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William Scully (director)
William Joseph Scully (March 19, 1889–May 1, 1949), sometimes credited as ''William Scully'', "W. J. Scully", or "Bill Scully", was an American director and production manager. William Scully was born in New York City and died in Hollywood, California. Filmography Director *''Annabel Lee ''(1921) *'' Cuando el amor ríe'' (1931) Assistant Director *''My Son, the Hero'' (1943) *'' Rosalie'' (1937) *''On the Avenue'' (1937) *''Born to Dance'' (1936) *''Private Number'' (1936) *''Broadway Melody of 1936'' (1935) *''Born to Be Bad ''(1934) *''If I Had a Million ''(1932) *'' The Last of the Duanes ''(1930) *''Hell's Angels ''(1930) *''Paris Bound ''(1929) *''Tenth Avenue ''(1928) *''The Blue Danube ''(1928) *''Turkish Delight ''(1927) *''His Dog ''(1927) *''The Clinging Vine'' (1926) *''Eve's Leaves ''(1926) *''Made for Love ''(1926) *''The Coming of Amos ''(1925) *''Greater Than Fame ''(1920) *''The Country Cousin ''(1919) *''A Society Exile ''(1919) *'' The Avalanche ''(1919 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended a film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Clinging Vine
''The Clinging Vine'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film produced by Cecil B. DeMille and Paul Slone and directed by Sloane. It was distributed by DeMille's Producers Distributing Corporation.Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Clinging Vine'' at silentera.com The film is based on a 1922 Broadway play of the same name by . The film was a starring vehicle for who left alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1889 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the Dakotas. * January 4 – An Act to Regulate Appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States is signed by President Grover Cleveland. It establishes a Commissioned Corps of officers, as a predecessor to the modern-day U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. * January 5 – Preston North End F.C. is declared the winner of the inaugural Football League in England. * January 8 – Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine in the United States. * January 15 – The Coca-Cola Company is originally incorporated as the Pemberton Medicine Company in Atlanta, Georgia. * January 22 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C. * January 30 – Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gone With The Wind (film)
''Gone with the Wind'' is a 1939 American epic historical romance film adapted from the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. The film was produced by David O. Selznick of Selznick International Pictures and directed by Victor Fleming. Set in the American South against the backdrop of the American Civil War and the Reconstruction era, the film tells the story of Scarlett O'Hara ( Vivien Leigh), the strong-willed daughter of a Georgia plantation owner, following her romantic pursuit of Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard), who is married to his cousin, Melanie Hamilton (Olivia de Havilland), and her subsequent marriage to Rhett Butler (Clark Gable). The film had a troubled production. The start of filming was delayed for two years until January 1939 because of Selznick's determination to secure Gable for the role of Rhett. The role of Scarlett was difficult to cast, and 1,400 unknown women were interviewed for the part. The original screenplay by Sidney Howard underwent many revisions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Better Self
''Her Better Self'' is a 1917 American silent drama film starring Pauline Frederick and Thomas Meighan and directed by Robert G. Vignola. It was produced by Famous Players Film Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is now considered lost. Cast * Pauline Frederick - Vivian Tyler * Thomas Meighan - Dr. Robert Keith * Alice Hollister - Aggie May * Maude Turner Gordon - Mrs.Tyler * Charles Wellesley - Mr. Tyler * Frank De Rheim - Count Belloto * Armand Cortes - Dopey Reception Like many American films of the time, ''Her Better Self'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required cuts of two scenes of a girl walking away with a man and the arrest of the girl, an intertitle stating "I left the town in disgrace," and the stabbing in the suicide scene and the vision of the same. See also *List of lost films For thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Avalanche (1919 Film)
''The Avalanche'' is a 1919 American silent drama film about gambling directed by George Fitzmaurice who also served as the film's art director. William Scully was the assistant director to Fitzmaurice. The film stars Elsie Ferguson and Warner Oland. This is the first film that teamed director Fitzmaurice and star Ferguson. Ferguson's gowns were by the designer Callot Soeurs. The film is now considered a lost film. Cast * Elsie Ferguson as Chichita, Madame Delano, Helene * Lumsden Hare as Price Ruyler * Zeffie Tilbury as Mrs Ruyler * Fred Esmelton as John Harvey * William Roselle as Ferdie Derenforth * Grace Field as Sybil Price * Warner Oland as Nick Delano * Harry Wise as * George Dupre as * William T. Carleton as *uncredited See also *List of lost films *The House That Shadows Built ''The House That Shadows Built'' (1931) is a feature compilation film from Paramount Pictures, made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the studio's founding in 1912. The film was a promoti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Society Exile (1919 Film)
''A Society Exile'' (1919) is an American silent film drama directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Elsie Ferguson, Julia Dean, and William Carleton. The assistant director to Fitzmaurice was William Scully. The film marks the second screen appearance of the actor Henry Stephenson. The film was based upon the play ''We Can't Be as Bad as All That'' by Henry Arthur Jones. According to the American Film Institute catalog, William Cameron Menzies may or may not have been the art director for the film. Plot Based upon a plot summary included in a film review in a film publication, Nora (Ferguson) is an American heiress who is courted by Lord Bissett (Gamble) while visiting England. She overhears Bissett discussing with his sister the need of Nora's money to replenish his fortune, so she leaves him and moves into a nearby cottage. A successful playwright Sir Howard Furnival (Stephenson) assists her in preparing a play based upon a novel she has written, but keeps this secret fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Than Fame
''Greater Than Fame'' is a 1920 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Selznick Pictures. It was directed by Alan Crosland and stars Elaine Hammerstein. It is not known whether the film currently survives. Plot As described in a film magazine, Margaret Brooke (Hammerstein), a young small town woman, is given an allowance of twenty dollars a week to go to the city to have her voice trained. She falls in with an elderly musician, who cares for her, and a young composer, with whom she falls in love. The Warings, wealthy and sophisticated, take an interest in Margaret, Mrs. Waring (Gordon) inviting her into their home so that she may see a gathering of successful artists and learn their shortcomings, while Philip Waring (Tooker), unprincipled, seeking to bring about her downfall. Margaret accepts, innocently, the apartment Mr. Waring secures for her. Her sweetheart sees Mr. Waring come to her apartment and misunderstands. She then goes to the home of the master of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Coming Of Amos
''The Coming of Amos'' is a 1925 American silent romantic drama film directed by Paul Sloane, produced by Cecil B. DeMille and distributed by his Producers Distributing Corporation. Copies of this film survive and can be found on home video and more recently on DVD. Plot As described in a film magazine reviews, Amos Burden's mother dies and leaves him 50,000 pounds and the richest sheep farm in Australia. He leaves his home for that of his uncle, David Fontenay, who lives on the continent. The uncle, fastidious, tidy, and high in social circles, is distressed by the ingenious and uncouth Amos. Fontenay's friends, with the exception of the Princess Nadia, are amused by Amos. The Princess favors him, however, and Amos woos her, ignorant of the tales of the disaster that befell each of her former suitors. Under the tutelage of the aesthete Bendyke Hamilton, Amos becomes a gentleman so far as externals go and he progresses well with the Princess. Then out of the past appears Ramon G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blue Danube
"The Blue Danube" is the common English title of "An der schönen blauen Donau", Op. 314 (German for "By the Beautiful Blue Danube"), a waltz by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, composed in 1866. Originally performed on 15 February 1867 at a concert of the Wiener Männergesang-Verein (Vienna Men's Choral Association), it has been one of the most consistently popular pieces of music in the classical repertoire. Its initial performance was considered only a mild success, however, and Strauss is reputed to have said, "The devil take the waltz, my only regret is for the coda—I wish that had been a success!" After the original music was written, the words were added by the Choral Association's poet, Joseph Weyl. Strauss later added more music, and Weyl needed to change some of the words. Strauss adapted it into a purely orchestral version for the 1867 Paris World's Fair, and it became a great success in this form. The instrumental version is by far the most commonl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unit Production Manager
In the cinema of the United States, a unit production manager (UPM) is the Directors Guild of America–approved title for the top below-the-line staff position, responsible for the administration of a feature film or television production. Non-DGA productions might call it the production manager or production supervisor. They work closely with the line producer. Sometimes the line producer is the UPM. A senior producer may assign a UPM more than one production at a time. Responsibility to a senior producer A UPM is usually hired by a film producer or television producer, and is responsible for managing the production and regulating the costs of delivering the expected film or television show on budget at the end of principal photography. Typically, a producer will oversee all the cost-related decisions, including above-the-line expenditures (especially during pre-production). However, the UPM is responsible for the more detailed planning and execution of the below-the-line cos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Bound
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelligenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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