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Warren B. Hymer
Edgar Warren Hymer (February 25, 1906 – March 25, 1948) was an American theatre and film actor. Early life He was born in New York City. His father, John Bard Hymer (1875/1876 – 1953) was a playwright (with nine Broadway plays to his credit, according to the Internet Broadway Database), vaudeville writer and actor, while his mother, Eleanor Kent, was an actress. Career He appeared in 129 films between 1929 and 1946, as well as the 1928 Broadway play ''The Grey Fox.'' Despite his typical screen persona as an unsophisticated tough guy with a Brooklyn accent, he actually attended Yale University. In the late 1930s, Columbia Pictures head Harry Cohn had him removed from the studio after he showed up for work drunk. Hymer responded by breaking into Cohn's office and urinating on his desk. Cohn then blackballed him in the film industry, making it hard for him to find work. Death He died in Los Angeles, California, reportedly of a "stomach ailment" at age 42 in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet The Boyfriend
''Meet the Boyfriend'' is a 1937 American film directed by Ralph Staub. Plot summary A heartthrob singer, Tony Page, also known as "America's Boyfriend", decides to wed a Swedish actress. His manager doesn't want this because he is afraid of Tony losing female fans, so he takes up a $300,000 insurance policy if Tony does in fact wed. Tony soon meets a girl named June Delaney on a bus who doesn't swoon over him like other girls. He falls for her but doesn't know her true identity. Cast *Robert Paige as Tony Page * Carol Hughes as June Delaney *Warren Hymer as Wilbur 'Bugs' Corrigan *Pert Kelton as Beulah Potts *Andrew Tombes as J. Ardmore Potts *Gwili Andre as Vilma Vlare * Ed 'Oscar' Platt as Oscar *Lou Fulton as Elmer *Smiley Burnette as Orchestra Leader *Leonid Kinskey as Dr. Sokoloff *Syd Saylor as Buddy *Selmer Jackson as Madison *Cy Kendall as Walters *Robert Middlemass as McGrath * Mary Gordon as Mrs. Grimes Soundtrack * "Sweet Lips (Kiss My Blues Away)" (Written by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men Without Women (film)
''Men Without Women'' is an American 1930 pre-Code drama film directed and written by John Ford, from the script by James Kevin McGuinness. The film also starred Kenneth MacKenna, Frank Albertson, and J. Farrell MacDonald. The sound version is now lost. Only a print of the "International Sound Version", held by the Museum of Modern Art, survives. Plot Cast Release The film premiered on January 31, 1930, in New York City. The production was filmed on Santa Catalina Island, California, and was released by the Fox Film Corporation The Fox Film Corporation (also known as Fox Studios) was an American Independent film production studio formed by William Fox (1879–1952) in 1915, by combining his earlier Greater New York Film Rental Company and Box Office Attractions Film .... References External links * Plot summary 1930 films American war drama films 1930s war drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by John Ford Fox Film films Submarine fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hold 'Em Jail
''Hold 'Em Jail'' is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring Wheeler and Woolsey. They play a couple of boobs who are wrongfully convicted for firearm possession and sent to prison, where they somehow end up playing on the warden's football team. Warden Edgar Kennedy is not above framing innocent people into prison and blackmailing them into playing on his football team in exchange for being eventually proven innocent. Wheeler and Woolsey are wise to the racket, but Kennedy has to treat them with kid gloves because his old maid sister (Oliver) is in love with one of them. Rare for the duo, the film is a straight comedy with no musical numbers. It is also noteworthy for giving Betty Grable her first substantial role after appearances as a Goldwyn Girl and in bit parts. The title is a pun on the then-popular college football cheer, "Hold 'em, Yale." Cast * Bert Wheeler as Curly Harris * Robert Woolsey as Spider Robbins * Edna May Oliver as Violet Jones * Robert Armstrong ... [...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] |
Love Is A Racket
''Love Is a Racket'' ( UK title: ''Such Things Happen'') is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy-drama film, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Ann Dvorak. The movie was written by Courtney Terrett from the novel by Rian James, and directed by William A. Wellman William Augustus Wellman (February 29, 1896 – December 9, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and military pilot. He was known for his work in crime, adventure, and action genre films, often focusing on avi .... Plot Cast References External links * * 1932 films American black-and-white films 1930s crime comedy-drama films 1930s English-language films Films based on American novels 1930s romantic comedy-drama films Films directed by William A. Wellman American romantic comedy-drama films American crime comedy-drama films Films about journalists 1932 comedy films 1932 drama films 1930s American films {{1930s-romantic-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unholy Garden (1931 Film)
''The Unholy Garden'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Ronald Colman and Fay Wray. It was based on a story by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur.''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40'' by The American Film Institute, c.1993 Plot Suave English thief Barrington Hunt (Ronald Colman) rendezvous with his uncouth American accomplice, Smiley Corbin (Warren Hymer), at a rundown hotel in the Sahara Desert beyond the reach of French authority. Hunt is annoyed to learn that Smiley, who has a weakness for women, lost the proceeds from the latest robbery when he met a "dame". Hunt soon finds a new target for his larceny in the aged, blind Baron de Jonghe (Tully Marshall), a longtime hotel resident with an unsuspected cache of stolen money. He sets out to determine its hiding place by romancing Camille (Fay Wray), de Jonghe's attentive, inexperienced relative. When Smiley falls for Eliza Mowbray (Estelle Taylor), however, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spider (1931 Film)
''The Spider'' is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Kenneth MacKenna and William Cameron Menzies and starring Edmund Lowe, Lois Moran, El Brendel and John Arledge. It was released on September 27, 1931, by Fox Film Corporation. It was based on the 1927 play ''The Spider'' by Fulton Oursler and Lowell Brentano. Synopsis A celebrated magician Chatrand the Great announces at the end of a performance in a radio broadcast that he is searching for the real identity of his assistant, a victim of amnesia who apparently lost his memory after suffering a head wound two years earlier. Beverly Lane answers the appeal, as she believes the man in is her brother. A murder soon follows. Cast *Edmund Lowe as Chatrand *Lois Moran as Beverly Lane *El Brendel as Ole *John Arledge as Tommy *George E. Stone as Dr. Blackstone *Earle Foxe as John Carrington *Manya Roberti as Estelle *Howard Phillips as Alexander *Purnell Pratt as Inspector Riley *Jesse De Vorska as Goldberg *Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldie (1931 Film)
''Goldie'' is a 1931 American pre-Code black-and-white romantic comedy film starring Warren Hymer, Spencer Tracy and Jean Harlow. The script was written by Paul Perez and Gene Towne, and directed by Benjamin Stoloff. It was made before the Hays Code was rigidly enforced. It is a remake of Howard Hawks' 1928 silent film, '' A Girl in Every Port''. Plot In every port, sailor Bill (Spencer Tracy) meets girls who sailor Spike (Warren Hymer) has already met and talked into getting his signature tattoo. When Bill and Spike finally meet, they become friends. Then, they meet Carny high diver Goldie (Jean Harlow). Cast *Warren Hymer as Spike *Spencer Tracy as Bill *Jean Harlow Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter; March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American actress. Known for her portrayal of "bad girl" characters, she was the leading sex symbol of the early 1930s and one of the defining figures of the ... as Goldie * George Raft as a pickpocket (uncredited)Everett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Chan Carries On (film)
''Charlie Chan Carries On'' is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Warner Oland, John Garrick and Marguerite Churchill. It is the first appearance of Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. Part of the long-running Charlie Chan series, it was based on the 1930 novel of the same title by Earl Derr Biggers. It is now considered a lost film;Hanke, p. 6 however, Fox simultaneously filmed a Spanish-language version which was released under the title ''Eran Trece''—''There Were Thirteen''—and this version survives. Plot Charlie Chan tries to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel room. Settings include London, Nice, France, San Remo, Honolulu and Hong Kong. Cast * Warner Oland as Charlie Chan * John Garrick as Mark Kenaway * Marguerite Churchill as Pamela Potter * Warren Hymer as Max Minchin * Marjorie White as Sadie * C. Henry Gordon as John Ross * William Holden as Patrick Tait * George Brent as Capt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seas Beneath
''Seas Beneath'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code action film directed by John Ford and starring George O'Brien and Marion Lessing. In the book, ''John Ford'' by Peter Bogdanovich, Ford was interviewed about his memories of directing the film, and he had the following to say about the experience, expressing his annoyance at Lessing being hired as a leading actress: Cast * George O'Brien as Cmdr. Robert "Bob" Kingsley * Marion Lessing as Anna Marie Von Steuben * Mona Maris as Fraulein Lolita * Walter C. Kelly as Chief Mike "Guns" Costello * Warren Hymer as "Lug" Kaufman * Steve Pendleton as Ens. Richard "Dick" Cabot * Walter McGrail as Chief Joe Cobb * Larry Kent as Lt. "Mac" McGregor * Henry Victor as Baron Ernst von Steuben * John Loder as Franz Shiller * Maurice Murphy as Merkel (uncredited) * Harry Tenbrook Harry Tenbrook (born Henry Olaf Hansen, October 9, 1887 – September 4, 1960) was an American film actor. Henry Olaf Hansen was born in Christiania (now Os ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men On Call
''Men on Call'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by John G. Blystone and written by James Kevin McGuinness and Basil Woon. The picture stars Edmund Lowe, Mae Clarke, William Harrigan, Sharon Lynn, Warren Hymer and Ruth Warren. The film was released on January 18, 1931, by Fox Film Corporation. Plot Railroad engineer Chuck Long (Edmund Lowe) happily tells his friends that he is marrying dancer Helen Gordon (Mae Clarke) the next day, then goes to the theater where Helen works. He arrives while Helen's fellow performers are throwing a party for her, but their merriment is interrupted when a reporter arrives and reveals that Helen, whose real name is Helen Harding, was named as a co-respondent in a scandalous divorce trial six months earlier. Chuck assumes the worst and rushes from the theater without letting Helen explain. She follows him, but by the time she arrives at the railroad yard, Chuck has taken another engine out and left. Thoughts of Helen distract Chuck f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh, For A Man!
''Oh, For a Man!'' is a 1930 American black-and-white musical comedy film based on a short story, "Stolen Thunder" by Mary F. Watkins. The original story appeared in The Saturday Evening Post June 7, 1930. Lugosi's character of Frescatti was later added to the screenplay. Well-dressed with a goatee, he resembled his Dr. Benet role in ''The Invisible Ray'' (1936) in stills. Since the criminal of the story does not receive just punishment in the end, the producers were years later unable to reissue this film after the establishment of the production code. Production of the film (originally to be called "Stolen Thunder") began on September 13, 1930. It premiered theatrically on Nov. 28th. Although they lauded the cast, direction and music, most of the critics found the storyline "nothing to rave about" and Reginald Denny's Irish brogue annoying.Bela Lugosi (Midnight Marquee Actors Series) by Gary Svehla and Susan Svehla (1995) ISBN 1-887664-01-7 Plot A talented diva named Carlotta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |