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Blanche Friderici
Blanche L. Friderici (January 21, 1878 – December 23, 1933) was an American film and stage actress, sometimes credited as Blanche Frederici. Early years Friderici was a native of Brooklyn, New York. Her parents were William E. Friderici and Rosetta Elizabeth Freeman Friderici. Career Friderici did not aspire to be an actress, but rather an acting and elocution teacher. However, her eyesight began to fail, deteriorating to the point she could no longer read, so she turned from teaching acting to actually acting. An admirer of her recitals introduced her to impresario David Belasco, who cast her in ''The Darling of the Gods''. Between 1914 and 1927, Friderici appeared in nine Broadway theatre productions in New York City, including a production of ''39 East'' (1919) and as Mrs. Davidson in the play ''Rain''. Friderici appeared in sixty films from 1920 to 1934. Her début was as Miss McMasters in the film adaptation of ''39 East'' (1920). In ''Night Nurse (1931 film), Night ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Farewell To Arms (1932 Film)
''A Farewell to Arms'' is a 1932 American pre-Code melodrama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper and Adolphe Menjou. Based on the 1929 semi-autobiographical novel ''A Farewell to Arms'' by Ernest Hemingway, with a screenplay by Oliver H. P. Garrett and Benjamin Glazer, the film is about a tragic romantic love affair between an American ambulance driver and an English nurse in Italy during World War I. The film received Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Sound and was nominated for Best Picture and Best Art Direction. In 1960, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the last claimant, David O. Selznick, did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication. The original Broadway play starred Glenn Anders and Elissa Landi and was staged at the National Theatre from September 22, 1930, to October 1930. Plot On the Italian front during World War I, Lieutenant Frederic Henry is an A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying Down To Rio
''Flying Down to Rio'' is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film famous for being the first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, although lead actors Dolores del Río and Gene Raymond received top billing. Among the featured players are Franklin Pangborn and Eric Blore. The songs in the film were written by Vincent Youmans (music), Gus Kahn and Edward Eliscu (lyrics), with musical direction and additional music by Max Steiner. During the 7th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for the new category of Best Original Song for "Carioca", but it lost to " The Continental" from ''The Gay Divorcee'', the next Astaire and Rogers film (and their first with top billing). The black-and-white film, which had a color-tinted sequence, was directed by Thornton Freeland and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Lou Brock. The screenplay was written by Erwin S. Gelsey, H. W. Hanemann and Cyril Hume, based on a story by Lou Brock and a play by Anne Caldwell. Linwood Dunn did the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trespasser (1929 Film)
''The Trespasser'' is a 1929 American pre-Code film written and directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Gloria Swanson, Robert Ames, Purnell Pratt, Henry B. Walthall, and Wally Albright. The film was released by United Artists in both silent and sound versions. Plot Marion Donnell, a stenographer in Chicago (Gloria Swanson) elopes with wealthy Jack Merrick ( Robert Ames). Their marriage is opposed by his father (William Holden) who considers Marion a fortune-hunter and demands that Jack have the marriage annulled. Marion, furious that Jack has not defended her and stood up to his father, leaves him. Eighteen months later, unbeknownst to Jack, she has given birth to their son, Jackie, and is living alone to raise him. Unable to meet her bills and provide support she becomes a "kept woman" for her employer, Hector Ferguson (Purnell Pratt) an older, married man. He puts her up in a lavish apartment on Chicago's Lakeshore Drive, providing her with clothing, jewels, servants and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz Heaven
''Jazz Heaven'' is a 1929 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Melville Brown and written by Myles Connolly and J. Walter Ruben, based on a story by Pauline Forney and Dudley Murphy. It was moderately successful for RKO Pictures, and was released in both sound and silent versions. Plot Barry Holmes is a poor songwriter from the south who travels to New York City to be a success, bringing with him his prize possession, his piano. While trying to break into Tin Pan Alley, he stays at a boardinghouse run by Mrs. Langley, who insists that her house always be run with the highest propriety. Ruth Morgan lives in the room next to Holmes. One night, he annoys the entire boarding house as he is trying to complete his song "Someone". He is stuck on the ending until he hears Ruth humming how she thinks it should go. Stunned, he goes to her room and invites her back to his to finish the song. Unfortunately, Mrs. Langley discovers the two unmarried people in his room, and su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Awful Truth (1929 Film)
''The Awful Truth'' is a 1929 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Ina Claire and Henry Daniell. It was distributed by Pathé Exchange. The screenplay was written by Horace Jackson and Arthur Richman, based on a play by Richman. Ina Claire starred in the original stage version on Broadway in 1922. The film is now considered lost. Plot summary The Awful Truth centers on the marital discord between Lucy and Jerry Warriner, a sophisticated couple whose relationship is tested by mutual suspicions of infidelity. Jerry, believing Lucy has been unfaithful, and Lucy, doubting Jerry’s honesty about his activities, decide to divorce. Following their separation, both Lucy and Jerry attempt to move on with their lives by pursuing new romantic relationships. Lucy becomes engaged to Dan Leeson, a wealthy but socially awkward man from Oklahoma, while Jerry begins courting the glamorous and refined Josephine Trent. However, their attempts to st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonder Of Women
''Wonder of Women'' is a 1929 American sound part-talkie pre-Code drama film directed by Clarence Brown and starring Lewis Stone, Leila Hyams, and Peggy Wood. While the film has a few talking sequences, the majority of the film features a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. It was nominated for Best Writing at the 2nd Academy Awards. Based on the 1927 German novel ''Die Frau des Steffen Tromholt'' by Hermann Sudermann, the film is now lost with only sound discs surviving at UCLA. Cast *Lewis Stone as Stephen Trombolt * Leila Hyams as Karen *Peggy Wood as Brigitte * Harry Myers as Bruno Heim *Sarah Padden as Anna *George Fawcett as Doctor *Blanche Friderici as Stephen Trombolt's housekeeper (as Blanche Frederici) * Wally Albright as Wulle-Wulle (as Wally Albright Jr.) * Anita Louise as Lottie (as Anita Fremault) * Ullrich Haupt as Kurt Music The film contains two theme songs. The first is entitled "At Clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolen Love (1928 Film)
''Stolen Love'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Lynn Shores and starring Marceline Day and Rex Lease. The plot was adapted from a serial story by Hazel Livingston published in Hearst Corporation newspapers. Plot As noted in a film review, Joan Hastings, a 17-year old young woman, has never had a boy friend owing to the strict supervision by a pair of spinster aunts. She falls for Bill, a young garage mechanic with the invention bug. After her aunts quash the romance, she runs off to San Francisco to become a model under the sponsorship of the menacing Curtis Barlow. Barlow plays the game carefully, waiting until he has Joan alone with him at his mountain cabin to make his move to take her. Bill rushes in at the last moment and engages in a fist fight. Cast *Marceline Day as Joan Hastings *Rex Lease as Bill *Owen Moore as Curtis Barlow *Helen Lynch as Ruth * Blanche Frederici as Aunt Evvie *Joy Winthrop as Aunt Babe *Betty Blythe as Modiste Critical reception ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleetwing (film)
''Fleetwing'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier and Alex Troffey. The film stars Barry Norton, Dorothy Janis, Ben Bard, and Bob Kortman. The film was released on June 24, 1928 by Fox Film Corporation. Cast * Barry Norton as Jaafor *Dorothy Janis as Thurya *Ben Bard as Metaab *Bob Kortman as Auda *Erville Alderson as Trad Ben Sabam * James H. Anderson as Mansoni *Blanche Friderici as Furja Preservation The film is now considered lost. See also *List of lost films *1937 Fox vault fire A major fire occurred in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industry laboratories, studios and vaults ... References External links * 1928 drama films 1928 films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Lost American dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928 Film)
''Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Mal St. Clair, co-written by Anita Loos based on her 1925 novel, and released by Paramount Pictures. No copies are known to exist, and it is now considered to be a lost film. The Broadway version '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' starring Carol Channing as Lorelei Lee was mounted in 1949. It was remade into the film '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' with Jane Russell as Dorothy Shaw and Marilyn Monroe as Lorelei Lee in 1953, directed by Howard Hawks. Plot Blonde Lorelei Lee (Ruth Taylor) and her brunette friend Dorothy Shaw (Alice White), are each seeking a wealthy husband They learn that the richest man in the world, the bachelor Henry Spoffard, is boarding a luxury liner to Europe. The women purchase tickets for the same voyage. Spofford turns out not to be a licentious playboy, but a so-called social reformer intent on investigating immoral Americans abroad. Spoffard’s seasickness en route prevents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadie Thompson (film)
''Sadie Thompson'' is a 1928 American Silent film, silent drama film that tells the story of a "fallen woman" who comes to Pago Pago to start a new life, but encounters a zealous missionary who wants to force her back to her former life in San Francisco. The film stars Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore, and Raoul Walsh, and it is one of Swanson's more successful films. Due to the public's apathy towards silent films, a sound version was prepared in the latter half of 1928. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it features a synchronized musical score with sound effects along with a theme song. Due to the subject matter, the making of the film was extremely controversial. However, it was a financial and critical success for Swanson. The film was based on the 1921 short story "Rain (short story), Rain" by W. Somerset Maugham and the 1922 play, based on the story, by John Colton (screenwriter), John Colton and Clemence Randolph, starring Jeanne Eagels. Plot A smoking, drin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Trespassing (1922 Film)
''No Trespassing'' is a lost 1922 American silent drama film directed by Edwin L. Hollywood and starring Irene Castle and Ward Crane. It was distributed by W. W. Hodkinson and is based upon a novel by Joseph C. Lincoln, ''The Rise of Roscoe Paine''.Garza, Janiss''No Trespassing'' (1922)at allmovie.com Plot As described in a film magazine, Roscoe Paine (Crane), a wealthy young man with no job and little ambition who lives with his invalid mother (Barry) in a small fishing village, owns a lane leading to the shore which skirts the wealthy James Colton (Truesdale) property. Debutante Mabel Colton (Castle) and her father James and her mother (Fitzroy) are newly arrived to the village, and the passing of the fish carts on the lane annoys Mrs. Colton. The father thereupon tries to purchase the lane, but Roscoe refuses to close it to his friends and neighbors. Roscoe and Mabel become friends after he saves her from a runaway horse. Victor Carver (Roscoe), a suitor for Mabel's hand, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
39 East (film)
''39 East'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film produced by the Realart Picture Company (headed by Paramount Pictures's Adolph Zukor), and starring Constance Binney reprising her role from the Broadway play. The film was directed by John S. Robertson. The film is based on the 1919 Broadway play of the same name by Rachel Crothers, which was a hit on Broadway with Binney starring. Plot As described in a film magazine, Penelope Penn (Binney), to financially aid others of the poor minister's family to which she belongs, goes to New York City and becomes one of the boardinghouse colony at "39 East." The identity of her business she keeps a mystery, thereby arousing the unsympathetic speculations of her fellow female boarders. She finds a champion and lover in Napoleon Gibbs Jr. (Denny), a young wealthy aristocrat, who helps her over many a rough spot during her boardinghouse life. Her chance to shine histrionically comes when there is a sudden refusal of the theater star, to w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
