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Won By A Neck
''Won by a Neck'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Roscoe Arbuckle, Fatty Arbuckle and starring Lloyd Hamilton. The film has two reels. Plot Detective Percy enters the home of a gangster, One-Shot Louie, thinking it is a chiropractor's practice and that he will have his stiff neck fixed. Louie thinks Percy is a rival gangster, while an actual rival gunman thinks Percy is Louie. Cast * Lloyd Hamilton as Detective Percy * Ed Barry as One-Shot Louie, a gunman * Ruth Hiatt * Addie McPhail See also * Fatty Arbuckle filmography References External links * 1930 films 1930 comedy films 1930 short films 1930s American films 1930s English-language films American black-and-white films American comedy short films Educational Pictures short films English-language comedy short films Films directed by Roscoe Arbuckle {{short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roscoe Arbuckle
Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle (; March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) was an American silent film actor, director, and screenwriter. He started at the Selig Polyscope Company and eventually moved to Keystone Studios, where he worked with Mabel Normand and Harold Lloyd as well as with his nephew, Al St. John. He also mentored Charlie Chaplin, Monty Banks and Bob Hope, and brought vaudeville star Buster Keaton into the movie business. Arbuckle was one of the most popular silent stars of the 1910s and one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood, signing a contract in 1920 with Paramount Pictures for $1,000,000 a year (equivalent to $ million in ). Arbuckle was the defendant in three widely publicized trials between November 1921 and April 1922 for the rape and manslaughter of actress Virginia Rappe. Rappe had fallen ill at a party hosted by Arbuckle at San Francisco's St. Francis Hotel in September 1921, and died four days later. A friend of Rappe a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 Comedy Films
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Educational Pictures Short Films
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American Comedy Short Films
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1930s English-language Films
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned off; Marcus Didius Julianus the hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 Short Films
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned off; Marcus Didius Julianus the highest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 Films
The following is an overview of 1930 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1930 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * February 21: '' Anna Christie'', Greta Garbo's first sound film is released, it grosses $1.5 million. * February 23: Silent screen legend Mabel Normand dies at the age of 37 in Monrovia, California after a lengthy battle with tuberculosis. * March 10: Release of '' Goodbye Argentina'' (''Adiós Argentina''), the first Argentine film with a (musical) soundtrack. Ada Cornaro has her first starring role and Libertad Lamarque makes her film debut. * April 6: William Fox sells his interest in Fox Film for $18 million and Harley L. Clarke becomes president. * May 27: Howard Hughes' epic film ''Hell's Angels'' premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and features Jean Harlow in her first major role as well as some i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter DeLeon
Walter DeLeon (May 3, 1884 – August 1, 1947) was an American screenwriter and playwright. Biography Walter DeLeon was born on May 3, 1884, in Oakland, California. DeLeon made his playwright debut at Idora Park in Oakland. He wrote for 69 films that were released between 1921 and 1953, and acted in one film. He died on August 1, 1947, in Los Angeles, California. Filmography * ''Scared Stiff (1953 film), Scared Stiff'' (1953) * ''The Time of Their Lives'' (1946) * ''Little Giant'' (1946) * ''Birth of the Blues'' (1941) * ''The Ghost Breakers'' (1940) * ''Union Pacific (film), Union Pacific'' (1939) * ''The Big Broadcast of 1938'' (1938) * ''Ruggles of Red Gap'' (1935) * ''Tillie and Gus'' (1933) * ''The Phantom President'' (1932) * ''Meet the Wife (film), Meet the Wife'' (1931) * ''Won by a Neck'' (1930) * ''Big Money (film), Big Money'' (1930) * ''The Sophomore'' (1929) * ''The Little Giant (1926 film), The Little Giant'' (1926) * ''The Ghost Breaker (1922 film), The Gho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatty Arbuckle Filmography
__NOTOC__ These are the films of the American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. Films marked with a diamond (♦) were directed by and featured Arbuckle. He used the name William Goodrich on the films he directed from 1924 onward. Arbuckle's films share the common fate of all silent movies. Of the hundreds of features and shorts in which he appeared between 1909 and 1933, only about half are known to have survived, and many exist only in fragmentary form. Further, there is no single source from which the remaining Arbuckle library can be accessed. Surviving prints, negatives, stills and other materials are scattered around the globe, held by various corporations, government institutions, museums and private collectors. ---- As an actor: Early years - 1913 - 1914 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1918 - 1919 - 1920 - 1921 - Later years ---- As a director only: 1910s - 1922 - 1924 - 1925 - 1926 - 1927 - 1930 - 1931 - 1932 - References ---- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addie McPhail
Addie McPhail (July 15, 1905 – April 14, 2003) was an American film actress. Early years McPhail was born Addie Dukes in White Plains, Kentucky, on July 15, 1905. Her parents were Van and Cordelia Dukes, and she attended schools in Madisonville, Kentucky, Madisonville and Providence, Kentucky. Her father worked in insurance, and the family often moved. They went to Chicago in 1911 and "settled for a long period". While there, she won several contests on stage. They went to Hollywood in 1925, a move that McPhail considered to be fate because she wanted to be an actress. Career McPhail began her work in films with Stern Brothers, a studio that produced short comedies that Universal distributed. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1927 and 1941. The physical demands of comedy gradually diminished McPhail's interest in acting, and she later said, "May I was never the actress I wanted to be." Her film career ended with ''Northwest Passage (film), Northwest Passage'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
