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Arch Heath
Arch Heath (July 15, 1890 – January 7, 1945), also known as A. B. Heath and Arch B. Heath, was an American film director and screenwriter whose career spanned from the era of silent films to the 1940s. He helped pioneer the introduction of the sound film. Many of his early films are now considered Lost film, lost. Career Heath was born in Brooklyn. Before starting as a director, Heath played Semi-professional sports, semi-pro baseball. He learned drawing as an office boy for a newspaper, and became a cartoonist for the Sports Page, sports page, finally succeeding Herbert Johnson (cartoonist), Herbert Johnson at the Associated Newspapers (U.S.), Associated Newspapers Syndicate, signing his cartoons "Fields". He started in movies by creating campaign films for the presidential campaign of Woodrow Wilson in 1914. From cartooning he also moved on to movie animation. He became general manager of production at Eastern Film Corporation, based in New York City. At Eastern he produced hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arch Heath 1927
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The Masked Menace
''The Masked Menace'' is a 1927 American drama film serial directed by Arch Heath and mostly filmed in Berlin, New Hampshire. It was adapted from the story "Still Face" by pulp writer Clarence Budington Kelland and was released in ten chapters. It is now considered to be lost. Plot The mill of an old woman and her ward, Faith Newton (Jean Arthur), is being terrorized by the masked menace of the title known as "Still Face". The women are helped by a man named Keats Dodd ( Larry Kent). The masked villain's identity is revealed in the final chapter. Cast * Larry Kent as Keats Dodd * Jean Arthur as Faith Newton * Thomas Holding as Carl Phillips * Laura Alberta as Grandma Newton * John F. Hamilton as The Half-Wit named Job * William Norton Bailey * Edward Roseman See also * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio This is a list of film serials by studio, separated into those released by each of the five major studios, and the remaining minor studios. The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Love (1929 Film)
''Modern Love'' is a 1929 American sound part-talkie comedy film directed by Arch Heath and written by Albert DeMond and Beatrice Van. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Western Electric sound-on-film system. The film stars Charley Chase, Kathryn Crawford, Jean Hersholt, Edward Martindel, Anita Garvin and Betty Montgomery. The film was released on July 21, 1929, by Universal Pictures. Plot In order to keep her job, a young dress designer must keep her recent marriage a secret from her boss. An important client arrives from Paris and her boss decides to hold a dinner party for the man at the girl's house. When her husband finds out that the client wants to take her back to Paris so she can "study", he comes up with a plan to stop it, and it begins with his being the "server" at the dinner party. Cast *Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Pictures
Universal City Studios LLC, doing business as Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios or simply Universal), is an American filmmaking, film production and film distribution, distribution company headquartered at the 10 Universal City Plaza, Universal Studios complex in Universal City, California, and is the flagship studio of Universal Studios, Inc., Universal Studios, the film studio arm of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers (producer), Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane and Jules Brulatour, Universal is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States and the fifth oldest globally after Gaumont Film Company, Gaumont, Pathé, Titanus and Nordisk Film, and is one of the Major film studios, "Big Five" film studios. Universal's most commercially successful film franchises include ''Fast & Furious, Jurassic Park'', and ''Despicable Me''. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melody Of Love (1928 Film)
''Melody of Love'' is a 1928 American sound romantic drama film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, directed by Arch Heath, which starred Walter Pidgeon and Mildred Harris, each their first sound film. Historically significant as Universal's first 100% all-talkie, the production suffered from having a tight shooting schedule. Carl Laemmle was only able to rent the Fox Movietone sound-on-film recording system for one week, having to be filmed at night while the Fox Studio was closed down for the evenings. Plot When World War I breaks out, Jack Clark (Walter Pidgeon), a Tin Pan Alley songwriter in love with chorus girl Flo Thompson (Jane Winton), enlists in the Army with his pal Lefty ( Tom Dugan) and is sent to France, where they spend their time plunking out tunes while enemy shells whiz past their head. There, Jack meets Madelon (Mildred Harris), a little French singer who falls madly in love with him. Eventually, a stray bullet hits Jack during combat and loses th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Night (1928 Film)
''That Night'' (originally titled ''One Hot Summer'') is a 1992 American coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Craig Bolotin and starring C. Thomas Howell and Juliette Lewis. It is based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Alice McDermott. This film marks the film debut of both Eliza Dushku and Katherine Heigl. Plot In 1961 Long Island, 10-year-old Alice Bloom is infatuated with 17-year-old Sheryl O'Connor, who lives across the street. She often watches her from her bedroom window. Alice starts to copy every detail about Sheryl, including her perfume and even the record she listens to. She admires the affection Sheryl's father gives her, as hers does not show her any. One day, when Alice goes bowling with friends, they ridicule her. Reeling from their comments, she becomes excited when Sheryl walks into the alley with a group of guys trying to win her affection. Seemingly innocent and moral, she rejects their advances. Sheryl meets the counter boy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Of The Frog
''Mark of the Frog'' is a 1928 American drama film, drama 10-chapter film serial directed by Arch Heath and written by Edgar Wallace. The film is now considered to be lost film, lost. Plot In search of missing treasure, a crime ring headed by the hooded "Frog" terrorizes New York. Cast * Donald Reed (actor), Donald Reed * Margaret Morris (actress), Margaret Morris * George Harcourt * Gus De Weil * Frank Lackteen * Charles Anthony Hughes (as Tony Hughes) * Frank B. Miller * Helen Greene * Ed Roseman * Sidney Paxton * Morgan Jones (silent film actor), Morgan Jones Chapter titles # ''The Gas Attack'' # ''Decoyed'' # ''The Jail Delivery'' # ''Triple Vengeance'' # ''The Enemy Within'' # ''Cross Fire'' # ''Framed'' # ''A Life At Stake'' # ''A Race With Death'' # ''Paying The Penalty'' See also * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio * ''The Frog (film), The Frog'' (1937) * ''The Return of the Frog'' (1938) * ''Der Frosch mit der Maske'' (1959) References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo McCarey
Thomas Leo McCarey (October 3, 1898 – July 5, 1969) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was involved in nearly 200 films, including the critically acclaimed '' Duck Soup'', '' Make Way for Tomorrow'', '' The Awful Truth'', '' Going My Way'', '' The Bells of St. Mary's'', '' My Son John'', and '' An Affair to Remember''. While focusing mainly on screwball comedies during the 1930s, McCarey turned towards producing more socially conscious and overtly religious films during the 1940s, ultimately finding success and acclaim in both genres. McCarey was one of the most popular and established comedy directors of the pre-World War II era. Life and career Born in Los Angeles, California, McCarey attended St. Joseph's Catholic School and Los Angeles High School. His father was Thomas J. McCarey, whom the Los Angeles Times called "the greatest fight promoter in the world." Leo McCarey would later make a boxing comedy with Harold Lloyd called '' The Milk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Roach Studios
Hal Roach Studios was an American motion picture and, through its TV production subsidiary, Hal Roach Television Corporation, television production studio. Known as ''The Laugh Factory to the World'', it was founded by producer Hal Roach and business partners Dan Linthicum and I.H. Nance as the Rolin Film Company on July 23, 1914. The studio lot, at 8822 Washington Boulevard in Culver City, California, United States, was built in 1920, at which time Rolin was renamed to ''Hal E. Roach Studios''. The first series in Hal Roach Studios were the ''Willie Work'' comedies, with first short being '' Willie Runs the Park''. History Roach saw significant success in the 1920s with series of short comedy films featuring stars such as Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, and the ''Our Gang'' kids. The studio produced both short films and features for distribution through Pathé Exchange until 1927, when it signed a new distribution deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. By the early 1930s, the studio had en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crimson Flash
''The Crimson Flash'' is a 1927 American action film serial directed by Arch Heath. The film is now considered to be lost. The movie was filmed partly The Oaks, a country estate in Goose Creek, South Carolina. Cast * Cullen Landis * Eugenia Gilbert * Thomas Holding (as Tom Holding) * J. Barney Sherry * Walter P. Lewis * Ivan Linow * Mary Gardner * Charles Anthony Hughes as Dale (as Tony Hughes) * Gus De Weil * Ed Roseman * Howard Carey See also * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio This is a list of film serials by studio, separated into those released by each of the five major studios, and the remaining minor studios. The five major studios produced the greater number of serials. Of these the main studios are considered ... References External links * 1927 films 1927 lost films 1920s action films American silent serial films American black-and-white films Pathé Exchange film serials Lost American action films Films directed by Arch H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Writers Guild
The Screen Writers Guild was an organization of Hollywood screenplay authors, formed as a union in 1933. A rival organisation, Screen Playwrights, Inc., was established by the AMPP, film studios and producers, but after an appeal to the National Labor Relations Board and a vote by eligible screenwriters, the Screenwriters Guild won out as the sole representative body. Its house publication was ''The Screen Writer''. In 1954, it became two different organizations: Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East. Background and establishment Screenwriters' earliest attempts at organizing date back to the 1910s, when film scenarists participated in The Authors League of America (now the Authors Guild). However, screenwriters soon identified a need to form their own organization, since they had different work products and challenges than literary writers. Another attempt at representation was the Photoplay Authors’ League, founded in 1914 in Los Angeles, but i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Office Of War Information
The United States Office of War Information (OWI) was a United States government agency created during World War II. The OWI operated from June 1942 until September 1945. Through radio broadcasts, newspapers, posters, photographs, films and other forms of media, the OWI was the connection between the battlefront and civilian communities. The office also established several overseas branches, which launched a large-scale information and propaganda campaign abroad. From 1942 to 1945, the OWI reviewed film scripts, flagging material which portrayed the United States in a negative light, including anti-war sentiment. History Origins President Franklin D. Roosevelt promulgated the OWI on June 13, 1942, by Executive Order 9182. The Executive Order consolidated the functions of the Office of Facts and Figures (OFF, OWI's direct predecessor), the Office of Government Reports, and the Division of Information of the Office for Emergency Management. The Foreign Information Service, a divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
