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Jack Pennick
Ronald Jack Pennick (December 7, 1895 – August 16, 1964) was an American film actor. After working as a gold miner as a young man, serving as a United States Marine Corps, US Marine, he would go on to appear in more than 140 films between 1926 and 1962. Pennick was a leading member to in the informal John Ford Stock Company, appearing in dozens of John Ford, the director's films. Pennick also drilled the military extras in John Wayne's ''The Alamo (1960 film), The Alamo'' (1960). Biography Pennick was born in Portland, Oregon, the son of gold miner Albert R. and Bessie (Murray) Pennick. He and his first wife, Grechin, had two children by the time he was twenty. He had a third child with his second wife, Nona Lorraine. Pennick joined the United States Marine Corps serving in China and World War I. In the 1920s he worked as a Wrangler (profession), horse wrangler on various film productions before he was noticed by filmmaker John Ford. He soon began working as an actor, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland, Oregon
Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous county in Oregon. Portland had a population of 652,503, making it the 26th-most populated city in the United States, the sixth-most populous on the West Coast, and the second-most populous in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle. Approximately 2.5 million people live in the Portland metropolitan statistical area (MSA), making it the 25th most populous in the United States. About half of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metropolitan area. Named after Portland, Maine, the Oregon settlement began to be populated in the 1840s, near the end of the Oregon Trail. Its water access provided convenient transportation of goods, and the timber industry was a major force in the city's early economy. At the turn of the 20th centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Sons
''Four Sons'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed and produced by John Ford and written for the screen by Philip Klein from a story by I. A. R. Wylie first published in the ''Saturday Evening Post'' as "Grandmother Bernle Learns Her Letters" (1926). It is one of only a handful of survivors out of the more than 50 silent films Ford directed between 1917 and 1928. It starred Margaret Mann, James Hall, and Charles Morton. The film is also notable for the presence of the young John Wayne in an uncredited role as an officer. Though "silent," it was released with a Movietone music and sound effects track. A family is torn apart by the advent of World War I. It was remade in 1940 with the same title, starring Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich, and directed by Archie Mayo, although the war was updated to World War II. Plot Mother Bernle is a widow in Bavaria with four sons: Franz, Johann, Andreas and Joseph. Joseph receives a job offer from the United States, and he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Born Reckless (1930 Film)
''Born Reckless'' is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by John Ford and staged by Andrew Bennison from a screenplay written by Dudley Nichols based on the novel ''Louis Beretti''. The film starred Edmund Lowe, Catherine Dale Owen and Marguerite Churchill. Plot A gangster, Louis Beretti, gets caught involved in a jewelry heist and taken to see the judge. The war has begun and hoping to use the publicity to get re-elected, the judge offers Louis and his two buddies, the choice of going to jail, or signing up to fight in the war - if they prove themselves, he will throw away their arrests. Louis makes it home from the war (one of his buddies was killed), and opens up a night club downtown that becomes very successful. His employees are former members of his gang, and he maintains contact with "Big", still a gangster. Louis falls for the sister of his buddy who was killed in the war, but she already has plans to marry. He tells her nevertheless, that if she ever needs h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paramount On Parade
''Paramount on Parade'' is a 1930 all-star American pre-Code revue released by Paramount Pictures, directed by several directors including Edmund Goulding, Dorothy Arzner, Ernst Lubitsch, Rowland V. Lee, A. Edward Sutherland, Lothar Mendes, Otto Brower, Edwin H. Knopf, Frank Tuttle, and Victor Schertzinger—all supervised by the production supervisor, singer, actress, and songwriter Elsie Janis. Featured stars included Jean Arthur, Richard Arlen, Clara Bow, Evelyn Brent, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Jack Oakie, Helen Kane, Maurice Chevalier, Nancy Carroll, George Bancroft, Kay Francis, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, Gary Cooper, Fay Wray, Lillian Roth and other Paramount stars. The screenplay was written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, produced by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky, with cinematography by Victor Milner and Harry Fischbeck. Production ''Paramount on Parade'', released on April 22, 1930, was Paramount's answer to all-star revues like '' Hollywood Revue of 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Girl (1930 Film)
''City Girl'' is a 1930 American silent film directed by F. W. Murnau, and starring Charles Farrell and Mary Duncan. It is based upon the play "The Mud Turtle" by Elliot Lester. Though shot as a silent feature, the film was refitted with some sound elements and released in 1930. The film is credited as being the primary inspiration for Terrence Malick's film ''Days of Heaven'' (1978). Plot In the years of the Great Depression, Lem Tustine is sent to Chicago by his father to sell the family farm's wheat crop. He meets Kate, a waitress who is sick of the endless bustle of the city and has dreams of living in the countryside. The stock market price of wheat starts to drop and Lem hurriedly sells the crop for far less than the bottom line his father had given him. Meanwhile, Lem has fallen in love with Kate and they marry. They travel back to the countryside, but Lem's father, angry at the disastrous wheat sale, subjects Kate to hostility and physical abuse, mistakenly believin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navy Blues (1929 Film)
''Navy Blues'' is a 1929 American Pre-Code romance film starring William Haines as a sailor and Anita Page as the girl he romances and leaves. This was Haines' first talking picture. Cast *William Haines as Jack Kelly *Anita Page as Alice Brown * Karl Dane as Sven Swanson * J.C. Nugent as Mr. Reginald Brown * Edythe Chapman as Mrs. Brown * Wade Boteler Wade Boteler (October 3, 1888 – May 7, 1943) was an American film actor and writer. He appeared in more than 430 films between 1919 and 1943. Biography He was born in Santa Ana, California, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart ... as Chief Petty Officer Higgins External links * * 1929 films American black-and-white films 1920s romantic comedy-drama films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films American romantic comedy-drama films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films {{1920s-romantic-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mighty (1929 Film)
''The Mighty'' is a 1929 American action film directed by John Cromwell and written by Grover Jones, Robert N. Lee, Herman J. Mankiewicz, William Slavens McNutt and Nellie Revell. The film stars George Bancroft, Esther Ralston, Warner Oland, Raymond Hatton, Dorothy Revier, Morgan Farley and O.P. Heggie. The film was released on November 16, 1929, by Paramount Pictures. Cast * George Bancroft as Blake Greeson * Esther Ralston as Louise Patterson *Warner Oland as Sterky *Raymond Hatton Raymond William Hatton (July 7, 1887 – October 21, 1971) was an American film actor who appeared in almost 500 motion pictures. Biography Hatton was born in Red Oak, Iowa. His physician father steered him toward a career in medicine. Howev ... as Dogey Franks * Dorothy Revier as Mayme * Morgan Farley as Jerry Patterson * O.P. Heggie as J.K. Patterson * Charles Sellon as The Mayor * E. H. Calvert as Major General * John Cromwell as Mr. Jamieson References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Virginian (1929 Film)
''The Virginian'' is a 1929 American pre-Code Western film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Gary Cooper, Walter Huston, and Richard Arlen. The film was based on the 1902 novel '' The Virginian'' by Owen Wister and adapted from the popular 1904 theatrical play Wister had collaborated on with playwright Kirke La Shelle. ''The Virginian'' is about a good-natured cowboy who romances the new schoolmarm and has a crisis of conscience when he learns his best friend is involved in cattle rustling. The film is considered to be Gary Cooper's breakthrough role and is well known for Cooper's line, "If you wanna call me that—smile", in response to a cuss by the antagonist. Plot A man known only as the Virginian is ranch foreman at Box H Ranch near Medicine Bow, Wyoming. At a saloon in Medicine Bow, he and the cattle rustler Trampas vie for the attentions of a barmaid; when Trampas insults him, the Virginian pulls a gun and tells him to smile. Soon afterwards, Molly Wood, a new sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salute (1929 Film)
''Salute'' is a 1929 drama film directed by John Ford and starring George O'Brien, Helen Chandler, William Janney, Stepin Fetchit, Frank Albertson and Ward Bond. It is about the football rivalry of the Army–Navy Game, and two brothers, played by O'Brien and Janney, one of West Point, the other of Annapolis. John Wayne had an uncredited role in the film, as one of three midshipmen who perform a mild hazing. The film was partly filmed on location at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Plot Cast * George O'Brien as Cadet John Randall * Helen Chandler as Nancy Wayne * William Janney as Midshipman Paul Randall * Stepin Fetchit as Smoke Screen * Frank Albertson as Midshipman Albert Edward Price * Ward Bond as Midshipman Harold * John Wayne as (uncredited) Midshipman Bill * Joyce Compton as Marian Wilson See also * John Wayne filmography American actor, director, and producer John Wayne (1907–1979) began working on films as an extra, prop man and stuntman, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Star (1929 Film)
''Lucky Star'' is a 1929 American romantic drama silent film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, and directed by Frank Borzage. The plot involves the impact of World War I upon a farm girl (Gaynor) and a returning soldier (Farrell). The movie was produced by William Fox with cinematography by Chester A. Lyons and William Cooper Smith, and the supporting cast includes Paul Fix and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. In the previous two years, Borzage had also directed Gaynor in '' 7th Heaven'' and '' Street Angel'', two of the three films (along with F.W. Murnau's '' Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans'') for which Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress. silentera.com; accessed August 10, 2015. The film was produced in two versions- a silent version for the foreign market, and a partly talking version ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Watch (film)
''The Black Watch'' is a 1929 American Pre-Code adventure epic film directed by John Ford and starring Victor McLaglen, Myrna Loy, and David Torrence. Written by James Kevin McGuinness based on the 1916 novel '' King of the Khyber Rifles'' by Talbot Mundy, the film is about a captain in the British Army's Black Watch regiment assigned to a secret mission in India just as his company is called to France at the outbreak of war. His covert assignment results in his being considered a coward by his fellows, a suspicion confirmed when he becomes involved in a drunken brawl in India that results in the apparent death of another officer. The film features an uncredited 21-year-old John Wayne working as an extra; he also worked in the arts and costume department for the film. This was director John Ford's first sound film. Cast * Victor McLaglen as Capt. Donald Gordon King * Myrna Loy as Yasmani * David Torrence as Field Marshal * David Rollins as Lt. Malcolm King * Cyril Chadwick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strong Boy
''Strong Boy'' is a 1929 American silent comedy film directed by John Ford which had a synchronized music track. The film, which was Ford's last silent film, is now considered to be lost. A trailer for the film was discovered in the New Zealand Film Archive in 2010 and subsequently preserved by the Academy Film Archive the same year. Cast * Victor McLaglen as Strong Boy * Leatrice Joy as Mary McGregor * J. Farrell MacDonald as Angus McGregor * Clyde Cook as Pete * Buddy Roosevelt as Wilbur Watkins (credited as Kent Sanderson) * Douglas Scott as Wobby * Slim Summerville as Slim * Tom Wilson as Baggage master * Eulalie Jensen as Queen of Lisonia * David Torrence as Railroad president * Dolores Johnson as Prima donna * Robert Ryan as Baggage man * Jack Pennick as Baggage man See also *List of lost films For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
