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John B. Hymer
John Bard Hymer (1875 – 1953) was an American playwright and actor, from Kentucky and active in Los Angeles. He was known for his blackface vaudeville and stage performances, most notably in ''The Clansman#The Play, The Clansman'' (1906), '''Ostler Joe'' (c. 1912), and the Tom Walker series which included ''Tom Walker in Dixie'' (1919). Hymer was a prominent member of the Lakewood Theatre Colony in Maine. His touring Stock company (acting), stock company was John B. Hymer and Co.. Life and career John Bard Hymer was born on December 19, 1875, in Kentucky, U.S.. In his childhood in the summer, his family would live in Maine. He started acting at age 14. His wife Eleanor Kent was an actress, and they had two children. Their son Warren Hymer became a film actor. Hymer collaborated with Samuel Shipman on plays including ''East is West'' (1918), which was twice adapted to film. They also worked together on ''Crime'' and ''Scarlet Pages'', which was also adapted to film. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Hymer
Edgar Warren Hymer (February 25, 1906 – March 25, 1948) was an American theatre and film actor. Early life He was born in New York City. His father, John Bard Hymer (1875/1876 – 1953) was a playwright (with nine Broadway plays to his credit, according to the Internet Broadway Database), vaudeville writer and actor, while his mother, Eleanor Kent, was an actress. Career He appeared in 129 films between 1929 and 1946, as well as the 1928 Broadway play ''The Grey Fox.'' Despite his typical screen persona as an unsophisticated tough guy with a Brooklyn accent, he actually attended Yale University. With his burly frame and good-natured grin, he almost always played punch-drunk prizefighters, affable soldiers or sailors, or Runyonesque gangsters. He had only two leading roles: opposite Buster Keaton in Keaton's comeback short subject '' The Gold Ghost'' (1934), and as one of a trio of mobsters hired to assassinate Adolf Hitler in '' Hitler: Dead or Alive'' (1943). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to labor unions, the latter of which led to the bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United States, the paper's readership has declined since 2010. It has also been beset by a series of ownership changes, staff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Vaudeville Performers
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1953 Deaths
Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia. ** The Central Intelligence Agency, CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel first meets to discuss the Unidentified flying object, UFO phenomenon. * January 15 ** Georg Dertinger, foreign minister of East Germany, is arrested for spying. ** British security forces in West Germany arrest 7 members of the Naumann Circle, a clandestine Neo-Nazi organization. * January 19 – 71.1% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into ''I Love Lucy'', to watch Lucy give birth to Little Ricky, which is more people than those who tune into Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration the next day. This record is never broken. * January 24 ** Mau Mau Uprising: Rebels in Kenya kill th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1875 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of the year (Third Class is renamed Second Class in 1956). * January 5 – The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated as the home of the Paris Opera. * January 12 – Guangxu Emperor, Guangxu becomes the 11th Qing dynasty Emperor of China at the age of 3. He succeeds his cousin, the Tongzhi Emperor, who had no sons of his own. * January 14 – The newly proclaimed King Alfonso XII of Spain (Queen Isabella II's son) arrives in Spain to restore the monarchy during the Third Carlist War. * January 24 – Camille Saint-Saëns' orchestral ''Danse macabre (Saint-Saëns), Danse macabre'' receives its première. February * February 3 – Third Carlist War: Battle of Lácar – Carlist commander Torcuat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aloma Of The South Seas (1941 Film)
''Aloma of the South Seas'' is a 1941 American romantic adventure drama film directed by Alfred Santell and starring Dorothy Lamour and Jon Hall. The film was shot in Technicolor and distributed by Paramount Pictures. ''Aloma of the South Seas'' is based on the 1925 Broadway play of the same name by LeRoy Clemens and John B. Hymer. It is a remake of the 1926 silent film of the same name. Lamour and Hall were the reigning darlings of south sea island adventures of this era having starred in John Ford's '' The Hurricane''. ''Aloma of the South Seas'' fits into the romance adventure canon of which Lamour and Hall excelled at. Plot Aloma and Prince Tanoa are promised by the islanders to wed from their childhood, though the two despise each other and fight. Tanoa is sent to the United States for her education and does not return for 15 years after the death of his father. Once crowned, Tanoa's treacherous cousin Revo who has plotted to rule in place of Tanoa since childhood, sees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarlet Pages
''Scarlet Pages'' is a 1930 pre-Code American crime drama film with songs starring Elsie Ferguson and directed by Ray Enright. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. The film stars Elsie Ferguson, John Halliday, Grant Withers and Marian Nixon. ''Scarlet Pages'' is based on a 1929 Broadway play of the same name that Ferguson also starred in. It is similar in theme to the better remembered '' Five Star Final'', also by Warners released a year later. The film simultaneously marked the first time Ferguson appeared in a sound film and the last film she ever made. Plot In 1911, being unable to care for her baby, Mary Bancroft, had to give her up for adoption. Years later, in 1930, Bancroft is now a successful lawyer in New York. She refuses to marry District Attorney John Remington, because she doesn't want to tell him about her unfortunate past. Bancroft and Remington go to a nightclub one night where Nora Mason works as a singer and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Is West (1930 Film)
''East Is West'' is a 1930 American pre-Code crime drama film produced and distributed by Universal. It was directed by Monta Bell and stars Lupe Vélez, Lew Ayres and Edward G. Robinson. It is based on a 1918 Broadway play, ''East is West'', which starred Fay Bainter. A silent film version from 1922, also titled '' East Is West'', starred Constance Talmadge. E. Alyn Warren reprises his role from the silent version. Plot Ming Toy is on the auction block in China. She is saved by Billy and taken to San Francisco by Lo Sang Kee. To save her from deportation she is sold to Charlie Yong, the Chop Suey King. Billy kidnaps her with plans of marriage. Cast * Lupe Vélez - Ming Toy *Lew Ayres - Billy Benson * Edward G. Robinson - Charlie Yong * E. Alyn Warren - Lo Sang Kee *Tetsu Komai - Hop Toy *Henry Kolker - Mr. Benson *Mary Forbes - Mrs. Benson * Edgar Norton - Thomas * Charles Middleton - Dr. Fredericks *Jean Hersholt Jean Pierre Carl Buron (12 July 1886 – 2 June 1956), kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast Life (1929 Film)
''Fast Life'' is a 1929 American all-talking sound drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and written by John F. Goodrich. It is based on the 1928 play ''Fast Life'' by Samuel Shipman and John B. Hymer. The film stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young, William Holden, Frank Sheridan, Chester Morris and Ray Hallor. The film was released by Warner Bros. on September 1, 1929. Plot A man is tried and convicted for the murder of a man who flirted with his wife and sentenced to death However, it turns out that he is innocent of the murder and that the real killer has close ties to a powerful politician. Cast * Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Douglas Stratton * Loretta Young as Patricia Mason Stratton * William Holden as Governor * Frank Sheridan as Warden * Chester Morris as Paul Palmer * Ray Hallor as Rodney Hall * John St. Polis as Andrew Stratton * Purnell Pratt as Berton Hall Music The film featured a theme song entitled "Since I Found You" which was composed by Ray Perkins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alias The Deacon (1927 Film)
''Alias the Deacon'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Jean Hersholt, June Marlowe, and Ralph Graves. It was produced and released by Universal Pictures. Based on a stage play of the same name, it was directed by Edward Sloman and is preserved at the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation.''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30'' by The American Film Institute, c. 1971 It was remade as the sound film '' Alias the Deacon'' in 1940. Cast * Jean Hersholt as George Caswell or The Deacon * June Marlowe as Phyllis/Mrs. Nancy Blythe * Ralph Graves as Jim Adams * Myrtle Stedman as Mrs. Betsy Clark * Lincoln Plumer as John Cunningham * Ned Sparks as Slim Sullivan * Tom Kennedy as Bull Moran * Maurice Murphy as Willie Clark * George West as George * Wilson Benge as Minister * Walter Brennan as Cashier at Cunningham's Rink * Joseph W. Girard as Sheriff of Morton County * Annabelle Magnus as Nancy as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aloma Of The South Seas (1926 Film)
''Aloma of the South Seas'' is a lost 1926 American silent comedy drama film starring Gilda Gray as an erotic dancer, filmed in Puerto Rico and Bermuda, and based on a 1925 play of the same title by John B. Hymer and LeRoy Clemens. The film was spoofed by a 1926 ''Mutt and Jeff'' animated cartoon, ''Aroma of the South Seas''. Plot Bob Holden (Percy Marmont), an embittered war veteran, has gone to the South Seas to drown in drink the memory of his old girlfriend, Sylvia (Julanne Johnston) who has married his best friend, Van Templeton (William Powell) in his absence. This happened only because Templeton withheld word from Sylvia that Holden had survived the war. In the South Seas, Holden becomes the object of Aloma’s (Gilda Gray) loving and ministering attentions and eventually promises to marry her. Naturally, Nuitane (Warner Baxter), Aloma’s abandoned Polynesian boyfriend is jealous. The plot gets thicker when Templeton and Sylvia arrive on the island rather inexplicably. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
