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Marjorie Kane
Marjorie Kane (April 28, 1909 – January 8, 1992) was an American film and stage actress born in Chicago. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1929 and 1951, occasionally under the name Babe Kane. Career Kane appeared on stage for 11 years before she was signed to a five-year contract with Mack Sennett in 1929. Her contract was validated by Los Angeles superior Judge Keech, as she was under legal signing age (she was 20). Her long run in the play '' Good News'' garnered her favorable reviews and interested two studios in giving her screen tests in 1928. "When I took my screen tests," she said, "I was continually conscious of the fact that I was in front of a movie camera and had to act. I was scared to death and couldn't do a thing. I tried my best to be natural but failed terribly."Thomas, Dan. ''The Evening Independence''. April 26, 1929. p. 17 Partial filmography *''Border Romance'' (1929) – Nina *''The Dance of Life'' (1929) – Performer: 'The Flippity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago, Illinois
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The Pharmacist (1933 Film)
''The Pharmacist'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Arthur Ripley and starring W. C. Fields. Cast * W.C. Fields as Mr. Dilweg *Marjorie Kane as Priscilla Dilweg *Elise Cavanna as Mrs. Grace Dilweg *Grady Sutton as Cuthbert Smith *Lorena Carr as Ooleota Dilweg Reception On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds 100% approval rating based on 5 reviews, with an average rating In ordinary language, an average is a single number taken as representative of a list of numbers, usually the sum of the numbers divided by how many numbers are in the list (the arithmetic mean). For example, the average of the numbers 2, 3, 4, 7 ... of 7.3/10. References External links * * The two versions of ''The Pharmacist'' at Internet Archive contain only reel 1 of the 2-reel short (as of 15 June 2018). 1933 comedy films 1933 short films American black-and-white films Mack Sennett Comedies short films Films directed by Arthur Ripley Films with screenp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
''Three Smart Girls Grow Up'' is a 1939 American musical comedy film directed by Henry Koster, written by Felix Jackson and Bruce Manning, and starring Deanna Durbin, Nan Grey, and Helen Parrish. Durbin and Grey reprise their roles from ''Three Smart Girls'', and Parrish replaces Barbara Read in the role of the middle sister. Durbin would reprise her role once more in ''Hers to Hold''. Plot Three sisters believe life is going to be easy now that their parents are back together, until one sister falls in love with another's fiancé, and the youngest sister plays matchmaker. Cast * Deanna Durbin as Penelope 'Penny' Craig * Nan Grey as Joan Craig * Helen Parrish as Katherine 'Kay' Craig * Charles Winninger as Judson Craig * Nella Walker as Mrs. Craig * Robert Cummings as Harry Loren * William Lundigan as Richard Watkins * Ernest Cossart as Binns, the butler * Felix Bressart Felix Bressart (March 2, 1892 – March 17, 1949) was a German-American actor of stage and screen. Life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trade Winds (film)
''Trade Winds'' is a 1938 American comedy murder mystery film directed by Tay Garnett written by Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, and Frank R. Adams, based on story by Tay Garnett. The film stars Fredric March and Joan Bennett, with a supporting cast featuring Thomas Mitchell, Ralph Bellamy and Ann Sothern. Distributed by United Artists, ''Trade Winds'' was released on December 28, 1938. Plot Socialite Kay Kerrigan (Joan Bennett) is accused of fatally shooting millionaire cad Thomas Bruhme II ( Sidney Blackmer). Kay blames the callous Bruhme for her sister's suicide but when he is confronted, he dismissively throws Kay a gun, but she angrily shoots him in the stomach. Police detectives Ben "Homer" Blodgett (Ralph Bellamy) and George Faulkner ( Robert Elliott) find the body, with a gunshot in the back of Bruhme's head that is the fatal shot. After finding her handbag at the murder scene, the police are on Kay's trail. First she fakes a car accident, driving into the San Francisco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweethearts (1938 Film)
''Sweethearts'' is a 1938 American Technicolor musical romance film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. The screenplay, by Dorothy Parker and Alan Campbell, uses the “play within a play” device: a Broadway production of the 1913 Victor Herbert operetta is the setting for another pair of sweethearts, the stars of the show. It was the first color film for Nelson or Jeanette (as well as MGM's first three strip Technicolor feature). It was their first film together without uniforms or period costumes. Plot Broadway stars Gwen Marlowe (Jeanette MacDonald) and Ernest Lane (Nelson Eddy) are appearing in a 6-year run of Victor Herbert's operetta '' Sweethearts'' (Ray Bolger dances the role of ''Hans''). They are also very much in love after six years of marriage. Norman Trumpett (Reginald Gardiner) is a successful Hollywood talent scout under pressure to recruit Marlowe and Lane for his studio, which their Broadway producer Felix Lehman ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
There Goes My Heart (film)
''There Goes My Heart'' is a 1938 romantic comedy film starring Virginia Bruce and Fredric March, and directed by Norman Z. McLeod. Bruce plays a wealthy heiress who goes to work under an alias at a department store owned by her grandfather, and March the reporter who tracks her down. The film is based on a story by Ed Sullivan, better known for his long-running ''Ed Sullivan Show''. The film was nominated for a Best Score Oscar for Marvin Hatley. Plot Cast * Fredric March as Bill Spencer * Virginia Bruce as Joan Butterfield * Patsy Kelly as Peggy O'Brien * Alan Mowbray as Pennypepper E. Pennypepper * Nancy Carroll as Dorothy Moore * Eugene Pallette as Mr. Stevens * Claude Gillingwater as Cyrus W. Butterfield * Arthur Lake as Flash Fisher * Harry Langdon as Preacher (uncredited) * Etienne Girardot as Hinkley * Robert Armstrong as Detective O'Brien * Irving Bacon as Mr. Dobbs * Irving Pichel as Mr. Gorman * Syd Saylor as Robinson (as Sid Saylor) * J. Farrell MacDonald as P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Takes A Holiday
''Crime Takes a Holiday'' is a 1938 American crime film directed by Lewis D. Collins and written by Jefferson Parker, Henry Altimus and Charles Logue. The film stars Jack Holt, Marcia Ralston, Russell Hopton, Douglass Dumbrille, Arthur Hohl, Thomas E. Jackson and John Wray. The film was released on October 5, 1938, by Columbia Pictures. Plot A policeman is murdered and District Attorney Walter Forbes gets an ex-con to take the blame in order for the real culprit to be more at ease. Forbes calls the real killer, but wires to conversation to broadcast over the radio. Cast * Jack Holt as Walter Forbes * Marcia Ralston as Margaret 'Peggy' Stone *Russell Hopton as Jerry Clayton *Douglass Dumbrille as J.J. Grant *Arthur Hohl as Joe Whitehead * Thomas E. Jackson as Brennan * John Wray as Howell *William Pawley as Spike * Paul Fix as Louie * Harry Woods as Stoddard *Joseph Crehan Joseph A. Creaghan (July 15, 1883 – April 15, 1966) was an American film actor. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth Takes A Fling
''Youth Takes a Fling'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Joel McCrea. McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves to New York to try to get a job as a sailor, finds it more difficult than he thought, and meets Helen Brown, who falls for him and uses her feminine wiles to try to prevent him leaving. One of Leeds relatively few films, both she and McCrea were loaned to Universal from Samuel Goldwyn. Cast * Joel McCrea as Joe Meadows * Andrea Leeds as Helen Brown * Frank Jenks as Frank Munson * Dorothea Kent as Jean * Isabel Jeans as Mrs. Merrivale * Virginia Grey as Madge * Grant Mitchell as Duke * Henry Mollison as Dunham * Brandon Tynan as Tad * Oscar O'Shea as Captain Walters * Granville Bates as Mr. Judd * Roger Davis as Floorwalker * Marion Martin as Girl on Beach * Olaf Hytten as Dunham's Butler * Willie Best as George * Catherine Proctor as Mrs. Aspitt * Yvonne Boisseau as Miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gladiator (1938 Film)
''The Gladiator'' is a 1938 American comedy and fantasy film starring Joe E. Brown, Dickie Moore and June Travis. The movie is an adaptation of Philip Gordon Wylie's 1930 novel '' Gladiator'', which is often credited with having influenced the creation of Superman. Plot A man returns to college and is talked into joining the football team. He is a real joke on the team, until he is given a drug that gives him super strength. After the formula from Professor Danner turns him into a campus hero, Hugo Kipp enters a wrestling ring against Man Mountain Dean to raise money for an orphanage. He finds out too late that the serum is only temporary, losing his strength with the match in progress. Only a few lucky moves enable Hugo to win the match. Cast ;Main cast * Joe E. Brown - Hugo Kipp * Dickie Moore - Bobby *Man Mountain Dean - Himself * June Travis - Iris Bennett *Lucien Littlefield - Professor Danner * Ethel Wales - Mrs. Danner * Robert Kent - Tom Dixon * Donald Douglas - Coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Having Wonderful Time
''Having Wonderful Time'' is a 1938 American romantic comedy film, based on the Broadway play of the same name, starring Ginger Rogers and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and directed by Alfred Santell. It was Red Skelton’s film debut. Plot summary Bored New York office girl Teddy goes to a vacation camp in the mountains, called Camp Kare Free, for rest and to get away from the noisy, busy, city life; the noisy, busy typing pool where she works, and the equally noisy, crowded apartment where she lives with four generations of her family. She also wants to avoid advances from Emil Beatty; her mother desperately wants her to marry him. The resort was recommended by her friend, Fay Coleman, who has already been there for a while, spending time with her boyfriend, Mac. Teddy meets waiter Chick at the train station and at first does not like him. Fay welcomes her to camp and introduces her to Mac. They are surprised that Teddy and Chick are on the outs. Mac explains that the waiters have to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Marines Are Here
''The Marines Are Here'' is a 1938 American comedy-drama film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Gordon Oliver, June Travis, and Ray Walker, and was released on June 8, 1938. Cast list * Gordon Oliver as Jones * June Travis as Terry * Ray Walker as Hogan * Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Sergeant Gibbons * Ronnie Cosbey as Tommy * Billy Dooley as Mugsy * Pat Gleason as One Step * Edward Earle as Lieutenant Drake * Wade Boteler as Sergeant Foster * Harry Semels Harry Semels (November 20, 1887 – March 2, 1946) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 315 film between 1917 and 1946. Career Semels appeared in his first film in 1917. He began to achieve fame after arriving at Columbia Pictu ... References External links * * * Films directed by Phil Rosen 1938 comedy-drama films American comedy-drama films American black-and-white films Films about the United States Marine Corps 1938 films Monogram Pictures films 1930s English-language films 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Miss (film)
''Swiss Miss'' is a 1938 comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. It was directed by John G. Blystone, and produced by Hal Roach. The film features Walter Woolf King, Della Lind and Eric Blore. Plot Stan and Ollie are mousetrap salesmen hoping for better business in Switzerland, with Stan's theory that because there is more cheese in Switzerland, there should be more mice. While visiting one village, they find the villagers unresponsive. On top of that, a cheese shop owner (Charles Judels) cons them out of their wares with a bogus banknote. Despite having no money, they order a meal at a nearby hotel, and are forced to work as dishwasher when they can't pay. They antagonize and insult the chef (Adia Kuznetzoff), who tells them that for each dish they break they must work another day. Meanwhile Victor Albert ( Walter Woolf King), a composer – along with his assistant, Edward (Eric Blore) – is residing in the hotel to work on his next opera, which he intends to have st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
