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The Face On The Barroom Floor (1932 Film)
''The Face on the Barroom Floor'' is a 1932 pre-Code American crime film directed by Bertram Bracken and starring Dulcie Cooper, Bramwell Fletcher and Alice Ward.Pitts p.91 Cast * Dulcie Cooper as Mary Grove Bronson * Bramwell Fletcher as Bill Bronson * Alice Ward as Mrs. Grove * Phillips Smalley as C.E. Grove * Walter Miller as Sam Turner * Maurice Black as Cesar Vanzetti * Eddie Fetherston as 'Dr. Slick' Waters * Pat Wing Toby Wing (born Martha Virginia Wing, July 14, 1915 – March 22, 2001), "Toby" being an old family nickname, was an American actress and showgirl, once called "the most beautiful chorus girl in Hollywood". Early years Wing was born in Ame ... as Miss Lee, Turner's secretary References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940''. McFarland & Company, 2005. External links * 1932 films 1932 crime films American crime films American black-and-white films Chesterfield Pictures films Films directed by B ...
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Bertram Bracken
Bertram Bracken (August 10, 1879 – November 1, 1952) was an American silent screen actor, scenarist, and director who worked on at least sixty-five films between 1910 and 1932. Biography Bertram “Bert” Bracken was born in San Antonio, Texas on August 10, 1879, and was raised in Lampasas, Texas, where his parents, Charles and Betty Bracken, operated a grocery store. According to his studio biography Bracken as a young man attended Yale University, worked in banking and served for a year and a half with the 15th U.S. Cavalry. His acting career began in the late 1890s at Chicago’s Haymarket theatre and continued on the road with his own stock company performing the play ''College Life'' which he wrote and produced. Bracken entered film in 1910 with the Star Film Company often playing heavies under the direction of Gaston Méliès. Bracken later worked as Méliès’ managing producer while filming in Australia, Asia and the South Pacific. Soon after his return to America ...
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Walter Miller (actor)
Walter Miller (March 9, 1892 – March 30, 1940) was an American actor of the silent era and the early sound era. He appeared in nearly 250 films between 1911 and 1940. He was born in Dayton, Ohio, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack, aged 48. He is buried at Calvary Cemetery in Evanston, Illinois. Selected filmography * ''A Change of Spirit'' (1912, Short) - The Young Woman's Sweetheart - The Robbery Victim * ''An Unseen Enemy'' (1912, Short) - The Brother's Friend (uncredited) * ''Two Daughters of Eve'' (1912, Short) - Backstage * '' So Near, Yet So Far'' (1912, Short) - Howard * ''A Feud in the Kentucky Hills'' (1912, Short) - A Brother * ''The Painted Lady'' (1912, Short) - At Ice Cream Festival (uncredited) * ''The Musketeers of Pig Alley'' (1912, Short) - The Musician * '' My Baby'' (1912, Short) - Wedding Guest * '' The Informer'' (1912, Short) - The Confederate Captain * '' Brutality'' (1912, Short) - The Young Man * '' A Cry for Help'' (1912, S ...
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Films Directed By Bertram Bracken
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Chesterfield Pictures Films
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American Black-and-white Films
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American Crime Films
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1932 Crime Films
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1932 Films
The following is an overview of 1932 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1932 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events The Film Daily Yearbook listed the following as the ten leading headline events of the year. * Sidney Kent leaves Paramount Pictures and joins Fox Film. * Merlin H Aylesworth succeeds Hiram S Brown as president of RKO. * Jesse L. Lasky leaves Paramount and becomes an independent producer for Fox. * Sam Katz leaves Paramount. * James R Grainger leaves Fox and is succeeded by John D Clark, formerly of Paramount. * Publix and Fox decentralization of cinemas. * New industry program, including standard exhibition contract along lines of 5-5-5, proposed by Motion Picture Theater Owners of America and Allied. * Joe Brandt retires from Columbia Pictures joins World-Wide and later resigns again. * Two Radio City theaters open, under dir ...
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Pat Wing
Toby Wing (born Martha Virginia Wing, July 14, 1915 – March 22, 2001), "Toby" being an old family nickname, was an American actress and showgirl, once called "the most beautiful chorus girl in Hollywood". Early years Wing was born in Amelia Court House, Virginia, to Paul Wing and Martha Thraves. Her father, a career reserve Army officer, was an assistant director for Paramount Pictures. He was reactivated for service prior to World War II and was captured by the Japanese and survived the Bataan Death March. She had a sister, Pat Wing (real name Gertrude), who also worked as an actress (often in the chorus), as well as a younger brother. Her great-uncle was English playwright Sir Arthur Wing Pinero. Career Wing began working on-screen at age 9, having a few bit parts in silent movies through her father's job. In 1931, she became one of the first Goldwyn Girls, and she started her film career in ''Palmy Days'' (1932). In 1932, she was seen in Mack Sennett-produced comed ...
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Eddie Fetherston
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Maurice Black
Maurice Black (January 14, 1891 – January 18, 1938) was an American character actor known for his portrayal of mobsters. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1928 to 1938, when he died of pneumonia, four days after his 47th birthday. He was married to Edythe Raynore. Selected filmography *''Captain Swagger'' (1928) – Manager, Viennese Club (uncredited) *''Show Folks'' (1928) – Vaudeville Performer *''Marked Money'' (1928) – Donovan *'' Romance of the Underworld'' (1928) – Maitre D' (uncredited) *'' The Carnation Kid'' (1929) – Tony * ''Square Shoulders'' (1929) – Hook *''Broadway Babies'' (1929) – Nick Stepanos *'' Dark Streets'' (1929) – Beefy Barker *''Song of Love'' (1929) – Tony Giuseppe (uncredited) *''Playing Around'' (1930) – Joe *'' Street of Chance'' (1930) – Nick *'' Framed'' (1930) – Bing Murdock *''Show Girl in Hollywood'' (1930) – Actor in Scene (uncredited) *'' The Runaway Bride'' (1930) – 'Red' Dugan (uncredited) *''True to th ...
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Phillips Smalley
Wendell Phillips Smalley (August 7, 1865 – May 2, 1939) was an American silent film director and actor. Biography Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was the grandson of Wendell Phillips; he was the son of George Washburn Smalley, a war correspondent, and his wife Phoebe Garnaut, adopted by Phillips. He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford in 1886. Smalley began his career in vaudeville and acted in more than 200 films between 1910 and his death in 1939. He began directing in 1911 and made more than 300 films by 1921. Smalley was married to actress, writer, director, and producer Lois Weber from April 29, 1904, to 1922.Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920 atabase on-line Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: “Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871–1920.” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Illinois Department of Public Health records. "Marriage Records, 1871–present." Division of Vital Records, Sprin ...
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