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Libby Taylor
Libby Taylor (1902-1961) was an African American character actress of the stage and screen who was active in Hollywood from the 1930s through the 1950s. Biography In 1933, while working as a struggling actress in Harlem, she accepted Mae West's offer to become West's personal maid. West in turn helped Libby get roles in Hollywood films. This arrangement lasted for several years. When Taylor had a stroke in 1955, she told reporters that contrary to the headlines, West had not been helping her financially. Selected filmography * ''Bright Road'' (1953) * '' Two Tickets to Broadway'' (1951) * ''Al Jennings of Oklahoma'' (1951) * '' You're My Everything'' (1949) * ''Another Part of the Forest'' (1948) * ''The Foxes of Harrow'' (1947) * ''The Perfect Marriage'' (1946) * ''Cinderella Jones'' (1946) * ''My Gal Sal'' (1942) * ''Flight from Destiny'' (1941) * ''Blonde Inspiration'' (1941) * ''Santa Fe Trail'' (1941) * ''The Howards of Virginia'' (1940) * ''The Great McGinty'' (1940) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bright Road
''Bright Road'' is a 1953 low-budget film adapted from the Christopher Award-winning short story "See How They Run" by Mary Elizabeth Vroman. Directed by Gerald Mayer and featuring a nearly all-black cast, the film stars Dorothy Dandridge as an idealistic first-year elementary school teacher trying to reach out to a problem student. The movie is also notable as the first feature film appearance by Harry Belafonte, who co-stars as the principal of the school. Plot Jane Richards (Dandridge) is a new teacher, beginning her career at a rural black elementary school in Alabama. One of the students in her fourth-grade class is C.T. Young (Philip Hepburn), who although bright and generally not a troublemaker, is nonetheless markedly uninterested in school and has become accustomed to taking two years to advance through each grade level. He is one of nine children of a semi-employed laborer. Miss Richards becomes determined to get through to C.T. and have her class be the first that do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woman Against Woman
''Woman Against Woman'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Robert B. Sinclair and written by Edward Chodorov. The film stars Herbert Marshall, Virginia Bruce, Mary Astor, Janet Beecher and Marjorie Rambeau. The film was released on June 24, 1938, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Unhappy in his marriage, attorney Stephen Holland (Herbert Marshall) decides to get a divorce from his pretentious wife Cynthia (Mary Astor), despite concern over how it will affect Ellen (Juanita Quigley), their young daughter. Cynthia sets out to make her ex-husband's life miserable. She first deceives Stephen's mother into siding with her, Mrs. Holland suggesting that Stephen let the little girl remain solely in Cynthia's custody for a while. Stephen must leave on a work-related trip to Washington, D.C., so he reluctantly agrees. At a reception for his friend Senator Kingsley (Joseph Crehan), he meets Maris Kent (Virginia Bruce) and becomes smitten. They are soon married and move back to Stephen's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweet Music
''Sweet Music'' is a 1935 American musical film directed by Alfred E. Green, written by Jerry Wald, Carl Erickson and Warren Duff, and starring Rudy Vallée, Ann Dvorak, Ned Sparks, Helen Morgan, Robert Armstrong and Allen Jenkins. It was released by Warner Bros. on February 23, 1935. Premise Bonnie Haydon (Ann Dvorak) is an aspiring star, who is often paired with Skip Houston (Rudy Vallée) by coincidence, much to her dismay. They taunt each other in a very screwball style, but over time, she learns that she has Houston to thank for her success. Songs * "Sweet Music" * "There's a Different You (in Your Heart)" * "Ev'ry Day" * "The Good Green Acres of Home" * "Outside" * " There Is a Tavern in the Town" ("The Drunkard Song") * "I See Two Lovers" * "Fare Thee Well, Annabelle" Cast *Rudy Vallée as Skip Houston *Ann Dvorak as Bonnie Haydon *Ned Sparks as 'Ten Percent' Nelson *Helen Morgan as Helen Morgan * Robert Armstrong as 'Dopey' Malone *Allen Jenkins as Barney Cowa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transient Lady
''Transient Lady'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Edward Buzzell, written by Edward Buzzell, Arthur Caesar and Harvey F. Thew, and starring Gene Raymond, Henry Hull, Frances Drake, June Clayworth, Clark Williams and Edward Ellis. It was released on March 4, 1935, by Universal Pictures. Plot When Senator Baxter's brother is murdered, he tries to place the blame on an innocent man. Cast *Gene Raymond as Carey Marshall *Henry Hull as Sen. Hamp Baxter * Frances Drake as Dale Cameron *June Clayworth as Pat Warren *Clark Williams as Chris Blake * Edward Ellis as Nick Kiley * Frederick Burton as Major Marshall *Douglas Fowley as Matt Baxter *Helen Lowell as Matilda Branham *Clara Blandick as Eva Branham *Phillip Trent as Fred Baxter *Al Bridge as Sheriff Angel Verner *Willard Robertson as Ed Goring *Eddie "Rochester" Anderson Edmund Lincoln Anderson (September 18, 1905 – February 28, 1977) was an American comedian and actor. To a generation of early radio and televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Of Midnight
''Star of Midnight'' is a 1935 American mystery comedy film directed by Stephen Roberts. William Powell was loaned out to RKO Pictures from MGM to star with Ginger Rogers. Plot New York lawyer and playboy Clay "Dal" Dalzell (William Powell) is asked by old friend Tim Winthrop (Leslie Fenton) to locate his girlfriend Alice, who mysteriously disappeared in Chicago a year ago. Winthrop cannot stop thinking about her and believes she is in New York. Along with Donna Mantin (Ginger Rogers), who has romantic designs on him, "Dal" attends a hit stage show called "Midnight" that stars a masked actress, Mary Smith (Bess Flowers), who vanishes in mid-performance when Winthrop recognizes her and blurts out the name Alice. Gossip columnist Tommy Tennant (Russell Hopton) claims to have discovered a vital clue to the mystery, but before he can reveal it, he is shot in Dal's suite. Dal is the main suspect, but Inspector Doremus (J. Farrell MacDonald) does not believe him to be guilty, and gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Sheep (1935 Film)
''Black Sheep'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Edmund Lowe, Claire Trevor, and Tom Brown.Solomon p.356 It was produced by the Fox Film Corporation. The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Cramer. Plot Aboard a luxury liner, gambler John Francis Dugan makes the acquaintance of socialite Jeanette Foster, who has a reputation for using men to get her way. Jeanette cajoles him into sneaking her into First Class, where they see young Fred Curtis lose $12,000 at poker to a couple of oilmen, Belcher and Schmelling. Fred's troubles grow worse when the haughty Millicent Bath has his markers and threatens to tell the police unless he helps her at Customs, sneaking some valuable pearls into the country that she ha stolen. Fred is so forlorn that he considers jumping overboard, until Jeanette stops him. Dugan decides to help. He wins back Fred's debts at cards. When they return to Fred's stateroom, Dugan spots a photo of Fred's deceased ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai (1935 Film)
''Shanghai'' is a 1935 film directed by James Flood, produced by Walter Wanger, distributed by Paramount Pictures, and starring Loretta Young and Charles Boyer. The picture's supporting cast features Warner Oland, Alison Skipworth, Charley Grapewin, Olive Tell and Keye Luke, and the running time is 75 minutes. Cast *Loretta Young as Barbara Howard *Charles Boyer as Dimitri Koslov *Warner Oland as Ambassador Lun Sing *Alison Skipworth as Aunt Jane * Fred Keating as Tommy Sherwood *Charley Grapewin as Truesdale *Walter Kingsford as Hilton *Josephine Whittell as Mrs. Truesdale *Olive Tell as Mrs. Hilton *Libby Taylor as Corona, Maid *Keye Luke as Chinese Ambassador's Son *Willie Fung as Wang (as Willy Fung) *Boothe Howard as Manager, Broker's Office *Arnold Korff as Van Hoeffer Reception The film made a profit of $142,246. References External links''Shanghai''in the New York Times * *''Shanghai''at Turner Classic Movies Turner Classic Movies (TCM) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Every Night At Eight
''Every Night at Eight'' is a 1935 American comedy musical film starring George Raft and Alice Faye and made by Walter Wanger Productions Inc. and Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Raoul Walsh and produced by Walter Wanger from a screenplay by C. Graham Baker, Bert Hanlon and Gene Towne based on the story ''Three On a Mike'' by Stanley Garvey.Everett Aaker, ''The Films of George Raft'', McFarland & Company, 2013 p 62-63 The song "I'm in the Mood for Love" was introduced in this film by Frances Langford. "I Feel a Song Coming On" was performed by Harry Barris and band and reprised by Alice Faye, Frances Langford and Patsy Kelly, and also sung by James Miller with chorus. Plot The film involves a trio of young female singers trying to break into show business. Three young women working in an agency named Daphne O' Connor, Dixie Foley, and Susan Moore (Patsy Kelly, Alice Faye, and Frances Langford) have built a singing trio. They want to 'lease' the Dictaphone of their boss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamond Jim
''Diamond Jim'' is a 1935 biographical film based on the published biography ''Diamond Jim Brady'' by Parker Morell. It follows the life of legendary entrepreneur James Buchanan Brady, including his romance with entertainer Lillian Russell, and stars Edward Arnold, Jean Arthur, Cesar Romero and Binnie Barnes. The screenplay by Preston Sturges never lets the lurid facts of Brady's life get in the way of the story.Erickson, HaPlot Synopsis (Allmovie)/ref> Edward Arnold went on to play Diamond Jim Brady again five years later, opposite Alice Faye in ''Lillian Russell''. Plot Diamond Jim Brady ( Edward Arnold) is born to an Irish saloonkeeper and his wife in 1856, but is soon orphaned. At the age of thirty, working as baggage master at the Spuyten Duyvil train station, he rents a suit and a diamond from a pawn shop, and gets a job as a salesman; soon, he is the top salesman on the staff. While on a cross-continental sales trip, Brady rescues Mr. Fox (Eric Blore) from a crooked sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stage Struck (1936 Film)
''Stage Struck'' is 1936 American musical film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring Dick Powell, Joan Blondell and Warren William.Bubbeo p.7 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert M. Haas. Plot summary Cast * Dick Powell as George Randall * Joan Blondell as Peggy Revere * Warren William as Fred Harris * Frank McHugh as Sid * The Yacht Club Boys as Singing Quartette * Jeanne Madden as Ruth Williams * Carol Hughes as Gracie * Craig Reynolds as Gilmore Frost * Hobart Cavanaugh as Wayne * Johnny Arthur as Oscar Freud * Spring Byington as Mrs. Randall * Thomas Pogue as Dr. Stanley * Andrew Tombes as Burns Heywood * Lulu McConnell as Toots O'Connor * Val Stanton as Cooper * Ernie Stanton as Marley * Edward Gargan as Rordan * Eddy Chandler as Heney * Libby Taylor Libby Taylor (1902-1961) was an African American character actress of the stage and screen who was active in Hollywood from the 1930s through the 1950s. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Corrigan
''Lucky Corrigan'' or ''Fury and the Woman'' is a 1936 American-Canadian drama film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring William Gargan, Molly Lamont and James McGrath. It was later screened at the 1984 Festival of Festivals as part of Front & Centre, a special retrospective program of artistically and culturally significant films from throughout the history of Canadian cinema. Carole Corbeil, "The stars are coming out for Toronto's film festival". ''The Globe and Mail'', September 6, 1984. Plot Cast * William Gargan as Bruce Corrigan * Molly Lamont as June McCrae * James McGrath as Kinky Kinkaid * Reginald Hincks as Engineer * J.P. McGowan as Anderson * Libby Taylor as Sarah * Henry Hastings as Ling * Ernie Impett as Bart * Arthur Kerr as Lester * Bob Rideout as Red * David Clyde David Eugene Clyde (born April 22, 1955) is a former left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played for five seasons with the Texas Rangers (1973–1975) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libeled Lady
''Libeled Lady'' is a 1936 screwball comedy film starring Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, and Spencer Tracy, written by George Oppenheimer, Howard Emmett Rogers, Wallace Sullivan, and Maurine Dallas Watkins, and directed by Jack Conway (film-maker), Jack Conway. This was the fifth of fourteen films in which Powell and Loy were teamed. ''Libeled Lady'' was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The film was remake, remade in 1946 as ''Easy to Wed'' with Esther Williams, Van Johnson, and Lucille Ball. Plot Wealthy Connie Allenbury is falsely accused of breaking up a marriage and sues the ''New York Evening Star'' newspaper for $5 million for libel. Warren Haggerty, the managing editor, turns in desperation to former reporter and suave ladies' man Bill Chandler for help. Bill's scheme is to maneuver Connie into being alone with him when his wife shows up, so that the suit will have to be dropped. Bill is not married, so Warren volunteers his long-suffering fiancée ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
