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Ray Enright
Ray Enright (March 25, 1896 – April 3, 1965) was an American film director. He directed 73 films between 1927–53, many of them for Warner Bros. He oversaw comedy films like Joe E. Brown vehicles, five of the six informal pairings of Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell, and later directed a number of Western (genre), Westerns, many featuring Randolph Scott. Enright was born in Anderson, Indiana, and died in Hollywood, California, from a myocardial infarction, heart attack. Partial filmography As director *''Tracked by the Police'' (1927) *''Jaws of Steel'' (1927) *''The Girl from Chicago (1927 film), The Girl from Chicago'' (1927) *''Domestic Troubles'' (1928) *''Song of the West (film), Song of the West'' (1930) *''Golden Dawn (film), Golden Dawn'' (1930) *''Dancing Sweeties'' (1930) *''Scarlet Pages'' (1930) *''Play Girl (1932 film), Play Girl'' (1932) *''Blondie Johnson'' (1933) *''Tomorrow at Seven'' (1933) *''Havana Widows'' (1933) *''I've Got Your Number (film), I've ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anderson, Indiana
Anderson, named after Chief William Anderson, is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Indiana, United States. It is the principal city of the Anderson, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses Madison County. Anderson is the headquarters of the Church of God (Anderson) and home of Anderson University (Indiana), Anderson University, which is affiliated with the Christian denomination. Highlights of the city include the historic Paramount Theatre (Anderson, Indiana), Paramount Theatre and the Gruenewald House, Gruenewald Historic House. The population was 56,129 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, down from 70,000 in 1970. History Prior to the organization of Madison County, Indiana, Madison County, William Conner entered the land upon which Anderson is located. Conner later sold the ground to John and Sarah Berry, who donated of their land to Madison County on the condition that the county seat be moved from Pendleton, Indiana, Pendleton to An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarlet Pages
''Scarlet Pages'' is a 1930 pre-Code American crime drama film with songs starring Elsie Ferguson and directed by Ray Enright. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. The film stars Elsie Ferguson, John Halliday, Grant Withers and Marian Nixon. ''Scarlet Pages'' is based on a 1929 Broadway play of the same name that Ferguson also starred in. It is similar in theme to the better remembered ''Five Star Final'', also by Warners released a year later. The film simultaneously marked the first time Ferguson appeared in a sound film and the last film she ever made. Plot In the prologue to the film (taking place in 1911) we learn that, being unable to care for her baby, Mary Bancroft (Elsie Ferguson), had to give her up for adoption. Years later (in 1930), we find Bancroft as a successful female lawyer in New York. She refuses to marry District Attorney John Remington ( John Halliday), because she doesn't want to tell him about her unfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Pacific Fleet
''Miss Pacific Fleet'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Ray Enright. The film stars Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, and Hugh Herbert. The film was based on the short story of the same name by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan in the ''Collier's'' magazine. It was released by Warner Bros. on December 14, 1935. Two stranded showgirls in California enter a beauty contest "Miss Pacific Fleet" to win the fare back home to New York City. This is one of a series of five movies by Warner Bros. through the early 1930s, where Blondell and Farrell were paired as Blonde bombshell (stereotype), blonde bombshell comedy duo. The other films in the series are ''Havana Widows'' (1933), ''Kansas City Princess'' (1934), ''Traveling Saleslady'' (1935) and ''We're in the Money (film), We're in the Money'' (1935). Four of the five movies were directed by Ray Enright. They also co-starred in other Warner Bros. films in ''Three on a Match'' (1932), ''I've Got Your Number (film), I've Got Your Number'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alibi Ike
''Alibi Ike'' is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Joe E. Brown, Olivia de Havilland and William Frawley. Based on the short story of the same name by Ring Lardner, first published in the ''Saturday Evening Post'' on July 31, 1915, the film is about an ace baseball player nicknamed "Alibi Ike" for his penchant for making up excuses. Lardner is said to have patterned the character after baseball player King Cole. ''Alibi Ike'' was the most successful of Joe E. Brown's "baseball trilogy" of films, which also included ''Elmer, the Great'' and '' Fireman, Save My Child''. It is considered one of the best baseball comedies of all time. ''Alibi Ike'' was the first feature film released starring Olivia de Havilland, although she made two previous films that were released later that year—''The Irish in Us'' and the all-star Shakespeare epic ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', which also starred Joe E. Brown in a key role. A print of the film is held b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traveling Saleslady
''Traveling Saleslady'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell. It was released by Warner Bros. on March 28, 1935. It is one of five films by Warner Bros. where Farrell and Blondell were paired as two blonde bombshells. The other films include: ''Havana Widows'' (1933), ''Kansas City Princess'' (1934), ''We're in the Money'' (1935) and ''Miss Pacific Fleet'' (1935). Actress Joan Blondell was married to the film's cinematographer George Barnes at the time of filming. Plot Angela Twitchell (Joan Blondell), the daughter of Rufus Twitchell (Grant Mitchell), the founder of Twitchell's Toothpaste, wants to work for her father's New York company. But her father is convinced that women have no place in the business. Rufus is losing sales to rival company own by Schmidts (Al Shean). but he is too stubborn to listen to any new ideas or mount a new advertising campaign. Angela tries to help her father by bringing him an idea for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
While The Patient Slept
''While the Patient Slept'' is a 1935 comedy murder mystery film directed by Ray Enright starring Aline MacMahon as a nurse/crime sleuth and Guy Kibbee as her boyfriend and police detective. It is based on the novel of the same name written by Mignon G. Eberhart. Plot A comedic murder mystery involving a nurse who is assigned to the at-home care of a man who recently had a stroke. While he is unconscious, on a It was a dark and stormy night, dark and stormy night, a murder takes place in his bedroom. With family members and potential heirs confined to the house for several days, additional murders occur while the nurse and a police detective work on solving the case. Cast * Aline MacMahon as Nurse Sarah Keate * Guy Kibbee as Detective Lt. Lance O'Leary * Lyle Talbot as Ross Lonergan * Patricia Ellis as March Federie * Allen Jenkins as Police Sgt. Jim Jackson * Robert Barrat as Adolphe Federie * Hobart Cavanaugh as Eustace Federie * Dorothy Tree as Mittie Federie * Henry O'Neill a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The St
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dames (film)
''Dames'' is a 1934 Warner Bros. musical comedy film directed by Ray Enright with dance numbers created by Busby Berkeley. The film stars Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee, ZaSu Pitts, and Hugh Herbert. Production numbers and songs include "When You Were a Smile on Your Mother's Lips (and a Twinkle in Your Daddy's Eye)", "The Girl at the Ironing Board", "I Only Have Eyes for You", "Dames" and "Try to See It My Way". Plot Eccentric multimillionaire Ezra Ounce (Hugh Herbert), whose main purpose in life is raising American morals through a nationwide campaign, wants to be assured that his fortune will be inherited by upstanding relatives. He visits his cousin Matilda Hemingway (ZaSu Pitts) in New York City, in Horace's view the center of immorality in America. What Ounce finds most offensive are musical comedy shows and the people who put them on, and it just so happens that Matilda's daughter Barbara (Ruby Keeler) is a dancer and singer in love with a strugglin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Circus Clown
''The Circus Clown'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code comedy film about a man who wants to join the circus against the wishes of his ex-circus clown father. It stars Joe E. Brown and Patricia Ellis. Plot Young Happy Howard (Joe E. Brown) has been secretly practising the skills of a circus clown like his father was. His father, however, has put the circus behind him and discourages him from joining the circus. When the circus comes to town, Happy runs away with it, taking menial jobs while hoping for a chance to perform. Happy becomes infatuated with Alice (Patricia Ellis), a young aerialist, helping her take care of her nephew. Alice arranges for a place in her aerial act for her alcoholic brother Frank who is recovering from the loss of his wife. On the day of the aerial act's first performance, Happy catches the brother drinking As he tries to stop him from drinking, the sister comes into the room and Happy pretends it is his liquor and drinks it all. Happy is discovered drunk by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twenty Million Sweethearts
''Twenty Million Sweethearts'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers, and The Mills Brothers. The film was remade in 1949 as ''My Dream Is Yours''. Plot Agent Russell Edward 'Rush' Blake ( Pat O'Brien) is able to promote the singing tenor waiter Buddy Clayton (Dick Powell) as a major radio star whilst Buddy's wife Peggy Cornell (Ginger Rogers) loses out. In the end, Peggy does not lose Buddy to his "twenty million sweethearts" – his female fans. Cast * Pat O'Brien as Russell Edward 'Rush' Blake * Dick Powell as Buddy Clayton * Ginger Rogers as Peggy Cornell * Ted Fio Rito as Himself * Allen Jenkins as 'Uncle' Pete * Grant Mitchell as Chester A. Sharpe * Joseph Cawthorn as Mr. Herbert 'Herbie' Brokman * Joan Wheeler as Marge, the Receptionist * Henry O'Neill as Lemuel Tappan * Johnny Arthur as Norma Hanson's Secretary * The Mills Brothers as Themselves * The Radio Rogues as Themselves * Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I've Got Your Number (film)
''I've Got Your Number'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Joan Blondell, Pat O'Brien, Allen Jenkins and Glenda Farrell. The film was released by Warner Bros. on February 24, 1934. Two telephone repairmen romance a pair of blondes with many adventures. The supporting cast features Eugene Pallette. Plot Switchboard operator Marie Lawson (Joan Blondell) is conned by admirer Nicky (Gordon Westcott), who tells her it is just a practical joke, into redirecting a phone call. However, Nicky uses what he learns to his own benefit, costing the intended recipient a lot of money. When the victim complains to Marie's boss, telephone repairmen Terry Riley (Pat O'Brien) and John (Allen Jenkins) are called in to see if the phone was tapped. When it is found not to be, Marie loses her job. Terry is attracted to Marie and eventually talks her into a date. He also gets her hired by businessman John P. Schuyler (Henry O'Neill), whom he had earli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havana Widows
''Havana Widows'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Ray Enright, starring Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell. It was released by Warner Bros. on November 18, 1933. Two chorus girls travel to Havana in search of rich husbands. Their target is Deacon Jones, a self-appointed moralist who cannot drink without getting drunk. The film is the first of a series of five movies by Warner Bros. where Blondell and Farrell were paired as blonde bombshell comedy team, throughout the early 1930s. The other films in the series include ''Kansas City Princess'' (1934), ''Traveling Saleslady'' (1935), '' We're in the Money'' (1935) and ''Miss Pacific Fleet'' (1935). Four of the five films were directed by Ray Enright. Farrell and Blondell also co-starred in other Warner Bros. movies: ''Three on a Match'' (1932), '' I've Got Your Number'' (1934) and ''Gold Diggers of 1937'' (1936). Plot Mae Knight (Joan Blondell) and Sadie Appleby (Glenda Farrell), chorus line dancers in a New Yor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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