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Edward Clark (writer)
Edward Clark (May 6, 1878 – November 18, 1954) was a Russian-born American actor whose career began in the silent era. He was also a playwright, theatre director and songwriter. Among his songs was the original 1899 barbershop quartet song '' Heart of My Heart''. He was born in Russia and died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack. Works Selected filmography * ''Graft'' (1915, Serial) – Grant Fisher * '' The Iron Hand'' (1916) – Jerry Simpson * ''The Bronze Bride'' (1917) – William Ogden * '' Eternal Love'' (1917) – François Gautier * ''The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin'' (1918) – Gen. Erich von Falkenhagen * ''Millionaires'' (1926) * ''Broken Hearts of Hollywood'' (1926, scenario) * '' Sally in Our Alley'' (1927, scenario) * ''Finger Prints'' (1927, scenario) * ''Hills of Kentucky'' (1927, scenario) * ''Marriage by Contract'' (1928) * '' Unmasked'' (1929, scenario) * ''King Kong'' (1933) – Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) * ''One Hour Late'' (1934) – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood, California
Hollywood, sometimes informally called Tinseltown, is a List of districts and neighborhoods in Los Angeles, neighborhood and district in the Central Los Angeles, central region of Los Angeles County, California, within the city of Los Angeles. Its name has become synonymous with the Cinema of the United States, U.S. film industry and the people associated with it. Many notable film studios such as Sony Pictures, Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and Universal Pictures are located in or near Hollywood. Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. The North Hollywood, Los Angeles, northern and East Hollywood, Los Angeles, eastern parts of the neighborhood were Merger (politics), consolidated with the City of Los Angeles in 1910. Soon thereafter, the prominent film industry migrated to the area. History Initial development H. J. Whitley, a real estate developer, arranged to buy the E.C. Hurd ranch. Whitley shared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unmasked (1929 Film)
''Unmasked'' is a 1929 American mystery film directed by Edgar Lewis (director), Edgar Lewis and starring Robert Warwick, Milton Krims and Sam Ash (actor), Sam Ash. It was produced by the Poverty Row studio Artclass Pictures controlled by the Weiss Brothers, utilizing the phonofilm sound system. It features the fictional detective Craig Kennedy created by Arthur B. Reeve.Pitts p.42 Cast * Robert Warwick as Craig Kennedy * Milton Krims as Prince Hamid * Sam Ash (actor), Sam Ash as Billy Mathews * Charles Slattery as Inspector Collins * Sue Conroy as Mary Wayne * Lyons Wickland as Larry Jamieson * William Corbett (actor), William Corbett as Franklin Ward * Royal Byron as Cafferty * Marie Burke as Mrs. Brookfield * Kate Roemer as Madam Ramon * Helen Mitchel as Mrs. Ward * Waldo Edwards as Gordon Hayes * Clyde Dilson as Imposter References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jungle Woman
''Jungle Woman'' is a 1944 American horror film directed by Reginald LeBorg. The film stars Evelyn Ankers, J. Carrol Naish, Samuel S. Hinds, Lois Collier and Acquanetta. ''Jungle Woman'' was the second film in Universal's ''Cheela, the Ape Woman'' series, preceded by '' Captive Wild Woman''. Plot As a coroner and a District Attorney investigate the death of Paula Dupree, Dr. Carl Fletcher admits that he has murdered her. He expands on this death, revealing more information on the story. A flashback shows Fletcher at an opening night of the Whipple Circus where the witnesses Cheela the Gorilla's heroic act that saves the life of Fred Mason. After her supposed demise, the doctor acquires the body of the beast. He detects a heartbeat, and revives the animal. Fascinated by the creature, he purchases the late Dr. Walters' estate, hoping to find the records of his experiments. Cheela returns to human form. She is at first unable to speak and Fletcher diagnoses her condition as be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Falcon Out West
''The Falcon Out West'' (aka ''The Falcon in Texas'') is a 1944 American mystery film directed by William Clemens and starring Tom Conway, Joan Barclay and Barbara Hale. The film was part of RKO's The Falcon series of detective films, this time, a murder set in Texas. Plot When Mrs. Irwin ( Joan Barclay), asks Tom Lawrence ( Tom Conway), aka the Falcon, to prevent the marriage of her ex-husband, Tex Irwin ( Lyle Talbot) to his fiancée, gold digger Vanessa Drake ( Carole Gallagher), The Falcon becomes involved in murder. Rich cattle baron Irwin is murdered in a New York City nightclub, dying from the venom of a rattlesnake. When suspicion falls on various members of his family and business associates, The Falcon and the police, led by Police Inspector Timothy Donovan (Cliff Clark) and his assistant, Homicide Detective Bates (Edward Gargan) travel west following Vanessa, to the Irwin ranch in Texas to try and solve the mystery. At the ranch, when Lawrence is out riding, so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Song Of Bernadette (film)
''The Song of Bernadette'' is a 1943 American biographical drama film based on the 1941 novel of the same name by Franz Werfel. It stars Jennifer Jones in the title role, which portrays the story of Bernadette Soubirous, who reportedly experienced eighteen visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary from February to July 1858 and was canonized in 1933. The film was directed by Henry King, from a screenplay by George Seaton. The novel was extremely popular, spending more than a year on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list and thirteen weeks heading the list. The story was also turned into a Broadway play, which opened at the Belasco Theatre in March 1946. Plot In 1858, 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous lives in poverty with her family in Lourdes, France. She is shamed by her Catholic school teacher, Sister Vauzou, for falling behind in her studies because of her asthma. That afternoon, while fetching firewood with her sister Marie and a friend, Bernadette waits for them in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
''Sweet Rosie O'Grady'' is a 1943 Technicolor musical film about an American singer who attempts to better herself by marrying an English duke, but is harassed by a reporter. Directed by Irving Cummings, it stars Betty Grable and Robert Young (actor), Robert Young. Cast * Betty Grable as Madeleine Marlowe / Rosie O'Grady * Robert Young (actor), Robert Young as Sam Magee * Adolphe Menjou as Thomas Moran * Reginald Gardiner as Charles, Duke of Trippingham * Virginia Grey as Edna Van Dyke * Phil Regan (actor), Phil Regan as Mr. Clark * Sig Ruman as Joe Flugelman * Alan Dinehart as Arthur Skinner * Hobart Cavanaugh as Clark * Frank Orth as Taxi Driver * Jonathan Hale as Mr. Fox * George Cockerill as Singer Box office Betty Grable was the number one box-office attraction at the time of this film's release. Her other film that year was ''Coney Island (1943 film), Coney Island'', and both were among the top 10 highest-grossing films of 1943 and two of 20th Century Fox's big money mak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phantom Of The Opera (1943 Film)
''Phantom of the Opera'' is a 1943 American romantic horror film directed by Arthur Lubin, loosely based on Gaston Leroux's novel ''The Phantom of the Opera (novel), The Phantom of the Opera'' and its The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film), 1925 film adaptation starring Lon Chaney. Produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, the film stars Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster and Claude Rains. It was composed by Edward Ward (composer), Edward Ward. The first adaptation of the source material to be filmed entirely in Technicolor, ''Phantom of the Opera'' was even more freely adapted than Universal's silent picture. The film reused Universal's elaborate replica of the Palais Garnier, Opéra Garnier interior, which had originally been created for the 1925 film. Despite mixed critical reviews, the film was a box office success. It is also the only Universal Monsters, classic Universal horror film to win an Academy Awards, Oscar, for Academy Award for Best Production Design, Art Direction a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Good Fellows
''The Good Fellows'' is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Jo Graham and written by Hugh Wedlock Jr. and Howard Snyder. The film stars Cecil Kellaway, Helen Walker, Mabel Paige, James Brown, Patti Hale and Kathleen Lockhart. The film was released on August 11, 1943, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Jim Hilton devotes too much time to his lodge membership and too little to his real-estate business. He lets daughter Ethel handle a potential purchase of the Draytons' riverfront property, whereupon she develops a romantic interest in the Draytons' son, Tom. Jim inadvertently commits money he doesn't have to his lodge's hosting a convention. At dinner, he persuades Mr. Drayton to join the lodge and pay a $2,000 admittance fee, then uses the money for his own purposes. The family runs out of patience with Jim's ways, and only daughter Sprat's disappearance brings him to his senses, at least temporarily. Cast * Cecil Kellaway as Jim Hilton * Helen Walker as Ethel Hilton * Mabel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello, Frisco, Hello
''Hello, Frisco, Hello'' is a 1943 American musical film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Alice Faye, John Payne, Lynn Bari, and Jack Oakie. The film was made in Technicolor and released by 20th Century-Fox. This was one of the last musicals made by Faye for Fox, and in later interviews Faye said it was clear Fox was promoting Betty Grable as her successor. Released during World War II, the film became one of Faye's highest-grossing pictures for Fox. The film tells the story of vaudeville performers in San Francisco, during the period of the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition when Alexander Graham Bell made the first transcontinental phone call from New York City to San Francisco. The movie introduced the song " You'll Never Know", which was sung by Alice Faye and won an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Although Faye never made an official recording of the song, it is often named as her signature song. ''Hello, Frisco, Hello'' was also nominated for an Academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Male Animal
''The Male Animal'' is a 1942 American comedy-drama film produced by Warner Bros., starring Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland and Joan Leslie. The film was based on a hit 1940 Broadway play of the same name written by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent. The screenplay was written by Stephen Morehouse Avery, Julius J. Epstein, and Philip G. Epstein, based on Nugent and Thurber's play. The film was also directed by Elliott Nugent. Plot Tommy Turner is an English teacher at football-crazed Midwestern University. Although he is uninvolved with the politics of the day, Tommy suddenly finds himself the center of a free-speech debate on campus. An editorial in a student magazine praises him for planning to read Bartolomeo Vanzetti's sentencing statement to his class as an example of eloquent composition, even in broken English composed by a non-professional. The school's conservative trustees, led by Ed Keller, threaten to fire Tommy if he doesn't withdraw the reading from hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roxie Hart (film)
''Roxie Hart'' (also known as ''Chicago'' or ''Chicago Gal'') is a 1942 American comedy film directed by William A. Wellman, and starring Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou and George Montgomery. A film adaptation of a 1926 play ''Chicago'' by Maurine Dallas Watkins, a journalist who found inspiration in two real-life Chicago trials ( Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner) she had covered for the press. The play had been adapted once prior, in a 1927 silent film. In 1975, a hit stage musical premiered, and was once more adapted as the Oscar-winning 2002 musical film. The screenplay by Nunnally Johnson focuses on a Chicago showgirl who confesses to a murder in hopes the publicity will help her faltering show business career. In the original play, and its other adaptations, Roxie was guilty but was acquitted. However, in order to conform to the Motion Picture Production Code, which regulated moral guidelines for Hollywood films at the time, this adaptation portrays Roxie as innoce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ball Of Fire
''Ball of Fire'' (also known as ''The Professor and the Burlesque Queen'') is a 1941 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The Samuel Goldwyn Productions film (originally distributed by RKO) concerns a group of professors laboring to write an encyclopedia and their encounter with a nightclub performer who provides her own unique knowledge. The supporting cast includes Oscar Homolka, S. Z. Sakall, Henry Travers, Richard Haydn, Dana Andrews, and Dan Duryea. In 2016, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress, and selected for preservation in its National Film Registry. In 1948, Hawks recycled the plot for a musical film, '' A Song Is Born'', this time starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo. Plot A group of professors, all bachelors except for one widower, have lived together for some years in a New York City residence, compiling an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
