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Duane Thompson
Duane Thompson (born Lura Duane Malony; July 28, 1903 – August 15, 1970) was an American film actress during Hollywood's silent film era. When Talkies pushed silent films into the background, she worked in stock theater for a time before moving to radio drama. She was married twice, to comedian Buddy Wattles and to radio producer William T. Johnson. Dancer and bit player Thompson and her mother moved to San Francisco and Hollywood in the early 1920s, where Thompson, after a stint as a cafe dancer, pursued a career in acting. She received her first film role in 1921, starring opposite Vernon Dent as Violet Joy in ''Up and at 'em''. Silent film star Dropping Violet Joy for Duane Thompson, she was Neal Burn's leading lady in ''Hot Water''. That film launched her into regular roles, and she starred in four films that year. From 1923 to 1929, Thompson starred in 37 films, with uncredited roles in another three films. In 1925, she was one of 13 women selected by the Wester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Oak, Iowa
Red Oak is a city in, and the county seat of, Montgomery County, Iowa, United States, located along the East Nishnabotna River. The population was 5,362 in the 2020 census, a decline from the 6,197 population in 2000. History Red Oak derives its name from Red Oak Creek which flows through the community and was noted for the red oaks on its banks. The first settlers arrived there in the 1850s. In 1865 it became the official county seat of Montgomery County and the courthouse which had been in the middle of the county seven miles northeast in Frankfort, Iowa was towed to the community during a snow storm. That courthouse remained in place until the current Montgomery County Courthouse was built in 1891. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1869 the community was officially founded when the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (called the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad at the time) arrived. The community was named Red Oak Junction by the railro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silent Avenger
''The Silent Avenger'' is a 1927 American silent action film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Charles Delaney, Duane Thompson and George Chesebro.Munden p.716 Cast * Thunder the Dog as Thunder * Charles Delaney as Stanley Gilmore * Duane Thompson as Patsy Wade * George Chesebro as Bill Garton * David Kirby as Joe Sneed * Robert Homans Robert Edward Homans (November 8, 1877 – July 28, 1947) was an American actor who entered films in 1923 after a lengthy stage career. Life and career Robert Homans was born November 8, 1877, in Malden, Massachusetts. Although he studied ... as Steven Gilmore * Clarence Wilson as Dave Wade * Buck Black as Bud Wade References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1927 films 1920s action films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films English-l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Pants
''Long Pants'' (also known as ''Johnny Newcomer'') is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Frank Capra and starring Harry Langdon. Additional cast members include Gladys Brockwell, Alan Roscoe, and Priscilla Bonner. Plot The silent tells the story of Harry Shelby (Langdon) who has been kept in knee-pants for years by his mother. One day, however, Harry finally gets his first pair of long pants. Immediately, his family expects him to marry his childhood sweetheart Priscilla (Priscilla Bonner). Yet, Harry soon falls for Bebe Blair (Alma Bennett), a ''femme fatale'' from the big city who has a boyfriend in the mob. Harry thinks that Bebe is interested in him as well, so he risks everything when Bebe ends up in jail. This leads to a lot of trouble for Harry. Throughout the whole ordeal Priscilla waits for Harry to face reality. Cast Critical reception When it was released, film critic Mordaunt Hall gave the film a positive review. He wrote, "Some hilarious passages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Husband Hunters
''Husband Hunters'' is a 1927 American comedy-drama silent film released by Tiffany Productions, directed by John G. Adolfi, and starring Mae Busch, Charles Delaney and Jean Arthur. Plot The film looks at the exploits of chorus girls Marie (Mae Busch) and Helen (Duane Thompson) who have dedicated themselves to finding and marrying millionaire husbands. The two ladies enlist the help of the innocent young Lettie Crane (Jean Arthur) in their scheme. Lettie is a girl from a small town who dreams of one day making it big on Broadway. After being enlisted by the two, Lettie is left heartbroken by a callous young man and regrets her involvement. However, by the film's end, she is the only one of the trio who finally finds true love. Another chorus girl, Cynthia Kane (Mildred Harris) follows the antics of the trio with both amusement and disapproval. Cast * Mae Busch as Marie Devere *Charles Delaney as Bob Garrett *Jean Arthur as Lettie Crane * Walter Hiers as Sylvester Jones *Dua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Days (1926 Film)
''College Days'' is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Marceline Day, Charles Delaney, and James Harrison. It was produced by the independent Tiffany Pictures.Umphlett p. 173 The film's sets were designed by the art director Edwin B. Willis. Synopsis On his first day at the University of California The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. The system is composed of the campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Franci ..., Jim Gordon meets and falls in love with Mary Ward but also makes an enemy in Kenneth Slade. Mary's feelings are hurt when she sees Jim with another woman, and his attempts to make amends almost get him expelled. At the last moment he is called back to take part in a football game, winning both it and the heart of Mary. Cast References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lodge In The Wilderness
''The Lodge in the Wilderness'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Henry McCarty and starring Anita Stewart, Edmund Burns and Larry Steers.Connelly, p. 153. It is a Northern based on a 1909 short story of the same title by Canadian writer Gilbert Parker. Cast * Anita Stewart as Virginia Coulson * Edmund Burns as Jim Wallace * Larry Steers as John Hammond * Jim Farley as Bill Duncan * Victor Potel as Goofus * Eddie Lyons as Buddy O'Brien * Duane Thompson Duane Thompson (born Lura Duane Malony; July 28, 1903 – August 15, 1970) was an American film actress during Hollywood's silent film era. When Talkies pushed silent films into the background, she worked in stock theater for a time befo ... as Dot Marshall References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April Fool (1926 Film)
''April Fool'' is an American romantic comedy silent film released in 1926. The 67 minute black and white film with subtitles stars Baby Peggy, Alexander Carr and Duane Thompson. It was directed by Nat Ross. Plot The film concern about a worker struggling to make ends meet in a Jewish neighborhood in the city, his daughter, his love interest, and his daughter's prankster friend. The main character loses his job pressing clothes in a tailor sweatshop and resorts to selling used umbrellas. His love interest is a widow who runs a deli where his daughter is looked after. Cast * Alexander Carr - Jacob Goodman * Duane Thompson - Irma Goodman * Mary Alden - Amelia Rosen * Raymond Keane - Leon Steinfield * Eddie Phillips - Joseph Applebaum * Snitz Edwards Snitz Edwards (born Edward Neumann, 1 January 1868 – 1 May 1937) was a stage and character actor of the early years of the silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mysterious Stranger (1925 Film)
''The Mysterious Stranger'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Jack Nelson and starring Richard Talmadge Richard Talmadge (born Sylvester Alphonse Metz; 3 December 1892 – 25 January 1981) also known as Sylvester Metzetti, Ricardo Metzetti, or Sylvester Ricardo Metzetti, was a German-born actor, stuntman and film director. Early life Born ..., Josef Swickard, and Carmelita Geraghty. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Raoul Lesage, a great artist, lives happily in his large home with his four year old son Paul and his wife April until he is deceived by Herman Bennett, who attempts to caress April. Raoul believes his wife has been unfaithful and takes the child to another home. Paul Lesage grows to be 24 years old without having seen a woman. Bennet, who is also an artist, has spent the last twenty years forging the works of the master Lesage. Paul starts walking in his sleep. He is picked up by a band of merrymakers and is taken to a roadh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Some Pun'kins
''Some Pun'kins'' is a 1925 American silent comedy drama film directed by Jerome Storm and starring Charles Ray, Duane Thompson, and George Fawcett. It is also known by the alternative title of ''The Farmer's Boy''. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, in this light rural comedy, Lem Blossom (Ray) falls in love with Mary Griggs (Thompson), already the possessor of a beau in the worldly person of Tom Perkins (Cooley). Mary's pa Josh Griggs (Woodruff), a heavy drinking father, frowns on the romance but Lem persevers. When Lem fails to sell a load of pumpkins, his father (Fawcett) in desperation turns to bootlegging. Mrs. Blossom (Midgley) and Lem smell the bottles, and Pa Blossom drives Lem away. On the way to the station Lem conceives the idea of obtaining a corner on pumpkins and puts it over to the tune of thousands of dollars. Mary's house takes fire and Lem, after trying the fire-pumper he invented, risks his life to save her life. Everything, then is rosy. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood Hotel (film)
''Hollywood Hotel'' is a 1937 American romantic musical comedy film, directed by Busby Berkeley, starring Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, Hugh Herbert, Ted Healy, Glenda Farrell and Johnnie Davis, featuring Alan Mowbray and Mabel Todd, and with Allyn Joslyn, Grant Mitchell and Edgar Kennedy. The film was based on the popular ''Hollywood Hotel'' radio show created by gossip columnist Louella Parsons, where Hollywood stars recreated scenes from their latest movies. It was broadcast weekly from the hotel of that name."Notes" on TCM.com The film's recreation of the program features Louella Parsons, |
Hollywood Hotel (radio Program)
''Hollywood Hotel'' is an American radio program that was broadcast in the 1930s. It featured Hollywood stars in dramatized versions of then-current movies and "helped to make Hollywood an origination point for major radio programs."Buxton, Frank and Owen, Bill (1972). ''The Big Broadcast: 1920-1950''. The Viking Press. SBN 670-16240-x. P. 113. Radio historian John Dunning called the program, sponsored by Campbell Soup Company, "the most glamorous show of its time." The program was the inspiration for the 1937 Warner Brothers movie of the same title, which featured Louella Parsons as herself. The instigator of the program was gossip columnist Louella Parsons, whose column was distributed by the Hearst Syndicate. Dunning wrote that she "promoted the concept and became the driving force behind the success of ''Hollywood Hotel''."Dunning, John. (1976). ''Tune in Yesterday: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, 1925-1976''. Prentice-Hall, Inc. . P.282-283. At the time ''Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
