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Sally O'Neil
Sally O'Neil (born Virginia Louise Concepta Noonan; October 23, 1908 – June 18, 1968) was an American film actress of the 1920s. She appeared in more than 40 films, often with her name above the title. Early years O'Neil was one of eleven children born to Judge Thomas Francis Patrick Noonan and his wife, Hannah Kelly, a Metropolitan Opera singer, in Bayonne, New Jersey. One of her sisters was actress Suzanne Dobson Noonan, an actress known professionally as Molly O'Day. Another sister, Isabelle, also acted in films. Films Convent-educated, she started her career in vaudeville, billed as Chotsie Noonan and known for her petite but curvaceous frame and curly brown hair. She broke into films in 1925 at the Hal Roach studio, playing flappers or hoydenish tomboys in short-subject comedies. During her tenure with Roach she was billed as Sue O'Neil or Sue "Bugs" O'Neil. She was teamed with Constance Bennett and Joan Crawford in the MGM film '' Sally, Irene and Mary'' (1925) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayonne, New Jersey
Bayonne ( ) is a City (New Jersey), city in Hudson County, New Jersey, Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey, in the Gateway Region on Bergen Neck, a peninsula between Newark Bay to the west, the Kill Van Kull to the south, and New York Bay to the east. At the 2020 United States census, it was the List of municipalities in New Jersey, state's 15th-most-populous municipality, surpassing Passaic, New Jersey, Passaic,Table1. New Jersey Counties and Most Populous Cities and Townships: 2020 and 2010 Censuses , New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed December 1, 2022. with a population of 71,686, an incre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ford
John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), better known as John Ford, was an American film director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and was one of the first American directors to be recognized as an auteur. In a career of more than 50 years, he directed over John Ford filmography, 130 films between 1917 and 1970 (although most of his silent films are now lost film, lost), and received a record four Academy Award for Best Director for ''The Informer (1935 film), The Informer'' (1935), ''The Grapes of Wrath (film), The Grapes of Wrath'' (1940), ''How Green Was My Valley (film), How Green Was My Valley'' (1941), and ''The Quiet Man'' (1952). Ford is renowned for his Western film, Westerns, such as ''Stagecoach (1939 film), Stagecoach'' (1939), ''My Darling Clementine'' (1946), ''Fort Apache (film), Fort Apache'' (1948), ''The Searchers'' (1956), and ''The Man Who Shot Liberty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Becky (1927 Film)
''Becky'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by John P. McCarthy starring Sally O'Neil and Owen Moore. at silentera.com Synopsis Rebecca (Sally O'Neil) is a salesgirl who gets a chance at a Broadway show; there, she attracts and is ultimately rejected by a society playboy.Cast * Sally O'Neil as Rebecca O'Brien McCloskey * as Dan Scarlett * |
Frisco Sally Levy
''Frisco Sally Levy'' (a.k.a. "Véspera de Natal") is a lost film, lost 1927 comedy silent film directed by William Beaudine and starring Sally O'Neil and Roy D'Arcy, which was released on April 2, 1927. Plot Colleen Lapidowitz falls in love with an Irish police officer named Patrick Sweeney, which is a relief to her Jewish father Isaac and Irish mother Bridget who have tried to discourage her interest in a sleazy lounge lizard named Stuart Gold.Cast *Tenen Holtz as Isaac Solomon Lapidowitz *Kate Price (actress), Kate Price as Bridget O'Grady Lapidowitz *Sally O'Neil as Sally Colleen Lapidowitz *Leon Holmes as Michael Abraham Lapidowitz *Turner Savage a ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Callahans And The Murphys
''The Callahans and the Murphys'' is a 1927 American silent film, silent comedy film directed by George Hill (director), George W. Hill. The film was based on a novel by Kathleen Norris, and was the first of several MGM films to star Marie Dressler and Polly Moran. The film was released on June 18, 1927, but subsequently withdrawn from distribution by MGM after protests were lodged by Irish American, Irish-American organizations. Production In 1927, screenwriter Frances Marion wanted to create a star vehicle, vehicle for a Comeback (publicity), comeback for her friend Marie Dressler, a vaudeville, vaudevillian who had not made a film since 1918. She found Kathleen Norris's ''The Callahans and the Murphys'', a lighthearted 1922 novel about the fraught relationship between two Irish-American families. The story contained little filmable material so Marion kept the idea of rival Irish matrons and wrote an essentially original story for the screen. Plot Mrs. Callahan (Dressler) and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slide, Kelly, Slide
''Slide, Kelly, Slide'' is a 1927 American comedy film, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Edward Sedgwick, and starring William Haines, Sally O'Neil, and Harry Carey. Cast * William Haines as Jim Kelly (fictionalized version of Mike "King" Kelly) * Sally O'Neil as Mary Munson * Harry Carey as Tom Munson * Frank Coghlan Jr. as Mickey Martin (as Junior Coghlan) * Warner Richmond as CliffMacklin * Paul Kelly as Fresbie * Karl Dane as Swede Hansen * Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as McLean (as Guinn Williams) * Mike Donlin as himself * Irish Meusel Emil Frederick "Irish" Meusel (June 9, 1893 – March 1, 1963) was an American baseball left fielder. He played in the major leagues between 1914 and 1927 for the Washington Senators, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants, and Brooklyn Robi ... as himself * Bob Meusel as himself * Tony Lazzeri as himself * Johnny Mack Brown as himself * Lew Fonseca as himself (unconfirmed) Crew * David Townsend - Set Desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battling Butler
''Battling Butler'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. It is based on the 1923 musical '' Battling Buttler.'' The film entered the public domain in 2022. Plot Alfred Butler is a scion of a wealthy family, but an embarrassment to his father as Alfred is a slight, gentle young man, accustomed to ease and luxury. His father suggests a hunting and fishing trip to toughen him up. Alfred goes on the trip, accompanied by his chauffeur / personal valet. During the excursion, he falls in love at first sight with a low-class mountain girl who lives with her family in a shack. In order to impress her working–class family, the valet tells them that Alfred is the well-known professional championship fighter who happens to have the same name and fights under the professional sobriquet "Battling Butler." From there, the masquerade must be maintained, in public and in private. When he returns, Alfred is greeted by a cheering crowd of boxing enthu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Auction Block (1926 Film)
''The Auction Block'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Hobart Henley. The film stars Charles Ray and Eleanor Boardman. It is written by Fanny and Frederic Hatton and is based on the novel of the same name by Rex Beach. The film is a remake of the 1917 film of the same name, released by Goldwyn production starring Rubye De Remer and Tom Powers. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Bob Wharton, spendthrift son of a millionaire, weds beauty contest winner Lory Knight. She repents her marriage to a man who has never worked, abandons Bob, and goes home to Palmdale, South Carolina, where she is wooed by Carter Lane. Bob arrives in town and goes to work in a shoe store and scores a big hit as a salesman. He is vamped by Bernice, the sister of Carter, who compromises him. The Lane family swears that he must marry Bernice or die. However, Bernice confesses her trick, allowing Bob to escape the family. Bob gets his opportunity to win his wife back at a char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike (1926 Film)
''Mike'' is a 1926 American silent comedy drama film directed by Marshall Neilan. The film is a modest production, featuring Sally O'Neil and William Haines. Plot As described in a film magazine review, "Mike," a young woman, lives with her two brothers, sister, and father in an old freight car on a railroad siding in the desert. She enlists the aid of a circus manager from a nearby town to cure her father and his pal of drinking. Both swear off alcohol after seeing a vision of colored elephants and other beasts. Mike learns of a plot to hold up the Limited train. She and the children narrowly escape death when their freight car is sent wildly down grade. She tells her sweetheart Harlan, a telegraphist, of the bandits' scheme. The authorities are notified and the outlaws are captured. Cast * Sally O'Neil as Mike (credited as Sally O'Neill) * William Haines as Harlan * Charles Murray as Father (credited as Charlie Murray) * Ned Sparks as Slinky * Ford Sterling as Tad * Franki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't (1925 Film)
''Don't'' is a 1925 American silent film, silent comedy film directed by Alfred J. Goulding, starring Sally O'Neil, John Patrick (actor), John Patrick, Bert Roach, and Ethel Wales, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film is one of the B pictures the studio produced to keep the Loews circuit and other cinemas supplied. The screenplay by Agnes Christine Johnston is based on the story "Don't You Care!" by Rupert Hughes. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Mr. Moffat selects Abel Totem as a prospective husband for his daughter Tracey, but the parent-defying flapper engages in a school-girl flirtation with Gilbert Jenkins which develops into a real love affair. Gilbert owns an automobile and the rebellious Tracey, dodging a family outing at an amusement park, goes riding with him. They have a variety of whimsical adventures, and in the end Gilbert wins out with the family and Mr. Moffat agrees to their marriage. Cast Preservation ''Don't'' is considered to be a lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Service Organizations
The United Service Organizations Inc. (USO) is an American nonprofit-charitable corporation that provides live entertainment, such as comedians, actors and musicians, social facilities, and other programs to members of the United States Armed Forces and their families. Since 1941, it has worked in partnership with the Department of War, and later with the Department of Defense (DoD), relying heavily on private contributions and on funds, goods, and services from various corporate and individual donors. Although it is congressionally chartered, it is not a government agency. Founded during World War II, the USO sought to be the GI's "home away from home" and began a tradition of entertaining the troops and providing social facilities. Involvement in the USO was one of the many ways in which the nation had come together to support the war effort, with nearly 1.5 million people having volunteered their services in some way. The USO initially disbanded in 1947, but was revi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Mother Riley
Old Mother Riley is a fictional character portrayed from about 1934 to 1954 by Arthur Lucan and from 1954 to the 1980s by Roy Rolland as part of a British music hall act. Old Mother Riley (full comedy name: Daphne Bluebell Snowdrop Riley) is an Irish washerwoman and charwoman character, devised by Lucan (born Arthur Towle). His wife Kitty McShane played Old Mother Riley's daughter, Kitty. It was essentially a drag act but also a double act. The couple played music halls, theatres, and broadcast on radio and appeared in films. Lucan was voted sixth biggest British box-office star by the ''Motion Picture Herald'' in 1943. In 1939, Jimmy Clitheroe appeared in an Old Mother Riley pantomime called ''The Old Woman who Lives in a Shoe'', and then the following year had a part in the film, '' Old Mother Riley in Society''. The ''Film Fun'' comic included an "Old Mother Riley" strip cartoon in the 1940s. Old Mother Riley was the first and arguably the most influential drag act on st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
