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Flavia Arcaro
Flavia Arcaro (June 22, 1876 – April 8, 1937) was an American stage and silent film actress. She is known for her roles in the silent film '' The Naggers on Four Wheels- No Brakes'' (1932) and also in a play ''Dearest Enemy'' (1925). She starred as Madame Leontine in the 1912 Broadway musical '' The Man from Cook's''. Filmography *''Come to Dinner'' (Short) (1934) as Carlotta Prance *''Fifi'' (Short) (1933) a part of the series ''Broadway Brevities Broadway Brevities are two-reel (17–21 minutes long) musical and dramatic film shorts produced by Warner Bros. between 1931 and 1943. The series continued as Warner Specials in later years. Overview Other titles used for these black and white ...'' *'' The Naggers on Four Wheels- No Brakes'' (1932) *''Paying the Price'' (Short) (1916) as Vera Desmond *''The Secret Agent'' (Short) (1916) as Mrs. Vanderlind *''The Ace of Death'' (Short) (1915) as Theresa *''The Devil's Darling'' (Short) (1915) *''Sunshine and Tempest'' (Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico, Texas
Mexico is a historical unincorporated community, in Hunt County, Texas, United States, near the shores of Lake Tawakoni Lake Tawakoni ( ) is a reservoir located in Northeast Texas, about east of Dallas. It lies within three Texas counties, Hunt, Rains, and Van Zandt. It is used for water supply and recreation. It is under the Sabine River Authority of Texas and .... References Unincorporated communities in Texas Unincorporated communities in Hunt County, Texas {{HuntCountyTX-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the most populated subnational entity in North America and the 34th most populous in the world. The Greater Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions respectively, with the former having more than 18.7million residents and the latter having over 9.6million. Sacramento is the state's capital, while Los Angeles is the most populous city in the state and the second most populous city in the country. San Francisco is the second most densely populated major city in the country. Los Angeles County is the country's most populous, while San Bernardino County is the largest county by area in the country. California borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Naggers
''The Naggers'' was a series of 18 film short films produced by Warner Brothers at the Vitaphone studio in Brooklyn, New York. These featured Jack Norworth and Dorothy Adelphi as an arguing husband and wife in a variety of domestic settings. This basic premise predated the popular radio series ''The Bickersons'' and many future TV marital comedies. Overview Often listed in the trade magazines as either part of the Vitaphone Varieties or "Pepper Pots", these black and white comedies averaged 7 to 10 minutes in length. Jack Norworth was a songwriter and ex-husband of the famous Nora Bayes, both subjects of a later Warner feature, '' Shine On, Harvest Moon'' (1944).Liebman, Roy. Liebman. ''Vitaphone Films – A Catalogue of the Features and Shorts''. 2003. McFarland & Company. p. 376 He teamed with his then-wife Dorothy Adelphi in a pilot film, ''Odds and Ends'', released in May 1929 as part of the Vitaphone Varieties. Norworth also had appeared in a few other films for Warner-Vitap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dearest Enemy
''Dearest Enemy'' is a musical with a book by Herbert Fields, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and music by Richard Rodgers. This was the first of eight book musicals written by the songwriting team of Rodgers and Hart and writer Herbert Fields, and the first of more than two dozen Rodgers and Hart Broadway musicals. The musical takes place in 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, when Mary Lindley Murray detained British troops long enough in Manhattan to give George Washington time to move his vulnerable troops. Production and background Hart got the idea for the musical from a plaque in Manhattan about Murray. He, Rodgers and Fields first took their musical to Fields' father, Lew Fields, to produce, but he declined, thinking a Revolutionary War story would not be commercial.Green, Stanley. ''The world of musical comedy'' (1984), Da Capo Press, , pp 116-117 At the time, Rodgers and Hart were unknown young songwriters, but in May 1925, they wrote songs for a charity revue, ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man From Cook's
''The Man from Cook's'' is a musical with music by Raymond Hubbell and a book and lyrics by Henry Blossom. Based on a story by Maurice Ordonneau, it is set in the cities of Paris and Naples. The work premiered on Broadway on March 25, 1912, at the New Amsterdam Theatre. It closed April 20, 1912 after 32 performances. The original cast included Walter Percival as Prince Victor de Champagnax, Eleanor Pendleton as Estelle Dubois, Flavia Arcaro as Madame Leontine, Fred Walton as Toto Soulard, Leslie Kenyon as Lord Fitz-Bertie Baffingfone, John Daly Murphy as Zachary Benton, Stella Hoban as Marjorie Benton, Marion Murray as Mrs. Benton, William Pinkham as both Leonard de Biron and Pietro, John J. Dempsey as T. Laurence O'Donnell, Frances Rubens as Mariette, Bessie Durant as Louise, Josephine Harriman as Paula, Daisy Rudd as Marie, Rene Thornton as Floria, J.T. Chaillee as Chauffeur Giacommetti, W. Hobart as Wilhelm, Adele Kornau as Jeanne, and Fred A. Bishop as Johnson. Plot The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Brevities
Broadway Brevities are two-reel (17–21 minutes long) musical and dramatic film shorts produced by Warner Bros. between 1931 and 1943. The series continued as Warner Specials in later years. Overview Other titles used for these black and white two-reel films included “Vitaphone Musicals”, “Broadway Headliners”, “Presentation Revue” (for a couple 1938 releases) and “Blue Ribbon Comedy” for a trio featuring Elsa Maxwell. Usually the trade periodicals grouped them as “Broadway Brevities” for easier marketing purposes. Many of these glossy productions, a few winning Academy Awards, featured dance spectaculars and mini-dramas with top Broadway theatre or Warner studio stars; famous names included Russ Columbo, Ruth Etting, Hal Le Roy, Bob Hope and Red Skelton. They were filmed at the Vitaphone studio in Brooklyn, New York until 1939, with Samuel Sax as a key producer. Production then moved to Burbank, California. By the forties, an increasing number were of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Plunderer (1915 Film)
''The Plunderer'' is a 1915 American film directed by Edgar Lewis based on a 1912 mining novel by Roy Norton. The cast features William Farnum and Harry Spingler as honest miners and Claire Whitney as love interest Joan, daughter of a dishonest miner literally undermining their claim. Cast Production ''The Plunderer'' was filmed on location in Dahlonega, Georgia, site of the 1829 Georgia Gold Rush The Georgia Gold Rush was the second significant gold rush in the United States and the first in Georgia, and overshadowed the previous rush in North Carolina. It started in 1829 in present-day Lumpkin County near the county seat, Dahlonega, a .... References External links * 1915 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Fox Film films Films directed by Edgar Lewis 1910s American films {{1910s-US-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1876 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin. ** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol. * February 2 – The National League, National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs is formed at a meeting in Chicago; it replaces the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. Morgan Bulkeley of the Hartford Dark Blues is selected as the league's first president. * February 2 – Third Carlist War – Battle of Montejurra: The new commander General Fernando Primo de Rivera marches on the remaining Carlist stronghold at Estella-Lizarra, Estella, where he meets a force of about 1,600 men under General Carlos Calderón, at nearby Montejurra. After a courageous and costly defence, Calderón is forced to withdraw. * February 14 – Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray. * February 19 – Third Carlist War: Government troops under General Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 20 – Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first time that the United States presidential inauguration occurs on this date; the change is due to the ratification in 1933 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and assassinate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Stage Actresses
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