Astrology birth chart for adolphe menjou astrocharts. Ctva us anthology target ziv1958 hosted by adolphe menjou. The circus queen murder is more of a crime movie than a mystery and while it looks good and has some snappy dialogue, the interminable footage of circus work keeps rolling on and a general overall malaise seems to emanate from menjou. The epitome of knavish, continental charm and sartorial opulence, menjou, complete with trademark waxy black. With george raft, adolphe menjou, frances drake, sidney toler. Her own sleuthing is more effective and she devises a plan. In the clementine jones story episode of wagon train, ann blyth plays the title character, a hard saloon gal about to be run out of town by the zealous purity league. Quigley top 25 stars of 1939 ultimate movie rankings. Carol feels, for whatever reason, that her husband. Adolphe menjou 18901963 adolphe menjou was born to a frenchamerican family in pittsburgh, pennsylvania on february 18th, 1890, and he graduated from a high school military academy and then cornell university with an engineering degree. The scarlet empress arrived in a subpar criterion disc early in 2001, and three more dietrich titles were included in a universal glamour collection in 2006. Trivia 16 add new after making this film, adolphe menjou, a very vocal anticommunist, was asked why he chose to work with director edward dmytryk, who had been imprisoned and blacklisted for his communist sympathies. One surprise is how many fittings it took to perfect the flawless suits we associate with photos from the 30s. With a plot that is admittedly no more than pleasant trivia, it sparkles from.
Musselman author see all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. With genevieve tobin, adolphe menjou, mary astor, edward everett horton. Adolphe menjou bio, facts, family famous birthdays. He figures out the plot pretty early but does nothing about it. Reprinted in 20 with the help of original edition published long back 1948. M58 a3 camera canon eos 5d mark ii foldoutcount 0 identifier ittookninetailor00adol identifierark ark. Adolphe menjous mustache and legacy april 20, 2011 by cliff aliperti 9 comments i was thinking about putting together a big adolphe menjou post, which this is not, and discovered upon my first googling of his name that hed written an autobiography back in 1948. Publication date 1948 topics motion pictures, motion picturesbiography publisher new york, whittlesey house collection mediahistory. This show was adapted from the radio show favorite story that ran from 1946 to 1949.
Adolphe menjou was an actor from the golden age of hollywood. His book, it took nine tailors 1948 has some great stories and insights about tailoring. Inscribed andor signed on front endpaper by menjou and hollywood luminaries such as fred astaire, ginger rogers, randolph scott, hoagy carmichael, reginald owen, m. That movie, a racist screed in disguise as an operetta featuring a blackfaced noah beery cracking a whip while singing gibberish in some. Menjou s autobiography, with a foreword by clark gable.
The front page is a broadway comedy about tabloid newspaper reporters on the police beat. Adolphe menjou also stars as the general who convinces daxs superior officer to risk the illfated charge. Famous for his wardrobe and his wit, he has probably been associated with more popular moving pictures than any other actor in hollywood. The quigley top 25 stars of 1939 list is a fun list to look atas are many of their annual lists.
As soon as captain leech sees the second column of british trucks, he realizes that brig. Original paths of glory movie poster stanley kubrick kirk douglas. It seems that she is an actress and is also trying to make it on broadway. I have included information on both circulating and noncirculating shows, and tried to note the current circulating status of the. This time shes a mousy librarian who comes alive on a cruise and. Crackup 1946 takes us to the art world, not usually the sphere of film noir, but this brooding little mystery is unabashed in its take on salons of high culture and waterfront thugs. The following is a chronological log of jack bennys guest appearances on radio programs during the years 1930 to 1939 technically, as jack made his radio debut in 1931 it covers the years 19311939. Anthology program featuring shows about horror and suspense. The front page 1931, directed by lewis milestone, starring adolphe menjou and pat obrien and helen kane. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm.
Menjous autobiography, with a foreword by clark gable. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. It was directed by luther reed and starred adolphe menjou and alice joyce. I think sprezzatura can be had by an occasional skipped shave as rush mentions. Lionel stander nearly steals the show with his mugging and wisecracking. Rent adolphe menjou movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray. In one of his classic roles, he starred opposite gary cooper and marlene dietrich in the 1930 film, morocco.
Particularly leary of terry is her roommate, jean maitland, a wisecracking. His career spanned both silent films and talkies, appearing in such films as the sheik, a woman of paris, morocco, and a star is born. May 19, 2011 adolphe menjou was born february 18, 1890 in pittsburgh, pa. Jack benny guest appearances 19301939 jack benny in the. The front page has been adapted to film and radio a number of times. Yet when we look at them today, fairbanks remains vibrant and stylish, while menjou looks fussy and fastidious. Also a mustache is the main mistake of adolphe menjou. Both movie stars, both sophisticated, both with extensive wardrobes, both well dressed, both mustachioed, both dandies. Debonair and sophisticated, adolphe menjou was an impeccablydressed lead actor with a waxed black mustache. His irish mother was a distant cousin of novelist poet james joyce ulysses 18821941. Katherine hepburn was decidedly more liberal and had been an outspoken critic of the blacklist. Heres another example of how her voice and movement changes drastically with character. See more ideas about actor, irish men and classic movies. With betty bronson, adolphe menjou, florence vidor, andre beranger, lawrence gray, emily fitzroy, mary beth milford, william courtwright.
Pat was 47 when this picture was made, seems a bit long in the tooth for some of the. Beyond the official adaptations, the plays scheming editors, corruptpoliticians and slangslinging journalists provided the inspiration. Costarring gary cooper, marlene dietrich, adolphe menjou, ullrich haupt, eve southern, paul porcasi cinematography lee garmes original music karl hajos written by jules furthman from the play amy jolly by benno vigny. Especially appealing is abating this quirkiness by casting veteran priestcoachboring nice guy pat obrien as the hero. Adolphe menjou was born february 18, 1890 in pittsburgh, pa.
The late 1940s were a peak period for lesserknown, but highly regarded, noirs like this and detour. His father, jean adolphe menjou, had been born in a french village called commune darbus and his mother was from the village of letterfrach in ireland. Lazarre with your clothes in a trunk, but they will not let me in. A picture that has cracked this shockproof town wide open. It took nine tailors and thirtyfive years as hollywoods beloved manabouttown to make adolphe menjou what he is today.
He was nominated for an academy award for the front page in 1931. He was nominated for an academy award for the front page. See more ideas about movie stars, classic hollywood and old hollywood. The front page 1931 the definitive feverpitch newspaper comedy, ben hecht and charlesmacarthurs 1928 play the front page is a cornerstone of thescrewball genre, serving as the foundation for several bigscreen classics.
Your favorite story was a 30 minute, black and white anthology series that ran on nbc for 2 seasons. Adolphe menjou stars as an atomic scientist whose colleague breaks through the time barrier and winds up in the year 2063. The epitome of knavish, continental charm and sartorial opulence, menjou, complete with trademark waxy black mustache, evolved into one of hollywoods most distinguished of artists and fashion plates, a tailormade scene. I think that growing a mustache or beard goes against that very concept. Terry randall, ginger rogers jean maitland, adolphe menjou anthony powell. He appeared in such films as charlie chaplins a woman of paris, where he played the lead role. Quizmoz offers one of the internets largest collection of quizzes for you to tease your brain and pit your wits against the experienced quizmoz quiz masters. When he reappears he has difficulty convincing people its him due to the interference of tolliver and a young ignatius claiming to be his son. Good evening, im adolphe menjou and it seems you have caught me in the act. Michael mcbride is declared dead after a car accident leaving his wife connie grief stricken. The words suave and debonair became synonymous with the name adolphe menjou in hollywood, both on and off. Adolphe jean menjou february 18, 1890 october 29, 1963 was an american actor. Beyond the official adaptations, the plays scheming editors, corruptpoliticians and slangslinging journalists provided the inspiration forinnumerable imitations that.
All world war i movies ranked by tomatometer adolphe menjou, trying to make a comeback on broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter andrea leeds shows up. Commanders blore and masters are worse than the nasty officers played by george macready and adolphe menjou in kubricks paths of glory, and those frenchmen had a 19th century ethic of class bigotry for an excuse. His father, a restauranteur, wanted adolphe to continue in the family business, but a career in food did. Written by former chicago reporters ben hecht and charles macarthur, it was first produced in 1928 and has been adapted for the cinema several times. With adolphe menjou, pat obrien, mary brian, edward everett horton. Adolphe menjou robert carson john zaremba joanne jordan john stephenson ken christy norman field stewart nedd synopsis.
Adolphe menjou american film actor also in silent french films photographic print buy at. Her car slipped into a crack in the road and filled with dirt, killing her. His career spanned both silent films and talkies, appearing in such films as paths of glory, the sheik, a woman of paris, morocco, and a star is born. The 1931 film was presented as a onehour radio adaption on june 28, 1937, by lux radio theatre, starring walter winchell and james gleason. Adolphe menjou 18901963 adolphe menjou was born to a frenchamerican family in pittsburgh, pennsylvania on february 18th, 1890, and he graduated from a high school military academy and then cornell university with an engineering. With adolphe menjou, florence vidor, lawrence grant, george beranger. With pat obrien, adolphe menjou, ellen drew, rudy vallee. At age 21 he moved to new york with no intention of becoming an actor. Adolphe menjous mustache and legacy immortal ephemera. Carol feels, for whatever reason, that her husband, john, has grown indifferent to her, and is on a quest to find out why, suspecting another woman. So on that day i waited in my rooms at the ritz for mr. His french father, an emigre, eventually moved the family to cleveland, where he operated a chain of restaurants. This is the final episode for the season, next week reruns start.
The ace of cads is a 1926 american silent romantic drama film produced by famous playerslasky and distributed by paramount pictures. The great depression put a damper on his career, and he worked at the house of unamerican activities. Verree teasdale plays the longsuffering, wisecracking girlfriend of the always funny. Albert durant, a young millionaire, poses as a waiter in order to woo an exiled grand duchess, who does not object since she knows who he is and he doesnt know she knows. Adolphe menjou was a hardline political conservative who had willingly cooperated with the house unamerican activities committee huac and named names. In mexico, a former bandit settles down and picks out a beautiful young dancer to be his wife. Go ahead and find out what you know about yourself and the world around you. Barbara stanwyck made this movie several times in the 1930s. The epitome of knavish, continental charm and sartorial opulence, menjou, complete with trademark waxy black mustache, evolved into one of hollywoods most distinguished of artists and fashion plates, a tailormade scenestealer. All world war i movies ranked by tomatometer trivia, it sparkles from. Menjous tailoring stories from it took 9 tailors styleforum. We had another voluble exchange of french, but to no avail.
Back in the good ol days of the imdb message boards, there were posters with whom i had scintillating discussions and from whom i learned quite a bit. March for the royal family of broadway and adolphe menjou for the front page. Her voice drops to a lower, growling register, is hard and barking, her posture alternately the audacious pose of the saloon. The words suave and debonair became synonymous with the name adolphe menjou in hollywood, both on and offcamera.
Adolphe menjou is his polished, nonscandalous, and bland autobiography it took nine. Spears and his wife arrive at an isolated island for a school reunion, find it deserted. His younger brother also comes home after having spent years in the u. Menjous own status as a stamp collector or even just a collector of fine things might very well have been known to the audience, lending a personal refined. Morgan spears frances bavier viriginia christine stacy harris frank warren synopsis 1. Ctva us anthology target ziv1958 hosted by adolphe.
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