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James Flood
James Joseph Flood (July 31, 1895 – February 5, 1953) was an American film director. Born in New York City, Flood became an assistant director with Biograph in 1912 and was active through 1952. Career When working on ''The Swellhead'', Flood decided he wanted to change a scene. He told his plan to actor James Gleason who was also an accomplished playwright and he re-wrote the scene. Actress Marion Shilling then had to quickly learn and execute the new dialogue. "I was a fast study, memorized the scene in a few minutes and we did the scene in one take. Mr. Flood put his arms around me and said, 'You g.d. little trouper.'"Ankerich, Michael G. The Sound of Silence: Conversations with 16 Film and Stage Personalities. McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, NC: 1998. p. 205. Personal life Fellow director William Beaudine was his longtime friend and brother-in-law; actor and producer Bobby Anderson (actor and production associate), Bobby Anderson was his nephew (Bobby's mother was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Swellhead
''The Swellhead'' is a 1930 American pre-Code sports film directed by James Flood and starring James Gleason, Johnnie Walker, and Marion Shilling. It is also known by the alternative title of ''Counted Out''. Cast * James Gleason as Johnny Trump * Johnnie Walker as Bill 'Cyclone' Hickey * Marion Shilling as Mamie Judd * Natalie Kingston as Barbara Larkin * Paul Hurst as Mugsy * Freeman Wood as Clive Warren * Lillian Elliott Lillian Elliott (24 April 1874 – 15 January 1959) was a stage and film actress, appearing in 60 films between 1915 and 1943. She was born in Canada and died in Hollywood, California. She was married to actor James Corrigan, and their eld ... as Mrs. Callahan Preservation status A copy is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. References External links * 1930 films 1930s sports films 1930s English-language films Films directed by James Flood Tiffany Pictures films American boxing films American black-and-white films 1930s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midstream (film)
''Midstream'' is a 1929 American sound part-talkie science fiction film directed by James Flood and starring Ricardo Cortez, Claire Windsor, and Montagu Love. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Tiffany-Tone sound-on-film system using RCA Photophone equipment. Cast * Ricardo Cortez as James Stanwood * Claire Windsor as Helene Craig * Montagu Love as Dr. Nelson * Larry Kent as Martin Baker * Helen Jerome Eddy as Mary Mason * Leslie Brigham as Mephistopheles * Genevieve Schrader as Marguerite * Louis Alvarez as Faust * Florence Foyer as Marthe Music The film features a theme song entitled "Midstream" with lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert and music by Abel Baer. Preservation According to the American Silent Feature Film Database, a complete copy of the film exists at the Cinémathèque française. One reel of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1895 Births
Events January * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island (off French Guiana) on what is much later admitted to be a false charge of treason. * January 6 – The Wilcox rebellion, an attempt led by Robert Wilcox to overthrow the Republic of Hawaii and restore the Kingdom of Hawaii, begins with royalist troops landing at Waikiki Beach in O'ahu and clashing with republican defenders. The rebellion ends after three days and the remaining 190 royalists are taken prisoners of war. * January 12 – Britain's National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty is founded by Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley. * January 13 – First Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Coatit – Italian forces defeat the Ethiopians. * January 15 – A warehouse fire and dynamite explosion kills 57 people, including 13 firefighters in Butt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stepchild (film)
''Stepchild'' is a 1947 American drama film directed by James Flood and starring Brenda Joyce, Donald Woods and Vivian Austin.Danby p.472 Plot Cast * Brenda Joyce as Dale Bullock * Donald Woods as Ken Bullock * Vivian Austin as Millie Lynne * Tommy Ivo as Jim Bullock * Gregory Marshall as Tommy Bullock * Griff Barnett as Burns * James Millican as Brian Reed * Selmer Jackson Selmer Adolf Jackson (May 7, 1888 – March 30, 1971) was an American stage film and television actor. He appeared in nearly 400 films between 1921 and 1963. His name was sometimes spelled Selmar Jackson. Jackson was born in Lake Mills, Iowa ... as Judge References Bibliography * Darby, William. ''Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films''. Scarecrow Press, 1991. External links * 1947 films 1947 drama films 1940s English-language films American drama films Films directed by James Flood Producers Releasing Corporation films Eagle- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Fix (1947 Film)
''The Big Fix'' is a 1947 American crime drama film starring James Brown, Sheila Ryan, Noreen Nash, and Regis Toomey. Directed by James Flood, the story concerns the efforts of a crooked gambling ring to fix college basketball games. This film was the final production of Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot After retiring from the service, Ken Williams goes back to his old school, Norton University, where he used to be an appreciated student with an expected future as a basketball player. Together with fellow veteran Andy Rawlins, Ken registers to continue and complete his studies. They are welcomed back by the student liaison for veterans, Ann Taylor, and Andy is a bit surprised by the warm welcome, since he is in the dark about Ken's previous accolades. Ken also refuses to join the basketball team, which confuses Andy even more. Soon Ken is romantically involved with Ann, but he can't be persuaded even by her to reveal his reasons for not participating in the university ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonely Road (film)
''Lonely Road'' is a 1936 British crime drama film directed by James Flood and starring Clive Brook, Victoria Hopper, Nora Swinburne, and Malcolm Keen. It was shot at Ealing Studios in London. The film was released in the United States as ''Scotland Yard Commands''. The film was based on the 1932 novel '' Lonely Road'' by Nevil Shute, who had visualised the chief character as the actor Clive Brook and had sent a copy of the novel to Brook. Shute visited the studio, and was pleased to see the film made (though the payment for film rights ''was not large by American standards''). Plot Commander Malcolm Stevenson proposes to Lady Anne, which surprises her, as she thought they were only friends. She also thinks he is too restless to settle down. While speeding half-drunk in his car, an " Auburn Supercharger," he ends up stuck in sand on a beach, where he stumbles upon some smugglers. Before he is knocked unconscious, one of the men mentions carpet sweepers, of all things. After rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai (1935 Film)
''Shanghai'' is a 1935 American romantic drama film directed by James Flood, produced by Walter Wanger, distributed by Paramount Pictures, and starring Loretta Young and Charles Boyer. The picture's supporting cast features Warner Oland, Alison Skipworth, Charley Grapewin, Olive Tell and Keye Luke, and the running time is 75 minutes. Plot While she is in Shanghai visiting her sick aunt, young New York socialite Barbara Howard falls in love with Russian banker Dmitri Koslov. Everything would be for the best, if only Dmitri were not keeping a secret that could jeopardize their union: he is only half-Russian, and the other half is Chinese. Cast *Loretta Young as Barbara Howard * Charles Boyer as Dimitri Koslov * Warner Oland as Ambassador Lun Sing * Alison Skipworth as Aunt Jane * Fred Keating as Tommy Sherwood * Charley Grapewin as Truesdale * Walter Kingsford as Hilton * Josephine Whittell as Mrs. Truesdale * Olive Tell as Mrs. Hilton * Libby Taylor as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wings In The Dark
''Wings in the Dark'' is a 1935 film directed by James Flood and starring Myrna Loy and Cary Grant and focusing on a daring woman aviator and an inventor thrust into a desperate situation. ''Wings in the Dark'' was produced by Arthur Hornblow, Jr. The film was the first that Loy and Grant made together, although Loy's biographer Emily Leider says that ''Wings in the Dark'' "wastes their talents and prompts an unintentional laugh fest."Leide2011, p. 151./ref> The film remains notable as a rare movie depiction of a blindness, blind protagonist (played by Grant) during the 1930s, and is also known for its accomplished aerial photography directed by Dewey Wrigley. Plot Skywriting, Skywriter and stunt pilot Sheila Mason, who works as a barnstorming, barnstormer because women are not allowed in other aviation fields, is attracted to ace pilot Ken Gordon. Ken is trying to perfect instrument flying (flying "blind"), with his own design of an autopilot. He has devoted four years to perfe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Such Women Are Dangerous
''Such Women Are Dangerous'' is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by James Flood, written by Oscar M. Sheridan, Jane Storm and Lenore Coffee, and starring Warner Baxter, Rosemary Ames, Rochelle Hudson, Mona Barrie, Herbert Mundin and Henrietta Crosman. It was released on June 8, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation. Plot Cast *Warner Baxter as Michael Shawn * Rosemary Ames as Helen Hallock *Rochelle Hudson as Vernie Little *Mona Barrie as Wanda Paris *Herbert Mundin as Horatio Hollingsworth Wilson *Henrietta Crosman as Aunt Sophie Travers *Lily D. Stuart as Ellison *Irving Pichel as Stanley * Jane Barnes as Nancy Ryan * Matt Moore as George Ryan *Richard Carle as Thomas H. Delahanty *Murray Kinnell as Jan Paris * Frank Conroy as Bronson *Fred Santley as Hinton * John Sheehan as Granigan *Addison Richards as Delange *Bodil Rosing Bodil Rosing (born Bodil Frederikke Hammerich; December 27, 1877 – December 31, 1941) was a Danish stage and American film actress in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Of Me (1934 Film)
''All of Me'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code drama film directed by James Flood and starring Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, and George Raft. The film was written by actor Thomas Mitchell (actor), Thomas Mitchell and Sidney Buchman from Rose Porter's play ''Chrysalis''. Plot A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend doesn't understand why he is so dissatisfied. Cast *Fredric March as Don Ellis *Miriam Hopkins as Lydia Darrow *George Raft as Honey Rogers *Helen Mack as Eve Haron *Nella Walker as Mrs. Darrow *William Collier, Sr. as Jerry Helman *Gilbert Emery as Dean *Blanche Friderici as Miss Haskell *Edgar Kennedy as Guard *Jason Robards, Sr. as Man in Speakeasy *Barton MacLane as First Cop *Kitty Kelly as Lorraine *Dennis O'Keefe as Policeman (uncredited) *Guy Usher as District Attorney (uncredited) Production The film was based on a play by Rose Porter called ''Chrysalis''. It debuted in summer theatre in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Begins (1932 Film)
''Life Begins'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Loretta Young, Eric Linden, Aline MacMahon, and Glenda Farrell. The film was adapted from the 1932 play of the same name by Mary M. Axelson. It was released by Warner Bros. on September 10, 1932. The film was praised for its honest portrayal of a maternity ward. The film was remade by Warner Bros. as '' A Child is Born'' (1939) and again by Italy's Lux Film as ''Love Story'' (1942). Plot At a maternity hospital, future fathers pace the corridors while their wives wait for their babies either anxiously or happily. Efficient and compassionate nurse Miss Bowers keeps the ward running smoothly. Things liven up when Grace Sutton is transferred from the prison where she is being held for murder. Most agree that the man she killed deserved to die, and Nurse Bowers sympathetically allows Grace's concerned husband Jed unlimited time with his wife. In the ward, the women have varied feelings about motherhood. Mrs. West, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliott Nugent
Elliott Nugent (September 20, 1896 – August 9, 1980) was an American actor, playwright, writer, and film director. Life and career Nugent was born in Dover, Ohio, the son of actor J.C. Nugent. He attended Ohio State University. He successfully made the transition from silent film to sound film. He directed ''The Cat and the Canary (1939 film), The Cat and the Canary'' (1939), starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. He also directed the Hope films ''Never Say Die (1939 film), Never Say Die'' (1939) and ''My Favorite Brunette'' (1947). Nugent was a college classmate (and lifelong friend) of fellow Ohioan James Thurber. Together, they wrote the Broadway play ''The Male Animal'' (1940) in which Nugent starred with Gene Tierney. He also directed the 1942 film version starring Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland. Nugent was the brother-in-law of actor Alan Bunce (actor), Alan Bunce of ''Ethel and Albert'' fame. Nugent died in his sleep at his New York City, New York home. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
