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Pierre Collings
Lysander Pierre Collings (September 22, 1900 - December 21, 1937), known professionally as Pierre Collings, was a writer and filmmaker who, along with Sheridan Gibney, won two Academy Awards in 1936 for ''The Story of Louis Pasteur''. Their screenplay was adapted from their own work, leading to awards for both Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Story. Career Collings started in the motion picture industry at 17 as a messenger boy and worked as a cameraman before becoming known for his writing. He wrote a number of screenplays in the mid-late 1920s and although he was less active and suffered from a number of personal issues in the 1930s, it was then that his best known work was released. ''The Story of Louis Pasteur'' was nominated for Best Picture and won Best Actor for Paul Muni, in addition to winning Best Story and Best Adapted Screenplay for Collings and Gibney. Unusually, the pair won Best Adapted Screenplay for adapting their own work. The Best Story category was discontinu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Collings 1926
Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation of Aramaic כיפא (''Kefa),'' the nickname Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona, referred in English as Saint Peter. Pierre is also found as a surname. People with the given name * Abbé Pierre, Henri Marie Joseph Grouès (1912–2007), French Catholic priest who founded the Emmaus Movement * Monsieur Pierre, Pierre Jean Philippe Zurcher-Margolle (c. 1890–1963), French ballroom dancer and dance teacher * Pierre (footballer), Lucas Pierre Santos Oliveira (born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Pierre, Baron of Beauvau (c. 1380–1453) * Pierre, Duke of Penthièvre (1845–1919) * Pierre, marquis de Fayet (died 1737), French naval commander and Governor General of Saint-Domingue * Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois (1895–1964), father o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Caesar
Arthur Caesar (9 March 1892 – 20 June 1953) was a Romanian-American screenwriter and brother of the songwriter Irving Caesar. Caesar first started writing Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood films in 1924. Most of his films were in the B-movie category. He won an Academy Award for the story of ''Manhattan Melodrama'' (1934), which is most famous today for being the film that John Dillinger had just seen before getting gunned down outside the cinema. Selected filmography * ''His Darker Self'' (1924) * ''Napoleon's Barber'' (1928) * ''The Aviator (1929 film), The Aviator'' (1929) * ''She Couldn't Say No (1930 film), She Couldn't Say No'' (1930) * ''The Life of the Party (1930 film), The Life of the Party'' (1930) * ''Gold Dust Gertie'' (1931) * ''Side Show (film), Side Show'' (1931) * ''Manhattan Melodrama'' (1934) * ''Atlantic City (1944 film), Atlantic City'' (1944) * ''I Accuse My Parents'' (1944) * ''Three of a Kind (1944 film), Three of a Kind'' (1944) External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1900 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Crackers (1930 Film)
''Animal Crackers'' is a 1930 American pre-Code Marx Brothers comedy film directed by Victor Heerman. The film stars the Marx Brothers, ( Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo), with Lillian Roth and Margaret Dumont. It was based on their Broadway musical of the same name, in which mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding. A critical and commercial success upon its initial release, it was filmed at Paramount's Astoria Studios in Astoria, Queens; it was the second of two films the Brothers would make in New York City. It was adapted from the successful 1928 Broadway musical of the same title by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, also starring the Marx Brothers and Margaret Dumont. The part of Hives the butler was played by Robert Greig who later appeared with the Marx Brothers again in ''Horse Feathers'' (1932). Plot A newspaper headline explains that society matron Mr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dangerous Nan McGrew
''Dangerous Nan McGrew'' is a 1930 Pre-Code American comedy film starring Helen Kane, Victor Moore and James Hall. afi.com; accessed July 24, 2015. Plot Dangerous Nan McGrew () is the lead entertainer in a traveling . Muldoon (), a member of the medicine show, is a |
The Hole In The Wall (1929 Film)
''The Hole in the Wall'' is a 1929 pre-Code mystery drama film directed by Robert Florey, and starring Claudette Colbert and Edward G. Robinson. This early talking picture was the first appearance of Edward G. Robinson in the role of a gangster, and "can be viewed as a dry run for his eventual success (in 1931 in ''Little Caesar'')". It was also one of Colbert's first film appearances. It was shot at the Astoria Studios in New York. The film is a remake of an earlier 1921 silent '' The Hole in the Wall''. Plot A con man called The Fox teams up with a fake fortune teller named Madame Mystera to bilk naive people out of their money. When Madame Mystera dies in a car accident, The Fox hires a woman named Jean Oliver to replace her. But as time goes on, he comes to believe that Jean actually does have real supernatural powers. Cast *Claudette Colbert as Jean Oliver * Edward G. Robinson as The Fox *David Newell as Gordon Grant * Nellie Savage as Madame Mystera *Donald Meek as Goofy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Dance
''The Red Dance'' (also known as ''The Red Dancer of Moscow'') is a 1928 American film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Dolores del Río and Charles Farrell that was inspired in the novel by Henry Leyford Gates. Although silent, it was released with synchronized music and sound effects. Plot Tasia ( Dolores del Río), a beautiful lower class dancer from Russia, falls for the heir to the throne Prince, Grand Duke Eugene (Charles Farrell), but only admires him from a distance. At the outbreak of the Russian Revolution, the Duke falls in captivity and this allows Tasia be near him. Cast * Dolores del Río as Tasia *Charles Farrell as Grand Duke Eugene *Ivan Linow as Ivan Petroff *Boris Charsky as An agitator *Dorothy Revier as Princess Varvara * Andrés de Segurola as General Tanaroff *Demetrius Alexis as Rasputin *Henry Armetta as Prisoner (uncredited) *Nigel De Brulier as Bishop (uncredited) *Soledad Jiménez as Tasia's Mother (uncredited) *Muriel McCormac as Tasia as a chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time To Love (1927 Film)
''Time to Love'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Raymond Griffith, William Powell and Vera Voronina.Monaco p.432 It is currently considered a lost film. Plot Cast * Raymond Griffith as Alfred Sava-Goiu * William Powell as Prince Alado * Vera Voronina as Countess Elvire * Josef Swickard as Elvire's father * Mario Carillo as Duellist #1 * Pierre de Ramey as Duellist #2 * Helen Giere as Elvire's guardian * Alfred Sabato as Hindu mystic * Oliver Eckhardt Oliver may refer to: Arts, entertainment and literature Books * ''Oliver the Western Engine'', volume 24 in ''The Railway Series'' by Rev. W. Awdry * ''Oliver Twist'', a novel by Charles Dickens Fictional characters * Ariadne Oliver, ... as Mayor References Bibliography * Monaco, James. ''The Encyclopedia of Film''. Perigee Books, 1991. External links * 1927 films 1927 comedy films Silent American comedy films Films directed by Frank Tuttle Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knockout Reilly
''Knockout Reilly'' is a lost 1927 American silent drama film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and written by Pierre Collings, John W. Conway, and Kenneth Raisbeck based upon a story by Albert Payson Terhune. The film stars Richard Dix, Mary Brian, Jack Renault, Harry Gribbon, Osgood Perkins, and Lucia Backus Seger. The film was released on April 16, 1927, by Paramount Pictures. Plot When a successful prizefighter known as "Killer" Agerra causes trouble in a nightclub, a New Jersey mill worker, Dundee Reilly, knocks him out. This impresses both Pat Malone, an ex-boxer, and Pat's attractive sister Mary, who takes a liking to Reilly. Reilly becomes a boxer under Pat's tutelage, but is framed for a crime and ends up serving nearly a year behind bars. When he gets out, Agerra's opponent in an upcoming fight drops out, so Pat Malone arranges for "Knockout" Reilly to be his replacement in the ring. Agerra is much too good for him. Reilly is on the verge of being knocked out when Mary Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Show-Off (1926 Film)
''The Show-Off'' is a 1926 American silent film comedy produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures, based on the play of the same name by George Kelly. Directed by Mal St. Clair, the film stars Ford Sterling, Lois Wilson and Louise Brooks. It's one of two films that co-starred popular Broadway actor Gregory Kelly (first husband of Ruth Gordon) who died shortly after ''The Show-Off'' wrapped production. The film was produced in Philadelphia and New York City thus becoming a sort of time capsule record of buildings long gone and neighborhoods changed. Cast *Ford Sterling as Aubrey Piper * Lois Wilson as Amy Fisher Piper *Louise Brooks as Clara, Joe's Girl *Gregory Kelly as Joe Fisher *Claire McDowell as Mom Fisher *Charles Goodrich as Pop Fisher * Joseph W. Smiley as Railroad Executive Preservation status Preserved at the Library of Congress, the film can be found in near mint condition on a Library of Congress related DVD. Remakes The film has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good And Naughty
''Good and Naughty'' is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and starring Pola Negri and Tom Moore. It was based on the play ''Naughty Cinderella'' by Henri Falk and René Peter. Released in 1926, it is a romantic comedy of mistaken identity about an attractive interior decorator (Negri) who is forced to make herself unattractive so she can be hired by a firm that has a policy against hiring attractive women. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Good and Naughty'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Social Celebrity
''A Social Celebrity'' is a 1926 American silent comedy drama film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and starred Louise Brooks as a small town manicurist who goes to New York City with her boyfriend (Adolphe Menjou), a barber who poses as a French count. The film is now considered lost.Progressive Silent Film List: ''A Social Celebrity'' at silentera.com Plot Max Haber (Menjou), a small town barber, is the pride of his father, Johann (), who owns an antiquated barbershop. Max adores Kitty Laverne (Brooks), the manicurist, who loves him but aspires to be a dancer and leaves for New York City, hoping that he will follow in ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
