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Robert O'Connor (actor)
Robert O'Connor, also known professionally as Robert Emmett O'Connor and Robert E. O'Connor (March 18, 1885 – September 4, 1962) was an Irish-American actor. He had a lengthy career as a stage actor on Broadway and in vaudeville from 1905-1931; using the stage name Robert O'Connor in both musicals and plays. After transitioning to film, he also used the names Robert Emmett O'Connor or Robert E. O'Connor for his screen credits. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1919 and 1950; specializing in portraying policemen. He is probably best remembered as the warmhearted bootlegger Paddy Ryan in ''The Public Enemy'' (1931) and as Detective Sergeant Henderson pursuing the Marx Brothers in '' A Night at the Opera'' (1935). He also appeared as Jonesy (the older Paramount gate guard) in Billy Wilder's 1950 film ''Sunset Boulevard''. He also made an appearance at the very beginning and very end of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon short ''Who Killed Who?'' (1943). Partial list of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Milwaukee is the List of United States cities by population, 31st largest city in the United States, the fifth-largest city in the Midwestern United States, and the second largest city on Lake Michigan's shore behind Chicago. It is the main cultural and economic center of the Milwaukee metropolitan area, the fourth-most densely populated metropolitan area in the Midwestern United States, Midwest. Milwaukee is considered a global city, categorized as "Gamma minus" by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, with a regional List of U.S. metropolitan areas by GDP, GDP of over $102 billion in 2020. Today, Milwaukee is one of the most ethnicity, ethnically and Cultural diversity, cult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Zirkusprinzessin
' (''The Circus Princess'') is an operetta in three acts by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán to a German libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. It premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on 26 March 1926 and went on to 344 performances there. Synopsis The plot revolves around a romantic intrigue with interpolated circus sequences. The mysterious "Mister X", a dashing circus performer, is hired by a disappointed suitor of Princess Fedora Palinska to pose as a nobleman and marry her. "Mister X" is in fact a nobleman, the disinherited nephew of a deceased prince. One of the work's most well-known arias, ' (Two fairy-tale eyes), has been recorded by several famous tenors, including Fritz Wunderlich, Charles Kullman, and Richard Tauber. International productions The operetta was swiftly performed in Hungary, in an adaptation by Ernő Kulinyi and Imre Liptai, at the Király Színház in Budapest, on 24 September 1926. Productions in Sweden (Stockholm, Vasa-Teate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weary River
''Weary River'' is a 1929 American romantic drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson, and William Holden (no relation to William Holden, star of such films as ''Sunset Boulevard''). Produced and distributed by First National Pictures, the film, like many made during the changeover from silent to sound movies, is mostly silent with a few sequences featuring synchronized dialogue and singing. Based on a story by Courtney Riley Cooper, the film is about a gangster who goes to prison and finds salvation through music while serving his time. After he is released and falls back into a life of temptation, he is saved by the love of a woman and the warden who befriended him. The film received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Director in 1930. ''Weary River'' was preserved at the Library of Congress and restored by the LoC, UCLA Film and Television Archive, and Warner Bros. It is available on DVD directly from the Warner Archive Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freedom Of The Press (film)
''Freedom of the Press'' is a 1928 American silent mystery film directed by George Melford and starring Lewis Stone, Marceline Day and Malcolm McGregor.Munden p.274 When a newspaper owner is murdered, his son takes over his crusade against a corrupt politician with criminal associations. Cast * Lewis Stone as Daniel Steele * Marceline Day as June Westcott * Malcolm McGregor as Bill Ballard * Henry B. Walthall as John Ballard * Robert Emmett O'Connor as Boss Maloney * Tom Ricketts as Wicks * Hayden Stevenson as Callahan * Robert Ellis as Cyrus Hazlett * Boris Baronoff as Criminal * Morgan Thorpe as Organist * Evelyn Selbie as Italian Mother * Bernard Siegel as Italian Father * Wilson Benge George Frederick "Wilson" Benge (1 March 1875 – 1 July 1955) was an English actor who mostly featured in American films from the silent days. He appeared in over 200 films between 1922 and 1955. Along with actors Charles Coleman and Ro ... as Butler Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Singing Fool
''The Singing Fool'' is a 1928 American musical drama part-talkie motion picture directed by Lloyd Bacon which was released by Warner Bros. The film stars Al Jolson and is a follow-up to his previous film, ''The Jazz Singer''. It is credited with helping to cement the popularity of American films of both sound and the musical genre. Plot After years of hopeful struggle, Al Stone (Jolson) is on his way to stardom. He plays a blackface minstrel. "I'm Sittin' on Top of the World", he sings to an appreciative speakeasy crowd. But, as Al discovers, getting there is one thing. Staying there is another. Singing waiter Stone gets his huge break on a magical night when his song wows a big-time producer ''and'' a gold-digging showgirl he fancies. Broadway success and marriage follow, but sure enough, hard times are on the way. Al's fickle wife abandons him, taking the beloved son he calls Sonny Boy with her. Heartbroken, Al becomes a devastated loner until friends from the speakeasy t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Walls (film)
''Four Walls'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by William Nigh and starring John Gilbert, Joan Crawford, and Carmel Myers. The film is based on the play of the same name by George Abbott and Dana Burnet. ''Four Walls'' is now considered lost. The film was remade in 1934 as '' Straight Is the Way''. Plot Benny Horowitz ( John Gilbert), a reformed gangster, proposes marriage to Bertha (Carmel Myers), a neighbor who had been a frequent visitor while he served his sentence. Bertha rejects his proposal because she believes that he is still in love with Freida (Joan Crawford), Benny's former gun moll. During a party in which Freida seeks to make Benny jealous with a former rival, Benny again takes control of the gang's leadership. After his rival's death is ruled accidental, Benny and Bertha go off together and start a new life. Cast * John Gilbert - Benny *Joan Crawford - Frieda *Vera Gordon - Benny's Mother *Carmel Myers - Bertha *Robert Emmett O'Connor Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dressed To Kill (1928 Film)
''Dressed to Kill'' is a 1928 silent film drama produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and starring Mary Astor and Edmund Lowe. Astor was loaned from Warner Bros., for the film. Samuel L. Rothafel selected the film for the feature for the first anniversary of the New York City Roxy Theatre. Plot The gang of a mob boss grow suspicious of his new girlfriend. She's a beautiful young girl and they don't believe she would actually associate with the mob and wonder if she's really a police "plant". The mobsters dress nattily to not appear "out of place" in the ritzy neighborhoods prior to a heist. Cast * Edmund Lowe - Mile-Away Barry * Mary Astor - Jeanne * Ben Bard - Nick * Bob Perry - Ritzy Logan7 * Joe Brown - as himself * Tom Dugan - Silky Levine * John Kelly - Biff Simpson * Robert Emmett O'Connor - Detective Gilroy * R. O. Pennell - Professor * Ed Brady - singing waiter * Charles Morton - Jeanne's sweetheart * Harry Dunkinson - uncredited * Florence Wix - d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Noose (film)
''The Noose'' is an American silent drama film adaptation of the Willard Mack play '' The Noose'', which was released in 1928. It stars Richard Barthelmess, Montagu Love, Robert Emmett O'Connor, and Thelma Todd. The movie was adapted by Garrett Graham and James T. O'Donohoe from the play. It was directed by John Francis Dillon and Richard Barthelmess's performance was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. The film survives at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The play was also the basis of the Paramount Pictures film '' I'd Give My Life'' (1936). Cast * Richard Barthelmess as Nickie Elkins * Montagu Love as Buck Gordon * Robert Emmett O'Connor as Jim Conley * Jay Eaton as Tommy * Lina Basquette as Dot * Thelma Todd as Phyllis * Ed Brady as Seth McMillan *Fred Warren as Dave, Pianist * Alice Joyce as Mrs. Bancroft * Will Walling as Warden (credited as William Walling) *Robert T. Haines as Governor * Ernest Hilliard as Craig * Emile Chautard as Priest * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Of Sunya
''The Love of Sunya'' (also known as ''The Loves of Sunya'') is an American silent drama film made in 1927. It was directed by Albert Parker, and was based on the play ''The Eyes of Youth'' by Max Marcin and Charles Guernon. Produced by and starring Gloria Swanson, it also stars John Boles and Pauline Garon. A copy of ''The Love of Sunya'' survives in the Paul Killiam collection. The film is in the public domain in the United States both because it was not renewed, and because the play it is based on from 1918 is also in the public domain. Plot The film depicts a young woman (Swanson) given by a mystic an occasional glimpse into her future, notably her future with different men. Cast *Gloria Swanson as Sunya Ashling * John Boles as Paul Judson *Pauline Garon as Anna Hagan *Ian Keith as Louis Anthony * Andres de Segurola as Paola deSalvo *Anders Randolf as Robert Goring *Hugh Miller as The Outcast *Robert Schable as Henri Picard *Ivan Lebedeff as Ted Morgan *John Miltern as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tin Gods
''Tin Gods'' is a lost 1926 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky, released by Paramount Pictures, and based on the play ''Tin Gods'' by William Anthony McGuire. Allan Dwan directed and Thomas Meighan Thomas Meighan (April 9, 1879 – July 8, 1936) was an American actor of silent films and early talkies. He played several leading-man roles opposite popular actresses of the day, including Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson. At one point he comm ... starred. Cast References External links * *Poster at silenthollywood.com 1926 films American silent feature films [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never Weaken
''Never Weaken'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film starring Harold Lloyd and directed by Fred Newmeyer. It was Lloyd's last short film, running to three reels, before he moved permanently into feature-length production. It was also one of his trademark 'thrill' comedies, featuring him dangling from a tall building. Lloyd and his crew honed and perfected their "thrill" filming techniques in this film, and put them to use in the 1923 feature ''Safety Last!'' Plot Harold works in an office on a tall building next to his girlfriend Mildred (Mildred Davis). He assumes they will be married, but overhears her talking to a man who says to her, "Of course I will marry you." Distraught, he decides to commit suicide, blindfolding himself and setting up a gun which will fire when he pulls a string attached to the trigger. But after putting on the blindfold he accidentally knocks over a bulb which pops, and he assumes he has shot himself. At that moment, a girder from the next do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Royal Slyness
''His Royal Slyness'' is a 1920 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. It marked the final collaboration with frequent co-star Snub Pollard, who moved on to star in his own series of films following this release. This film was remade in 1927 as '' Long Fliv the King'' which featured Oliver Hardy. Plot The Prince of Razzamatazz is in America being educated. He receives a telegram telling him to travel to the Kingdom of Thermosa to vie with a drunken rival, the Prince of Roquefort, to marry "the fairest bud of the kingdom": Princess Florelle. The Prince of Razzamatazz is unhappy about this development because he would prefer to marry his female tutor, Verona Vermuth. When the tutor sees that an "American boy", a book agent, bears a striking resemblance to the prince, she convinces the American boy to take the prince's place. His bodyguard accepts a large bribe to go along with the plan. Immediately after the American boy leaves, the prince informs his tutor t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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