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Spencer Bell (actor)
Spencer Bell (September 25, 1887 – August 18, 1935) was an American stage and film actor, best known for playing opposite Larry Semon in many of his silent comedy shorts from the late 1910s to 1928. Bell was one of the first African American comedic actors of the silent film era, and was the first to be signed to film contract. Over the course of his fifteen-year film career, Bell appeared in more than seventy comedy shorts. Career Bell was born in Lexington, Kentucky. Prior to his Hollywood film career, he worked as a chauffeur and performed in vaudeville and minstrel shows. He enlisted in the United States Army and served in World War I. Bell made his film debut in Larry Semon's 1919 silent comedy short, ''Passing the Buck''. As was typical for African American actors of the era, Bell was typecast in stereotypical roles. His characters were often depicted as bumbling, lazy buffoons who were prone to comedic accidents. One of Bell's most notable roles was that of Snowba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Blood (1925 Film)
''Blue Blood'' is an extant 1925 American silent comedy drama film produced and distributed by Chadwick Pictures and starring George Walsh. Scott R. Dunlap directed. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Leander Hicks wants his daughter Geraldine to marry Percy Horton, supposedly a malted milk millionaire. She refuses. At a resort Gerry falls in love with scientist Bob Chester. Then it is revealed that Horton is actually a rum-runner. His men grab Bob, mistaking him for a revenue officer In accounting, revenue is the total amount of income generated by the sale of goods and services related to the primary operations of the business. Commercial revenue may also be referred to as sales or as turnover. Some companies receive reven ..., but he is able to escape. Hounded by detectives, Horton makes a getaway using a yacht with Gerry and her father onboard. Bob boards the vessel, whips Horton, and fights the crew. The police arrive in time to catch and break up the gang. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stage Name
A stage name is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers—such as actors, comedians, singers, and musicians. Such professional aliases are adopted for a wide variety of reasons and they may be similar, or nearly identical, to an individual's birth name. Though uncommon, some performers choose to adopt their stage name as a legal name. Nicknames and maiden names are sometimes used in a person's professional name. Reasons for using a stage name A performer will often take a stage name because their real name is considered unattractive, dull, or unintentionally amusing; projects an undesired image; is difficult to pronounce or spell; or is already being used by another notable individual, including names that are not exactly the same but still too similar. An example of this is pop singer Katy Perry, whose real name is Katheryn "Katy" Hudson, which would have caused confusion with the actress Kate Hudson. Sometimes a performer adopts a name that is unusual or outlandish t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kid Speed
''Kid Speed'' also known as ''The Four Wheeled Terror'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Larry Semon and featuring Oliver Hardy. Plot A group of young men are tuning up their race cars and sportsters in a small garage. Dangerous Dan McGraw (Hardy) gets a note from rich Mr Du Poys saying he wants to see his car and will bring his daughter along. They arrive in an open-top chauffeur driven limo. Meanwhile Kid Speed checks his appearance in a broken mirror. His car is under repair and a black mechanic lies underneath while it backfires. The noise wakes the neighbour: town sheriff Phil O'Delfya. He shouts across to be quiet. Kid Speed apologises, They plan to quietly drive off but instead he goes into reverse, crashing through all walls and hitting the sheriff's bed. When he drives forward he has the sheriff on his bed in tow. His speed increases. On a bend the bed detaches and goes down a steep slope with the sheriff cartwheeling into a lake at the bottom. Kid S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Boy Friend
''Her Boy Friend'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. at silentera.com Cast * as Larry, the Chief's son * as Iva Method, the girl detective * Alma Bennett as The Vamp * as Killer Kid (credited as Oliver N. Hardy) * Fred Spencer as Headquarters Hank (credited as Fred Spence) *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lightning Love
''Lightning Love'' is a 1923 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Larry Semon - Larry, a Suitor * Kathleen Myers - Rhea * Oliver Hardy - Oliver, the Other Suitor (as Babe Hardy) * Spencer Bell - Butler * Al Thompson - Father * William Hauber * Pete Gordon * Elma the Monkey See also * List of American films of 1923 This is a list of American films released in 1923. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P–Q R S T U V W Y–Z Shorts See also * 1923 in the United States References External links 1923 ... References External links * 1923 films 1923 short films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1923 comedy films Films directed by Larry Semon Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1920s American films {{short-silent-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gown Shop
''The Gown Shop'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by and starring Larry Semon that featured Oliver Hardy. Cast * Larry Semon as Larry, a salesman * Kathleen Myers as Head saleslady * Oliver Hardy as Store manager (credited as Babe Hardy) * Fred DeSilva as Dressmaker (credited as F.F. DeSylva) * Pete Gordon as Worker * William Hauber (credited as Bill Hauber) * Frank Hayes as Wife in audience * James Donnelly as Husband * Spencer Bell as Janitor * Harry DeRoy as Audience member * Dorothea Wolbert as Audience member * Otto Lederer as Audience member See also * List of American films of 1923 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American Double act, comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood cinema, Classical Hollywood era of Am ... External links * * 1923 films American silent short films Silent American comedy films Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Wedding Bells
''No Wedding Bells'' is a 1923 American silent short comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Larry Semon as Larry * Lucille Carlisle as The Girl * Oliver Hardy as The Girl's Father (credited as Babe Hardy) * Spencer Bell as The Butler * Glen Cavender as An Irate Husband * Kathleen Myers as Bit Role (uncredited) See also * List of American films of 1923 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American Double act, comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood cinema, Classical Hollywood era of Am ... References External links * * 1923 films 1923 short films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Larry Semon 1923 comedy films Silent American comedy films American comedy short films Vitagraph Studios short films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films English-language comedy films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Counter Jumper
''The Counter Jumper'' is a 1922 American film directed by Larry Semon and featuring Oliver Hardy. It is a remake of the 1919 film ''The Grocery Clerk'', which was also directed by Semon. The film was screened at the Museum of Modern Art in 2009 as part of a series examining slapstick. Cast * Larry Semon as Larry, the Counter Jumper * Lucille Carlisle as Glorietta Hope * Oliver Hardy as Gaston Gilligan (as Babe Hardy) * Spencer Bell as A Clerk * Eva Thatcher * Jack Duffy * William McCall * Reginald Lyons * James Donnelly * William Hauber as Bit Role (uncredited) * Joe Rock as Bit Role (uncredited) * Al Thompson as Bit Role (uncredited) See also * List of American films of 1922 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American Double act, comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood cinema, Classical Hollywood era of Am ... References External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickey's Medicine Man
''Mickey's Medicine Man'' is an American 1934 short film in Larry Darmour's '' Mickey McGuire'' series starring a young Mickey Rooney. Directed by Jesse Duffy, the two-reel short was released to theaters on May 18, 1934 by Post Pictures Corp. It was the last film in the Mickey McGuire series. Synopsis After Hambone's Uncle Nemo gets in a car accident, the kids decide to take over his taxi cab service. After accidentally wrecking Nemo's taxi, the kids decide to raise money by creating medicine, and putting on a medicine show. Cast In order by credits: *Mickey Rooney - "Mickey McGuire" *Billy Barty - Billy McGuire ("Mickey's Little Brother") *Marvin Stephens - "Katrink" * James Robinson - "Hambone Johnson" *Shirley Jean Rickert Shirley Jean Rickert (March 25, 1926 – February 6, 2009) was an American child actress who was briefly the "blonde girl" for the ''Our Gang'' series in 1931, during the Hal Roach early talkie period. Career At 18 months of age, Rickert w ... - "T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street (Manhattan), 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and 110th Street (Manhattan), Central Park North on the south. The greater Harlem area encompasses several other neighborhoods and extends west and north to 155th Street, east to the East River, and south to Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard (Manhattan), Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Central Park, and 96th Street (Manhattan), East 96th Street. Originally a Netherlands, Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands. Harlem's history has been defined by a series of economic boom-and-bust cycles, with significant population shifts accompanying each cycle. Harlem was predominantly occupied by Jewish American, Jewish and Italian American, Italian Americans in the 19th century, but African-American residents began to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor. In a career spanning nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last surviving stars of the silent-film era. He was the top box-office attraction from 1939 to 1941, and one of the best-paid actors of that era. At the height of a career marked by declines and comebacks, Rooney performed the role of Andy Hardy in a series of 16 films in the 1930s and 1940s that epitomized mainstream America's self-image. At the peak of his career between ages 15 and 25, he made 43 films, and was one of MGM's most consistently successful actors. A versatile performer, he became a celebrated character actor later in his career. Laurence Olivier once said he considered Rooney "the best there has ever been". Clarence Brown, who directed him in two of his earliest dramatic roles in ''National Velvet'' and '' The Human Comedy'', said Rooney was "the cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickey McGuire (film Series)
''Mickey McGuire'' is an American comedy series of short subjects from 1927 to 1934. Produced by Larry Darmour, the series was notable for essentially launching the careers of Mickey Rooney and Billy Barty. The series was based on Fontaine Fox's popular comic strip series, Toonerville Trolley. In 1925 Fox placed a newspaper ad for a dark-haired child to play the role of "Mickey McGuire" in a series of short films. This ad attracted the attention of Mrs Nell Yule, the recently separated wife of vaudevillian Joseph Yule, who believed her son Joseph "Joe" Yule, Jr. (later known as Mickey Rooney) was right for the part. Lacking the money to have her son's hair dyed, Mrs. Yule took her son to the audition after applying burnt cork to his scalp.''Current Biography 1942''. H.W. Wilson Co. (January 1942). pp704-06. . Joe got the role and became "Mickey" for 78 of the comedies, running from 1927 to 1934, starting with ''Mickey's Circus'', released September 4, 1927, and ending with ''Mick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
