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Tom Buckingham
Tom Buckingham (February 25, 1895 – September 7, 1934) was an American film director and screenwriter. He directed 48 films between 1920 and 1932. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died from surgical complications. His film ''Cock of the Air'' was restored by the Academy Film Archive in 2016. Partial filmography * '' The Atom'' (1918) * '' Laughing Gas'' (1920) (director and screenwriter) * '' Golf'' (1922) (director and screenwriter) * '' The Agent'' (1922) (director and screenwriter) * ''Arizona Express'' (1924) (director) * '' The Cyclone Rider'' (1924) (director) * '' Troubles of a Bride'' (1924) (director) * '' Forbidden Cargo'' (1925) (director) * '' Ladies of Leisure'' (1926) (director) * '' Lure of the Night Club'' (1927) (director) * '' Crashing Through'' (1928) * '' Hell's Island'' (1930) * '' Officer O'Brien'' (1930) * ''Cock of the Air ''Cock of the Air'' is a 1932 American pre-Code aviation comedy film directed by Tom Buckingham and written by Charl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laughing Gas (film)
''Laughing Gas'' is the title of several American short films (1907, 1914 starring Charlie Chaplin, 1915, 1920) whose plot revolves around real or would-be dentists. 1907 Film Plot The plot is that of a black woman going to the dentist for a toothache and being given laughing gas. On her way walking home, and in other situations, she can't stop laughing, and everyone she meets "catches" the laughter from her, including a vendor and police officers. Cast *Edward Boulden *Mr. La Montte *Bertha Regustus ... Mandy Brown *Mr. Sullivan 1914 film 1915 film Cast *Jimmy Aubrey Jimmy Aubrey (23 October 1887 – 2 September 1983) was an English actor who worked with both Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy, having gone with Fred Karno's theatrical company to America in 1908. However he left to start on his own in v ... ... Heinie *Walter Kendig ... Louie 1920 film A film directed by Tom Buckingham. References External links * * * American silent short films 1907 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago, Illinois
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Ladies Of Leisure (1926 Film)
''Ladies of Leisure'' is a 1926 American silent melodrama film produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film was directed by Tom Buckingham and stars Elaine Hammerstein. This film is not related in story to the Ladies of Leisure, 1930 Frank Capra film of the same name. However, prints of both films are held by the Library of Congress. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Mamie Taylor, a hired companion and friend to Marian Forrest, is in love with latter's brother Jack. Mamie's affections are fixed on Van Norden, a wealthy bachelor. Eddie Lannigan, a crooked blackmailer, threatens to expose Mamie's past. She runs away, is stopped from committing suicide by Van Norden, who takes her to his residence. Jack trails Mamie and accuses Van Norden of disloyalty. Mamie exits by rear door and Marian suddenly appears, informing Jack she and Van Norden are married. Jack and Mamie are united. Cast *Elaine Hammerstein as Mamie Taylor *T. Roy Barnes as Eric Van Norden *Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Screenwriters
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American Film Directors
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended a film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write their o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Deaths
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * January 26 – A 10-year German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed by Nazi Germany and the Second Polish Republic. * January 30 ** In Nazi Germany, the political power of federal states such as Prussia is substantially abolished, by the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" (''Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reiches''). ** Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, signs the Gold Reserve Act: all gold held in the Federal Reserve is to be surrendered to the United States Department of the Treasury; immediately following, the President raises the statutory gold price from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1895 Births
Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty is founded in England by Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley. * January 13 – First Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Coatit – Italian forces defeat the Ethiopians. * January 17 – Félix Faure is elected President of the French Republic, after the resignation of Jean Casimir-Perier. * February 9 – Mintonette, later known as volleyball, is created by William G. Morgan at Holyoke, Massachusetts. * February 11 – The lowest ever UK temperature of is recorded at Braemar, in Aberdeenshire. This record is equalled in 1982, and again in 1995. * February 14 – Oscar Wilde's last play, the comedy ''The Importance of Being Earnest'', is first shown at St Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stage Struck (1936 Film)
''Stage Struck'' is 1936 American musical film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring Dick Powell, Joan Blondell and Warren William.Bubbeo p.7 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert M. Haas. Plot summary Cast * Dick Powell as George Randall * Joan Blondell as Peggy Revere * Warren William as Fred Harris * Frank McHugh as Sid * The Yacht Club Boys as Singing Quartette * Jeanne Madden as Ruth Williams * Carol Hughes as Gracie * Craig Reynolds as Gilmore Frost * Hobart Cavanaugh as Wayne * Johnny Arthur as Oscar Freud * Spring Byington as Mrs. Randall * Thomas Pogue as Dr. Stanley * Andrew Tombes as Burns Heywood * Lulu McConnell as Toots O'Connor * Val Stanton as Cooper * Ernie Stanton as Marley * Edward Gargan as Rordan * Eddy Chandler as Heney * Libby Taylor Libby Taylor (1902-1961) was an African American character actress of the stage and screen who was active in Hollywood from the 1930s through the 1950s. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Bride
''The Secret Bride'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Warren William. Based on the play ''Concealment'' by Leonard Ide, the film is about governor's daughter and a state attorney general who are forced to keep their marriage secret after the governor is accused of a crime.The initial plot concerns the governor taking a bribe in exchange for pardoning a white collar criminal. The investigation is about political corruption. Plot Attorney General Robert Sheldon and Ruth, the daughter of Governor W.H. Vincent have to keep their marriage a secret when investigator, Daniel Breeden, uncovers evidence that may show that the governor took a bribe from John F. Holdstock, an embezzling financier he pardoned. John's private secretary, Willis Martin, who deposited the bribe money in the governor's private bank account, tells Robert and Daniel that he knows of no business between John and the governor that would explain the money. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Officer O'Brien
''Officer O'Brien'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy crime film directed by Tay Garnett and starring William Boyd, Ernest Torrence and Dorothy Sebastian. The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward C. Jewell.Munden p.557 It was one of the last films produced by Pathé Exchange before it was fully merged into RKO Pictures. Cast * William Boyd as Bill O'Brien * Ernest Torrence as John P. O'Brien * Dorothy Sebastian as Ruth Dale * Ralf Harolde as Mike Patello * Paul Hurst as Captain Antrim * Russell Gleason as Johnny Dale * Clyde Cook as Limo Lewis * Arthur Housman as Tony Zurik * Toyo Fujita Toyo Fujita (16 July 1893 – 25 July 1959) was a Japanese actor who worked in Hollywood from the late 1910s through the mid-1930s. Biography Toyo earned a reputation as a talented actor on the stage in Japan, and later moved to the United Sta ... as Kono * Tom Maloney as Detective * Clarence Wilson as Patello's Attorney References Bibliography * Munden, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hell's Island (1930 Film)
''Hell's Island'' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Jack Holt, Ralph Graves and Dorothy Sebastian.Munden p.339 The film's sets were designed by the art director Harrison Wiley. Plot The story focuses on two Americans serving in the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. One of whom is sentenced to serve nine years on Devil's Island. Cast * Jack Holt as Mac * Ralph Graves as Griff * Dorothy Sebastian as Marie * Richard Cramer as Sgt. Klotz * Harry Allen as Bert, the Cockney * Lionel Belmore as Monsieur Dupont * Otto Lang as German Legionnaire * Carl Stockdale Carl Stockdale also known as Carlton Stockdale (February 19, 1874 – March 15, 1953) was one of the longest-working Hollywood veteran actors, with a career dating from the early 1910s. He also made the difficult transition from silent fi ... as Colonel References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crashing Through (film)
''Crashing Through'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Tom Buckingham and starring Jack Padjan, Sally Rand, and Tom Santschi. Cast * Jack Padjan as Tex Belden * Sally Rand as Rita Bayne * William Eugene as Jim Bayne * Buster Gardner Buster may refer to: People First name *Buster Drayton (born 1952), American boxer *Buster Glosson, retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general *Buster Mathis (1943–1995), American heavyweight boxer *Buster Mathis Jr. (born 1970), American heavyw ... as Slim * Tom Santschi as Bart Ramy * Duke R. Lee as Sheriff References External links * 1928 films 1928 Western (genre) films Films directed by Tom Buckingham American black-and-white films Pathé Exchange films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
