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Robert Kane (producer)
Robert Kane (1886 – 1957) was an American film producer. He is sometimes credited as Robert T. Kane. Biography During the 1920s Kane oversaw the Astoria Studios for Paramount Pictures, the company's base on the East Coast. In 1930 Paramount put Kane in charge of the Joinville Studios in Paris where the company made multiple-language versions in various different languages.Jarvinen p.45 The move was a response to the introduction of sound film which meant English-language films made in Hollywood were no longer suitable for non-English-speaking markets. Joinville produced hundreds of films in a two-year period, before dubbing became more widespread. In the late 1930s Kane was involved with 20th Century Fox's British subsidiary which made expensive productions rather than the quota quickies that had been made there by American companies earlier in the decade. In 1937 he produced '' Wings of the Morning'', the first technicolor film to be made in the British Isles. He returned to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Expeditionary Forces
The American Expeditionary Forces (A. E. F.) was a formation of the United States Army on the Western Front of World War I. The A. E. F. was established on July 5, 1917, in France under the command of General John J. Pershing. It fought alongside French Army, British Army, Canadian Army, New Zealand Army and Australian Army units against the Imperial German Army. A small number of A. E. F. troops also fought alongside Italian Army units in that same year against the Austro-Hungarian Army. The A. E. F. helped the French Army on the Western Front during the Aisne Offensive (at the Battle of Château-Thierry and Battle of Belleau Wood) in the summer of 1918, and fought its major actions in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in the latter part of 1918. Formation President Woodrow Wilson initially planned to give command of the A. E. F. to Gen. Frederick Funston, but after Funston's sudden death, Wilson appointed Major General John J. Pershing in Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convoy (1927 Film)
''Convoy'' is a lost 1927 American silent World War I drama starring Lowell Sherman and Dorothy Mackaill and released through First National Pictures. The film is an early producing credit for the Halperin Brothers, Victor and Edward, later of '' White Zombie'' fame, and is the final screen appearance of Broadway stars Gail Kane and Vincent Serrano. The Alfred Hitchcock film '' Notorious'' (1946) was based on the same story, originally published in ''The Saturday Evening Post''. Background ''The Song of the Dragon'', is a story by John Taintor Foote, which appeared as a two-part serial in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' in November 1921. Set during World War I in New York City, The film tells the tale of a theatrical producer approached by federal agents who want his assistance in recruiting an actress he once had a relationship with to seduce the leader of a gang of enemy saboteurs.McGilligan, p. 366 Cast *Lowell Sherman as Ernest Drake *Dorothy Mackaill as Sylvia Dodge *Willia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Hat (1927 Film)
''High Hat'' is a 1927 American film directed by James Ashmore Creelman. Plot High Hat is a movie extra at First National Pictures, but sees himself as the studio pundit, dispensing advice to stars such as John Barrymore and Pola Negri. A studio seamstress named Millie gets him a lucrative "closeup" assignment in the German director Von Strogoff's epic about the Russian Revolution The Russian Revolution was a period of Political revolution (Trotskyism), political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire which began during the First World War. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and ad ..., but he gets fired after falling asleep on a prop bed. Millie loses valuable jewellery entrusted by her to the thief Tony, and High Hat comes to her rescue. His fight with Tony is recorded by Von Strogoff and used in the film. References External links * 1927 films 1920s English-language films 1927 directorial debut films 1927 comedy films First ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Nights
''Broadway Nights '' is a 1927 American lost film. It was the film debut of Barbara Stanwyck, Sylvia Sidney and Ann Sothern.Broadway Nights at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: ''First National Pictures'' Cast * Sam Hardy as Johnny Fay * Lois Wilson as Fanny Franchette * as Bronson * |
The Wilderness Woman
''The Wilderness Woman'' is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Howard Higgin. It starred Aileen Pringle and Lowell Sherman. First National Pictures produced and distributed. Plot As described in a film magazine, Alaskan miner 'Kodiak' MacLean, having amassed a fortune but still a rube, arrives at the Hotel Biltmore in New York City with his daughter Juneau and her pet bear. Two confidence men work to take advantage of his ignorance and separate Kodiak from his wealth through a series of schemes, including trying to sell him the last subway station still available. Junie's bear causes a scene when it gets loose in the hotel, and she becomes friendly with one of the confidence men until it turns to hatred after he attacks her. Later, her affections turn to a man more worthy, Alan Burkett. Cast *Aileen Pringle as Juneau MacLean *Lowell Sherman as Alan Burkett *Chester Conklin as 'Kodiak' MacLean *Henry Vibart as The Colonel *Robert Cainas as The Colonel's Hench ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prince Of Tempters
''Prince of Tempters'' is a 1926 American silent romance film directed by Lothar Mendes and starring Lois Moran, Ben Lyon, and Lya De Putti. It is based on the 1924 novel '' The Ex-Duke'' by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. Plot Cast * Lois Moran as Monica * Ben Lyon as Francis * Lya De Putti as Dolores * Ian Keith as Mario Ambrosio, later Baron Humberto Giordano * Mary Brian as Mary * Olive Tell as Duchess of Chatsfield * Sam Hardy as Apollo Beneventa * Henry Vibart as Duke of Chatsfield * Judith Vosselli as Signora Wembley * Fraser Coalter as Lawyer * J. Barney Sherry as Papal Secretary * Jeanne Carpenter as Flower girl Production The film was made at the Cosmopolitan Studios in New York. It was the first film made in America by the German director Lothar Mendes, who married Dorothy Mackaill while working on the production. Preservation A copy of this film is held at the Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Deception
''The Great Deception'' is a 1926 American silent drama film starring Basil Rathbone, Ben Lyon, and Aileen Pringle. It is based on the 1915 novel ''The Yellow Dove'' by George Gibbs about World War I era espionage, previously adapted as the 1919 film ''Shadows of Suspicion''. This film is currently a lost film. A ''New York Times'' review considered "this photoplay possesses an element of mystery and suspense".Parish & Pitts p.202 Synopsis It portrays the activities of a British undercover agent Cryil Mansfield, who is in Germany as part of a plan to feed false intelligence to the German high command. His mission is threatened by Rizzio, a double agent who uses Mansfield's American lover Lois as part of a scheme to entrap and execute him. Cast *Ben Lyon as Cyril Mansfield *Aileen Pringle as Lois *Basil Rathbone as Rizzio * Sam Hardy as Handy *Charlotte Walker as Mrs. Mansfield *Amelia Summerville as Lady Jane *Hubert Wilke as General Von Frankenhauser *Lucien Prival as Von Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dancer Of Paris
''The Dancer of Paris'' is a lost 1926 American silent drama film produced and distributed by First National Pictures. It was directed by Alfred Santell and starred Dorothy Mackaill. A vintage movie trailer displaying short clips of the film still exists. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Florida flapper Consuelo Cox accepts Sir Roy Martel's proposal, but then overhears him say that he does not really intend to marry her and discovers that his love for her is of the basest sort. She breaks her engagement and swears revenge, vowing to ruin him. Consuelo goes to Paris, becomes a professional dancer at the Boule Rouge, and obtains the apartment across from Sir Roy. At a bachelor party she performs at, the nude female statutes suddenly come to life and join in the festivities. Consuelo falls in love with Noel Anson, a friend of her uncles. Sir Roy, dying in his apartment, calls for her. She dances for him in a decidedly abbreviated costume until he passes, and then fall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Reckless Lady
''The Reckless Lady'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Howard Higgin and starring Belle Bennett, Lois Moran, James Kirkwood, and Lowell Sherman. Plot As described in a film magazine review, the attentions of Feodor, a Russian, to Mrs. Fleming results in her husband, Colonel Fleming, leaving her. The wife retains the child Sylvia. Years later Mrs. Fleming is gambling in Monte Carlo. Feodor reappears and makes love to Sylvia. The American Ralph Hillier was her other suiter. Mrs. Fleming attempts to commit suicide but is saved by Ralph and her husband. The Colonel pursues Feodor, who leaps over a cliff. The elder Fleming couple are reunited, and Sylvia accepts Ralph. Cast *Belle Bennett as Mrs. Fleming * James Kirkwood as Colonel Fleming *Lois Moran as Sylvia Fleming *Lowell Sherman as Feodor *Ben Lyon as Ralph Hillier *Marcia Harris as Sophie *Charles Murray as Gendarme *Lucia Backus Seger as Fortune Teller *Barbara Barondess as Minor Role (uncredited) *Thomas Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluebeard's Seven Wives
''Bluebeard's Seven Wives'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film produced and released by First National Pictures. It was directed by Alfred Santell and starred Ben Lyon, Lois Wilson, and Blanche Sweet. Plot As described in a film magazine review, John Hart, who works as a teller in a bank, is fired after a shortage is found in his account. He gets a job at a movie studio, where they consider him a "find" and everyone works to make him a star. The publicity department has his name changed to Don Juan Hartez and he is planted on an incoming steamer. As a new screen lover, a press agent scheme is to marry him to seven wives. However, John balks after a few fake marriages and runs off and marries his sweetheart Mary Kelly. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Bluebeard's Seven Wives'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Commandment (film)
''The New Commandment'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Howard Higgin and written by Sada Cowan and Howard Higgin. It is based on the 1925 novel ''Invisible Wounds'' by Frederick Palmer. The film stars Blanche Sweet, Ben Lyon, Holbrook Blinn, Clare Eames, Effie Shannon, and Dorothy Cumming. The film was released on November 1, 1925, by First National Pictures. Plot Having set out on a cruise with his father for Europe, Billy Morrow discovers the true purpose of that trip which, organized by Mrs. Parr, an intriguing high society lady who has buried three husbands, now plans to marry him to the his stepdaughter. Off the French coast, Billy decides to leave the ship and heads ashore with Red, a former taxi driver who has become his friend. In Paris, the two meet the artist Gaston Picard. Although he is engaged to Countess Stoll, he is in love with his American model Renée Darcourt. Billy also falls in love with her, but he can't convince himself of Renée's honest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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