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Howard Estabrook
Howard Estabrook (born Howard Bolles, July 11, 1884 – July 16, 1978) was an American actor, film director and producer, and screenwriter. Biography Born Howard Bolles in Detroit, Michigan, Howard Estabrook began his career in 1904 as a stage actor in New York. He made his film debut in 1914 during the silent era, and would go on to appear in several features including '' Four Feathers''. Estabrook left films in 1916 for a try at the business world, but returned in 1921. Estabrook took on executive positions with various studios, and eventually began producing films in 1924. He soon found his calling in screenwriting. He was responsible for several of what have come to be regarded as classics of Hollywood including '' Hell's Angels'' (1930) and '' Street of Chance'' (1930), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. The following year, he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for '' Cimarron'', starring Richard Dix and Irene Dunne. In 1935, he (along with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, making it the 27th-most populous city in the United States. The metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 4.3 million people, making it the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area, and the 14th-largest in the United States. Regarded as a major cultural center, Detroit is known for its contributions to music, art, architecture and design, in addition to its historical automotive background. '' Time'' named Detroit as one of the fifty World's Greatest Places of 2022 to explore. Detroit is a major port on the Detroit River, one of the four major straits that connect the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The City of Detroit anchors the second-largest regional eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Copperfield (novel)
''David Copperfield'' Dickens invented over 14 variations of the title for this work, see is a novel in the bildungsroman genre by Charles Dickens, narrated by the eponymous David Copperfield, detailing his adventures in his journey from infancy to maturity. It was first published as a Serial (literature), serial in 1849 and 1850 and as a book in 1850. ''David Copperfield'' is also an autobiographical novel: "a very complicated weaving of truth and invention", with events following Dickens's own life. Of the books he wrote, it was his favourite. Called "the triumph of the art of Dickens", it marks a turning point in his work, separating the novels of youth and those of maturity. At first glance, the work is modelled on 18th-century "personal histories" that were very popular, like Henry Fielding's ''Joseph Andrews'' or ''Tom Jones (novel), Tom Jones'', but ''David Copperfield'' is a more carefully structured work. It begins, like other novels by Dickens, with a bleak pictur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Bill Of Divorcement (1932 Film)
''A Bill of Divorcement'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Cukor and starring John Barrymore and Katharine Hepburn in her film debut. It is based on the 1921 British play of the same name, written by Clemence Dane as a reaction to a law passed in Britain in the early 1920s that allowed insanity as grounds for a woman to divorce her husband. It was the second screen adaptation of the play; the first was a 1922 British silent film also titled '' A Bill of Divorcement''. The film was made again in 1940 by RKO Pictures. Plot Middle-aged Englishwoman named Margaret "Meg" Fairfield's family includes her daughter Sydney, Sydney's fiancé Kit Humphreys, fiancé Gray Meredith and husband Hilary, who has been a patient in a mental institution for 15 years. Sydney seems to have inherited Hilary's psychiatric problems. On Christmas Eve, Meg hosts a party in her English manor. Sydney happily discusses her future with Kit, as do Meg and Gray. When the group dedica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Are These Our Children?
''Are These Our Children?'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Wesley Ruggles and written by Howard Estabrook. The film stars Eric Linden, Ben Alexander, Beryl Mercer, Mary Kornman, Arline Judge, and Rochelle Hudson. The film was released on November 14, 1931 by RKO Pictures Plot Eddie Brand (Eric Linden) is a high school student in New York City. After he loses an oratory contest about the U.S. Constitution, he becomes depressed and leaves his girl friend Mary ( Rochelle Hudson) to take up with Flo Carnes ( Arline Judge) and her hardcore friends, Maybelle (Roberta Gale), Agnes (Mary Kornman), Nick Crosby ( Ben Alexander) and Bennie Gray (Bobby Quirk), in spite of his grandmother's warnings. He and his new crowd of friends get drunk on gin in jazz clubs and dance halls, and start robbing strangers for cash. Eddie drops out of school and become more and more dependent on liquor. One night, Eddie, needing a drink, shoots an old family friend, Heinrich "Heini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slightly Scarlet (1930 Film)
''Slightly Scarlet'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and Edwin H. Knopf and starring Evelyn Brent and Clive Brook. The film was shot in several different language versions, with different casts. The French version was titled '' L'énigmatique Mr. Parkes'', and stars Claudette Colbert as Lucy and Adolphe Menjou as Parkes. Cast * Evelyn Brent as Lucy Stavrin * Clive Brook as Hon. Courtenay Parkes * Paul Lukas as Malatroff * Eugene Pallette as Sylvester Corbett * Helen Ware as Corbett's Wife * Virginia Bruce as Enid Corbett * Henry Wadsworth as Sandy Weyman * Claud Allister as Albert Hawkins * Morgan Farley as Malatroff's Victim * André Cheron as Butler (uncredited) * Georges Renavent as Inspector (uncredited) * Rolfe Sedan Rolfe Sedan (born Edward Sedan; January 20, 1896 – September 15, 1982) was an American character actor, best known for appearing in bit parts, often uncredited, usually portraying clerks, train conductors, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bad Man (1930 Film)
''The Bad Man'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code Western film starring Walter Huston which was produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. The movie is based on Porter Emerson Browne's 1920 play of the same name and is a sound remake of the 1923 silent version of the same name. The film stars Walter Huston and features Dorothy Revier, Sidney Blackmer and James Rennie. Plot Walter Huston plays the part of a notorious Mexican bandit. James Rennie plays as the man who once saved his life. When Rennie is unable to pay the mortgage on his ranch and is in risk of losing everything, Huston determines to help him. Sidney Blackmer, who has reason to believe that there is oil on Rennie's property, attempts to swindle Rennie and buy the property from him for a low price. Huston soon discovers that Rennie is in love with Blackmer's wife, played by Dorothy Revier, and consequently has Blackmer shot so that they can pursue their romance. Huston then robs a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Four Feathers (1929 Film)
''The Four Feathers'' is a 1929 American war film directed by Merian C. Cooper and starring William Powell, Richard Arlen, Clive Brook and Fay Wray. This was the third of numerous film versions of the 1902 novel ''The Four Feathers'' written by A. E. W. Mason. The 1929 version of ''The Four Feathers'' premiered at the Criterion Theatre in New York City on June 12, 1929. Plot As children, Harry promises to marry Ethne, both the offspring of English Army officers, but she consents only if he will dress as a soldier. When Harry is still a child, his father tells him stories about the Crimean War, including one where a runaway soldier is spurred into suicide by Harry's father, who sent him a white feather to show his disapproval of cowardice. As a young man, Harry joins the Royal West Kent Regiment and is engaged to Ethne. His best friends are Durrance, Trench, and Castleton. Harry receives a telegram that their regiment is being deployed to the Soudan Expedition, and he resigns fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forgotten Faces (1928 Film)
''Forgotten Faces'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Clive Brook, Mary Brian, and Olga Baclanova. The production was overseen by David O. Selznick, a rising young producer at the time. The film was remade by Paramount in 1936 as a sound film. The film is preserved with copies at the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art. This film is Paramount's remake of their 1920 film '' Heliotrope''. Plot A criminal Heliotrope Harry (Clive Brook) comes home after a stick-up job and finds his wife Lilly (Olga Baclanova) in bed with another man. He shoots his rival and deposits their baby daughter Alice (Mary Brian) on a rich couple's doorstep. While serving a life sentence, Harry is updated on his daughter's happy life by his old criminal associate Froggy (William Powell). For years, his vengeful wife seeks their daughter in vain. When she finally locates their child, the father wrangles parole from a sympathetic warden. He seeks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shopworn Angel (1928 Film)
''The Shopworn Angel'' is a 1928 American part-talking romantic drama film directed by Richard Wallace starring Nancy Carroll and Gary Cooper. The film was released by Paramount Pictures in a silent version as well as a sound version using the Movietone sound-on-film system. This film was owned by Turner Entertainment and was distributed through Warner Bros. Plot summary Cast * Nancy Carroll as Daisy Heath * Gary Cooper as William Tyler * Paul Lukas as Bailey * Roscoe Karns as the Dance Director * Emmett King as The Chaplain * Mildred Washington as Daisy's Maid * Bert Woodruff as Bit Part (uncredited) Sound This film was nearing completion when ''The Jazz Singer'' (1927) was released. Dialogue was written for Gary Cooper and Nancy Carroll to compete with "talking pictures". The last scene was a wedding and the only lines of dialogue spoken in the film are Cooper's "I do" and Carroll's "I do". In addition, Carroll is also heard singing the theme song. Preservation statu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Star (1925 Film)
''North Star'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Paul Powell and starring Virginia Lee Corbin, Stuart Holmes, and Ken Maynard. at silentera.com The film was made as a showcase for Strongheart the Dog, a rival of . Future star appears in a supporting role
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The Price Of A Party
''The Price of a Party'' is a 1924 American silent melodrama film produced by Howard Estabrook and distributed by Associated Exhibitors. The film is based on a short story of the same name by William Briggs MacHarg published in Cosmopolitan magazine, with the film's scenario written by Charles F. Roebuck. It was directed by Charles Giblyn and stars Hope Hampton and Harrison Ford. The film was shot in Tec Art Studios. In 2014, it was reported that an incomplete copy of the film was found in Navarre, Spain. Cast *Hope Hampton as Grace Barrows * Harrison Ford as Robert Casson * Arthur Edmund Carewe as Kenneth Bellwood *Mary Astor as Alice Barrows *Dagmar Godowsky as Evelyn Dolores *Fred Hadley as Stephen Durrell *Edna Richmond as Evelyn's Maid *Donald Lashey as Hall Boy *Florence Richardson as Jazz Queen *Daniel Pennell *J. Moy Bennett Preservation A print of ''The Price of a Party'' has now been located and is now not considered a lost film A lost film is a feature F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giving Becky A Chance
''Giving Becky a Chance'' is a 1917 American drama silent film directed by Howard Estabrook, and written by Lois Zellner and Edith Kennedy. The film stars Vivian Martin, Jack Holt, Jack Richardson, Pietro Sosso and Alice Knowland. The film was released on June 7, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast * Vivian Martin as Becky Knight * Jack Holt as Tom Fielding * Jack Richardson as Ross Benson *Pietro Sosso as Mr. Knight *Alice Knowland as Mrs. Knight See also * ''The House That Shadows Built ''The House That Shadows Built'' (1931) is a feature compilation film from Paramount Pictures, made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the studio's founding in 1912. The film was a promotional film for exhibitors and never had a regular thea ...'' (1931), a short promotional film celebrating Paramount's 20th anniversary, includes a clip from this film. References External links * 1917 films 1910s English-language films Silent American drama films 1917 drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
