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Robert Gleckler
Robert Gleckler (January 11, 1887 – February 25, 1939) was an American film and stage actor who appeared in nearly 60 movies between 1927 until his death in 1939. He was cast for the role of Jonas Wilkerson, overseer of the slaves at Tara in ''Gone with the Wind'', but died during the filming and was replaced with Victor Jory. Selected filmography * '' The Dove'' (1927) as Minor Role (uncredited) * ''Mother's Boy'' (1929) as Gus LeGrand * ''The Sea God'' (1930) as Big Schultz * '' Big Money'' (1930) as Monk * ''The Finger Points'' (1931) as Larry Haynes - Sphnix Club Manager * ''Defenders of the Law'' (1931) as Joe Velet * ''Her Bodyguard'' (1933) as Hood (uncredited) * '' Take a Chance'' (1933) as Mike Caruso * ''The Personality Kid'' (1934) as Gavin * ''Now I'll Tell'' (1934) as Al Mossiter * ''The Defense Rests'' (1934) as Lou Gentry * '' Million Dollar Ransom'' (1934) as 'Doc' Carson * ''Marie Galante'' (1934) as Steamship Captain (uncredited) * ''The Great Hotel Murder'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Guy
''Great Guy'' is a 1936 American crime film noir directed by John G. Blystone and starring James Cagney. In the film, an honest inspector for the New York Department of Weights and Measures takes on corrupt merchants and politicians. Plot After the Chief Deputy of the Department of Weights and Measures is nearly killed in a car accident engineered by corrupt politician Marty Cavanaugh, he enlists ex-boxer Johnny Cave (Cagney) to take over his position. Johnny learns from Joe Green, the chief deputy, that there are men who are higher up in the organization than Marty. As the new leader, Johnny reiterates to his team the importance of their department and warns them that corruption is an ongoing hazard. Johnny then goes out into the field with his naive partner, Patrick James "Aloysius" Haley, investigating merchants who are accused of using faulty measures and cheating the public. He ends up fining a market for adding lead weights to stewing chickens and fining a gas station for r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Million Dollar Ransom
''Million Dollar Ransom'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by Murray Roth and written by William R. Lipman and Ben Ryan. The film stars Phillips Holmes, Edward Arnold, Mary Carlisle, Wini Shaw, Andy Devine and Robert Gleckler. The film was released on September 1, 1934, by Universal Pictures. Premise To stop his mother from marrying a man he does not like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con help him fake his own kidnapping. Cast *Phillips Holmes as Stanton Casserly * Edward Arnold as Vincent Shelton *Mary Carlisle as Francesca Shelton *Wini Shaw as Babe *Andy Devine as Careful *Robert Gleckler as 'Doc' Carson *Marjorie Gateson as Elita Casserly *Edgar Norton as Meigs *Bradley Page Bradley Page (September 8, 1901 – December 8, 1985) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1931 and 1943. Selected filmography * '' Sporting Blood'' (1931) - Eddie Frazier (uncredited) * '' X Marks the Spo ... as Easy References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Here Comes The Band (film)
''Here Comes the Band'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Paul Sloane and written by Paul Sloane, Ralph Spence and Victor Mansfield. The film stars Ted Lewis and His Orchestra, Ted Lewis, Virginia Bruce, Harry Stockwell, Ted Healy and Nat Pendleton. The film was released on August 30, 1935, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot A songwriter sues for copyright infringement by an unscrupulous music producer. Cast * Ted Lewis and His Orchestra as Orchestra * Ted Lewis as Ted Lowry *Virginia Bruce as Margaret *Harry Stockwell as Ollie Watts *Ted Healy as 'Happy' *Nat Pendleton as 'Piccolo Pete' *Addison Richards as Colonel Wallace * Donald Cook as Don Trevor * George McFarland as Spanky Lowry *Robert McWade as Judge *Henry Kolker as Simmon's Attorney *Robert Gleckler as Simmons *Richard Tucker as Jim *Bert Roach as Drummer in Band *Tyler Brooke as Dentist *Billy Gilbert as Sneezer *Ferdinand Gottschalk as Armand de Valerie *May Beatty as Miss Doyle *Florence Gill Florence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Farmer Takes A Wife (film)
''The Farmer Takes a Wife'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Victor Fleming, written by Edwin J. Burke, and starring Janet Gaynor, Henry Fonda (in his screen debut) and Charles Bickford. It is based on the 1934 Broadway play ''The Farmer Takes a Wife'' by Marc Connelly and Frank B. Elser, with Fonda reprising his stage role as the farmer. The film was released on August 2, 1935, by 20th Century-Fox. Plot Dan Harrow goes to work as a driver for Samson Weaver on the Erie Canal, but his heart is set on buying a farm and settling down, even though his father was a canal man. This ambition and his distaste for fighting puzzle Molly Larkins, the girlfriend and cook of Jotham Klore, but she develops a liking for him anyway. When Samson wins $5000 in a lottery, he gives Dan a half share of his boat. This prompts Dan to propose to Molly, but she wants to stay on the Erie Canal, not live on a farm, so she will only go work for him, much to Jotham's displeasure. Jotham arrives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dante's Inferno (1935 Film)
''Dante's Inferno'' is a 1935 American Drama (film and television), drama film starring Spencer Tracy and loosely based on Dante Alighieri's ''Divine Comedy''. The film remains primarily remembered for a 10-minute depiction of hell realised by director Harry Lachman, himself an established post-impressionism, post-impressionist Painting, painter. This was Fox Film, Fox Film Corporation's last film before the company merged with Twentieth Century Pictures to create 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation. Plot Jim Carter, a former stoker (occupation), stoker, takes over a funfair, fairground show, run by 'Pop' McWade, which depicts scenes from Dante's Inferno. He marries Pop's niece Betty and they have a son, Alexander. Meanwhile, the show becomes a great success, with Carter making it larger and more lurid. An inspector declares the fair unsafe but Carter bribes him into silence. There is a partial collapse at the fair which injures Pop. Recovering in hospital, he admonishes Carter and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daring Young Man
''The Daring Young Man'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and written by Sam Hellman, William Hurlbut and Glenn Tryon. The film stars James Dunn, Mae Clarke, Neil Hamilton, Sidney Toler, Warren Hymer and Stanley Fields. This is the film to be released on May 24, 1935, by Fox Film Corporation. Plot Two top reporters, male and female (Dunn, Clarke), fall in love and plan to marry, however as she waits for the groom at the church he never shows up. He was enticed into going undercover in a jail to expose gang activity inside the jail, being promised a lot of money and prestige for the story. Before leaving for the assignment he writes a letter to his beloved, but his publisher rips it up, so she thinks he has gotten cold feet and she gets angry at him for deserting her. Meanwhile, he exposes corrupt activity inside the jail. Will his beloved ever find out the truth of why he never showed up to marry her? Cast * James Dunn as Don McLane *Mae Clarke as M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glass Key (1935 Film)
''The Glass Key'', released in 1935, was based upon the 1931 suspense novel ''The Glass Key'' by Dashiell Hammett, directed by Frank Tuttle, starring George Raft and featuring Edward Arnold, Claire Dodd, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams and Ray Milland. Ann Sheridan has a brief speaking role as Raft's character's nurse in their first film together. The film was remade in 1942, with Alan Ladd in Raft's role, Brian Donlevy and Veronica Lake in the roles previously played by Arnold and Dodd, and William Bendix in Guinn Williams' part. Plot Paul Madvig ( Edward Arnold) controls crime and politics in the city, helped by the brains and brawn of Ed Beaumont (George Raft). As he throws his support behind Janet Henry's (Claire Dodd) father, in a political campaign, Paul also plans to marry her. Janet's brother Taylor (Ray Milland) is a gambler heavily in debt to O'Rory (Robert Gleckler), a gangster whose club Paul intends to put out of business. Taylor, who has been romancing Paul's younger si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Headline Woman
''The Headline Woman'' is a 1935 American crime film directed by William Nigh and starring Heather Angel and Ford Sterling. The film is also known as ''The Woman in the Case'' in the United Kingdom. Cast * Heather Angel as Myrna Van Buren *Roger Pryor as Bob Grayson *Ford Sterling as Hugo Meyer *Conway Tearle as Police Commissioner Frank Desmond * Robert Gleckler as Harry Chase *Russell Hopton as Craig, Reporter *Jack La Rue as Phil Zarias *Theodore von Eltz as Johnny "Full House" Corinti *Morgan Wallace as Clarkey *Franklin Pangborn as Hamilton, Reporter * Ward Bond as Johnson, Reporter *Wade Boteler as Police Lt. Flanagan *Syd Saylor as Murphy, Reporter * George J. Lewis as O'Shay, Reporter *George "Gabby" Hayes as Police Desk Sgt. Duffy *Wheeler Oakman as Panther Fielding *Lillian Miles as Trini *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 theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mister Dynamite
''Mister Dynamite'' is a 1935 American action film directed by Alan Crosland and written by Doris Malloy and Harry Clork. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Jean Dixon, Victor Varconi, Esther Ralston, Verna Hillie and Minor Watson. The film was released on April 22, 1935, by Universal Pictures. Plot Private detective T.N. Thompson, nicknamed "Dynamite" due to his initials, takes an interest when a man is murdered in San Francisco leaving a casino. The dead man, D.H. Matthews, had an argument outside the casino with Jarl Dvorjak, a celebrated pianist who was gambling while his aloof and money-mad wife Charmian was away. Dvorjak's acquaintance with Mona Lewis led him to the casino, which is owned by her father Clark Lewis and closed by the police after the killing. Mona becomes a suspect, particularly after Dvorjak's business manager Carey Williams is killed as well. When the pianist himself is shot while playing an organ, Thompson puts everything together and reveals to all that Matt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go Into Your Dance
''Go into Your Dance'' is a 1935 American musical drama film starring Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler, and Glenda Farrell. The film was directed by Archie Mayo and is based on the novel of the same name by Bradford Ropes. It was released by Warner Bros. on April 20, 1935. An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters. Plot Broadway star Al Howard (Al Jolson) has a habit of walking out on hit shows. His sister Molly (Glenda Farrell) promises his agent he will never do it again, but he is banned from Broadway. Molly tracks Al down in Mexico, where he is on a binge and tells him she is done taking care of him. When Molly runs into Dorothy Wayne (Ruby Keeler) a friend who is a dancer, she begs Dorothy to form a team with Al, because she can get Al a job if he has a partner. At first Molly is reluctant but finally agreed. It takes some work to convince Al, but he eventually agrees to form a team with Dorothy. They become a big success in Chicago. Dorothy falls in lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Case Of The Curious Bride
''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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Happened In New York
''It Happened in New York'' is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Gertrude Michael, Heather Angel and Lyle Talbot.Monaco p.139 It is based on a play ''Bagdad on the Hudson'' by Ward Morehouse and Jean Dalrymple. A New York taxi driver is hired as a bodyguard to a film star, whose manager is always involving her in publicity stunts. The film's sets were designed by the art director Charles D. Hall. Partial cast * Gertrude Michael as Vania Nardi * Heather Angel as Chris Edwards * Lyle Talbot as Charley Barnes * Hugh O'Connell as Greg Haywood * Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Fleurette * Rafael Storm as The Phony Prince * Robert Gleckler as Venetti * Wallis Clark as Joe Blake * Phil Tead as Radio Announcer * Bess Stafford as Landlady * Dick Elliott as Publicity Man * Huntley Gordon as Hotel manager * Guy Usher as New York Policeman * King Baggot as Policeman * Phyllis Ludwig Phyllis is a feminine given name whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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