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Robert Lord (screenwriter)
Robert Lord (May 1, 1900 – April 5, 1976) was an American screenwriter and film producer. He wrote for more than 70 films between 1925 and 1940. He won an Academy Award in 1933 in the category Best Writing, Original Story for the film ''One Way Passage''. He was nominated in the same category in 1938 for the film '' Black Legion''. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in Los Angeles from a heart attack. Partial filmography * '' The Lucky Horseshoe'' (1925) (story) * '' The Johnstown Flood'' (1926) (also story) * '' The Swell-Head'' (1927) * '' For Ladies Only'' (1927) * '' The Little Snob'' (1928) * '' The Lion and the Mouse'' (1928) * ''Detectives'' (1928) (also story) * '' On Trial'' (1928) * ''The Million Dollar Collar'' (1929) (also story) * ''Hardboiled Rose'' (1929) * '' No Defense'' (1929) * ''On With the Show!'' (1929) (scenario) * '' Gold Diggers of Broadway'' (1929) * '' The Aviator'' (1929) * '' She Couldn't Say No'' (1930) * '' Hold Everything'' (1930) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_type2 = Counties , subdivision_name1 = Illinois , subdivision_name2 = Cook and DuPage , established_title = Settled , established_date = , established_title2 = Incorporated (city) , established_date2 = , founder = Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , government_type = Mayor–council , governing_body = Chicago City Council , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Lori Lightfoot ( D) , leader_title1 = City Clerk , leader_name1 = Anna Valencia ( D) , unit_pref = Imperial , area_footnotes = , area_total ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Trial (1928 Film)
''On Trial'' is a 1928 American talking drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros., and directed by Archie Mayo. The film starred Pauline Frederick, Lois Wilson, Bert Lytell, Holmes Herbert, and Jason Robards. The film is based on the 1914 Broadway play of the same name by Elmer Rice. A silent version of the film was also released on December 29, 1928. The first film was released in 1917, starring Barbara Castleton, Sidney Ainsworth, and Mary McAllister. It was remade again in 1939 with John Litel, Margaret Lindsay, and Edward Norris. Plot summary A man is put on trial for the murder on his best friend. A young attorney wants to become successful and decides to defend him. However, he is very inexperienced. Cast * Pauline Frederick as Joan Trask * Bert Lytell as Robert Strickland * Lois Wilson as May Strickland * Holmes Herbert as Gerald Trask * Richard Tucker as Prosecuting Attorney * Jason Robards, Sr. as Defense Attorney * Franklin Pangborn as Turnbull * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
So Big (1932 Film)
''So Big'' is a 1932 pre-Code American drama film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Barbara Stanwyck. The screenplay by J. Grubb Alexander and Robert Lord is based on the 1924 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, by Edna Ferber. ''So Big'' was the second full-scale screen adaptation of the Ferber novel. The first was a 1924 silent film of the same name directed by Charles Brabin and starring Colleen Moore. A 1953 remake was directed by Robert Wise and starred Jane Wyman. The story was also made as a short in 1930, with Helen Jerome Eddy. Plot Following the death of her mother, Selina Peake and her father, Simeon, move to Chicago, where she enrolls in finishing school. Her father is killed, leaving her penniless, and Selina's friend, Julie Hemple, helps her find a job as a schoolteacher in a small Dutch community. Selina moves in with the Poole family and tutors their son Roelf. Selina eventually marries immigrant farmer Pervus De Jong, and gives birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan Parade (film)
''Manhattan Parade '' is a 1931 American pre-Code musical comedy film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was originally intended to be released, in the United States, early in 1931, but was shelved due to public apathy towards musicals. Despite waiting a number of months, the public proved obstinate and the Warner Bros. reluctantly released the film in December 1931 after removing all the music. Since there was no such reactions to musicals outside the United States, the film was released there as a full musical comedy in 1931. The film pokes fun at Al Jolson, who had suffered a downturn in his career due to the public aversion to musical pictures. He had been released from his contract to Warner Bros. late in 1930. Cast * Winnie Lightner as Doris Roberts * Charles Butterworth as Herbert T. Herbert * Joe Smith as Lou Delman of the Avon Comedy Four (as Smith) *Charles Dale as Jake Delman of the Avon Comedy Four (as Dale) * Dickie Moore as Junior Roberts *Bobby Watson as Pai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Star Final
''Five Star Final'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film about the excesses of tabloid journalism directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Edward G. Robinson, Aline MacMahon (in her screen debut) and Boris Karloff. The screenplay was by Robert Lord and Byron Morgan based on the 1930 play of the same name by Louis Weitzenkorn. The title refers to the practice of newspapers publishing a series of editions throughout the day, with their final-edition front page having five stars printed and the word "Final." "Five Star Final" is also a font introduced during World War I and then favored by newspapers for its narrow type. Warner Bros. remade the film in 1936 as '' Two Against the World'', also known as ''One Fatal Hour'', starring Humphrey Bogart in Robinson's part and set in a radio station instead of at a newspaper.TCNotes/ref> The film was nominated at the 5th Academy Awards (1931/1932) for Best Picture, but lost to '' Grand Hotel''. Newspaper publisher William Randolph H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Business Girl
''Big Business Girl'' is a 1931 pre-Code First National sound comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Loretta Young, then eighteen years old. It was released theatrically through First National's parent company Warner Bros. Plot Cast * Loretta Young as Claire McIntyre * Frank Albertson as Johnny Saunders * Ricardo Cortez as Robert J. Clayton * Joan Blondell as Pearl * Frank Darien as Luke Winters * Dorothy Christy as Mrs. Emery * Oscar Apfel as Walter Morley * Nancy Dover as Sarah Ellen * Mickey Bennett as Joe * Bobby Gordon as Messenger boy * Virginia Sale as Sally Curtis * George 'Gabby' Hayes as Hotel Clerk Preservation status A copy is preserved at the Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The libra ....Catalog of Holdings The Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Caesar (film)
''Little Caesar'' is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film distributed by Warner Brothers, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, and starring Edward G. Robinson, Glenda Farrell, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. The film tells the story of a hoodlum who ascends the ranks of organized crime until he reaches its upper echelons. The storyline was adapted from the novel of the same name by William R. Burnett. ''Little Caesar'' was Robinson's breakthrough role and immediately made him a major film star. The film is often listed as one of the first fully-fledged gangster films and continues to be well received by critics. In 2000, ''Little Caesar'' was included in the annual selection of 25 motion pictures added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and recommended for preservation. The Library of Congress maintains a print. Plot Small-time criminals Caesar Enrico "Rico" Bandello and his friend Joe Massara move t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hold Everything (1930 Film)
''Hold Everything'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code film. It was the first musical comedy film to be released that was photographed entirely in early two-color Technicolor. It was adapted from the DeSylva-Brown-Henderson Broadway musical of the same name that had served as a vehicle for Bert Lahr and starred Winnie Lightner and Joe E. Brown as the comedy duo. The romantic subplot was played by Georges Carpentier and Sally O'Neil. Only three songs from the stage show remained: "You're the Cream in My Coffee", "To Know You Is To Love You", and "Don't Hold Everything". New songs were written for the film by Al Dubin and Joe Burke, including one that became a hit in 1930: "When The Little Red Roses Get The Blues For You". The songs in the film were played by Abe Lyman and his orchestra. Plot Brown plays Gink Schiner, a third-rate fighter who is at the same training camp as Georges La Verne (played by Georges Carpentier), a contender for the heavyweight championship. Although he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Couldn't Say No (1930 Film)
''She Couldn't Say No'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama which stars Winnie Lightner, fresh from her success in '' Gold Diggers of Broadway'' (1929). It was adapted from a play by Benjamin M. Kaye. An aspiring singer ends up in a love triangle with a gangster and a socialite. Synopsis Winnie Harper (Lightner) is a nightclub entertainer. This club is owned by a notorious gangster named Big John (Marshall). Jerry Casey (Morris), a gangster, begins dating Winnie and becomes her manager in an attempt to go straight. Jerry manages to put Winnie in a fancy society nightclub. Morris, however, falls in love with Iris, a rich customer (Eilers). In order to be able to buy gifts worthy of his new socialite girlfriend, and also to get money for Winnie's upcoming revue, Jerry asks Big John for another job. Jerry tells Winnie about his love for Iris but she thinks that Iris is not serious about their relationship. Later on, Jerry gets arrested and Winnie pays his bail, but is broken-hear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Aviator (1929 Film)
An aviator is a person who flies aircraft. Aviator may also refer to: Films * ''The Aviator'' (1929 film), a comedy film considered lost * ''The Aviator'' (1985 film), an adventure film starring Christopher Reeve * ''The Aviator'' (2004 film), a biopic based on the life of entrepreneur Howard Hughes Music * Aviator (British band), a late 1970s progressive rock band ** ''Aviator'' (Aviator album), Aviator's first album * Aviator (Ukrainian band), pop band formed in 2005 * ''Aviator'' (Funker Vogt album), a 2007 album by Funker Vogt * "The Aviator", a song by Deep Purple from their 1996 album '' Purpendicular'' * ''The Aviator'' (soundtrack), the original soundtrack album of the 2004 film ''The Aviator'' Other uses * ''Aviator'', a 1983 computer game by Geoff Crammond * Aviator, a brand of playing cards made by the United States Playing Card Company * Aviator (rank), a rank within the Royal Canadian Air Force * Aviators, former Frequent Flyer Program of Trans Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Diggers Of Broadway
''Gold Diggers of Broadway'' is a 1929 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Winnie Lightner and Nick Lucas. Distributed by Warner Bros., the film is the second all-talking, all-Technicolor feature-length film (after ''On with the Show!'', also released that year by Warner Bros). ''Gold Diggers of Broadway'' became a box office sensation, making Winnie Lightner a worldwide star and boosting guitarist crooner Nick Lucas to further fame as he sang two songs that became 20th-century standards: "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" and " Painting the Clouds with Sunshine." Based on the 1919 play '' The Gold Diggers''—which was also turned into a silent film of the same name in 1923—''Gold Diggers of Broadway'' utilized showgirls, Technicolor, and sound as its main selling points. It was chosen as one of the ten best films of 1929 by '' Film Daily''. As with many early Technicolor films, no complete print survives, although the last twenty minutes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On With The Show! (1929 Film)
''On with the Show!'' is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film produced by Warner Bros. Filmed in two-color Technicolor, the film is noted as the first all-talking, all-color feature length film, and the second color film released by Warner Bros.; the first was the partly color, black-and-white musical ''The Desert Song'' (1929). Plot With unpaid actors and staff, the stage show ''Phantom Sweetheart'' seems doomed. To complicate matters, the box office takings have been robbed and the leading lady refuses to appear. The cast includes William Bakewell as the head usher eager to get his sweetheart, box-office girl Sally O'Neil, noticed as a leading girl. Betty Compson plays the temperamental star and Arthur Lake the whiny young male lead. Louise Fazenda is the company's eccentric comedian. Joe E. Brown plays the part of a mean comedian who constantly argues with Arthur Lake. Cast Songs * "Welcome Home" Music by Harry Akst, Lyrics by Grant Clarke, Performed by Henry Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
