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The Captain Hates The Sea
''The Captain Hates the Sea'' is a 1934 comedy film directed by Lewis Milestone and released by Columbia Pictures. The film, which involves a ''Grand Hotel''-style series of intertwining stories involving the passengers on a cruise ship, is notable as the last feature film of silent film icon John Gilbert and the first Columbia feature to include The Three Stooges (Curly Howard, Moe Howard and Larry Fine) in the cast, cast as the ship's orchestra. The film also stars Victor McLaglen, Arthur Treacher, Akim Tamiroff, Leon Errol and Walter Connolly. Plot Alcoholic newspaperman Steve Bramley boards the ship ''San Capador'' for a restful cruise, hoping to quit drinking and begin writing a book. Also on board are Steve's friend Schulte, a private detective hoping to nab criminal Danny Checkett with a fortune in stolen bonds. Steve begins drinking, all the while observing the various stories of other passengers on board, several of whom turn out not to be who they seem to be. Cast * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Milestone
Lewis Milestone (born Leib Milstein (Russian: Лейб Мильштейн); September 30, 1895 – September 25, 1980) was a Moldovan-American film director. He is known for directing ''Two Arabian Knights'' (1927) and '' All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1930), both of which received Academy Awards for Best Director. He also directed ''The Front Page'' (1931 – nomination), ''The General Died at Dawn'' (1936), ''Of Mice and Men'' (1939), ''Ocean's 11'' (1960), and received the directing credit for ''Mutiny on the Bounty'' (1962), though Marlon Brando largely appropriated his responsibilities during its production. Early life Milestone was born Lev (or Leib) Milstein near the Russian Empire's Black Sea port of Odessa, Ukraine, into a wealthy and distinguished family of Jewish heritage. In 1900, when Milestone was five, his father moved his household to the provincial town of Kishinev, capital of Bessarabia of the Russian Empire (now Chișinău, Moldova). Milestone's primar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curly Howard
Jerome Lester Horwitz (; October 22, 1903 – January 18, 1952), known professionally as Curly Howard, was an American actor and comedian. He was best known as a member of the American comedy team the Three Stooges, which also featured his elder brothers Moe and Shemp Howard and actor Larry Fine. In early shorts, he was billed as Curley. Curly Howard was generally considered the most popular and recognizable of the Stooges. He was well known for his high-pitched voice and vocal expressions ("nyuk-nyuk-nyuk!", "woob-woob-woob!", "soitenly!" ertainly "I'm a victim of soikemstance", and barking like a dog), as well as his physical comedy (e.g., falling on the ground and pivoting on his shoulder as he "walked" in circular motion), improvisations, and athleticism. An untrained actor, Curly borrowed (and significantly exaggerated) the "woob woob" from "nervous" and soft-spoken comedian Hugh Herbert. Curly's unique version of "woob-woob-woob" was firmly established by the time of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Meek
Thomas Donald Meek (14 July 1878 – 18 November 1946) was a Scottish-American actor. He first performed publicly at the age of eight and began appearing on Broadway in 1903. Meek is perhaps best known for his roles in the films '' You Can't Take It with You'' (1938) and ''Stagecoach'' (1939). He posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Early years Meek was born in Glasgow to Matthew and Annie Meek. In the 1890s, the Meek family emigrated to Canada and then to the United States. By 1900, they were living in Philadelphia where Meek was employed as a dry goods salesman, according to the United States census of that year with Meek later working on stage. Career Meek's Broadway credits include ''Take My Tip'' (1932), ''After Tomorrow'' (1931), ''Oh, Promise Me'' (1930), ''Broken Dishes'' (1929), in which he starred with a young Bette Davis, ''Jonesy'' (1929), ''Mr. Moneypenny'' (1928), ''The Ivory Door'' (1927), ''My Princess'' (1927), ''Spread Eagle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Fitzroy
Emily Fitzroy (24 May 1860 – 3 March 1954) was an English theatre and film actress who eventually became an American citizen. She was at one time a leading lady in London for Sir Charles Wyndham. She made her film debut in 1915. Her debut in sound films came in ''Show Boat'' (1929). She retired in 1944. Her last film was '' The White Cliffs of Dover'' (1944). Her Broadway credits include ''What the Public Wants'' (1922), ''I.O.U.'' (1918), ''Rich Man, Poor Man'' (1916), ''Lady Patricia'' (1912), and ''Just to Get Married'' (1912). Selected filmography * ''Sins of Men'' (1916) - Minor Role * ''East Lynne'' (1916) - Cornelia * ''The Return of Eve'' (1916) - Mrs. Tupper-Bellamy * ''A Broadway Saint'' (1919) - Martha Galt * '' The Climbers'' (1919) - Mrs. Hunter * ''Deadline at Eleven'' (1920) - Mrs. Martha Stevens * '' The Man Who Lost Himself'' (1920) - Richester's Aunt * ''Way Down East'' (1920) - Maria Poole - Landlady * ''The Frisky Mrs. Johnson'' (1920) - Mrs. Chardley * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Gillingwater
Claude Benton Gillingwater (August 2, 1870 – November 1, 1939) was an American stage and screen actor. He first appeared on the stage then in more than 90 films between 1918 and 1939, including the Academy Award-nominated ''A Tale of Two Cities'' (1935) and ''Conquest'' (1937). He appeared in several films starring Shirley Temple, beginning with '' Poor Little Rich Girl'' (1936). Early life Gillingwater was born in Louisiana, Missouri. Though he studied law, he preferred not to follow in his father's footsteps and become a lawyer. He became a travelling salesman for a wholesale firm, selling vinegar. While thus engaged, he joined a small theatrical company managed by David Belasco. Eight years later, Mary Pickford saw him act and secured him for her picture, ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' (1921), which launched his film career. Hollywood career In later years, Gillingwater generally played curmudgeonly character roles. His best-known role is probably Jarvis Lorry in David O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wray (actor)
John Wray (born John Griffith Malloy; February 13, 1887 – April 5, 1940) was an American character actor of stage and screen. Career Wray was one of the many Broadway actors to descend on Hollywood in the aftermath of the sound revolution, and quickly appeared in a variety of substantial character roles, such as the Arnold Rothstein-like gangster in '' The Czar of Broadway'' (1930); Himmelstoss, the sadistic drill instructor in '' All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1930); and as the contortionist the Frog in the remake of '' The Miracle Man'' (1932), in the role previously played by Lon Chaney in the 1919 original. Wray's roles grew increasingly smaller as the decade progressed but he was very visible as the starving farmer threatening to kill Gary Cooper's Longfellow Deeds in Frank Capra's classic ''Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'' (1936) and as the warden in Fritz Lang's '' You Only Live Once'' (1937). On Broadway, Wray performed in ''Achilles Had a Heel'' (1935), ''Tin Pan Alley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Catlett
Walter Leland Catlett (February 4, 1889 – November 14, 1960) was an American actor and comedian. He made a career of playing excitable, meddlesome, temperamental, and officious blowhards. Career Catlett was born on February 4, 1889, in San Francisco, California. He started out in vaudeville, teaming up with Hobart Cavanaugh at some point, with a detour for a while to opera, before breaking into acting. He debuted on stage in 1906 and made his first Broadway appearance in either ''The Prince of Pilsen'' (1910 or 1911) or ''So Long Letty'' (1916). His first film appearance was in 1912, but then he went back to the stage and did not return to films until 1929. He performed in operettas and musicals, including ''The Ziegfeld Follies of 1917'', the original production of the Jerome Kern musical ''Sally'' (1920) and the Gershwins' '' Lady, Be Good'' (1924). In the last, he introduced the song " Oh, Lady Be Good!" In 1918, he starred in, stage-managed and rewrote an Oliver Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tala Birell
Tala may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Tala (comics), a fictional character in DC comics *''Tala'', a 1938 volume of poetry by Gabriela Mistral *Tala (music), a rhythmic pattern in Indian classical music * "Tala" (song), by Sarah Geronimo, 2016 *Tālā (musician) (Jasmin Tadjiky, born 1989), London-based musician Places Africa *Tala, Egypt *Tala, Kenya *Thala, Tunisia Americas *Tala, Jalisco, Mexico *Tala, Uruguay Asia *Tala or Getahovit, Tavush Province, Armenia * Tala Upazila, Khulna Division, Bangladesh ** Tala Union, within Tala Upazila *Tala, Bhutan *Tala, Cyprus *Tala, Iran *Tala, Kolkata, India *Tala, Raigad, India *Tala, Russia * Tala River, in Seram Island, Indonesia Other uses *Tala (name), a female given name, and a list of people and fictional characters with the name *Tala (goddess), in Tagalog mythology * Samoan tālā, the currency of Samoa *''Celtis tala'', or tala, a deciduous tree in South America * Təla (''Tala''), the seventh month of the Afg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Keating (magician)
Frederic Serrano Keating (March 27, 1901 – June 29, 1961), best known as Fred Keating, was an American magician, stage and film actor. Biography Keating was born in New York City, the son of Frederick Keating (Senior), a lawyer, and Camille Serrano, a singer. He was of Irish-Spanish heritage. His parents divorced when he was young. He became interested in magic from an early age. He became well known for performing a disappearing canary cage trick. Keating also performed a trick where he swallowed needles and pulled them threaded, out of his mouth.Slide, p. 55 Selected filmography * ''The Captain Hates the Sea'' (1934) * ''Shanghai'' (1935) * ''I Live My Life'' (1935) * ''To Beat the Band'' (1935) * ''The Nitwits'' (1935) * ''The Casino Murder Case'' (1935) * '' The Devil on Horseback'' (1936) * '' When's Your Birthday?'' (1937) * ''Melody for Two'' (1937) * ''Prison Train'' (1938) * '' Eternally Yours'' (1939) * ''Society Smugglers'' (1939) * ''Tin Pan Alley Tin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Connolly
Walter Connolly (April 8, 1887 – May 28, 1940) was an American character actor who appeared in almost 50 films between 1914 and 1939. His best known film is ''It Happened One Night'' (1934). Early years Connolly attended St. Xavier College and acted in amateur theatrical productions in Cincinnati. Career Connolly was a successful stage actor who appeared in twenty-two Broadway productions between 1916 and 1935, notably revivals of Pirandello's ''Six Characters in Search of an Author'' and Chekhov's ''Uncle Vanya''. His first film appearances came in two silent films, ''The Marked Woman'' (1914) and ''A Soldier's Oath'' (1915), and his first talkie film came in 1930, ''Many Happy Returns'', but his Hollywood film career really began in 1932, when he appeared in four films. His trademark role was that of the exasperated business tycoon or newspaperman, often as the father of the female lead character, as in ''It Happened One Night'' (1934) with Clark Gable and Claudette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Errol
Leon Errol (born Leonce Errol Sims, July 3, 1881 – October 12, 1951) was an Australian-American comedian and actor in the United States, popular in the first half of the 20th century for his appearances in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in films. Early years Born in Sydney to Joseph and Elizabeth Sims. Errol studied medicine at the University of Sydney. When he wrote material for, directed, and acted in the university's annual play, his interests changed to entertaining. Career Errol toured Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain and Ireland in a variety of theatrical settings, including circuses, operettas, and Shakespeare. According to his petition for naturalization (1914), he first came to the United States in 1898, having arrived at the Port of San Francisco. By 1905, in Portland, Oregon, he managed a touring vaudeville company troupe, giving an early boost to the career of a young comedian named Roscoe Arbuckle. In 1908, he made the United States his home. By 1911 Errol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akim Tamiroff
Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff, russian: Аким Михайлович Тамиров (born Hovakim Tamiryants; October 29, 1899 – September 17, 1972) was an Armenian-American actor of film, stage, and television. One of the premier character actors of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tamiroff appeared in at least 80 motion pictures in a career spanning 37 years, developing a prolific career despite his thick accent. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in ''The General Died at Dawn'' (1936) and ''For Whom the Bell Tolls'' (1943), and the latter won him the first Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Orson Welles, a personal friend and oft-collaborator, praised him as "the greatest of all screen actors." Early life and education Tamiroff was born Hovakim Tamiryants ( hy, Հովակիմ Թամիրյանց) to Armenian parents living in the Russian Empire. Different sources cite either Tiflis (in modern-day Georgia) or Baku (i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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