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Louise Carter
Louise Carter (born Betty-Lee Carter; March 17, 1875 – November 10, 1957) was an American stage and film actress. She appeared in 48 films between 1924 and 1940, mostly in maternal supporting roles. Among her roles were the mother of Paul Muni in '' I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang'' (1932), the wife of Lionel Barrymore in ''Broken Lullaby'' (1932) and the wife of W. C. Fields in ''You're Telling Me!'' (1934). Early years Carter was born Betty-Lee Carter on March 17, 1875, in Denison, Iowa. Her parents, Lawrence "Louis" J. Carter and Philomine Richards Carter, were French-Canadian. She had five younger siblings, and she was a graduate of Denison High School. Career By 1902, Carter had acted in Boston, New London, and New York City. She became the leading lady of the Gotham Stock Company in New York City in 1911. The company performed in Orpheum Company vaudeville houses owned by Percy G. Williams, who often had the cast of a play present it in one theater, then hurry to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denison, Iowa
Denison is a city in Crawford County, Iowa, United States, along the Boyer River, and located in both Denison Township and East Boyer Township. The population was 8,373 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Crawford County. History Denison was laid out in 1856; the town was incorporated in 1875. Denison was named for its founder, J. W. Denison. Geography Denison is located at (42.017187, −95.351124). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water. Climate According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Denison has a hot-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfa" on climate maps. Demographics 2010 census At the 2010 census there were 8,298 people, 2,816 households, and 1,866 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 2,968 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 70.6% White, 2.3% African American, 0.6% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lost Chord (1925 Film)
''The Lost Chord'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Wilfred Noy and starring David Powell, Alice Lake, and Dagmar Godowsky. It is based on Arthur Sullivan's 1877 song " The Lost Chord." Noy had previously made the film in Great Britain in 1917 and this remake marked his American debut. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Arnold Grahme (Powell), celebrated organist, returning from abroad finds that his sweetheart, Madeline (Lake), has married Count Zara, who treats her brutally and has an affair with his "cousin," Pauline (Godowsky). Zara, jealous of Arnold, provokes a quarrel and in a duel fought later in Italy is killed by Arnold. Pauline in the meantime has persuaded Zara to kidnap his little daughter, Pauline. Madeline goes to a convent, Arnold tries to persuade her to marry him, and finally, speaking to her through his music, she agrees, but falls dead. Arnold’s nephew, Jack (Mack), quarrels with his chorus girl sweetheart Joan (Binney) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tess Of The Storm Country (1932 Film)
''Tess of the Storm Country'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by directed by Alfred Santell and starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, and Dudley Digges. It was released by Fox Film Corporation. It is based on the novel of the same name by Grace Miller White and its adaptation for the stage by Rupert Hughes. Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen films together, including Frank Borzage's classics '' Seventh Heaven'' (1927), '' Street Angel'' (1928), and ''Lucky Star'' (1929). Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress for the first two films and F. W. Murnau's '' Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans''. The film's copyright was renewed in 1960.https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyr3141213libr/page/48/mode/1up?view=theater Cast *Janet Gaynor as Tess Howland * Charles Farrell as Frederick Garfield, Jr. *Dudley Digges as Captain Howland * Dan Green as Katsura * June Clyde as Teola Garfield *Claude Gillingwater as Frederick Garfield Sr. *George Meeker a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trouble In Paradise (1932 Film)
''Trouble in Paradise'' is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, and Herbert Marshall. Based on the 1931 play ''The Honest Finder'' (''A Becsületes Megtaláló'') by Hungarian playwright László Aladár,"Screenplay info" on TCM.com. Accessed=August 24, 2012 the lead characters are a gentleman thief and a lady pickpocket who join forces to con a beautiful woman who is the owner of a perfume company. In 1991, ''Trouble in Paradise'' was selected for preservation by the United States [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hell's Highway (1932 Film)
''Hell's Highway'' is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Rowland Brown. Plot The film centers around brutal conditions in a prison of the Southern United States. Chain gang prisoners forced to construct a "liberty highway" for their overseer chasten under his brutal stewardship. Duke Ellis is the most influential inmate among them. He soon discovers his younger brother has also been incarcerated and joined the chain gang. Soon enough Duke will mastermind a mass riot. Cast * Richard Dix as Frank "Duke" Ellis * Tom Brown as John "Johnny" Ellis * Rochelle Hudson as Mary Ellen * C. Henry Gordon as "Blacksnake Skinner" * Oscar Apfel as William Billings * Stanley Fields as F.E. Whiteside * John Arledge as Joe Carter * Warner Richmond as "Captain Pop-Eye Jackson" * Charles B. Middleton as "Matthew The Hermit" * Louise Carter as Mrs. Ellis * Clarence Muse as Rascal * Fuzzy Knight John Forrest "Fuzzy" Knight (May 9, 1901 – February 23, 1976) was an American film an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Against The World (1932 Film)
''Two Against the World'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Constance Bennett as a woman who tries her best to keep her sister and brother out of trouble. It is based on the play ''A Dangerous Set'' by Marion Dix and Jerry Horwin. The film, as well as '' Unashamed'' (1932), is based on a Philadelphia society murder by Eddie Allen, who killed Francis Donaldson III in an "honor killing An honor killing (American English), honour killing (Commonwealth English), or shame killing is the murder of an individual, either an outsider or a member of a family, by someone seeking to protect what they see as the dignity and honor of ...". Plot Lawyer Dave Norton offers a settlement for the destitute family of a man killed while working for the Hamilton family firm. The upper-class, wealthy Hamiltons gather to decide what to do. They all either vote to fight it in court or, in many cases, simply ignore it. Adele "Dell" Hamilton is an irresp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blondie Of The Follies
''Blondie of the Follies'' is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edmund Goulding and written by Anita Loos and Frances Marion. Plot In a crowded New York tenement on the upper east side, Blondie and Lottie are neighbors and best friends. Lottie joins the Follies, a burlesque show, driving away from their noisy, crowded, poverty-stricken life with a Mr. Kinskey. When we see Lottie again, she is a great success in burlesque, has changed her name to Lurline, is speaking French to her maid and is being kept by wealthy Larry Belmont. Blondie comes to visit her in her elegant Park Avenue apartment, and Larry takes a fancy to the pretty blonde who is always laughing. So does his older friend, Murchenson. Larry invites Blondie to go to the Follies that night and arranges for her to get into the show. They go to the nearby speakeasy, and while they are dancing, he propositions her. She rebuffs him, but he backs off, and by the time he drives her home in the morning she is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Mile (1932 Film)
''The Last Mile'' is a 1932 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Samuel Bischoff and starring Preston Foster. The picture is based on John Wexley's 1930 Broadway play, '' The Last Mile''. Actor Howard Phillips appeared in both the play and the film but in different roles. In 1959, the play was adapted a second time into a film of the same name starring Mickey Rooney. Plot The movie presents life in a prison where men are on death row. Some of them are wrongfully accused and convicted; there is nothing in their future but the electric chair. Richard Walters is condemned to death for a crime he claims he did not commit. While the drama inside the prison unfolds, his friends on the outside are trying to find evidence that he is innocent. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stranger In Town (1931 Film)
''Stranger in Town'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Charles "Chic" Sale and Ann Dvorak. Cast * Charles "Chic" Sale - Ulysses Crickle * Ann Dvorak - Marian Crickle * David Manners - Jerry Fleming * Noah Beery Sr. - J.B. Hilliker * Raymond Hatton - Elmer * Lyle Talbot Lyle Florenz Talbot (born Lisle Henderson, also credited Lysle Talbot; February 8, 1902 – March 2, 1996) was an American stage, screen and television actor. His career in films spanned three decades, from 1931 to 1960, and he performed on ... - Brice References External links * * 1931 films 1931 drama films American drama films American black-and-white films Warner Bros. films Films directed by Erle C. Kenton 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Week-End Marriage
''Week-End Marriage'' is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Loretta Young. It was produced by First National Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. It is based on the 1932 novel, ''Week-End Marriage'', by Faith Baldwin. The film is preserved at the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', (<-book title) p.205 c.1978 by the American Film Institute Cast * as Lola Davis Hayes * as Ken Hayes * |
The Strange Case Of Clara Deane
''The Strange Case of Clara Deane'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and Max Marcin, written by Max Marcin, and starring Wynne Gibson, Pat O'Brien, Dudley Digges, Frances Dee, George Barbier, Russell Gleason and Lee Kohlmar. It was released on May 6, 1932, by Paramount Pictures. Plot A young dress designer marries an insurance agent. They soon have a daughter, But what the wife doesn't know is that her husband is actually a criminal, who soon involves her—unwittingly—in robbery. Sentenced to prison, she gives up her baby for adoption. When she is released 15 years later, she set out to find her long-lost daughter. A police inspector get involved in her search and, for reasons of his own, tries to dissuade her from finding her child. Cast * Wynne Gibson as Clara Deane *Pat O'Brien as Frank Deane *Dudley Digges as Detective Garrison * Frances Dee as Nancy Deane * George Barbier as Richard Ware * Russell Gleason as Norman Ware * Lee Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Are You Listening? (film)
''Are You Listening?'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring William Haines, Madge Evans and Anita Page. Plot Radio writer Bill Grimes is in love with radio actress Laura O' Neill, and they enjoy harmless social activities together like roller-skating. But Bill is bitterly married to Alice, who dislikes him as much as he does her but they are unable to separate because, in the Depression, they can't afford separate domiciles. Alice demands that Bill stay home for their third wedding anniversary celebration so as not to humiliate her in front of another couple she's invited; at Laura's suggestion, Bill tries to soften her by a gift of stockings, but she criticizes them and the evening is wretched for him. He had to break a theater date with Laura to be there, and when he finally gets away to visit her she decides this can't work and breaks up with him. Laura lives with her sister Sally, who is practiced in dating rich men without compromi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
