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The Baroness And The Butler
''The Baroness and the Butler'' is a 1938 American romantic comedy film directed by Walter Lang and starring William Powell and Annabella in her American English-language debut. The supporting cast includes Helen Westley, Joseph Schildkraut, Nigel Bruce and Lynn Bari. The film was produced and distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox. It is based on the play ''Jean'' by the Hungarian writer Ladislaus Bus-Fekete. It received a generally positive reception from film critics. Plot Johann Porok, a third-generation butler in the service of Count Albert Sandor, the Prime Minister of Hungary, is unexpectedly elected to the Hungarian parliament, representing the opposition Social Progressive Party. Despite this, he insists on remaining a servant as well. Count Sandor is pleased with this peculiar arrangement, as he has found Johann to be the perfect butler and does not wish to break in a new man. His daughter, Baroness Katrina Marissey, however, considers Johann a traitor and treats hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Lang
Walter Lang (August 10, 1896 – February 7, 1972) was an American film director. Early life Walter Lang was born in Tennessee. As a young man he went to New York City where he found clerical work at a film production company. The business piqued his artistic instincts and he began learning the various facets of filmmaking and eventually worked as an assistant director. However, Lang also had ambitions to be a painter and left the United States for a time to join the great gathering of artists and writers in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France. Things did not work out as Lang hoped and he eventually returned home and to the film business. Career In 1925, Walter Lang directed his first silent film, '' The Red Kimono''. In the mid-1930s, he was hired by 20th Century Fox where, as a director, he "painted" a number of the spectacular colorful musicals for which Fox Studios became famous for producing during the 1940s. One of Lang's most recognized films is the lavish adapt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twentieth Century-Fox
20th Century Studios, Inc., formerly 20th Century Fox, is an American film production and distribution company owned by the Walt Disney Studios, the film studios division of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company. It is headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles, which is leased from Fox Corporation. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributes and markets the films produced by this studio in theatrical markets. For over 80 years, 20th Century has been one of the major American film studios. It was formed in 1935 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation by the merger of Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures, and one of the original " Big Five" among eight majors of Hollywood's Golden Age. In 1985, the studio removed the hyphen in the name (becoming Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation) after being acquired by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, which was renamed 21st Century Fox in 2013 afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Davis (actor)
George Davis (7 November 1889 – 19 April 1965) was a Dutch-born American actor. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1916 and 1963. He was born in Amsterdam and died in Los Angeles, California, from cancer. Selected filmography * ''The Yellow Traffic'' (1914) * ''Out of the Fog (1919 film), Out of the Fog'' (1919) as Brad Standish * ''Three Ages'' (1923) as Roman Guard Knocked Down (uncredited) * ''Sherlock Jr.'' (1924) as Conspirator (uncredited) * ''Stupid, But Brave'' (1924, short) as A Bum / The Race Starter (uncredited) * ''He Who Gets Slapped (film), He Who Gets Slapped'' (1924) as A Clown (uncredited) * ''The Iron Mule'' (1925, short) * ''The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film), The Phantom of the Opera'' (1925) as Guard at Christine's Door (uncredited) * ''The Tourist (1925 film), The Tourist'' (1925, short) * ''Cleaning Up (1925 film), Cleaning Up'' (1925, short) as The Wife's Brother * ''The Fighting Dude'' (1925, short) as The Dude's Valet * ''My Stars'' (192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Baker (actor)
Frank Baker (11 October 1892 – 30 December 1980) was an Australian-American actor and stuntman most noted for his appearances in '' A Chump at Oxford'', ''The New Adventures of Tarzan'', and '' Mary of Scotland''. He was a member of the informal John Ford Stock Company, appearing in 17 of Ford's films.Katchmer, George A. "Frank Baker." ''A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses'', McFarland, 2009, p. 14. He also performed on television, in an uncredited role as a Townsman on Gene Barry's TV Western ''Bat Masterson'' in the 1960 episode "Six Feet of Gold". Partial filmography * '' Cameo Kirby'' (1923) * '' The Diamond Bandit'' (1924) * '' The Fighting Heart'' (1925) * '' Red Blood and Blue'' (1925) * '' Scar Hanan'' (1925) * '' Tentacles of the North'' (1926) * '' The Gallant Fool'' (1926) * '' The Bushranger'' (1928) * '' A Million for Love'' (1928) * ''The New Adventures of Tarzan'' (1935) * '' Mary of Scotland'' (1936) *''Tundra In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Bracey
Sidney Bracey (born Sidney Bracy; 18 December 1877 – 5 August 1942) was an Australian-born American actor. Born into an acting family, he began a stage career in Australia, on Broadway and in Britain usually as leading men in musicals and comic operas, and in roles straight theatre, including Shakespeare plays. He then performed in more than 320 films between 1909 and 1942, remembered for his character roles as sometimes exasperated men in authority, such as bosses, directors, and, especially, respectable butlers. He also continued to perform on stage, including in vaudeville. Early life and stage career Bracey was born in Melbourne, Victoria, with the name Sidney Bracy, later changing the spelling of his last name. He was the son of Welsh tenor Henry Bracy and English actress Clara T. Bracy. His aunt was the actress and dancer Lydia Thompson. He was educated at Melbourne University.Bowers, David Q"Bracy, Sidney: Volume III: Biographies" ''Thanhouser Films: An Encyc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfred Lucas
Wilfred Van Norman Lucas (January 30, 1871 – December 13, 1940) was a Canadian American stage actor who found success in film as an actor, director, and screenwriter. Early life Lucas was born in Norfolk County, Ontario on January 30, 1871,US Passport Application July 17, 1917 (Wilfred Lucas) most likely in the township of Townsend where at the time his father served as a Wesleyan Church, Wesleyan Methodist minister. He was the youngest of three sons to be raised by Daniel Lucas and the former E. Adeline Reynolds, in Townsend and later Montreal, Quebec. Lucas attended the High School of Montreal and McGill UniversityWilfred Lucas - Motion Picture Studio Directories, 1919 and 1921 (Ancestry.com) before immigrating to the United States in the late 1880s. His early career there was that of a baritone singer performing at church functions and at small venues. Career Lucas eventually made a name for himself performing in light and grand opera in America and abroad. He made his Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Du Brey
Claire Du Brey (born Clara Violet Dubreyvich, August 31, 1892 – August 1, 1993) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 200 films from 1916 to 1959. Her name is sometimes rendered as Claire Du Bray or as Claire Dubrey. Early years Du Brey was born in Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, to an Irish-American mother, Lilly (née Henry), later Mrs. Richard Fugitt. Her parents married on November 9, 1891 in Pocatello, Idaho, Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho. She was raised Catholic and attended a convent school. Du Brey "had trained as a nurse". She related that in 1897 she traveled west from Idaho in a covered wagon with her mother and her grandfather. Career Du Brey's screen career began with Universal Pictures, Universal Studios and she played at one time or another with almost all the larger companies. More notable films in which she appeared were ''Anything Once'' (1917), ''Social Briars'' (1918), ''The Devil's Trail'' (1919), ''What Every Woman Wants (1919 film), What E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphonse Ethier
Alphonse Ethier (December 10, 1874 – January 4, 1943) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1910 and 1939. His first name was sometimes spelled Alphonz. Ethier acted on stage before he began making films with the Thanhouser Company. His film debut came in ''Thelma'' (1910). Ethier was married to the former Catherine Falloway, a "prima donna of light opera and musical comedy". Partial filmography * '' She'' (1911) * '' The Patriot and the Spy'' (1915) * '' The Forbidden Path'' (1918) * '' Rough and Ready'' (1918) * '' Oh, Johnny!'' (1918) * '' Sandy Burke of the U-Bar-U'' (1919) * '' A Message from Mars'' (1921) * '' The Lone Wolf'' (1924) * '' The Moral Sinner'' (1924) * ''The Alaskan'' (1924) * ''Contraband'' (1925) * '' The People vs. Nancy Preston'' (1925) * '' The Lone Wolf Returns'' (1926) * '' Breed of the Sea'' (1926) * '' The Fighting Eagle'' (1927) - Major Oliver * '' Alias the Lone Wolf'' (1927) * '' Shadows of the Night'' (1928) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan F
Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was the Bulgarian Saint Ivan of Rila. It is very popular in Russia, Ukraine, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Belarus, North Macedonia, and Montenegro and has also become more popular in Romance-speaking countries since the 20th century. Etymology Ivan is the common Slavic Latin spelling, while Cyrillic spelling is two-fold: in Bulgarian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian and Montenegrin it is , while in Belarusian and Ukrainian it is . The Old Church Slavonic (or Old Cyrillic) spelling is . It is the Slavic relative of the Latin name , corresponding to English ''John''. This Slavic version of the name originates from New Testament Greek (''Iōánnēs'') rather than from the Latin . The Greek name is in turn deriv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Cass
Maurice Cass (October 12, 1884 – June 8, 1954) was a character actor on stage and in films and television shows. Early life Born in Vilna, Russian Empire (modern day Vilnius, Lithuania) he moved to America at six years of age.New York, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794-1943 - Ancestry.com When he was 17, he toured the southern United States with a repertory company. Career His slight build, frizzy hair and pince-nez glasses cast him as the "absent minded professor" or eccentric scientist type in many of his films, such as the character who discovers the element kryptonite in '' Adventures of Superman''. He is best remembered for his role as Professor Newton in the 1954 TV science fiction show '' Rocky Jones, Space Ranger,'' which later was produced as a film '' Manhunt in Space.'' Cass's Broadway credits included ''The Sky's the Limit'' (1934), ''Broadway Boy'' (1932), ''Wild Waves'' (1932), ''Wonder Boy'' (1931), ''Overture'' (1930), ''The Violet and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Stephenson
Harry Stephenson Garraway (16 April 1871 – 24 April 1956) was a British actor. He generally portrayed amiable and wise Gentleman, gentlemen in many films of the 1930s and 1940s. Among his roles were Joseph Banks, Sir Joseph Banks in ''Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film), Mutiny on the Bounty'' (1935) and Mr. Brownlow in ''Oliver Twist (1948 film), Oliver Twist'' (1948). Life and career Stephenson was born to British parents in Grenada, British West Indies and educated in England. He started acting in his twenties. He appeared on British and American stages and made his Broadway theatre, Broadway debut in 1901, playing the messenger in ''A Message from Mars'' starring Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1858), Charles Hawtrey. In the following decades, he performed in more than 30 Broadway plays. Stephenson made his film debut in 1917 and appeared in a few silent films, but made his mark mostly as an elderly man in sound films. Between 1931 and 1932, he appeared in the Broadway play ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vote Of Confidence
A motion or vote of no confidence (or the inverse, a motion or vote of confidence) is a motion and corresponding vote thereon in a deliberative assembly (usually a legislative body) as to whether an officer (typically an executive) is deemed fit to continue to occupy their office. The no-confidence vote is a defining constitutional element of a parliamentary system, in which the government's/executive's mandate rests upon the continued support (or at least non-opposition) of the majority in the legislature. Systems differ in whether such a motion may be directed against the prime minister, against the government (this could be a majority government or a minority government/coalition government), against individual cabinet ministers, against the cabinet as a whole, or some combination of the above. A censure motion is different from a no-confidence motion. In a parliamentary system, a vote of no confidence leads to the resignation of the prime minister and cabinet, or, depending ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
