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Pierre Gendron (actor)
Pierre Gendron (born Leon Pierre Gendron, March 4, 1896 – November 27, 1956) was an American actor and screenwriter. He was married to screenwriter Mary Alice Scully. Partial filmography as actor *''The World and His Wife'' (1920) (as Leon Gendron) *'' The Girl with the Jazz Heart'' (1921) (as Leon Guerre Gendron) *''Scrambled Wives'' (1921) (as Leon P. Gendron) *'' If Women Only Knew'' (1921) (as Leon Gendron) *'' The Bashful Suitor'' (1921) *'' The Young Painter'' (1922) *'' The Man Who Played God'' (1922) *'' Outlaws of the Sea'' (1923) *''Does It Pay?'' (1923) *''Broadway Broke'' (1923) *''Just Off Broadway'' (1924) *''Blue Water'' (1924) *'' The City That Never Sleeps'' (1924) *'' Three Women'' (1924) *''The Dangerous Flirt'' (1924) *''The Lover of Camille'' (1924) *'' What Price Beauty?'' (1925) *''The Scarlet Honeymoon'' (1925) *'' The Enchanted Island'' (1927) Partial filmography as screenwriter *''Brooding Eyes'' (1926) *''Sal of Singapore'' (1928) *''The Mons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. A major Midwestern United States port city, Toledo is the fourth-most populous city in the state of Ohio, after Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati, and according to the 2020 census, the 79th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 270,871, it is the principal city of the Toledo metropolitan area. It also serves as a major trade center for the Midwest; its port is the fifth-busiest in the Great Lakes and 54th-biggest in the United States. The city was founded in 1833 on the west bank of the Maumee River, and originally incorporated as part of Monroe County, Michigan Territory. It was refounded in 1837, after the conclusion of the Toledo War, when it was incorporated in Ohio. After the 1845 completion of the Miami and Erie Canal, Toledo grew quickly; it also benefited from its position on the railway line between New York City and Chicago. The first of many glass manufacturers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dangerous Flirt
''The Dangerous Flirt'' (also released as ''A Dangerous Flirtation'') is a 1924 American melodrama directed by Tod Browning and starring Evelyn Brent and Edward Earle. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Sheila Fairfax (Brent), reared by a puritanical aunt, is stupidly old-fashioned. Captain Ramon Jose (Gendron) inveigles her into becoming engaged to him but she breaks it. Dick Morris (Earle), a mining engineer, gallantly whisks her away and they are married. Sheila’s puritanical training makes her an easy prey to fears on her wedding night. Dick misunderstands her timidity for disgust and leaves her. She follows him to South America and they become the guests of Don Alfonso, uncle of Ramon Jose. The Don and Jose vie for her regard and in a fight Jose is killed by his uncle. Dick faces a firing squad under the Don’s orders but Sheila saves him by a ruse and they escape, happily reunited. Cast * Evelyn Brent as Sheila Fairfax * Edward Earle as Dick Morris * Shel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Film Actors
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine (region), Palestine. * January 25–January 26, 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet Union, Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British Espionage, spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean (spy), Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14–February 25, 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Mosc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation (later known as X-rays). * January 6 – Cecil Rhodes is forced to resign as Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope, for his involvement in the Jameson Raid. * January 7 – American culinary expert Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook. * January 12 – H. L. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. * January 17 – Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War: British redcoats enter the Ashanti capital, Kumasi, and Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I is deposed. * January 18 – The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time. * January 28 – Walter Arnold, of East Peckham, Kent, England, is fined 1 shilling for speeding at (exceeding the contemporary speed limit of , the first spee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fog Island
''Fog Island'' is a 1945 American mystery-suspense film directed by Terry O. Morse. The film stars B movie horror film regulars George Zucco and Lionel Atwill. It was based on the 1937 play ''Angel Island'' by Bernadine "Bernie" Angus. Plot A recent ex convict named Leo Grainer lives secluded on Fog Island with the daughter of his murdered wife. Seeking to learn who murdered her, and to exact revenge on those who framed him and destroyed his business, he invites his former associates to his creepy island mansion on the pretext he may share a hidden fortune with them. Prior to their arrival he rigs the mansion with secret passages and a trap. Then, once his guests arrive, he gives each a clue, including his step daughter and butler. This successfully pits everyone against the others and plays on their greed. What then transpires is conflict, revealed mysteries, sudden death, and an unlikely resolution. Cast *Lionel Atwill as Alec Ritchfield *George Zucco as Leo Grainer *Jerome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluebeard (1944 Film)
''Bluebeard'' is a 1944 film noir directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, starring John Carradine in the title role. The film also stars Jean Parker. The film is based on the famous French tale '' Barbe bleue'' that tells the story of a violent nobleman in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of one wife to avoid the fate of her predecessors. The film is registered in the public domain. Plot All Paris is frightened by the murders attributed to "Bluebeard". Modiste Lucille (Jean Parker) is introduced to Gaston Morrell (John Carradine), a puppeteer and painter, by her friend. They are attracted to each other, and she accepts a commission to design some costumes for his puppets. At home, Morrell is confronted by a jealous Renee (Sonia Sorel), who performs in Morrell's puppet show and is his lover. When she wonders what became of the models who had posed for him, he strangles her, then dumps her body in the Seine River. Art dealer Jean Lamarte (Ludwig Stössel) is aware of Morre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minstrel Man (1944 Film)
''Minstrel Man'' is a 1944 American musical drama film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and produced by Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC). It was a vehicle for Broadway and vaudeville headliner Benny Fields. Plot Singing star Dixie Boy Johnson and his wife Caroline are jubilant over Dixie's headlining a Broadway show and Caroline's impending motherhood. On opening night, Caroline is rushed to the hospital and Dixie begs to leave the theater and join her, but producer Lew Dunn refuses. Caroline dies in childbirth and Dixie is shattered. He leaves the baby in the care of his friends, Lasses and Mae, and drops out of sight. Presumed dead, Dixie stays undercover and takes an assumed name, as a shipboard entertainer. Years later, Dunn grooms Dixie's daughter Caroline for stardom in a revival of Dixie's Broadway show. Dixie's former agent Bill Evans sees an opportunity to sue Dunn for damages, and arranges for Dixie to confront his daughter and his old friends. Cast *Benny Fields as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Monster Maker
''The Monster Maker'' is a 1944 science-fiction horror film starring J. Carrol Naish and Ralph Morgan. Albert Glasser supplied the film score, his first, an assignment for which he was paid US$250. Plot Dr. Markoff (J. Carrol Naish) has concocted a formula that spreads acromegaly, a hideous disease that extends bones and distorts facial features. Markoff has no moral dilemma in experimenting on unsuspecting human subjects. His amoral behavior assumes monstrous dimensions when famed concert pianist Lawrence (Ralph Morgan) is injected with the doctor's disease-inducing serum. In return for an antidote, Markoff intends to exact more than his pound of flesh by extorting a fortune from Lawrence and demanding the hand of the musician's pretty daughter Patricia (Wanda McKay). Cast * J. Carrol Naish as Dr. Igor Markoff * Ralph Morgan as Anthony Lawrence * Tala Birell as Maxine * Wanda McKay as Patricia Lawrence * Terry Frost as Bob Blake * Glenn Strange as Giant / Steve * Alexander P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sal Of Singapore
''Sal of Singapore'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Howard Higgin. At the 2nd Academy Awards in 1930, Elliott J. Clawson was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay). Complete prints of the film exist. The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward C. Jewell. Cast * Phyllis Haver as Sal * Alan Hale as Captain Erickson * Fred Kohler as Captain Sunday * Noble Johnson as Erickson's 1st Mate * Dan Wolheim as Erickson's 2nd Mate * Jules Cowles as Cook * Pat Harmon Plummer Hull Harman (February 3, 1886 – November 26, 1958), known professionally as Pat Harmon, was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1920 and 1947. In 1935, Harmon was the victim of a violent assault whic ... as Sunday's 1st Mate * Harold William Hill as Baby References External links * 1928 films 1928 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooding Eyes
''Brooding Eyes'' is a 1926 American silent crime film directed by Edward LeSaint and starring Lionel Barrymore, Ruth Clifford and Robert Ellis.Munden p.94 Cast * Lionel Barrymore as Slim Jim Carey * Ruth Clifford as Joan Ayre * Robert Ellis as Phillip Mott * Montagu Love as Pat Callaghan * William V. Mong as Slaney * Lucien Littlefield as Bell * John Miljan as Drummond * Dot Farley as Marie De Costa * Alma Bennett Alma Bennett (born Alma Long; April 9, 1904 – September 16, 1958) was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1931. Early years Alma Bennett was born Alma Long on April 9, 1904 in Se ... as Agnes De Costa References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1926 films 1926 crime films American crime films Films directed by Edward LeSain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Enchanted Island (1927 Film)
Enchanted Island can refer to: Geography * Island of enchantment, one of the names attributed to Puerto Rico * Enchanted Island Amusement Park, a park in Phoenix, Arizona Literature, theatre and film *'' The Tempest, or The Enchanted Island'', a play by John Dryden based on Shakespeare's ''The Tempest'' **''The Enchanted Island'', an opera setting of Dryden's play commissioned from various composers by Thomas Shadwell ** ''The Enchanted Island'' (opera), a Baroque pasticcio performed by the Metropolitan Opera in 2011–2012 *''The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles'', a novella by Herman Melville whose title refers to another name for the Galapagos Islands * ''Enchanted Island'' (film), a 1958 film starring Dana Andrews * ''The Enchanted Island of Yew'', a 1903 novel by L. Frank Baum * ''The Enchanted Island of Oz'', a 1976 novel by Ruth Plumly Thompson * The Enchanted Isles, an archipelago in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth Music * ''Enchanted Island'' (song), w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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