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Counsellor at Law (1933)

March 22, 2015 by smumcounty

I really like John Barrymore, that resonant vibrato, that great profile (the great profile), that thick shock of hair. But …
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Category: 1930s, Drama, Pre-Code | Tags: Bebe Daniels, Clara Langsner, Counsellor at Law, Doris Kenyon, John Barrymore, Malka Kornstein, Marvin Kline, Mayo Methot, Onslow Stevens, The Great Profile, Thelma Todd

Know Your Character Actor – Ruth Donnelly

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February 22, 2015 by smumcounty

Ruth Donnelly was born on May 17th, 1896 in Trenton, New Jersey, the daughter of a newspaper editor and music …
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Category: Know Your Character Actor | Tags: A Prince There Was, A Slight Case of Murder, Blessed Event, Employees' Entrance, Female, Footlight Parade, Going Up, Hard to Handle, Heat Lightning, Ladies They Talk About, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, My Little Chickadee, Rubber Heels, Ruth Donnelly, The Bells of St. Mary's, The Jewel Robbery, The Meanest Man in the World, The Quaker Girl, The Scrap of Paper, The Snake Pit, The Way to the Gold

The Wild Bunch (1969)

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January 21, 2015 by smumcounty

It’s 1913. A band of outlaws in Texas headed by Pike Bishop (William Holden) are looking to make one more …
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Category: 1960s, Western | Tags: Ben Johnson, Edmond O'Brien, Emilio Fernandez, Ernest Borgnine, Jaime Sanchez, Lou Lombardo, Robert Ryan, Roy N. Sickner, Sam Peckinpah, The Wild Bunch, Walon Green, Warner Brothers, Warren Oates, William Holden

Know Your Character Actor – Frank McHugh

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December 14, 2014 by smumcounty

Frank McHugh was born Francis Curray McHugh in Homestead, Pennsylvania to Edward and Catherine McHugh on May 23rd 1898. His …
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Category: Know Your Character Actor | Tags: Beverly Garland, Bing Crosby, Footlight Parade, Frank McHugh, Going My Way, Heat Lightning, James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, The Fighting 69th, The Front Page, The Roaring Twenties

Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

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November 26, 2014 by smumcounty

Woodrow (Eddie Bracken) comes from a long line of war heroes. His father “Hinky Dinky” Truesmith was a hero who …
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Category: 1940s, Comedy | Tags: Eddie Bracken, Franklin Pangborn, Freddie Steele, Georgia Caine, Hail the Conquerying Hero, Harry Hayden, Jimmy Conlin, Preston Sturges, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, World War II

Know Your Character Actor – Aline MacMahon

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October 22, 2014 by smumcounty

Aline MacMahon was born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania in 1899 of an Irish father and a Russian mother. The family soon …
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Category: Know Your Character Actor | Tags: Aline MacMahon, Babbitt, Dragon Seed, Five Star Final, Gold Diggers of 1933, Heat Lightning, The Mouthpiece, The Search

Wild Boys of the Road (1933)

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September 21, 2014 by smumcounty

Between 1929 and 1939 more than 250,000 men left their homes and took to the road to ride the rails …
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Category: 1930s, Drama, Pre-Code | Tags: Dorothy Coonan, Edwin Phillips, Frankie Darro, Hoboes, Pre-code, The Great Depression, Ward Bond, Wild Boys of the Road, William Wellman

Know Your Character Actor: Guy Kibbee

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August 18, 2014 by smumcounty

Guy Bridges Kibbee was born in El Paso, Texas in 1882. He got his start as an entertainer at the …
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Category: Know Your Character Actor | Tags: 42nd Street, Babbitt, Captain Blood, Captain January, Footlight Parade, Gold Diggers of 1933, Guy Kibbee, Guy Kibee Eggs, Mary Jane's Pa, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Scattergood Baines, Stolen Heaven

Cluny Brown (1946)

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July 28, 2014 by smumcounty

It’s a beautiful Sunday afternoon in London in 1938. Hilary Ames (Reginald Gardiner) is preparing for a dinner party in …
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Category: 1940s, Comedy | Tags: Billy Bevan, Charles Boyer, Cluny Brown, Ernest Cossart, Ernst Lubitsch, Helen Walker, Jennifer Jones, Peter Lawford, Reginald Gardiner, Richard Haydn, Sara Allgood, The Lubitsch Touch

Know Your Character Actor: ZaSu Pitts

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June 22, 2014 by smumcounty

ZaSu Pitts was born Eliza Susan Pitts in Parsons Kansas on January 3rd, 1894. She was named after her father’s …
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Category: Know Your Character Actor | Tags: A Little Princess, Better Times, Gale Storm, Greed, Hildegarde Withers, Ramshackle Inn, Ruggles of Red Gap, Slim Summerville, Thelma Todd, ZaSu Pitts

Smum County

Counsellor at Law (1933)

Know Your Character Actor – Ruth Donnelly

The Wild Bunch (1969)

Know Your Character Actor – Frank McHugh

Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

Know Your Character Actor – Aline MacMahon

Wild Boys of the Road (1933)

Know Your Character Actor: Guy Kibbee

Cluny Brown (1946)

Know Your Character Actor: ZaSu Pitts

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