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The Lucky Corner
''The Lucky Corner'' is a 1936 ''Our Gang'' short comedy film directed by Gus Meins. It was the 143rd ''Our Gang'' short to be released. Plot Scotty and his grandfather Gus are the proprietors of a sidewalk lemonade stand. The small operation struggles to compete with the ornate sidewalk diner run by Leonard's father. Leonard is too engrossed in his comic book to pay attention to waiting customers, and when they leave he whines to his father, who gets a policeman to force Gus and Scotty from their corner. Buckwheat's father, a boot black, offers Gus room to set up his stand, while Spanky, Alfalfa, and the other kids stage a parade and an impromptu talent show to draw customers to Gus's booth. After some misadventures with Buckwheat (who cannot read) putting starch instead of sugar in the lemonade (Leonard does not know this when he steals the lemonade; the customers spit it out and call the same policeman), Gus and Scotty's business starts to thrive. Then Leonard comes over to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gus Meins
Gus Meins (March 6, 1893 – August 1, 1940), born Gustave Peter Ludwig Luley, was an American film director. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany. Career Meins started out in the ‘teens as a cartoonist for the ''Los Angeles Evening Herald'' before becoming a comedy writer for Fox Film in 1919. In the 1920s, Meins directed a number of silent film, silent short subjects film series for Universal Pictures, including the ''Buster Brown'' comedies. He is best known as senior director of Hal Roach's ''Our Gang'' comedies from 1934 to 1936, and also as director of Laurel and Hardy's ''Babes in Toyland (1934 film), Babes in Toyland'' (1934). His assistant director was a young Gordon Douglas (director), Gordon Douglas, who became senior director in 1936 when Meins left ''Our Gang'' for other directing jobs at Roach. Meins left Roach in 1937 over creative differences. Death In the summer of 1940, Meins faced prosecution on "morals charges", having been accused of sex offenses against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baseline (database)
Studio System by Gracenote, formerly known as Baseline StudioSystems, is an American e-commerce company. It was founded in 1982 and licenses its commercial entertainment database, known as Studio System. It is owned by Gracenote, a subsidiary of Nielsen Holdings. History James Monaco founded Baseline in 1982. Their primary product, an entertainment database, was launched in 1985. Monaco left Baseline in 1992, and Paul Kagan Associates purchased it the following year. Big Entertainment purchased the database in 1999 and subsequently renamed themselves to Hollywood.com. The same year, Creative Planet purchased The Studio System, a rival database founded in 1987, from Brookfield Communications. In 2004, Hollywood.com's parent company, Hollywood Media, purchased The Studio System and merged the two databases. Two years later, The New York Times Company purchased the now-renamed Baseline StudioSystems and integrated it into NYTimes.com, only to sell it back to Hollywood.c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Lufkin
Samuel William Lufkin (May 8, 1891 – February 19, 1952) was an American actor. He was known for appearing in small or bit roles in short comedy films. Career Born in Utah, Lufkin spent most of his career at the Hal Roach Studios where he made over 60 films. In over half of these, he appeared alongside Laurel and Hardy, again mostly in small parts, but occasionally in more substantial roles, such as an irascible cop ('' The Music Box''), or an irate motorist ('' Two Tars''). After Laurel and Hardy left Roach in 1940, the grim-faced Lufkin mostly appeared in further bit roles in Hollywood feature films before his death of uremia Uremia is the condition of having high levels of urea in the blood. Urea is one of the primary components of urine. It can be defined as an excess in the blood of amino acid and protein metabolism end products, such as urea and creatinine, which ... in 1952. His grave is located at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park. Selected filmography Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Lipson
Jack "Tiny" Lipson (January 17, 1901 – November 28, 1947) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 85 films between 1927 and 1948. Career Lipson played character parts, and was usually uncredited. Due to his rotund, towering figure, Lipson gained the nickname "Tiny" and was usually cast as the "fat guy" in films. He played the role of King Vultan the 1936 serial ''Flash Gordon''. In 1941, he appeared in ''Never Give a Sucker an Even Break'' as a Turkish passenger aboard an airplane with W. C. Fields, whose mumbled remarks about the passenger's size prompt the retort, "You a big nose have it!"Fields, W. C. (1973). ''W. C. Fields in Never give a sucker an even break and Tillie and Gus: Volume 37 of Classic film scripts''. Lorrimer. p. 42. Two years later, Lipson portrayed a German sailor in the Three Stooges' short '' Back from the Front'', in which he is knocked unconscious and collapses on top of a suffocating Larry Fine. Moe Howard comes to the rescue and quips, "Whoa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Collum
John K. Collum (June 29, 1926 — August 28, 1962) was an American child actor. He appeared in many ''Our Gang'' films of the 1930s as the character Uh-Huh. Career Born in Chicago, Illinois, Collum was the son of Hal Roach's casting director, Joseph Collum. He first appeared in the 1932 short, '' Free Wheeling''. He was never a regular cast member and portrayed a character named Uh-Huh. Uh-Huh answered most of his questions with a drawn-out "Uh-huuuuuh". After 1933, Collum was used as an extra whenever a large group of children was needed. He appeared in many films from 1934 to 1938. His final appearance in the Our Gang series is in the 1938 short '' Three Men in a Tub''. Death Two months past his 36th birthday, Collum died of a heart attack in Los Angeles. He is interred in the Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood. Our Gang filmography *'' A Lad an' a Lamp'' (1932) *'' Free Wheeling'' (1932) *'' Fish Hooky'' (1933) *''Forgotten Babies'' (1933) *''Mush and Milk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James C
James may refer to: People * James (given name) * James (surname) * James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician * James, brother of Jesus * King James (other), various kings named James * Prince James (other) * Saint James (other) Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, York, James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Film and television * James (2005 film), ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * James (2008 film), ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * James (2022 film), ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * "James", a television Adventure Time (season 5)#ep42, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gus Leonard
Gus "Pop" Leonard (February 4, 1859 – March 27, 1939) was an American film actor. Biography The French-born actor began his long career on the stage in San Francisco, California, while he was still a child in the 1860s. In later years, he specialised in a drunken waiter act in vaudeville. Leonard started his film career in 1915 and mostly played supporting roles in slapstick comedies. He appeared in nearly 190 films between 1916 and 1937. He appeared in the ''Our Gang'' comedies: '' Mush and Milk'', '' Teacher's Beau'' and '' The Lucky Corner''. Leonard died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Los Angeles, California on March 27, 1939, aged 80. Partial filmography * '' The Big Idea'' (1917) * '' Step Lively'' (1917) * '' Bashful'' (1917) * '' Move On'' (1917) * '' We Never Sleep'' (1917) * '' All Aboard'' (1917) * '' The Flirt'' (1917) * '' Love, Laughs and Lather'' (1917) * '' Rainbow Island'' (1917) * ''Bliss'' (1917) * '' By the Sad Sea Waves'' (1917) * '' Pinched'' (1917) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Dunn
Robert P. Dunn (August 28, 1890 – March 24, 1937) was a comic actor who was one of the original Keystone Cops in '' Hoffmeyer's Legacy''. Early years Dunn was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Richard P. and Melissa Dunn, and attended St. Johns Military Academy. He was a world-champion high-diver with Dr. Carver's diving horses. Career Dunn started his film career at Keystone Studios with Mack Sennett and worked as a comedian and stuntman for a variety of other film studios as well. He lost many of his teeth and suffered other injuries performing stunts as well, including the loss of one of his eyes when he fell into a barrel of water and his eye was irreparably damaged by a floating matchstick.Goldhammer, Harvey (2014)"Meet the Keystone Kops" ''Silent-ology'', 27 July 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2019. The glass eye he wore after that accident gave him a somewhat "cross-eyed" appearance, although that effect "served only to empower his comedic career." Later, during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Bordeaux
Joe Bordeaux (March 9, 1886 – September 10, 1950) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1914 and 1940. He was born in Pueblo, Colorado, and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * ''Mabel at the Wheel'' (1914, Short) - Dubious Character * ''The Knockout'' (1914, Short) - Policeman (uncredited) * ''The Property Man'' (1914, Short) - Old Actor * ''Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day'' (1915, Short) - Cop (uncredited) * ''Mabel and Fatty's Married Life'' (1915, Short) - Farm Hand * ''Mabel and Fatty's Simple Life'' (1915, Short) - Farm Hand * ''Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition'' (1915, Short) - Flirty Guy in Go-Cart (uncredited) * ''Mabel, Fatty and the Law'' (1915, Short) - Cop in Park (uncredited) * ''Fatty's New Role'' (1915, Short) - Cop (uncredited) * ''Fatty's Faithful Fido'' (1915, Short) - Man at the Dance (uncredited) * ''When Love Took Wings'' (1915, Short) - Fatty's Rival - the Girl's True Love * ''Wished on Mabel' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete The Pup
Pete the Pup (September 9, 1929 – January 28, 1946), also called the Mississippi Man Mauler, was an American dog actor known to portray "Pete, the dog with the ring around his eye" in Hal Roach's ''Our Gang'' comedies series (later known as ''The Little Rascals'') during the 1930s. He was well known for having a circled eye added by Cinema of the United States, Hollywood make-up artist Max Factor, Sr., Max Factor. A brief parody of Pete appeared in the 1935 Bob Hope short ''Watch the Birdie'', which was produced by Warner Bros. In his last years Tommy "Butch" Bond made public appearances with a similar Pit Bull Terrier he claimed was a descendant of the original Pete the Pup. Dog actors which portrayed the character Pete Pal The Wonder Dog The first dog actor to play Pete was an United Kennel Club, UKC registered American Pit Bull Terrier named Pal The Wonder Dog (sired by Tudor's Black Jack x Keller Peggy O'Neill and bred by Earl Tudor) born in 1924, being a descendent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Switzer
Harold Frederick Switzer (January 16, 1925 – April 14, 1967) was an American child actor, most notable for appearing in the ''Our Gang'' short subjects series as an extra. He was the older brother of gang member Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer. Early life and family Switzer was born in Paris, Illinois, the first son of George Frederick (1905–1960) and Gladys C. Shanks Switzer (1904–1997). He and younger brother, Carl, became famous around their hometown for their musical talent and performances; both sang and played a number of instruments. ''Our Gang'' The Switzers took a trip to California in 1934 to visit with family members. While sightseeing they eventually wound up at Hal Roach Studios. Following a public tour of the facility, 8-year-old Harold and 6-year-old Carl entered into the Hal Roach Studio's public cafeteria, the ''Our Gang'' Café, and began an impromptu performance. Producer Hal Roach was present at the commissary that day and was impressed by the performance. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne Edwards
Marianne Edwards (December 9, 1930 – November 8, 2013) was an American child actress who appeared in the ''Our Gang'' film series from 1934 to 1936. She also appeared in several feature films in the 1930s, including ''Gold Diggers Of 1933'', '' Babes In Toyland'', and ''Stand Up and Cheer!''. Edwards' most memorable ''Our Gang'' appearance was as the five-year-old Amateur Night contestant "Daisy Dimple, Dancer Par Excellence" suddenly stricken with stage fright in '' Beginner's Luck''. In the film George "Spanky" McFarland wins the prize money for her so she can buy her dancing costume ("Girlie, the dress is in the bag!"). In another classic installment, Edwards was wooed by Spanky and Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer in '' Sprucin' Up'', only to be won over by rich kid Jerry Tucker. Selected filmography *''Little Miss Thoroughbred'' (1938) *''Love Is on the Air'' (1937) (uncredited) *'' Hollywood Hotel'' (1937) *''Stand-In'' (1937) *'' The Lucky Corner'' (1936) *'' The Pinch Singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
