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Edward Sedgwick
Edward Sedgwick, Jr. (November 7, 1889 – May 7, 1953) was an American film director, screenwriter, writer, actor and film producer, producer. Early life He was born in Galveston, Texas, the son of Edward Sedgwick, Sr. and Josephine Walker, both stage actors. At the age of four, young Edward Sedgwick joined his show business family in what was then the Sedgwick Comedy Company, a vaudeville act, doing a "singing speciality". He played child parts and did vaudeville acts until he was seven, when he was given his first comedy part, that of an Irish immigrant, in a comedy written by his father called ''Just Over''. During this time, he was only on stage during the summer months. In winter his father took him back to Galveston and sent him to school. He graduated from St. Mary's University of Galveston, and was then sent to the List of defunct military academies in the United States, Peacock Military Academy in San Antonio, from which he graduated with the rank of first lieutena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galveston, Texas
Galveston ( ) is a Gulf Coast of the United States, coastal resort town, resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island (Texas), Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas. The community of , with a population of 53,695 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, is the county seat of surrounding Galveston County, Texas, Galveston County and second-largest municipality in the county. It is also within the Greater Houston, Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area at its southern end on the northwestern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Galveston, or Galvez's town, was named after 18th-century Spanish military and political leader Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez, Bernardo de Gálvez, 1st Count of Gálvez (1746–1786), who was born in Macharaviaya, Málaga, in the Kingdom of Spain. Galveston's first European settlements on the Galveston Island were built around 1816 by Kingdom of France, French pirate Louis-Miche ... [...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] |
Jack Haley
John Joseph Haley Jr. (August 10, 1898 – June 6, 1979) was an American actor, comedian, dancer, radio host, singer, drummer and vaudevillian. He was best known for his portrayal of the Tin Man and his farmhand counterpart Hickory in the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film '' The Wizard of Oz''. Early life Haley was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 10, 1898 (although some sources say 1897). His Canadian father John Joseph Haley Sr. was a waiter by trade, and later a ship's steward. He died in the wreck of the schooner ''Charles A. Briggs'' at Nahant, Massachusetts on February 1, 1898, aged 31, before Jack was born. He had one older brother, William Anthony "Bill" Haley, a musician, who developed pneumonia which caused tuberculosis, and he died in 1915 at the age of twenty. Career Haley headlined in vaudeville as a song-and-dance comedian. One of his closest friends was Fred Allen, who would frequently mention "Mr. Jacob Haley of Newton Highlands, Massachusetts" on the air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pick A Star
''Pick a Star'' is a 1937 American musical comedy film starring Rosina Lawrence, Jack Haley, Patsy Kelly and Mischa Auer, directed by Edward Sedgwick, produced by Hal Roach and released through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and filmed by Norbert Brodine. A reworking of Buster Keaton's first talkie, '' Free and Easy'', the film is mostly remembered today for two short scenes featuring Laurel and Hardy. The film was reissued as ''Movie Struck'' by Astor Pictures in 1954. Plot Cecelia (Rosina Lawrence) enters a talent show in Waterloo, Kansas with the promise that the winner will be given a part in a movie. Cecilia wins but never receives her prize because the organizer (Russell Hicks) has run off with the cash. The emcee, Joe Jenkins (Jack Haley), feels partly responsible for her disappointment and promises Cecilia that he will go to Hollywood to launch her career as a movie star. He sells his garage and moves to Hollywood, but is only able to find a job bussing tables at a local nigh ... [...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] |
What! No Beer?
''What! No Beer?'' is a 1933 Pre-Code comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante. MGM had also paired Keaton and Durante as a comedy team during this period in ''The Passionate Plumber'' and '' Speak Easily''. Plot It's an election year, with the possible end of Prohibition in sight. Taxidermist Elmer J. Butts (Buster Keaton) goes to a "dry" rally, where he follows the beautiful Hortense (Phyllis Barry) and her bootlegger boyfriend Butch Lorado (John Miljan) into the meeting hall. The next day, barber Jimmy Potts (Jimmy Durante), driving a car covered in pro-booze stickers, convinces Elmer to vote wet. They go to the polls, causing confusion and wrecking the voting booths. Jimmy tells Elmer his million-dollar idea: making their own beer for a thirsty public. Elmer wants to be rich, too, so he can marry Hortense – and he has $10,000 hidden in his stuffed animals—so he buys a derelict brewery. Elmer and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speak Easily
''Speak Easily'' is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, and Thelma Todd, and directed by Edward Sedgwick. Keaton and Durante were again paired in '' The Passionate Plumber'' and '' What! No Beer?'' Keaton later used many of the physical gags he created for this film when he wrote (uncredited) gags for the Marx Brothers '' A Night At The Opera.''. Plot Professor Timoleon Zanders Post is a shy Classics professor at Potts College, who has lived a sheltered life and has little experience of life outside of academia. Feeling that the professor should see more of the real world, his assistant Jenkins tricks the professor into thinking that he has inherited $750,000, allowing the professor to leave academia at last. Boarding a train bound for New York City, Prof. Post encounters James, the manager of a dancing troupe that has an engagement in the backwater town of Fish's Switch. The professor becomes infatuated with one of the dancers, Pansy P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parlor, Bedroom And Bath (1931 Film)
''Parlor, Bedroom and Bath'' is an American pre-Code comedy film starring Buster Keaton, released by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer in 1931. It was Keaton's third talking picture after his successful silent career. The film was released in the United Kingdom as ''Romeo in Pyjamas''. Two foreign-language versions were made at the same time: ''Buster se marie'' in French, and ''Casanova wider Willen'' in German. It is the remake of a 1920 film of the same name, based on the play by Charles William Bell and Mark Swan, which opened on Broadway in New York City on Christmas Eve, 1917 and ran for 232 performances. ''Parlor, Bedroom and Bath'' was filmed partly at Keaton's own house. The film is in the public domain due to the copyright not being renewed. Plot Jeffrey Haywood ( Reginald Denny) wants to marry Virginia "Ginny" Embrey (Sally Eilers). However, Ginny refuses to marry unless her older sister, the hard-to-please Angelica (Dorothy Christy) marries first as she's afraid that Angelica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doughboys (1930 Film)
''Doughboys'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film starring Buster Keaton. It was Keaton's second starring talkie vehicle and has been called Keaton's "most successful sound Picture." A Spanish-language version was also made under the title, ''De Frente, Marchen.'' Plot Elmer (Buster Keaton), a member of the idle rich, is smitten by working girl Mary (Sally Eilers), who will have nothing to do with him. When Elmer's chauffeur gets caught up in an army recruitment drive and quits, Elmer goes to an employment agency to find a new driver and accidentally enlists in the army. Elmer learns that Mary is on the base to entertain the troops and learns that his drill sergeant, Brophy (Edward Brophy), is also interested in Mary. Cast * Buster Keaton as Elmer * Sally Eilers as Mary * Cliff Edwards as Nescopeck * Edward Brophy as Sgt. Brophy * Victor Potel as Svendenburg * Arnold Korff as Gustav * Frank Mayo as Captain Scott * Pitzy Katz as Abie Cohn * William Steele as Lieutenant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free And Easy (1930 Film)
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Spite Marriage
''Spite Marriage'' is a 1929 American silent comedy film co-directed by Buster Keaton and Edward Sedgwick and starring Keaton and Dorothy Sebastian. It is the second film Keaton made for MGM and his last silent film, although he had wanted it to be a "talkie" or full sound film. While the production has no recorded dialogue, it does feature an accompanying synchronized score and recorded laughter, applause, and other sound effects. Keaton later wrote gags for some up-and-coming MGM stars like Red Skelton, and recycled many gags from ''Spite Marriage'', some shot-for-shot, for Skelton's 1943 film '' I Dood It.'' Plot Elmer, always seen at the theater in imposing formal dress, is really a humble worker in a dry cleaning establishment. (Elmer's full name isn't mentioned in the narrative, but a newspaper story near the end identifies him as "Elmer Gantry.") He idolizes stage actress Trilby Drew and goes to see her performances all the time, pretending to be a wealthy admirer. T ... [...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] |
