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Wilson Benge
George Frederick "Wilson" Benge (1 March 1875 – 1 July 1955) was an English actor who mostly featured in American films from the silent days. He appeared in over 200 films between 1922 and 1955. Along with actors Charles Coleman and Robert Greig, Benge was heavily typecast as butler or valet and was one of Hollywood's most familiar manservants in the 1930s and 1940s. He also appeared in several Laurel and Hardy comedies. He worked in films until his death. Selected filmography * ''Robin Hood'' (1922) * ''Alias Mary Flynn'' (1925) * '' Without Mercy'' (1925) * ''The Road to Yesterday'' (1925) * ''A Trip to Chinatown'' (1926) * ''The Clinging Vine'' (1926) * ''The Midnight Message'' (1926) * ''Fast and Furious'' (1927) * '' Do Detectives Think?'' (1927) * ''The Lone Eagle'' (1927) * ''The Battle of the Century'' (1927) * ''Alias the Deacon'' (1928) * ''That's My Daddy'' (1928) * ''You're Darn Tootin''' (1928) * ''A Gentleman Preferred'' (1928) * ''The Rush Hour'' (1928) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Of The Amazons
''Queen of the Amazons'' is a 1946 adventure film produced and directed by Edward Finney and featuring Robert Lowery, Patricia Morison and J. Edward Bromberg.. Plot Jean Preston (Patricia Morison) is determined to find her fiancé, Greg Jones (Bruce Edwards), who went on a safari and didn’t come back when expected. She travels to Akbar, India with Greg’s father, Colonel Jones (John Miljan), who also narrates the film, together with Wayne Monroe (Keith Richards) and the Professor (Wilson Benge). She asks about Jones at the front desk of the hotel where she stays. Although the clerk acts like he knows nothing of Jones, he immediately makes a suspicious phone call when the group leaves the lobby. While Jean unpacks in her room, a native woman named Tondra (Vida Aldana), who spied on the group in the hotel lobby earlier, knocks on the door. She tells Jean that her husband, Moya (Hassam Kayyam), spoke to her of a safari that suffered a tiger attack. Jean asks Tondra to spea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Trip To Chinatown (film)
''A Trip to Chinatown'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation and starring Margaret Livingston. The supporting cast includes Anna May Wong and Charles Farrell. The movie was scripted by Beatrice Van from Charles Hale Hoyt's hit 1891 Broadway musical of the same name and directed by Robert P. Kerr. Livingston played the "Woman from the City" the following year in F. W. Murnau's '' Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans'', the rival to Farrell's future screen partner Janet Gaynor. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''A Trip to Chinatown'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film. See also * |
Raffles (1930 Film)
''Raffles'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-mystery film produced by Samuel Goldwyn. It stars Ronald Colman as the title character, a proper English gentleman who moonlights as a notorious jewel thief, and Kay Francis as his love interest. It is based on the play ''Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman'' (1906) by E. W. Hornung and Eugene Wiley Presbrey, which was in turn adapted from the 1899 short story collection of the same name by Hornung. Oscar Lagerstrom was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Recording. The story had been filmed previously as '' Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman'' (1917) with John Barrymore as Raffles, and again as '' Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman'' (1925) by Universal Studios. A 1939 film version titled ''Raffles'', also produced by Goldwyn, stars David Niven in the title role. Plot Gentleman jewel thief A.J. Raffles (Ronald Colman) decides to give up his criminal ways as the notorious "Amateur Cracksman" after falling in love with Lady Gwen ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulldog Drummond (1929 Film)
''Bulldog Drummond'' is a 1929 American pre-Code crime film in which Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond helps a beautiful young woman in distress. The film stars Ronald Colman as the title character, Claud Allister, Lawrence Grant, Montagu Love, Wilson Benge, Joan Bennett, and Lilyan Tashman. Produced by Samuel Goldwyn and directed by F. Richard Jones, the movie was adapted by Sidney Howard from the play by H. C. McNeile (credited onscreen as "Sapper"). Colman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and William Cameron Menzies for Best Art Direction. Two previous Bulldog Drummond films had been produced: ''Bulldog Drummond'' (1923) and ''Bulldog Drummond's Third Round'' (1925). The 1929 film was the first Bulldog Drummond movie with sound, and was also Ronald Colman's first talkie. A series of Drummond movies followed, beginning with ''Temple Tower'' made in the UK in 1930; see the main article on Bulldog Drummond for a complete list. Plot Hugh "Bulldog" D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rush Hour
''The Rush Hour'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Marie Prevost, Harrison Ford and Seena Owen. Cast * Marie Prevost as Margie Dolan * Harrison Ford as Dan Morley * Seena Owen as Yvonne Dorée * David Butler as William Finch * Ward Crane as Dunrock * Arthur Hoyt as Professor Jones * Wilson Benge as Travel Agent * Mathilde Comont as Chanteuse at Bohemia Cafe * William Irving as Seasick Shipboard Passenger * Franklin Pangborn Franklin Pangborn (January 23, 1889 – July 20, 1958) was an American comedic character actor famous for playing small but memorable roles with comic flair. He appeared in many Preston Sturges movies as well as the W. C. Fields films '' Interna ... as Troublemaker at Bohemia Cafe Preservation status *The film has been preserved at UCLA Film & Television Archive. References Bibliography * Richard Lewis Ward. ''When the Cock Crows: A History of the Pathé Exchange''. SIU Press, 2016. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Gentleman Preferred
''A Gentleman Preferred'' is a 1928 American silent comedy Western film directed by Arthur Hotaling and starring Gaston Glass, Jimmy Aubrey and Kathleen Myers. Cast * Gaston Glass as James Fargo * Jimmy Aubrey as Bill Jenkins * Kathleen Myers as Maryann Carter * Jerome La Grasse as Lord Stanweight * Winifred Landis as Mrs. Clark Carter * Jack Hopkins as Kent Carlington * Wilson Benge as Dobbs * Louise Cabo Louise or Luise may refer to: * Louise (given name) Arts Songs * "Louise" (Bonnie Tyler song), 2005 * "Louise" (The Human League song), 1984 * "Louise" (Jett Rebel song), 2013 * "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929 *"Louise", by Clan of ... as Martha References External links * 1928 films 1920s Western (genre) comedy films 1928 comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by Arthur Hotaling Silent American Western (genre) comedy films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You're Darn Tootin'
''You're Darn Tootin is a silent short subject directed by E. Livingston Kennedy starring comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. It was released on April 21, 1928, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Members of a municipal band, Stanley and Oliver seem to be always following someone else's lead, rather than that of the temperamental conductor. Soon they're out of a job, as well as their lodgings when the landlady finds out they've been fired. The boys try their luck at being street musicians, but the tiffs they get into with each other soon spread to passersby in general, until the street is filled with men pulling each other's pants off. Cast Production notes ''You're Darn Tootin was filmed in January 1928. The title is an American idiomatic phrase akin to "You're darn right!" The film was originally released in the UK under its working title ''The Music Blasters''. The film was directed by fellow film comedian Edgar Kennedy (billed as "E. Livingston Kennedy"). Scenes from ''You're Darn To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That's My Daddy
''That's My Daddy'' is a 1928 American silent comedy starring Reginald Denny and Barbara Kent. The film's story is credited to Denny; though the direction is credited to Fred C. Newmeyer, Denny claimed to have directed most of the film himself. The film survives and has been preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Preservation After being unavailable to the public for many decades, the film was screened at the Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto, California, on August 24, 2007 (on a double bill with Denny's 1925 film ''I'll Show You the Town''), and again on August 13, 2014. In both cases, the films were introduced and accompanied by the organist Dennis James Dennis James (born Demie James Sposa, August 24, 1917 – June 3, 1997) was an American television personality, philanthropist, and commercial spokesman. Until 1976, he had appeared on TV more times and for a longer period than any other telev .... References External links * * 1928 films 1928 comedy fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alias The Deacon (1927 Film)
''Alias the Deacon'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Jean Hersholt, June Marlowe and Ralph Graves. It was produced and released by Universal Pictures. Based on a stage play of the same name, it was directed by Edward Sloman and is preserved at the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation.''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30'' by The American Film Institute, c. 1971 It was remade as a sound film ''Alias the Deacon'' in 1940. Cast * Jean Hersholt as George Caswell or The Deacon * June Marlowe as Phyllis/Mrs. Nancy Blythe * Ralph Graves as Jim Adams * Myrtle Stedman as Mrs. Betsy Clark * Lincoln Plumer as John Cunningham * Ned Sparks as Slim Sullivan * Tom Kennedy as Bull Moran * Maurice Murphy as Willie Clark * George Westas - George * Wilson Benge as Minister * Walter Brennan Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor and singer. He won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Battle Of The Century
''The Battle of the Century'' is a 1927 silent short film starring comedy double act Laurel and Hardy, who appeared in 107 films between 1921 and 1951. The film is famous for its use of more than 3,000 cream pies (although the Guinness Book of Records claims that as many as 10,000 may have been used) in the film's climactic pie fight. For many years, only three minutes from the film's second reel containing the pie fight was known to survive, as the footage had been included in Robert Youngson's 1950s film documentaries. However, the complete reel was rediscovered in 2015. It was released to the public on DVD and Blu-ray disc on June 16, 2020 as part of the ''Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations'' compilation of remastered films. Also in 2020, ''The Battle of the Century'' was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Plot A broke Hardy arranges for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lone Eagle
The Lone Eagle is a 1927 American silent melodrama directed by Emory Johnson, based on the story by Emilie Johnson, and starring Raymond Keane, Barbara Kent and Nigel Barrie. It was released by Universal Pictures on September 18, 1927. Plot During World War I, American pilot Lieutenant William (Billy) Holmes (Raymond Keane) accepts an assignment with the Royal Flying Corps. The unit location is on the Western Front and has seen plenty of action. During Billy's first air battle, he is accused of cowardice. He meets an attractive French woman named Mimi (Barbara Kent). They start to fall in love, but the cowardice accusation continues to dog Billy. Mimi stirs Billy's emotions, and he becomes determined to prove his mettle in battle. The unit receives its next flying mission. The group takes to the sky and encounters a squadron of German aircraft. American ace Red McGibbons (Donald Stuart) is one of Billy's best friends. During the dogfight, Red manages to shoot down a German pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do Detectives Think?
''Do Detectives Think?'' or ''The Bodyguard'' is a 1927 silent comedy short film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy prior to their official billing as the duo Laurel and Hardy. Production ''Do Detectives Think?'' is most notable for featuring the comedians in their familiar garb of crumpled suits and bowler hats for the very first time, the standard costumes of detectives of the time. Plot A Judge (Finlayson) sentences a murderer, the Tipton Slasher (Noah Young), to death. The murderer vows revenge on the judge. Following the escape of the condemned man, the judge engages a detective agency which sends its two least-skilled detectives ( Laurel and Hardy) to protect him. In a sequence that establishes their routine, their hats blow off and land in a cemetery. They are scared to retrieve them. Stan is scared of his own shadow, thinking it is another person. Meanwhile the Slasher is in the judge's house, taking on the role of a butler. Hardy demonstrates his shooting skil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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