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Little Accident (1928 Play)
''Little Accident'' was a 1928 Broadway theatre, Broadway three-act comedy written by Floyd Dell and Thomas Mitchell (actor), Thomas Mitchell (who also played Norman Overbeck in the play). It was based on Dell's 1927 novel ''An Unmarried Father''. It was produced by Crosby Gaige and directed by Joseph Graham and Arthur Hurley running for 303 performances from October 9, 1928 to July 1929 at the Morosco Theatre and the Ambassador Theatre (New York City), Ambassador Theatre. It was included in Burns Mantle's ''The Best Plays of 1928-1929''. The play and the novel were made into the 1930 film ''The Little Accident'' starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Anita Page and the 1939 film ''Little Accident (film), Little Accident'' starring Hugh Herbert and Florence Rice. Both films were released by Universal Pictures. Plot Cast * Geraldine Wall as Doris Overbeck * Malcolm Williams (actor), Malcolm Williams as J.J. Overbeck * Katherine Carrington as Lucinda Overbeck * Susanne Jackson as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floyd Dell
Floyd James Dell (June 28, 1887 – July 23, 1969) was an American newspaper and magazine editor, literary critic, novelist, playwright, and poet. Dell has been called "one of the most flamboyant, versatile and influential American Men of Letters of the first third of the 20th Century." In Chicago, he was editor of the nationally syndicated ''Friday Literary Review''. As editor and critic, Dell's influence is seen in the work of many major American writers from the first half of the 20th century. A lifelong poet, he was also a best-selling author, as well as a playwright whose hit Broadway comedy, '' Little Accident'' (1928), was made into a Hollywood movie. Dell wrote extensively on controversial social issues of the early 20th century, and played a major part in the political and social movements originating in New York City's Greenwich Village during the 1910s & 1920s. As editor of left-wing magazine '' The Masses'', Dell was twice put on trial for publishing subversive literat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Accident (film)
''Little Accident'' is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and written by Paul Yawitz and Eve Greene. It is very loosely based on the 1928 play '' Little Accident'' by Floyd Dell and Thomas Mitchell, mostly retaining just its title. The film stars Hugh Herbert, Florence Rice, Richard Carlson, Ernest Truex, Joy Hodges, Kathleen Howard, Howard Hickman, Edgar Kennedy, Etienne Girardot and Fritz Feld. The film was released on October 27, 1939, by Universal Pictures. Plot On the day before his second wedding, a man finds out that his bride-to-be has had a baby. Cast *Hugh Herbert as Herbert Pearson *Florence Rice as Alice Pearson * Richard Carlson as Perry Allerton *Ernest Truex as Tabby Morgan *Joy Hodges as Joan Huston *Kathleen Howard as Mrs. Allerton *Howard Hickman as Mr. Allerton *Edgar Kennedy as Paper Hanger *Etienne Girardot as Professor Artemus Glenwater *Fritz Feld as Malisse *Charles D. Brown as Jeff Collins *Mary Field as Miss Wilson *Baby Sandy as S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Plays
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number) * One of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (1987 film), a 1987 science fiction film * '' 19-Nineteen'', a 2009 South Korean film * '' Diciannove'', a 2024 Italian drama film informally referred to as "Nineteen" in some sources Science * Potassium, an alkali metal * 19 Fortuna, an asteroid Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album '' 63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle * "Stone in Focus", officially "#19", a composition by Aphex Twin * "Nineteen", a song from the 1992 album ''Refugee'' by Bad4Good * "Nineteen", a song from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emory Parnell
Emory Parnell (December 29, 1892 – June 22, 1979) was an American vaudeville performer and actor who appeared in over 250 films in his 36-year career. Early years Parnell was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He spent eight months in the Arctic in 1929, looking for gold in that area's wastelands. He also worked as a telegrapher. Music Parnell spent his early years as a concert violinist. He performed on the Chautauqua and Lyceum circuits until 1930, when he relocated to Detroit, Michigan, to narrate and act in commercial and industrial films. A 1923 newspaper article described an upcoming Lyceum performance of "Emory Parnell, the one man band," saying that Parnell "plays an accordion, the snare drum and base icdrum, all at the same time." During part of the Chautauqua years, Parnell had a family act that included his wife. In 1970, she recalled, " covered every state as well as Canada, Alaska and New Zealand." The Parnells resumed the act during the Korean War, doing "thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katharine Alexander
Katharine Alexander (sometimes Katherine; September 22, 1897 – January 10, 1981) was an American actress on stage and screen. She appeared in 44 films between 1930 and 1951. Biography Alexander was born on September 22, 1897, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, the daughter of Joseph Hall "Josiah" Alexander and Susan Sophronia Duncan. She was an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation, listed as 1/16th Cherokee on the Dawes Rolls. As a young woman, she planned to be a concert artist, but Samuel Goldwyn saw her giving a violin recital and gave her a chance on stage. She became one of Broadway's leading ladies but went into films in 1930. Theatrical productions Alexander debuted on stage in ''A Successful Calamity'' with William Gillette. Her Broadway credits included ''Time for Elizabeth'' (1948), ''Little Brown Jug'' (1946), ''Letters to Lucerne'' (1941), ''The Party's Over'' (1933), ''Honeymoon'' (1932), ''Best Years'' (1932), ''The Left Bank'' (1931), ''Stepdaughters of War'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Williams (actor)
Malcolm Williams (July 16, 1870, in Spring Valley, Minnesota – June 10, 1937, in New York, New York) Retrieved June 24, 2017 was an American actor and . By February 1896 he had moved to New York City and played Phillip Norwood in Charles Dazey's melodrama ''The War of Wealth'' on at the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraldine Wall
Geraldine Wall (June 24, 1907 – June 22, 1970) was an American actress who had numerous stage, film and television credits. Her career involved mainly character roles but encompassed a wide range of different acting parts. Early life Wall was born in New York City and grew up there. Actress Lucille Wall was her sister. Acting career Wall became attracted to show business at an early age, and while still in her teens, she began pursuing a career as an actress, with roles on Broadway theatre, Broadway where she made her stage debut at 15 in ''The Love Nest'' at the Comedy Theatre. After success in other minor roles, including romantic comedies, ''Little Accident'' (1928), ''Blind Mice'' (1930), ''Child of Manhattan'' (1932) and ''Domino'' (1932). She was also in the cast of the drama, ''Heat Lightning'' (1933) and the musical ''Merrily We Roll Along'' (1934). After marriage and divorce, Wall resumed her career as an actress in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desmond Kelley 001
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Universal Pictures
Universal City Studios LLC, doing business as Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios or simply Universal), is an American filmmaking, film production and film distribution, distribution company headquartered at the 10 Universal City Plaza, Universal Studios complex in Universal City, California, and is the flagship studio of Universal Studios, Inc., Universal Studios, the film studio arm of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers (producer), Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane and Jules Brulatour, Universal is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States and the fifth oldest globally after Gaumont Film Company, Gaumont, Pathé, Titanus and Nordisk Film, and is one of the Major film studios, "Big Five" film studios. Universal's most commercially successful film franchises include ''Fast & Furious, Jurassic Park'', and ''Despicable Me''. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Rice
Florence Davenport Rice (February 14, 1907 – February 23, 1974) was an American film actress. Early years Florence Davenport Rice was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the only child of the noted sportswriter Grantland Rice and Fannie Katherine Hollis. She attended Dwight School for Girls at Englewood, New Jersey, and Smith College. Career Rice became an actress during the late 1920s and, after several Broadway roles, eventually made her way to Hollywood, where she acted in almost 50 films between 1934 and 1943. Rice was cast as the reliable girlfriend in several films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. MGM gradually provided her with more substantial roles, occasionally in prestige productions. Rice never became a major figure in movies, but she performed in a number of screen pairings with Robert Young. Her most widely seen performances were in '' Double Wedding'' (1937), in which she was billed third in the cast credits behind William Powell and Myrna Loy, '' Sweethearts'' (1938) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Herbert
Hugh Herbert (August 10, 1885 – March 12, 1952) was an American motion picture comedian. He began his career in vaudeville and wrote more than 150 plays and sketches. Career Born in Binghamton, New York, Herbert attended Cornell University. As an actor, he "had many serious roles, and for years was seen on major vaudeville circuits as a pathetic old Hebrew." The advent of talking pictures brought stage-trained actors to Hollywood, and Herbert soon became a popular movie comedian. His screen character was usually flustered and absent-minded. He would flutter his fingers together and talk to himself, repeating the same phrases: "Hoo-hoo-hoo, wonderful, wonderful, hoo hoo hoo!" So many imitators (including Curly Howard of The Three Stooges, Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy and Etta Candy in the Wonder Woman comic book series) copied the catchphrase as "woo woo" that Herbert even began to use "woo woo" rather than "hoo hoo" in the 1940s. Herbert's early movies, like Wheeler & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Page
Anita Page (born Anita Evelyn Pomares; August 4, 1910 – September 6, 2008) was an American film actress who reached stardom in the final years of the silent film era. She was referred to as "a blond, blue-eyed Latin" and "the girl with the most beautiful face in Hollywood" in the 1920s. She retired from acting in 1936, but made a comeback in 1961, then she retired again. Page returned to acting 35 years later in 1996 and appeared in four films in the 2000s. Early life Anita Evelyn Pomares was born on August 4, 1910, in Flushing, Queens, New York. Her parents were Marino Leo Pomares, who was originally from Brooklyn, and Maude Evelyn (née Mullane) Pomares. She had one brother, Marino Pomares Jr., who later worked for her as a gym instructor, and her mother worked as her secretary and her father as her chauffeur. Page's paternal grandfather, Salvador Marino Pomares, was from Cuba, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
