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Sunny (1930 Film)
''Sunny'' is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Lawrence Gray, O. P. Heggie, and Inez Courtney. It was produced and released by First National Pictures. The film was based on the Broadway stage hit, '' Sunny'', produced by Charles Dillingham, which played from September 22, 1925, to December 11, 1926. Marilyn Miller, who had played the leading part in the Broadway production, was hired by Warner Brothers to reprise the role that made her the highest-paid star on Broadway. Plot Marylin Miller plays the part of an American circus performer, doing her act in a British circus, who is engaged to a man she does not love. A former boyfriend, played by Lawrence Gray, stops by to see her before taking a boat back to the United States. Miller realizing that she loves Gray, decides to run away. She embarks on the same boat that Lawrence takes. Her father, who realizes what his daughter has done, reaches the boat just as it is about t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William A
William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, Billie, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *''wiljô'' "will, wish, desire" and *''helmaz'' "helm, helmet".Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Donahue (actor)
Joseph Arthur Donahue (January 3, 1899 – January 3, 1943) was an American dancer and film actor. Joe Donahue was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the fifth of seven children of Irish immigrants Julia Buckley and Dennis Donahue, and the younger brother (by ten years) of Jack Donahue, who became a successful dancer and comedian in vaudeville and on Broadway.Cliff Aliperti, "Joe Donahue, “World’s Greatest Dancer” and Sunny Co-Star", ''Immortal Ephemera'', November 27, 2013 Retrieved 6 March 2024"Joseph Arthur Donahue", ''G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Technicolor
Technicolor is a family of Color motion picture film, color motion picture processes. The first version, Process 1, was introduced in 1916, and improved versions followed over several decades. Definitive Technicolor movies using three black-and-white films running through a special camera (3-strip Technicolor or Process 4) started in the early 1930s and continued through to the mid-1950s, when the 3-strip camera was replaced by a standard camera loaded with single-strip "monopack" color negative film. Technicolor Laboratories were still able to produce Technicolor prints by creating three black-and-white matrices from the Eastmancolor negative (Process 5). Process 4 was the second major color process, after Britain's Kinemacolor (used between 1909 and 1915), and the most widely used color process in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Technicolor's #Process 4: Development and introduction, three-color process became known and cele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally (1929 Film)
''Sally'' is a 1929 American sound ( All-Talking) Pre-Code film. It is the fourth all-sound, all-color feature film made, and it was photographed in the Technicolor process. It was the sixth feature film to contain color that had been released by Warner Bros.; the first five were '' The Desert Song'' (1929), '' On with the Show!'' (1929), '' Gold Diggers of Broadway'' (1929), ''Paris'' (1929) and '' The Show of Shows'' (1929). ('' Song of the West'' was completed by June 1929, but had its release delayed until March 1930). Although exhibited in a few theaters in December 1929, ''Sally'' entered general release on January 12, 1930. The film was based on the Broadway stage hit '' Sally'', produced by Florenz Ziegfeld and retains three of the stage production's Jerome Kern songs (" Look for the Silver Lining", "Sally" and "Wild Rose"). The film's other music was written by Al Dubin and Joe Burke. Marilyn Miller, who had played the leading part in the Broadway production, was hire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who? (song)
"Who?" (1925) is a popular song (sometimes written as "Who (Stole My Heart Away)?") written for the Broadway musical '' Sunny'' by Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II. The song was also featured in the film version of '' Sunny'' (1930) starring Marilyn Miller. George Olsen and His Orchestra scored a major hit with their 1925 recording of the song. Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with vocalist Jack Leonard had a hit with it in the late 1930s; their arrangement was patterned after Dorsey's 1937 recording of "Marie". Judy Garland sang the song in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer biopic ''Till the Clouds Roll By'' (1946), loosely based on the life of Jerome Kern. Notable recording artists * Pearl Bailey * Josephine Baker * Sidney Bechet * Jack Buchanan * The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra * Dajos Béla and His Orchestra * Roy Fox and His Orchestra * Benny Goodman (both Goodman's Orchestra and Trio) * Judy Garland * Erroll Garner * Carroll Gibbons and the Boyfriends * Jean Goldkette & H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellinor Vanderveer
Ellinor Vanderveer (August 5, 1886 – May 27, 1976) was an American actress. Biography Born in New York City in 1886, in films Vanderveer usually played dowagers, high class society matrons or party guests. She appeared in 111 films from 1924 to 1953, including several Laurel and Hardy comedies and two films from early in the American career of British-born James Whale. Personal life She died in Loma Linda, California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ..., in 1976. Selected filmography External links * 1886 births 1976 deaths American film actresses American silent film actresses 20th-century American actresses Long stubs with short prose {{US-film-actor-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin Pangborn
Franklin Pangborn (January 23, 1889 – July 20, 1958) was an American comedic character actor famous for playing small but memorable roles with comic flair. He appeared in many Preston Sturges movies as well as the W. C. Fields films '' International House'', '' The Bank Dick'', and '' Never Give a Sucker an Even Break''. For his contributions to motion pictures, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1500 Vine Street posthumously on February 8, 1960. Early years Pangborn was born in Newark, New Jersey. During World War I, he served for 14 months with the U.S. Army's 312th Infantry Regiment in Europe. Career An encounter with actress Mildred Holland when he was 17 led to Pangborn's first professional acting experience. He was working for an insurance company when she learned about his ambitions for acting and offered him an extra's position with her company at $12 per week, initially during his two weeks' vacation. That opportunity grew into four years' tourin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Gittelson
June Gittelson (May 6, 1910November 28, 1993) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1928 and 1945. Career Due to her rotund figure, Gittelson was often cast as a love interest who often intimidated her husband or boyfriend. Modern viewers will recognize Gittelson in her appearances in several early Three Stooges films such as '' Slippery Silks'', '' Dizzy Doctors'', '' Horses' Collars'' and '' The Sitter Downers''. Perhaps her most famous role was as Minnie in the Stooge film ''False Alarms'', in which she played the large and man-hungry lady pursuing the affections of a reluctant Curly Howard. Curly memorably contacts Moe and Larry, saying "Hello, Moe? You'd better come over. You're missing one of the biggest things in your life!" To her remark, "I grow on people!", Curly responds, "so do warts!" . Curly refers to her as "Hercules". Her line as she is getting into a car with the Stooges: "Let's go places and eat things!" Gittelson also ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Eaton
Jay Eaton (March 17, 1899 – February 5, 1970) was an American character actor whose career spanned both the silent and sound film eras. Biography Born on March 17, 1899, in Union, New Jersey, Eaton entered the film industry with a featured role in the 1920 silent film '' Her First Elopement''. Over the next 32 years, according to some sources, he would appear in almost 200 films, usually in smaller uncredited roles, or as a background extra. During the course of his career, he would appear in many notable films, including: '' Stage Mother'' (1933), ''Morning Glory'' (1933), '' A Night at the Opera'' (1935), '' Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'' (1936), ''Cover Girl'' (1944), ''Rhapsody in Blue'' (1945), ''Brewster's Millions'' (1945), '' The Big Sleep'' (1946), '' The Blue Dahlia'' (1946), '' The Kid from Brooklyn'' (1946), '' The Fuller Brush Man'' (1948), ''The Fountainhead'' (1949), and '' Young Man with a Horn'' (1950). His final appearance would be in William Wyler's 1952 film, '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William B
William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, Billie, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *''wiljô'' "will, wish, desire" and *''helmaz'' "helm, helmet".Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Allen (actor)
Harry Allen (born Henry Radford Allen; 10 July 1877 – 4 December 1951) was an Australian-born American character actor of the silent and sound film eras. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Allen's World War One registration card gives his date of birth as 10 July, 1876 and confirms his place of birth as Melbourne, although at least one obituary gives the later birth year of 1883. Career Allen began his acting career on stage with the J. C. Williamson organisation, performing around Australia. In 1912 he left Australia for North America.The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), Sat 20 Feb 1915, Page 5, "Objected to Friends" Accessed May 15, 2017 In the United States, Allen was a member of a touring theater company, known for their popular r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mackenzie Ward
Mackenzie Ward (20 February 1903 – January 1976) was a British stage and film actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. .... Filmography Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film: Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985 . References External links * * 1903 births 1976 deaths English male film actors English male stage actors Male actors from Eastbourne 20th-century English male actors British expatriate male actors in the United States {{UK-stage-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
