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Wallis Clark
Wallis Hensman Clark (2 March 1882 – 14 February 1961) was an English stage and film actor. Biography Clark was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, the son of William Wallis Clark (1854 - 1930), an engineer. Prior to acting, Clark was an engineer. He began his stage career in Margate, Kent, in 1908. He moved to the United States and acted in numerous plays on the stage, including at the Little Theatre in Philadelphia, for years before moving on to the screen in 1932. He appeared in supporting roles in 136 films between 1931 and 1954. Five of these films won Best Picture: ''It Happened One Night'' (1934), ''Mutiny on the Bounty'' (1935), ''The Great Ziegfeld'' (1936), '' You Can't Take It with You'' (1938), and ''Gone with the Wind'' (1939). In four of these five films, Clark was uncredited. In ''Mutiny on the Bounty'', he is credited in the role of Morrison. Selected filmography * ''Elusive Isabel'' (1916) - Prince D'Abruzzi * ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' (1916) - Penc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hell's House
''Hell's House'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film starring Junior Durkin, featuring Bette Davis and directed by Howard Higgin. The screenplay by Paul Gangelin and B. Harrison Orkow, set during the waning days of the Prohibition era, is based on a story by Higgin. Plot When orphaned Jimmy Mason is taken in by his Aunt Emma and Uncle Henry, he meets their boarder, Matt Kelly, who impresses the young man with his boastful swagger and alleged political connections, although in reality he's a bootlegger. The boy's life is disrupted when, as one of Kelly's hired hands, he refuses to identify his boss during a police raid and is sentenced to three years of hard labor in reform school, where he befriends a sickly boy named Shorty, who in helping Jimmy, eventually is sent to solitary confinement. When Jimmy realizes his new pal is seriously ill and desperately needs medical attention, he escapes and goes to Kelly and Kelly's girl friend, Peggy Gardner, for help. Peggy contacts n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shopworn
''Shopworn'' is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Nick Grinde and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Regis Toomey. Written by Jo Swerling and Robert Riskin, based on a story by Sarah Y. Mason, the film is about a poor hardworking waitress who meets and falls in love with a wealthy college student. His mother objects to the union and frames the waitress for a crime she did not commit. After serving her time, the waitress enters show business and becomes a star. Plot Waitress Kitty Lane and wealthy David Livingston fall in love. However his overly protective mother Helen does not approve and does everything she can to break them up. She has her friend Judge Forbes first try bribery; when that fails, he arranges to have her jailed on a bogus morals charge. Meanwhile, Mrs. Livingston convinces her son that Kitty took the $5000 bribe. As the years pass, Kitty becomes a successful showgirl, with numerous admirers, while David is a doctor. When their paths cross again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Her Savage
''Call Her Savage'' is a 1932 pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Clara Bow. The film was Bow's second-to-last film role. It is also one of the first portrayals of homosexuals on screen, including a scene in a gay bar. Plot A wild young woman, Nasa Springer (Clara Bow), born and raised in Texas by well-to-do parents, rebels against her father. She is sent to school in Chicago, where her disruptive behavior marks her as a troublemaker. She marries a rich playboy, who then declares the marriage a ploy and abandons her. She is renounced by her father, who tells her he never wishes to see her again. She discovers she is pregnant and bears a child. Reduced to poverty, she moves into a boardinghouse with her infant, and struggles to pay for the baby's basic needs. Unaware that her grandfather in Texas has died and left her a $100,000 fortune, a desperate Nasa dresses up as a prostitute and goes out in the neighborhood hoping to earn some quick cash to purch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbidden Trail
''Forbidden Trail'' is a 1932 American pre-Code western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Buck Jones, Barbara Weeks and George Cooper.Pitts p.112 Cast * Buck Jones as Tom Devlin * Barbara Weeks as Mary Middleton * George Cooper as Happy - Tom's Sidekick * Wallis Clark as Cash Karger * Mary Carr as Mrs. Middleton * Albert J. Smith as Burke - Henchman * Ed Brady as J. Snodgrass * Frank Rice as Sheriff Hibbs * Charles Berner as Johnson - Rancher * Charles Brinley as Townsman / Nester * Buck Bucko as Townsman / Nester * Roy Bucko as Townsman / Nester * Wong Chung as Wong - Chinese Cook * Ken Cooper as Townsman / Nester * Rube Dalroy as Mob Member * Frank Ellis as Ranch Hand * Jack Evans as Townsman / Nester * Tom B. Forman as Collins' Ranch Foreman * Herman Hack as Nester * Allen Holbrook as Townsman / Nester * Frank LaRue as Collins - Rancher * Bert Lindley as Mob Member * Lew Meehan as Townsman * Art Mix as Ranch Hand * Buck Mou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If I Had A Million
''If I Had a Million'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Paramount Studios anthology film starring Gary Cooper, George Raft, Charles Laughton, W.C. Fields, Jack Oakie, Frances Dee and Charlie Ruggles, among others. There were seven directors: Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Taurog, Stephen Roberts, Norman Z. McLeod, James Cruze, William A. Seiter, and H. Bruce Humberstone. Lubitsch, Cruze, Seiter, and Humberstone were each responsible for a single vignette, Roberts and McLeod directed two each, and Taurog was in charge of the prologue and epilogue. The screenplays were scripted by many different writers, with Joseph L. Mankiewicz making a large contribution. ''If I Had a Million'' is based on a novel by Robert Hardy Andrews. A wealthy dying businessman played by veteran actor Richard Bennett decides to leave his money to eight complete strangers. Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, George Raft, May Robson, Charles Ruggles, and Gene Raymond play some of the lucky beneficiaries. The 1950s televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang
''I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang'' is a 1932 American pre-Code crime-drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Paul Muni as a wrongfully convicted man on a chain gang who escapes to Chicago. It was released on November 10, 1932. The film received positive reviews and three Academy Award nominations. The film was written by Howard J. Green and Brown Holmes from Robert Elliott Burns's 1932 autobiography of a similar name '' I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang!'' originally serialized in the ''True Detective'' magazine. The true life story was later the basis for the television movie ''The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains'' (1987) starring Val Kilmer. In 1991, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Plot American sergeant James Allen returns to civilian life after World War I. He has served with distinction, earning a medal from Alli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidden Gold (1932 Film)
''Hidden Gold'' is a 1932 American Western film directed by Arthur Rosson and written by James Mulhauser and Jack Natteford. The film stars Tom Mix, Judith Barrie, Raymond Hatton, Eddie Gribbon, Donald Kirke and Wallis Clark. The film was released on November 3, 1932, by Universal Pictures. Plot Doc Griffin (Donald Kirke) and his two henchmen rob a bank and quickly hide the loot before they are apprehended. The handsome owner of the horse ranch Nora Lane (Judith Barrie) loses all her money because of this. The police have Lane's employee Tom Marley (Tom Mix) infiltrate the prison with the robbers, hoping the thieves will tell Marley where the loot is hidden. When the trio manages to escape from prison, Marley has to hide his cover longer. His undercover action works too well, however, and both Lane and the police think he has actually joined the criminals. Marley then steals horses from Lane's ranch, and she is kidnapped by Griffin who takes her to the woods to find the loot. Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Merry-Go-Round (film)
''Washington Merry-Go-Round'' is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by James Cruze and starring Lee Tracy, Constance Cummings, Walter Connolly, and Alan Dinehart. It was produced by Walter Wanger. Plot Button Gwinnett Brown (Lee Tracy) is a new congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives. He refuses bribes, vowing to rid Washington of corruption; but crosses swords with powerful senator Edward Norton (Alan Dinehart), who wants to enlist Brown to help Prohibition bootleggers. Norton also happens to be chasing elder senator Wylie's (Walter Connolly) granddaughter Alice (Constance Cummings), who Brown has also fallen for. In order to silence the idealistic newcomer, politicians stage a phony re-count and Brown loses his government seat. However, with the help of Senator Wylie and Alice, Brown manages to win back his place and clean up the halls of justice. Cast *Lee Tracy as Button Gwinnett Brown *Constance Cummings as Alice Wylie *Walter Connolly as Senator Wylie *Ala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Of June 13
''The Night of June 13'' is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Stephen Roberts. The film stars Clive Brook, Frances Dee, Charlie Ruggles, Gene Raymond, Lila Lee, Mary Boland and Adrianne Allen. The film was released on September 23, 1932, by Paramount Pictures. Cast *Clive Brook as John Curry *Lila Lee as Trudie Morrow *Charlie Ruggles as Philo Strawn *Frances Dee as Ginger Blake *Gene Raymond as Herbert Morrow *Mary Boland as Mazie Strawn *Adrianne Allen as Elna Curry *Charley Grapewin as "Grandpop" Jeptha Strawn *Helen Ware as Mrs. Lizzie Morrow *Helen Jerome Eddy as Martha Blake *Arthur Hohl as Prosecuting Attorney *Billy Butts as Junior Strawn *Richard Carle as Otto ;Other uncredited cast members (alphabetically) *Bobby Barber as Jury Foreman * Frederick Burton as Judge *Wallis Clark as Defense Attorney * John Elliott as Real Estate Agent * Paul Fix as Reporter *Billy Franey as Jimmy - Trash Collector *Otto Fries as Bailiff *Edward LeSaint as Mr. Hen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big City Blues (1932 Film)
''Big City Blues'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and distributed by Warner Bros. The film is based on the play ''New York Town'' by Ward Morehouse and stars Joan Blondell and Eric Linden, with uncredited early appearances by Humphrey Bogart and Lyle Talbot. Original prints and copies of the motion picture are preserved in the collections of the Library of Congress, the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and in other major film repositories. Plot Bud Reeves is a naive young man who lives in a small town in Indiana. After inheriting $1,100 ($ today) from his aunt, he decides to use the money to move to New York City to find a job and start a new life. His dog Duke follows him to the railroad station, and the station agent says he will take care of the pup but only as a loan, because he is certain that Bud will return home in a month or less, having spent some time in the city himself and being well aware how tough life can be there. Once in New Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okay, America!
''Okay, America!'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code film, about a gossip columnist's rise to fame, based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell. Cast * Lew Ayres as Larry Wayne * Maureen O'Sullivan as Sheila Barton * Louis Calhern as Mileaway Russell * Edward Arnold as Duke Morgan * Walter Catlett as City Editor aka 'Lucille' * Alan Dinehart as Roger Jones * Henry Armetta as Sam * Emerson Treacy as Jerry Robbins * Marjorie Gateson as Mrs. Herbert Wright * Margaret Lindsay as Ruth Drake * Akim Tamiroff Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff, russian: Аким Михайлович Тамиров (born Hovakim Tamiryants; October 29, 1899 – September 17, 1972) was an Armenian-American actor of film, stage, and television. One of the premier character act ... as Bit role (uncredited) External links * 1932 films 1930s adventure drama films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Tay Garnett Films about journalists American adventure drama films American black-and-white fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Mayor
''The Night Mayor'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Lee Tracy, Evalyn Knapp and Don Dillaway.Palmer, p. 132 Cast * Lee Tracy as Mayor Bobby Kingston * Evalyn Knapp as Doree Dawn * Don Dillaway as Fred Field * Eugene Pallette as Hymie Shane * Vince Barnett as Louis Mossbaum, Tailor * Warren Hymer as Riley * Astrid Allwyn as Patsy * Barbara Weeks as Nutsy * Gloria Shea as Gwen ''uncredited performers'' *Wade Boteler as Grogan *Wallis Clark as Crandall *Emmett Corrigan as Lt. Governor Robertson *Eddie Foster as Reporter *Sherry Hall as Bill *Eddie Kane as Larry Sigmund *Frank McLure as Ritz Hotel Waiter *Harold Minjir as Ashley Sparks * Edmund Mortimer as Dignitary * Tom O'Brien as Delaney *Larry Steers Lawrence Wells Steers (February 14, 1888 – February 15, 1951) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 550 films between 1917 and 1951. He was born in Indiana, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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