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Society Fever
''Society Fever'' is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Lois Wilson, Lloyd Hughes and Hedda Hopper.Pitts p.108 The film entered the public domain in 1964, because its copyright was not renewed. Plot A mother starts to get worried when she finds out that some wealthy friends have been invited to dinner with her somewhat screwball family. Cast * Lois Wilson as Portia Prouty * Lloyd Hughes as Graham Smith * Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Vandergriff * Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Edgar Prouty * Grant Withers as Ronald Dawson * Marion Shilling as Victoria Vandergriff * George Irving as Mr. Vandergriff * Sheila Terry as Lucy Prouty * Maidel Turner as Mrs. Prouty * Lois January as Julie Prouty * Erville Alderson as Uncle Andy * Kathryn Sheldon Kathryn Sheldon (September 22, 1879December 25, 1975) was an American film actress who appeared in over 100 films between 1916 and 1956. Modern viewers will recognize Sheld ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank R
Frank or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a medieval Germanic people * Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang Currency * Liechtenstein franc or frank, the currency of Liechtenstein since 1920 * Swiss franc or frank, the currency of Switzerland since 1850 * Westphalian frank, currency of the Kingdom of Westphalia between 1808 and 1813 * The currencies of the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland (1803–1814): ** Appenzell frank ** Argovia frank ** Basel frank ** Berne frank ** Fribourg frank ** Glarus frank ** Graubünden frank ** Luzern frank ** Schaffhausen frank ** Schwyz frank ** Solothurn frank ** St. Gallen frank ** Thurgau frank ** Unterwalden frank ** Uri frank ** Zürich frank Places * Frank, Alberta, Canada, an urban community, formerly a village * Franks, Illinois, United States, an unincorporated community * Franks, Missouri, Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maidel Turner
Maidel Turner (May 12, 1888 – April 12, 1953) was an American movie actress featured in almost 60 films between 1913 and 1951, beginning as the leading lady of ''The Angel of the Slums'' (1913) and becoming a comical character actress as she aged. Prominent sound films in which she appeared include ''The Raven'' (1935), ''Palm Springs'' (1936), and ''State of the Union'' (1948). Selected filmography * '' The Boy Friend'' (1926) - Mrs. Wilson * ''Olsen's Big Moment'' (1933) - Mrs. Van Allen (uncredited) * '' The Barbarian'' (1933) - Flirty Dowager (uncredited) * '' Another Language'' (1933) - Etta Hallam * ''Beauty for Sale'' (1933) - Mrs. Gillespie, a Customer (uncredited) * '' Only Yesterday'' (1933) - Party Guest (uncredited) * ''The Worst Woman in Paris?'' (1933) - Mrs. Leda Jensen * ''Fugitive Lovers'' (1934) - Little Boy's Mother (uncredited) * ''It Happened One Night'' (1934) - last motel manager's wife (uncredited) * ''Journal of a Crime'' (1934) - Stout Lady at Play Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chesterfield Pictures Films
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Films Directed By Frank R
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Romantic Comedy Films
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1935 Romantic Comedy Films
Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to successfully complete a solo flight from Hawaii to California, a distance of 2,408 miles. * January 13 – A plebiscite in the Saar (League of Nations), Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany. * January 24 – The first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia, United States, by Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company. February * February 6 – Parker Brothers begins selling the board game Monopoly (game), Monopoly in the United States. * February 13 – Richard Hauptmann is convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. in the United States. * February 15 – The discovery and clinical development of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 Films
The following is an overview of 1935 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. The cinema releases of 1935 were highly representative of the early Golden Age period of Hollywood. This period was punctuated by performances from Clark Gable, Shirley Temple, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and the first teaming of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. A significant number of productions also originated in the UK film industry. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1935 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * February 22 – '' The Little Colonel'' premieres starring Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore and Bill Robinson, featuring famous stair dance with Hollywood's first interracial dance couple * February 23 – Gene Autry stars as himself as the Singing Cowboy in the serial ''The Phantom Empire''. He would later be voted the number one Western star from 1937 to 1942. * February 27 – Seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert McKenzie (actor)
Robert McKenzie (September 22, 1880 – July 8, 1949) was an Irish-born American film actor. He appeared in more than 310 films between 1915 and 1946. McKenzie was married to the actress Eva McKenzie until his death from a heart attack in 1949. The two appeared as husband and wife in The Three Stooges' film '' The Yoke's on Me''. He and Eva were the parents of actress daughters Fay McKenzie, Ida Mae McKenzie and Ella McKenzie. Selected filmography * ''Shoulder Arms'' (1918) * ''Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande'' (1923) * ''Where is This West?'' (1923) * '' The Covered Trail'' (1924) * ''Bad Man's Bluff'' (1926) * '' Set Free'' (1927) * ''The White Outlaw'' (1929) * ''See America Thirst'' (1930) * '' Hook, Line and Sinker'' (1930) * '' Cimarron'' (1931) * ''Guilty Hands'' (1931) * ''The Half-Naked Truth'' (1932) * ''I'm No Angel'' (1933) * ''Tillie and Gus'' (1933) * '' Broadway Bill'' (1934) * '' The Little Minister'' (1934) * '' The Witching Hour'' (1934) * '' The Old Fashio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hemingway
Richard John Hemingway (1938-2017), was a male swimmer who competed for England. Swimming career He represented England, finishing fourth and just outside of the medals in the 220 yards breaststroke at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (Welsh: Gemau Ymerodraeth Prydain a'r Gymanwlad 1958) were held in Cardiff, Wales, from 18–26 July 1958. Thirty-five nations sent a total of 1,130 athletes and 228 officials to the Cardiff Games ... in Cardiff, Wales. He swam for Roundhay Club. References 1938 births 2017 deaths English male swimmers Swimmers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for England {{UK-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lew Kelly
Lew Kelly (August 24, 1879 – June 10, 1944) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1928 and 1944. He was born Louis Kelly in St. Louis, Missouri, and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * ''Barnum Was Right'' (1929) * ''The Woman Racket'' (1930) * '' I Take This Woman'' (1931) * '' The Devil Plays'' (1931) * ''Lady and Gent'' (1932) * ''The Devil Horse'' (1932) * ''Vanity Street'' (1932) * ''Laughter in Hell'' (1933) * '' State Trooper'' (1933) * '' The Meanest Gal in Town'' (1934) * '' What's Your Racket?'' (1934) * '' One in a Million'' (1934) * ''The Lady in Scarlet'' (1935) * ''Mississippi'' (1935) * '' Three of a Kind'' (1936) * ''Winds of the Wasteland'' (1936) * '' Lady Luck'' (1936) * ''Wanted! Jane Turner'' (1936) * ''It Happened Out West'' (1937) * '' Lawless Valley'' (1938) * ''Three Texas Steers'' (1939) * ''The Little Foxes'' (1941) * ''Spook Louder ''Spook Louder'' is a 1943 short subject direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Sheffield
Matthew Reginald Sheffield Cassan (18 February 1901 – 8 December 1957) was an English-American actor. Life He was born as Matthew Reginald Sheffield Cassan on 18 February 1901 in the St. George's, Hanover Square district of London, to Matthew Sheffield Cassan and Alice Mary Field. He had a brother, Edward Sheffield Cassan and a sister, Flora Kathleen Sheffield Cassan, who became an actress known as Flora Sheffield. His father was born in Ireland and his mother in England. They were married in London in 1892. Matthew died when Reginald was nine. In 1913 Reginald Sheffield (billed as Eric Desmond) appeared in ''David Copperfield''. In 1914, Alice Sheffield and her children emigrated to the United States where they lived in Queens, New York. Reginald acted on the stage and in films. While his sister, Flora, was an actress, brother Edward worked as an accountant in a bank and later became a theatrical agent. Sheffield's Broadway performances credited as Reggie Sheffield includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathryn Sheldon
Kathryn Sheldon (September 22, 1879December 25, 1975) was an American film actress who appeared in over 100 films between 1916 and 1956. Modern viewers will recognize Sheldon as the domineering Nell in The Three Stooges' 1940 short film ''Rockin' thru the Rockies''. and as a harried dance recital teacher in the 1937 ''Our Gang'' short film, ''Rushin' Ballet''. Sheldon died in Los Angeles, California on Christmas Day, 1975. Partial filmography * ''Society Fever'' (1935) * ''Tango'' (1936) * '' The Bridge of Sighs'' (1936) * ''Brilliant Marriage'' (1936) * ''Arbor Day'' (1936) * '' Below the Deadline'' (1936) * '' Circus Girl'' (1937) * '' Racketeers in Exile'' (1937) * ''Rushin' Ballet'' (1937) * '' I'm From the City'' (1938) * ''Sunset Trail'' (1939) * ''Scandal Sheet'' (1939) * '' Our Leading Citizen'' (1939) * ''Rockin' thru the Rockies'' (1940) * ''Out West with the Peppers'' (1940) * ''Gold Rush Maisie'' (1940) * '' Arizona Bound'' (1941) * ''Richest Man in Town'' (1941) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
