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Midnight Daddies
''Midnight Daddies'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Mack Sennett and starring Andy Clyde, Harry Gribbon, and Rosemary Theby.Balducci, p. 99 It was the last feature film that Sennett directed: his remaining six films were Bing Crosby shorts. Cast * Andy Clyde as Wilbur Louder * Harry Gribbon as Charlie Mason aka Charles De Maisone * Rosemary Theby as Mrs. Wilbur Louder * Addie McPhail as Trixie - Charlie's Sweetheart * Alma Bennett as Camille McNab - Vamp * Jack Cooper as Lord Rumsberry - Modiste Shop Owner * Kathrin Clare Ward as Wilbur's Mother-in-law * Vernon Dent as Baron von Twiddlebaum - Designer * George Gray as Everett * Anna Dodge as 1st Bridge Player * Sunshine Hart as 2nd Bridge Player * 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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott; January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian-American film actor, director, and producer, and studio head, known as the 'King of Comedy'. Born in Danville, Quebec, in 1880, he started in films in the Biograph Company of New York City, and later opened Keystone Studios in Edendale, California in 1912. Keystone possessed the first fully enclosed film stage, and Sennett became famous as the originator of slapstick routines such as pie-throwing and car-chases, as seen in the Keystone Cops films. He also produced short features that displayed his Bathing Beauties, many of whom went on to develop successful acting careers. Sennett's work in sound movies was less successful, and he was bankrupted in 1933. In 1938 he was presented with an honorary Academy Award for his contribution to film comedy. Early life Born Michael Sinnott in Danville, Quebec, he was the son of Irish Catholic John Sinnott and Catherine Foy. His parents married in 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Cooper (actor)
Jack Cooper may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Jack L. Cooper (1888–1970), first African-American radio DJ * Jackie Cooper (1922–2011), actor and film director * Jack Cooper (American musician) (born 1963), composer, arranger, orchestrator, multireedist and music educator * Jack Cooper (English musician) (born 1980), musician, member of Ultimate Painting, Mazes and The Beep Seals Sports * Jack Cooper (Australian rules footballer, born 1889) (1889–1917), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy * Jack Cooper (Australian rules footballer, born 1911) (1911–1996), Australian rules footballer for Carlton * Jack Cooper (Australian rules footballer, born 1922) (1922–2003), Australian rules footballer for Carlton * Jack Cooper (English footballer) (1889–?), English football goalkeeper * Jack A. Cooper, English athlete Other * Jack Cooper, businessman who owned Cooper Canada * Jack Cooper, Baron Cooper of Stockton Heath Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Comedy Films
American comedy films are comedy films produced in the United States. The genre is one of the oldest in American cinema; some of the first silent movies were comedies, as slapstick comedy often relies on visual depictions, without requiring sound. With the advent of sound in the late 1920s and 1930s, comedic dialogue rose in prominence in the work of film comedians such as W. C. Fields and the Marx Brothers. By the 1950s, the television industry had become serious competition for the movie industry. The 1960s saw an increasing number of broad, star-packed comedies. In the 1970s, black comedies were popular. Leading figures in the 1970s were Woody Allen and Mel Brooks. One of the major developments of the 1990s was the re-emergence of the romantic comedy film. Another development was the increasing use of " gross-out humour". History 1895–1930 Comic films began to appear in significant numbers during the era of silent films, roughly 1895 to 1930. The visual humour of many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Black-and-white Films
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1930s English-language Films
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 Comedy Films
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 Films
The following is an overview of 1930 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1930 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * February 21: ''Anna Christie'', Greta Garbo's first sound film is released, it grosses $1.5 million. * February 23: Silent screen legend Mabel Normand dies at the age of 37 in Monrovia, California after a lengthy battle with tuberculosis. * March 10: Release of ''Goodbye Argentina'' (''Adiós Argentina''), the first Argentine film with a (musical) soundtrack. Ada Cornaro has her first starring role and Libertad Lamarque makes her film debut. * April 6: William Fox sells his interest in Fox Film for $18 million and Harley L. Clarke becomes president. * May 27: Howard Hughes' epic film ''Hell's Angels'' premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and features Jean Harlow in her first major role as well as some impress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iris Adrian
Iris Adrian Hostetter (May 29, 1912 – September 17, 1994) was an American stage, film actress and dancer. Life and career Adrian was an only child, born in Los Angeles, California, to Florence (née Van Every) and Adrian Earl Hostetter, who wed in 1909 in Los Angeles. She was raised by her single mother in Los Angeles. She was a graduate of Hollywood High School. Adrian won a beauty pageant, worked with the Ziegfeld Follies, and performed with Fred Waring before she entered films at the end of the silent era in ''Chasing Husbands'' (1928) and appeared as an extra or chorus girl in early sound films like ''Paramount on Parade'' (1930). During the 1930s she specialised in playing hard-boiled gals, glamorous gold-diggers, and gangsters' "molls". She played supporting roles in numerous features. She played "Gee-Gee Graham" in ''Lady of Burlesque''. In the Jerry Lewis comedy, ''The Errand Boy'', she played a glamorous movie star "Anastasia Anastasia", whose on-set birthday party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Mayberry
Mary Mayberry (March 29, 1907 – May 4, 1972) was an American film actress of the silent era.Pitts p. 208 She was also billed as Mary Mabery in five films. After appearing in a number of shorts, she played the female lead in several westerns alongside Bob Custer and other stars. Partial filmography * ''Law of the Mounted'' (1928) * '' The Law's Lash'' (1928) * ''Captain Careless'' (1928) * ''Manhattan Cowboy'' (1928) * '' Dog Law'' (1928) * ''Lightning Speed'' (1928) * '' Texas Tommy'' (1928) * '' Headin' Westward '' (1929) * ''Midnight Daddies ''Midnight Daddies'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Mack Sennett and starring Andy Clyde, Harry Gribbon, and Rosemary Theby.Balducci, p. 99 It was the last feature film that Sennett directed: his remaining six films were B ...'' (1930) References Bibliography * John J. McGowan. ''J.P. McGowan: Biography of a Hollywood Pioneer''. McFarland, 2005. External links * 1907 births 1972 deaths American film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 attack. Boteler graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After he graduated, he stayed there as a director until he joined the Army in World War I. For three years in the mid-1920s, he worked for Douglas MacLean's film company as both actor and writer. On Broadway, Boteler appeared in the play '' The Silent Voice'' (1914). Partial filmography * ''The False Road'' (1920) * '' Lahoma'' (1920) * '' An Old Fashioned Boy'' (1920) * ''She Couldn't Help It'' (1920) * ''Ducks and Drakes'' (1921) * ''The Home Stretch'' (1921) * '' Fifty Candles'' (1921) * '' One Man in a Million'' (1921) * ''Blind Hearts'' (1921) * '' At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern'' (1922) * '' Deserted at the Altar'' (1922) * '' Don't Shoot'' (1922) * '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunshine Hart
Sunlight is a portion of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, in particular infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light. On Earth, sunlight is scattered and filtered through Earth's atmosphere, and is obvious as daylight when the Sun is above the horizon. When direct solar radiation is not blocked by clouds, it is experienced as sunshine, a combination of bright light and radiant heat. When blocked by clouds or reflected off other objects, sunlight is diffused. Sources estimate a global average of between 164 watts to 340 watts per square meter over a 24-hour day; this figure is estimated by NASA to be about a quarter of Earth's average total solar irradiance. The ultraviolet radiation in sunlight has both positive and negative health effects, as it is both a requisite for vitamin D3 synthesis and a mutagen. Sunlight takes about 8.3 minutes to reach Earth from the surface of the Sun. A photon starting at the center of the Sun and changing direction ever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Dodge
Anna Dodge (October 18, 1867 – May 4, 1945) was an American silent film actress. Anna Dodge married silent film actor George Hernandez and was frequently credited as Anna Hernandez. Filmography 1910s * ''Making a Man of Him'' (1911) * ''Out-Generaled'' (1911) * ''Shipwrecked'' (1911) * ''A Cup of Cold Water'' (1911) * ''How Algy Captured a Wild Man'' (1911) * ''The Blacksmith's Love'' (1911) * ''The Regeneration of Apache Kid'' (1911) * ''Their Only Son'' (1911) * ''Slick's Romance'' (1911) * ''The Old Captain'' (1911) * ''It Happened in the West'' (1911) * ''The Craven Heart'' (1911) * ''The White Medicine Man'' (1911) .... Sitting Horse's Squaw * ''A Sacrifice to Civilization'' (1911) * ''Told in the Sierras'' (1911) * ''Range Pals'' (1911) .... Mrs. Murdock, Steve's Mother * ''Where There's a Will, There's a Way'' (1911) * ''Stability vs. Nobility'' (1911) * ''The Herders'' (1911) (as Mrs. Hernandez) * ''The Still Alarm'' (1911) * ''The Little Widow'' (1911) * ''A Fronti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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