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John P. Livadary
John Paul Livadary (born 20 May 1896, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, died 7 April 1987, Newport Beach, California, USA ) was a sound designer. He started work in 1928 at Columbia Pictures and won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing three times and was nominated another 14 times, in a career that spanned 30 years. The first Oscar was for ''One Night of Love'' (1934), the second for ''The Jolson Story'' (1946) and the third for ''From Here to Eternity'' (1953). He also won the Academy Award for Technical Achievement three times (shared twice) and the Academy Scientific and Technical Award once (shared). Partial filmography *'' Broadway Scandals'' (1929) *''The Song of Love'' (1929) *''Flight'' (1929) *''Acquitted'' (1929) *''The Broadway Hoofer'' (1929) *''Wall Street'' (1929) *'' Around the Corner'' (1930) *''Soldiers and Women'' (1930) *'' Hell's Island'' (1930) *''Ladies Must Play'' (1930) *''Shadow Ranch'' (1930) *''Hurricane'' (1930) *'' Men Without Law'' (1930) *''Dirigible'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics of Turkey, population of Turkey. Istanbul is among the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest cities in Europe and List of cities proper by population, in the world by population. It is a city on two continents; about two-thirds of its population live in Europe and the rest in Asia. Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus—one of the world's busiest waterways—in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its area of is coterminous with Istanbul Province. Istanbul's climate is Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean. The city now known as Istanbul developed to become one of the most significant cities in history. Byzantium was founded on the Sarayburnu promontory by Greek colonisation, Greek col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wall Street (1929 Film)
Wall Street is a street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It runs eight city blocks between Broadway in the west and South Street and the East River in the east with a length of just under 2,000 feet. The term "Wall Street" has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial services industry, New York–based financial interests, or the Financial District. Anchored by Wall Street, New York has been described as the world's principal fintech and financial center. The street was originally known in Dutch as ''Het Cingel'' ("the Belt") when it was part of New Amsterdam during the 17th century. An actual city wall existed on the street from 1653 to 1699. During the 18th century, the location served as a slave market and securities trading site, and from 1703 onward, the location of New York's city hall, which became Federal Hall. In the early 19th century, both residences and businesses occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Desire
''Human Desire'' is a 1954 American film noir drama starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame and Broderick Crawford directed by Fritz Lang. It is loosely based on Émile Zola's 1890 novel '' La Bête humaine''. The story had been filmed twice before: '' La Bête humaine'' (1938), directed by Jean Renoir, and ''Die Bestie im Menschen'', starring Ilka Grüning (1920). The Academy Film Archive preserved ''Human Desire'' in 1997. Plot Korean War veteran Jeff Warren returns to his town and duties as a train engineer, driving streamliners hauling passenger trains for the fictional Central National railroad. Warren worked alongside Alec Simmons and was a boarder in his home before going off to war. Alec's daughter Ellen is smitten with Jeff, although he has had an affair with Vicki, who is married to Carl Buckley, a hard-drinking assistant yard supervisor. After being fired for talking back to his boss, Carl begs Vicki to visit John Owens, an important customer of the railroad for who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pushover (film)
''Pushover'' is a 1954 American film noir crime film directed by Richard Quine, starring Fred MacMurray, Phil Carey and Kim Novak in her first credited role. The motion picture was adapted from two novels – Thomas Walsh's ''The Night Watch'' and William S. Ballinger's ''Rafferty'' – by Roy Huggins, who went on to great success creating television series, including '' The Fugitive'', ''Maverick'', and ''The Rockford Files''. Plot During a bank robbery a bank guard is shot and killed by one of the robbers, Harry Wheeler ( Paul Richards), who gets away with $250,000. Lona McLane (Kim Novak) leaves a movie theatre and walks to her car. The car won't start, and Paul Sheridan (Fred MacMurray) appears at her window. He is unable to fix the car, and he takes her to a bar while a mechanic makes a repair. They spend the night—and the next three days—together. Next morning, we learn Sheridan is a cop, sent undercover to befriend Lona, hoping she will lead them to her boyfriend, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Law Vs
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun '' the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brave Bulls
''The Brave Bulls'' (aka ''Toros Bravos'' and ''The Brave Bulls, A Novel'') is a 1949 Western novel written by Tom Lea (his first) about the raising of bulls, on the ranch Las Astas, for bullfighting in Mexico. Las Astas is based on the real "La Punta", a 15,000 hectare (about 37,000 acre) ranch in eastern Jalisco, near Lagos de Moreno, at one time the largest fighting-bull ranch in the world. Lea, also an artist and muralist, did illustrations throughout the book and on the end papers and dust jacket. Prior to, during World War II, and after, Lea was an artist, and not an author. He went to Mexico to get a better idea about bullfighting, but forgot to take a sketchbook or paintbox, so he found himself using words to describe what he would have as a visual artist. Plot ''The Brave Bulls'' is the story of Luis Bello, ''"The Swordsman of Guerreras"'', the greatest matador in Mexico, who is at the top of his profession, with everything that comes with it, money, a mistress, fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Many Husbands (1940 Film)
''Too Many Husbands'' (released in the United Kingdom as ''My Two Husbands'') is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles, starring Jean Arthur, Fred MacMurray and Melvyn Douglas. The plot centres on a woman who believes her husband has perished in a boating accident and remarries, only to have her first spouse reappear. The film is based on the 1919 W. Somerset Maugham play ''Home and Beauty'', which was itself retitled ''Too Many Husbands'' when it came to New York, and itself takes inspiration from the 1864 Alfred, Lord Tennyson poem ''Enoch Arden''. In April 1947, a radio adaptation of the film starring Lucille Ball, Bob Hope and Frank Sinatra aired as an episode of ''The Screen Guild Theater''. In 1955, the film was remade as ''Three for the Show'', a musical starring Jack Lemmon and Betty Grable. Plot Vicky Lowndes loses her first husband, Bill Cardew, when he is lost at sea, presumed drowned, and declared legally dead. The lonely widow is comfort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Me Forever (film)
''Love Me Forever'' (also released as ''On Wings of Song'') is a 1935 American drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Recording ( John P. Livadary). Plot Cast * Grace Moore as Margaret Howard * Leo Carrillo as Steve Corelli * Robert Allen as Phillip Cameron * Spring Byington as Clara Fields * Michael Bartlett as Michael Bartlett * Luis Alberni as Luigi * Douglass Dumbrille as Miller * Thurston Hall as Maurizio Reception Writing for ''The Spectator'', Graham Greene made light of the film's use of excerpts from ''La Bohème ''La bohème'' ( , ) is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions '':wikt:quadro, quadri'', ''wikt:tableau, tableaux'' or "images", rather than ''atti'' (acts). composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto b ...'' and described Moore's acting as "undistinguished", suggesting that the success of the film is due in large part to Carrillo's performance. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirigible (film)
''Dirigible'' is a 1931 American pre-Code adventure film directed by Frank Capra for Columbia Pictures and starring Jack Holt, Ralph Graves and Fay Wray. The picture focuses on the competition between naval fixed-wing and airship pilots to reach the South Pole by air. The female lead is played by Fay Wray. The action scenes feature the stars Jack Holt and Ralph Graves, who also played fliers two years earlier in Capra's 1929 airborne adventure ''Flight''. This film had been intended to emulate the success of '' Wings'' (1927), another production with a similar plot. ''Dirigible'' was characterized as "marginally science fictional" by scifilm.org. (Capra later planned to make a fully science fictional movie but was never able to.) Plot When the famed explorer Louis Rondelle (Hobart Bosworth) requests the U.S. Navy's assistance in reaching the South Pole, officer Jack Bradon (Jack Holt) convinces Rear Admiral John S. Martin (Emmett Corrigan) to offer his dirigible, the USS '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men Without Law
''Men Without Law'' is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Louis King and starring Buck Jones, Carmelita Geraghty, Thomas Carr, Lydia Knott, and Harry Woods. The film was released by Columbia Pictures on October 15, 1930. Cast *Buck Jones as Buck Healy *Carmelita Geraghty as Juanita del Rey * Thomas Carr as Tom Healy (as Tommy Carr) *Lydia Knott as Mrs. Healy * Harry Woods as Murdock * Fred Burns as Sheriff Jim *Syd Saylor as Hank *Fred Kelsey as Deputy Sheriff Jeff *Ben Corbett as Pug - Henchman * Donald Reed as Ramon del Rey * Hector V. Sarno as Francisco del Rey (as Hector Sarno) *Silver as Silver - Buck's Horse *Tom Bay as Tom - Henchman (uncredited) *Bob Burns as Posse Rider (uncredited) *Bob Card as Soldier on Train (uncredited) *Lafe McKee as Townsman (uncredited) *Art Mix as Henchman (uncredited) *Bill Nestell Bill Nestell (born William Eugene Nestel or Eugene William Nestel; March 3, 1893 – October 18, 1966) was an American supporting actor se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadow Ranch (film)
''Shadow Ranch'' is a 1930 American pre-Code Western (genre), Western film directed by Louis King. The Library of Congress Packard holds a print of the film.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', (<-book title) p.163 c.1978 by the American Film Institute Plot Cast *Buck Jones as Sim Baldwin (as Charles 'Buck' Jones) *Marguerite De La Motte as Ruth Cameron *Kate Price (actress), Kate Price as Maggie Murphy *Albert J. Smith (actor), Albert J. Smith as Dan Blake (as Al Smith) *Robert McKenzie (actor), Robert McKenzie as Lawyer *Frank Rice (actor), Frank Rice as Ranny Williams *Ben Corbett as Cowhand Ben *Ernie Adams (actor), Ernie Adams as Henchman Joe *Slim Whitaker as Henchman CurleyReferences External links * * 1930 films 1930 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films American Western (genre) ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladies Must Play
Ladies Must Play is a 1930 pre-Code comedy film starring Dorothy Sebastian and Neil Hamilton directed by Raymond Cannon. Plot Tony, a popular but bankrupt New York socialite, sends his stenographer to Newport to find and marry a millionaire, but she owes her boss a 10% commission. Cast * Dorothy Sebastian as Norma Blake * Neil Hamilton as Anthony 'Tony' Gregg * Natalie Moorhead as Connie Tremaine * John Holland as Geoffrey West * Harry Stubbs Harry Oakes Stubbs (December 7, 1874 – May 9, 1950) was an English-born American character actor, who appeared both on Broadway and in films. He was born on December 7, 1874, in Southampton, Hampshire, England. Stubbs immigrated from England ... as Stormfield 'Stormy' Buttons * Shirley Palmer as Marie * Pauline Neff as Mrs. Wheeler References External links * 1930 films American comedy films 1930 comedy films 1930s English-language films Columbia Pictures films American black-and-white films Films directed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
