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Sporting Chance (film)
''Sporting Chance'' is a 1931 drama film directed and produced by Albert Herman, and written by King Baggot. archive at the . '''', issue on December 1, 1931, p. 16. "Pictures". Retrieved June 10, 2021. The film was released on 21 November 1931 by Peerless Pictures Corporation and States Rights. Premise Terry Nolan, a[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Herman
Albert Herman (1887–1958) was an American actor, screenwriter and film director. Herman was a prolific director, working mainly on low-budget movies for companies such as Producers Releasing Corporation. He is sometimes credited as Al Herman. Selected filmography Director * '' Sporting Chance'' (1931) * '' Exposed'' (1932) * '' The Big Chance'' (1933) * '' The Whispering Shadow'' (1933, serial) * ''Twisted Rails'' (1934) * '' Hot Off the Press'' (1935) * '' Speed Limited'' (1935) * '' Danger Ahead'' (1935) * ''The Drunkard'' (1935) * '' Bars of Hate'' (1935) * '' Gun Play'' (1935) * ''Big Boy Rides Again'' (1935) * '' Western Frontier'' (1935) *'' Million Dollar Haul'' (1935) * '' What Price Crime'' (1935) * '' The Cowboy and the Bandit'' (1935) * ''Trails End'' (1935) * '' Blazing Justice'' (1936) * '' Outlaws of the Range'' (1936) * '' Fugitive in the Sky'' (Unbilled) (1936) * '' The Black Coin'' (1936, serial) * '' The Clutching Hand'' (1936, serial)Pitts, Michael R. Poverty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Jackson
Eugene W. Jackson II (December 25, 1916 – October 26, 2001) was an American child actor who was a regular of the ''Our Gang'' short series during the silent Pathé era. Career When he joined the gang, Jackson replaced the series' first black cast member, Ernie Morrison who was billed in the series as Sunshine Sammy, Jackson's characters nickname was "Pineapple" because of his haircut's similarity to the shape of the pineapple fruit. He played the character "Humidor" in one of Mary Pickford's most successful films, '' Little Annie Rooney'' (1925). A large film poster of the cast of '' Little Annie Rooney'', including Jackson, hangs in the lobby of the Mary Pickford Theatre of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood. Jackson also starred in ''Hearts in Dixie'' (1929), one of the first all-talking, big-studio productions to boast a predominately African-American cast. He was the first African-American child to have a speaking part in a major motion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Albert Herman
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Drama Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Black-and-white Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the " United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 Drama Films
Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. * January 25 – Mohandas Gandhi is again released from imprisonment in India. * January 27 – Pierre Laval forms a government in France. February * February 4 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin gives a speech calling for rapid industrialization, arguing that only strong industrialized countries will win wars, while "weak" nations are "beaten". Stalin states: "We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us." The first five-year plan in the Soviet Union is intensified, for the industrialization and collectivization of agriculture. * February 10 – Official ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 Films
The following is an overview of 1931 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1931 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 5: RKO acquires the producing and distribution arm of Pathé for $4.6 million. * June 20: Monogram Pictures releases its first film, ''Ships of Hate''. * July 7: Anti-competitive practices disclosed about certain distributors and producers in Canada. * November 17: E. R. Tinker elected president of Fox Films replacing Harley L. Clarke. * December 14: RKO refinancing plan approved. Best money stars '' Variety'' reported the following as the biggest male stars in the U.S. in alphabetical order although grouped George Arliss and Ronald Colman together as having equal ranking. The following were the biggest women names in the U.S. in alphabetical order but again grouped two actresses together to denote they were ranked th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Roquemore
Henry Roquemore (March 18, 1886 – June 30, 1943) was an American character actor who primarily played bit parts. He appeared in 229 silent and sound films from 1927 until 1943. Many of his roles were uncredited parts in Western movies, but he also appeared in major films including ''Meet John Doe'', ''The Little Foxes'', ''The Magnificent Ambersons'', and the Marx Brothers film '' Yours for the Asking''. He was sometimes credited as Henry Rocquemore. Career Born in Marshall, Texas, Roquemore began his career in entertainment by staging local talent shows, for clubs in his hometown of Marshall, Texas. His first role in Hollywood was ''the Beast'' in the 1927 silent film ''Is Your Daughter Safe?'' and his last was in 1943's ''Girl Crazy''. After the making of first sound film in 1927, he specialized in his ''fat man'' roles and was widely sought out by directors, such as Frank Capra and Orson Welles for bit parts; exemplified by ''the Match King'' one of Mae West's suitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Levering
Joseph Levering (1874–1943) was an American actor, screenwriter and film director.Pitts p.82 He was married to the actress Marian Swayne. Selected filmography Director * ''The Little American'' (1917) * '' Little Miss Fortune'' (1917) * '' The Little Samaritan'' (1917) * '' The Road Between'' (1917) * '' His Temporary Wife'' (1920) * ''Determination'' (1922) * ''Flesh and Spirit'' (1922) * '' The Tie That Binds'' (1923) * '' Who's Cheating?'' (1924) * '' Lilies of the Streets'' (1925) * '' Unrestrained Youth'' (1925) * ''Defenders of the Law ''Defenders of the Law'' is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film directed by Joseph Levering and starring Catherine Dale Owen, John Holland and Robert Gleckler.Pitts, p. 401 Synopsis A cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang with strong polit ...'' (1931) * '' Sea Devils'' (1931) * '' Cheating Blondes'' (1933) * '' Rolling Caravans'' (1938) * '' Stagecoach Days'' (1938) * '' Pioneer Trail'' (1938) * '' In Early Arizona'' (1938) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedwiga Reicher
Hedwiga Reicher (Born Hedwig Reicher; 12 June 1884 – 2 September 1971) was a German actress. Her performances on Broadway were credited with the original spelling of her first name. Reicher was christened Hedwig, but she altered the spelling after she came to the United States because some people called her "Mr. Hedwig". She was half-sister of actor Frank Reicher, sister of actor and screenwriter Ernst Reicher, and daughter of actor Emanuel Reicher.''Who Was Who On the Screen'' by Evelyn Truitt page 607, c.1983; RR Bowker Company Another brother, Hans Reicher, was a sculptor, and her sister, Elly, was an actress. Reicher's film debut came in ''The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'', produced by Ferdinand Earle. In addition to acting, Reicher produced two plays with her father and in 1921 had a solo production of ''Monna Vanna'' at Los Angeles's Little Theater. She also acted in all three. On February 2, 1934, Reicher married concert pianist and music teacher Maurice Zam in Hollywood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahlon Hamilton
Mahlon Preston Hamilton, Jr. (June 15, 1880 – June 20, 1960), was an American stage and screen actor. He was the son of a bartender born in Baltimore, Maryland, the eldest of four children, with the rest of the siblings being girls. Census records indicate his mother died sometime around 1899. Hamilton served with the Maryland National Guard and attended the Maryland Agricultural College (today the University of Maryland, College Park) before turning to acting. From 1908 through 1914, Hamilton appeared in such plays as ''The Great Question'', ''Israel'', ''When Claudia Smiles'', ''The Chaperon'', and ''Overnight''. He began his film career during the silent era, appearing in more than 90 films between 1914 and 1950. Personal life and death Hamilton married Aleta Farnum in 1918; the marriage ended in divorce in 1925. He died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California from cancer and was interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery. Selected filmography * '' The Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
