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Raggedy Rose
''Raggedy Rose'' is a 1926 film American silent comedy film starring Mabel Normand. The film was co-written by Stan Laurel, and directed by Richard Wallace. Cast * Mabel Normand as Raggedy Rose * Carl Miller as Ted Tudor * Max Davidson as Moe Ginsberg * James Finlayson as Simpson Sniffle * Anita Garvin as Janice * Laura La Varnie as her mother * Jerry Mandy as the chauffeur Plot Rose (Normand), who works for a junk dealer (Davidson), dreams of romance with bachelor Ted Tudor (Miller). Production notes *Oliver Hardy had been injured in a cooking accident at home where he burned his arm after a frying pan of scalding grease spilled onto it, and was still recovering when filming for ''Raggedy Rose'' began. This accident also forced Hardy to be replaced by Stan Laurel in the Hal Roach comedy ''Get 'Em Young''.Simon Louvish, ''Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy'' (2001) p. 185 See also * Stan Laurel filmography This is a list of films of Stan Laurel, as an actor without Oliver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Wallace (director)
Richard Wallace (August 26, 1894 – November 3, 1951) was an American film director. He began working in the editing department at Mack Sennett Studios in the early 1920s. He later moved on to rival Hal Roach Studios where he began directing two-reel films, on some of which he collaborated with Stan Laurel. In 1926, Wallace began directing feature-length films. Several of Wallace's memorable films include three Shirley Temple films, ''A Night to Remember (1943 film), A Night to Remember'' (1943) with Loretta Young, and ''The Little Minister (1934 film), The Little Minister'' (1934) with Katharine Hepburn. He was a founding member of the Directors Guild of America. He died of a heart attack. Filmography * ''Starvation Blues'' (1925) * ''Beware of Your Relatives'' (1925) * ''Jiminy Crickets'' (1925) * ''One Wild Night'' (1925) * ''Ice Cold'' 1925) * ''Raggedy Rose'' (1926) * ''Syncopating Sue'' (1926) * ''The Merry Widower'' (1926) * ''Along Came Auntie'' (uncredited, 1926 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film and it is derived from the classical comedy in theatre. Some of the earliest silent films were comedies, as slapstick comedy often relies on visual depictions, without requiring sound. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1930s, comedy films took another swing, as laughter could result from burlesque situations but also dialogue. Comedy, compared with other film genres, puts much more focus on individual stars, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to the film industry due to their popularity. In '' The Screenwriters Taxonomy'' (2017), Eric R. Williams contends that film genres are fundamentally based upon a film's atmosphere, character, and story. Therefore the labels "drama" and "comedy" are t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent American Comedy Films
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1926 Films
The following is an overview of 1926 in film, including significant events, a list of films released, and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1926 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *February – The oldest surviving animated feature film is released in the Weimar Republic, directed by Lotte Reiniger. It is called ''The Adventures of Prince Achmed'' (''Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed''). *August 5 – Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, ''Don Juan''. The Vitaphone system uses multiple rpm gramophone records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back music and sound effects synchronized with film. *August 23 – Rudolph Valentino, whose film ''The Son of the Sheik'' was currently playing, dies at the age of 31 in New York. Riots occur at the funeral parlor as thousands of people try to see his body. *October 7 – Warner Brothers release the second Vitaphone film, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Laurel Filmography
This is a list of films of Stan Laurel, as an actor without Oliver Hardy. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy as a team, see: Laurel and Hardy filmography. Notes References * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Laurel, Stan Male actor filmographies British filmographies American filmographies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Louvish
Simon Louvish (born 6 April 1947, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scots-born Israeli author, writer and filmmaker. He has written many books about ''Avram Blok'', a fictional Israeli caught up between wars, espionage, prophets, revolutions, loves, and a few near apocalypses. Louvish is a visiting lecturer in Screen Studies at the London Film School. He has written books on W. C. Fields, The Marx Brothers, Groucho Marx, Laurel and Hardy, Mae West, Cecil B. DeMille, Mack Sennett Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott; January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian-American film actor, director, and producer, and studio head, known as the 'King of Comedy'. Born in Danville, Quebec, in 1880, he started in films in the ... and Charlie Chaplin. Publications ; The Avram Blok Saga * * * * * * ; Fiction * * * * * * * * ; Non-fiction * * * * * * * * **Also published (2008) as ''Cecil B. DeMille: A Life in Art'' * References External links * *His homepag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get 'Em Young
''Get 'Em Young'' is a 1926 American short comedy film starring Stan Laurel. Cast * Harry Myers as Orvid Joy * Eugenia Gilbert as The girl * Stan Laurel as Summers, the butler * Max Davidson as Isaac Goldberg, a lawyer * Charlotte Mineau as Hired bride * Fred Malatesta as Executor * Ernest Wood as Lawrence Lavendar Virgin, a female impersonator (as Ernie Wood) Production notes Oliver Hardy was originally cast as Summers, the butler, in this short film, but had to be replaced before filming by Stan Laurel, who had not acted in films for about a year as he had been working as a writer and director, and with whom he would soon team up with at the Hal Roach Studios. Hardy had been injured in a cooking accident at home where he burned his arm after a frying pan of scalding grease spilled onto it, and was still recovering when filming for ''Get 'em Young'' began. This accident forced Hardy to be removed from the cast of the Mabel Normand film ''Raggedy Rose'' as well.Simon Louv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Hardy
Oliver Norvell Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1926 to 1957. He appeared with his comedy partner Stan Laurel in 107 short films, feature films, and cameo roles. He was credited with his first film, ''Outwitting Dad'', in 1914. In most of his silent films before joining producer Hal Roach, he was billed on screen as Babe Hardy. Early life and education Oliver Hardy was born Norvell Hardy in Harlem, Georgia. His father, Oliver, was a Confederate States Army veteran of the American Civil War who had been wounded at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, and was a recruiting officer for Company K, 16th Georgia Regiment. The elder Oliver Hardy assisted his father in running the remnants of the family's cotton plantation. He then bought a share in a retail business and was elected full-time Tax Collector for Columbia Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Mandy
Jerry Mandy (June 5, 1892 – May 1, 1945) was an American film actor. He appeared in 114 films between 1923 and 1945. He was born in Utica, New York and died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack. Selected filmography * ''North Star'' (1925) * '' Behind the Front'' (1926) * ''You'd Be Surprised'' (1926) * ''Thundering Fleas'' (1926) * '' Crazy Like a Fox'' (1926) * '' 45 Minutes from Hollywood'' (1926) * ''Raggedy Rose'' (1926) - the chauffeur * ''Señorita'' (1927) * '' Eve's Love Letters'' (1927) * ''Underworld'' (1927) * ''With Love and Hisses'' (1927) * ''The Gay Defender'' (1927) * ''It's a Gift'' (1934) * '' Rainbow's End'' (1935) * ''Two for Tonight'' (1935) * '' Unknown Woman'' (1935) * ''King of Burlesque'' (1936) * ''Behind the Mike'' (1937) * ''Boys of the City'' (1940) * ''One Night in the Tropics'' (1940) * ''Too Many Blondes ''Too Many Blondes'' is a 1941 American musical comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Rudy Vallee, Helen Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura La Varnie
Laura La Varnie (March 2, 1853 – September 18, 1939) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 80 films between 1913 and 1930. She was born in Jefferson City, Missouri and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * ''Lord Chumley'' (1914) * ''The Pullman Bride'' (1917) * ''Mickey'' (1918) * ''The Unpainted Woman'' (1919) * ''The Grim Comedian'' (1921) * ''Skirts'' (1921) * ''The Old Nest'' (1921) as Mrs. Guthrie * ''The Marriage Chance'' (1922) * '' Vanity Fair'' (1923) * ''Mine to Keep'' (1923) *'' The Love Trap'' (1923) * ''The Self-Made Wife'' (1923) * '' Poisoned Paradise: The Forbidden Story of Monte Carlo'' (1924) * '' The Bells'' (1926) * ''Raggedy Rose'' (1926) - her mother * ''The Honorable Mr. Buggs'' (1927) * ''The Devil's Holiday ''The Devil's Holiday'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code film starring Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes, ZaSu Pitts, James Kirkwood, Sr., Hobart Bosworth, and Ned Sparks, and released by Paramoun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Garvin
Anita Garvin (born Anna Frances Garvin; February 11, 1906 – July 7, 1994) was a tall American stage performer and film actress who worked in both the silent and sound eras."California Death Index, 1940-1997", Anita Garvin Stanley, February 11, 1906—July 7, 1994, California Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Section, Sacramento. Before her retirement in 1942, she reportedly appeared in over 350 shorts and features for various Hollywood studios. Her best known roles are as supporting characters in Hal Roach comedies starring Laurel and Hardy and Charley Chase.Young, Jordan R. (1978). "She Took Her Lumps and Liked Them", ''Los Angeles Times'' (1923-1995), September 24, 1978, p. I-3. ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Early life and stage career Anna Frances Garvin was born in 1906 in New York City, the middle child of three children of Anne (née Donovan) and Edward J. Garvin, a native of North Carolina. " Stagestruck" as a child, her desire to become an entertainer w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Finlayson (actor)
James Henderson Finlayson (27 August 1887 – 9 October 1953) was a Scottish actor who worked in both silent and sound comedies. Bald, with a fake moustache, Finlayson had many trademark comic mannerisms and is known for his squinting, outraged, "double take and fade away" head reaction, and characteristic expression "d'ooooooh", and as the best remembered comic foil of Laurel and Hardy. Finlayson was known by a variety of nicknames. According to Laurel and Hardy scholar Randy Skretvedt, he "called himself Jimmy, was known around the lot as Jim and is usually referred to today as 'Fin'"Skretvedt, p. 77 – as a truncated version of his surname, as author John McCabe presented it in his 1961 book biography ''Mr. Laurel & Mr. Hardy ''. Early life and stage career Born in Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland to Alexander and Isabella (née Henderson) Finlayson, James worked as a tinsmith before pursuing an acting career. As part of John Clyde's company, he played the part of Jamie Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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