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Yola D'Avril
Yola d'Avril (8 April 1906 – 2 March 1984) was a French-American actress, who appeared in numerous productions between 1925 and 1953. She was also known as Yola Vermairion and Yola d'Avril Montiague. Biography d'Avril was born in Lille, France, and died in Port Hueneme, California as Yola d'Avril Montiague. During World War I, her family relocated to Paris. After her father died in 1923, she moved to Los Angeles. She appeared in MGM's adventure film, ''Tarzan and His Mate'' with Italian actor Paul Porcasi as her father, Monsieur Feronde. Partial filmography * ''The Dressmaker from Paris'' (1925) - Mannequin (uncredited) * ''The War Horse'' (1927) - Yvonne * ''Orchids and Ermine'' (1927) - Telephone Operator * ''The Tender Hour'' (1927) - Cabaret Girl * ''Hard-Boiled Haggerty'' (1927) - Cafe Dancer * '' Smile, Brother, Smile'' (1927) - Daisy * '' American Beauty'' (1927) - Telephone Girl * '' The Valley of the Giants'' (1927) - Felice * '' The Noose'' (1928) - Cabaret Girl * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lille
Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, and the main city of the Métropole Européenne de Lille, European Metropolis of Lille. The city of Lille proper had a population of 234,475 in 2019 within its small municipal territory of , but together with its French suburbs and exurbs the Lille metropolitan area (French part only), which extends over , had a population of 1,510,079 that same year (Jan. 2019 census), the fourth most populated in France after Paris, Lyon, and Marseille. The city of Lille and 94 suburban French municipalities have formed since 2015 the Métropole Européenne de Lille, European Metropolis of Lille, an Indirect election, indirectly elected Métropole, metr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Beauty (1927 Film)
''American Beauty'' is a lost film, lost 1927 American silent film romantic drama produced and distributed by First National Pictures. This film was directed by Richard Wallace (director), Richard Wallace and starred Billie Dove. It is based on a short story ''American Beauty'' by Wallace Irwin. Walter McGrail and Margaret Livingston are also in the cast. The story Billy Dove stars as the title character, Millicent Howard, whose appearance and persona bring her a life of luxury. A millionaire named Claverhouse asks her to marry, but she values love more than wealth, and she sacrifices everything for another man, who is less wealthy, Jerry Booth. A number of scenes require Millicent to disrobe except for her underthings. The actress, Billy Dove, is known for her love affair with Howard Hughes. Cast * Billie Dove Millicent Howard * Lloyd Hughes (actor), Lloyd Hughes Jerry Booth * Walter McGrail Claverhouse * Margaret Livingston Mrs. Gillespie * Lucien Prival Gillespie * Al St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of Jazz
'' King of Jazz'' is a 1930 American pre-Code color musical film starring Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. The film title refers to Whiteman's popular cultural appellation. At the time the film was made, "jazz", to the general public, meant jazz-influenced syncopated dance music heard on phonograph records, on radio broadcasts, and in dance halls. In the 1920s Whiteman signed and featured white jazz musicians including Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang (both are seen and heard in the film), Bix Beiderbecke (who had left before filming began), Frank Trumbauer, and others. ''King of Jazz'' was filmed in the early two-color Technicolor process and was produced by Carl Laemmle Jr. for Universal Pictures. The film featured several songs sung on camera by the Rhythm Boys (Bing Crosby, Al Rinker and Harry Barris), as well as off-camera solo vocals by Crosby during the opening credits and, very briefly, during a cartoon sequence. ''King of Jazz'' still survives in a near-complete color print ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Cross Roads
''Double Cross Roads'' is a 1930 pre-Code American crime drama film directed by George E. Middleton and Alfred L. Werker and starring Robert Ames, Lila Lee and Edythe Chapman.Goble, p. 742 It was produced and distributed by Fox Film, recorded on the Movietone sound system. Synopsis Ex-convict David Harvey attempts to go straight and settles in a small town where he meets and falls in love with Mary Carlyle. His former gang tries to persuade him to take part in a robbery of a wealthy woman but he refuses until discovering that Mary is in league with the gang. Cast * Robert Ames as David Harvey * Lila Lee as Mary Carlyle * Edythe Chapman as Mrs. Carlyle * Montagu Love as Gene Dyke * Ned Sparks as Happy Max * Thomas E. Jackson as Deuce Wilson * Charlotte Walker as Mrs. Tilton * George MacFarlane as Warden * William V. Mong as Caleb * Thomas Jefferson as Caretaker * Roscoe Ates as Ticket Agent * Yola d'Avril as Happy Max's Moll * Bill Elliott as Party Guest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot For Paris
''Hot for Paris'' is a 1929 American pre-Code black-and-white romantic adventure musical film. This film is believed to be lost. The film is also known as ''Fifì dimmi di sì'' in Italy and ''Un marido afortunado'' in Spain. The film length (metres) is 1710.84 m in the silent version and 2002.54 m (7 reels) in the sound version. Cast *Victor McLaglen - John Patrick Duke *Fifi D'Orsay - Fifi Dupre *El Brendel - Axel Olson *Polly Moran - Polly *Lennox Pawle - Mr. Pratt *August Tollaire - Papa Gouset *George Fawcett - Chop Captain *Charles Judels - Charlott Gouset * Edward Dillon - Ship's Cook (as Eddie Dillon) *Rosita Marstini - Fifi's Mother *Agostino Borgato - Fifi's Father *Yola d'Avril - Yola Dupre Soundtrack * "Duke of Ka-ki-ak" :Music by Walter Donaldson :Lyrics by Edgar Leslie Edgar Leslie (December 31, 1885 – January 22, 1976) was an American songwriter. Biography Edgar Leslie was born in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1885. He studied at the Cooper Union in New Yor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Parade
''The Love Parade'' is a 1929 American pre-Code musical comedy film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald, involving the marital difficulties of Queen Louise of Sylvania (MacDonald) and her consort, Count Alfred Renard (Chevalier). Despite his love for Louise and his promise to be an obedient husband, Count Alfred finds his role as a figurehead unbearable. The supporting cast features Lupino Lane, Lillian Roth and Eugene Pallette. The film was directed by Lubitsch from a screenplay by Guy Bolton and Ernest Vajda adapted from the French play ''Le Prince Consort'', written by Jules Chancel and Leon Xanrof. The play had previously been adapted for Broadway in 1905 by William Boosey and Cosmo Gordon Lennox. ''The Love Parade'' is notable for being both the film debut of Jeanette MacDonald and the first "talkie" film made by Ernst Lubitsch. The picture was also released in a French-language version called ''Parade d'amour''. Chevalier h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai Lady
''Shanghai Lady'' is a 1929 American drama film directed by John S. Robertson and written by Houston Branch and Winnifred Reeve. It is based on the 1910 play ''Drifting'' by John Colton and Daisy H. Andrews. The film stars Mary Nolan, James Murray, Lydia Yeamans Titus, Wheeler Oakman, Anders Randolf, and Yola d'Avril. The film was released on November 17, 1929, by Universal Pictures. Cast *Mary Nolan as Cassie Cook * James Murray as 'Badlands' McKinney *Lydia Yeamans Titus as Polly Voo *Wheeler Oakman as Repen *Anders Randolf as Mandarin *Yola d'Avril as Lizzie *Mona Rico as Rose *James B. Leong James B. Leong (born Leong But-jung and sometimes credited as Jimmy Leong) was a Chinese-American character actor and filmmaker who had a long career in Hollywood beginning during the silent era. Leong was born in Shanghai, and he moved to the ... as Counselor *Irma Lowe as Golden Almond References External links * 1929 films 1920s English-language films Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Goes To War
''She Goes to War'' is a 1929 silent film directed by Henry King and starring Eleanor Boardman. The film was released a year after Boardman had starred in '' The Crowd''. Cast * Eleanor Boardman * John Holland * Margaret Seddon * Eulalie Jensen * Edmund Burns * Alma Rubens * Yola d'Avril Yola d'Avril (8 April 1906 – 2 March 1984) was a French-American actress, who appeared in numerous productions between 1925 and 1953. She was also known as Yola Vermairion and Yola d'Avril Montiague. Biography d'Avril was born in Lille, Franc ... External links 1929 films 1920s war drama films American black-and-white films American war drama films American silent feature films Films directed by Henry King Western Front (World War I) films Films with screenplays by Rupert Hughes 1929 drama films 1920s American films Silent American drama films Silent war films 1920s English-language films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Horror (film)
''House of Horror'' is a 1929 American comedy mystery film directed by Benjamin Christensen. The film stars Louise Fazenda and Chester Conklin and was released in both a silent and sound version which featured a Vitaphone soundtrack with talking sequences, music and sound effects. Both the silent and sound version of ''House of Horror'' is now presumed lost. Cast Production ''The House of Horrors'' was released with both silent and sound versions of the film. The sound version of the film contained a brief talking sequence at the beginning of the feature but was otherwise just with sound effects and a music score from a Vitaphone disc. Release ''The House of Horrors'' was distributed by First National Pictures on April 28, 1929. The film was Christensen's final Hollywood production as after completing the film he went to Denmark to handle some business ventures . Christensen had plans to make an independent production and return to the United States to follow-up with an Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Awakening (1928 Film)
''The Awakening'' (1928) is a feature film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Vilma Bánky. It was based on a story by Frances Marion. Plot In Alsace, which was under German occupation, shortly before the outbreak of the First World War. Marie Ducrot is a pretty young peasant woman who falls in love with Count Karl von Hagen, a German army officer. Marie is seen when she visits von Hagen in his quarters. The people suffering under the occupation see Marie as a traitor and assault her physically. Marie disappears and is believed dead. But she has fled to a monastery where she is accepted as a novice. The war breaks out. Von Hagen is wounded in fighting near the monastery. Marie nurses him back to health. Von Hagen wants her to go to Germany with him. The French lieutenant Le Bête helps the two to reach the German lines. The couple get to safety, but Le Bête is killed by a sniper's bullet. Cast *Vilma Bánky as Marie Ducrot *Walter Byron as Count Karl von Hagen *Louis Wolhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three-Ring Marriage
''Three-Ring Marriage'' also known as ''3-Ring Marriage'' is a lost 1928 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, and Lawford Davidson. Cast * Mary Astor as Anna * Lloyd Hughes as Cal * Lawford Davidson as Souvane * Yola d'Avril as Minnie * Alice White as Trapeze Performer * Harry Earles as Cubby Snodd * Tiny Doll as Mrs. Cubby Snodd * George Reed as Valet * R.E. 'Tex' Madsen as Giant * Anna Magruder as Fat Woman * James Neill as Hutch * Dell Henderson as Gangster * Rudolph Cameron as Gangster * Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher as Gangster * Jay Eaton as Gangster * Art Rowlands as Gangster * Howard Truesdale * Daisy Earles Hilda Emma Schneider (April 29, 1907 – March 15, 1980), who went by the stage name Daisy Earles, was a German-born actress with dwarfism who migrated to the United States in the early 1920s. She worked in Hollywood films and later toured with ... as Minor Role * George Y. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vamping Venus
''Vamping Venus'' is a 1928 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline, written by Howard J. Green and Ralph Spence, and starring Charles Murray, Louise Fazenda, Thelma Todd, Russ Powell, Joe Bonomo and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. It was released on May 13, 1928, by First National Pictures. Plot A present-day stereotypically-Irish American politician ('Charlie Murray') is vaulted into ancient Greece after receiving a bump on the head. Cast *Charles Murray as Michael Cassidy / King Cassidy of Ireland *Louise Fazenda as Maggie Cassidy / Circe *Thelma Todd as Madame Vanezlos the Dancer / Venus *Russ Powell as Pete Papaglos / Bacchus *Joe Bonomo as Simonides the Strongman / Hercules *Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Mars *Spec O'Donnell as Western Union Boy / Mercury *Fred O'Beck as Vulcan *Gusztáv Pártos as Shopkeeper *Gustav von Seyffertitz as Jupiter *Janet MacLeod as Juno *Yola d'Avril Yola d'Avril (8 April 1906 – 2 March 1984) was a French-American actress, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
