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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''', followed by '' Men on Call'', '' Doctors' Wives'', ''Devil's Lottery'', '' The Last Trail, Merry Wives of Reno'', '' The Farmer Takes a Wife'', '' Her Master's Voice'', '' Partners in Crime'', ''Prison Farm'', '' When Tomorrow Comes'', ''Sailor's Lady'', and '' House of Wax'' during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. She also appeared on television in ''Ford Theatre'', ''Annie Oakley'', '' Celebrity Playhouse'', '' The Millionaire'', ''Lux Video Theatre'', '' Chevron Hall of Stars'', and '' Thriller'' during the 1950s and 1960s. Filmography Film * Lightnin' (1930) - Mrs. Margaret Davis * Men on Call (1931) - Mrs. Burke * Doctors' Wives (1931) - Nurse Charlotte * Mr. Lemon of Orange (1931) - Mrs. Hilda Blake * Women of All Nations (1931) - Ruth (uncredited) * Annabelle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lightnin' (1930 Film)
Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity. Lightning or Lightnin may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Film and television * ''Lightnin (1925 film), a comedy by John Ford * ''Lightning'' (1925 film), a German silent drama film * ''Lightning'' (1927 film), an American film of 1927 * ''Lightnin (1930 film), an American Pre-Code comedy film * ''Lightning'' (1952 film), a film by Mikio Naruse * '' Damini – Lightning'', a 1993 Indian courtroom drama film by Rajkumar Santoshi * Lightning (dog), a German shepherd who appeared in various 1930s films * Lightning (''Tom and Jerry''), an orange cat in the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons * Lightning McQueen, a character in ''Cars'' and its sequels, played by Owen Wilson * Lightning, a bloodhound in '' Racing Stripes'' * ''Lightning'', a BBC Two television quiz show hosted by comedian Zoe Lyons Literature * ''Lightning'' (novel), a 1988 novel by Dean Koontz * ''Lightning'', a 1984 87th Precinct novel by Ed McB ... [...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 (media), 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 Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House On 56th Street
''The House on 56th Street'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code Hollywood, 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 A woman is sent to prison for twenty years for a murder she did not commit. When she is released, her husband is dead, and her daughter 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 (actor), 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 (actor), Sheila Terry as Dolly * Phillip Reed as Freddy * Walter Walker (actor), Walter Walker as Dr. Wyman * Nella Walker as Eleanor Van Tyle Reception According to Warner Br ... [...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 A serial film, film serial (or just serial), movie serial, or chapter play, is a motion picture form popular during the first half of the 20th century, consisting of a series of short subjects exhibited in consecutive order at one theater, ge ..., and sound film remake, of the Pathé The Perils of Pauline (1914 serial), original. The 12-chapter "cliffhanger" was produced by Universal Pictures, Universal Studios. Evalyn Knapp, herself a graduate of Pathé Silent film, silent Short film, 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 ser ... [...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 and Jules Furthman. The story satirizes the stardom years of Clara Bow, the big screen's original " It girl." Its character Lola Burns mirrors Bow, as Pops Burns does Robert Bow (her father), Mac does Daisy DeVoe (her secretary), Gifford Middleton does Rex Bell (her husband), and E. J. Hanlon does B. P. Schulberg (a producer at Paramount). Fleming, the director, was Bow's fiancée in 1926.''Bombshell: the Life and Death of Jean Harlow'' by David Stenn, page 150-152 Plot Movie star Lola Burns is angry with her studio publicist E. J. "Space" Hanlon, who feeds the press with endless provocative stories about her. Burns's family and staff are ... [...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 is content with his middle class life, his wife Jessie 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. 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 * Tom Ricketts as Mr. Pierrepont * Warner Richmo ... [...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 bos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Fair (1933 Film)
''State Fair'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Henry King and starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, and Lew Ayres. The film 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 adaptations of the novel; the others were ''State Fair'' (1945) starring Jeanne Crain and Dana Andrews, and ''State Fair'' (1962) starring Ann-Margret and Pat Boone. The 1933 film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, losing to '' Cavalcade'' and '' Little Women'' respectively. Plot In the fictional town of Brunswick, Iowa, farmer Abel Frake prepares to transport his Hampshire pig, Blue Boy, to compete at the hog contest at the Iowa State Fair. Confident he will win the first-place pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Face In The Sky
''Face in the Sky'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film starring Spencer Tracy and Stuart Erwin. The film was directed by Harry Lachman and released by Fox Film. Plot Two sign painters find themselves blackmailed by a beautiful woman determined to force one of them into marriage. Cast * Spencer Tracy Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility. One of the major stars of Classical Hollywood cinema, Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was the ... 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 as Albert Preston External links ''Face in the Sky'' imdb.com; accessed July 24, 2015. 1933 films Films directed by Harry Lachman 1933 romantic comedy f ... [...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. Plot 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 Wardell Edwin Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960) was an American character actor who appeared in more than 200 films and starred in the NBC television series ''Wagon Train'' from 1957 to 1960. Among his best-remembered roles are Bert th ... as Kennedy * Frank Rice as Hardpan * Russell Simpson as Jonathan Kenyon * Alan Roscoe 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 ... [...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 Murray Kinnell (24 July 1889 – 11 August 1954) was a British-born American actor, recognized for playing smooth, gentlemanly, although rather shady characters. He began acting on the English stage in 1907, toured in the United States from 1912 ... as Jerry * Ruth Warren as Nellie Weaver See also * Boris Karloff filmography 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-l ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
