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David Townsend (art Director)
David Wood Townsend (November 2, 1891 – August 5, 1935) was an American art director. Career 1919 secretary/treasurer of Otis B. Thayer's Art-O-Graf film company in Denver. 1920 sales manager of Otis B. Thayer's Art-O-Graf film company in Denver. 1921 vice president and Scenario Editor of Otis B. Thayer's Art-O-Graf film company in Denver. From 1919 through 1921, Art-o-Graf produced the following films: " Miss Arizona (1919 Film)", " Wolves of the Street (1920 Film)", " The Desert Scorpion", " Finders Keepers (1921 Film)", and Out of the Depths (1921 Film). 1922 President of the "Mountain Plains Enterprise Film Company" in Denver. There were plans by the "Mountain Plains Enterprise Company" to build "Sunshine Studios" at Tim McCoy's Owl Creek Dude ranch in order to shoot a film titled, "The Dude Wrangler" written by Caroline Lockhart. The project was abandoned. He was also still listed as a scenario writer for Art-O-Graf Film company. His work with MGM: 1927 "Fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoskins, Nebraska
Hoskins is a village in Wayne County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 267 at the 2020 census. History Hoskins was established in 1881 when the railroad was extended to that point. It was named for the father-in-law of F. H. Peavey. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 285 people, 111 households, and 84 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 121 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 98.2% White, 0.4% Asian, 0.4% from other races, and 1.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.9% of the population. There were 111 households, of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.7% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 1.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring Fever (1927 Film)
''Spring Fever'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film starring William Haines, Joan Crawford, and George K. Arthur, and directed by Edward Sedgwick. Based on the 1925 play of the same name by Vincent Lawrence, this was the second film starring Haines and Crawford, and their first onscreen romantic teaming. ''Spring Fever'' was remade as the musical film '' Love in the Rough'' in 1930, starring Robert Montgomery and Dorothy Jordan. Plot Haines plays Jack Kelly, a crack golfer who worked as a shipping clerk for the aging Mr. Waters ( George Fawcett). One day, Mr. Waters fires Jack's father, Pop Kelly ( Bert Woodruff). Jack witnesses this and is outraged. He wants revenge and breaks a window with a golf ball. Mr. Waters catches him but, instead of being mad, he is impressed with Jack's golfing skills. He later that day announces to his dad he is invited by The Oakmont Country Club to be a guest of the club for a minimum of two weeks. His role there will be the teacher of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thin Man (film)
''The Thin Man'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code comedy-mystery film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and based on the The Thin Man, 1934 novel by Dashiell Hammett. The film stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, a leisure-class couple who enjoy copious drinking and flirtatious banter. Nick is a retired private detective who left his very successful career when he married Nora, a wealthy heiress accustomed to high society. Their Fox Terrier (Wire), wire-haired fox terrier Asta was played by canine actor Skippy (dog), Skippy. In 1997, the film was added to the United States National Film Registry having been deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film's screenplay was written by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, a married couple. In 1934, the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The eponymous "Thin Man" is not Nick Charles, but the man Charles is initially hired to find – Clyde Wynant (part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder In The Private Car
''Murder in the Private Car'' is a 1934 American pre-Code mystery romance film starring Mary Carlisle, Charles Ruggles and Una Merkel. Directed by Harry Beaumont, the production is based on the play ''The Rear Car'' by Edward E. Rose. David Townsend was the film's art director. MGM had previously filmed it in the silent era as '' ''Red Lights'''' (1923), starring Raymond Griffith. Plot This is the story of Los Angeles switchboard operator Ruth Raymond ( Mary Carlisle). She learns from lawyer Alden Murray ( Porter Hall) that she is actually the daughter of railroad tycoon Luke Carson (Berton Churchill). She had been kidnapped as a baby by Luke's brother and partner Elwood, and placed with strangers. Once it is found out that she is an heiress, there is an attempt on her life by her bodyguard and chauffeur, which is foiled by Godfrey Scott ( Charles Ruggles). A telegram from her father is intercepted and replaced, telling her to meet him in New York instead of Los Angeles, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hide-Out
''Hide-Out'' is a 1934 American comedy, crime, drama, romance film produced by MGM in 1934. Robert Montgomery (actor), Robert Montgomery and Maureen O'Sullivan star, with Edward Arnold (actor), Edward Arnold and Elizabeth Patterson (actress), Elizabeth Patterson in support. Directed by W. S. Van Dyke, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing - Original Story (Mauri Grashin). It was re-made in 1941 as ''I'll Wait for You (film), I'll Wait for You''. Plot Lucky Wilson (Montgomery), a charming but reckless New York City racketeer, enjoys a life of crime and luxury until he is wounded while evading the police. Forced to flee the city, he takes refuge on a quiet Connecticut farm, where he is taken in by the kind-hearted Miller family. As Lucky recovers, he struggles to adjust to the slower pace of country life but soon finds himself drawn to the farm’s simplicity and warmth. He becomes especially enamored with Pauline Miller (O'Sullivan), the family's beauti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death On The Diamond
''Death on the Diamond'' is a 1934 comedy-mystery film starring Robert Young (actor), Robert Young. It was based on the novel ''Death on the Diamond: A Baseball Mystery Story'' by Cortland Fitzsimmons, directed by Edward Sedgwick and produced and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot The film opens with Pop Clark, owner and manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, talking to newspaperman Jimmy Downey. His team was a favorite to win the pennant this season, but they have been performing poorly. Pop tells Jimmy he's signed star pitcher Larry Kelly in order to try and seal the deal. Kelly then arrives and flirts with Pop's daughter, Frances, who works in the front office as team Secretary, and then suits up for practice. At the practice, catcher Hogan argues with umpire O'Toole and taunts him with his nickname, "Crawfish." Jimmy meets his teammates and fellow pitcher Higgins and star hitter Spencer. During practice, Pop chases off two former players with ties to organized criminal gambl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Show-Off (1934 Film)
''The Show-Off'' is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and starring Spencer Tracy, Madge Evans and Henry Wadsworth. It is notable for being the first movie Tracy made for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; he was on loan-out from Fox at the time and later moved to MGM. Based on the hit play of the same title by George Kelly, it made a profit of $78,000.James Curtis, ''Spencer Tracy: A Biography'', Alfred Knopf, 2011 p231 Previously filmed twice by Paramount Pictures in 1926 and 1930, under the title '' Men Are Like That'', and MGM remade the film in 1946, starring Red Skelton and Marilyn Maxwell. Plot Out sailing one day, J. Aubrey Piper saves a man from drowning. He overhears an impressed Amy Fisher's remark and looks her up in New Jersey, irritating her family with his constant bragging but winning Amy, who marries him. A humble railroad clerk, Aubrey keeps pretending to be a more important man. He spends lavishly, piling up so much debt that he and Amy must move in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Can't Buy Everything
''You Can't Buy Everything'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Charles Reisner and Sandy Roth and starring May Robson, Jean Parker and Lewis Stone. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Working titles of the film were ''Rich Widow'' and ''Old Hannibal''. According to ''Motion Picture Herald'', the principal character of Hannah Bell (played by May Robson) was modeled after Hetty Green, famous as the miserly "Witch of Wall Street." Plot Christmas 1893 New York City. Mrs. Hannah Bell drags her son Donny on a sled through the snow to a children's clinic, where she gives a false name in order to avoid paying. She reads in the newspaper that John Burton has been named vice president of the Knickerbocker Bank. Furious, she goes to see her father's old friend, bank president Asa Cabot, and insists on withdrawing all of her—very substantial—assets, immediately. She refuses to speak to Burton, who offers to resign and to compensate the ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prizefighter And The Lady
''The Prizefighter and the Lady'' is a 1933 pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer romance film directed by Howard Hawks and W. S. Van Dyke starring Myrna Loy and the professional boxers Max Baer, Primo Carnera, and Jack Dempsey. The film was adapted for the screen by John Lee Mahin and John Meehan from a story by Frances Marion. Marion was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Story. Plot While working as a barroom bouncer, sailor Steve Morgan impresses alcoholic ex-boxing manager "the Professor" with his skills. The Professor talks Steve into entering a prize fight with an up-and-coming boxer to make money for both of them. While out training on the road, Steve is nearly run over by a speeding car that crashes into a ditch. He carries nightclub singer Belle Mercer out of the wreckage. Though she is attracted to him, she refuses to have anything to do with Steve. He learns where she lives and goes to see her anyway. He is too cocky to be concerned when she rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winners Of The Wilderness
''Winners of the Wilderness'' is a 1927 American silent war drama film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Tim McCoy and Joan Crawford. In this costume drama, set during the French and Indian War (1754-1763), Rene Contrecouer (Crawford), the daughter of a French general falls for a soldier of fortune (McCoy). The film was photographed mostly in black and white, but one scene was in color by Technicolor. Cast *Tim McCoy – Colonel Sir Dennis O'Hara *Joan Crawford – Rene Contrecoeur *Edward Connelly – General Contrecoeur *Roy D'Arcy – Captain Dumas *Louise Lorraine – Mimi * Edward Hearn – General George Washington * Tom O'Brien – Timothy *Will Walling – General Edward Braddock *Frank Currier – Governor de Vaudreuil *Lionel Belmore – Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia *Chief John Big Tree – Chief Pontiac Crew * David Townsend - Set Designer See also * List of early color feature films A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Taxi Dancer
''The Taxi Dancer'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Harry F. Millarde and starring Owen Moore and, in her first film with top billing, Joan Crawford. Plot Joselyn Poe is a southern girl who tries her luck as dancer in New York City. When she is unable to find work, she works as taxi dancer and meets several suitors. Cast *Joan Crawford as Joslyn Poe *Owen Moore as Lee Rogers *Marc McDermott as Henry Brierhalter *Gertrude Astor as Kitty Lane *Rockliffe Fellowes as Stephen Bates * Douglas Gilmore as James Kelvin *William Orlamond as 'Doc' Ganz *Claire McDowell as Aunt Mary *Bert Roach as Charlie Cook *Lou Costello Louis Francis Cristillo (March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959), better known as Lou Costello, was an American comedian, actor and producer. He was best known for his double act with Bud Abbott and their routine " Who's on First?". Abbott and Cos ... as Extra (uncredited) Crew * David Townsend, set designer References External links * *Still ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slide, Kelly, Slide
''Slide, Kelly, Slide'' is a 1927 American comedy film, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Edward Sedgwick, and starring William Haines, Sally O'Neil, and Harry Carey. Cast * William Haines as Jim Kelly (fictionalized version of Mike "King" Kelly) * Sally O'Neil as Mary Munson * Harry Carey as Tom Munson * Frank Coghlan Jr. as Mickey Martin (as Junior Coghlan) * Warner Richmond as CliffMacklin * Paul Kelly as Fresbie * Karl Dane as Swede Hansen * Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as McLean (as Guinn Williams) * Mike Donlin as himself * Irish Meusel Emil Frederick "Irish" Meusel (June 9, 1893 – March 1, 1963) was an American baseball left fielder. He played in the major leagues between 1914 and 1927 for the Washington Senators, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants, and Brooklyn Robi ... as himself * Bob Meusel as himself * Tony Lazzeri as himself * Johnny Mack Brown as himself * Lew Fonseca as himself (unconfirmed) Crew * David Townsend - Set Desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
