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Wilbur Mack
Wilbur Mack (born George Frear Runyon, July 29, 1873 – March 13, 1964) was an American film actor and early vaudeville performer from the 1920s through the 1960s. His film acting career began during the silent film era. Biography Mack was born and raised in Binghamton, New York, and began acting professionally when he joined a repertory theatre when he was 16. He found success performing vaudeville with first wife Nella Walker ("Mack and Walker"). The couple divorced not far into the marriage and Walker subsequently found success as a supporting actress in the "talkies." Mack, meantime, found a new partner: Gertrude Purdy, with whom he reprised his popular husband and wife vaudeville routine (this time headlined "Mack and Purdy"). In addition to performing, Mack wrote dialogue for skits and words and music for songs in their vaudeville shows. In 1925 Mack entered into a film acting career. His first film appearance was ''Gold and Grit''. With wife Gertrude, he also wrot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binghamton, New York
Binghamton () is a city in the U.S. state of New York, and serves as the county seat of Broome County. Surrounded by rolling hills, it lies in the state's Southern Tier region near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers. Binghamton is the principal city and cultural center of the Binghamton metropolitan area (also known as Greater Binghamton, or historically the Triple Cities, including Endicott and Johnson City), home to a quarter million people. The city's population, according to the 2020 census, is 47,969. From the days of the railroad, Binghamton was a transportation crossroads and a manufacturing center, and has been known at different times for the production of cigars, shoes, and computers. IBM was founded nearby, and the flight simulator was invented in the city, leading to a notable concentration of electronics- and defense-oriented firms. This sustained economic prosperity earned Binghamton the mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau (; born Walter John Matthow; October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor, comedian and film director. He is best known for his film roles in '' A Face in the Crowd'' (1957), ''King Creole'' (1958) and as a coach of a hapless little league team in the baseball comedy ''The Bad News Bears'' (1976). He also starred in 10 films alongside Jack Lemmon, including ''The Odd Couple'' (1968), ''The Front Page'' (1974) and '' Grumpy Old Men'' (1993). Matthau won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the Billy Wilder film ''The Fortune Cookie'' (1966). Matthau is also known for his performances in Stanley Donen's romance ''Charade'' (1963), Gene Kelly's musical '' Hello, Dolly!'' (1969), Elaine May's screwball comedy '' A New Leaf'' (1971) and Herbert Ross' ensemble comedy ''California Suite'' (1978). He also starred in ''Plaza Suite'', ''Kotch'' (both 1971), ''Charley Varrick'' (1973), ''The Sunshine Boys'' (1975), and ''Hopscotch'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Million Dollar Baby (1934 Film)
''Million Dollar Baby'' is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Arline Judge, Ray Walker (actor), Ray Walker and Jimmy Fay (actor), Jimmy Fay.Ginibre p.280 Synopsis Hoping to cash in on the Shirley Temple craze, a couple of vaudeville actors dress their son up as a girl and enter him into a competition to find a new child star. After winning the contest they travel to Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood, but their son escapes from the train before being kidnapped by a gang who plan to extort a ransom from the studio. Cast * Arline Judge as Grace Sweeney * Ray Walker (actor), Ray Walker as Terry Sweeney * Jimmy Fay (actor), Jimmy Fay as Pat Sweeney * George E. Stone as Joe Lewis * Willard Robertson as Doctor * Ralf Harolde as Mac * Jeanette Loff as Rita Ray * Arthur Stone (actor), Arthur Stone as Jim * Harry Holman as J.D. Pemberton * Paul Porcasi as Marvelo No. 1 * Eddie Kane as Bill Dovan * Claudia Coleman as Studio Actress * Marc Lawrence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advice To The Lovelorn
''Advice to the Lovelorn'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Lee Tracy, Sally Blane, Paul Harvey and Sterling Holloway. The film was released on December 1, 1933, by United Artists. It is based on the novel ''Miss Lonelyhearts'' by Nathanael West with a number of changes made. Synopsis After Los Angeles reporter Toby Prentiss angers his editor by missing a major story due to being in a drunken stupor, he is assigned as punishment to take over the role of the retiring "Miss Lonelyhearts" advice column. Enraged but contractually-bound, Prentiss tries to get himself deliberately fired by writing a string of replies that offend conventional morality. Instead he proves to be a major success and becomes a syndicated national columnist. This causes considerable difficulties with his girlfriend Louise. Cast *Lee Tracy as Toby Prentiss *Sally Blane as Louise *Paul Harvey as Gaskell *Sterling Holloway as Benny * C. Henry Gordon as Kane * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabelle's Affairs
''Annabelle's Affairs'' is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Victor McLaglen, Jeanette MacDonald and Roland Young. The film is based on the 1916-17 play ''Good Gracious Annabelle'' by Clare Kummer. It is the only one of MacDonald's films to be considered lost. It was well received by critics, but did not perform well at the box office. Plot After they are separated shortly after their marriage, Annabelle doesn't really know what her husband looks like. When they meet later she finds herself falling in love with him, without realizing that they are already married. Cast * Victor McLaglen as John Rawson / Hefly Jack * Jeanette MacDonald as Annabelle Leigh * Roland Young as Roland Wimbleton * Sam Hardy as James Ludgate * William Collier Sr. as Wickham * Sally Blane as Dora * Joyce Compton as Mabel * Ruth Warren as Lottie * George Beranger as Archie * Walter Walker as Walter J. Gosling * Hank Mann as Summers * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lawyer's Secret
''The Lawyer's Secret'' is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and Max Marcin and written by Lloyd Corrigan, James Hilary Finn, and Max Marcin. The film stars Clive Brook, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Jean Arthur, Francis McDonald, and Harold Goodwin. The film was released on June 6, 1931, by Paramount Pictures. Cast *Clive Brook as Drake Norris *Charles "Buddy" Rogers as Laurie Roberts *Richard Arlen as Joe Hart *Fay Wray as Kay Roberts *Jean Arthur as Beatrice Stevens *Francis McDonald as The Weasel * Harold Goodwin as 'Madame X' *Syd Saylor as Red *Lawrence LaMarr as Tom *Sheila Bromley as Madge - Madame X's Girlfriend (uncredited) * G. Pat Collins as Motorcycle Officer (uncredited) *Gordon De Main as Detective (uncredited) *Claire Dodd as Party Guest (uncredited) *Robert Homans as Chief of Police (uncredited) *Payne B. Johnson as Baby (uncredited) *Edward LeSaint as Prison Warden (uncredited) *Wilbur Mack as Frank - Distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paid (1930 Film)
''Paid'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code drama film''Variety Film Reviews, Variety'' film review; January 7, 1931, page22.''Harrison's Reports and Film Reviews, Harrison's Reports'' film review; January 10, 1931, page 7 starring Joan Crawford, Robert Armstrong (actor), Robert Armstrong, and Douglass Montgomery, Kent Douglass in a story about a wrongly accused ex-convict who seeks revenge on those who sent her to prison using a scam called the "Heart Balm Racket". The film was adapted by Lucien Hubbard and Charles MacArthur from the Play (theatre), play, ''Within the Law (play), Within the Law'' by Bayard Veiller (1912) and was the fourth film version of the play. The film was directed and produced by Sam Wood. Cast * Joan Crawford as Mary Turner * Robert Armstrong (actor), Robert Armstrong as Joe Garson * Marie Prevost as Agnes Lynch * Douglass Montgomery, Kent Douglass as Bob Gilder * John Miljan as Inspector Burke * Purnell Pratt as Edward Gilder * Hale Hamilto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarlet Pages
''Scarlet Pages'' is a 1930 pre-Code American crime drama film with songs starring Elsie Ferguson and directed by Ray Enright. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. The film stars Elsie Ferguson, John Halliday, Grant Withers and Marian Nixon. ''Scarlet Pages'' is based on a 1929 Broadway play of the same name that Ferguson also starred in. It is similar in theme to the better remembered ''Five Star Final'', also by Warners released a year later. The film simultaneously marked the first time Ferguson appeared in a sound film and the last film she ever made. Plot In the prologue to the film (taking place in 1911) we learn that, being unable to care for her baby, Mary Bancroft (Elsie Ferguson), had to give her up for adoption. Years later (in 1930), we find Bancroft as a successful female lawyer in New York. She refuses to marry District Attorney John Remington ( John Halliday), because she doesn't want to tell him about her unfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweethearts On Parade (1930 Film)
''Sweethearts on Parade'' is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Alice White, Lloyd Hughes, and Marie Prevost. It was inspired by the Guy Lombardo recording "Sweethearts on Parade," a tune also adopted by Louis Armstrong in 1930. Synopsis Helen and Nita work dressing windows in a department store, where Helen attracts the attention of both a marine and a millionaire A millionaire is an individual whose net worth or wealth is equal to or exceeds one million units of currency. Depending on the currency, a certain level of prestige is associated with being a millionaire. In countries that use the short scal .... Cast References Bibliography * Darby, William. ''Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films''. Scarecrow Press, 1991. External links * * 1930 films 1930 musical comedy films 1930s English-language films American musical comedy films Films directed by Marshall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Body Punch
''The Body Punch'' is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Leigh Jason and written by Harry O. Hoyt, Clarence Marks, and Gardner Bradford. The film stars Jack Dougherty, Virginia Brown Faire, George Kotsonaros, Wilbur Mack, Monte Montague, and Arthur Millett. The film was released on July 14, 1929, by Universal Pictures. Cast *Jack Dougherty as Jack Townsend *Virginia Brown Faire as Natalie Sutherland *George Kotsonaros as Paul Steinert *Wilbur Mack as Peyson Turner *Monte Montague as Manager *Arthur Millett as Detective References External links * 1929 films 1920s English-language films Silent American comedy films 1929 comedy films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Leigh Jason American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1920s American films {{1920s-US-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Avenging Shadow
''The Avenging Shadow'' is a 1928 American silent action film directed by Ray Taylor and starring Margaret Morris and LeRoy Mason.Munden p. 30 It was designed as a vehicle for Klondike the Dog, an imitator of Rin Tin Tin. Cast * Klondike the Dog as Klondike * Ray Hallor as James Hamilton, Young Bank Clerk * Wilbur Mack as Worthington, Assistant Cashier * Clark Comstock as Sheriff Apling * Howard Davies as The Warden * Margaret Morris as Marie, The Warden's Daughter * LeRoy Mason LeRoy Franklin Mason (July 2, 1903 – October 13, 1947) was an American film actor who worked primarily in Westerns in both the silent and sound film eras. Mason was born in Larimore, North Dakota on July 2, 1903. Career 1920s Mason's fir ... as George Brooks, Deputy Warden References Sources * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1928 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty And Bullets
''Beauty and Bullets'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by George H. Plympton and Carl Krusada. The film stars Ted Wells, Duane Thompson, Jack Kenny and Wilbur Mack. The film was released on December 16, 1928, by Universal Pictures. Plot Joe Kemp (Jack Kenny) and his gang attempt a robbery on the express company's payroll, only to be thwarted by Bill Allen (Ted Wells). Bill recognizes one of the bandits as Frank Crawford (Wilbur Mack), the brother of his sweetheart, Mary Crawford (Duane Thompson). After breaking up the robbery attempt, Bill attempts to take the payroll home with him for safekeeping, but Kemp's gang jumps him and makes off with the money. Bill eventually brings the gang to justice and asks to have Frank remanded into his custody. Cast * Ted Wells as Bill Allen * Duane Thompson as Mary Crawford * Jack Kenny as Joe Kemp * Wilbur Mack Wilbur Mack (born George Frear Runyon, July 29, 1873 – March 13, 1964) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
