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Ruth Warren
Ruth Warren (March 27, 1901 - July 9, 1986) was an American film and television actress. Career Warren started her career as a contractor at Fox Studios. She started her acting career in the film ''Lightnin' (1930 film), Lightnin''', followed by ''Men on Call'', ''Doctors' Wives (1931 film), Doctors' Wives'', ''Devil's Lottery'', ''The Last Trail (1933 film), The Last Trail, Merry Wives of Reno'', ''The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935 film), The Farmer Takes a Wife'', ''Her Master's Voice'', ''Partners in Crime (1937 film), Partners in Crime'', ''Prison Farm (film), Prison Farm'', ''When Tomorrow Comes (film), When Tomorrow Comes'', ''Sailor's Lady'', and ''House of Wax (1953 film), House of Wax'' during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. She also appeared on television in ''Ford Theatre'', ''Annie Oakley (TV series), Annie Oakley'', ''Celebrity Playhouse'', ''The Millionaire (TV series), The Millionaire'', ''Lux Video Theatre'', ''Chevron Hall of Stars'', and ''Thriller (American TV series) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lightnin' (1930 Film)
''Lightnin is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Henry King and written by S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien. The film stars Will Rogers, Louise Dresser, Joel McCrea, Helen Cohan, Jason Robards Sr. and Luke Cosgrave. The film was released on December 7, 1930, by Fox Film Corporation. It is a remake of the 1925 silent film, which was directed by John Ford, which itself was based on the 1918 play. Plot Lightnin' has a young man come to his hotel to find his wife who is seeking a divorce. He talks to the two who obviously are in love, but they get in a tiff and the young man says he is leaving. Lightnin' whispers to wife to call him back, and then he has a sit down heart to heart talk and the couple leave with their marriage saved. Cast *Will Rogers as Lightnin' Bill Jones *Louise Dresser as Mrs. Mary Jones *Joel McCrea as John Marvin * Helen Cohan as Milly Jones *Jason Robards Sr. as Raymond Thomas *Luke Cosgrave as Zeb *J. M. Kerrigan as Judge Lemuel Townsend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lux Video Theatre
''Lux Video Theatre'' is an American television anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1957. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays. Overview The ''Lux Video Theatre'' was a spin-off from the successful '' Lux Radio Theater'' series broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934–1935) and CBS (1935–1955). ''Lux Video Theatre'' began as a live 30-minute Monday evening CBS series on October 2, 1950, switching to Thursday nights during August, 1951. In September 1953, the show relocated from New York to Hollywood. On August 26, 1954, it debuted on NBC as an hour-long show on Thursday nights, telecast until September 12, 1957. With the introduction of the one-hour format and the move to Hollywood, abridged versions of popular films were often used as the basis for shows. To introduce each act and interview the stars at the conclusion, NBC added a series of regular hosts: James Mason (1954–55) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House On 56th Street
''The House on 56th Street'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film. The film's plot involves a miscarriage of justice, wrongful conviction and imprisonment, and alienation of a prisoner from her only living relative. Plot summary Kay Francis stars as a woman sent to prison for twenty years for a murder she did not commit. When she is released, her husband is dead, and her daughter (played by Margaret Lindsay) has been told Peggy is also dead. Cast * Kay Francis as Peggy Martin Van Tyle aka Peggy Stone * Ricardo Cortez as Bill Blaine * Gene Raymond as Monte Van Tyle (Monty Van Tyle in the opening credits) * John Halliday as Lyndon Fiske * Margaret Lindsay as Eleanor Van Tyle Burgess * Frank McHugh as Chester Hunt * William "Stage" Boyd as Mr. Bonelli (as William Boyd) * Hardie Albright as Henry Burgess * Sheila Terry as Dolly * Phillip Reed as Freddy * Walter Walker as Dr. Wyman * Nella Walker Nella Walker (March 6, 1886 – March 22, 1971) was an American actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Perils Of Pauline (1933 Serial)
''The Perils of Pauline'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code film serial, and sound film remake, of the Pathé original. The 12-chapter "cliffhanger" was produced by Universal Studios. Evalyn Knapp, herself a graduate of Pathé silent short subjects, starred as the heroine, Pauline Hargraves. Historic newsreel footage of the 1930 flight of the Dornier Do X seaplane is featured in chapter eight. Each episode in the serial is approximately 20 minutes long. The first one to two minutes of each episode are taken up with a title sequence and an intertitle describing the action from the previous serial. This is followed by about three minutes of the previous serial's closing moments. Plot Pauline Hargraves (Evalyn Knapp) is the intrepid daughter of Professor Hargraves (James Durkin), a noted doctor of chemistry and archeology. She and Willie Dodge (Sonny Ray), her father's cowardly secretary, have accompanied Prof. Hargraves to Asia in search of a legendary ivory disk which may contain th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombshell (1933 Film)
''Bombshell'' is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic screwball comedy film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Frank Morgan, C. Aubrey Smith, Mary Forbes and Franchot Tone. It is based on the unproduced play of the same name by Caroline Francke and Mack Crane, and was adapted for the screen by John Lee Mahin John Lee Mahin (August 23, 1902, Evanston, Illinois – April 18, 1984, Los Angeles) was an American screenwriter and producer of films who was active in Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1960s. He was known as the favorite writer of Clark Gable a ... and Jules Furthman. Plot Movie star Lola Burns ( Jean Harlow) is angry with her studio publicist E. J. "Space" Hanlon ( Lee Tracy), who feeds the press with endless provocative stories about her. Lola's family and staff are another cause of distress for her, as everybody is always trying to take her money. All Burns really wants is to live a normal life and prove to the public that she's not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mama Loves Papa (1933 Film)
''Mama Loves Papa'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod, with a story by Nunnally Johnson and Douglas MacLean, and a screenplay by MacLean, Keene Thompson, and Arthur Kober. The film was produced by Paramount Pictures and stars Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland. Plot While Wilbur Todd (Charlie Ruggles) is content with his middle class life, his wife Jessie (Mary Boland) aspires to a higher social standing. She insists he wear fine clothes because she believes that clothes make the man. When his strange new clothes bring derision rather than admiration, and tired of his wife's constant nagging, Wilbur goes off on a drunken spree and innocently becomes involved with the village vamp, Mrs. McIntosh (Lilyan Tashman). Cast * Charlie Ruggles as Wilbur Todd * Mary Boland as Jessie Todd * Lilyan Tashman as Mrs. McIntosh * George Barbier as Mr. Kirkwood * Walter Catlett as Tom Walker * Morgan Wallace as Mr. McIntosh * George Beranger as Basil Pew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoo In Budapest
''Zoo in Budapest'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code romance/melodrama film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Loretta Young, Gene Raymond, O.P. Heggie, and Paul Fix. Gene Raymond, playing Zani, a young, mischievous man who has grown up only around the animals and the people that work and visit the zoo. Loretta Young plays Eve, who is an orphan who only wants to escape her situation and be out in the real world. O.P. Heggie plays Dr. Grunbaum, a father-like figure to Zani, as well as the zoo's doctor. The original 35mm prints of the film contained sequences tinted in amber or blue. Produced by Jesse L. Lasky. Written by Melville Baker, Jack Kirkland, Dan Totheroh, Louise Long, and screenplay by Rowland V. Lee. With Oscar winning cinematographer Lee Garmes. Plot Flamboyant Zani (Gene Raymond) is a kindly young man who grew up entirely and works in the zoo in Budapest, Hungary. His only true friends are the zoo's animals, and indeed Zani has been chastised by his boss for b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Fair (1933 Film)
''State Fair'' (1933) is an American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Henry King and starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, and Lew Ayres. The picture tells the story of a farm family's multi-day visit to the Iowa State Fair, where the parents seek to win prizes in agricultural and cooking competitions, and their teenage daughter and son each find unexpected romance. Based on the bestselling 1932 novel by Phil Stong, this was the first of three film versions of the novel released to theaters, the others being the movie musicals ''State Fair'' (1945) starring Jeanne Crain and Dana Andrews, and ''State Fair'' (1962) starring Ann-Margret and Pat Boone. The 1933 version was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. The film, made pre-Code and despite its seemingly tame plot, has some scenes that were censored a few years later, when it was re-released due to the Breen Office's Production Code that took effect in 1934. One scene that was cut showed a disheveled bed and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Face In The Sky
''Face in the Sky'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code comedy film. Plot The film concerns two sign painters (Spencer Tracy and Stuart Erwin) who find themselves blackmailed by a beautiful woman (Marian Nixon) determined to force Tracy's character into marriage. The film was directed by Harry Lachman and released by Fox Film. Cast * Spencer Tracy as Joe Buck * Marian Nixon as Madge * Stuart Erwin as Lucky * Sam Hardy as Triplet The Great * Sarah Padden as Ma Brown * Frank McGlynn Jr. as Jim Brown * Russell Simpson as Pa Nathan Brown * Billy Platt as Jupiter - Midget * Lila Lee as Sharon Hadley * Guy Usher James Guy Usher (May 9, 1883 – June 16, 1944) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films between 1932 and 1943. Born in Mason City, Iowa, Usher acted on stage before venturing into films. Billed as James Guy Usher, h ... as Albert Preston External links ''Face in the Sky'' imdb.com; accessed July 24, 2015. 1933 films Films directed by Harry L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello Trouble (1932 Film)
''Hello Trouble'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western movie directed by Lambert Hillyer. The film stars Buck Jones and Lina Basquette. Cast * Buck Jones as Ranger Jeff Douglas * Lina Basquette as Janet Kenyon * Wallace Macdonald as Le Tange * Spee O'Donnell as Joey * Ruth Warren as Emmy * Otto Hoffman as Calvin Sharp * Ward Bond as Kennedy * Frank Rice as Hardpan * Russell Simpson as Jonathan Kenyon * Alan Roscoe Alan Roscoe (born John Albert Rascoe; August 23, 1888 – March 8, 1933) was an American film actor of the silent and early talking film eras. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1933. Roscoe was born John Albert Rascoe ... as Gregg * Morgan Galloway as Johnny Boyle * Lafe Mckee as Sherriff Edwards * Al Smith as Vaughn References External links * {{Lambert Hillyer 1932 films American black-and-white films 1932 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Lambert Hillyer Columbia Pictures films 1930s E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guilty Generation
''The Guilty Generation'' is a 1931 American pre-code crime film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Leo Carrillo, Constance Cummings and Robert Young. Plot The children of feuding gangsters fall in love and fight to escape their parents' notoriety. Cast * Leo Carrillo as Mike Palmiero * Constance Cummings as Maria Palmiero * Robert Young as Marco Ricca * Boris Karloff as Tony Ricca * Emma Dunn as Nina Palmero * Leslie Fenton as Joe Pamiero * Murray Kinnell as Jerry * Ruth Warren as Nellie Weaver See also * Boris Karloff filmography Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given name *:''See'': List of people with given name Boris * Boris (surname) * Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after his ... External links * * 1931 films 1931 drama films American black-and-white films American drama films Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Rowland V. Lee 1930s English-language f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabelle's Affairs
''Annabelle's Affairs'' is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Victor McLaglen, Jeanette MacDonald and Roland Young. The film is based on the 1916-17 play ''Good Gracious Annabelle'' by Clare Kummer. It is the only one of MacDonald's films to be considered lost. It was well received by critics, but did not perform well at the box office. Plot After they are separated shortly after their marriage, Annabelle doesn't really know what her husband looks like. When they meet later she finds herself falling in love with him, without realizing that they are already married. Cast * Victor McLaglen as John Rawson / Hefly Jack * Jeanette MacDonald as Annabelle Leigh * Roland Young as Roland Wimbleton * Sam Hardy as James Ludgate * William Collier Sr. as Wickham * Sally Blane as Dora * Joyce Compton as Mabel * Ruth Warren as Lottie * George Beranger as Archie * Walter Walker as Walter J. Gosling * Hank Mann as Summers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
