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The Black Orchid (1916 Film)
The Black Orchid may refer to: * ''The Black Orchid'' (1916 film), a 1916 film starring Grace Darmond * ''The Black Orchid'' (film), a 1958 film starring Sophia Loren and Anthony Quinn * The Black Orchid (nightclub) The Black Orchid was an upscale Chicago nightclub that flourished in the mid to late 1950s where, according to print media critics, Johnny Mathis got his first big break. The club opened in 1949. The Black Orchid was declared bankrupt in July 1959, ..., a former Chicago nightclub See also * Black orchid (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Black Orchid, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Orchid (1916 Film)
The Black Orchid may refer to: * ''The Black Orchid'' (1916 film), a 1916 film starring Grace Darmond * ''The Black Orchid'' (film), a 1958 film starring Sophia Loren and Anthony Quinn * The Black Orchid (nightclub) The Black Orchid was an upscale Chicago nightclub that flourished in the mid to late 1950s where, according to print media critics, Johnny Mathis got his first big break. The club opened in 1949. The Black Orchid was declared bankrupt in July 1959, ..., a former Chicago nightclub See also * Black orchid (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Black Orchid, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Darmond
Grace Darmond (born Grace Marie Glionna; November 20, 1893 – October 8, 1963) was a Canadian-American actress. Early life Grace Marie Glionna was born in Toronto on November 20, 1893. Her parents were Vincent Baptiste "James" Glionna, an Italian-American barber and violinist who had lived in Canada since 1877, and Alice Louise Sparks Glionna, an Ontario native of Irish descent. Grace was baptised as a Roman Catholic on December 3, 1893 as Mary Gracie Glionna. The 1920 copy of Darmond's birth certificate gives her birth name as Grace Mary Glionna and her birth year as 1898. Vincent died in 1903, and Alice remarried in 1912 to Richard Johnson. After Vincent's death, Grace and her mother immigrated to the United States, settling in Chicago. Career As a teenager, Grace Glionna began to appear on the stage, changing her name to Grace Darmond. She signed with Selig Polyscope Company in 1914, and made her film debut in the comedy short ''The Clock Went Wrong''. Darmond was acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Orchid (film)
''The Black Orchid'' is a 1959 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Sophia Loren and Anthony Quinn. Supporting actors include Peter Mark Richman, Virginia Vincent, Frank Puglia, Jimmy Baird, Naomi Stevens, Whit Bissell and Ina Balin. Plot Rose Bianco (Sophia Loren), a florist widowed by a famous gangster, looks for happiness with widower Frank Valente (Anthony Quinn). Rose is dealing with her son Ralph in a work farm for troubled boys. Ralph is warned that if he runs away one more time he will be sent to reform school. Frank has a grown up daughter and only child Mary (Ina Balin), who takes care of everything for him. Mary is in love with a man named Noble, and they are engaged, but Mary hesitates to marry him because she is worried about who will take care of her father. She asks Noble to marry her and then stay with her in her father’s house, but Noble wishes to purchase a house near the location of his business in Atlantic City as he is tired of commutin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Orchid (nightclub)
The Black Orchid was an upscale Chicago nightclub that flourished in the mid to late 1950s where, according to print media critics, Johnny Mathis got his first big break. The club opened in 1949. The Black Orchid was declared bankrupt in July 1959, closed, and never reopened. The club was located at Rush and Ontario Streets in Chicago's Near Northside. The club was frequented by celebrities that included Tony Bennett and Hugh Hefner. Owners The founding owner, Al Greenfield ''(né'' Albert Melvin Greenfield; 1908–1984) sold the club in 1956 to Paul David Raffles (1932–1973), Pat Fontecchio (aka Patsy, ''né'' Patrick Frank Fontecchio; 1914–1994), and William (Bill) Doherty. Greenfield sold it so that he could be near his ex-wife, Gertrude Niesen, whom he married July 19, 1943, and remarried in the 1950s — and remained married to her until her death in 1975. Raffles, Fontecchio, and Doherty also owned The Cloisters Inn at 900 Rush Street. Before founding The Black Orchid, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
