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Stuart Walker (film-maker)
Stuart Armstrong Walker (March 4, 1888 - March 13, 1941) was an American producer and director in theatre and motion pictures. Biography Stuart Walker was born March 4, 1888, in Augusta, Kentucky, the son of Cliff Stuart Walker and Matilda Taliaferro Armstrong Walker. After attending public school in Cincinnati and graduating from the University of Cincinnati, he went to work for David Belasco and made his debut as an actor in 1909. He became a play reader for Belasco, and directed plays including ''The Governor's Lady'' (1912). In 1914 Walker joined Jessie Bonstelle as a director in Detroit and Buffalo. In 1915, Walker organized the Portmanteau Theatre, an independent repertory theatre company. He produced seasons in Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dayton, Indianapolis, Louisville and New York City. He staged the first dramatization of Booth Tarkington's bestselling novel ''Seventeen'', presented on Broadway in 1918 starring Gregory Kelly and his future wife, newcomer Ruth Gord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusta, Kentucky
Augusta is a home rule-class city in Bracken County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is sited upon the southern bank of the Ohio River. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,190. When Bracken County was organized in 1796, Augusta was the county seat. In 1839, a new county courthouse was built at a more central location in Brooksville. The city was formally incorporated by the state assembly in 1850. Geography Augusta is located in northeastern Kentucky at (38.772556, -84.001530). Kentucky Route 8 (Fifth Street) is the main road through the city. Route 8 leads northwest to downtown Cincinnati and southeast to Maysville. The Augusta Ferry crosses the Ohio River into Lewis Township, Brown County, Ohio, near Higginsport. According to the United States Census Bureau, Augusta has a total area of , of which is land and , or 16.6%, is water. Climate The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back .
''Bulldog Drummond Comes Back'' is a 1937 American adventure mystery film starring John Howard as the English adventurer/crime-solver Bulldog Drummond. John Barrymore plays Drummond's friend Colonel Nielsen and is actually Top-billed in the picture. The supporting cast includes Drummond series regular Louise Campbell, Reginald Denny, E.E. Clive, and J. Carrol Naish. The film was directed by Louis King Louis King (June 28, 1898 – September 7, 1962) was an American actor and film director of westerns and adventure movies in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Plot Phyllis Clavering, the girlfriend of Captain Drummond, is kidnapped. Murderer Mikhail Valdin and his sister, Irena Soldanis, seek revenge for the death of her husband, sent to the gallows a year ago through Drummond's actions. Though Valdin could shoot Drummond, he informs the captain that ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Lang Goes West
''Sophie Lang Goes West'' is a 1937 American crime film directed by Charles Reisner, written by Frederick Irving Anderson, Doris Anderson, Brian Marlow and Robert Wyler, and starring Gertrude Michael, Lee Bowman, Sandra Storme, Buster Crabbe, Barlowe Borland, C. Henry Gordon and Jed Prouty. It was released on September 10, 1937, by Paramount Pictures. ''Sophie Lang Goes West'' is the third and last film of the ''Sophie Lang'' series, after ''The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934)'', and '' The Return of Sophie Lang (1936)''. Cast * Gertrude Michael as Sophie Lang *Lee Bowman as Eddie Rollyn * Sandra Storme as Helga Roma *Buster Crabbe as Steve Clayson *Barlowe Borland as Archie Banks * C. Henry Gordon as Sultan of Padaya *Jed Prouty as J.H. Blaine *Rafael Storm as Laj *Fred Miller as Policeman *Herbert Ransom as Policeman *Nick Lukats as Taxi Driver *Guy Usher as Police Inspector Parr *Archie Twitchell as Clerk *Robert Cummings as Curley Griffin * Ralph McCullough Ralph McCull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Money
''Wild Money'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Louis King and written by Paul Gallico, Edward T. Lowe, Jr., Marguerite Roberts and Eddie Welch. The film stars Edward Everett Horton, Louise Campbell, Lynne Overman, Lucien Littlefield, Esther Dale and Porter Hall. The film was released on July 9, 1937, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *Edward Everett Horton as P.E. Dodd * Louise Campbell as Judy McGowan *Lynne Overman as Perry Brown *Lucien Littlefield as Bill Hawkins *Esther Dale as Jenny Hawkins *Porter Hall as Bill Court *Benny Baker as Al Vogel *Ruth Coleman as Mrs. West *Louis Natheaux as Cyrus K. West *Billy Lee as Malcolm West * Howard M. Mitchell as Sheriff Jones *William Burress as Spreckett *Gertrude Short Carmen Gertrude Short (April 6, 1902 – July 31, 1968) was an American film actress of the silent and early sound era. She appeared in more than 130 films between 1912 and 1945. Biography Carmen Gertrude Short was born in Cincinnati, ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
''Bulldog Drummond Escapes'' is a 1937 American film directed by James P. Hogan starring Ray Milland as Capt. Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond. Paramount continued with the Bulldog Drummond series, producing seven more films over the next two years. They replaced Milland with John Howard. Plot Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond ( Ray Milland) has just returned to England. As he is driving home in the dark, a young woman jumps out in front of his car. He misses Phyllis Clavering ( Heather Angel), but she falls to the ground. As he tries to revive her, he hears a shout for help, then gunshots. As he goes to investigate, the woman drives away with Drummond's car. He is soon able to trace her to nearby Greystone Manor, and when he goes there to meet her, she urges him to help her get out of a desperate situation.http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/69869/Bulldog-Drummond-Escapes/articles.html Cast * Ray Milland as Capt. Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond * Sir Guy Standing as Inspector Col. Sir Reginald N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan Moon
''Manhattan Moon'' is an American romantic comedy directed by Stuart Walker, and stars Ricardo Cortez and Dorothy Page. It was released on August 5, 1935. Plot Cast * Ricardo Cortez as Dan Moore * Dorothy Page as Yvonne/Doris * Henry Mollison as Reggie Van Dorset * Hugh O'Connell as Speed * Regis Toomey as Eddie * Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Maid * Luis Alberni as Luigi) * Henry Armetta as Tony * William L'Estrange Millman as Wilbur, secretary * Irving Bacon as Hot dog man * Jack Cheatham as Henchman * Colonel Robinson as Mr. Van Dorset * Elizabeth Williams as Mrs. Van Dorset * Rudolph Cornell as Usher * Jean Perry as Head waiter * Joe Connors as Dancer * Evelyn Miller as Tessie * Lou Seymour as Master of ceremonies * Earl Eby as Guest * Marcia Remy as Guest * John Hall as Theatre doorman * Lloyd Whitlock as Apartment house manager * Hal Price as Station announcer * Corbet Morris as Parker * Stanley Mack as News photographer * Jack Gardner as News photographer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werewolf Of London
''Werewolf of London'' is a 1935 horror film directed by Stuart Walker and starring Henry Hull as the titular werewolf. The supporting cast includes Warner Oland, Valerie Hobson, Lester Matthews, and Spring Byington. Jack Pierce, who is best known for creating the iconic makeup worn by Boris Karloff in the 1931 film ''Frankenstein'', created the film's werewolf makeup. Produced by Universal Pictures, ''Werewolf of London'' was the first feature-length werewolf film. Plot Wilfred Glendon, a wealthy and world-renowned English botanist, journeys to Tibet in search of the extremely rare plant ''Mariphasa lupina lumina'', which is rumored to be nourished by the moon. While there, he is attacked and bitten by a feral humanoid creature, but he succeeds in acquiring a specimen of ''Mariphasa''. He constructs a lamp that simulates moonlight in his London laboratory and waits for the plant to bloom. At a party, Wilfred is approached by a fellow botanist, Dr. Yogami, who claims they me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Expectations (1934 Film)
''Great Expectations'' is a 1934 adaptation of the 1861 Charles Dickens novel of the same name. Filmed with mostly American actors, it was the first sound version of the novel and was produced in Hollywood by Universal Studios and directed by Stuart Walker. It stars Phillips Holmes as Pip, Jane Wyatt as Estella and Florence Reed as Miss Havisham.''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931–40'' by The American Film Institute, c. 1993 Critics consider this 1934 version far inferior to the classic 1946 version, made in England and directed by David Lean. A notable link between the two movies is that Francis L. Sullivan played the role of Jaggers in both. This film differs somewhat from the novel in making Miss Havisham more eccentric than insane. Unlike the novel, she does not wear her bridal veil constantly, does not seem to have really engineered all of Pip's misfortunes with Estella, and dies offscreen of natural causes rather than in a fire. Plot summary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance In The Rain (film)
''Romance in the Rain'' is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Stuart Walker and written by Barry Trivers and Gladys Buchanan Unger. The film stars Roger Pryor, Heather Angel, Esther Ralston, Victor Moore, Ruth Donnelly and Henry Armetta. The film was released on August 13, 1934, by Universal Pictures. Plot Charlie Denton, a writer, conceives a national Cinderella contest to increase readership for the magazine he works for. Cynthia, winner of the Cinderella contest, tells Charlie there must be a Prince Charming for a Cinderella. A Prince Charming contest is launched to find a match for Cynthia. The winner is slated to marry Cynthia in a highly publicized ceremony. The wedding never occurs, for Charlie proposes to Cynthia and she accepts his proposal. Cast *Roger Pryor as Charlie Denton * Heather Angel as Cynthia Brown *Esther Ralston as Gwen de la Rue *Victor Moore as J. Franklyn Blank *Ruth Donnelly as Miss Sparks *Henry Armetta as Tulio *Paul Kaye as Rex Bruce *Christia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Woman
''White Woman'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Stuart Walker and starring Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton, and Charles Bickford.''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40'' published by The American Film Institute c.1993 The screenplay concerns a young widow who remarries and accompanies her husband to his remote jungle rubber plantation. One of hundreds of Paramount films held in limbo by Universal Studios. Universal gained ownership of Paramount features produced between 1929 and 1949. Paramount remade the film in 1939 as ''Island of Lost Men'', with Anna May Wong, J. Carrol Naish and Broderick Crawford in the roles originated by Lombard, Laughton and Bickford. It was directed by Kurt Neumann. Plot Cast *Carole Lombard as Judith Denning *Charles Laughton as Horace H. Prin *Charles Bickford as Ballister *Kent Taylor as David von Elst *Percy Kilbride as Jakey * James Bell as Hambly * Charles Middleton as Fenton (as Charles B. Middleton) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonight Is Ours
''Tonight Is Ours'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Stuart Walker and starring Claudette Colbert, Fredric March and Alison Skipworth. Made by Paramount Pictures, it is based on the play '' The Queen Was in the Parlour'' by Noël Coward.Mander and Mitchenson, pp. 72–73 Cast *Claudette Colbert as Princess Nadya *Fredric March as Sabien Pastal * Alison Skipworth as Grand Duchess Emilie *Arthur Byron as Gen. Krish *Paul Cavanagh as Prince Keri *Ethel Griffies as Zana *Clay Clement as Seminoff *Warburton Gamble Evelyn Charles Warburton Gamble (16 December 1882 – 27 August 1945) was a British stage and film actor. Gamble was born on 16 December 1882 in London and acted on stage professionally as early as 1905. His work on stage included a season o ... as Alex * Edwin Maxwell as mob leader See also *'' The Queen Was in the Parlour'' (1927) Notes * External links * * * 1933 films 1930s romantic comedy-drama films American romantic comedy-dram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
