|
Lloyd Nosler
Lloyd Nosler (March 13, 1901 – September 26, 1985) was an American film editor, director, and screenwriter who worked in Hollywood in from the 1910s through the 1950s. Biography Lloyd was born in Riverton, Oregon, to Charles Nosler and Ida Belle Wright. He left school at the age of 14, and worked for a time as a paperboy for '' The Spokesman Review''. He later took on a job as an office boy at Universal Studios after his family relocated to Los Angeles. In 1918, he was given a promotion to the photography department, where he cut his teeth editing '' Kaiser, Beast of Berlin''. The next year, after editing '' Cassiday of the Air Lanes'', he became specifically renowned for cutting action films after catching the eye of Tom Mix. Work on films like '' Ben Hur'' followed at MGM; the studio kept him under contract for seven years. In 1937, he went back to school, compelled by a desire to change careers and pursue screenwriting. During World War II, however, he used his editing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverton, Oregon
Riverton is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 42S, about up the Coquille River from Bandon. Route 42S is the former alignment of U.S. Route 101. The townsite of Riverton was platted in 1889. Riverton post office was established in 1890 and named for its situation on the river. Orlando A. Kelly, the first postmaster, was also said to have been the first settler there. In 1915 Riverton had a population of 200. At that time Riverton shipped coal mined locally by steamboat to California. The first coal mine opened in the county in 1854 and up to a quarter of people worked in what was then the region's most important industry. Riverton served as a coal-mining center for more than 50 years. In 1940, Riverton's population was 150, and the place served as a trading center for farmers who grew peas. The post office closed in 1961. Formerly Riverton Ferry crossed the Coquille there and as of 1969, it was still being operated by the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shakedown (1929 Film)
''The Shakedown'' is an American pre-Code 1929 action/comedy/sports drama film, directed by William Wyler and starring James Murray, Barbara Kent, and Jack Hanlon. Considered a part-talkie, the film was released in parallel silent and sound versions. Once believed lost, ''The Shakedown'' was discovered and restored by the staff of the George Eastman House in 1998. Director William Wyler made the move up to talking pictures with this blend of action and comedy. Synopsis Dave Roberts (James Murray) is a professional boxer better at losing in fixed matches than in knocking out his opponents. He turns up in towns and is part of a group who sets up corrupt boxing matches. Dave's life on the margins changes after he meets an honest woman and rescues an orphan from an oncoming train. As he begins to care for them, he ultimately has to decide whether to continue in his low-life ways or turn the tables on those who have been forcing him to participate in them. Cast * James Murray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single-Handed Sanders
''Single-Handed Sanders'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Charles A. Post and starring Tom Tyler and Margaret Morris.Martin, p. 166 Cast * Tom Tyler as Matt Sanders * Robert Seiter as Phillip Sanders * Margaret Morris as Alice Parker * John Elliott as Senator Graham *Gordon De Main as Judge Parker * Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Snowflake * Loie Bridge as Mrs. Perkins * Hank Bell Hank Bell (January 21, 1892 – February 4, 1950) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 370 films between 1920 and 1950. He was born in Los Angeles, California, and died in Hollywood, California Hollywood is a neighborho ... as Hank Perkins References Bibliography * Martin, Len D. ''The Allied Artists Checklist: The Feature Films and Short Subjects of Allied Artists Pictures Corporation, 1947-1978''. McFarland & Company, 1993. External links * 1932 films 1932 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Son Of The Border
''Son of the Border'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Lloyd Nosler, written by Wellyn Totman, and starring Tom Keene, Julie Haydon, Edgar Kennedy, Lon Chaney, Jr. and David Durand. It was released on May 5, 1933 by RKO Pictures. Plot Cast * Tom Keene as Tom Owens * Edgar Kennedy as Windy * Julie Haydon as Doris * David Durand David Durand (1680 – 16 January 1763) was a Huguenot French people, French and English people, English minister (religion), minister and historian. He was born in Languedoc and fled France to the Netherlands before heading to Spain with a grou ... as Frankie Breen * Lon Chaney, Jr. as Jack Breen * Al Bridge as Tupper * Charles King as Henchey * Claudia Coleman as Sadie References External links * * * * 1933 films American black-and-white films RKO Pictures films American Western (genre) films 1933 Western (genre) films Films scored by Arthur Lange 1930s English-language films Films directed by Lloyd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dawn Rider
''The Dawn Rider'' is a 1935 American Western (genre), Western film starring John Wayne and directed by Robert N. Bradbury. The film was later released in a colorized version on home video/DVD under the title ''Cold Vengeance''. Plot John Mason chases after his father's killer, an outlaw who remains elusive until he is tricked into revealing himself with a decoy gold shipment. To complicate matters, the killer is the brother of Alice, the woman with whom Mason has fallen in love. Alice begs Mason not to seek vengeance, but a showdown is inevitable. Cast * John Wayne as John Mason * Marion Burns as Alice Gordon * Dennis Moore (actor), Dennis Moore as Rudd Gordon * Reed Howes as Ben McClure * Joseph De Grasse as Dad Mason * Yakima Canutt as Saloon Owner * Earl Dwire as Pete (Expressman) * Nelson McDowell as Bates (Undertaker) Remake A 2012 remake of this film, entitled ''Dawn Rider'', cast Christian Slater in the John Mason role. See also * John Wayne filmography * List of Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Trails
''Western Trails'' is a 1938 American Western film directed by George Waggner and written by Norton S. Parker. The film stars Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds, John Ridgely, Carlyle Moore Jr., Forrest Taylor, Franco Corsaro and Bob Burns. The film was released on June 1, 1938, by Universal Pictures. Plot While pursuing his father's killers, Bob Mason gets a gunshot wound, while recovering he is assisted by nurse Alice with whom his friend Ben is in love with. Bob discovers that the killer is Alice's brother Rudd and confronts him, however Rudd convinces Ben that Bob is stealing Alice for himself, so Ben removes the bullets from Bob's gun right before he faces off against Rudd. Cast * Bob Baker as Bob Mason *Marjorie Reynolds as Alice Gordon *John Ridgely as Ben McClure *Carlyle Moore Jr. as Rudd Gordon *Forrest Taylor as Williams *Franco Corsaro as Indian Joe *Bob Burns as Dan 'Dad' Mason *Jack Rockwell Jack Rockwell Trowbridge (October 6, 1890 – November 10, 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Air Robbery
''The Great Air Robbery'' (aka ''Cassidy of the Air Lanes'') is a six-reel silent 1919 American drama film directed by Jacques Jaccard and produced by Universal Pictures. The film stars Ormer Locklear, Allan Forrest and Ray Ripley. ''The Great Air Robbery'' is a film that showcases the talents of stunt pilot Locklear, considered the foremost "aviation stunt man in the world", and depicts pilots flying air mail, the first film to deal with the subject.Farmer 1984, pp. 10, 16. There are no known archival holdings of the film, so it is presumably a lost film. Plot In 1925, pilot Larry Cassidy (Ormer Locklear) is flying air mail for the United States Postal Service. He faces a deadly foe, Chester Van Arland (Ray Ripley), the leader of the "Death's Head Squadron", intent on stealing a $20,000 shipment of gold that will be on a midnight flight to Washington. Van Arland has the medal air mail pilot Wallie Mason (Allan Forrest) was awarded for his war service in France and has kidnapped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Famous Mrs
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things 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 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strangers Of The Night
''Strangers of the Night'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Niblo. It was produced by Louis B. Mayer and released through Metro Pictures. The film was adapted by C. Gardner Sullivan from the 1921 stage play, '' Captain Applejack'', by Walter C. Hackett, which on Broadway had starred Wallace Eddinger. It was remade as a talkie by Warner Brothers in 1931 under the '' Captain Applejack'' title. The 1923 film is now lost. Cast * Matt Moore as Ambrose Applejohn * Enid Bennett as Poppy Faire * Barbara La Marr as Anna Valeska * Robert McKim as Borolsky * Mathilde Brundage as Mrs. Whatcombe * Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Pengard * Otto Hoffman as Horace Pengard * Tom Ricketts Thomas B. Ricketts (15 January 1853 – 19 January 1939) was an English-born American stage and film actor and director who was a pioneer in the film industry. He portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge in the first American film adaptation of '' A Chr ... as Lush (as Thomas Ricketts) Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thy Name Is Woman
''Thy Name Is Woman'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Ramon Novarro and Barbara La Marr. A copy of the film survives in the Turner Archive. The film made an estimated profit of more than $100,000. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Spanish soldier Juan Ricardo is assigned to obtain evidence against Pedro the Fox, an old smuggler. His acquaintance with Pedro's wife Guerita ripens into mutual love. When Guerita and Juan are about to depart, her elderly husband approaches under the pretense of giving her a farewell kiss, but instead stabs and kills her. Pedro then falls dead from the reactive shock of his own deed. Juan is then arrested and charged with having failed in his mission. The intercession of Dolores, the daughter of the Commandante who is in love with Juan, brings about his release. Cast * Ramon Novarro as Juan Ricardo * Barbara La Marr as Guerita * William V. Mong as Pedro the Fox (Guerita's husband) * Wallace M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Lily
''The Red Lily'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Ramon Novarro, Enid Bennett, and Wallace Beery. A print of the film exists. Plot Marise La Noue (Enid Bennett) and Jean Leonnec (Ramon Novarro) are young lovers who elope to Paris; however, they are separated shortly after their arrival, leading to the downward spiral of both their lives: She becomes a prostitute known as 'the Red Lily', and he learns the ways of the underworld from Bo-Bo (Wallace Beery). Cast * Ramon Novarro as Jean Leonnec * Enid Bennett as Marise La Noue * Frank Currier as Hugo Leonnec * Mitchell Lewis as D'Agut * Rosita Marstini as Madame Charpied (as Risita Marstini) * Sidney Franklin as M. Charpied - Her Husband * Wallace Beery as Bo-Bo * George Nichols as Concierge * Emily Fitzroy as Mama Bouchard * George Periolat as Papa Bouchard * Rosemary Theby as Nana * Milla Davenport as Madame Poussot * Gibson Gowland as Le Turc * Dick Sutherland as The Toad * Marcelle Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silent Accuser
''The Silent Accuser'' is a 1924 American silent crime drama film directed by Chester M. Franklin. The film stars dog star Peter the Great, Eleanor Boardman, and Raymond McKee. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, while waiting for Jack (McKee), with whom she intends to elope, Barbara (Boardman) is accosted in her bedroom by Phil (Metcalfe), a boarder in her home, who is maddened with jealousy. Her screams attract her aged stepfather. She faints and Phil leaves the room in time to be met by the stepfather (Weigel), whom he kills. Peter, Jack's dog, witnesses the murder through the window. Phil escapes and Jack arrives just in time to be in a compromising position. He is convicted of the murder. Peter gains the confidence of the warden and carries messages between Jack and Barbara. When Jack escapes, Peter holds off the guards. Barbara and Jack and Peter cross the border. In a Mexican town they recognize Phil. Barbara lures Phil to their place of hiding, when Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.png "Click for more on -> The Famous Mrs")