broadly effective antibiotic, is published in a se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1889 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the Dakotas. * January 4 – An Act to Regulate Appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States is signed by President Grover Cleveland. It establishes a Commissioned Corps of officers, as a predecessor to the modern-day U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. * January 5 – Preston North End F.C. is declared the winner of the inaugural Football League in England. * January 8 – Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine in the United States. * January 15 – The Coca-Cola Company is originally incorporated as the Pemberton Medicine Company in Atlanta, Georgia. * January 22 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C. * January 30 – Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riders Of The Purple Sage (1931 Film)
''Riders of the Purple Sage'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film based upon the novel by Zane Grey, directed by Hamilton MacFadden, photographed by George Schneiderman, and starring George O'Brien and Marguerite Churchill. The picture was released by the Fox Film Corporation with a running time of 58 minutes and remains the third of five screen versions. It was the first sound version. The movie was followed later the same year by a similar adaptation of the novel's sequel, ''The Rainbow Trail'', also starring O'Brien. Plot Cast * George O'Brien as Jim Lassiter * Marguerite Churchill as Jane Withersteen * Noah Beery as Judge Dyer * Yvonne Pelletier as Bess * James Todd as Vern Venters * Stanley Fields as Oldring * Lester Dorr as Judkins * Shirley Nail as Fay Larkin * Frank McGlynn Jr. as Adam Tull, Gang leader * Cliff Lyons as Jed References External links ''Riders of the Purple Sage''in the Internet Movie Database ''Riders of the Purple Sage''at Turner Classic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
There Were Thirteen
''There Were Thirteen'' (Spanish: ''Eran trece'') is a 1931 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by David Howard and starring Juan Torena, Ana María Custodio, and Rafael Calvo, with Manuel Arbó as Charlie Chan.Jarvinen pp. 123-24 It is a Spanish-language version of the 1931 Hollywood film ''Charlie Chan Carries On'', with a separate cast and several plot alterations. Like the English original, which has been lost, it was based on the 1930 novel ''Charlie Chan Carries On'' by Earl Derr Biggers. Cast * Juan Torena as Dick Kennaway * Ana María Custodio as Elen Potter * Rafael Calvo as Inspector Duff * Raul Roulien as Max Minchin * Blanca de Castejón as Peggy Minchin * Miguel Ligero as Frank Benbow * Amelia Santee as Señora Benbow * Carmen Rodríguez as Señora Rockwel * Julio Villarreal as Dr. Lofton * José Nieto as Capitán Kin * Carlos Díaz de Mendoza as Walter Decker * Lia Torá as Sybil Conway * Martin Garralaga as John Ross * Antonio Vida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spider (1931 Film)
''The Spider'' is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Kenneth MacKenna and William Cameron Menzies and starring Edmund Lowe, Lois Moran, El Brendel and John Arledge. It was released on September 27, 1931, by Fox Film Corporation. It was based on the 1927 play ''The Spider'' by Fulton Oursler and Lowell Brentano. Synopsis A celebrated magician Chatrand the Great announces at the end of a performance in a radio broadcast that he is searching for the real identity of his assistant, a victim of amnesia who apparently lost his memory after suffering a head wound two years earlier. Beverly Lane answers the appeal, as she believes the man in is her brother. A murder soon follows. Cast *Edmund Lowe as Chatrand *Lois Moran as Beverly Lane *El Brendel as Ole *John Arledge as Tommy *George E. Stone as Dr. Blackstone *Earle Foxe as John Carrington *Manya Roberti as Estelle *Howard Phillips as Alexander *Purnell Pratt as Inspector Riley *Jesse De Vorska as Goldberg *Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Chan Carries On (film)
''Charlie Chan Carries On'' is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Warner Oland, John Garrick and Marguerite Churchill. It is the first appearance of Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. Part of the long-running Charlie Chan series, it was based on the 1930 novel of the same title by Earl Derr Biggers. It is now considered a lost film;Hanke, p. 6 however, Fox simultaneously filmed a Spanish-language version which was released under the title ''Eran Trece''—''There Were Thirteen''—and this version survives. Plot Charlie Chan tries to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel room. Settings include London, Nice, France, San Remo, Honolulu and Hong Kong. Cast * Warner Oland as Charlie Chan * John Garrick as Mark Kenaway * Marguerite Churchill as Pamela Potter * Warren Hymer as Max Minchin * Marjorie White as Sadie * C. Henry Gordon as John Ross * William Holden as Patrick Tait * George Brent as Capt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Is Zat So?
''Is Zat So?'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring George O'Brien, Edmund Lowe, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. The film was based on a 1925 play of the same name by James Gleason and Richard Taber and produced by George Brinton McLellan, which ran for 634 performances at the 39th Street Theatre in New York and opened in the same year at the Adelphi Theatre The play starred Gleason, Sidney Riggs and a pre-talkies Robert Armstrong. Plot Cast * George O'Brien as Ed 'Chick' Cowan *Edmund Lowe as Hap Hurley *Katherine Perry as Marie Mestretti *Cyril Chadwick as Robert Parker *Doris Lloyd as Sue Parker * Diane Ellis as Florence Hanley *Richard Maitland as Major Fitz Stanley * Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as G. Clifton Blackburn *Philippe De Lacy as Little Jimmy Parker *Jack Herrick as Gas House Duffy Preservation With no prints of ''Is Zat So?'' located in any film archives, it is a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Social Highwayman
''The Social Highwayman'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by William Beaudine. Cast * John Patrick as Jay Walker * Dorothy Devore as Elsie Van Tyler * Montagu Love as Ducket Nelson * Russell Simpson as The Mayor's Partner * George C. Pearce as Old Van Tyler (as George Pearce) * Lynn Cowan as Bobbie * James Gordon as Editor * Frank Brownlee as Simpson * Fred Kelsey as Chief of Police * Charles Hill Mailes Charles Hill Mailes (25 May 1870 – 17 February 1937) was a Canadian actor of the silent era. Biography Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1870, Mailes appeared in 290 films between 1909 and 1935. He married the actress Claire McDowell ... as The Mayor References External links * 1926 films Silent American comedy films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by William Beaudine 1926 comedy films 1920s American films {{1920s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Klein
Charles Klein (January 7, 1867 – May 7, 1915) was an English-born playwright and actor who emigrated to America in 1883. Among his works was the libretto of John Philip Sousa's operetta, ''El Capitan''. Klein's talented siblings included the composer Manuel and the critic Herman Klein. He drowned during the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. Biography Klein was born in London, England to Hermann Klein and his wife Adelaide (née Soman). Apparently, the elder Klein emigrated from Riga, Latvia.Stone, Christopher. "Herman Klein, July 23, 1856 – March 10, 1934", reprinted in Moran, p. 603 Once in Norwich, Hermann became a professor of foreign languages at the King Edward VI Grammar School, and Adelaide taught dance. The younger Klein's five brothers included Max, a violinist; Manuel, a composer; Herman, a music critic and music teacher; Alfred, an actor; and Philip. They had a sister, Adelaide. He was educated at North London College. Klein moved to New York City in 188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
