|
Enrique Acosta
Enrique Acosta was a Mexican American movie actor. He appeared in multiple films from 1925 to 1947, such as "Don Q, Son of Zorro" (1925) and "A Message to Garcia" (1936). Early life Acosta emigrated with his family to Los Angeles, California, in the United States of America, from Mexico after 1910, to escape the violence created by the Mexican Revolution. His theater career began in Mexico, though there is not yet significant information. After he emigrated, Enrique Acosta, bilingual in English and Spanish, acted in many of Hal Roach's Spanish-language shorts in the early 20th century, as well as films where he spoke English. He lived with his three sons and wife, Josefa A Acosta, in Culver City near the Hal Roach studios. Some of his extended family resided in Playa del Rey, California—including his adult son, Joaquín Enrique Acosta Sr., and daughter in law, Catalina Ortiz Acosta, a pianist working with Juanita Roos, wife of Charles Roos in the Indianist Movement. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexican Americans
Mexican Americans ( es, mexicano-estadounidenses, , or ) are Americans of full or partial Mexican heritage. In 2019, Mexican Americans comprised 11.3% of the US population and 61.5% of all Hispanic and Latino Americans. In 2019, 71% of Mexican Americans were born in the United States, though they make up 53% of the total population of foreign-born Latino Americans and 25% of the total foreign-born population. The United States is home to the second-largest Mexican community in the world (24% of the entire Mexican-origin population of the world), behind only Mexico. Most Mexican Americans reside in the Southwest (over 60% in the states of California and Texas). Many Mexican Americans living in the United States have assimilated into American culture which has made some become less connected with their culture of birth (or of their parents/ grandparents) and sometimes creates an identity crisis. Most Mexican Americans have varying degrees of Indigenous and European ancestr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lights Of New York
''The Lights of New York'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Charles Brabin and starring Clarence Nordstrom, Margaret Seddon and Frank Currier.Solomon p.280 Cast * Clarence Nordstrom as Robert Reid * Margaret Seddon as Mrs. Reid * Frank Currier as Daniel Reid * Florence Short as Mary Miggs * Charles K. Gerrard as Jim Slade * Marc McDermott as Charles Redding * Estelle Taylor Ida Estelle Taylor (May 20, 1894 – April 15, 1958) was an American actress, singer, model, and animal rights activist. With "dark-brown, almost black hair and brown eyes," she was regarded as one of the most beautiful silent film stars of the 1 ... as Mrs. George Burton References Bibliography * Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2011. External links * 1922 films 1922 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Charles Brabin American silent feature films 1920s English-language films America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunder Below
''Thunder Below'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Richard Wallace, written by Sidney Buchman and Josephine Lovett, and starring Tallulah Bankhead, Charles Bickford, Paul Lukas, Eugene Pallette, Ralph Forbes and Leslie Fenton. It was released on June 17, 1932, by Paramount Pictures. Bankhead later said "For all Wallace’s divinity, for all my vitality, Thunder Below was a double-jointed dud, maudlin and messy." Cast *Tallulah Bankhead as Susan *Charles Bickford as Walt *Paul Lukas as Ken *Eugene Pallette as Bill Horner *Ralph Forbes as Davis *Leslie Fenton as Webb * James Finlayson as Scotty *Mona Rico Mona Rico was a Mexico-born American actress. Her films include ''Eternal Love'' (1929), ''Shanghai Lady'' (1929), ''A Devil With Women (1930)'', and ''Zorro Rides Again'' (1937). Career Born as Enriqueta de Valenzuela in Mexico City, Mexico, ... as Pajarita (uncredited) References External links * 1932 films American drama films 1932 drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pardon Us
''Pardon Us'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Laurel and Hardy film. It was the duo's first starring feature-length comedy film, produced by Hal Roach and Stan Laurel, directed by James Parrott, and originally distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1931. Plot As with its predecessor, '' Blotto'', the film is set during the Prohibition. The film starts with Stan and Ollie listing ingredients outside "Malt and Hops", a shop selling ingredients for brewing. Ollie says he is going to make 15 gallons of beer and Stan says "we can't drink 15 gallons". Ollie replies "what we can't drink we will sell". The film then cuts to Laurel and Hardy arriving in handcuffs at prison for concocting and selling their own home brew. They become prisoners 44633 and 44634. Stan's loose tooth gets him into trouble with the governor. As they are taken to their cell Stan says that two other inmates are Amos 'n' Andy. They are put in cell 14 with five other prisoners including "The Tiger" ( Walter Long), the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thus Is Life
''Thus is Life'' (Spanish: ''Así es la vida'') is a 1930 American Spanish language romantic comedy film directed by George Crone and starring José Bohr, Delia Magana and Lolita Vendrell. It was produced as the Spanish version of the English language film '' What a Man!'', also directed by Crone.Waldman, Harry & Slide, Anthony. ''Hollywood and the Foreign Touch: A Dictionary of Foreign Filmmakers and Their Films from America, 1910-1995''. Scarecrow Press, 1996. pp. 17-18. . In the early years of sound such multi-language versions were common, and only declined with the development of dubbing. Plot A British ex-Grenadier Guards officer moves to America, but struggles to find work. After he is employed as a chauffeur to a wealthy family, he falls in love with his employer's daughter. Cast *José Bohr as José Rolan *Delia Magaña as Luisa Franklyn *Lolita Vendrell as Blanca Franklyn *César Vanoni as Manuel *Enrique Acosta as Señor Franklyn *Marcela Nivón as Señora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estrellados
''Estrellados'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Salvador de Alberich and Edward Sedgwick, and written by Salvador de Alberich, Paul Dickey and Richard Schayer. The film stars Buster Keaton, Raquel Torres, Don Alvarado, María Calvo, Juan de Homs and Carlos Villarías. The film was released on July 7, 1930, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film serves as the Spanish-language version of '' Free and Easy''. Plot Cast * Buster Keaton as Canuto Cuadratin *Raquel Torres as Elvira Rosas *Don Alvarado as Larry Mitchell *María Calvo as La Mamà Rosas *Juan de Homs as Director *Carlos Villarías as Jack Collier *Lionel Barrymore as Himself *William Haines as Himself *John Miljan as Himself *Gwen Lee as Herself *Cecil B. DeMille as Himself *Fred Niblo Fred Niblo (born Frederick Liedtke; January 6, 1874 – November 11, 1948) was an American pioneer film actor, director and producer. Biography He was born Frederick Liedtke (several sources give "Frederico Nobile" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Owls (1930 Film)
''Night Owls'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code Laurel and Hardy short film. It was filmed in October and November 1929, and released January 4, 1930. Plot Police officer Edgar Kennedy is warned by his police chief to make arrests to stop a burglary epidemic on his patch or face the sack. Kennedy comes across vagrants Laurel and Hardy that night and persuades them to rob the chief's house to get in his boss's good books. The boys, believing it to be too dangerous, at first refuse. After Kennedy threatens them with ninety days on "the rockpile," and assures them he will get them released after they're caught, they agree to the ruse. Stan and Ollie encounter various problems but after various complications, the chief catches Kennedy with various valuables in his house, while the boys manage somehow to escape. International versions The film was also released in an alternate Spanish version, ''Ladrones'', expanded to nearly four reels in length instead of the English two reels. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whispering Sage
''Whispering Sage'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and written by Harold Shumate. It is based on the 1922 novel ''Whispering Sage'' by Harry Sinclair Drago and Joseph Noel. The film stars Buck Jones, Natalie Joyce, Émile Chautard, Carl Miller, Albert J. Smith and Joseph W. Girard. The film was released on March 20, 1927, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast * Buck Jones as Buck Kildare * Natalie Joyce as Mercedes * Émile Chautard as José Arastrade * Carl Miller as Esteban Bengoa * Albert J. Smith as Ed Fallows * Joseph W. Girard as Hugh Acklin * William Steele as Tom Kildare * Ellen Winston as Mrs. Kildare * Hazel Keener Hazel Keener (October 22, 1904 – August 7, 1979) was a motion picture actress from Fairbury, Illinois. She was raised in Davenport, Iowa. Keener won a national beauty contest sponsored by the Chicago Tribune and used her success to begin ... as Mercedes' Friend * Enrique Acosta as Old Pedro References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City
Holy Cross Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery at 5835 West Slauson Avenue in Culver City, California, operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese. It is partially in the Culver City city limits. Opened in 1939, Holy Cross comprises . It contains—amongst others—the graves and tombs of showbusiness professionals. Many celebrities are in the sections near "The Grotto" in the southwest part of the cemetery. Notable Burials A * Gypsy Abbott (1896–1952), actress * Jean Acker (1893–1978), actress, first wife of Rudolph Valentino * Frank Albertson (1909–1964), actor * Sara Allgood (1879–1950), actress * Cecilia Alvear (1939–2017), journalist * Ramsay Ames (1919–1998), actress * Tod Andrews (1914–1972), actor * Richard Arlen (1899–1976), actor * Henry Armetta (1888–1945), actor * Mary Astor (1906–1987), actress B * Fred Baczewski (1926–1976), Major League Baseball player * Joan Banks (1918–1998), actress * Sam Barry (1892–1950), Hall of Fame basketball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFI Catalog Of Feature Films
The ''AFI Catalog of Feature Films'', also known as the ''AFI Catalog'', is an ongoing project by the American Film Institute (AFI) to catalog all commercially-made and theatrically exhibited American motion pictures from the birth of cinema in 1893 to the present. It began as a series of hardcover books known as ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures'', and subsequently became an exclusively online filmographic database. Each entry in the catalog typically includes the film's title, physical description, production and distribution companies, production and release dates, cast and production credits, a plot summary, song titles, and notes on the film's history. The films are indexed by personal credits, production and distribution companies, year of release, and major and minor plot subjects. To qualify for the "Feature Films" volumes, a film must have been commercially produced either on American soil or by an American company. In accordance with the Inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck (; born Ruby Catherine Stevens; July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress, model and dancer. A stage, film, and television star, during her 60-year professional career she was known for her strong, realistic screen presence and versatility. She was a favorite of directors, including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang, and Frank Capra, and made 85 films in 38 years before turning to television. Orphaned at the age of four and partially raised in foster homes, she always worked. One of her directors, Jacques Tourneur, said of her, "She only lives for two things, and both of them are work." She made her debut on stage in the chorus as a Ziegfeld girl in 1923, at age 16, and within a few years was acting in plays. Her first lead role, which was in the hit ''Burlesque'' (1927), established her as a Broadway star. In 1929, she began acting in talking pictures. Frank Capra chose her for his romantic drama '' Ladies of Leisure'' (1930). This led to ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Message To Garcia (film)
''A Message to Garcia'' is a 1936 American adventure spy film directed by George Marshall and starring Wallace Beery, Barbara Stanwyck and John Boles. The film is inspired by the 1899 essay "A Message to Garcia" by Elbert Hubbard, loosely based on an incident during the ramp up to the Spanish–American War. The essay had previously been made into a 1916 silent film, also called ''A Message to Garcia''. In the story, U.S. Army Lieutenant Rowan, under cover, carries a secret message from President McKinley to General García, the leader of a rebellion against Spanish rule on the island of Cuba. Plot "Brooklyn Navy Yard 1898". The film opens with the Maine Incident in which an American warship blew up in Havana Harbor, allegedly following sabotage by Spain, triggering the outbreak of the Spanish–American War. President McKinley, wishing to make contact with General Calixto García, the leader of the Cuban War of Independence against Spain, summons a U.S. Army officer, First Lie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
