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George Magrill
George Magrill (January 5, 1900 – May 31, 1952) was an American film actor who appeared in more than 320 films between 1923 and 1952. Magrill performed on stage before he began to work in films. Besides his acting, Magrill worked as a stunt man in films. He also served in the Navy and became a lightweight boxing champion in that service branch. Magrill was born in Brooklyn, New York, was married to Ramona Oliver, and had a daughter named Marilynn. On May 31, 1952, Magrill died in Los Angeles, California. Partial filmography *''The Eagle's Talons'' (1923) *''North of Nevada'' (1924) *'' The Mask of Lopez'' (1924) *''Stolen Secrets'' (1924) * '' Duped'' (1925) *'' Wild Horse Mesa'' (1925) - Bert Manerube *''Lord Jim'' (1925) *''The Enchanted Hill'' (1926) * ''The Windjammer'' (1926) *''Snowed In'' (1926) *''The Cyclone Cowboy'' (1927) *''Roarin' Broncs'' (1927) *''Ride 'em High'' (1927) *'' The Desert of the Lost'' (1927) *'' Hawk of the Hills'' (1927, Serial) *''The Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, behind New York County (Manhattan). Brooklyn is also New York City's most populous borough,2010 Gazetteer for New York State United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 18, 2016. with 2,736,074 residents in 2020. Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen, Brooklyn is located on the western portion of Long Island and shares a border with the borough of Queens. It has several bridge and tunnel connections to the borough of |
Hawk Of The Hills (1927 Serial)
''Hawk of the Hills'' is a 1927 American silent Western film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet. Cast * Allene Ray as Mary * Walter Miller as Laramie * James Robert Chandler as Clyde Selby * Jack Ganzhorn as Henry Selby * Frank Lackteen as The Hawk * Paul Panzer as Manson * Wally Oettel as Shorty * Harry Semels as Sheckard * Jack Pratt as Colonel Jennings * J. Parks Jones as Lieutenant MacCready * Frederick Dana as Larry * John T. Prince as The Hermit * Whitehorse (as Chief Whitehorse) * George Magrill * Evangeline Russell as Indian Maiden * Chief Yowlachie as Chief Long Hand See also * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio This is a list of film serials by studio, separated into those released by each of the five major studios, and the remaining minor studios. The five major studios produced the greater number of serials. Of these the main studios are consider ... References External links * 1927 films 1927 Western (genre) films A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco (1936 Film)
''San Francisco'' is a 1936 musical-drama disaster film directed by W. S. Van Dyke, based on the April 18, 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The film stars Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald and Spencer Tracy. MacDonald's singing helped make this film a major hit, coming on the heels of her other 1936 blockbuster, '' Rose Marie''. Plot On New Year's Eve, 1905, saloon keeper "Blackie" Norton hires Mary Blake to sing in his bar, the ''Paradise Club'' on Pacific Street in the notorious Barbary Coast of San Francisco. Mary becomes a star attraction at the ''Paradise'', especially for her signature tune, "San Francisco". Blackie's friend Matt predicts that Mary will not stay long on the "Coast". Blackie decides to run for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors at the behest of his childhood friend Father Tim Mullen, who believes Blackie can use the supervisor position to implement reform. Mary is hired by the Tivoli Opera House on Market Street, where she becomes involved with Nob Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Little Beers
''Three Little Beers'' is a 1935 short subject directed by Del Lord starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 11th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959. Plot Gainfully employed in the delivery department of the Panther Pilsner Beer company (a reference to the derogatory slang term, characterizing poor quality beer as "panther piss"), the Stooges go through several mishaps while loading the back of their truck with a six-barrel tall stack of beer barrels. After learning of a golf tournament their company is sponsoring, in which cash prizes will be awarded, the boys quickly drive off to the Rancho Golf Club to improve their golfing skills. To gain access, they impersonate reporters by using knobs torn from bathroom fixtures as press badges. The ruse barely succeeds—Moe's and Larry's are marked "press", but Curly's r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Phantom Empire
''The Phantom Empire'' is a 1935 American Western serial film directed by Otto Brower and B. Reeves Eason and starring Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, and Betsy King Ross.Magers 2007, p. 21. This 12-chapter Mascot Pictures serial combined the Western, musical and fantasy genres. The first episode is 30 minutes, the rest about 20 minutes. The serial film is about a singing cowboy who stumbles upon an ancient subterranean civilization living beneath his own ranch that becomes corrupted by unscrupulous greedy speculators from the surface. In 1940, a 70-minute feature film edited from the serial was released under the titles ''Radio Ranch'' or ''Men with Steel Faces''. This was Gene Autry's first starring role, playing himself as a singing cowboy.Magers 2007, p. 22. Plot Gene Autry (Gene Autry) is a singing cowboy who runs Radio Ranch, a dude ranch from which he makes a daily live radio broadcast at 2:00 pm. Gene has two kid sidekicks, Frankie Baxter ( Frankie Darro) and Betsy Bax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Merry Widow (1934 Film)
''The Merry Widow'' is a 1934 film adaptation of the 1905 operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár. The film was directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald with a supporting cast featuring Edward Everett Horton, Una Merkel, Sterling Holloway, Donald Meek, Jason Robards Sr. and Akim Tamiroff. A French- language version was produced at the same time and released in France the same year as ''La Veuve joyeuse'' with some but not all of the same cast (Chevalier, MacDonald, and Tamiroff appear in both versions). Lorenz Hart and Gus Kahn wrote new English lyrics for some Lehar songs under the musical direction of Herbert Stothart. Plot Playboy Captain Danilo (Maurice Chevalier) is ordered by King Achmet of Marshovia ( George Barbier) to court and marry Madame Sonia (Jeanette MacDonald), a rich widow who owns a large portion of the kingdom. Cast English * Maurice Chevalier as Captain Danilo * Jeanette MacDonald as Madame Sonia / Fifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl From Missouri
''The Girl from Missouri'' (originally called ''Born to Be Kissed'') is a 1934 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Jean Harlow and Franchot Tone. The movie was written by Anita Loos and directed by Jack Conway. Plot Eadie (Jean Harlow) lives in Kansas City, working as a waitress-slash-dance partner at a beer joint owned by her abusive stepfather. She runs away to New York City with her man-hungry friend Kitty ( Patsy Kelly). On the train, she tells Kitty that she has ideals and plans to marry a somebody so she can accomplish something worthwhile. A millionaire seems just right to her. Any millionaire. She lands a job as one of the chorus girls entertaining guests at a stag party at the mansion of wealthy Frank Cousins (Lewis Stone). There, she manages to see Cousins alone; knowing he is about to commit suicidae over unplayable debts, he offers her expensive gifts, including a pair of expensive star ruby cufflinks, but she refuses to accept them until they become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Kong (1933 Film)
''King Kong'' is a 1933 American pre-Code adventure fantasy horror monster film directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack. The screenplay by James Ashmore Creelman and Ruth Rose was developed from an idea conceived by Cooper and Edgar Wallace. It stars Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong and Bruce Cabot, and tells the story of a giant ape dubbed Kong who attempts to possess a beautiful young woman. It features stop-motion animation by Willis O'Brien and a music score by Max Steiner. It is the first entry in the King Kong franchise. ''King Kong'' opened in New York City on March 2, 1933, to rave reviews, and has since been ranked by Rotten Tomatoes as the greatest horror film of all time and the fifty-sixth greatest film of all time. In 1991, it was deemed "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. A sequel, titled '' Son of Kong'', was fast-tracked and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mystery Squadron
''The Mystery Squadron'' (aka ''Mystery Squadron'') is a 1933 American pre-Code 12-chapter Mascot film serial, directed by Colbert Clark and David Howard. The film was produced by Nat Levine, and stars Western star Bob Steele, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Lucile Browne, Purnell Pratt and Jack Mulhall. ''The Mystery Squadron'' made an impressive use of a great deal of aerial footage to enliven the action. Plot At an air show, ace flyers Fred Cromwell ( Bob Steele) and his partner, Bill "Jelly Bean" Cook ( Guinn "Big Boy" Williams) perform aerial feats that prove they are the greatest aviators around. A dam being built by Stephen Gray (Lafe McKee), the owner of a construction firm, comes under attack from the mysterious pilot, the "Black Ace", and his "Mystery Squadron" of pilots. With Gray facing financial ruin, he asks Henry Davis ( Jack Mulhall), the dam's foreman and ex-stunt pilot to hire Fred and Bill. The identity of the Black Ace is so secret that it is even conc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Man (1932 Film)
''The Last Man'' is a 1932 American mystery film directed by Howard Higgin and starring Charles Bickford, Constance Cummings and Alec B. Francis.Fetrow p.346 Cast * Charles Bickford as Bannister * Constance Cummings as Marian * Alec B. Francis as Mr. Wingate * Alan Roscoe as Marsden * Robert Ellis as English Charlie * James Wang as Won-Le-Ton * William A. Williams a s. Gibbs * Jack Carlyle as 1st Mate of the Glencoe * John Eberts as Egyptian Spy * Kit Guard as 1st Mate of the Ballentyne * Edward LeSaint as Captain of the Glencoe * George Magrill George Magrill (January 5, 1900 – May 31, 1952) was an American film actor who appeared in more than 320 films between 1923 and 1952. Magrill performed on stage before he began to work in films. Besides his acting, Magrill worked as a s ... as 2nd Mate of the Ballentyne * Hal Price as Captain of the Ballentyne * Jack Richardson as Doctor * Albert J. Smith as Halborn * Robert St. Angelo as Joe * Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lost Special (serial)
''The Lost Special'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code Universal movie serial based on the 1898 short story " The Lost Special" by Arthur Conan Doyle. This adaptation deleted all references to Doyle's Sherlock Holmes character, and moved events to the American Old West. This was the 84th serial (and the 16th serial with sound) to be released by Universal. Plot overview A special train carrying gold bullion is hijacked on its way from the Golconda Mine. Laying down portable tracks, the bandits take the train off the main line, hide it in an abandoned mine shaft, steal the gold, and eradicate their makeshift tracks, leaving a mystery in their wake. Part owner of the mine, Potter Hood, and the railroad president, Horace Moore, search for the mysteriously disappeared train and gold. They are unaware, however, that the criminals are working secretly for Sam Slater, the other partner in the gold mine, who wants to sabotage mine operations enough that he can take over completely. Potter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Galloping Ghost (serial)
''The Galloping Ghost'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Mascot serial film co-directed by B. Reeves Eason and Benjamin H. Kline. The title is the nickname of the star, real life American football player Red Grange. Lon Chaney Jr. had a small uncredited part in it as a henchman. Plot Red Grange is thrown off the Clay College football team in disgrace when his friend, Buddy Courtland, takes a bribe to throw the big game and Red attacks him. Red then proceeds to investigate and hunt down the head of the gambling ring responsible. Red eventually clears his name and both he and Buddy are reinstated on the team. Cast * Harold 'Red' Grange as Red Grange, Clay College football star * Ralph Bushman as Buddy Courtland *Dorothy Gulliver as Barbara Courtland (Red's girlfriend) *Tom Dugan as Jerry, Red's sidekick * Gwen Lee as Irene Courtland, Buddy's wife *Theodore Lorch as Dr. Julian Blake, brain surgeon * Walter Miller as George Elton * Edward Hearn as Coach Harlow *Edward Peil, Sr. as C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
