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Tom Dugan (actor, Born 1889)
Tom Dugan (1 January 1889 – 7 March 1955) was an Irish actor. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1927 and 1955. He was born in Dublin, Ireland and died in Redlands, California, after injuries sustained in a road accident. Life and career At an early age, Tom Dugan's family moved to Philadelphia where he was educated at the Philadelphia High School. After leaving school, he tried three trades (shoe cutting, neck tie cutting and paper hanging) in quick succession but he had a good tenor voice, so he decided on show business. He appeared in a travelling medicine show, then a minstrel troupe before going on stage. He was a headliner for the Keith Circuit in America for several years. He also played in musical comedies in New York City and in vaudeville theatres like Earl Carroll's Vanities. He eventually became a Broadway comedian. Dugan appeared in nearly 270 films between 1927 and 1955 and had also some television roles near the end of his life. He supported comedia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, part of the Wicklow Mountains range. Dublin is the largest city by population on the island of Ireland; at the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, the city council area had a population of 592,713, while the city including suburbs had a population of 1,263,219, County Dublin had a population of 1,501,500. Various definitions of a metropolitan Greater Dublin Area exist. A settlement was established in the area by the Gaels during or before the 7th century, followed by the Vikings. As the Kingdom of Dublin grew, it became Ireland's principal settlement by the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest in the British Empire and sixth largest in Western Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melody Of Love (1928 Film)
''Melody of Love'' is a 1928 American sound romantic drama film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, directed by Arch Heath, which starred Walter Pidgeon and Mildred Harris, each their first sound film. Historically significant as Universal's first 100% all-talkie, the production suffered from having a tight shooting schedule. Carl Laemmle was only able to rent the Fox Movietone sound-on-film recording system for one week, having to be filmed at night while the Fox Studio was closed down for the evenings. Plot When World War I breaks out, Jack Clark (Walter Pidgeon), a Tin Pan Alley songwriter in love with chorus girl Flo Thompson (Jane Winton), enlists in the Army with his pal Lefty ( Tom Dugan) and is sent to France, where they spend their time plunking out tunes while enemy shells whiz past their head. There, Jack meets Madelon (Mildred Harris), a little French singer who falls madly in love with him. Eventually, a stray bullet hits Jack during combat and loses th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gilded Lily (1935 Film)
''The Gilded Lily'' is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland, and C. Aubrey Smith. The production's screenplay, written by Claude Binyon, is about a stenographer who becomes a famous café entertainer courted by an English aristocrat and an American newspaper reporter. Released by Paramount Pictures in the United States on January 25, 1935, the film is one of the English language films chosen by the National Board of Review for its top-10 list of 1935. ''The Gilded Lily'' is also the first of seven films in which Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray costar. Plot Stenographer Marilyn David (Claudette Colbert) and newspaper reporter Peter Dawes (Fred MacMurray) meet every Thursday on a bench outside the New York Public Library to eat popcorn and watch the world go by. They discuss love and she tells him she only considers him a friend—that someday she will find love when she meets the right m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palooka (film)
''Palooka'' is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film, comedy film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Stuart Erwin in the title role, Lupe Velez and Jimmy Durante, and based on the Joe Palooka, comic strip by Ham Fisher. The film was adapted by Jack Jevne, Arthur Kober, Gertrude Purcell, Murray Roth and Ben Ryan from the comic strip. The film is also known as ''The Great Schnozzle'' in the United Kingdom. Plot Joe Palooka (Stuart Erwin) is a naive young man whose father Pete (Robert Armstrong (actor), Robert Armstrong) was a champion Boxing, boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme (Marjorie Rambeau) to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise him. But when a shady boxing manager (Jimmy Durante) discovers Joe's natural boxing talent, Joe decides to follow him to the big city, where he becomes a champion and begins to follow his father's path of debauchery, much of it including the glamorous cabaret singer and fortune hunter Nina Madero (Lupe Vélez). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pride Of The Legion
''The Pride of the Legion'' is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by Ford Beebe and starring Victor Jory, Barbara Kent and Sally Blane Sally Blane (born Elizabeth Jane Young; July 11, 1910 – August 27, 1997) was an American actress who appeared in more than 100 movies. Early life Blane was born in Salida, Colorado, moving to California with her family in 1916.1932 films 1932 crime films American crime films [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big City Blues (1932 Film)
Big City Blues may refer to: * ''Big City Blues'' (1932 film), a 1932 drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy * ''Big City Blues'' (1997 film), a 1997 film starring Burt Reynolds * ''Big City Blues'' (2:00 AM Paradise Cafe#Track listing), a 1984 song by Barry Manilow Barry Manilow ( ; born Barry Alan Pincus on June 17, 1943) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer with a career that spans over sixty years. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", "Looks Like We Made It", "Brandy (Scott ... * Howling Wolf Sings the Blues, re-released in 1970 by United Records as Big City Blues {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Galloping Ghost (serial)
''The Galloping Ghost'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Mascot serial film co-directed by B. Reeves Eason and Benjamin H. Kline. The title is the nickname of the star, real life American football player Red Grange. Serial historian Raymond William Stedman lists Lon Chaney Jr. as appearing in ''Ghost'' in a small uncredited part as a henchman, but this has never been verified. Plot Red Grange is thrown off the Clay College football team in disgrace when his friend, Buddy Courtland, takes a bribe to throw the big game and Red attacks him in anger. Red then proceeds to investigate and hunt down the head of the gambling ring responsible, a criminal enterprise operated out of the Mogul Taxi company offices. Red eventually clears his name, and both he and Buddy are reinstated on the team. Cast * Harold 'Red' Grange as Red Grange, Clay College football star *Ralph Bushman as Buddy Courtland * Dorothy Gulliver as Barbara Courtland (Red's girlfriend) * Tom Dugan as Jerry, Red's sidekic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vanishing Legion
''The Vanishing Legion'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film serial from Mascot, directed by Ford Beebe and B. Reeves Eason. Stars Harry Carey and Edwina Booth were originally intended to be in the studio's previous serial, '' King of the Wild'', but had to be re-cast when the MGM film '' Trader Horn'' (1931) overran its schedule. Both also starred in the Mascot serial ''The Last of the Mohicans'' and Carey was the lead in '' The Devil Horse''. An infection received while filming ''Trader Horn'' led to Booth's retirement from acting. Boris Karloff supplied the voice of the serial's mystery villain, "The Voice". Plot Masked mystery villain The Voice is out to sabotage the Milesburg Oil Co. "Happy" Cardigan needs to successfully drill for oil before his contract with Milesburg expires or he goes broke. Jimmie Williams' father, Jed ( Edward Hearn), has been framed for murder. Secretary Caroline Hall appears to have an ulterior motive. The mysterious "Vanishing Legion" is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Phantom Of The West
''The Phantom of the West'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film serial and was the second all-talking serial produced by Mascot Pictures. Tom Tyler stars as Jim Lester, trying to prove that Francisco Cortez (Frank Lanning) is innocent of killing Lester's father years before. The real villain is the mysterious ''Phantom'' and his League of the Lawless. Plot summary Francisco Cortez escapes prison after serving fifteen years for the murder of Jim Lester's father. Hunted by a posse, the escaped convict takes refuge in Jim Lester's house. When Lester discovers him, Cortez proclaims his innocence. He lists the names of seven men, one of which is the real killer, the murderer calling himself "The Phantom". Cast *Tom Tyler as Jim Lester * William Desmond as Martin Blaine *Tom Santschi as Bud Landers *Dorothy Gulliver as Mona Cortez, Francisco Cortez's daughter *Philo McCullough as Royce Macklin *Frank Lanning as Francisco Cortez, escaped convict falsely accused of murdering Jim L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bad One
''The Bad One'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code black-and-white musical film directed by George Fitzmaurice, starring Dolores del Río and Edmund Lowe, and featuring Boris Karloff. It is a romantic prison drama film. Cast * Dolores del Río as Lita * Edmund Lowe as Jerry Flanagan * Don Alvarado as The Spaniard * Blanche Friderici as Madame Durand (as Blanche Frederici) * Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Madame Pompier * Ullrich Haupt as Pierre Ferrande * Mitchell Lewis as Borloff * Ralph Lewis as Blochet * Yola d'Avril as Gida * John St. Polis as Judge * Henry Kolker as Prosecutor * George Fawcett as Warden * Victor Potel as Sailor * Harry Stubbs as Sailor * Tom Dugan as Sailor * Boris Karloff as Monsieur Gaston See also * Boris Karloff filmography Boris Karloff (1887–1969) was an English actor. He became known for his role as Frankenstein's monster in the 1931 ''Frankenstein'' (his 82nd film), leading to a long career in film, radio, and television. Born William Henry Pratt in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drag (film)
''Drag'' is a 1929 American sound ( All-Talking) Pre-Code drama film produced by Richard A. Rowland and directed by Frank Lloyd based on the 1925 novel ''Drag: A Comedy'' by William Dudley Pelley. It stars Richard Barthelmess and Lucien Littlefield. Plot Young David Carroll takes over the publication of a local newspaper in Vermont. Although he is attracted to Dot, "the most sophisticated girl in town," he marries Allie Parker, daughter of the couple who run the boardinghouse where he lives. Allie remains at home when David goes to New York City to sell a musical he has written. There, Dot, now a successful costume designer, uses her influence to get David's play produced. David and Dot fall in love, but she leaves for Paris when David indicates he will remain true to Allie. He sends for Allie, but when she arrives with her whole family, he decides to follow Dot to Paris. Cast * Richard Barthelmess as David Carroll * Lucien Littlefield as Pa Parker * Kathrin Clare Ward as Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonny Boy (1929 Film)
''Sonny Boy'' is a 1929 American sound part-talkie comedy film released by Warner Bros., directed by Archie Mayo. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. The film stars Davey Lee, Edward Everett Horton, and Betty Bronson. The film was named after the 1928 hit song " Sonny Boy", which was previously featured in the film ''The Singing Fool'' (1928), starring Al Jolson. Davey Lee also played the role of Sonny Boy in ''The Singing Fool''. As per U.S. copyright law, the film entered the public domain on January 1, 2025. Plot Sonny Boy's parents are in the midst of a bitter divorce when the boy's mother talks her sister into kidnapping him because she is terrified that her husband will take the boy out of the country after the divorce. The nervy sister takes the lad to the apartment of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
