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Kiss And Make-Up
''Kiss and Make-Up'' is a 1934 romantic comedy film starring Cary Grant as a doctor who specializes in making women beautiful. Genevieve Tobin and Helen Mack play his romantic entanglements. The film was based on the play ''Kozmetika'' by (credited as Stephen Bekeffi). All of the WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1934 were cast in roles in the film. Plot Dr. Maurice Lamar runs a highly successful business in Paris, providing cosmetic surgery and other beauty treatments to women. Old friend Max Pascal visits him to try to borrow money to finish his research, but Maurice turns him down, instead offering him a job, and later a partnership. Max declines. Maurice unveils the new Eve Caron and declares her perfect. However, her husband Marcel only wants a wife just a bit beautiful, not someone who attracts the attention of every man, so he divorces her. Maurice then marries her himself. They go to a beauty convention on the Riviera on their honeymoon, accompanied by Maurice's naturally pretty se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harlan Thompson
Harlan Thompson (24 September 1890 – 29 October 1966) was an American theatre director, screenwriter, lyricist, film director, and film and television producer. He wrote the Broadway hit '' Little Jessie James'' (1923–24), and several other Broadway musicals. He moved to Hollywood, where he was in turn a writer, director and producer. Career Harlan Thompson was born in Hannibal, Missouri, on 24 September 1890. He went to high school in Kansas City, Missouri, and then attended the University of Kansas. He studied chemical engineering. Thompson became a reporter and editor for ''The Kansas City Star'' and '' Kansas City Post''. During World War I (1914–18) he was in the 167th Aero Squadron of the American Expeditionary Forces. After the war he worked for the ''New York World''. Broadway In 1923 Harlan Thompson wrote the book and lyrics for the musical comedy ''Little Jessie James'', with music by Harry Archer. It was staged by Walter Brooks and produced by L. Lawre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Alcayde
Rafael Alcayde (19 October 1906 – 27 August 1993) was a Mexican film actor.Ruétalo & Tierney p.306 Selected filmography * ''Kiss and Make-Up'' (1934) * '' I Am a Fugitive'' (1946) * '' Cantaclaro'' (1946) * '' The Associate'' (1946) * ''The Kneeling Goddess'' (1947) * ''Adventures of Casanova'' (1948) * '' The Mark of the Skunk'' (1950) * '' The White Rose'' (1954) * ''Bluebeard'' (1955) * ''Drop the Curtain ''Drop the Curtain'' (Spanish: ''Abajo el telón'') is a 1955 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas, Christiane Martel and Beatriz Saavedra.Lezcano, p. 98. The film's art direction was by Gunther Gerszo. Plot A ...'' (1955) * '' The New World'' (1957) * '' Ten Days to Tulara'' (1958) * '' The Last of the Fast Guns'' (1958) * '' Villa!!'' (1958) References Bibliography * Victoria Ruétalo & Dolores Tierney. ''Latsploitation, Exploitation Cinemas, and Latin America''. Routledge, 2009. External links * Year of birth unknown Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital media, digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as ''The Daily (podcast), The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones (publisher), George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won List of Pulitzer Prizes awarded to The New York Times, 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national "newspaper of record". For print it is ranked List of newspapers by circulation, 18th in the world by circulation and List of newspapers in the United States, 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is Public company, publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 189 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andre Sennwald
Andre David Sennwald (August 4, 1907 — Jan 12, 1936) was a motion picture critic for ''The New York Times''. Life After graduating from Columbia University School of Journalism, Sennwald was hired as a reporter for ''The New York Times'' in 1930. As the film critic Mordaunt Hall gave up his post in October 1934, Sennwald became his successor. He lived at 670 West End Avenue, Upper West Side. He was married to the former Yvonne Beaudry. He died on January 12, 1936, as a result of gas poisoning before his penthouse apartment exploded because of a gas leak. The explosion wrecked the penthouse and the top three floors of the 17-story building. Sennwald had an appointment with his ex-wife Yvonne Beaudray and did not appear, which is why she went to see him, only to find him dead in the ruins of his home. Since Sennwald was believed by friends to be in good health and no suicide note was found, nor was one ever officially released, whether it was an accident or a suicide is unknown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Bishop (actress)
Julie Bishop (born Jacqueline Brown; August 30, 1914 – August 30, 2001), previously known as Jacqueline Wells, was an American film and television actress. She appeared in more than 80 films between 1923 and 1957. Early life Julie Bishop was born Jacqueline Brown in Denver, Colorado on August 30, 1914. She used the family name Wells professionally through 1941, and also appeared on stage (and in one film) as Diane Duval. She was a child actress, beginning her career in 1923, in either ''Children of Jazz'' or '' Maytime'' (sources are contradictory). Career By 1932, she was already a veteran film actress. Her earliest talkies were with the Hal Roach studio, where she worked in short-subject comedies with Laurel and Hardy, Charley Chase, and The Boy Friends. Then she began freelancing, working in supporting roles at large studios and in leading roles at small studios. Her ingenue role in the 1936 Laurel and Hardy feature ''The Bohemian Girl'' won her a contract at Columb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi Parrish
Gigi Parrish (born Katherine Gertrude McElroy; August 30, 1912 – February 8, 2006) was an American film actress who had a short career beginning in 1933, appearing only in nine films before retiring in 1937. Early life She was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as Katherine Gertrude McElroy and raised in Hartford, Connecticut. Her mother died in 1918, and McElroy and her siblings were put up for adoption. After adoption by a wealthy family, she and her step-siblings were tutored by author Dillwyn Parrish. Although he was eighteen years her senior, the two fell in love, and at the age of fifteen she married Parrish, under the name Gertrude McElroy. For their honeymoon, she and her husband started out on motorcycles from his family's home in Claymont, Delaware, intending to drive across the country to California. Parrish was severely injured in an accident in the Southwestern United States and, once she was physically able, they completed the remainder of the journey via train. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lu Ann Meredith
Lu Ann Meredith (July 7, 1913November 12, 1998) was an American film actress. Picked as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1934, her career did not flourish unlike a number of other awardees such as Jean Arthur and Ginger Rogers.Mank p.254 She made a few appearances in British films, but by 1937 her film career had declined. She appeared in a total of nine films between 1934 and 1939 before retiring from acting. Filmography * '' Young and Beautiful'' (1934) * ''Whirlpool'' (1934) * ''Night Life of the Gods'' (1936) * '' Ball at Savoy'' (1936) * '' Sporting Love'' (1937) * ''Sing as You Swing ''Sing as You Swing'' is a 1937 British musical film directed by Redd Davis and starring Charles Clapham, Bill Dwyer and Claude Dampier. It was made as a quota quickie and features turns from a variety of radio and revue stars with little bac ...'' (1937) References Bibliography * Gregory William Mank. ''Women in Horror Films, 1930s''. McFarland, 2005. External links * 1913 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Hovey
Ann Hovey (August 29, 1911 – August 25, 2007) was an American chorus girl and minor film actress of the 1930s, primarily in B-movies. Life and career Born Ann Jacques Hovey in Mount Vernon, Indiana, Hovey was born into a wealthy and prominent family. A descendant of Alvin Peterson Hovey, a Union Army officer during the Civil War and the governor of Indiana from 1888 to 1891, Hovey's mother had been a part of the San Francisco high society scene until marrying Hovey's father, a prominent banker. At the age of seven, Hovey was involved in an automobile accident which caused temporary loss of sight in her left eye. Eventually the injury healed and her sight in the eye returned. She attended "Indiana High School", and after graduation she pursued a career as a chorus girl. On a minor contract with Warner Bros., Hovey began appearing in films in 1933, her first being as an uncredited chorus girl in '' 42nd Street'' with Ginger Rogers and Warner Baxter, which would be Ginge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Gale
Jean Gale (September 13, 1912 – September 26, 1974) was an American vaudeville performer who also worked in films during the 1930s. Life and career Born in San Francisco, California as Lenore Gilmartin, she had a twin sister, Joan Gale (née Lorraine Gilmartin; born September 13, 1912 – June 11, 1998), along with another set of twin sisters, Jane Gale (née Helen Gilmartin; born July 6, 1911) and June Gale (née Doris Gilmartin; July 6, 1911 – November 13, 1996), although they were not quadruplets, as has occasionally been misreported. They appeared in Vaudeville as the Gale Quadruplets and in ''George White's Scandals of 1931'' and ''Scandals of 1936''. Jean's elder sister June wed Oscar Levant in 1939, to whom she remained married until his death in 1972, and by whom she had three children. The sisters began performing in vaudeville at an early age. This brought Jean to the attention of studios, and led to a small role in the film '' Bottoms Up'' (1934), starring Spencer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Cohan
Helen Cohan (September 13, 1910 – September 14, 1996) was an American stage dancer and briefly a Hollywood film actress. She was the youngest daughter of vaudeville and Broadway legend George M. Cohan. She was born in New York City and studied at Marymount College in Tarrytown, New York and in France. At the age of 17 Helen appeared as a dancer at New York's Heckscher Theatre in the 1928 Dance Recital produced by Ned Wayburn. Her first appearance on the stage came during the run of ''The Merry Malones'' at Erlanger's Theatre. She danced with her father for one performance. In 1931, she joined her dad in his play ''Fast Friendships''. The previous season, she played in the Kaufman-Lardner comedy ''June Moon''. Miss Cohan spent five months in Hollywood hoping to break into motion pictures and then was signed to a contract by Fox Film in 1930. Her film credits are few; she had roles in ''Kiss and Make-Up'' (1934), ''The Penal Code'' (1932), and '' Lightnin''' (1930). The latter m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Carmen
Jean Carmen (April 7, 1913 – August 26, 1993) was an American film, stage, and radio actress. She sometimes went by the stage name Julia Thayer. In addition to her appearances in various films throughout the 1930s, Carmen starred on Broadway in the original production of ''The Man Who Came to Dinner'', appearing as a replacement for the role of June Stanley. In her later career, Carmen wrote, directed, and produced the film ''The Pawn'' in 1966. Biography Born in Portland, Oregon on April 7, 1913, Carmen was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1934, the last year they were named. She had a supporting role as The Rider in the 1937 Republic Pictures western serial ''The Painted Stallion''. She also worked in radio and on Broadway, in ''Stage Door'' and the original 1939 production of ''The Man Who Came to Dinner'' (as a replacement for the role of June Stanley). Modern audiences will also remember Carmen as one of three gold diggers in the 1938 Three Stooges comedy '' H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Arlen
Judith Arlen (born Laurette Elizabeth Rutherford; March 18, 1914 – June 5, 1968) was an American film actress of Canadian descent. She was the elder sister of actress Ann Rutherford. Early years Judith Arlen was born Laurette Rutherford in Los Angeles, to Canadian parents John Rutherford and Lucille (née Mansfield) Rutherford. Rutherford's mother was a silent film actress, and her father was a former operatic tenor. The family moved to San Francisco, and, soon afterwards, her parents separated and Lucille Mansfield moved to Los Angeles with Laurette and her sister Ann. Career Laurette took on the stage name Judith Arlen and started her acting career in 1930 with an uncredited role in the Cecil B. DeMille film ''Madam Satan''. She had another uncredited role in 1933, but received two credited roles in 1934, and that year she was one of 13 girls selected as "WAMPAS Baby Stars" (at the time, ''baby star'' was common slang for ''starlet''), the last year that the "WAMPAS" titles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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