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Mary Duncan
Mary Duncan (August 13, 1894 – May 9, 1993) was an American stage and film actress. She is best known for her performances in F.W. Murnau's '' City Girl'' (1930) and '' Morning Glory'' (1933). Early years Duncan was born in Luttrellville, Virginia, the sixth of eight children born to Capt. William S. Duncan and his wife, Ada Thaddeus Douglass. She attended Cornell University for two years (or one year) before settling on acting as a career. When she left Cornell, she studied acting under Yvette Guilbert. Career Duncan began her career as a child actress playing on the Broadway stage from 1910. Her Broadway credits include ''Human Nature'' (1925), ''All Wet'' (1925), ''New Toys'' (1924), ''The Egotist'' (1922), ''Face Value'' (1921), and ''Welcome to Our City'' (1919). In 1926 she played "Poppy" in the smash hit and controversial play '' The Shanghai Gesture'', in which Florence Reed played her mother (known as "Mother Goddam"). Reed's character kills her daughter i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luttrellville, Virginia
Luttrellville is an unincorporated community in Northumberland and Richmond counties, in the U.S. state of Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography an .... References * Unincorporated communities in Virginia Unincorporated communities in Northumberland County, Virginia Unincorporated communities in Richmond County, Virginia {{RichmondCountyVA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4 Devils
''4 Devils'' (also known as ''Four Devils'') is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by German director F. W. Murnau and starring Janet Gaynor. It is considered to be lost. Premise The plot concerns four orphans (Janet Gaynor, Nancy Drexel, Barry Norton, and Charles Morton) who become a high wire act, and centers around sinister goings-on at a circus. An old clown takes in the four children Charles, Adolf, Marion and Louise to protect them from the brutal circus owner who is their guardian. He raises them and trains them to become acrobats. The years pass and the four children soon become successful trapeze artists who call themselves the "Four Devils". Charles and Marion are now a couple. But when they perform at Cirque Olympia in Paris, Charles gets involved with a beautiful stranger. Marion learns about the relationship and is distracted by it. At the finale of her performance, in which she works without a net, she crashes. Marion survives, and Charles, touched by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State's Attorney (1932 Film)
''State's Attorney'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film made at RKO and starring John Barrymore. George Archainbaud directed and the film could more or less be considered a warm up for Barrymore when he later went to Universal to film the similar ''Counsellor at Law''. Remade in 1937 and 1951 both titled ''Criminal Lawyer''. The story was supposedly based on the life of criminal lawyer William J. Fallon, who defended 126 homicide cases without any convictions. tcm.com; accessed September 29, 2015. Plot plays near-alcoholic defense attorney Tom Cardigan who handles a lot of cases for his childhood friend, gangster Valentine ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Age For Love
''The Age for Love'' is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film (now lost) directed by Frank Lloyd based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Ernest Pascal. The film was a vehicle for Howard Hughes' mistress Billie Dove. The film was a commercial failure, but this did not stop Hughes funding another film for Billie Dove.Darwin Porter -Howard Hughes: Hell's Angel 2005- Page 242 "In spite of the commercial failure of The Age for Love, Howard moved quickly forward with yet another picture, Cock of the Air, for Billie. Once again, he brought back Robert Sherwood to write the scenario. " The film's music includes "I'm Chuck Full of Kisses" (music by Alfred Newman, lyrics by screenwriter David Silverstein) and "Just Another Night" (again by Alfred Newman, Con Conrad and David Silverstein). Cast *Billie Dove as Jean Hurd *Charles Starrett as Dudley Crome * Lois Wilson as Sylvia Pearson *Edward Everett Horton as Horace Keats *Mary Duncan as Nina Donnet *Adrian Morris as Jeff Aldrich *Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five And Ten (film)
''Five and Ten'' is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by an uncredited Robert Z. Leonard and starring Marion Davies, Leslie Howard and Irene Rich. Davies plays as an heiress and Howard the man she loves, though he marries someone else. The film was produced by William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan Productions in partnership with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is based on the 1929 Fannie Hurst novel of the same name.''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40'' by The American Film Institute, c. 1993 Synopsis The wealthy John G. Rarick has made a huge success of a chain of five and ten cent stores and decides to move his family, including his daughter Jennifer, from Kansas City to New York. Jennifer is delighted to move amongst the social elite but faces snobbishness because of her background. She becomes very attracted to a man she encounters, an aspiring architect Berry Rhodes but he is already engaged to another woman who despites Jennifer. Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men Call It Love
''Men Call It Love'' is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic melodrama film directed by Edgar Selwyn and written by Doris Anderson. The film stars Adolphe Menjou, Leila Hyams, Norman Foster, Mary Duncan and Hedda Hopper. The film was released on March 14, 1931, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Cast *Adolphe Menjou as Tony * Leila Hyams as Connie *Norman Foster as Jack *Mary Duncan as Helen *Hedda Hopper as Callie *Robert Emmett Keane Robert Emmett Keane (March 4, 1883 – July 2, 1981) was an American actor of both the stage and screen. Biography Keane began on stage in the 1910s, his first Broadway appearance being in the production of '' The Passing Show of 1914''. He co ... as Joe * Harry Northrup as Brandt References External links * 1931 films 1930s English-language films American romantic drama films 1931 romantic drama films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films directed by Edgar Selwyn American black-and-white films Melodrama films 1930s American films { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boudoir Diplomat
''The Boudoir Diplomat'' is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair, produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, from the play ''The Command To Love'' by Fritz Gottwald and Rudolph Lothar. The film is preserved at the Library of Congress. Plot Ian Keith plays a French military attaché in Madrid who romantically pursues the wives of various government officials. Betty Compson and Mary Duncan play the objects of his attention. Release The film opened to much fan-fare on December 5, 1930. According to Mordaunt Hall's review of the film, the lobby in New York's showcase theater, the Globe, was elaborately decorated for the film's run "with pink silk and photographs with violet borders." Alternate Version The film was remade during production into three alternate-language versions. ''Boudoir diplomatique'' was the French-language version, starring Iván Petrovich and Arlette Marchal. It was directed by Marcel De Sano and released in 1931 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kismet (1930 Film)
''Kismet'' is a 1930 American pre-Code costume drama A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romances, adventure films, and swa ... film photographed entirely in an early widescreen process using 65mm film that Warner Bros. called Vitascope. The film, now considered lost film, lost, was based on Edward Knoblock's play ''Kismet (play), Kismet'', and was previously filmed as a silent film in Kismet (1920 film), 1920 which also starred Otis Skinner. Plot Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself. Production Warner Bros. spared no expense in making this picture. They spent $600,000 in producing it, and the extravagance of the film was noted by every reviewer. The film played in ten cities acr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance Of The Rio Grande
''Romance of the Rio Grande'' (also: En kärleksnatt vid Rio Grande) is a 1929 American pre-Code Western film directed by Alfred Santell and starring Warner Baxter, Mona Maris, Mary Duncan and Antonio Moreno. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation in both a Movietone talking version and also a silent version. Cast * Warner Baxter as Pablo Wharton Cameron * Mona Maris as Manuelita * Mary Duncan as Carlotta * Antonio Moreno as Juan * Robert Edeson as Don Fernando * Agostino Borgato as Vincente * Albert Roccardi as Padre Miguel * Charles Byer as Dick Rivers * Majel Coleman Majel Coleman (February 22, 1903 – July 27, 1980) was an American film actress and model from Mason, Ohio. Most of her 11 film credits are silent movie features. Early life Coleman was born in Mason, Ohio (just north of Cincinnati, Ohio) to ... as Dorry Wayne * Merrill McCormick as Luca References External links Romance of the Rio Grande @ IMDb.com* 1929 films 1929 Wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thru Different Eyes (1929 Film)
''Thru Different Eyes'' is a 1929 American pre-Code Drama (film and television), drama film directed by John G. Blystone and written by Tom Barry (screenwriter), Tom Barry and Milton Herbert Gropper. The film stars Mary Duncan, Edmund Lowe, Warner Baxter, Natalie Moorhead, Earle Foxe and Donald Gallaher. The film was released on April 14, 1929, by Fox Film, Fox Film Corporation. Plot Harvey Manning is tried for murdering his best friend, Jack Winfield, whose body was found in the Manning home. During the trial, attorneys on both sides offer contrasting versions of Manning's character and his wife, Viola, and of the events preceding the murder. Manning is found guilty, but then a young girl comes forward and confesses to killing Winfield. Cast *Mary Duncan as Viola *Edmund Lowe as Harvey Manning *Warner Baxter as Jack Winfield *Natalie Moorhead as Frances Thornton *Earle Foxe as Howard Thornton *Donald Gallaher as Spencer *Florence Lake as Myrtle *Sylvia Sidney as Valerie B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The River (1929 Film)
''The River'' is a 1929 partial-talkie drama film directed by Frank Borzage, and starring Charles Farrell and Mary Duncan. Much of the film has been lost. A reconstructed Version with the about 45 minutes of surviving film, using still images and explanatory titlecards to bridge the missing scenes, was produced by the Munich Filmmuseum, in collaboration with the cinémathèques of Switzerland and Luxembourg. This version was screened in 2006 by the American Museum of the Moving Image in New York City. Borzage also directed Farrell, opposite Janet Gaynor, in '' Seventh Heaven'' (1927), '' Street Angel'' (1928), and ''Lucky Star'' (1929) during this period. Plot summary Allen John Spender ( Charles Farrell) is a virile outdoorsman and Rosalee ( Mary Duncan) is his high society sweetheart. Cast * Charles Farrell as Allen John Spender * Mary Duncan as Rosalee * Ivan Linow as Sam Thompson * Margaret Mann as Widow Thompson * Alfred Sabato as Marsdon * Bert Woodruff as The Mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost Film
A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy of every American film to be deposited at the Library of Congress at the time of copyright registration, but the Librarian of Congress was not required to retain those copies: "Under the provisions of the act of March 4, 1909, authority is granted for the return to the claimant of copyright of such copyright deposits as are not required by the Library." A report created by Library of Congress film historian and archivist David Pierce claims: * 75% of original silent-era films have perished. * 14% of the 10,919 silent films released by major studios exist in their original 35 mm or other formats. * 11% survive only in full-length foreign versions or film formats of lesser image quality. Of the American sound films made from 1927 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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