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Gertrude Michael
Lillian Gertrude Michael (June 1, 1911 – December 31, 1964), sometimes nicknamed Beck Michael, was an American film, stage and television actress. Biography Lillian Gertrude Michael was born in Talladega, Alabama to Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Michael. She graduated from Talladega High school at the age of 14. In her youth, she played piano and organ, and she began Little Theatres in two communities. She became a singer on the radio. Michael attended the University of Alabama, where she studied law, and Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, pursuing a study of music. Then she went to the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music to continue studying music. Her work there earned her a scholarship for studying five years in Italy. In 1929 in Cincinnati, she made her stage debut in the Stuart Walker stock theater company. She appeared on Broadway in Rachel Crothers' ''Caught Wet'' (1931). She entered the movies playing Richard Arlen's fiancée in ''Wayward'' (1932), but her b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talladega, Alabama
Talladega (, also ) is the county seat of Talladega County, Alabama, United States. It was incorporated in 1835. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 15,861. Talladega is approximately east of one of the state's largest cities, Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham. The city is home to the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind and the Talladega Municipal Airport, a public general aviation airport. The Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega College and the International Motorsports Hall of Fame are located nearby. The First National Bank of Talladega (now First Bank of Alabama) is the oldest bank in the State of Alabama, being founded in 1848. Etymology The name Talladega is derived from a Muscogee language, a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native American language of the Muscogee. It comes from the word ''Tvlvtēke'', from Muscogee ''tvlwv'', meaning "town", and ''vtēke'', meaning "border", indicating its location on the border between Muscogee an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unashamed (film)
''Unashamed'' is a 1932 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Harry Beaumont, written by Bayard Veiller and starring Helen Twelvetrees, Robert Young, Lewis Stone, Jean Hersholt, John Miljan and Monroe Owsley. It was released on July 2, 1932 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film, as well as the same year's '' Two Against the World'', is based on a Philadelphia society "honor killing" committed by Eddie Allen. Plot Cast * Helen Twelvetrees as Joan Ogden * Robert Young as Dick Ogden * Lewis Stone as Henry Trask * Jean Hersholt as Heinrich Schmidt * John Miljan as District Attorney Harris * Monroe Owsley as Harry Swift * Robert Warwick as Mr. Ogden * Gertrude Michael as Marjorie * Wilfrid North as Judge Ambrose * Thomas E. Jackson as Captain Timothy Riorden * Louise Beavers as Amanda Jones * Herman Bing as Hans (unaccredited) Reception Toronto's '' The Globe'' noted that the film "wove many new and modern angles into a strange gripping story." ''The Spokesman-Review ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Notorious Sophie Lang
''The Notorious Sophie Lang'' is a 1934 American crime drama film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Gertrude Michael, Paul Cavanagh and Alison Skipworth. The title character is a beautiful international jewel thief who returns to the United States after five years in Britain, but the American detectives set a trap. ''The Notorious Sophie Lang'' is the first of three Sophie Lang pictures with Gertrude Michael, each with a different director. The others are '' The Return of Sophie Lang'' (1936) and '' Sophie Lang Goes West'' (1937). Plot Cast * Gertrude Michael as Sophie Lang * Paul Cavanagh as Max Bernard/Sir Nigel Crane * Arthur Byron as Inspector Stone * Alison Skipworth as Aunt Nellie * Leon Errol as Stubbs * Ben Taggart as Captain Thompson * Ferdinand Gottschalk as Augustus Telfen * Dell Henderson as House Detective * Jack Mulhall John Joseph Francis Mulhall (October 7, 1887 – June 1, 1979) was an American film actor beginning in the silent film era who successf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder On The Blackboard
''Murder on the Blackboard'' is a 1934 American pre-Code mystery/comedy film starring Edna May Oliver as schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers and James Gleason as Police Inspector Oscar Piper. Together, they investigate a murder at Withers' school. It was based on the novel of the same name by Stuart Palmer. It features popular actor Bruce Cabot in one of his first post-''King Kong'' roles, as well as Gertrude Michael, Regis Toomey, and Edgar Kennedy. ''Murder on the Blackboard'' was the second of three films teaming Oliver and Gleason as Withers and Piper, following ''The Penguin Pool Murder'' and preceding '' Murder on a Honeymoon''. Director George Archainbaud also directed the first film in the series.Smith, Richard Harland"Murder on the Blackboard" (article)on TCM.com Plot Miss Withers discovers the dead body of her colleague, music teacher Louise Halloran, in a schoolroom. She summons her old friend, Inspector Oscar Piper, but by the time he arrives, the corpse has disappeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Witching Hour (1934 Film)
''The Witching Hour'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code drama film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Sir Guy Standing, John Halliday (actor), John Halliday, Judith Allen and Tom Brown (actor), Tom Brown. Plot While Jack Brookfield runs a gambling gathering at night in his Kentucky house, his daughter Nancy is frequently visited by and becomes engaged to young Northern architect Clay Thorne. His mother, an old friend of Brookfield's, arrives from Baltimore to save her son from the vice of gambling, but when Brookfield shows her her son and his daughter in the garden, she is delighted. Brookfield announces to the gentlemen that for that evening the gambling is over early, due to a feeling he has. After everybody has left, Brookfield's old friend (and customer) Lew Ellinger proposes playing poker. Brookfield answers he is not a gambler, but Ellinger deals the cards anyway. To his astonishment, Brookfield tells him exactly what he has in his hand. When it is repe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Believed In You
''I Believed in You'' is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Irving Cummings and written by William M. Conselman. The film stars Rosemary Ames, John Boles, Victor Jory, Gertrude Michael, George Meeker and Leslie Fenton. The film was released on February 23, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation. Plot Cast * Rosemary Ames as True Merrill * John Boles as Michael Harrison *Victor Jory as Jim Crowl *Gertrude Michael as Pamela Banks *George Meeker as Saracen Jones *Leslie Fenton as Russell Storm *Joyzelle Joyner as Vavara *Jed Prouty as Joe Long *Morgan Wallace as Oliver Lang *Luis Alberni as Giacomo * Frederik Vogeding as Reno * Walter Walker as Lacy * Arthur Housman as Jerry Hartman * Louise Beavers as Prisoner * Robert Walker as Detective * Ferdinand Gottschalk as Musician * Wini Shaw as Crowl's Girlfriend * Kay Hammond as Poetess * Gilbert Emery as Pamela's Friend * Lenita Lane as Novelist * Vadim Uraneff as Candy Vendor * Niles Welch as Painter * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hold That Girl
''Hold That Girl'' is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and written by Dudley Nichols and Lamar Trotti. The film stars James Dunn, Claire Trevor, Alan Edwards, Gertrude Michael, John Davidson and Robert McWade. The film was released on March 24, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation. Cast * James Dunn as Barney Sullivan * Claire Trevor as Tonie Bellamy *Alan Edwards as Tom Mallory *Gertrude Michael as Dorothy Lamont * John Davidson as Ackroyd *Robert McWade Robert McWade (January 25, 1872 – January 19, 1938), was an American stage and film actor. Biography McWade was born in Buffalo, New York. He was the third actor named Robert McWade, after his father and grandfather. In 1902, McWade debut ... as McCloy * Effie Ellsler as Grandmother *Jay Ward as Warren References External links * 1930s feminist films 1934 films Fox Film films American comedy films 1934 comedy films Films directed by Hamilton MacFadden American black-and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George White's Scandals
''George White's Scandals'' were a long-running string of Broadway revues produced by George White that ran from 1919–1939, modeled after the ''Ziegfeld Follies''. The "Scandals" launched the careers of many entertainers, including W. C. Fields, the Three Stooges, Ray Bolger, Helen Morgan, Ethel Merman, Ann Miller, Eleanor Powell, Bert Lahr and Rudy Vallée. Louise Brooks, Dolores Costello, Barbara Pepper, and Alice Faye got their show business start as lavishly (or scantily) dressed chorus girls strutting to the "Scandal Walk". Much of George Gershwin's early work appeared in the 1920–24 editions of ''Scandals.'' The Black Bottom, danced by ''Ziegfeld Follies'' star Ann Pennington and Tom Patricola, touched off a national dance craze. ''George White's Scandals'' is also the name of several movies set within the ''Scandals'', all of which focus primarily on the show's acts, with a thin backstage plot stringing them all together. The best known of these was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolero (1934 Film)
''Bolero'' is a 1934 American pre-Code musical drama film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring George Raft and Carole Lombard. The Paramount production was a rare chance for Raft to play a dancer, which had been his profession in New York City, rather than portraying a gangster. The film takes its title from the Maurice Ravel composition ''Boléro'' (1928). The supporting cast includes William Frawley, Ray Milland and Sally Rand. Plot In 1910 New York, Raoul De Baere is a coal miner who wants to be a dancer and tries to persuade his brother Mike to manage him. He dreams of moving to Europe and opening a nightclub in Paris. He does not fare well until he teams with a female partner, Lucy, and they make a success dancing at a beer garden in New Jersey. Lucy is attracted to Raoul but he does not want to mix business with pleasure. Raoul travels to Paris, where he makes a living dancing with elderly women in nightclubs. He finds a dance partner, Leona, and they dance as a tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Search For Beauty
Searching may refer to: Music * " Searchin", a 1957 song originally performed by The Coasters * "Searching" (China Black song), a 1991 song by China Black * "Searchin" (CeCe Peniston song), a 1993 song by CeCe Peniston * " Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man)", a 1983 dance song by Hazell Dean * "Searching" (INXS song), a 1997 song by INXS * "Searching" (Pete Rock & CL Smooth song), a 1995 song from the Pete Rock & CL Smooth album ''The Main Ingredient'' * ''Searching'', a 2013 album by Jay Diggins * "Searching", a 1980 single by Change * "Searching", a 2004 song by Joe Satriani from his album '' Is There Love in Space?'' * "Searchin", a 1981 song on the Blackfoot album ''Marauder'' * "Searching", a 1976 song by Lynyrd Skynyrd from the album '' Gimme Back My Bullets'' * "Searching", a 1976 song by Roy Ayers from the album '' Vibrations'' * "Searchin", a 2003 song by Brant Bjork from the album '' Keep Your Cool'' * "Searchin", a 1996 song by Eminem from his album '' Infinite'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cradle Song (1933 Film)
''Cradle Song'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen in his directorial debut, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Dorothea Wieck and Evelyn Venable. It is based on the 1911 play of the same name by Gregorio Martínez Sierra. ''Cradle Song'' was Dorothea Wieck's first American film. Cast *Dorothea Wieck as Joanna *Evelyn Venable as Teresa * Guy Standing as Doctor *Louise Dresser as Prioress *Kent Taylor as Antonio *Gertrude Michael as Marcella *Georgia Caine as Vicaress * Dickie Moore as Alberto *Nydia Westman as Sagrario *Marion Ballou as Ines *Eleanor Wesselhoeft as Mistress of Novices *Gail Patrick as Maria Lucia *Howard Lang as Mayor *Diane Sinclair Diane Sinclair (born Miriam Rosen; April 6, 1921 – May 14, 2011) was an American actress and dancer from 1939 through the 1950s. Early life Born in Brooklyn, New York, Sinclair was the daughter of Max Rosen and Sylvia Morrison Rosen, who met ... as Christina * Gertrude Norman as Torn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Vickers (film)
''Ann Vickers'' is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama directed by John Cromwell and starring Irene Dunne and Walter Huston. It is based on the novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis. Plot After a military officer (Bruce Cabot) gets Ann Vickers (Irene Dunne) pregnant and leaves her, she and friend Malvina Wormser (Edna May Oliver) go to Havana, where she gets an abortion. Feeling conflicted and regretful, Ann devotes herself to social work, taking a job in a women's prison. However, when she tries to improve the conditions there, she loses her job. She instead writes a book about the harsh realities of the prison and begins a romance with a married judge, Barney Dolphin (Walter Huston). Though progressive in his views, Dolphin is caught taking bribes and is sentenced to prison. Ann, once again pregnant, supports herself by writing until Dolphin is released a few years later. Finally, Ann, Dolphin, and their child are reunited. Cast *Irene Dunne as Ann Vickers *Walter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |