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Roger Imhof
Frederick Roger Imhof (August 15, 1875 – April 15, 1958) was an American film actor, vaudeville, burlesque and circus performer, sketch writer, and songwriter. Early years Imhof was born in Rock Island, Illinois, on April 15, 1875, to Nicholas Imhoff, from Switzerland, and Susan McCluen Imhoff, from Ireland. Career Imhof began his career as a clown with the Mills Orton Circus, and as an "Irish" comedian. He "toured in vaudeville and burlesque between 1895 and 1930." By 1897, he was "teamed with Charles Osborne in a comedy contortion and burlesque acrobatics act." Around this time, he dropped an "f" from his last name. In the 1902–1903 season, he first worked with longtime vaudeville partner Hugh Conn, an association that lasted into the 1920s or possibly 1930s. Marcel Corinne (18881977), sometimes spelled Coreene, joined the act sometime in the 1910s. She and Imhof married in 1913. The trio of Imhof, Conn and Corinne toured in two comic sketches, "The Pest House" and "Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Lights Ahead
''Red Lights Ahead'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Roland D. Reed and starring Andy Clyde, Lucile Gleason and Roger Imhof. It was the last film released by the Poverty Row studio Chesterfield Pictures before it became part of Republic Pictures. Plot A family evening situation with quarreling daughters and sons, about using the bathroom before their respective dates and evening programs, opens the movie. Two daughters and two sons. The younger son Willi being 17. Mary having allures of high society and psychic fortunetelling and crystal gazing. Edna changes her date partners a little too often and George dreaming to become speaker in the radio. Pa Wallace a hard working man and Ma looking for her children and managing the money for the family. Unfortunately Mary meets a Mr. Nordham who pretends to be a scientific and gazes with her in the crystal ball announcing a big fortune coming from the earth (like oil), talking about aura colors to her mother, while Pa Wallace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Gun For Hire
''This Gun for Hire'' is a 1942 American film noir crime film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, and Alan Ladd. It is based on the 1936 novel '' A Gun for Sale'' by Graham Greene (published in the United States with the same title as the film). Plot In contemporary wartime San Francisco, chemist and blackmailer Albert Baker is killed by hitman Philip Raven, who recovers a stolen chemical formula. Raven is double-crossed by his employer, Willard Gates, who pays him with marked bills and reports them to the Los Angeles Police Department as stolen from his company, Nitro Chemical Corporation of Los Angeles. Raven learns of the setup and decides to get revenge. Police Detective Lieutenant Michael Crane, who is vacationing in San Francisco to visit his girlfriend, nightclub singer and stage magician Ellen Graham, is immediately assigned the case. He goes after Raven, but the assassin eludes him. Meanwhile, Gates hires Ellen to wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judge Priest
''Judge Priest'' is a 1934 American comedy film starring Will Rogers. The film was directed by John Ford, produced by Sol M. Wurtzel in association with Fox Film, and based on humorist Irvin S. Cobb's character Judge Priest. The picture is set in post-reconstruction Kentucky and the supporting cast features Henry B. Walthall, Hattie McDaniel and Stepin Fetchit. It was remade by Ford in 1953 as '' The Sun Shines Bright''. Plot Personable Judge Priest (Will Rogers), known to his contemporaries as "Billy", presides over court in Fairfield, Kentucky in 1890; Jeff Poindexter is accused of chicken theft. Senator Horace Maydew, a rival in an election bid to the judge's seat, as well as the prosecuting attorney in Jeff's case, who after some distraction by Priest and the court onlookers, is found innocent. Priest befriends Jeff and goes fishing with him after court and hires him in his household. Priest's nephew, Jerome "Rome" Priest has just returned home after studying law and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handy Andy (1934 Film)
''Handy Andy'' is a 1934 American comedy film directed by David Butler and written by William M. Conselman, Kubec Glasmon and Henry Johnson, adapted in turn from the play "Merry Andrew" by Lewis Beach. The film stars Will Rogers, Peggy Wood, Mary Carlisle, Paul Harvey, Frank Melton and Roger Imhof. The film was released on July 27, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation. Plot Cast *Will Rogers as Andrew Yates *Peggy Wood as Ernestine Yates *Mary Carlisle as Janice Yates *Paul Harvey as Charlie Norcross *Frank Melton as Howard Norcross *Roger Imhof as Doc Burmeister * Robert Taylor as Lloyd Burmeister *Grace Goodall as Mattie Norcross *Jessie Pringle as Jennie * Conchita Montenegro as Fleurette *Adrian Rosley as Henri Duval *Gregory Gaye as Pierre Martel *Richard Tucker as Mr. Beauregard *Helen Flint Helen Flint (June 14, 1898Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.'. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 247. – Sep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Canary (film)
''Grand Canary'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Warner Baxter, Madge Evans and Marjorie Rambeau. It is an adaptation of A. J. Cronin Archibald Joseph Cronin (Cronogue) (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981) was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known novel is ''The Citadel (novel), The Citadel'' (1937), about a Scottish physician who serves in a Welsh coal mining, minin ...'s 1933 Grand Canary (novel), novel of the same title.Goble p.99 Plot A British doctor is forced to leave England after three of his patients die during experimental treatment. He boards a freighter from Liverpool and lands in the Canary Islands. He encounters Lady Mary Fielding, the wife of one of the wealthiest landowners in the area, and explains to her that the patients died ''before'' he could administer his new serum to them, and he has been falsely scapegoated by the medical profession. When a yellow fever outbreak threatens the health of many on the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Gold
''Wild Gold'' is a 1934 American romantic comedy drama film directed by George Marshall and written by Lester Cole and Henry Johnson. The film stars John Boles, Claire Trevor, Harry Green, Roger Imhof, Ruth Gillette, Monroe Owsley and Edward Gargan. The film was released on June 8, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation. Plot Cast * John Boles as Steve Miller *Claire Trevor as Jerry Jordan * Harry Green as J. 'Jake' Lorillard Pushkin *Roger Imhof as James 'Pop' Benson *Ruth Gillette as Dixie Belle *Monroe Owsley as Walter Jordan *Edward Gargan as Eddie Sparks * Suzanne Kaaren as One of the Golden Girls *Wini Shaw as One of the Golden Girls *Blanca Vischer as One of the Golden Girls *Elsie Larson as One of the Golden Girls *Gloria Roy Dolores Rousse (August 17, 1901 – December 16, 1985)California, Death Index. 1940-1997 atabase on-line Via Ancestry.com. Provo, Utah. was an American film actress who performed under the name Gloria Roy later in her career. Career In May 1922 ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleepers East
''Sleepers East'' is a 1934 American pre-Code crime film directed by Kenneth MacKenna and written by Lester Cole. It is based on the 1933 novel ''Sleepers East'' by Frederick Nebel. The film stars Wynne Gibson, Preston Foster, Mona Barrie, Harvey Stephens, Roger Imhof and J. Carrol Naish. The film was released on January 26, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation. The novel was also used as inspiration for the 1941 film '' Sleepers West''. Plot Cast * Wynne Gibson as Lena Karelson *Preston Foster as Jason Everett *Mona Barrie as Ada Robillard * Harvey Stephens as Martin Knox *Roger Imhof Frederick Roger Imhof (August 15, 1875 – April 15, 1958) was an American film actor, vaudeville, burlesque and circus performer, sketch writer, and songwriter. Early years Imhof was born in Rock Island, Illinois, on April 15, 1875, to Nichola ... as MacGowan * J. Carrol Naish as Carl Izzard * Suzanne Kaaren as Dixie *Howard Lally as Jack Wentworth References External links * 1934 fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ever Since Eve (1934 Film)
''Ever Since Eve'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by George Marshall and written by Stuart Anthony and Henry Johnson. The film stars George O'Brien, Mary Brian, Herbert Mundin, Betty Blythe, Roger Imhof and Russell Simpson. The film was released on March 25, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation. Plot Cast * George O'Brien as Neil Rogers * Mary Brian as Elizabeth Vandergrift * Herbert Mundin as Horace Saunders * Betty Blythe as Mrs. Vandergrift * Roger Imhof as Dave Martin * Russell Simpson as Jim Wood * George Meeker George Meeker (March 5, 1904 – August 19, 1984 ) was an American Character actor, character film and Broadway theatre, Broadway actor. A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Meeker made several films such as ''Crime, Inc.'' (1 ... as Philip Baxter References External links * * 1934 films Fox Film films American drama films 1934 drama films Films directed by George Marshall American black-and-white films 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Harum (1934 Film)
''David Harum'' is a 1934 American comedy film directed by James Cruze and written by Walter Woods. The film stars Will Rogers, Louise Dresser, Evelyn Venable, Kent Taylor, Stepin Fetchit, Noah Beery, Sr. and Roger Imhof. The film was released on March 3, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation. Plot The film is set during the Panic of 1893. In the first scene, David Harum, a banker from the small town of Homeville, is visiting aristocratic General Woolsey in New York City. The general recommends John Lennox for employment at Harum's bank. The general also asks Harum to 'give his opinion' on a horse. Harum offers $100 to buy the horse and the General immediately and gleefully says 'Sold!' which makes Harum realizes he has been taken. The General cheerfully explains that the horse is a balker, that is, it will unexpectedly balk when pulling a carriage. This is the General's revenge for a previous horse deal when Harum had gotten the advantage. The general offers to buy the horse bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoop-La
''Hoop-La'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Lloyd, and starring Clara Bow (in her final film role), Preston Foster, Richard Cromwell and Minna Gombell also in the cast. The film is based on the play ''The Barker'' by Kenyon Nicholson, which was also filmed in 1928 under the same title as the play. A version restored by the Museum of Modern Art was shown at the 2011 Classic Film Festival in Hollywood during the spring. Plot When the sheltered and educated Chris Miller who is the son of Nifty Miller, manager of a travelling circus, shows up unexpectedly to visit his dad, Nifty wants him to turn around and go back to school. Nifty is reluctant to let him be around the circus folk. However, he is allowed to stay and work for a while; however, this means some things have to change—like Nifty and his paramour Carrie have to cool it for a while. Carrie doesn't take that at all well, and in anger pays worldly Hoochie coochie dancer Lou to seduce Chris and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
''Charlie Chan's Greatest Case'' (1933) is an American pre-Code murder mystery film starring Warner Oland as the Oriental detective Charlie Chan. It was based on the Earl Derr Biggers novel '' The House Without a Key'' (1925). Oland made a series of Charlie Chan films; along with three others, this one is considered to be a lost film. Plot In Honolulu's Waikiki, two brothers, Dan (Robert Warwick) and Amos ( Frank McGlynn) Winterslip have had a decades-long feud which worsens when Dan announces his engagement to a scandalous, younger woman. When Dan is found murdered in his beachside home, Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) is called on to investigate. As the list of suspects grows, the case becomes increasingly dangerous for both Charlie Chan and Dan’s nephew, John Quincy ( John Warburton), who seeks to find his uncle’s killer. Cast *Warner Oland as Charlie Chan * Heather Angel as Carlotta Eagan *Roger Imhof as The Beachcomber * John Warburton as John Quincy Winterslip * Walter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy The Next Best Thing (1933 Film)
''Paddy the Next Best Thing'' is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Janet Gaynor, Warner Baxter and Walter Connolly. The screenplay was written by Edwin J. Burke, based on the 1912 novel '' Paddy the Next Best Thing'' by Gertrude Page and its later stage adaptation, which had previously been made into a 1923 British silent film of the same title. The film reteamed Gaynor and Baxter who had starred together in the 1931 hit '' Daddy Long Legs''. Plot Impoverished Irish landowner Major Adair pushes his eldest daughter Eileen to marry the wealthy Lawrence Blake in order to pay off his debts, despite the fact that she is in love with another man. However Adair's younger daughter Paddy falls for Blake herself, and schemes to order events to everybody's happiness. Cast * Janet Gaynor as Paddy Adair * Warner Baxter as Lawrence Blake * Walter Connolly as Major Adair * Harvey Stephens as Jack Breen * Margaret Lindsay as Eileen Adair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |