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Walter C. Hackett
Walter C. Hackett (November 10, 1876 – January 20, 1944) was an American-British playwright. Biography Several of his stage works (such as ''Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure'', ''The Freedom of the Seas'', ''The Regeneration'', ''Hyde Park Corner'', ''The Gay Adventure'', ''77 Park Lane'', '' The Barton Mystery'', '' It Pays to Advertise'' and ''Other Men's Wives'') were adapted for film. He was married from 1911 until his death in 1944 to actress Marion Lorne. He was born in Oakland, California, and died in New York City. Filmography *''The White Sister'', directed by Fred E. Wright (1915, based on the play ''The White Sister'') *''Regeneration'', directed by Raoul Walsh (1915, based on the play ''The Regeneration'') *'' It Pays to Advertise'', directed by Donald Crisp (1919, based on the play '' It Pays to Advertise'') *'' The Barton Mystery'', directed by Harry T. Roberts (UK, 1920, based on the play '' The Barton Mystery'') *''Whispering Shadows'', directed by Émile Chautar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure
''Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure'' is a 1921 play written by Walter Hackett. It was a hit on the West End, where it ran for 18 months, and also on Broadway, where it was performed under the title ''Captain Applejack''. It has been adapted multiple times as a movie and also as a stage musical. Plot Ambrose Applejohn is bored with his life in Cornwall, where he lives with his ward, Poppy Faire. He decides to sell his country estate so he can find excitement elsewhere. Several strangers appear at his door, all claiming reasons to be there that have nothing to do with the sale. One woman says she is a Russian dancer trying to defect, and a man claims to be looking for her. A couple says their car has broken down. Applejohn assumes they are all really prospective buyers investigating his home. That night Applejohn dreams he is a pirate, Captain Applejack. His visitors appear in the dream as his adversaries. The next day, he discovers that the visitors are thieves hunting for a treas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strangers Of The Night
''Strangers of the Night'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Niblo. It was produced by Louis B. Mayer and released through Metro Pictures. The film was adapted by C. Gardner Sullivan from the 1921 stage play, ''Captain Applejack'', by Walter C. Hackett, which on Broadway had starred Wallace Eddinger. It was remade as a talkie by Warner Brothers in 1931 under the ''Captain Applejack'' title. The 1923 film is now lost. Cast * Matt Moore as Ambrose Applejohn * Enid Bennett as Poppy Faire * Barbara La Marr as Anna Valeska * Robert McKim as Borolsky * Mathilde Brundage as Mrs. Whatcombe * Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Pengard * Otto Hoffman as Horace Pengard * Tom Ricketts Thomas B. Ricketts (15 January 1853 – 19 January 1939) was an English-born American stage and film actor and director who was a pioneer in the film industry. He portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge in the first American film adaptation of ''A Christm ... as Lush (as Thomas Ricketts) References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Goes On (1932 Film)
''Life Goes On'' is a 1932 British crime film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Elsie Randolph, Betty Stockfeld and Warwick Ward. It was made at British and Dominion's Elstree Studios as a supporting feature for release by Paramount Pictures.Chibnall p.268 Plot summary A criminal hides the body of a dead financier in an effort to manipulate shares. Cast * Elsie Randolph as Phoebe Selsey * Betty Stockfeld as Lady Sheridan * Warwick Ward as Ronald St.John * Jeanne Stuart as Clare Armore * Dennis Hoey as Anthony Carlisle * Anthony Holles as John Collis * Wallace Geoffrey as Robert Kent * Robert Horton as Sir George Sheridan * Hugh Wakefield as Ridgeway Emsworth See also * ''One New York Night ''One New York Night'' (also released as ''The Trunk Mystery'') is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Jack Conway and written by Frank Davis. The film stars Franchot Tone, Una Merkel, Conrad Nagel, Harvey Stephens, Steffi Duna and Charles ...'' (1935) References Bibli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Between Night And Day
''Between Night and Day'' (Spanish: ''Entre noche y día'') is a 1932 British mystery film directed by Albert de Courville and Fernando Gomis.Low p. 383 It was made at Walton Studios as the Spanish-language version of the British mystery film ''77 Park Lane'', which was based on the 1928 play by Walter C. Hackett. A separate French-language film ''77 Rue Chalgrin'' was also released. Such multiple-language versions were common during the early years of sound. The only actor appearing in the film with a career in the English-speaking world was Helena D'Algy Helena D'Algy (born Antónia Lozano Guedes Infante; 18 June 1906 – after 1991) was a Portuguese film actress. She appeared in 20 films, the majority in Hollywood during the silent era. Her career began to falter following the introduction of .... References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. External links * 1932 films 1932 mystery films British myst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
77 Rue Chalgrin
''77 Rue Chalgrin'' is a 1931 mystery film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Jean Murat, Léon Bary and Suzy Pierson. It was made as the French-language version of the British film ''77 Park Lane'', based on a 1928 play by Walter C. Hackett. It was shot at Walton Studios near London. Cast * Jean Murat as Le baron de Cléves * Léon Bary as Morland * Suzy Pierson as Suzanne de Vandières * as Lucette * Victor Vina as Paul * as Sinclair * Pierre Nay Pierre Nay (1898–1978) was a French film actor who appeared in 42 French films between 1928 and 1940.Jung & Schatzberg p.223 Selected filmography * '' Le Roi des resquilleurs'' (1930) * ''Venetian Nights'' (1931) * '' 77 Rue Chalgrin '' (1931) * ... as Carrington * as Philippe * Robert Cuperly as Donovan * Max Lerel as George Malton * as Le commissaire References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert De Courville
Albert Pierre de Courville (26 March 1887 – 15 March 1960) (born in Croydon, England) was a writer and director of theatrical revues, many of which featured the actress and singer Shirley Kellogg, whom he married in June 1913. Career In about 1907 he began work in London as a journalist with the ''Evening News''. A good reporter, he was soon earning as much as £20 a week, but thought there were more possibilities, and money, in the theatre. He joined forces with London impresario Sir Edward Moss and staged revues at the London Hippodrome. In the 1930s he turned to making films. His two most famous films, both featuring Jessie Matthews were ''There Goes the Bride (1932 film), There Goes the Bride'' (1932) and ''The Midshipmaid'' (1932). He also directed ''The Wrecker (1929 film), The Wrecker'', an adaptation of Arnold Ridley’s play of the same name, and ''Seven Sinners (1936 film), Seven Sinners'' (1936). Personal life In June 1913, he married actress and singer Shirle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
77 Park Lane
''77 Park Lane'' is a 1931 British thriller film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Dennis Neilson-Terry, Betty Stockfeld and Malcolm Keen. It is based on a 1928 play by Walter C. Hackett, and was shot at Walton Studios. A French-language version ''77 Rue Chalgrin'' and a Spanish-language version ''Between Night and Day'' were made at the same time. Premise At an upmarket gambling house in Park Lane, a woman tries to save her brother from ruin. Cast * Dennis Neilson-Terry as Lord Brent * Betty Stockfeld as Mary Connor * Malcolm Keen as Sherringham * Ben Welden as Sinclair * Cecil Humphreys as Paul * Esmond Knight as Philip Connor * Molly Johnson as Eve Grayson * Roland Culver Roland Joseph Culver, (31 August 1900 – 1 March 1984) was an English stage, film, and television actor. Life and career After Highgate School, he joined the Royal Air Force and served as a pilot from 1918 to 1919. After considering other c ... as Sir Richard Carrington * Moles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Tuttle
Frank Wright Tuttle (August 6, 1892 – January 6, 1963) was a Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film director and writer who directed films from 1922 (''The Cradle Buster'') to 1959 (''Island of Lost Women''). Biography Frank Tuttle was educated at Yale University, where he edited campus humor magazine ''The Yale Record''."Frank Wright Tuttle". ''The twelfth general catalogue of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity''. New York: Psi Upsilon. May 1917. p. 203. After graduation, he worked in New York City in the advertising department of the Metropolitan Music Bureau. He later moved to Hollywood, where he became a film director for Paramount Pictures, Paramount. His films are largely in the comedy and film noir genres. In 1947, his career ground to a temporary halt with the onset of the first of the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings on Communist infiltration of the movie industry. Tuttle had joined the American Communist Party in 1937 in reaction to Hitler's rise to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Pays To Advertise (1931 Film)
''It Pays to Advertise'' is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film, based on the play of the same name by Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter C. Hackett, starring Norman Foster and Carole Lombard, and directed by Frank Tuttle. Paramount also produced a French-language version of the film titled ' (1932), directed by Karl Anton. Plot Rodney Martin sets up a soap business to rival his father. With the help of an advertising expert and his secretary, Mary, he develops a successful marketing campaign. His father ends up buying the company from him, while Rodney and Mary fall in love. Cast *Norman Foster as Rodney Martin *Carole Lombard as Mary Grayson *Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher as Ambrose Pearle *Eugene Pallette as Cyrus Martin *Lucien Littlefield as Adams *Judith Wood as Countess de Beaurien (credited as Helen Johnson) *Louise Brooks as Thelma Temple *Morgan Wallace as L. R. McChesney *Tom Kennedy as Perkins *Marcia Manners as Miss Burke *Frank Coghlan Jr. as Office Boy (credited as Juni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hobart Henley
Hobart Henley (born Hess Manassah Henle; November 23, 1887 – May 22, 1964) was an American silent film actor, Film director, director, screenwriter and producer. He was involved in over 60 films either as an actor or director or both in his twenty-year career, between 1914 and 1934 when he retired from filmmaking. Early life Henley was born Hess Manassah Henle in Louisville, Kentucky, to Samuel Henle, a German immigrant and retailer, and his wife Clementine. His father moved the family to Cincinnati, Ohio, where Henley later attended and graduated from the University of Cincinnati. Career Henley began his career as a stage actor, then moved to acting in silent films. He began dual duties of directing and acting in such films as ''The Gay Old Dog'' for Pathé in 1919. He continued directing films, many of which were star's debuts like Bette Davis in the ''Bad Sister (1931 film), Bad Sister'' (1931) with Humphrey Bogart, as well as those of Reginald Denny (actor), Reginald Denny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Applejack
''Captain Applejack'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film, produced and distributed by Warner Brothers. The film was directed by Hobart Henley and stars John Halliday, Mary Brian, and Arthur Edmund Carewe.''Pictorial History of the Talkies'', by Daniel Blum 1958 edition The film was based on a 1921 play of the same name, starring Wallace Eddinger and written by Walter C. Hackett. The play had previously been filmed as a silent film in 1923 under the title of '' Strangers of the Night''. Plot Ambrose Applejohn lives in an extravagant old mansion with his ward, played by Poppy Faire, and his elderly aunt. Poppy is in love with Applejohn but he doesn't realize it and treats her like a child. Applejohn is bored with his sheltered and mundane live and craves excitement. He plans to sell the family mansion and use the money to travel around the world on a quest for adventure and excitement. Aunt Agatha is shocked when she finds out about her nephew's plans while Poppy supports h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Other Men's Wives (play)
''Other Men's Wives is a 1928 comedy play by the British-American writer Walter C. Hackett set in a French hotel. After premiering at the Theatre Royal in Brighton it transferred to the West End where it ran for 143 performances between 9 April and 11 August 1928, initially at Wyndham's Theatre before moving to the St Martin's Theatre. The original London cast included Fay Compton, Leslie Banks, Dino Galvani, Bruce Belfrage and Marion Lorne. The following year it appeared at the Times Square Theatre on Broadway, running for twenty three performances. Adaptation In 1930 it was made into the American film '' Sweethearts and Wives'' by First National Pictures, directed by Clarence Badger and starring Clive Brook and Billie Dove Lillian Bohny (born Bertha Eugenie Bohny; May 14, 1903 – December 31, 1997), known professionally as Billie Dove, was an American actress. Early life and career Dove was born Bertha Eugenie Bohny in New York City in 1903 to Charles and Ber ....Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
