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Theodore Newton (actor)
Theodore Newton (August 4, 1904 – February 28, 1963) was an American movie and stage actor. He was sometimes billed as Ted Newton. Early years Newton was born in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. C. Bertram Newton. He failed out of Princeton University after years and worked as a bank clerk in Philadelphia. In the evenings, he began acting with the Hedgerow Theatre. Career Newton's Broadway credits included (billed as "Ted Newton") ''The Royal Family'' (1950), ''The Lady from the Sea'' (1950), ''The Big Knife'' (1949), ''Apology'' (1943), ''My Sister Eileen'' (1940), ''Suzanna and the Elders'' (1940), ''The Man Who Came to Dinner'' (1939), ''Wise Tomorrow'' (1937), ''Dead End'' (1935), ''Vermont'' (1928) and ''Elmer the Great'' (1928). In 1933, Newton made his first film appearance, and he eventually acted in almost 30 films. Personal life On November 22, 1936, Newton married actress Drina Hill. They divorced, and on May 9, 1949, he married actre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ace Of Aces (1933 Film)
''Ace of Aces'', also known as ''Bird of Prey'', is a 1933 American pre-Code war film based on the story "The Bird of Prey" by World War I pilot John Monk Saunders that explores how war can turn a man's moral compass from pacifism to warmonger. Starring Richard Dix (actor), Richard Dix, it was similar to many of the period films that appeared to glorify the "knights of the air", but was more complex, examining the motivations of those who choose to go to war. Plot When the United States enters World War I, Rocky Thorne has no interest in joining the military, but just wants to pursue his career as a sculptor. He is cynical about the purpose of the war and the enthusiasm of those who have enlisted, comparing them to lemmings that will lemming#Misconceptions, swim until they drown themselves. But his fiancée, Nancy Adams, becomes a Red Cross nurse; she mocks his pacifism and accuses him of cowardice. To prove his bravery, he enlists and becomes a fighter pilot as part of the Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voltaire (film)
''Voltaire'' is a 1933 American pre-Code biographical film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring George Arliss as the renowned 18th-century French writer and philosopher. Plot In pre-Revolutionary France, Voltaire champions the oppressed commoners and tries to warn King Louis XV (Reginald Owen) about the growing unrest among his subjects. The writer has a powerful ally in Madame Pompadour (Doris Kenyon), Louis' mistress, but the Count de Sarnac (Alan Mowbray) opposes him for his own ends. When Voltaire pleads for the life of Calas, unjustly accused of treason, Louis is inclined to pardon the man, but Sarnac persuades him that it would be a sign of weakness, and Calas is swiftly executed. As a reward, Sarnac gains the wealthy man's estates. Voltaire invites Calas' daughter and rightful heiress, Nanette (Margaret Lindsay), to shelter in his home. Meanwhile, Sarnac tries to persuade the King that Voltaire is a traitor, citing his well-known friendship with Frederick the Great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Susie Slagle's
''Miss Susie Slagle's'' is a 1946 American drama film directed by John Berry. It was based on the popular novel by Augusta Tucker. The film was Berry's directorial debut and first starring role for Joan Caulfield. Plot summary A nursing student falls in love with a young medical intern in 1910 Baltimore, but their lives start to fall apart when he catches a deadly disease. Principal cast Production Original novel Augusta Tucker's novel was published in 1939. Paramount paid $20,000 for the film rights. The novel became a best seller. A sequel came out in 1942, ''The Man Miss Susie Loved''. Development In 1939 Martin Berkley was assigned to write the script. John Cromwell was assigned to direct under the supervision of Arthur Hornblow. In January 1941 Paramount announced Jean Arthur would star and Sam Wood would produce and direct with Lorraine Nobel writing a script. Jack Oakie was to play the comic male lead. In May 1941 Irene Dunne was named as lead. In June 1941 filming wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
''What Next, Corporal Hargrove?'' is a 1945 black-and-white comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Walker and Keenan Wynn. It was distributed by MGM Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded on April 17, 1924 a ... and produced by George Haight. Harry Kurnitz received an Oscar nomination for his original screenplay, ''What Next, Corporal Hargrove?'', for this follow-up to the 1944 hit '' See Here, Private Hargrove''. Plot U.S. artillery corporal Marion Hargrove finds himself at large in wartime France with wheeler-dealer pal Pvt. Thomas Mulvehill. Inadvertently detached from their outfit, Hargrove and Mulvehill wander into a French village, where they're lauded as conquering heroes by the populace. Cast References External links * * * * 1945 films 1940s war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hidden Eye
''The Hidden Eye'' is a 1945 American mystery film directed by Richard Whorf and written by George Harmon Coxe and Harry Ruskin. It is the sequel to the 1942 film ''Eyes in the Night''. The film stars Edward Arnold, Frances Rafferty, Ray Collins, Paul Langton, William 'Bill' Phillips and Thomas E. Jackson. The film was released on August 31, 1945, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot A blind detective, Duncan Maclain, with a seeing-eye dog is asked to help by Jean Hampton after a number of mysterious murders are committed, including ones of her wealthy father and uncle. Jean's fiancé, Barry Gifford, falls under suspicion at first, but Maclain and bodyguard Marty Corbett ultimately conclude that a family lawyer, Treadway, is masterminding a murder and moneymaking scheme. Gifford is about to be framed for the killings when Maclain solves it, after which the detective is asked to be best man at Jean's wedding. Cast * Edward Arnold as Capt. Duncan Maclain *Frances Rafferty as Jean Hampt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalna (film)
''Jalna'' is a 1935 RKO Radio Pictures film based on the 1927 novel of the same name by Mazo de la Roche. It stars Kay Johnson, Ian Hunter and C. Aubrey Smith. In the film, a newlywed has to adjust to her husband's odd family. Plot Cast *Kay Johnson as Alayne Archer Whiteoak * Ian Hunter as Renny Whiteoak *C. Aubrey Smith as Uncle Nicholas Whiteoak *Nigel Bruce as Maurice Vaughan *David Manners as Eden Whiteoak *Peggy Wood as Meg Whiteoak *Jessie Ralph as Gran Whiteoak * Theodore Newton as Piers Whiteoak *Halliwell Hobbes as Uncle Ernest Whiteoak * George Offerman, Jr. as Finch Whiteoak *Clifford Severn as Wakefield "Wake" Whiteoak *Molly Lamont as Pheasant Vaughan Whiteoak *Forrester Harvey as Rags Reception The critic for ''The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gambling (film)
''Gambling'' is a 1934 American crime film directed by Rowland V. Lee and written by Garrett Graham. It is based on the 1929 play ''Gambling'' by George M. Cohan. The film stars George M. Cohan, Wynne Gibson, Dorothy Burgess, Theodore Newton, Harold Healy and Walter Gilbert. The film was released on November 3, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation. Plot Cast *George M. Cohan as Al Draper *Wynne Gibson as Maizie Fuller *Dorothy Burgess as Dorothy Kane * Theodore Newton as Ray Braddock *Harold Healy as Ben Connolly *Walter Gilbert as Insp. Freelock *Cora Witherspoon Cora Witherspoon (January 5, 1890 – November 17, 1957) was an American stage and film character actress whose career spanned nearly half a century. She began in theatre where she remained rooted even after entering motion pictures in the ... as Mrs. Edna Seeley *Joseph Allen Sr. as Joe *Percy Ames as Mr. B *Six Spirits of Rhythm as Speciality Number References External links * 1934 films American crime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blind Date (1934 Film)
''Blind Date'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Ann Sothern, Neil Hamilton, and Paul Kelly. Plot Kitty (Ann Sothern), is a hardworking switchboard operator who is engaged to auto mechanic Bill ( Paul Kelly). When Bill opens his own garage, the demands of running his own business soon take a toll on his relationship with Kitty. Frustrated, Kitty agrees to go on a blind date with Bob ( Neil Hamilton), the wealthy son of a department store titan. When sparks fly, Kitty is soon forced to make a difficult choice between the two men.http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/28085/Blind-Date/articles.html Cast * Ann Sothern as Kitty Taylor * Neil Hamilton as Bob Hartwell * Paul Kelly as Bill Lowry * Jane Darwell as Ma Taylor * Spencer Charters as Charlie aTaylor * Joan Gale as Flora Taylor * Mickey Rooney as Freddie Taylor * Geneva Mitchell as Dot * Henry Kolker as J. W. Hartwell, Sr. * Tyler Brooke as Emory * Billie Seward Billie Seward (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Try Again
''Let's Try Again'' is a 1934 American melodrama film starring Clive Brook. It was known in Britain as ''Marriage Symphony''. It earned $183,000 at the box office at a time when a film of its budget was expected to earn $250,000.Richard Jewell and Vernon Harbin (1982). ''The RKO Story.'' New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House. p. 74. Cast *Diana Wynyard as Alice Overton *Clive Brook as Dr. Jack Overton *Helen Vinson as Nan Blake *Irene Hervey as Marge Phelps *Theodore Newton (actor), Theodore Newton as Paul Milburn *Arthur Hoyt as Phillips, the Butler *Henry Kolker as Mr. Blake References External links * * 1934 films 1934 drama films American drama films American black-and-white films Melodrama films 1930s American films {{1930s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Now I'll Tell
''Now I'll Tell'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Edwin J. Burke starring Spencer Tracy, Helen Twelvetrees, and Alice Faye. It was produced by Fox Film shortly before the company's merger with Twentieth Century Pictures. It marked the final screen appearance of former silent star Alice Calhoun. Plot Murray Golden is an unscrupulous New York City gambler and casino operator who wants to live life to the fullest. His philosophy is encapsulated in something he keeps saying: "You're only wrong when you fail." His wife, Virginia, has extracted a promise that he will quit the business once he makes $500,000. However, when he does, he breaks his word. He also starts seeing Peggy Warren behind his wife's back. Murray learns that gangster Al Mossiter has fixed a championship boxing match. He pays one of the fighters to take a dive in the second round, before Mossiter's man goes down in the fifth, and wins a lot of money. (Mossiter's boxer is later murdered.) However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper World (film)
''Upperworld'' is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Warren William as a wealthy married railroad tycoon whose friendship with a showgirl, played by Ginger Rogers, leads to blackmail and murder. ''Upperworld'' is one of the last films released before the strict enforcement of the Hollywood Production Code by Joseph I. Breen, which began on July 1, 1934. Plot ''Upperworld'' tells the story of Alexander Stream (Warren William), a wealthy railroad tycoon. He is devoted to his wife (Mary Astor), but has an affair with a chorus girl (Ginger Rogers), which leads to blackmail and murder. Alexander (Alex) Stream is a multimillionaire. While he is devoted to his wife, Hettie (Astor) and son, Tommy ( Dickie Moore), she is too busy playing attending and throwing society functions to pay much attention to her husband. While out in his yacht, he encounters a young woman, Lilly Linda (Rogers) who is drowning in the ocean. The crew throws her a life pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Modern Hero
''A Modern Hero'' is a 1934 American pre-Code romance drama film starring Richard Barthelmess and directed by G. W. Pabst. It is based on the novel with the same title by Louis Bromfield. It was Pabst's only American talking film and the next-to-last film that Barthelmess made under contract to Warner Brothers. Plot When a circus comes to Pentland, Illinois, young Joanna Ryan (Jean Muir) is seduced by trick rider Pierre Radier (Richard Barthelmess). Despite his physical skill, Pierre is dissatisfied with circus life and falls in love with Joanna. His mother, the one-armed circus star Madame Azais (Marjorie Rambeau), warns Pierre about falling in love. She tells how she lost her arm to a leopard because she was distracted by her love for Pierre's father, one of the richest men in Europe. She urges Pierre instead to act on his ambitions and desire for wealth. Joanna's drunken father ( J. M. Kerrigan) confronts Pierre with news of Joanna's pregnancy, then died in an accident, Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
