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Ralph Spence (screenwriter)
Ralph Spence (November 4, 1890 – November 21, 1949) was an American screenwriter and playwright. Born in Key West, Florida in 1890, he wrote for more than 120 films between 1912 and 1946. His play, '' The Gorilla'', was produced on Broadway in 1925, and was the basis for several films. He also wrote material for a number of presentations of the ''Ziegfeld Follies'' and '' Earl Carroll's Vanities''.Ralph Spence at the Spence died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles from a |
Key West, Florida
Key West ( es, Cayo Hueso) is an island in the Straits of Florida, within the U.S. state of Florida. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Sigsbee Park, Dredgers Key, Fleming Key, Sunset Key, and the northern part of Stock Island, Florida, Stock Island, it constitutes the City of Key West. The Island of Key West is about long and wide, with a total land area of . It lies at the southernmost end of U.S. Route 1, the longest north–south road in the United States. Key West is about north of Cuba at their closest points. It is also southwest of Miami by air, about by road, and north-northeast of Havana. The City of Key West is the county seat of Monroe County, Florida, Monroe County, which includes a majority of the Florida Keys and part of the Everglades. The total land area of the city is . The official city motto is "One Human Family". Key West is the southernmost city in the contiguous United States and the westernmost island connected by highway in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Go (1923 Film)
''Let's Go'' is a 1923 American silent action film directed by William K. Howard and starring Richard Talmadge, Eileen Percy, and Tully Marshall. Plot Cast Preservation A incomplete print of ''Let's Go'' with one reel missing is held in the George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection The George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection in Rochester, New York comprises about 28,000 titles, including features, shorts, documentaries, newsreels, and experimental moving images. The collection is renowned for its holdings of silent f .... 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 * * 1923 films 1920s action films American silent feature films American action films Films directed by William K. Howard American black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films Silent action films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Excess Baggage (1928 Film)
''Excess Baggage'' is a lost 1928 American silent comedy film directed by James Cruze and distributed by MGM. The film was based on the 1927 play of the same name by John McGowan. The film starred William Haines, Josephine Dunn and Kathleen Clifford. Cast *William Haines – Eddie Kane *Josephine Dunn – Elsa McCoy *Neely Edwards – Jimmy Dunn * Kathleen Clifford – Mabel Ford *Greta Granstedt – Betty Ford *Ricardo Cortez – Val D'Ierrico *Cyril Chadwick – Crammon *Delmer Daves (uncredited) See also * List of early sound feature films (1926–1929) This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and part talking/ all talking feature films made in the US and Europe during the transition to sound, between 1926-1929. During this time a variety of recording systems were used, including most notably ... References External links * * 1928 films 1928 comedy films Silent American comedy films American silent feature films American black-and-white films American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Patsy (1928 Film)
''The Patsy'' is a 1928 American silent comedy-drama film directed by King Vidor, co-produced by and starring Marion Davies for Cosmopolitan Productions, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was based on a play of the same name by Barry Conners, and served as Marie Dressler's comeback film after a long slump in her film career. Davies played the dowdy and downtrodden Patricia, the younger daughter in a household ruled by an imperious mother (Dressler) and selfish sister (Jane Winton). Cast * Marion Davies as Patricia Harrington * Orville Caldwell as Tony Anderson * Marie Dressler as Ma Harrington * Lawrence Gray as Billy Caldwell * Dell Henderson as Pa Harrington * Jane Winton as Grace Harrington Production ''The Patsy'' saw Marion Davies starring in her 27th film. This was Davies' first film of three with director King Vidor and the only time she appeared with Marie Dressler. Release and legacy The film received good reviews, and was a box office hit. Hearst and MGM sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bringing Up Father (1928 Film)
''Bringing Up Father'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Jack Conway and starring Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, and J. Farrell MacDonald. The film was based on the newspaper comic strip ''Bringing Up Father'' by George McManus. It was remade in 1946 as a sound film, proving popular enough for a spin-off of four Jiggs and Maggie films to be made. Cast * Marie Dressler as Annie Moore * Polly Moran as Maggie * J. Farrell MacDonald as Jiggs * Jules Cowles as Dinty Moore * Gertrude Olmstead as Ellen * Grant Withers as Dennis * Andrés de Segurola as The Count * Rose Dione as Mrs. Smith * David Mir as Oswald * Tenen Holtz as Ginsberg Feitelbaum Preservation A print was donated by MGM to George Eastman House The George Eastman Museum, also referred to as ''George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film'', the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gorilla (1927 Film)
''The Gorilla'' is an American 1927 silent mystery film directed by Alfred Santell based on the play '' The Gorilla'' by Ralph Spence. It stars Charles Murray, Fred Kelsey, and Walter Pidgeon. Following the success of Spence's play on Broadway, production on a film adaptation was set to start on March 1927, while principal photography only began in August 1927. ''The Gorilla'' premiered in Cleveland and Toledo, Ohio and in St. Louis, Missouri on November 5, 1927. The film received positive reviews from ''The Chicago Tribune'', ''Variety'', and '' Harrison's Reports'' while being dismissed by ''The New York Times''. The play was adapted again as '' The Gorilla'' in 1930 and '' The Gorilla'' (1939). The 1927 version of the film is considered a lost film. Plot As the film is considered a lost film, specific details on the plot are not clear. This plot summary combines details from the Library of Congress, the AFI Catalog of Feature Films, and the '' Harrison's Reports''. Some p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring Fever (1927 Film)
''Spring Fever'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film starring William Haines, Joan Crawford, and George K. Arthur, and directed by Edward Sedgwick. Based on the 1925 play of the same name by Vincent Lawrence, this was the second film starring Haines and Crawford, and their first onscreen romantic teaming. ''Spring Fever'' was remade as the musical film '' Love in the Rough'' in 1930, starring Robert Montgomery and Dorothy Jordan. Plot Haines plays Jack Kelly, a crack golfer who worked as a shipping clerk for the aging Mr. Waters (George Fawcett). One day, Mr. Waters fires Jack's father, Pop Kelly (Bert Woodruff). Jack witnesses this and is outraged. He wants revenge and breaks a window with a golf ball. Mr. Waters catches him but, instead of being mad, he is impressed with Jack's golfing skills. He later that day announces to his dad he is invited by The Oakmont Country Club to be a guest of the club for a minimum of two weeks. His role there will be the teacher of Mr. Wat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
''Johnny Get Your Hair Cut'' is a 1927 silent American comedy film directed by B. Reeves Eason and featuring Harry Carey. A print is preserved by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Cast * Jackie Coogan as Johnny O'Day * Harry Carey * James Corrigan as Pop Slocum * Maurice Costello as Baxter Ryan * Bobby Doyle as Bobby Dolin * Knute Erickson as Whip Evans * Pat Hartigan as Jiggs Bradley * Mattie Witting as Mother Slap See also * Harry Carey filmography This is a list of films featuring Harry Carey. 1910 * ''Bill Sharkey's Last Game'' * ''Gentleman Joe'' 1912 * ''An Unseen Enemy'' as The Thief * ''Two Daughters of Eve'' as In Audience * ''Friends'' as Bob Kyne - the Prospector * '' So Near ... References External links * *Stillsat silenthollywood.comat classicmoviekids.com 1927 films 1927 comedy films Silent American comedy films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by B. Reeves Eason Films directed by Archie Mayo Films with screenp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3 Bad Men
''3 Bad Men'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by John Ford. Bob Mastrangelo has called it "One of John Ford's greatest silent epics." The film possibly inspired the title for Akira Kurosawa's 1958 film ''Three Bad Men in a Hidden Fortress'', simply known as ''The Hidden Fortress'' in the rest of the world. Plot A discovery of gold in the Dakotas on Sioux lands in 1877 provokes a gold land rush. Numerous people come to Custer, South Dakota, Custer for their chance to claim land and possibly gold when the proclamation to explore the lands goes into effect, such as singing cowboy Dan O'Malley, the Carltons, and a group of outlaws headed by "Bull" Stanley. On their way to steal a bunch of horses, the outlaws save Lee Carlton from a different sort of outlaws, who had killed her father. Instead of taking the horses for themselves, the three outlaws decide to head to Custer as her protectors. The town is plagued with corruption and injustice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mademoiselle Modiste (film)
''Mademoiselle Modiste'' is a 1926 silent romance produced by and starring Corinne Griffith and distributed by First National Pictures. Robert Z. Leonard directed Griffith in a story based on a popular 1905 Victor Herbert operetta on Broadway, ''Mlle. Modiste'', with a libretto by Henry Martyn Blossom, which was similar to the MGM film ''The Merry Widow''. It is now considered a lost film.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Mademoiselle Modiste'' at silentera.com The story was refilmed in 1931 as the talkie '' Kiss Me Again''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Speed Spook
''The Speed Spook'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Hines and starring Johnny Hines, Faire Binney and Edmund Breese.Munden p.754 Cast * Johnny Hines as 'Blue Streak' Billings * Faire Binney as Betty West * Edmund Breese as Chuck Brady * Warner Richmond Warner Richmond (born Werner Paul Otto Raetzmann; January 11, 1886 – June 19, 1948) was an American stage and film actor. He began his career as a stock theatre actor and appeared in films in both the silent film and sound eras. His career spa ... as Jud Skerrit * Frank Losee as Sheriff West * Henry West as Hiram Smith 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 * 1924 films 1924 comedy films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films American auto racing films Silent American comedy films Films directed by Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Darker Self
''His Darker Self'' is a 1924 American silent blackface comedy film directed by John W. Noble and starring Lloyd Hamilton, Tom Wilson, and Sally Long. The plot involves a self-taught small town detective who, after a Black friend is killed, goes undercover in blackface. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Uncle Eph, the old black servant of the Sappington family, hauls liquor at night to Bill Jackson's dancehall. Jackson in a fit of temper knocks out Eph and fatally stabs another man. Eph is blamed for the crime. Claude Sappington, in love with the Governor's daughter, but frowned upon by her father, blackens his face and visits Darktown in an attempt to discover the real murderer. After many wild adventures, he succeeds in making Jackson confess, saves old Eph, and marries the woman he loves. Cast Production Al Jolson was originally cast as the lead in ''His Darker Self'', but he dropped out to protect his stage career.Steinmetz p. 187, note 77 Lloyd Hamilton, a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
