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Robert Emmett O'Connor
Robert Emmett O'Connor (March 18, 1885 – September 4, 1962) was an Irish-American actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1919 and 1950. 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). Selected filmography *''Pay Your Dues'' (1919 short) *''His Royal Slyness'' (1920 short) (uncredited) *'' Never Weaken'' (1921 short) (uncredited) *''Tin Gods'' (1926) - Second Foreman *'' The Love of Sunya'' (1927) - Detective with Umbrella (uncredited) *'' The Noose'' (1928) - Jim Conley *'' Dressed to Kill'' (1928) - Detective Gilroy *'' Four Walls'' (1928) - Sullivan *'' The Singing Fo ... [...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] |
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] |
Our Blushing Brides
''Our Blushing Brides'' is a 1930 American pre-Code society comedy/ romantic melodrama directed and produced by Harry Beaumont and starring Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Anita Page and Dorothy Sebastian. The film follows ''Our Dancing Daughters'' (1928) and ''Our Modern Maidens'' (1929), which also starred Crawford, Page and Sebastian, though they portray different characters in each film. Although the two previous installments in the series were silent films, ''Our Blushing Brides'' is a sound film, a relatively new technology at the time. ''Our Blushing Brides'' is Crawford's 31st film (of 86 total), and her fourth sound film. In her first "shopgirl-Cinderella" role, Crawford plays the role of Gerry, a department store mannequin who falls in love with the wealthy son of her boss. The role was a departure from Crawford's flapper-girl persona of the silent area as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer began to develop a more sophisticated image for her. Plot Fellow department store shopgir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big House (1930 Film)
''The Big House'' is a 1930 American pre-Code prison drama film directed by George Hill, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and starring Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone and Robert Montgomery. The story and dialogue were written by Frances Marion, who won the Academy Award for Best Writing Achievement. As one of the first prison movies, it inspired many others of this genre. Background The story was inspired by a spate of prison riots in 1929 and resulting federal investigation. In response, George Hill wrote a twenty-seven page story treatment called "The Reign of Terror: A Story of Crime and Punishment". Irving Thalberg gave the go ahead for the screenplay and assigned Frances Marion to work with George Hill. Lon Chaney was originally chosen for the role of Butch, a violent career criminal who rules the prison cellblock, but the cancer from which he was to die in August 1930 had already advanced too far and the role went to Wallace Beery. The movie launched Beery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Fight (1930 Film)
''The Big Fight'' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film starring Lola Lane, Ralph Ince, Guinn Williams and Stepin Fetchit, based upon the play by Max Marcin and Herbert Gropper, directed by Walter Lang, and released by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures. Cast * Lola Lane as Shirley * Ralph Ince as Chuck * Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Tiger (billed as Guinn Williams) * Stepin Fetchit as Spot * Wheeler Oakman as Steve * James Eagles as Lester (billed as James Eagle) * Robert Emmett O'Connor as Detective (billed as Robert E. O'Connor) * Frank Jonasson Frank Jonasson (December 14, 1878 – October 17, 1942) was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 75 films between 1914 and 1930. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and died in Rancho Los Amigos, California. Selecte ... as Berrili References External links * 1930 films 1930 drama films 1930 lost films American drama films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films Films direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alias French Gertie
''Alias French Gertie'' is an American pre-Code crime film directed by George Archainbaud from a screenplay by Wallace Smith, based upon the unproduced play ''The Chatterbox'' by Bayard Veiller. The film stars Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon, who were making their first on-screen appearance together. A copy of this film survives in the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' page 4, c. 1978 by The American Film Institute Plot Marie is a jewel thief; posing as French maid, she has cased out the safe of her employer and intends to steal its contents. However, the night she chooses for the robbery, there is another thief who also shows up to empty the safe, Jimmy. Jimmy opens the safe, and the two agree to split the contents fifty-fifty. They are interrupted by the arrival of the police. Jimmy gallantly secretes Marie away, and takes the rap himself, impressing her. After serving hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Framed (1930 Film)
''Framed'' is a 1930 American pre-Code crime action film, directed by George Archainbaud, based on a screenplay by Paul Schofield and Wallace Smith. It starred Evelyn Brent, William Holden (no relation to the Oscar-winning actor, William Holden), Regis Toomey, and Ralf Harolde Ralf Harolde (born Ralph Harold Wigger, May 17, 1899 – November 11, 1974) was an American character actor who often played gangsters. Between 1920 and 1963, he appeared in 99 films, including '' Smart Money'' with Edward G. Robinson and .... Plot summary When Rose Manning's father is killed during a robbery by Inspector McArthur, Manning vows to avenge his death. Five years elapse, and Rose is now the hostess of a nightclub, and her liquor supplier, the bootlegger Chuck Gaines is interested in her. Still plotting her revenge, she meets Jimmy McArthur, who she does not realize is the son of the inspector. Spurning Gaines' advances, Rose becomes romantically involved with Jimmy. Her motivations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Next Room
''In The Next Room'' is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery film released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. and directed by Edward F. Cline. The movie stars Jack Mulhall and Alice Day. The film was based on the play of the same title by Eleanor Belmont and Harriet Ford, which itself was derived from the book ''The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet'' by Burton E. Stevenson. Cast *Jack Mulhall as James Godfrey *Alice Day as Lorna *Robert Emmett O'Connor as Tim Morel *John St. Polis as Philip Vantine *Claud Allister as Parks (the butler) * Aggie Herring as Mrs. O'Connor *DeWitt Jennings as Inspector Grady *Webster Campbell as Snitzer *Lucien Prival as French Exporter Synopsis The story starts with a prologue set in 1889 in which we see an angry husband murdering his wife's lover. The setting then moves to 1929, just as an antiques dealer Philip Vantine (John St. Polis) has finished moving into the same house where the 1889 murder occurred. For years the house had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Isle Of Lost Ships (1929 Film)
''The Isle of Lost Ships'' is a 1929 talking film released in an alternative silent version with a Vitaphone track of effects and music. The picture was produced by Richard A. Rowland and distributed by Warner Bros. Irvin Willat was the director with Jason Robards Sr., Virginia Valli and Noah Beery Sr. in the leads. It is based on the 1909 novel ''The Isle of Dead Ships'' by Crittenden Marriott, and is also a remake of Maurice Tourneur's now lost 1923 classic of the same name. This film is preserved at the Library of Congress. Cast * Jason Robards Sr. as Frank Howard *Virginia Valli as Dorothy Whitlock/Renwick * Noah Beery Sr. as Captain Peter Forbes *Clarissa Selwynne as Aunt Emma/Mrs. Renwick *Robert Emmett O'Connor as Jackson *Harry Cording as Gallagher *Margaret Fielding as Mrs. Gallagher *Kathrin Clare Ward as Mother Joyce/Burke *Robert Homans as Mr. Burke *Jack Ackroyd as Harry * Sam Baker as Himself Critical reception A contemporary review in ''Variety'' reported tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smiling Irish Eyes
''Smiling Irish Eyes'' (1929) is a Vitaphone American pre-Code musical film with Technicolor sequences. The film is now considered a lost film. However, the Vitaphone discs still exist. Plot Rory O'More leaves his sweetheart Kathleen O'Connor back in the old country while he travels to America to establish himself. He is a musician, and hopes to make it big. Kathleen grows tired of waiting and travels to America, only to find him on stage performing "their" song and kissing another woman. Kathleen returns to Ireland, followed by Rory, who explains everything. In the end they wed and return to America. Cast * Colleen Moore as Kathleen O'Connor * James Hall as Rory O'More *Robert Homans as Shamus O'Connor *Claude Gillingwater as Michael O'Connor * Tom O'Brien as Black Barney *Robert Emmett O'Connor as Sir Timothy * Aggie Herring as Granny O'More * Betty Francisco as Frankie West *Julanne Johnston as Goldie Devore *Edward Earle - Ralph Prescott *Fred Kelsey as County Fair Manager * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Office Scandal
''The Office Scandal'' is a 1929 American drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Phyllis Haver, Raymond Hatton and Margaret Livingston.Langman p.84 It was originally made as a silent, but some sound effects a musical score and talking sequences were added. Cast * Phyllis Haver as Jerry Cullen * Raymond Hatton as Pearson, the City Editor * Margaret Livingston as Lillian Tracy * Leslie Fenton as Andrew 'Andy' Corbin * Dan Wolheim as Champ Tracy * Jimmie Adams as Delaney * Clarence Geldart as Capt. Day * Jimmy Aldine as Freddie, the Copy Boy * Louise Carver as Battered Wife * Tom O'Brien as Pool Hall Lookout * Robert Emmett O'Connor as Judge * Florence Wix Florence Wix (16 May 1883 – 23 November 1956) was an English-born American character actress who worked from the 1920s in silent films through sound films of the 1950s. Biography Born on 16 May 1883, in Hertfordshire in England, Wix woul ... as Party Guest References Bibliography * Lan ... [...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] |
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