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Up In Mabel's Room (1926 Film)
''Up in Mabel's Room'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Marie Prevost and Harrison Ford. It is based on the 1919 play of the same name by Wilson Collison and Otto Harbach. The film was remade in 1944 starring Marjorie Reynolds, Dennis O'Keefe and Gail Patrick. Cast * Marie Prevost as Mabel Ainsworth * Harrison Ford as Garry Ainsworth * Phyllis Haver as Sylvia Wells * Harry Myers as Jimmy Larchmont * Sylvia Breamer as Alicia * Carl Gerard as Arthur Walters * Arthur Hoyt as Simpson * William Orlamond as Hawkins * Paul Nicholson as Leonard Mason * Maude Truax as Henrietta Preservation status A print of ''Up in Mabel's Room'' is held by the Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ... (MOMA). References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Christie
Charles Herbert Christie (April 13, 1882 – October 1, 1955) and Alfred Ernest Christie (November 23, 1886 – April 14, 1951) were Canadian motion picture entrepreneurs. Early life Charles Herbert Christie was born between April 13, 1880 and April 13, 1882, and Alfred Ernest Christie was born between October 23, 1881 and November 23, 1886, both in London, Ontario. Their father managed the Opera House and their mother was its box-office manager and accountant. Charles graduated from school at age 14, and graduated from the four-year accountancy course in two years at age 16. Career Charles, at age 23, was offered a job as the stage manager for Liebler and Company and accepted it on the condition that his brother Al also be given a job. They worked for the organization for three years. Charles joined the film industry after being hired as an accountant for the Nestor Film Company. William Horsley stated that "I wonder if we would have survived as a viable industry had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gail Patrick
Gail Patrick (born Margaret LaVelle Fitzpatrick, June 20, 1911 – July 6, 1980) was an American film actress and television producer. Often cast as the bad girl or the other woman, she appeared in more than 60 feature films between 1932 and 1948, notably ''My Man Godfrey'' (1936), ''Stage Door'' (1937), and ''My Favorite Wife'' (1940). After retiring from acting, she became, as Gail Patrick Jackson, president of Paisano Productions and executive producer of the ''Perry Mason'' television series (1957–66). She was one of the first female producers, and the only female executive producer in prime time during the nine years ''Perry Mason'' was on the air. She served two terms (1960–62) as vice president of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and as president of its Hollywood chapter—the first woman to serve in a leadership capacity in the academy, and its only female leader until 1983. Early life Gail Patrick was born Margaret LaVelle Fitzpatrick on J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Films Based On Plays
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American Black-and-white Films
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American Silent Feature Films
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Silent American Comedy Films
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1926 Comedy Films
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1926 Films
The following is an overview of 1926 in film, including significant events, a list of films released, and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1926 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *February – The oldest surviving animated feature film is released in the Weimar Republic, directed by Lotte Reiniger. It is called ''The Adventures of Prince Achmed'' (''Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed''). *August 5 – Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, ''Don Juan''. The Vitaphone system uses multiple rpm gramophone records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back music and sound effects synchronized with film. *August 23 – Rudolph Valentino, whose film ''The Son of the Sheik'' was currently playing, dies at the age of 31 in New York. Riots occur at the funeral parlor as thousands of people try to see his body. *October 7 – Warner Brothers release the second Vitaphone film, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum Of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of the largest and most influential museums of modern art in the world. MoMA's collection offers an overview of modern and contemporary art, including works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated and artist's books, film, and electronic media. The MoMA Library includes about 300,000 books and exhibition catalogs, more than 1,000 periodical titles, and more than 40,000 files of ephemera about individual artists and groups. The archives hold primary source material related to the history of modern and contemporary art. It attracted 1,160,686 visitors in 2021, an increase of 64% from 2020. It ranked 15th on the list of most visited art museums in the world in 2021.'' The Art Newspaper'' an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Orlamond
William Anderson Orlamond (1 August 1867 – 23 April 1957) was a Danish-American film actor. Orlamond appeared in more than 80 films between 1912 and 1938. Partial filmography * ''A Rogue's Romance'' (1919) * ''Elmo the Mighty'' (1919) * ''Stronger Than Death'' (1920) * ''Vanishing Trails'' (1920) * '' Madame Peacock'' (1920) * '' Camille'' (1921) * ''Doubling for Romeo'' (1921) * '' Beating the Game'' (1921) * '' The Sin Flood'' (1922) * '' All the Brothers Were Valiant'' (1923) * '' Souls for Sale'' (1923) * ''Slander the Woman'' (1923) * ''The Eternal Three'' (1923) * ''Slave of Desire'' (1923) * ''The Eagle's Feather'' (1923) * '' Look Your Best'' (1923) * ''The Narrow Street'' (1924) * ''Name the Man'' (1924) * ''Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model'' (1924) * ''The White Moth'' (1924) * '' When a Girl Loves'' (1924) * '' The Wife of the Centaur'' (1924) * ''The Dixie Handicap'' (1924) * ''Boys Will Be Joys'' (1925) * '' Seven Keys to Baldpate'' (1925) * ''Good Cheer'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Hoyt
Arthur Hoyt (March 19, 1874 – January 4, 1953) was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 275 films in his 34-year film career, about a third of them silent films. Career Born in Georgetown, Colorado, in 1874, Hoyt made his Broadway debut in 1905 in ''The Prince Consort''. He also appeared in Ferenc Molnár's ''The Devil'' in 1908, and made his final Broadway appearance in ''The Great Name'' in 1911. Hoyt made the silent comedy short ''The Scrub Lady'' in 1914, but his film acting career did not begin in earnest until 1916 when he appeared in another short, ''The Heart of a Show Girl''. From that time until 1944, each year a film was released in which Hoyt had acted – and frequently up to a dozen or so. Hoyt had large roles in such silent films as '' The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'' (1921), '' Souls for Sale'' (1923), and '' The Lost World'' (1925). He also directed two silent features, '' Station Content'' starring Gloria Swanson and ''Hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Gerard
Carl Gerard (born Carl Gerhard Petersen; 28 September 1885 – 6 January 1966), sometimes credited as Carl Gerrard, was a Danish-American actor known for playing supporting roles. Biography Gerard spent much of his career in Los Angeles and once worked alongside legendary actor Boris Karloff in the film ''The Public Defender'' (1931), in which he and his colleagues attempt to protect a millionaire from being framed. He married American actress Ethel Grey Terry in 1910 and remained with her until her death in 1931. Gerard died on 6 January 1966 in Los Angeles of a heart attack at the age of 80. His ashes were interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery along with his wife.''Resting Places: The Burial Places of 14,000 Famous Persons'', by Scott Wilson. Selected filmography * ''The Family Stain'' (1915) * '' The Vixen'' (1916) * ''The Little American'' (1917) * ''Crime and Punishment'' (1917) * '' The Little Samaritan'' (1917) * '' The Silver Horde'' (1920) * '' Uncharted Seas'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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