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William Collier Sr.
William Collier Sr. (November 12, 1864 – January 13, 1944), born William Morenus, was an American writer, director and actor. Collier ran away from home when only 11 years old to join a touring company run by Eddie Foy and in 1879 he appeared as a juvenile in H.M.S. Pinafore. After a notable stage career, he tried motion pictures, under producer Mack Sennett. He then went back to the stage for some years but returned to films when the talkies came along. In 1910 he appeared at the Elitch Theatre in Denver, Colorado, while his adopted son, stage named William Collier Jr., was recovering from scarlet fever that was followed by typhoid. His son recovered and was able to join his father in a production of ''The Patriot''. He "once opened ''The Patriot'', one of his own plays, on December 30. On January 2 he advertised with some degree of truthfulness: 'Second Year in New York.'" He was married to the actress Louise Allen; she died in 1909 and he married Paula Marr the follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free And Easy (1930 Film)
''Free and Easy'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film starring Buster Keaton. It was Keaton's first leading role in a talking motion picture. Plot When small-town girl Elvira Plunkett ( Anita Page) wins a contest that sends her to Hollywood, Los Angeles for a screen test at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), she is accompanied by her overbearing mother (Trixie Friganza) and Elmer J. Butts (Buster Keaton), a gas-station attendant who goes along as Elvira's manager. Elmer is secretly in love with Elvira, but on the train they meet MGM contract actor Larry Mitchell ( Robert Montgomery), who falls for her as well, and has the connections to make her a star. In Hollywood, Elmer manages to bungle his way through numerous films being shot on the MGM lot, disrupting production. When given a screen test, he can't manage to say his one line correctly. Despite this, both he and Elvira's mother are given film contracts, and appear in a comic opera together. Elmer wants to tell Elvira that he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crosby Case
''The Crosby Case'' is a 1934 American pre-Code crime film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Warren B. Duff and Gordon Kahn. The film stars Wynne Gibson, Onslow Stevens, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, Alan Dinehart, Warren Hymer, William Collier, Sr. and John Wray. The film was released on March 5, 1934, by Universal Pictures. Plot Cast *Wynne Gibson as Lynn Ashton *Onslow Stevens as Francis Scott Graham *Richard "Skeets" Gallagher as The Reporter - Miller *Alan Dinehart as Inspector Thomas *Warren Hymer as Sam Collins * William Collier, Sr. as The Detective - Sgt. Melody * John Wray as Willie McGuire *Edward Van Sloan as Professor Franz Lubeck *J. Farrell MacDonald as The Doorman - Mike Costello * Barbara Weeks as Nora *Paul Fix Peter Paul Fix (March 13, 1901 – October 14, 1983) was an American film and television character actor who was best known for his work in Westerns. Fix appeared in more than 100 movies and dozens of television shows over a 56-year c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Of Me (1934 Film)
''All of Me'' is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by James Flood and starring Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, and George Raft. The film was written by actor Thomas Mitchell and Sidney Buchman from Rose Porter's play ''Chrysalis''. Plot A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend doesn't understand why he is so dissatisfied. Cast *Fredric March as Don Ellis *Miriam Hopkins as Lydia Darrow *George Raft as Honey Rogers *Helen Mack as Eve Haron *Nella Walker as Mrs. Darrow *William Collier, Sr. as Jerry Helman *Gilbert Emery as Dean *Blanche Friderici as Miss Haskell *Edgar Kennedy as Guard * Jason Robards, Sr. as Man in Speakeasy *Barton MacLane as First Cop *Kitty Kelly Kitty Kelly (born Sue O'Neil; April 27, 1902 – June 29, 1968), was an American stage and film character actress. Biography Born in New York City in 1902, Kelly was best known as a member of the Ziegfeld Follies and her radio hosting with ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison Square Garden (film)
''Madison Square Garden'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Thomson Burtis, Allen Rivkin and P.J. Wolfson. The film stars Jack Oakie, Thomas Meighan, Marian Nixon, William Collier, Sr., ZaSu Pitts, Lew Cody and William "Stage" Boyd. The film was released on November 4, 1932, by Paramount Pictures. tcm.com; accessed August 8, 2015. Actual boxers like Jack Johnson, and and actual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Saturday
''Hot Saturday'' is a 1932 American pre-Code "programmer" drama film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Cary Grant, Nancy Carroll, and Randolph Scott. This was Grant's first role as a leading man. Based on the novel ''Hot Saturday'' by Harvey Fergusson, the film is about a pretty, virtuous small-town bank clerk who becomes the victim of a vicious rumor. Plot A pretty young bank clerk, Ruth Brock, attracts the young men in the small town of Marysville. Rich playboy Romer Sheffield is no exception, even though he has Camille staying openly at his mansion, scandalizing the locals. Jealous, Camille soon leaves. Ruth, however, is all business whenever Romer tries to become better acquainted with her at the bank. She agrees to go on a date on Saturday with fellow employee Conny Billup. Romer invites Conny and his crowd to party at his estate, offering free food and drink, just so he can spend some time with Ruth. They stay long enough for Romer to take Ruth on a long walk and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Washington Masquerade
''The Washington Masquerade'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Charles Brabin and written by John Meehan and Samuel Blythe. The film stars Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley, Diane Sinclair, Nils Asther and Reginald Barlow. The film was released on July 9, 1932, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot After successfully freeing a wrongfully convicted boy from prison, attorney Jeff Keane is nominated and elected to the United States Senate. Although Keane had been aloof from politics, his crusade against big business becomes popular yet controversial. At a White House gala, Keane meets Consuela Fairbanks, a socialite whom he eventually marries despite his daughter Ruth's protestations. After the marriage, Consuela confesses that she is heavily in debt and urges Jeff to resign and join lobbyist Alan Hinsdale's law firm. After discovering that Hinsdale is corrupt and that Consuela is having an affair with her former lover Henri Brenner, Jeff and Ruth open a Senate investigati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After Tomorrow
''After Tomorrow'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Charles Farrell, Marian Nixon, Minna Gombell, Josephine Hull and William Collier, Sr. Plot Peter Piper (Charles Farrell) and his girlfriend Sidney Taylor (Marian Nixon) have been engaged for a long time (three years), but the economic situation of the Great Depression and the selfish demands of their respective mothers have delayed their marriage. They imagine their future together "after tomorrow" in the lyrics of their favorite song. While clinging Mrs. Piper (Josephine Hull), a widow completely fixated on her boy, cannot bear the thought that her son will one day leave her, does her best to break up Sidney and Peter's relationship. Sidney's mother, Else Taylor ( Minna Gombell) thinks only of her own needs, and her lover, Malcolm Jarvis (William Pawley), a lodger in their house, with whom she leaves for good the day before Pete and Sidney's wedding, causing a second heart attack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stepping Sisters
''Stepping Sisters'' is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Seymour Felix and starring Louise Dresser, Minna Gombell and Jobyna Howland.Solomon p.331 Premise A trio of former burlesque dancers now living in high society try to prevent their past occupation from being discovered. Main cast * Louise Dresser as Mrs. Cissie Ramsey née Black * Minna Gombell as Rosie La Marr * Jobyna Howland as Lady Chetworth-Lynde aka Queenie * William Collier Sr. as Herbert Ramsey * Stanley Smith as Jack Carleton * Barbara Weeks as Norma Ramsey * Howard Phillips as Warren Tremaine * Ferdinand Munier as Ambassador Leonard * Mary Forbes as Mrs. Tremaine * Robert Greig as Jepson * Pietro Sosso as Butler * Franklin Pangborn as Gason * Arthur Housman as Max * Max Wagner Max Wagner (November 28, 1901 – November 16, 1975) was a Mexican-born American film actor who specialized in playing small parts such as thugs, gangsters, sailors, henchmen, bodyguard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brat
''The Brat'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by John Ford, starring Sally O'Neil, and featuring Virginia Cherrill. The film is based on the 1917 play by Maude Fulton. A previous silent film had been made in 1919 with Alla Nazimova. This 1931 screen version has been updated to then contemporary standards i.e. clothing, speech, topics in the news. Plot A novelist brings a wild chorus girl home, hoping to study her for inspiration for his new novel. His snobby upper-class family is upset by her presence, but soon she has changed their lives forever. Background Writer Maude Fulton was an actress as well and starred in the 1917 Broadway premiere of her own play. Two of her co-stars in the play went on to have major film careers, Lewis Stone and Edmund Lowe.''Pictorial History of the American Theatre 1860-1970 (this edit. c.1970) by Daniel Blum, p. 163 The film was restored in DCP form and exhibited at New York City's Museum of Modern Art in November 2016. Cast * S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabelle's Affairs
''Annabelle's Affairs'' is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Victor McLaglen, Jeanette MacDonald and Roland Young. The film is based on the 1916-17 play ''Good Gracious Annabelle'' by Clare Kummer. It is the only one of MacDonald's films to be considered lost. It was well received by critics, but did not perform well at the box office. Plot After they are separated shortly after their marriage, Annabelle doesn't really know what her husband looks like. When they meet later she finds herself falling in love with him, without realizing that they are already married. Cast * Victor McLaglen as John Rawson / Hefly Jack * Jeanette MacDonald as Annabelle Leigh * Roland Young as Roland Wimbleton * Sam Hardy as James Ludgate * William Collier Sr. as Wickham * Sally Blane as Dora * Joyce Compton as Mabel * Ruth Warren as Lottie * George Beranger as Archie * Walter Walker as Walter J. Gosling * Hank Mann as Summers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seas Beneath
''Seas Beneath'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code action film directed by John Ford and starring George O'Brien and Marion Lessing. In the book, ''John Ford'' by Peter Bogdanovich, Ford was interviewed about his memories of directing the film, and he had the following to say about the experience, expressing his annoyance at Lessing being hired as a leading actress: Cast * George O'Brien as Cmdr. Robert "Bob" Kingsley * Marion Lessing as Anna Marie Von Steuben * Mona Maris as Fraulein Lolita * Walter C. Kelly as Chief Mike "Guns" Costello * Warren Hymer as "Lug" Kaufman * Steve Pendleton as Ens. Richard "Dick" Cabot * Walter McGrail as Chief Joe Cobb * Larry Kent as Lt. "Mac" McGregor * Henry Victor as Baron Ernst von Steuben * John Loder as Franz Shiller * Maurice Murphy as Merkel (uncredited) * Harry Tenbrook Harry Tenbrook (born Henry Olaf Hansen, October 9, 1887 – September 4, 1960) was an American film actor. Henry Olaf Hansen was born in Christiania (now O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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