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The Man From Blankley's
''The Man from Blankley's'' is a lost 1930 American pre-Code comedy film, directed by Alfred E. Green. It starred John Barrymore and Loretta Young. The film was based on the 1903 play by Thomas Anstey Guthrie, writing under the pseudonym "F. Anstey". The film was Barrymore's second feature length all-talking film. A previous silent film version of Anstey's play by Paramount Pictures appeared in 1920 as '' The Fourteenth Man'' starring Robert Warwick. That version is also lost. Plot The trouble begins when Lord Strathpeffer (John Barrymore), who is on his way to visit an Egyptologist with a case of instruments used by entomologists, loses his way in the fog and wanders into the home (who lives next door to the Egyptologist) of a woman who is hosting a fancy dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Tidmarsh (Dick Henderson and Emily Fitzroy), a middle-class English couple, are giving a dinner party in honor of their wealthy uncle, Gabriel Gilwattle (Albert Gran), hoping to receive his financial ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred E
Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series *Alfred (Arne opera), ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne *Alfred (Dvořák), ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interlude)" and "Alfred (Outro)", songs by Eminem from the 2020 album ''Music to Be Murdered By'' Business and organisations * Alfred, a radio station in Shaftesbury, England *Alfred Music, an American music publisher *Alfred University, New York, U.S. *The Alfred Hospital, a hospital in Melbourne, Australia People * Alfred (name) includes a list of people and fictional characters called Alfred * Alfred the Great (848/49 – 899), or Alfred I, a king of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons Places Antarctica * Mount Alfred (Antarctica) Australia * Alfredtown, New South Wales * County of Alfred, South Australia Canada * Alfred and Plantagenet, Ontario * Alfred Island, Nunavut * Mount Alfred, British Colu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egyptologist
Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , '' -logia''; ar, علم المصريات) is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious practices in the 4th century AD. A practitioner of the discipline is an "Egyptologist". In Europe, particularly on the Continent, Egyptology is primarily regarded as being a philological discipline, while in North America it is often regarded as a branch of archaeology. History First explorers The earliest explorers of ancient Egypt were the ancient Egyptians themselves. Inspired by a dream he had, Thutmose IV led an excavation of the Great Sphinx of Giza and inscribed a description of the dream on the Dream Stele. Less than two centuries later, Prince Khaemweset, fourth son of Ramesses II, would gain fame for identifying and restoring historic buildings, tombs and temples, including pyramids; and has subsequently been described as the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sybil Grove
Sybil Grove was an English actress. She was born Sybil Marian Westmacott on 4 October 1891 in Teddington, Middlesex, and was also known as Sybil Wingrove. With reddish brown hair and standing 5'8", she trained at RADA and her stage debut was in 1927. She had seven years in the UK in straight plays, revues and musical comedies then seven years directing and playing in her own stock company in the Orient. She also worked in the United States. She died in 1957, aged 65, and was interred in Weston Super Mare Crematorium & Cemetery. Selected filmography * '' His Private Life'' (1928) * '' A Bit of Heaven'' (1928) * '' The Black Pearl'' (1928) * '' Satan and the Woman'' (1928) * ''Along Came Youth'' (1930) * ''The Man from Blankley's'' (1930) * ''Let Us Be Gay'' (1930) * ''Sunshine Susie'' (1931) * '' Hotel Splendide'' (1932) * ''I'm an Explosive'' (1933) * '' Red Wagon'' (1933) * ''Maid Happy'' (1933) * '' The Man from Toronto'' (1933) * ''Too Many Millions'' (1934) * ''Fighting St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwendolyn Logan
Gwendolyn Logan was a British-born American actress and screenwriter. Career Born in Bellary, British India, she co-wrote the 1916 British film '' East Is East'', and the 1920 American film, ''A Tokyo Siren''. Acting roles included an uncredited Mrs. Courtland in the 1941 version of '' Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde''. Selected filmography (writer) * '' East Is East'' (1916) *''Finger Prints'' (1920) (short) * ''A Tokyo Siren'' (1920) Selected filmography (actress) * ''The Man from Blankley's'' (1930) * ''Once a Lady'' (1931) * ''We Live Again'' (1934) * '' Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' (1941) * ''Rings on Her Fingers'' (1942) Personal life She was married twice, first to screenwriter Philip Hubbard. The couple had two children but divorced in 1921. In 1924, she married writer Conrad Seiler, with whom she remained married until his death.Profile imdb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angella Mawby
The Mawby Triplets were three English child actors who starred in several films in Hollywood and in England during the 1920s and 1930s. While the three girls were sisters, they were not actually triplets. Angella Mawby was born on 20 August 1921 and her younger twin sisters Claudine and Claudette on 10 August 1922. The close resemblance of the three sisters, however, caused Hollywood to market them as triplets. The first film the girls starred in was ''The Baby Cyclone'' opposite actor Lew Cody, in 1928. In 1929, they appeared in two more films, ''Dance of the Paper Dolls'' and ''Broadway Melody'' with Bessie Love. In 1930, they appeared with Gloria Swanson in ''What a Widow!'' Less frequently, the girls performed roles apart from one another, as when Angella appeared in the 1930 John Barrymore film ''The Man from Blankley's''. The girls continued to appear in American films until 1932, when the Lindbergh kidnapping in conjunction with some kidnapping threats in anonymous letters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May Milloy
May Milloy (January 25, 1875 – November 18, 1967) was an American actress on Broadway, in vaudeville, and in several films. Early life May Milloy is usually described as Dublin-born, however some reviews mentioned Montreal as her home. She had acted in Montreal by 1896, before moving to the United States. Her brother Richard Milloy was also an actor and vaudeville performer, and he was also described as being from Montreal. Career Milloy was in two Broadway shows in 1912, ''The Fatted Calf'' and ''The Point of View''. Other shows she acted in included ''My Geraldine'' (1896, in Montreal), ''Mr. Hopkinson'' (1909 tour, including Seattle and San Francisco) and ''More Sinned Against Than Usual'' (1912-1913), "a high-class travesty sketch". She performed in vaudeville in an all-woman show called ''Beauty is Only Skin Deep'' (1914-1915). In 1916, she was still in vaudeville, in an act with her husband, Texas actor Ford West. Milloy's advice to women, as recorded in a 1914 int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Norton
Edgar Norton (born Harry Edgar Mills; August 11, 1868 – February 6, 1953) was an English-born American character actor. Early years Norton was born in Islington in London, England, on August 11, 1868, as Harry Edgar Mills, one of eight children of Jane Anne ''née'' Fleming and Frederic Mills, a clerk in the Home Office department of the Civil Service. Career Norton was active on both stage and screen, his theater performances were on both the London and Broadway stages, and his film career spanned both the silent and "talkie" eras in Hollywood. Aged 18, he appeared as the Hare in the original production of '' Alice in Wonderland'' in London in 1886, with the production being under the guidance of Lewis Carroll, who saw the musical five times. During his thirty-year film career, he appeared in at least ninety films. Many consider his most memorable role to be that of Poole, the butler to Dr. Jekyll in the 1931 classic, '' Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''— a role he had be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Carver
Louise Carver (June 9, 1869 - June 19, 1956) was an American actress who performed in grand opera, stage, nickelodeon, and motion pictures. Early years and career Born Mary Louise Steiger in Davenport, Iowa, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Stieger. Carver made her first appearance on stage as a teenager, and her grand opera debut came at the Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois in 1892. In 1908, she made her screen debut in ''Macbeth''. She came to national prominence as a comedian in Mack Sennett silent films such as '' The Hollywood Kid'' (1924). One of her bigger roles on stage was as the leading lady of Lew Fields in ''Mrs. Henpecks'', which played on Broadway for months in 1912–1913. Her final screen credits are from 1941. This year, she made ''Love at First Fright'' and had uncredited roles in ''Tight Shoes'' and ''Some More of Samoa''. Personal life and death She married Tom Murray in 1935 becoming (Mary) Louise Steiger Murray. On January 19, 1956, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D'Arcy Corrigan
D'Arcy Corrigan (2 January 1870 – 25 December 1945) was an Irish lawyer who became an American film character actor. Life and career D'Arcy Corrigan was born in County Cork, playing over 50 film roles from 1925–1945. His early career included a stint as private secretary for a member of Parliament and as a stock company leading man. Corrigan had a distinguished appearance with his wrinkled, gaunt face; his roles typically were very brief but memorable. Corrigan was memorable as the odd morgue-keeper in Bela Lugosi's ''Murders in the Rue Morgue'' (1932) and as a blind man in '' The Informer'' (1935) by John Ford. He portrayed the ominously silent, darkly shrouded Spirit of Christmas Future in the popular 1938 MGM film ''A Christmas Carol''. Most of his later roles were mostly small and uncredited, such as the thoughtful Professor LaTouche in the first scene of ''Bringing Up Baby''. Last years and death Corrigan retired from acting widely in 1940 (except for one small role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale Fuller (actor)
Dale Fuller (born Marie Dale Phillipps; June 17, 1885 – October 14, 1948) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1915 and 1935. She is best known for her role as the maid in ''Foolish Wives''. Early life Marie Dale Phillipps was born in Santa Ana, California on June 17, 1885. She attended convent schools in Los Angeles and Chicago. Fan magazines from the time claimed that she attended and graduated from Mills College, and Myrtle Gebhardt reported that Fuller lost her family at 19. Fuller said family illness brought her to California, where she decided to act. Career In 1908, she performed as a soubrette in the comedy ''The Trouper''. She then joined the cast of Harry Bulgur’s ''The Flirting Princess'', a musical revue, in 1910 and toured with it off and on throughout San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, and Rhode Island. The same year, she performed in the chorus of Florenz Ziegfeld’s ''The Girl in the Kimona'' in Chicago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorke Sherwood
Yorke Sherwood (14 December 1873 – 27 September 1956) was an English actor. Life He was born Herbert Edmund Sherwood in Manchester on 14 December 1873. He moved to California in the 1920s and had multiple supporting roles in Mack Sennett films often supporting Harry Langdon. He died in Hollywood, California. Filmography * ''Feet of Mud'' (1924) * ''Love's Sweet Piffle'' (1924) * ''Wandering Waistlines'' (1924) * ''The Luck o' the Foolish'' (1924) * '' Cupid's Boots'' (1925) * '' The Haunted Honeymoon'' (1925) * '' Giddap'' (1925) * '' When a Man's a Prince'' (1926) * '' The Man in the Saddle'' (1926) * '' Don Key'' (1926) * '' The Cossacks'' (1928) * '' Thief in the Dark'' (1928) * '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' (1928) * ''Temple Tower'' (1930) * ''The Man from Blankley's'' (1930) * ''The Man in Possession'' (1931) * ''The Lion and the Lamb'' (1931) * '' The Eagle and the Hawk'' (1933) * ''Father Brown, Detective'' (1934) * '' Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back'' (1934) * ''Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mawby Triplets
The Mawby Triplets were three English child actors who starred in several films in Hollywood and in England during the 1920s and 1930s. While the three girls were sisters, they were not actually triplets. Angella Mawby was born on 20 August 1921 and her younger twin sisters Claudine and Claudette on 10 August 1922. The close resemblance of the three sisters, however, caused Hollywood to market them as triplets. The first film the girls starred in was ''The Baby Cyclone'' opposite actor Lew Cody, in 1928. In 1929, they appeared in two more films, ''Dance of the Paper Dolls'' and ''Broadway Melody'' with Bessie Love. In 1930, they appeared with Gloria Swanson in ''What a Widow!'' Less frequently, the girls performed roles apart from one another, as when Angella appeared in the 1930 John Barrymore film ''The Man from Blankley's''. The girls continued to appear in American films until 1932, when the Lindbergh kidnapping in conjunction with some kidnapping threats in anonymous letters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
