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Cast Genre Notes The Call of the Circus: Frank O'Connor: Francis X. Bushman, Ethel Clayton: Drama: Pickwick Pictures [50] Call of the Flesh: Charles Brabin: Ramón Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, Ernest Torrence: Musical/Romance/Drama: MGM. [51] In partial Technicolor. Call of the West: Albert Ray: Dorothy Revier, Tom O'Brien, Alan Roscoe: Western ...
The famed Statue of Liberty sequence takes place on the torch platform, which had actually been closed to public access since the Black Tom sabotage in 1916. A mock-up built for filming accurately depicted this part of the statue. The scene also used innovative visual effects. In particular, Lloyd lay on his side on a black saddle on a black ...
The film is the first of four in which Cary Grant was cast by Hitchcock, and it is one of the rare occasions that Grant plays a sinister character. Grant plays Johnnie Aysgarth, an English conman whose actions raise suspicion and anxiety in his shy young English wife, Lina McLaidlaw ( Joan Fontaine ). [ 136 ]
Although not a financial success upon its release due to its bloated budget, the film is acclaimed by critics and launches Harlow as one of the 1930s' biggest stars. August 9: Cartoon character Betty Boop appears for the first time on screen, in the animated film Dizzy Dishes. September 3: The Hollywood Reporter is first published.
The decade of the 1930s in film involved many significant films. The year 1939, in particular, was one of the biggest years (and is still considered one of the greatest years) in Hollywood with MGM 's release of Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz .
Liberty Pictures was an American film production company of the 1930s. Part of Poverty Row, the company produced low-budget B pictures. It was one of two companies controlled by the producer M.H. Hoffman along with Allied Pictures. The company produced its first film, Ex-Flame, loosely based on the Victorian novel East Lynne, in 1930.
The actress helped inspire the look for the famous logo, one of several actresses ordered by Columbia Pictures to pose as Miss Liberty, for which she was only paid $25. (Photo: Tim Boyle ...
Paramount's first 100% all-Technicolor (two-color process) all-talking picture. April 26, 1930: Ladies Love Brutes: All-Talking May 2, 1930: The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu: May 3, 1930: The Big Pond: May 10, 1930: The Texan: May 17, 1930: Young Man of Manhattan: May 24, 1930: The Devil's Holiday: May 31, 1930: True to the Navy: June 7, 1930 ...