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Scott Pembroke
Scott Pembroke (September 13, 1889 – February 21, 1951) was an American director, actor and screenwriter. He directed more than 70 films between 1920 and 1937. He was born in San Francisco, California and died in Pasadena, California. Pembroke was married to Gertrude Short. Partial filmography * '' A Country Hero'' (1917) * '' The Girl Who Won Out'' (1917) * '' The Law That Divides'' (1918) * ''Winners of the West'' (1921) * '' The Adventures of Tarzan'' (1921) * '' The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe'' (1922) * '' The Social Buccaneer'' (1923) * '' Kill or Cure'' (1923) * '' Gas and Air'' (1923) * ''Her Dangerous Path'' (1923) * ''Short Orders'' (1923) * ''Rupert of Hee Haw'' (1924) * '' Mandarin Mix-Up'' (1924) * '' Detained'' (1924) * '' Monsieur Don't Care'' (1924) * ''West of Hot Dog'' (1924) * '' Somewhere in Wrong'' (1925) * ''Twins'' (1925) * ''Pie-Eyed'' (1925) * ''The Snow Hawk'' (1925) * '' Navy Blue Days'' (1925) * '' Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde'' (1925) * ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco, California
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th most populous in the United States, with 815,201 residents as of 2021. It covers a land area of , at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City, and the fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income (at $160,749) and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include ''SF'', ''San Fran'', ''The '', ''Frisco'', and ''Baghdad by the Bay''. San Francisco and the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area are a global center of economic activity and the arts and sciences, spurred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detained (1924 Film)
''Detained'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel. In 2018, the Frisian Film Archive (Fries Film Archief) in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, was able to recover and restore a specific scene deemed lost. In "The Hanging Scene", Stan Laurel gets an extreme extended neck when he accidentally falls head first into the gallows, while trying to escape the prison. In 2017, a Dutch employee (Jurjen Enzing, 1987) found the footage in their archive and after restoration the entire movie including the scene was uploaded to YouTube." The scene was to be shown at the Bristol Slapstick Festival in January 2018. Plot Stan is watering big trees with a watering can. An escaped convict beckons him over and swaps clothes the runs off. An armed warden grabs him and takes him to the prison. A group of female visitors arrive but the basket is too wide to fit through the bars. Stan eventually gets the cake from the basket. A fly in the cream disturbs him. He asks the warden to borrow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galloping Thunder (1927 Film)
''Galloping Thunder'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Scott Pembroke and starring Bob Custer, Anne Sheridan and J.P. Lockney. Cast * Bob Custer as Kincaid Currier * Anne Sheridan as Judith Lamb * J.P. Lockney as Oliver Lamb * Richard Neill as Dallas * Fernando Gálvez Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the G ... as Lash M'Graw References External links * 1927 films 1927 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Scott Pembroke Film Booking Offices of America films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polly Of The Movies
''Polly of the Movies'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Scott Pembroke and starring Jason Robards, Gertrude Short and Corliss Palmer. It is loosely based on Harry Leon Wilson's 1922 novel '' Merton of the Movies'' and its various film adaptations.Lentz p.63 Synopsis A small town girl goes to Hollywood with ambitions of becoming major dramatic star. However, the melodrama she appears in is unintentionally amusing and becomes a comedy hit. Cast * Jason Robards as Angus Whitcomb * Gertrude Short as Polly Primrose * Corliss Palmer as Lisa Smith * Stuart Holmes as Benjamin Wellington Fairmount * Jack Richardson as Rolland Harrison * Rose Dione Claudine Rosalie Gras (1 January 1877 – 1 January 1936), professionally known as Rose Dione, was a French-American actress who appeared in numerous silent era and pre-code films. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1910 and 1 ... as Lulu Fairmount * Mary Foy as Mrs. Beardsley References Biblio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cactus Trails
''Cactus Trails'' is a lost 1927 American silent Western film directed by Scott Pembroke and starring Bob Custer. It was produced by Custer and Joseph P. Kennedy and distributed through Film Booking Offices of America. Cast * Bob Custer as Ross Fenton, a representative of an oil company who travels to Led Horse to check on the town's conditions, only to be made deputy sheriff after an accident. * Marjorie Zier as Sally Crater, a rancher and the love interest of Fenton. She is the niece of Aunt Crater. * Lew Meehan as Angel, a gambler who seeks to lease a ranch from Aunt Crater. * Roy Watson as Sheriff Upshaw, the sheriff of Led Horse. * Inez Gomez as Aunt Crater, the owner of a ranch which Angels seeks to lease out. * Roy Laidlaw as Jeb Poultney * Bud Osborne Leonard Miles "Bud" Osborne (July 20, 1884 – February 2, 1964) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 600 films and television programs between 1912 and 1963. Biography Osborne was born Miles O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragtime (1927 Film)
''Ragtime'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Scott Pembroke and starring John Bowers, Marguerite De La Motte and Robert Ellis.Munden p.630 It is considered lost. Synopsis It portrays the romance between a Tin Pan Alley songwriter and a high society girl. Cast * John Bowers as Ted Mason * Marguerite De La Motte as Beth Barton * Robert Ellis as Steve Martin, aka 'Slick' * Rose Dione as Yvonne Martin, aka 'Goldie' * William H. Strauss as Max Ginsberg * Kate Bruce Kate Bruce (February 17, 1860 – April 2, 1946) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 280 films between 1908 and 1931. She was born in Columbus, Indiana and died in New York City. In 1885, Bruce left Boone, I ... as Mrs. Mason 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 1927 drama fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Ladies Only (film)
''For Ladies Only'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Henry Lehrman and Scott Pembroke and starring John Bowers, Jacqueline Logan and Edna Marion.Connelly p.350 Synopsis A businessman thinks that all women are frivolous creatures only interested in clothes, make-up and perfume. He decides to fire all his women employees including his female secretary Ruth Barton who warns him he will comes to regret it. Finding himself at a loss he turns to her for advice over business deals, but she makes him pay a great deal for it. Finally she intercepts a major order and directs it towards a rival firm. He is forced to concede defeat and agrees to her demand to let all the women return to their jobs, discovering in the process that he is in love with Ruth. Cast * John Bowers as Cliff Coleman * Jacqueline Logan as Ruth Barton * Edna Marion as Gertie Long * Ben Hall as Joe Decker * William H. Strauss as Mr. Ginsberg * Templar Saxe * Kathleen Chambers * Henry Roquem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Terror Of Bar X
''The Terror of Bar X'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Scott Pembroke and starring Bob Custer, Ruby Blaine and William Ryno.Munden, p. 792 Cast * Bob Custer as Bob Willis * Ruby Blaine as Dorothy Hunter * William Ryno as Ross Hunter * Jack Castle as Reginald Brooks * Duke R. Lee as Jim Ashland * Walter Maly Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ... as Hoke Channing * Roy Bassett as Sheriff 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 1927 Western (genre) films Films directed by Scott Pembroke American black-and-white films Film Booking Offices of America films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navy Blue Days
''Navy Blue Days'' is a 1925 American film starring Stan Laurel. Cast * Stan Laurel as Stan * Julie Leonard as Grenadine * Glen Cavender as Pete Vermicelli See also * List of American films of 1925 * Stan Laurel filmography This is a list of films of Stan Laurel, as an actor without Oliver Hardy. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of ... References External links * 1925 films 1925 short films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1925 comedy films Films directed by Joe Rock Films directed by Scott Pembroke Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Snow Hawk
''The Snow Hawk'' is a 1925 film directed by Scott Pembroke and Joe Rock and starring Stan Laurel. Cast * Stan Laurel - Mountie * Glen Cavender - Midnight Mike * Julie Leonard - Storekeeper's daughter See also * List of American films of 1925 * Stan Laurel filmography This is a list of films of Stan Laurel, as an actor without Oliver Hardy. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of ... References External links * 1925 films 1925 comedy films 1925 short films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Joe Rock Films directed by Scott Pembroke Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1920s American films {{short-silent-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pie-Eyed
''Pie-Eyed'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel. The film is made at the peak of the Prohibition era so is dealing with "illegal activity" even if it is in a humorous manner. The club owner appears a mix of Gene Tunney and Jack Johnson the latter being a well-known owner of speakeasies. Plot Stanley is a member of he New Temperance Society but wants to check out the evils of drink. He staggers around a speakeasy with a bottle of whiskey in hand. The boss, an ex-boxer tells him to sit down and behave. Stan gets a black eye and a steak which was ordered gets put on it. He observes a young couple at the next table playing tricks with a spoon. He tries to copy and catapults a spoon down the back of the girl's dress. He goes over and sticks his hand down to search for his spoon. He retrieves the spoon and she shoves him back, landing him in the band. He breaks the trombone. The boss comes over and gives him another warning. Stan's soup arrives then the bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twins (1925 Film)
''Twins'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film featuring Stan Laurel. Cast * Stan Laurel as Stan/his twin * Julie Leonard as Stan's girl * Alberta Vaughn as The wife See also * List of American films of 1925 A List of American films of 1925 is a compilation of American films that were released in the year 1925. All films on this list are in the Public Domain since 2021. A B C D E F G H I J K L M ... External links * 1925 films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1925 comedy films 1925 short films Films directed by Joe Rock Films directed by Scott Pembroke Silent American comedy films American comedy short films Twins in fiction 1920s American films {{short-silent-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
