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Edmund Elton (actor)
Edmund Elton (February 5, 1870, Preston, Lancashire – January 4, 1952, Los Angeles, California) was an English actor and singer. After beginning his career in British music halls in the late 19th century, he relocated to the United States where he had a career as a performer in plays and musicals on Broadway, vaudeville, and in both silent film and talking pictures in Hollywood during the first half of the 20th century. Career In America, Edmund Elton first drew attention as an actor portraying Percy Vere in the United States national tour of Charles H. Hoyt's ''A Black Sheep'' in 1899-1900. In the 1900-1901 season he toured the United States again as Brother Paul in a production of Hall Caine's ''The Christian''. In 1901 he settled in Philadelphia where he was committed to performing as a resident player with two different theatre companies over the next four years, the Girard Avenue Stock and the Forepaugh Company. He then joined Eugenie Blair's theatre company with whom he sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preston, Lancashire
Preston () is a city on the north bank of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England. The city is the administrative centre of the county of Lancashire and the wider City of Preston, Lancashire, City of Preston local government district. Preston and its surrounding district obtained City status in the United Kingdom, city status in 2002, becoming England's 50th city in the 50th year of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth II's reign. Preston has a population of 114,300, the City of Preston district 132,000 and the Preston Built-up Area 313,322. The Preston Travel To Work Area, in 2011, had a population of 420,661, compared with 354,000 in the previous census. Preston and its surrounding area have provided evidence of ancient Roman Britain, Roman activity, largely in the form of a Roman road that led to a camp at Walton-le-Dale. The Angles established Preston; its name is derived from the Old English meaning "priest's settlement" and in the ''Domesday Book'' is reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rex Beach
Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player. Early life Rex Beach was born in Atwood, Michigan, but moved to Tampa, Florida, with his family where his father was growing fruit trees. Beach studied at Rollins College, Florida (1891–1896), the Chicago College of Law (1896–97), and Kent College of Law, Chicago (1899–1900). In 1900 he was drawn to Alaska at the time of the Klondike Gold Rush. Olympics In 1904, Beach was a member of the American water polo team which won the silver medal in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. Writing career After five years of unsuccessful prospecting, he turned to writing. His second novel '' The Spoilers'' (1906) was based on a true story of corrupt government officials stealing gold mines from prospectors, which he witnessed while he was prospecting in Nome, Alaska. ''The Spoilers'' became one of the best selling novels of 1906. His adven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Wilson Theatre
The August Wilson Theatre (formerly the Guild Theatre, ANTA Theatre, and Virginia Theatre) is a Broadway theater at 245 West 52nd Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1925, the theater was designed by C. Howard Crane and Kenneth Franzheim and was built for the Theatre Guild. It is named for Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson (1945–2005). The August Wilson has approximately 1,225 seats across two levels and is operated by Jujamcyn Theaters. The facade is a New York City designated landmark. The facade is designed as a variation of a 15th-century Tuscan villa, with a stage house to the west and an auditorium to the east. The facade has a stucco surface and openings with quoins, as well as a loggia. The placement of window openings reflected the theater's original interior arrangement. The front of the theater had facilities for the Theatre Guild, including classrooms, studios, a club room, a library, and a book store ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caesar And Cleopatra (play)
''Caesar and Cleopatra'' is a play written in 1898 by George Bernard Shaw that depicts a fictionalized account of the relationship between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. It was first published with '' Captain Brassbound's Conversion'' and '' The Devil's Disciple'' in Shaw's 1901 collection '' Three Plays for Puritans''. It was first performed in a single staged reading at Newcastle upon Tyne on 15 March 1899, to secure the copyright. The play was produced in New York in 1906 and in London at the Savoy Theatre in 1907. Plot The play has a prologue and an "Alternative to the Prologue". The prologue consists of the Egyptian god Ra addressing the audience directly, as if he could see them in the theater (i.e., breaking the fourth wall). He says that Pompey represents the old Rome and Caesar represents the new Rome. The gods favored Caesar, according to Ra, because he "lived the life they had given him boldly". Ra recounts the conflict between Caesar and Pompey, their battle at P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as ''Man and Superman'' (1902), ''Pygmalion (play), Pygmalion'' (1913) and ''Saint Joan (play), Saint Joan'' (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Dublin, Shaw moved to London in 1876, where he struggled to establish himself as a writer and novelist, and embarked on a rigorous process of self-education. By the mid-1880s he had become a respected theatre and music critic. Following a political awakening, he joined the Gradualism (politics), gradualist Fabian Society and became its most pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack McGowan (playwright)
John McGowan, also known by his nickname Jack McGowan, (January 12, 1894, Muskego, Wisconsin – May 28, 1977, New York City) was an American playwright, librettist, screenwriter, director and producer. His 1927 Broadway play ''Excess Baggage'' was adapted into the 1928 film of the same name. He died in New York City on May 28, 1977. Selected credits Source: *''Say When'', Producer and Book *''Pardon My English'', Book Director *''Earl Carroll's Vanities of 1932'', Book *'' Heigh-ho, Everybody'', Writer *''Singin' the Blues'', Writer *''Girl Crazy'', Book *'' Flying High'', Book *''Nigger Rich (The Big Shot)'', Writer and Director *''Murray Anderson's Almanac'', Book *'' The Lady Lies'', Producer *''Hold Everything! ''Hold Everything!'' is a musical comedy with lyrics by Lew Brown and B. G. de Sylva, music by Ray Henderson, and has an accompanying book by John McGowan and B. G. de Sylva. Produced by Alex A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley, the Broadway producti ...'', Book *'' E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Toller
Ernst Toller (1 December 1893 – 22 May 1939) was a German author, playwright, left-wing politician and revolutionary, known for his Expressionist plays. He served in 1919 for six days as President of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic, after which he became the head of its army. He was imprisoned for five years for his part in the armed resistance by the Bavarian Soviet Republic to the central government in Berlin. While in prison Toller wrote several plays that gained him international renown. They were performed in London and New York City as well as in Berlin. In 1933 Toller was exiled from Germany after the Nazis came to power. He did a lecture tour in 1936–1937 in the United States and Canada, settling in California for a while before going to New York. He joined other exiles there. He died by suicide in May 1939. In 2000, several of his plays were published in an English translation. The most recent comprehensive biography of Toller is by Robert Ellis, "Er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Gendron (actor)
Pierre Gendron (born Leon Pierre Gendron, March 4, 1896 – November 27, 1956) was an American actor and screenwriter. He was married to screenwriter Mary Alice Scully. Partial filmography as actor *''The World and His Wife'' (1920) (as Leon Gendron) *'' The Girl with the Jazz Heart'' (1921) (as Leon Guerre Gendron) *''Scrambled Wives'' (1921) (as Leon P. Gendron) *'' If Women Only Knew'' (1921) (as Leon Gendron) *'' The Bashful Suitor'' (1921) *'' The Young Painter'' (1922) *'' The Man Who Played God'' (1922) *'' Outlaws of the Sea'' (1923) *'' Does It Pay?'' (1923) *''Broadway Broke'' (1923) *'' Just Off Broadway'' (1924) *'' Blue Water'' (1924) *''The City That Never Sleeps'' (1924) *'' Three Women'' (1924) *''The Dangerous Flirt'' (1924) *''The Lover of Camille'' (1924) *'' What Price Beauty?'' (1925) *'' The Scarlet Honeymoon'' (1925) *'' The Enchanted Island'' (1927) Partial filmography as screenwriter *''Brooding Eyes'' (1926) *'' Sal of Singapore'' (1928) *''The M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cat And The Canary (play)
''The Cat and the Canary'' is a 1922 stage play by John Willard, adapted at least four times into feature films, in 1927, 1930, 1939, and again in 1979. The original stage play opened on Broadway February 7, 1922. Plot The story concerns the death and inheritance of old Cyrus West, a rich eccentric who felt that his relatives "have watched my wealth as if they were cats, and I — a canary". He decrees that his will be read 20 years after his death, at which point his relatives converge at his old family home, now a spooky old haunted mansion. The will reads that his most distant relative still bearing the name of West be sole heir, provided they are legally sane. The rest of the night spent in the house calls into question the sanity of Annabelle West, a fragile young woman who is legally Cyrus West's heir. Production Produced by Kilbourn Gordon and directed by Ira Hards, ''The Cat and the Canary'' premiered February 7, 1922, at the National Theatre. It ran 349 performances, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Willard (playwright)
John Willard (November 28, 1885 – August 30, 1942) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. Biography Willard's most famous work is '' The Cat and the Canary'' (1922), which was made into the influential silent film of the same name in 1927. Also, the work was filmed in 1930, in 1939 (starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard) and in 1979 (by Radley Metzger). Willard also co-wrote '' The Blue Flame'' (1920) with George V. Hobart. Willard worked as a miner and a reporter, and he was also a published novelist. He also appeared as one of the actors in the Broadway production of ''The Cat and the Canary''. His other acting on Broadway began with ''George Washington, Jr.'' (1906) and ended with ''The Mikado'' (1936). He was born in San Francisco, California, a son of portrait painter John Willard Clawson and Mary Alice Clawson. Born Willard Wesley Clawson, and known locally as Wesley Clawson, he began his career as a baritone singer and actor. His performance in ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penrod
''Penrod'' is a collection of comic sketches by Booth Tarkington that was first published in 1914. The book follows the misadventures of Penrod Schofield, an eleven-year-old boy growing up in the pre-World War I Midwestern United States, in a similar vein to ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer''. In ''Penrod'', Tarkington established characters who appeared in two further books, ''Penrod and Sam'' (1916) and '' Penrod Jashber'' (1929). The three books were published together in one volume, ''Penrod: His Complete Story'', in 1931. A "Revised" edition of ''Penrod'', "revising or omitting certain ethnic descriptions from the original ''Penrod'' manuscript that might be considered offensive or inappropriate", was published by Lasso Books () in 2017 and released in audio-book format in 2018. Plotlines *Chapters 1–6: Penrod, against his will, is cast as "The Child Sir Lancelot" in the local production ''The Pageant of the Table Round''. *Chapters 7–11: After seeing a movie about the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
