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Gilbert Emery
Gilbert Emery Bensley Pottle (June 11, 1875 – October 28, 1945), known professionally as Gilbert Emery, was an American actor who appeared in over 80 movies from 1921 to his death in 1945. He was also a playwright, author of seven Broadway plays from 1921 to 1933. Early years Gilbert Emery Bensley Pottle was born June 11, 1875, in Naples, New York, to William L. and Hariette (Gilbert) Pottle. He prepared for college at Naples High School and at the Normal School in Oneonta, New York. He graduated from Amherst College in the class of 1899. Career Pottle started out as a short story writer, using the name Emery Pottle, and he later wrote plays. From 1899 to 1900 he was an instructor in English and public speaking at Beloit Academy in Wisconsin. In 1900 he was a reporter for the ''Morning Sun'' in New York City; from 1900-1901 he worked for the '' Evening Post''; and from 1901-1903 he worked for '' Criterion Magazine''. He was an instructor in English at Columbia Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936 Film)
''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' is a 1936 American drama film based on the 1886 Little Lord Fauntleroy, novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The film stars Freddie Bartholomew, Dolores Costello, and C. Aubrey Smith. The first film produced by David O. Selznick's Selznick International Pictures, it was the studio's most profitable film until ''Gone with the Wind (film), Gone with the Wind''. The film is directed by John Cromwell (director), John Cromwell. The film was critically well received and is now in the public domain. In 2012 it was released on Blu-ray Disc by Kino International (company), Kino Lorber, following a restoration by the George Eastman House Motion Picture Department. Plot Young Cedric "Ceddie" Errol (Freddie Bartholomew) and his widowed mother, whom he calls "Dearest" (Dolores Costello), live frugally in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's prejudiced English grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt (C. Aubrey Smith), had long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The House Of Rothschild
''The House of Rothschild'' is a 1934 American pre-Code historical drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring George Arliss, Loretta Young and Boris Karloff. It was adapted by Nunnally Johnson from the play by George Hembert Westley, and chronicles the rise of the Rothschild family of European bankers. Plot In 1780 in Frankfurt youngster Nathan Rothschild warns his parents Mayer and Guttle that the taxman is coming. They hurriedly hide their wealth. The taxman demands 20,000 gulden, an exorbitant sum, but accepts a bribe of 5,000 in exchange for assessing them 2,000 in taxes. Mayer's satisfaction is short-lived, however; a courier bringing him 10,000 guldens is intercepted and the money confiscated by the taxmen. Mayer tells his sons that he tries to be as honest as possible, but the authorities will not let him; he admonishes his children to acquire money, for "money is power" and can protect their people. Later, as Mayer is lying on his deathbed, he instructs h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Coming Out Party
''Coming Out Party'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code drama film directed by John G. Blystone starring Frances Dee, Gene Raymond, Alison Skipworth and Nigel Bruce. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. Plot Joy Stanhope, a Park Avenue debutante whose Coming out party is the highlight of the social calendar. Although she is linked to the very eligible bachelor Jimmy Wolverton, she is in fact in love with Chris Hansen, a violinist in a jazz band and the son of poor Swedish immigrants. She keeps secret her relationship with Hansen, knowing her parents would not approve. In fact they pressure her to go on a date with Wolverton, which enrages Hansen. After quarrelling they reunite later that night and soon after she finds herself pregnant. She is about to tell Hansen, when he announces that he has received a "once in a lifetime" offer to tour Europe with a renowned opera singer. Unwilling to deny him this chance she keeps silent about her pregnancy. While he is aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
All Of Me (1934 Film)
''All of Me'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code drama film directed by James Flood and starring Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, and George Raft. The film was written by actor Thomas Mitchell (actor), Thomas Mitchell and Sidney Buchman from Rose Porter's play ''Chrysalis''. Plot A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend doesn't understand why he is so dissatisfied. Cast *Fredric March as Don Ellis *Miriam Hopkins as Lydia Darrow *George Raft as Honey Rogers *Helen Mack as Eve Haron *Nella Walker as Mrs. Darrow *William Collier, Sr. as Jerry Helman *Gilbert Emery as Dean *Blanche Friderici as Miss Haskell *Edgar Kennedy as Guard *Jason Robards, Sr. as Man in Speakeasy *Barton MacLane as First Cop *Kitty Kelly as Lorraine *Dennis O'Keefe as Policeman (uncredited) *Guy Usher as District Attorney (uncredited) Production The film was based on a play by Rose Porter called ''Chrysalis''. It debuted in summer theatre in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
A Farewell To Arms (1932 Film)
''A Farewell to Arms'' is a 1932 American pre-Code melodrama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper and Adolphe Menjou. Based on the 1929 semi-autobiographical novel ''A Farewell to Arms'' by Ernest Hemingway, with a screenplay by Oliver H. P. Garrett and Benjamin Glazer, the film is about a tragic romantic love affair between an American ambulance driver and an English nurse in Italy during World War I. The film received Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Sound and was nominated for Best Picture and Best Art Direction. In 1960, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the last claimant, David O. Selznick, did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication. The original Broadway play starred Glenn Anders and Elissa Landi and was staged at the National Theatre from September 22, 1930, to October 1930. Plot On the Italian front during World War I, Lieutenant Frederic Henry is an A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Okay America!
''Okay, America!'' (sometimes referred to as ''Okay America'') is a 1932 American Pre-Code film, about a gossip columnist's rise to fame, based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell. Directed by Tay Garnett, the film stars Lew Ayres and Maureen O'Sullivan. Plot Larry Wayne is gossip columnist for a New York newspaper, ''Daily Blade,'' and he also is the host of a radio program called "Okay, America". When Ruth Drake, the daughter of wealthy politician, is kidnapped, Jones, the chief editor of the ''Daily Blade'' chooses Wayne to cover the story. Cast * Lew Ayres as Larry Wayne * Maureen O'Sullivan as Sheila Barton * Louis Calhern as Mileaway Russell * Edward Arnold as Duke Morgan * Walter Catlett as City Editor aka 'Lucille' * Alan Dinehart as Roger Jones * Henry Armetta as Sam * Emerson Treacy as Jerry Robbins * Marjorie Gateson as Mrs. Herbert Wright * Margaret Lindsay as Ruth Drake * Akim Tamiroff Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff (born Hovakim Tamiryants; October 29, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Ruling Voice
''The Ruling Voice'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code gangster drama directed by Rowland V. Lee, starring Walter Huston, Loretta Young, and Doris Kenyon. It had an alternate title ''Upper Underworld'', and was produced by First National Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Cast Preservation status A copy of ''The Ruling Voice'' is preserved at the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', American Film Institute, 1978. p. 156. References External links * * 1931 films American gangster films Films directed by Rowland V. Lee Warner Bros. films First National Pictures films American crime drama films 1931 crime drama films American black-and-white films 1930s American films 1930s English-language films English-language crime drama films {{1930s-crime-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Yellow Ticket (1931 Film)
''The Yellow Ticket'' is a 1931 Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code American drama film based on the 1914 The Yellow Ticket (play), play of the same name by Michael Morton (dramatist), Michael Morton, produced by the Fox Film Corporation, directed by Raoul Walsh, and starring Elissa Landi, Lionel Barrymore and Laurence Olivier. Boris Karloff appears briefly in a small supporting role. The Motion picture, picture is also a noteworthy example of productions from the pre-Code era in that it includes brief Nudity in film, nudity. The original play, presented on Broadway theatre, Broadway, ran from January to June 1914 and starred Lionel's younger brother John Barrymore opposite Florence Reed. This film is the third American adaptation of the play. The first two are ''The Yellow Passport'' from 1916 and ''The Yellow Ticket (1918 American film), The Yellow Ticket'' from 1918. A German version, ''Der Gelbe Schein'', was also filmed and released in 1918. Plot When martial law is declared in R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Lady Refuses
''The Lady Refuses'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code Melodrama#Film, melodrama film, directed by George Archainbaud, from a screenplay by Wallace Smith (screenwriter), Wallace Smith, based on an original story by Guy Bolton and Robert Milton (director), Robert Milton. It stars Betty Compson as a destitute young woman on the verge of becoming a prostitute, who is hired by a wealthy man to woo his ne'er-do-well son away from the clutches of a gold-digger (Margaret Livingston). The plot is regarded as risqué enough to appear in at least one collection of pre-Code Hollywood films. Plot Sir Gerald Courtney (Gilbert Emery) is an aristocrat whose son, Russell (John Darrow), prefers to spend his time partying with young women rather than focusing on the promising career he has in architecture. When Russell leaves one evening to revel with the gold-digging Berthine Waller (Margaret Livingston) rather than spending it dining with his father, Sir Gerald is a bit desponde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
A Lady's Morals
''A Lady's Morals'' is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Sidney Franklin. Its plot is a highly fictionalized account of opera singer Jenny Lind. The film features Grace Moore as Lind, Reginald Denny as a lover and Wallace Beery as P. T. Barnum. It contains operatic arias by Moore. Wallace Beery would play Barnum again four years later in '' The Mighty Barnum'' (1934), with Virginia Bruce as Jenny Lind. Plot Cast *Grace Moore as Jenny Lind * Reginald Denny as Paul Brandt *Wallace Beery as P. T. Barnum * Jobyna Howland as Josephine * Gus Shy as Olaf *Gilbert Emery as Broughm * George F. Marion as Innkeeper * Paul Porcasi as Innkeeper Soundtrack *"It Is Destiny": Lyrics by Clifford Grey, music by Oscar Straus, played by Reginald Denny on piano and sung by Grace Moore *"Rataplan" (from ''La fille du régimen''t): Music by Gaetano Donizetti, sung by Moore *"Student's Song": Music by Oscar Straus, lyrics by Clifford Grey, sung by students escorting Jenny home *" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Behind That Curtain (film)
''Behind That Curtain'' is a 1929 American sound ( All-Talking) Pre-Code mystery film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Warner Baxter, Lois Moran and Gilbert Emery. It was the first Charlie Chan film to be made at Fox Studios. It was based on the 1928 novel of the same name. Charlie Chan, who is played by the Chinese American E. L. Park, gets one mention early in the film, then makes a few momentary appearances after 75 minutes. Park, in fact, was the first Chinese American to play Charlie Chan on-screen. Producer William Fox chose this film to open the palatial Fox Theatre in San Francisco on June 28, 1929. It is a sound film. Synopsis In London, fortune hunter Eric Durand is romancing the wealthy Sir George Mannering's niece Eve. He murders the solicitor who is hired by Mannering to investigate him, but is thwarted when explorer and old family friend Colonel John Beetham takes Eve away to British India. Later she leaves Beetham and goes to San Francisco, where she is f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
