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The Last Ride (1931 Film)
''The Last Ride'' is a 1931 American crime film directed by Duke Worne and starring Dorothy Revier, Virginia Brown Faire and Charles Morton (actor), Charles Morton.Fetrow p.348 Plot Cast * Dorothy Revier as Lita Alvaro * Virginia Brown Faire as Doris White * Charles Morton (actor), Charles Morton as Roy Smith * Frank Mayo (actor), Frank Mayo as Piccardi * Tom Santschi as Big Boy * Francis Ford (actor), Francis Ford as Brady * Bobby Dunn as Dink References Bibliography * Alan G. Fetrow. ''Sound films, 1927-1939: a United States filmography''. McFarland, 1992. External links

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Duke Worne
Howard "Duke" Worne (December 14, 1888 – October 13, 1933) was an American film director, director and actor of the silent film, silent era. He directed more than 70 films between 1919 and 1931. He also appeared in 27 films between 1914 and 1928. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in Los Angeles, California. In 1930, Worne married silent film actress Virginia Brown Faire, to whom he remained married until his death three years later in 1933. Selected filmography *''Damon and Pythias (1914 film), Damon and Pythias'' (1914) * ''The Black Box (serial), The Black Box'' (1915) * ''Just Jim (1915 film), Just Jim'' (1915) * ''The Tornado (1917 film), The Tornado'' (1917) * ''The Trail of Hate (1917 film), The Trail of Hate'' (1917) * ''The Scrapper'' (1917) * ''Who Was the Other Man?'' (1917) * ''John Ermine of the Yellowstone'' (1917) * ''The Mystery Ship'' (1917) * ''The Craving (1918 film), The Craving'' (1918) * ''The Trail of the Octopus'' (1919) * ''The Scr ...
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Francis Ford (actor)
Francis Ford (born Francis Joseph Feeney; August 14, 1881 – September 5, 1953) was an American film actor, writer and director. He was the mentor and elder brother of film director John Ford. He also appeared in many of the latter's movies, including ''Young Mr. Lincoln'' (1939) and ''The Quiet Man'' (1952). Biography Ford was born in Portland, Maine. He was the son of John Augustine Feeney, who was born in the village of Spiddal, County Galway, Ireland, on June 15, 1854. His mother was Barbara "Abbey" Curran. By 1878, John had moved to Portland, Maine, and opened a saloon, at 42 Center Street, that used a false front to pose as grocery store. John opened four others in following years. After service in the United States Army in the Spanish–American War (In ''Pappy: The Life of John Ford'', Dan Ford wrote about Francis Ford and the war, "The Army soon discovered that he was only fifteen and sent him home."), Francis left home. He drifted into the film business in New Yo ...
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Universal Pictures Films
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Films Directed By Duke Worne
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American Crime Films
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1930s English-language Films
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1931 Crime Films
Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. * January 25 – Mohandas Gandhi is again released from imprisonment in India. * January 27 – Pierre Laval forms a government in France. February * February 4 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin gives a speech calling for rapid industrialization, arguing that only strong industrialized countries will win wars, while "weak" nations are "beaten". Stalin states: "We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us." The first five-year plan in the Soviet Union is intensified, for the industrialization and collectivization of agriculture. * February 10 – Official ...
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1931 Films
The following is an overview of 1931 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1931 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 5: RKO acquires the producing and distribution arm of Pathé for $4.6 million. * June 20: Monogram Pictures releases its first film, ''Ships of Hate''. * July 7: Anti-competitive practices disclosed about certain distributors and producers in Canada. * November 17: E. R. Tinker elected president of Fox Films replacing Harley L. Clarke. * December 14: RKO refinancing plan approved. Best money stars ''Variety'' reported the following as the biggest male stars in the U.S. in alphabetical order although grouped George Arliss and Ronald Colman together as having equal ranking. The following were the biggest women names in the U.S. in alphabetical order but again grouped two actresses together to denote they were ranked t ...
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Bobby Dunn
Robert P. Dunn (August 28, 1890 – March 24, 1937) was a comic actor who was one of the original Keystone Kops in '' Hoffmeyer's Legacy''. Early years Dunn was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Richard P. and Melissa Dunn, and attended St. Johns Military Academy. He was a world-champion high-diver with Dr. Carver's diving horses. Career Dunn started his film career at Keystone Studios with Mack Sennett and worked as a comedian and stuntman for a variety of other film studios as well. He lost many of his teeth and suffered other injuries performing stunts as well, including the loss of one of his eyes when he fell into a barrel of water and his eye was irreparably damaged by a floating matchstick.Goldhammer, Harvey (2014)"Meet the Keystone Kops" ''Silent-ology'', 27 July 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2019. The glass eye he wore after that accident gave him a somewhat "cross-eyed" appearance, although that effect "served only to empower his comedic career." Later, during the ...
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Tom Santschi
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Arthur Hoerl
Arthur Hoerl (December 17, 1891 – February 6, 1968) was an American screenwriter and film director. Hoerl was born in New York, son of Louis Hoerl, a German immigrant silver polisher, and Teresa Hoerl. Arthur completed three years of high school, according to the 1940 US Census. He wrote for 150 films between 1921 and 1968. One of his best known credits is co-writer for the film ''Tell Your Children'' (1936) which is now known as ''Reefer Madness''. For Broadway, 1932, he wrote the play ''A Few Wild Oats.'' He also directed four films between 1932 and 1934. Hoerl died in Hollywood, California. Partial filmography * ''The Desert Sheik'' (1924), co-writer * ''Headlines'' (1925), co-writer * ''The White Monkey'' (1925), adapted to film * ''The Pride of the Force'' (1925) * ''Counsel for the Defense'' (1925) * '' Lover's Island'' (1925) * ''The Unfair Sex'' (1926) * ''The Smoke Eaters'' (1926) * ''The Romance of a Million Dollars'' (1926) * ''In Search of a Hero'' (1926) * ...
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Frank Mayo (actor)
Frank Lorimer Mayo (June 28, 1889 – July 9, 1963) was an American actor. He appeared in 310 films between 1911 and 1949. Biography He was born in New York City, the son of actor Frank M. Mayo, and he died in Laguna Beach, California, from a heart attack. He was married to actress Dagmar Godowsky from 1921 to 1926. The marriage was annulled in August 1926 on the ground that Mayo had another wife. Mayo was buried at the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles. Selected filmography * '' The Red Circle'' (1915) * ''Shadows'' (1916) * ''Sold at Auction'' (1917) * ''The Bronze Bride'' (1917) * '' Easy Money'' (1917) * ''Betsy Ross'' (1917) * '' The Burglar'' (1917) * ''The Purple Lily'' (1918) * ''The Interloper'' (1918) * ''Tinsel'' (1918) * ''Lasca'' (1919) * '' The Rough Neck'' (1919) * ''The Girl in Number 29'' (1920) * '' Hitchin' Posts'' (1920) * '' Burnt Wings'' (1920) * '' Through Eyes of Men'' (1920) * ''Colorado'' (1921) * ''The Fighting Lover'' (1 ...
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