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Vera Steadman
Vera Steadman (June 23, 1900 – December 14, 1966) was an American film actress of the silent era. Steadman was born on June 23, 1900, in Monterey, California. Before she began working in films, Steadman was experienced as a swimmer, high diver, and classic dancer. Steadman appeared in more than 90 films between 1915 and 1941, in her first years appearing as one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties. She worked for Fox for four months before joining Universal, and she later made films for Christie Film Company. Her marriage to orchestra leader Jackie Taylor ended in divorce on June 14, 1923. On April 17, 1935, she married Martin Padway in Van Nuys. They were divorced on August 8, 1938. She married Joseph Milton Flynn in November, 1948, and they remained wed until her death. On December 14, 1966, Steadman died at age 65. She was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Long Beach) Forest Lawn-Long Beach is a 38-acre mortuary and memorial garden in Long Beach, California, United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monterey, California
Monterey (; es, Monterrey; Ohlone: ) is a city located in Monterey County on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on the U.S. state of California's Central Coast. Founded on June 3, 1770, it functioned as the capital of Alta California under both Spain (1804–1821) and Mexico (1822–1846). During this period, Monterey hosted California's first theater, public building, public library, publicly-funded school, printing-press, and newspaper. It was originally the only port of entry for all taxable goods in California. In 1846, during the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848, the United States Flag was raised over the Customs House. After Mexico ceded California to the U.S. at the end of the war, Monterey hosted California's first constitutional convention in 1849. The city occupies a land area of and the city hall is at above sea level. The 2020 census recorded a population of 30,218. Monterey and the surrounding area have attracted artists since the late 19th-century, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet The Prince
''Meet the Prince'' is a lost 1926 American comedy-drama silent film directed by Joseph Henabery and starring Joseph Schildkraut and Marguerite De La Motte. It was produced by Metropolitan Pictures Corporation and distributed by Producers Distributing Corporation Producers Distributing Corporation was a short-lived Hollywood film distribution company, organized in 1924 and dissolved in March 1927. In its brief heyday, film director Cecil B. DeMille was its primary shareholder and major talent. Corporat .... Plot A bankrupt Russian prince (Schildkraut) and princess (Faye) come to New York's Lower East Side to escape a revolution at home. They hatch a plan to marry rich Americans. While pretending to be rich, the prince falls in love with a poor girl (De La Motte), who herself is trying to marry for money. The prince ends up marrying the poor girl, and his sister marries a butler, but they are all happily in love. Cast Production The production included an accurate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Relations (film)
''Rich Relations'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Clifford Sanforth and starring Ralph Forbes, Frances Grant, and Barry Norton. Written by Joseph O'Donnell and based on the novel of the same name by Priscilla Wayne, the film is about a secretary who is romanced by a "ladies' man" unaware that her boss is in love with her. The film was released in the United States on February 1, 1937. Cast * Ralph Forbes as ''Dave Walton'' * Frances Grant as ''Nancy Tilton'' * Barry Norton as ''Don Blair'' * Muriel Evans as ''Trixie Lane'' * Franklin Pangborn as ''Mr. Dwight'' * Wesley Barry as ''Albert'' * Jeanie Roberts as ''Buddy'' * Crauford Kent as ''Mr. Colby'' * Ethel Clayton as ''Mrs. Blair'' * Donald Kirke * Mary Carr * Ed Lawrence * Irving White * Gertrude Astor * Harry Myers * Mary MacLaren * Rosemary Theby Rosemary Theresa Theby (born Rose Masing, April 8, 1892 – November 10, 1973) was an American film actress. She appeared in some 250 films between 1911 and 1940. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Guy
''Great Guy'' is a 1936 American crime film noir directed by John G. Blystone and starring James Cagney. In the film, an honest inspector for the New York Department of Weights and Measures takes on corrupt merchants and politicians. Plot After the Chief Deputy of the Department of Weights and Measures is nearly killed in a car accident engineered by corrupt politician Marty Cavanaugh, he enlists ex-boxer Johnny Cave (Cagney) to take over his position. Johnny learns from Joe Green, the chief deputy, that there are men who are higher up in the organization than Marty. As the new leader, Johnny reiterates to his team the importance of their department and warns them that corruption is an ongoing hazard. Johnny then goes out into the field with his naive partner, Patrick James "Aloysius" Haley, investigating merchants who are accused of using faulty measures and cheating the public. He ends up fining a market for adding lead weights to stewing chickens and fining a gas station for r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gambling With Souls
''Gambling with Souls'' is a 1936 American exploitation film directed by Elmer Clifton. Plot Cast *Martha Chapin as Mrs. Mae Miller *Wheeler Oakman Wheeler Oakman (born Vivian Eichelberger; February 21, 1890 – March 19, 1949) was an American film actor. Early years Oakman was born as Vivian Eichelberger in Washington, D.C., and educated in that city's schools. He grew up in Fairfax, Virg ... as Lucky Wilder * Bryant Washburn as "Million Dollar" Taylor * Gay Sheridan as Carolyn *Vera Steadman as Molly Murdock *Edward Keane (actor), Edward Keane as Attorney *Robert Frazer as Dr. John Miller *Gaston Glass as Officer *Florence Dudley as Jean *Eddie Laughton as Nick External links * * 1936 films 1936 crime drama films 1930s exploitation films American black-and-white films American crime drama films American exploitation films 1930s English-language films Films about prostitution in the United States Films directed by Elmer Clifton Films about gambling 1930s American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Rainy Afternoon
''One Rainy Afternoon'' is a 1936 American romantic comedy film directed by Rowland V. Lee, starring Francis Lederer and Ida Lupino, and featuring Hugh Herbert, Roland Young and Erik Rhodes. It also marked the last film appearance by actress Florence Lawrence, who died in 1938, who had an uncredited bit role in the film. It was written by Stephen Morehouse Avery, with additional dialogue by Maurice Hanline, from the screenplay for the 1935 French film ''Monsieur Sans-Gêne'' by Emeric Pressburger and René Pujol, which was based on the story "The Satyr" by Pressburger.TCNotes/ref> The film was reissued in 1948 as ''Matinee Scandal''. Plot On a rainy afternoon in Paris, debonair actor Philippe Martin goes to a darkened movie theatre for a romantic assignation with his married mistress, Yvonne, but sits in the wrong seat and kisses instead lovely Monique Pelerin, the daughter of a powerful publisher. Monique, who is engaged to powerful Count Alfredo Donstelli, makes a public accu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Clutching Hand
''The Clutching Hand'' (in full, ''The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand'') is a 15-episode serial produced by the Weiss Brothers in 1936, based on the final Craig Kennedy novel of the 1934 same name by Arthur B. Reeve. A 70-minute feature film using a condensed version of the serial was also released in the same year. In it, the famous detective (portrayed by Jack Mulhall, who had portrayed the Black Ace in the serial ''The Mystery Squadron'' three years before) is assigned to solve the disappearance of Dr. Paul Gironda (Robert Frazer), a scientist who has developed a formula for synthesizing gold but vanishes before he has a chance to reveal it to his board of directors. ''The Clutching Hand'' was the last Craig Kennedy serial and the only one to be filmed as a talkie. One of the criminals, Hobart, is played by Charles Locher, who is better known nowadays as Jon Hall, and it appears that Gironda is being held prisoner by Craig Kennedy's old foe, the Clutching Hand (a face ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ring Around The Moon (film)
''Ring Around the Moon'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Donald Cook, Erin O'Brien-Moore and Ann Doran.Goble p.930 Cast * Donald Cook as Ross Graham * Erin O'Brien-Moore as Gloria Endicott * Ann Doran as Kay Duncan * Alan Edwards as Pete Mattland * Douglas Fowley as Ted Curlew * John Qualen as Bill Harvey * Barbara Bedford as Carol Anderson * Dot Farley as Bella * Mildred Gover as Emma * John Miltern as Mr. Endicott * Eddie Phillips as Charlie * Vera Steadman as Mayme * Carl Stockdale as Brenton * Richard Tucker Richard Tucker (August 28, 1913January 8, 1975) was an American operatic tenor and cantor. Long associated with the Metropolitan Opera, Tucker's career was primarily centered in the United States. Early life Tucker was born Rivn (Rubin) Ticke ... as Baxter References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1936 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frisco Kid
''Frisco Kid'' is a 1935 film starring James Cagney and directed by Lloyd Bacon. Set in San Francisco in the 1850s, it traces the rise and fall (and possible redemption) of a sailor who achieves wealth and success on San Francisco's Barbary Coast but is spurned by the woman he loves (Margaret Lindsay). The supporting cast also features Ricardo Cortez, Lili Damita, and Barton MacLane. Writing for Turner Classic Movies, Richard Harland Smith observes: “While hewing closely to the crime-shouldn't-pay maxims of the newly minted Production Code, the violence is often disarmingly brutal, with a double hanging late in the film being as disturbing as it is coyly elliptical.” Plot In San Francisco in the 1850s, a city where gold fever has left shipowners short-handed, Bat Morgan, a sailor come ashore, is robbed and nearly shanghaied aboard another ship. Managing to escape, he sticks around town to pay back those responsible and then to take a cut in the action in the vice district. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Drunkard (1935 Film) '' by William H. Smith.
''The Drunkard'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Albert Herman and starring James Murray, Clara Kimball Young and Janet Chandler.McKenna p.23 It is based on the 1844 stage melodrama ''The Drunkard ''The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved'' is an American temperance play first performed on February 12, 1844. Cast References Bibliography * A. T. McKenna. ''Showman of the Screen: Joseph E. Levine and His Revolutions in Film Promotion''. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.External links * 1935 films 1935 drama films[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Captain Hates The Sea
''The Captain Hates the Sea'' is a 1934 comedy film directed by Lewis Milestone and released by Columbia Pictures. The film, which involves a ''Grand Hotel''-style series of intertwining stories involving the passengers on a cruise ship, is notable as the last feature film of silent film icon John Gilbert and the first Columbia feature to include The Three Stooges (Curly Howard, Moe Howard and Larry Fine) in the cast, cast as the ship's orchestra. The film also stars Victor McLaglen, Arthur Treacher, Akim Tamiroff, Leon Errol and Walter Connolly. Plot Alcoholic newspaperman Steve Bramley boards the ship ''San Capador'' for a restful cruise, hoping to quit drinking and begin writing a book. Also on board are Steve's friend Schulte, a private detective hoping to nab criminal Danny Checkett with a fortune in stolen bonds. Steve begins drinking, all the while observing the various stories of other passengers on board, several of whom turn out not to be who they seem to be. Cast * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmer And Elsie
''Elmer and Elsie'' is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Gilbert Pratt and written by Humphrey Pearson. The film stars George Bancroft, Frances Fuller, Roscoe Karns, George Barbier, Nella Walker and Charles Sellon. The film was released on August 4, 1934, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *George Bancroft as Elmer Beebe *Frances Fuller as Elsie Beebe *Roscoe Karns as Rocky Cott * George Barbier as John Kincaid *Nella Walker as Mrs. Eva Kincaid *Charles Sellon as George Simpson *Helena Phillips Evans as Ma Simpson *Ruth Clifford as Mamie *Albert Conti as Barlotti *Floyce Brown as Anna *Vera Steadman as Blanche *Helen Lynch as Ruby *Marie Wells as Mabel *Tom Dempsey as Joe *Eddie Baker as Evans *Duke York Duke York ( Charles Everest Sinsabaugh; October 17, 1908January 24, 1952), was an American film actor and stuntman who appeared in nearly 160 films between 1932 and 1952. He was also known as Duke Owl. Early years The son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd ... as Smith *William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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