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Thomas J. Geraghty
Thomas J. Geraghty (April 10, 1883 – June 5, 1945), was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 70 films between 1917 and 1939. During the 1930s he went to the United Kingdom, where he wrote a number of screenplays. He was born in Rushville, Indiana, and died in Hollywood, California. In April 1924, Geraghty was credited with coining the soon-to-be-popular vaudeville pun, "The Thief of Badgags".F.P.A. (April 27, 1924)"The Conning Tower: Remembrance of Things Past" ''The Buffalo Courier''. p. 78. Retrieved September 7, 2021. Selected filmography * '' One Dollar Bid'' (1918) * '' Her Inspiration'' (1918) * '' The Turn of a Card'' (1918) * ''With Hoops of Steel'' (1918) * '' A Heart in Pawn'' (1919) * ''The Courageous Coward'' (1919) * '' When the Clouds Roll by'' (1919) * ''In for Thirty Days'' (1919) * '' The Mollycoddle'' (1920) * ''Hollywood'' (1923) * ''The Sporting Venus'' (1925) * ''Wild, Wild Susan'' (1925) * '' The Big Noise'' (1928) * '' Three-Ring Marriage'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rushville, Indiana
Rushville is a city in Rushville Township, Rush County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 6,341 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Rush County. It, like the county, was named in honor of Dr. Benjamin Rush, who signed the Declaration of Independence. History Rush County was formed from the unorganized Delaware County April 1, 1822. On July 29 town lots were sold and the town started to form. A school had already been started in 1821 by Dr. W.B. Laughlin, who was a member of the Legislature when the county was formed, and is considered the founding father of the town. A jail was built, Charles Veeder, was the first postmaster in 1822, and a courthouse was built in 1823. The ''Dog Fennel Gazette'' was published in 1823. The railroad was built in 1850 and after that a bank, factories, mills, and grain elevators sprang up. The Rushville post office has been in operation since 1822. Rushville was the campaign headquarters for Wendell Willkie's 1940 presi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood (1923 Film)
''Hollywood'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by James Cruze, co-written by Frank Condon and Thomas J. Geraghty, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is a lengthier feature follow-up to Paramount's own short film exposé of itself, '' A Trip to Paramountown'' from 1922. The film has become famous as having featured cameos of more than fifty famous Hollywood stars. However, the film is now considered a lost film. (Wayback Machine) Plot Angela Whitaker (Hope Drown) is a young unknown who comes to Hollywood to become an actress, and brings her grandfather, Joel Whitaker (Luke Cosgrave). At the end of the first day, she has not found work, but her grandfather has.
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Shipyard Sally
''Shipyard Sally'' is a 1939 British musical comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gracie Fields, Sydney Howard and Norma Varden. The film is notable for the song " Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye", which became a major hit. Plot Sally, a failed music hall performer, and her father take over a pub near the John Brown & Company shipyard at Clydebank. When the closure of the yard threatens to put many out of work she leads a campaign to persuade the government to reconsider the decision. Production Made shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, it was Fields' last British film. It was shot at Islington Studios with sets designed by Alex Vetchinsky.Wood p.101 Cast * Gracie Fields as Sally Fitzgerald * Sydney Howard as Major Fitzgerald * Morton Selten as Lord Alfred Randall * Norma Varden as Lady Patricia Randall * Oliver Wakefield as Forsyth * Tucker McGuire as Linda Marsh * MacDonald Parke as Diggs * Richard Cooper as Sir John Treacher * Joan Cowi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wings Of The Morning (1937 Film)
''Wings of the Morning'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Harold D. Schuster and starring Annabella, Henry Fonda, and Leslie Banks. Glenn Tryon was the original director but he was fired and replaced by Schuster. It was the first ever three-strip Technicolor movie shot in England or Europe. Jack Cardiff is credited as the camera operator. Popular Irish tenor Count John McCormack appeared in the film singing " Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms" and "Killarney". The picture was French actress Annabella's first English language film. Henry Fonda met his second wife, Frances Ford Seymour, mother of Jane and Peter Fonda, on the set at Denham. Premise The story, begins in 1889 with the impetuous love of an Irish nobleman for the fiery Romany Gypsy princess Maria. The couple marry against social conventions in both communities but he dies shortly afterward in a riding accident. Maria leaves the estate and goes to Spain with the Gypsy caravan. The story c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Knew What She Wanted
''She Knew What She Wanted'' is a 1936 British musical comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Albert Burdon, Claude Dampier and Googie Withers. It was based on the stage musical ''Funny Face''. Premise An amoral young dancer falls in love with the band leader. Cast * Albert Burdon as Dugsie * Betty Ann Davies as Frankie * Claude Dampier as Jimmy Reeves * W.H. Berry as Herbert * Fred Conyngham as Peter Thurston * Ben Welden as Chester * Googie Withers Georgette Lizette Withers, CBE, AO (12 March 191715 July 2011), known professionally as Googie Withers, was an English entertainer who was a dancer and actress with a lengthy career spanning some nine decades in theatre, film, and television. ... as Dora * Hope Davy as June * Sybil Grove as Mme. Piccard * Albert le Fre as Butler References External links * 1936 films 1930s English-language films British musical comedy films 1936 musical comedy films Films directed by Thomas Bentley Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keep Your Seats, Please
''Keep Your Seats, Please'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring George Formby, Florence Desmond and Alastair Sim. It marked the film debut of the child star Binkie Stuart. The film was made by Associated Talking Pictures. The film follows a farcical plot based on the 1928 Russian satirical novel ''The Twelve Chairs'' by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov. The film features Formby's signature tune, "When I'm Cleaning Windows". Plot George Withers learns he is supposed to inherit some valuable jewels from his aunt, and enlists the aid of his dubious lawyer to ensure he gets them. It transpires the stones are hidden in the lining of one of six antique chairs, and his aunt has left instructions for her nephew to purchase the chairs at auction. But unfortunately they are sold separately, as he arrives too late to bid. Cast * George Formby as George Withers * Florence Desmond as Florrie * Gus McNaughton as Max * Alastair Sim as A. S. Drayton * Harry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two's Company (film)
''Two's Company'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Ned Sparks, Gordon Harker and Mary Brian. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios.Wood p.93 Premise An American millionaire rents a country house from an English aristocrat and the two constantly fight. However, their children have secretly fallen in love. Cast * Ned Sparks as Al * Gordon Harker as Muggridge * Mary Brian as Julia Madison * Patric Knowles as Lord Jerry Wendower * Henry Holman as B. G. Madison * Olive Blakeney as Mrs. Madison * Morton Selten as Earl of Warke * Robb Wilton as Mr. Muddlecombe * Gibb McLaughlin as Toombs * H. F. Maltby as Otto Stump * Syd Crossley as Ives * Robert Nainby Robert Nainby (1869–1948) was an Irish male actor. Filmography References External links * 1869 births 1948 deaths Male actors from Dublin (city) Irish male film actors 20th-century Irish male actors {{Ireland-actor-stub ... as Assistant J.P. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debt Of Honour
''Debt of Honour'' is a 1936 British drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Leslie Banks, Will Fyffe, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Garry Marsh. Based on a story by Sapper, and scripted by Tom Geraghty and Cyril Campion, the film is also known as ''The Man Who Could Not Forget''.''Debt of Honour'' (1936) BFI. It was made at by British National Films.Wood p.85 Premise A Colonel's daughter steals from the regimental mess funds to pa ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Limit (1935 Film)
''No Limit'' is a 1935 British musical comedy starring George Formby and Florence Desmond. The film, which was directed by Monty Banks, was made on location at the TT motorcycle race on the Isle of Man. It was the first of eleven films that Formby made for Associated Talking Pictures. Although Formby had already made two moderately successful films ('' Boots! Boots!'' and '' Off the Dole''), ''No Limit'' was the film that put him on the road to stardom. Plot George Shuttleworth (Formby) is a chimney sweep from Wigan who dreams of winning the Isle of Man TT. Unfortunately, George's attempts to secure a factory ride with the Rainbow Motorcycle Company are unsuccessful and consequently he resorts to entering his own machine the "Shuttleworth Snap", a motorcycle derived from an old Rainbow machine. Whilst running the engine of his machine, George inadvertently knocks the motorcycle off its stand and crashes into the fence of his next door neighbour, Mr Hardacre, who goads George a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Church Mouse
''The Church Mouse'' is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Laura La Plante, Ian Hunter and Edward Chapman. It was made by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers at the company's Teddington Studios. It was made as a more expensive production than much of the studio's low-budget quota quickie output. It is based on a 1928 play by Ladislas Fodor which has been turned into films on several occasions including a 1931 German film ''Poor as a Church Mouse'' and the 1932 American production ''Beauty and the Boss''. A bank owner's prim and uptight Secretary suddenly blossoms during a business trip to Paris. Plot The opening scenes show the historical development of Steele's Bank in London as it adopts first steel pens and then typewriters during the nineteenth century. In 1934 the current head of the bank Jonathan Steele is as technology-obsessed as his predecessors and installs an intercom and constantly flies by plane. Steele strictly divides his life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weary River
''Weary River'' is a 1929 American romantic drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson, and William Holden (no relation to William Holden, star of such films as '' Sunset Boulevard''). Produced and distributed by First National Pictures, the film, like many made during the changeover from silent to sound movies, is mostly silent with a few sequences featuring synchronized dialogue and singing. Based on a story by Courtney Riley Cooper, the film is about a gangster who goes to prison and finds salvation through music while serving his time. After he is released and falls back into a life of temptation, he is saved by the love of a woman and the warden who befriended him. The film received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Director in 1930. ''Weary River'' was preserved at the Library of Congress and restored by the LoC, UCLA Film and Television Archive, and Warner Bros. It is available on DVD directly from the Warner Archive Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three-Ring Marriage
''Three-Ring Marriage'' also known as ''3-Ring Marriage'' is a lost 1928 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, and Lawford Davidson. Cast * Mary Astor as Anna * Lloyd Hughes as Cal * Lawford Davidson as Souvane * Yola d'Avril as Minnie * Alice White as Trapeze Performer * Harry Earles as Cubby Snodd * Tiny Doll as Mrs. Cubby Snodd * George Reed as Valet * R.E. 'Tex' Madsen as Giant * Anna Magruder as Fat Woman * James Neill as Hutch * Dell Henderson George Delbert "Dell" Henderson (July 5, 1877 – December 2, 1956) was a Canadian-American actor, director, and writer. He began his long and prolific film career in the early days of silent film. Biography Born in the Southwestern Ontario ... as Gangster * Rudolph Cameron as Gangster * Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher as Gangster * Jay Eaton as Gangster * Art Rowlands as Gangster * Howard Truesdale * Daisy Earles as Minor Role * George Y. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
