Leni Stengel

	Leni Stengel Leni Stengel (12 September 1901 – 1 July 1982) was a German-born actress who appeared on Broadway, on television, and in films, through the 1920s to 1950s. Early life She was born in Berlin, Germany, and was a grandniece of the German composer Friedrich von Flotow. Career Her work in films includes ''Half Shot at Sunrise'' (1930), ''Cracked Nuts (1931 film), Cracked Nuts'' (1931), ''Beau Ideal'' (1931), ''The Animal Kingdom (1932 film), The Animal Kingdom'' (1932), and ''Hollywood Speaks'' (1932). She worked with Buster Keaton in ''Casanova wider Willen'' ("The Reluctant Casanova", 1931), the German version of ''Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931 film), Parlor, Bedroom and Bath'' (1931). In television, she appeared in ''Lux Video Theatre'', "Ti Babette" (1953), "Legacy of Love" (1952); ''Police Story'', "Detective Sergeant, Martin Stephens" (1952); ''Lights Out (1946 TV series), Lights Out'', "Carmelita" (1951), ''The Clock'', "Accident on Canigou" (1951). On Broadway, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Animal Kingdom (1932 Film) ''The Animal Kingdom'' (also known as ''The Woman in His House'' in the UK) is a 1932 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code film directed by Edward H. Griffith based upon a comedy of manners play of the same name by Philip Barry. The film stars Leslie Howard (actor), Leslie Howard, Ann Harding, Myrna Loy, William Gargan, Ilka Chase, and Neil Hamilton (actor), Neil Hamilton. Howard, Gargan, and Chase also starred in the play when it opened on Broadway theatre, Broadway on January 12, 1932. It was remade 1946 as ''One More Tomorrow (film), One More Tomorrow''. Plot Tom Collier owns a small press that publishes deluxe books. He has been living in the city with his best friend and lover Daisy Sage without being married. Daisy is a successful commercial artist for a fashion magazine. She has just returned from three months in Paris. While Daisy was away, Tom has fallen in love with Cecelia Henry. Tom's wealthy banker father, Rufus Collier, describes his lifelong frustration with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bert Wheeler Bert Wheeler (April 7, 1895 – January 18, 1968) was an American comedian who performed in vaudeville acts, Broadway theatre, American comedy feature films, and television. He was teamed with Broadway comic Robert Woolsey, and they went on to fame as Wheeler & Woolsey. Biography Wheeler was born Albert Jerome Wheeler in Paterson, New Jersey on April 7, 1895. He began his career performing in vaudeville in an act with Russ Brown. He worked with Robert Woolsey on Broadway until 1929, when a screen adaptation of their stage hit '' Rio Rita'' launched them in motion pictures. ''Rio Ritas production company, RKO Radio Pictures, was slow to see the potential of Wheeler & Woolsey. The studio signed Bert Wheeler to a movie contract during production, but not Robert Woolsey. It wasn't until the financial returns came in for ''Rio Rita'' that RKO signed both Woolsey and ingenue Dorothy Lee to appear in further films alongside Wheeler. From their first starring vehicle, ''The Cuck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hollywood Speaks ''Hollywood Speaks'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Buzzell and starring Genevieve Tobin, Pat O'Brien and Leni Stengel. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Plot A despairing young actress is stopped from committing suicide by a gossip columnist who decides to fashion her into a major star. Cast Genevieve Tobin as Gertrude Smith, later known as Greta Swan Pat O'Brien as Jimmy Reed * Lucien Prival as Frederick Landau Ralf Harolde as Carp Rita La Roy as Millie Coreen * Leni Stengel as Mrs. Landau Anderson Lawlor as Joe Hammond Jack Holt as himself Production Columbia announced the film in August 1931. It was Norman Krasna's first film under his contract with Columbia and he started writing it in April 1932. The same amount the studio announced Eddie Buzzel would direct and Genevieve Tobin would star. Reception The ''Los Angeles Times'' called it a "routine melodrama with little to say of interest."Stage and Screen: Los An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Luxury Liner (1933 Film) Luxury liner may refer to: Ocean liner ''Luxury Liner'' (album), a 1977 album by Emmylou Harris * ''Luxury Liner'' (1933 film), a 1933 Paramount Pictures film * ''Luxury Liner'' (1948 film), 1948 motion picture from MGM "Luxury Liner", a 1967 song by International Submarine Band DC-10 Luxury Liner, an American trijet wide-body aircraft manufactured by McDonnell Douglas McDonnell Douglas Corporation was a major American Aerospace manufacturer, aerospace manufacturing corporation and defense contractor, formed by the merger of McDonnell Aircraft and the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1967. Between then and its own ... {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Barbarian (1933 Film) ''The Barbarian'', also known as ''A Night in Cairo'', is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama film produced and directed by Sam Wood and starring Ramon Novarro and Myrna Loy. Written by Elmer Harris and Anita Loos, and based on the 1911 play ''The Arab'' by Edgar Selwyn, the film is about an American woman tourist in Egypt who has several suitors, among them an Arab guide who is more than he seems. The film was released on May 12, 1933 in the United States by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The play had been filmed previously by MGM as '' The Arab'' (1924) with Novarro and Alice Terry Alice Frances Taaffe (July 24, 1899 – December 22, 1987), known professionally as Alice Terry, was an American film actress and director. She began her career during the Silent film, silent film era, appearing in thirty-nine films betwe .... Plot A beautiful English socialite, Diana Standing, and her wealthy fiancé Gerald Hume arrive at the train station in Cairo, Egypt, where they plan to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Clark And McCullough Clark and McCullough were a comedy team consisting of comedians Bobby Clark (comedian), Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough. They starred in a series of short films during the 1920s and 1930s. Bobby Clark was the fast-talking wisecracker with painted-on eyeglasses; Paul McCullough was his easygoing assistant named Blodgett. The two were childhood friends in Springfield, Ohio, and spent hours practicing tumbling and gymnastics in school. This led to their working as circus performers, then in vaudeville, and finally on Broadway theatre, Broadway. Their hit show ''The Ramblers'' (1926) was adapted as a Wheeler and Woolsey movie comedy, ''The Cuckoos (1930 film), The Cuckoos''. Clark and McCullough starred in the George Gershwin musical ''Strike Up the Band (musical), Strike Up the Band'' on Broadway in 1930. Motion pictures In 1928, Clark and McCullough entered the new field of talking pictures, with a series of short subjects and featurettes for Fox Film Corporation. In 1930, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]