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Tom McGuire (actor)
Tom McGuire (1 September 1873 – 6 May 1954) was an English stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 170 films between 1919 and 1949. He was born in Lancashire, England and died in Hollywood, California. Selected filmography * '' The Woman Under Oath'' (1919) * '' The Road of Ambition'' (1920) * '' The Romance Promoters'' (1920) * ''The Girl in the Taxi'' (1921) * ''Cinderella of the Hills'' (1921) * ''See My Lawyer'' (1921) * ''A Front Page Story'' (1922) * ''The Ladder Jinx'' (1922) * '' Single Handed'' (1923) * ''The Self-Made Wife'' (1923) * ''Why Women Remarry'' (1923) * '' The Victor'' (1923) * '' Her Man'' (1924) * '' The Reckless Age'' (1924) * '' Dark Stairways'' (1924) * '' Red Hot Tires'' (1925) * ''Fighting Fate'' (1925) * ''Flaming Waters'' (1925) * '' The Little Giant'' (1926) * '' You'd Be Surprised'' (1926) * '' Pleasure Before Business'' (1927) * '' The Missing Link'' (1927) * ''Steamboat Bill, Jr.'' (1928) * ''Voice of the City'' (1929) * '' City Gir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashire was created by the Local Government Act 1972. It is administered by Lancashire County Council, based in Preston, and twelve district councils. Although Lancaster is still considered the county town, Preston is the administrative centre of the non-metropolitan county. The ceremonial county has the same boundaries except that it also includes Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen, which are unitary authorities. The historic county of Lancashire is larger and includes the cities of Manchester and Liverpool as well as the Furness and Cartmel peninsulas, but excludes Bowland area of the West Riding of Yorkshire transferred to the non-metropolitan county in 1974 History Before the county During Roman times the area was part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Stairways
''Dark Stairways'' is a 1924 American silent mystery film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Herbert Rawlinson, Ruth Dwyer, and Hayden Stevenson. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''Dark Stairways'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy .... References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * * 1924 films 1924 mystery films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films American mystery films American black-and-white films Films directed by Robert F. Hill Universal Pictures films Silent mystery films 1920s American films {{Silent-film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Among The Missing (film)
''Among the Missing'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Richard Cromwell (actor), Richard Cromwell, Henrietta Crosman and Billie Seward.Rainey p.429 Cast * Richard Cromwell (actor), Richard Cromwell as Tommy aka The Kid * Henrietta Crosman as Aunt Martha Abbott * Billie Seward as Judy * Arthur Hohl as Gordon * Ivan F. Simpson as Smeed * Ben Taggart as Police Officer Flannagan * Wade Boteler as Detective Rogers * Harry C. Bradley (actor), Harry C. Bradley as Alvin Abbott * Claire Du Brey as Mrs. Alvin Abbott * Douglas Cosgrove as Police Captain Drake * Paul Hurst (actor), Paul Hurst as Police Capt. Bill Connors * Joseph Crehan as Detective O'Malley * George Guhl as Detective Jones * Kathrin Clare Ward as Mrs. Bull - Scrubwoman * Vessie Farrell as Mrs. Hunter - Scrubwoman * John M. Sullivan (actor), John M. Sullivan as Judge * Fred Kelsey as Police Sgt. Murphy * Gladys Gale as Mrs. Randall * Cyril Thornton as Brennan * Lee Phelps as Detective ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breach Of Promise (1932 Film)
''Breach of Promise'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Chester Morris, Mae Clarke and Mary Doran.Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. p.696. . Cast *Chester Morris as James Pomeroy *Mae Clarke as Hattie Pugmire *Mary Doran as Mille Applegate *Theodore von Eltz as District Attorney * Elizabeth Patterson as Cora Pugmire * Charles Middleton as Joe Pugmire *Lucille La Verne as Mrs. Flynn *Eddie Borden as Hotel Clerk *Edward LeSaint as Judge * Alan Roscoe as Committeeman *Harriet Lorraine as Committeewoman *Philo McCullough Philo McCullough (June 16, 1893 – June 5, 1981) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1914 and 1969. He was born in San Bernardino, California, and died in Burbank, California. McCullough's film debut came in 1 ... as Committeeman * Tom Mcguire as Committeeman References External links * * 1932 drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politics (1931 Film)
''Politics'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Wells Root and Robert E. Hopkins. The film stars Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Roscoe Ates, Karen Morley, and William Bakewell. It was released on July 25, 1931 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Crime runs rampant in Lake City and the corrupt mayor is running for another term of office. It appears as though he will win until the disgusted women of the town back homebody Hattie Burns to run against him. Cast *Marie Dressler as Hattie Burns *Polly Moran as Ivy Higgins *Roscoe Ates as Peter Higgins *Karen Morley as Myrtle Burns *William Bakewell as Benny Emerson *John Miljan as Jim Curango *Joan Marsh as Daisy Evans *Tom McGuire (actor), Tom McGuire as Mayor Tom Collins *Kane Richmond as Nifty Morgan *Mary Alden as Mrs. Mary Evans References External links * * 1931 films 1931 comedy films American black-and-white films American comedy films Films directed by Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Girl (1930 Film)
''City Girl'' is a 1930 American silent film directed by F. W. Murnau, and starring Charles Farrell and Mary Duncan. It is based upon the play "The Mud Turtle" by Elliot Lester. Though shot as a silent feature, the film was refitted with some sound elements and released in 1930. The film is credited as being the primary inspiration for Terrence Malick's film ''Days of Heaven'' (1978). Plot In the years of the Great Depression, Lem Tustine is sent to Chicago by his father to sell the family farm's wheat crop. He meets Kate, a waitress who is sick of the endless bustle of the city and has dreams of living in the countryside. The stock market price of wheat starts to drop and Lem hurriedly sells the crop for far less than the bottom line his father had given him. Meanwhile, Lem has fallen in love with Kate and they marry. They travel back to the countryside, but Lem's father, angry at the disastrous wheat sale, subjects Kate to hostility and physical abuse, mistakenly believing th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voice Of The City
''The Voice of the City'' is a 1929 American Pre-Code film by Willard Mack and starring Robert Ames. Modeled on a stage play, it is not related to the story of the same name by O. Henry. silentera.com; accessed January 26, 2016. The film became available on DVD on January 31, 2012 from the Warner Archive collection. Premise A young man is accused of murder and a master detective is set to track him down and uncover conclusive evidence of his guilt, but the more he works on the case, the more he becomes convinced that the accused is not the real killer. He discovers that the murder was committed by a notorious gangster who's attempting to frame the boy.Cast *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steamboat Bill, Jr
''Steamboat Bill, Jr.'' is a 1928 silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton. Released by United Artists, the film is the final product of Keaton's independent production team and set of gag writers. It was not a box-office success and became the last picture Keaton made for United Artists. Keaton ended up moving to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he made one last film in his trademark style, ''The Cameraman'', before his creative control was taken away by the studio. Charles Reisner directed the film, and the credited story writer was Carl Harbaugh. The film, named after Arthur Collins's popular 1911 recording of the 1910 song " Steamboat Bill", also featured Ernest Torrence, Marion Byron, and Tom Lewis. The film is known for what may be Keaton's most famous film stunt: The facade of a house falls around him while he stands in the precise location of open window to avoid being flattened. In 2016, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Missing Link (1927 Film) as Lord Melville D ...
''The Missing Link'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and starring Syd Chaplin, Ruth Hiatt and Tom McGuire. The title is a reference to the so-called "missing link" that connects man and the ape. Reception The film was a major production by Warner Brothers, with a budget of $313,000. It earned $608,000, more than any other silent film released by the studio that season. The ''New York Times'' critic Mordaunt Hall praised the film, observing "there are sequences in this comic contraption that are almost ceirtain to appeal to anybody". Main cast * Syd Chaplin as Arthur Wells * Ruth Hiatt as Beatrice Braden * Tom McGuire as Colonel Braden * Crauford Kent Crauford Kent (12 October 1881 – 14 May 1953) was an English character actor based in the United States. He has also been credited as Craufurd Kent [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pleasure Before Business
''Pleasure Before Business'' is a 1927 silent film comedy directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Max Davidson and Virginia Brown Faire. The film was produced and distributed by then upstart studio Columbia Pictures. Preserved at the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings, The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress'' c.1978 published by The American Film Institute Cast * Pat O'Malley as Dr. Burke *Virginia Browne Faire as Ruth Weinberg *Max Davidson as Sam Weinberg *Rosa Rosanova Rosa Rosanova (June 23, 1869 – May 29, 1944) was a Russian-born stage and film actress. She appeared in numerous American films as a starring or supporting actress in the 1920s and 1930s Biography Born in Russia, Rosanova completed he ... as Sarah Weinberg *Lester Bernard as Morris Fishbein * Tom McGuire as Scotchman *Jack Raymond as Louie *Henri Menjou as Captain References External links * allmovie/synopsis: ''Pleasure Befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You'd Be Surprised (film)
''You'd Be Surprised'' is a 1926 American silent film directed by Arthur Rosson and starring Raymond Griffith. A murder mystery-comedy, the production includes intertitles written by humorist Robert Benchley. A full copy of the film is preserved in the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' p. 214. c. 1978 by The American Film Institute. Cast *Raymond Griffith as Mr. Green, The Coroner *Edward Martindel as Mr. White, The District Attorney *Earle Williams as Mr. Black, The Deputy District Attorney *Thomas McGuire as Inspector Brown *Dorothy Sebastian as Dorothy *Granville Redmond as Grey, A Valet *Roscoe Karns as A Party Guest *Carl M. LeViness as A Party Guest * Isabelle Keith as A Party Guest *Dick La Reno as The 'Jury' Foreman *Monte Collins as The Milkman Juror *Jerry Mandy Jerry Mandy (June 5, 1892 – May 1, 1945) was an American film actor. He appeared in 114 fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Giant (1926 Film)
''The Little Giant'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by William Nigh and starring Glenn Hunter, Edna Murphy, and David Higgins. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Elmer Clinton, raised by his Uncle Clem, an old peddler, is made the sales manager of a big washing machine company. He becomes full of an undue sense of his own cleverness, and those around him pander to this self-conceit with flattery. Royce Enfield, the son of the company's owner, plots to ruin him, and all the marketing campaigns are failures. Elmer and his wife Myra do not live within their means and quarrel. Clem sells several washing machines quietly on the side. Elmer discovers that Royce has been double-crossing him and whips him in a fight. Elmer gets rid of the parasitic crowd that had been flattering him, begins marketing and driving up sales based on what Clem had taught him, and is reconciled with his wife. Cast * Glenn Hunter as Elmer Clinton * Edna Murphy as Myra Clinton * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
