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Miss Fortescue
Bertram Fortesque Winthrope Smith
Captain Fortescue
Carol Fortescue
Charles Fortescue
George Fortescue Maximilien de Winter (Rebecca)
Gerald Fortescue
Greg Fortescue
Gregory Fortescue
Helene Fortescu
Kenneth Fortescue (actor)
May Fortescue
Mortimer Fortescue
Muriel (Mabel Normand) Fortescue
Rhonda Fortescue
Ronald Fortescue
Paul Francis Fortescue (A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries)

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Rebecca (1940) is the classic Hitchcock gothic thriller and a compelling romance-mystery. An expensively-produced film by David O. Selznick (following his recent success with Gone With The Wind (1939)), it was Hitchcock's first American film, although it retained distinctly British characteristics. This film won for the director his first and only Best Picture Academy Award Oscar, beating out strong competition in 1940 from The Grapes of Wrath, The Great Dictator, The Philadelphia Story, and Hitchcock's own Foreign Correspondent. The film also won an Academy Award for Cinematography, and was nominated in nine other categories, including Best Director. The film's screenplay is based on Daphne du Maurier's novel of the same name.

Starring
Laurence Olivier ...George Fortescu Maximillian 'Maxim' de Winter

1890's Actress Miss Fortescue Tobacco Card



Issued by Kinney Bros, Sweet Caporal cigarettes in the 1890's, these sepia tone photos were of famoust actresses of the time. all cards are in good condition, crease free, may have slightly rounded corners.

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The Halfway House 1944

International House
(1933 b 68')
En: 7 Ed: 6

Eccentrics gather at a Chinese hotel to bid on newly invented television, resulting in entertainment for all except maybe the Legion of Decency.
At Shanghai Tommy Nash (Stuart Erwin) represents the American Electric company and is cajoled by Peggy Hopkins Joyce to give him a ride to Wu-Hu, where inventor Dr. Wong (Edmund Breese) is demonstrating his radioscope that shows pilot Henry Quail (W. C. Fields) drinking beer. In bizarre repartee nurse Allen (Gracie Allen) responds to questions by the hotel manager (Franklin Pangborn) and Dr. Burns (George Burns). Stuck in the desert with Nash, Peggy tries to fry eggs. At the hotel she requests a double bed and meets her ex-husband Nicholas Petronovich (Bela Lugosi), who hopes to make millions on the invention. Nash runs into his fiancée Carol Fortescue (Sari Maritza); two weddings had been canceled because he got sick. He says he is well and takes her to see Peggy in order to relieve her jealousy; but the seductive Peggy causes the reverse effect. Dr. Burns says Nash has measles and tells his nurse to undress him and put him to bed. Nash is put in quarantine.
The hotel presents fifty dancing girls in revealing costumes. Quail lands in his autogyro, thinking it is Kansas City. He puts his autograph on Allen's dress collar and then rips it off so she can see it. Wong invites Quail to stay in his room; but Quail hopes for an offer from Peggy. He disrupts the hotel registration and opens doors to various rooms. He shares Peggy's room and bath without either seeing the other until in twin beds he snores, and she screams. Inventor Wong shows on his screen Rudy Vallee singing "Thank Heaven for You." Quail disturbs the people stupefied by television. Petronovich, excluded by the quarantine, calls Peggy to say he saw her with Quail.
Quail wakes up with Wong and calls Peggy. Hearing he's a millionaire, she suggests they leave together. Quail does not bid on the invention, and Wong asks for sealed bids. Wong screens Baby Rose Marie singing "My Bluebirds Are Singing the Blues." Petronovich and his men plan to break into the hotel. Wong shows Nash Cab Calloway singing "Reefer Man." A general tells the manager to end the quarantine and open the doors; Petronovich and his men rush in with a battering ram. Quail takes Peggy in his car and drives down the hall and staircases. Quail feels around for the starter, and Peggy discovers she is sitting on a pussy (cat). When she gets out of the car with no skirt, Quail says he entertained her. Quail drives his car back into his autogyro and takes off with Peggy, who finds she is sitting on kittens. She asks about their parents, and Quail says they were careless.
This farce made before the censorship crackdown by the Hayes Commission gives some of the flavor of vaudeville and burlesque and yet looks ahead to the television revolution. Burns and Allen are scintillating.
Copyright © 1999 by Sanderson Beck

The Missionary - Region 2 NEW DVD -Free P&P

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The Missionary - Region 2 PAL DVD (please ensure you can play/view this DVD on your DVD player and/or Television as refunds for non compatible DVDs will not be given). Fallen women? Does it mean they've hurt their knees? After a decade of soul-saving in Africa, Charles Fortescue is asked to minister to the ladies of the night in 1906 London. So Fortescue feeds them, shelters them and not infrequently provides them a bed: his! A naive man of the cloth becomes a man of the sheets in this playfully naughty yet always tasteful comedy that stars Monty Python's Michael Palin (who also wrote the script) as Fortescue and features a colourful array of cockeyed characters: a blissful airhead (Phoebe Nicholls), a lusty mission sponsor (Maggie Smith), a bewildered butler (Michael Hordern), an earthy bishop (Denholm Elliott), a cantankerous John Bull (Trevor Howard) and more. Jolly good fun! Stars: Michael Palin ; Maggie Smith ; Trevor Howard ; Denholm Elliot ; Michael Hordern ; Phoebe Nicholls ; Graham Crowden ; David Suchet

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THE MISSIONARY Michael Palin Monty Python LD

Michael Palin of Monty Python’s Flying Circus wrote and starred in this satire of the clergy. He plays Reverend Fortescue, an unassuming missionary called back from Africa to England to take charge of a mission for ladies of the evening. He admits an ever-increasing number of them into his "private fold," and the mission succeeds so well that other sects become jealous. Filmed in London. FINE PRINT: Digital sound, color, closed captioned, 86 minutes, 1982

Gerald Fortescue Unsigned Movie Still

A 9 x 7 Original Black & White Unsigned Movie Still of Gerald Fortescue in CBS-TVs "Mr. Adams and Eve". Dated 10/30/57.

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Desert Mice (1959)
Rotten ENSA troupe get into trouble in the WWII desert campaign. A farce that was probably more fun for those who were there at the time than the rest of us. The jokes are mostly predictable and, despite the great cast, fall flat.
Script: David Climie
Director: Michael Relph
Players: Sidney James, Alfred Marks, Patricia Bredin, Kenneth Fortesque, Dick Bentley, Dora Bryan, Irene Handl, Reginald Beckwith, Joan Benham, Liz Fraser, Nigel Davenport, John Le Mesurier, Anthony Bushell
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Lawrence of Arabia Peter O'Toole 2 VHS Mint

The Review : This sweeping, highly literate historical epic covers the Allies' mideastern campaign during World War I as seen through the eyes of the enigmatic T. E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole, in the role that made him a star). After a prologue showing us Lawrence's ultimate fate, we flash back to Cairo in 1917. A bored general staffer, Lawrence talks his way into a transfer to Arabia. Once in the desert, he befriends Sherif Ali Ben El Kharish (Omar Sharif, making one of the most spectacular entrances in movie history) and draws up plans to aid the Arabs in their rebellion against the Turks. No one is ever able to discern Lawrence's motives in this matter: Sherif dismisses him as yet another "desert-loving Englishman," and his British superiors assume that he's either arrogant or mad. Using a combination of diplomacy and bribery, Lawrence unites the rival Arab factions of Prince Feisal (Alec Guinness) and Auda Abu Tayi (Anthony Quinn). After successfully completing his mission, Lawrence becomes an unwitting pawn of the Allies, as represented by Gen. Allenby (Jack Hawkins) and Dryden (Claude Rains), who decide to keep using Lawrence to secure Arab cooperation against the Imperial Powers. While on a spying mission to Deraa, Lawrence is captured and tortured by a sadistic Turkish Bey (Jose Ferrer), and the movie implies that the Bey's brutal treatment of him has aroused Lawrence's own repressed homosexuality: true or not, it is clear that he has undergone a radical personality change when he makes it back to his own lines. In the heat of the next battle, a wild-eyed Lawrence screams "No prisoners!" and fights more ruthlessly than ever. Screenwriter Robert Bolt used T. E. Lawrence's own self-published memoir The Seven Pillars of Wisdom as his principal source, although some of the characters are composites, and many of the "historical" incidents are of unconfirmed origin. Two years in the making (you can see O'Toole's weight fluctuate from scene to scene), the movie, lensed in Spain and Jordan, ended up costing a then-staggering $13 million and won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. The 1962 Royal Premiere in London was virtually the last time that David Lean's director's cut was seen: 20 minutes was edited from the film's general release, and 15 more from the 1971 reissue. This abbreviated version was all that was available for public exhibition until a massive 1989 restoration, at 221 minutes, that returned several of Lean's favorite scenes while removing others with which he had never been satisfied ///
The Stellar Cast :
Lawrence of Arabia Peter O'Toole - T.E. Lawrence Alec Guinness - Prince Feisal Anthony Quinn - Auda abu Tayi Jack Hawkins - Gen.Allenby Omar Sharif - Sherif Ali ibn el Kharish Anthony Quayle - Col. Harry Brighton José Ferrer - Turkish Bey Donald Wolfit - Gen. Murray I.S. Johar - Gasim Gamil Ratib - Majid Michael Ray - Farraj John Dimech - Daud Hugh Miller - RAMC Colonel Howard Marion-Crawford - Medical Officer Jack Gwyllim - Club Secretary Stuart Saunders - Regimental Sergeant Major Arthur Kennedy - Jackson Bentley Fernando Sancho - Turkish Sergeant John Ruddock - Elder Harith Jack Hedley - Reporter Kenneth Fortescue - Allenby's Aide Henry Oscar - Reciter Norman Rossington - Corporal Jenkins Claude Rains - Mr. Dryden Zia Mohyeddin - Tafas Harry Fowler - Cpl. Potter

Desert Mice 1959 BWS Alfred Marks

Description: This original UK black and white still (8" x 10") is from the 1959 movie. Cast: Alfred Marks, Sid James, Dora Bryan, Dick Bentley, Reginald Beckwith, Irene Handl, Kenneth Fortescue, Patricia Bredin; Directed by: Michael Relph

THE BEST OF ENEMIES
(1961) Colour (RCA/Columbia) approx 100 mins (**PAL format)

Cast: David Niven, Michael Wilding, Harry Andrews, Noel Harrison, Ronald Fraser, Alberto Sordi, Bernard Cribbins, Duncan Macrae, Robert Desmond, Kenneth Fortescue, Michael Trubshawe and David Opatoshu.
In this military comedy, directed by the legendary Guy Hamilton who helmed some of the finest James Bond pictures, Maj. Richardson (Niven) and Lt. Burke (Wilding) are two British soldiers on a recognizance mission over Ethiopia in 1941 when their plane crashes in the desert. Capt. Blasi (Sordi), an Italian officer, finds the Englishmen and offers to help them: he'll let them go if they allow him and his men to take over an old fort nearby and stay there without being bothered. Richardson and Burke agree, and they return to their base of operations, only to discover that they've been ordered to attack the fort and capture Blasi and his men. Richardson considers himself a man of his word and doesn't care for this duty; in time, the two men become friends and exchange banter as they take turns capturing one another. Remarkably enough, Italian actor Sordi didn't speak English when he made this film, and he learned all his dialogue phonetically.

Ray Milland, Anthony Newley HIGH FLIGHT 1956

Terrific lobby card from air force film High Flight (1956). Directed by John Gilling. Starring (in alphabetical order) Grace Arnold, Frank Atkinson, Anne Aubrey, Richard Bennett, Jan Brooks, Alfred Burke, Helen Cherry, Charles Clay, Peter Dixon, John Downing, Ian Fleming, Kenneth Fortescue, Barry Foster, Douglas Gibbon, Kenneth Haigh, Jan Holden, Owen Holder, Noel Hood, Bernard Horsfall, Glyn Houston, Andrew Keir, Sean Kelly, Duncan Lamont, John Le Mesurier, Bernard Lee, William Lucas, Ray Milland, Nancy Nevinson, Anthony Newley, Hal Osmond, Alan Penn, Leslie Phillips, Kynaston Reeves, Bill Shine, Richard Wattis, Leslie Weston. 12.5"x16.5"

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Magic Christian / VHS / Not Rated / 101 min / Color
Stars Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Roman Polanski, Richard Attenborough, Christopher Lee, Raquel Welch, Yul Brynner, and John Cleese. Great British comedy from the late 60's about how people will do anything for money. A MUST for any Beatle fan. "Magic Christian" / Director: JOSEPH MCGRATH / Republic Pictures Home Video / Release Date: 1969

Shot in Technicolor, and filmed at Twickenham Studios, Middlesex, England. Some prints of the film are only 88 minutes long, while original theatrical releases ran approximately 95 minutes. The video and laserdisc versions of "The Magic Christian," however, appear to be 101 minutes. Additional cast: Tom Boyle (My Man Jeff); Peter Bayliss (Pompous Toff), Clive Dunn (Sommelier), Freddie Earle (Sol), Kenneth Fortescue (Irate Snob), David Hutcheson (Lord Barry), Jeremy Lloyd (Lord Hampton), Peter Myers (Lord Kilgallon), Robert Raglan (Maltravers), and Leon Thau (Engine Room Toff). Appearing as themselves: TV commentators Michael Aspel, Michael Barratt, Harry Carpenter, W. Barrington Dalby, John Snagge, and Alan Whicker. There is a parody of Shakespeare's tragic play "Hamlet" within the film, with Laurence Harvey as the melancholy Dane doing a striptease during the "To be or not to be" soliloquy. Director McGrath also incorporated some b&w and color archival footage of riots and Vietnam into the film. Released theatrically in the USA February 12, 1970. Copyright 1969 Grand Films, Ltd.

In this adaptation of Terry Southern's offbeat novel, an eccentric millionaire adopts a down-and-out vagrant he stumbles upon in the park as his son. The pair embark on a series of practical jokes and elaborate stunts designed to expose the wanton greed that exists in everybody -- and prove that everyone has his price.

MAGIC CHRISTIAN - LASERDISC RARE

PETER SELERS & RINGO STARR

This is a previously viewed LASERDISC of the rare comedy classic THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN, staring:
Peter Sellers .... Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE Ringo Starr .... Youngman Grand ESQ. Isabel Jeans .... Dame Agnes Grand Caroline Blakiston .... Hon. Esther Grand Wilfrid Hyde-White .... Captain Reginald K. Klaus Richard Attenborough .... Oxford Coach Leonard Frey .... Laurence Faggot Laurence Harvey .... Hamlet Christopher Lee .... Ship's vampire Spike Milligan .... Traffic Warden 27 Roman Polanski .... Solitary Drinker Raquel Welch .... Priestess of the Whip Tom Boyle .... My Man Jeff Victor Maddern .... Hot dog vendor Terence Alexander .... Mad Major Peter Bayliss .... Pompous Toff Joan Benham .... Socialite in Sotheby's Patrick Cargill .... Auctioneer at Sotheby's John Cleese .... Mr. Dougdale, Director in Southeby's Clive Dunn .... Sommelier Fred Emney .... Fitzgibbon Kenneth Fortescue .... Snob in Sotheby's Patrick Holt .... Duke in Sotheby's David Hutcheson .... Lord Barry Hattie Jacques .... Ginger Horton Jeremy Lloyd .... Lord Hampton David Lodge .... Ship's Guide Ferdy Mayne .... Edouard of Chez Edouard Restaurant Dennis Price .... Winthrop Robert Raglan .... Maltravers Graham Stark .... Waiter at Chez Edouard Restaurant Michael Aspel .... TV Commentator Michael Barratt .... TV Commentator Harry Carpenter .... TV Commentator Kenneth Connor Roland Culver .... Sir Herbert W. Barrington Dalby .... TV Commentator Freddie Earlle .... Sol Peter Graves .... Lord at ship's bar John Le Mesurier .... Sir John Peter Myers .... Lord Kilgallon John Snagge .... TV Commentator Leon Thau .... Engine Room Toff Frank Thornton .... Police Inspector Michael Trubshawe .... Sir Lionel Edward Underdown .... Prince Henry Alan Whicker .... TV Commentator Sean Barry-Weske .... John Lennon lookalike (uncredited) Yul Brynner .... Transvestite cabaret singer (uncredited) Graham Chapman .... Oxford Crew (uncredited) Kimberley Chung .... Yoko Ono lookalike (uncredited) Guy Middleton .... Duke of Mantisbriar (uncredited) Birthe Sector .... Slave girl (uncredited)
Sir Guy Grand adopts homeless bum Youngman to be heir to his obscene wealth, and immediately begins bringing him into the intricacies of the family business, which is to prey upon people's greed by use of the vast holdings of the Grand empire. They leave no stone unturned as sporting events, restaurants, art galleries, and traditional pheasant hunts turn into lurid displays of bad manners and profiteering. Things climax at the social event of the season, the inaugural voyage of the new pleasure cruiser The Magic Christian.

BRIDES OF FU MANCHU rare vhs christopher lee



Christopher Lee returns as Sax Rohmer's insidious Asian villain Fu Manchu for the second of his five vehicles. This time Fu Manchu and his army of henchmen are kidnaping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them to his remote island headquarters. Instead of asking for ransom, Fu demands that the fathers help him to build a death ray, which he intends to use to take over the world. But Fu's archenemy, Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard, is determined not to let that happen...Cast overview, first billed only: Christopher Lee .... Fu Manchu Douglas Wilmer .... Nayland Smith Heinz Drache .... Franz Baumer Marie Versini .... Marie Lentz Howard Marion-Crawford .... Dr. Petrie Tsai Chin .... Lin Tang Rupert Davies .... Jules Merlin Kenneth Fortescue .... Sergeant Spicer Joseph Fürst .... Otto Lentz Roger Hanin .... Inspector Grimaldi Harald Leipnitz .... Nikki Sheldon Carole Gray .... Michel Merlin Burt Kwouk .... Feno ......







Movie description
The beloved Miss Marple has her hands full when she tries to solve a murder case which occured on a film production set. This movie within a movie sparkles with it's own all-star cast.

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Cast: Angela Lansbury, Edward Fox, Elizabeth Taylor, Geraldine Chaplin, Kim Novak, Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis

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DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Single Side - Dual Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono
Additional Release Material:
Trailers - 1.Original Theatrical Trailer
2.TV Spot
Text/Photo Galleries:
Biographies

Distributed by AFD in America and Canada.

Color by Technicolor.

Additional cast: Margaret Courtenay (Mrs. Bantry); Maureen Bennett (Heather Babcock); Carolyn Pickles (Miss Giles); Eric Dodson (The Major); Thick Wilson (Mayor); Pat Nye (Mayoress); Peter Woodthorpe (Scout Master); Oriana Grieve, Kenneth Fortescue, George Silver and John Bennett (Cast of film of within film).

Additional credit: John Roberts (art direction).




About Lawrence of Arabia (Restored Version)

SYNOPSIS

Based on the real-life exploits of the legendary British scholar and soldier, T. E. Lawrence. Stationed in Cairo in 1916, Lawrence languished in the map-making department of British Intelligence until he was asked to find and gather information on Prince Feisal, leader of the Arab Allied forces in World War I. His desert journey inspired his first military success, when he lead a small contingent of Arabs against the Turkish stronghold of Aqaba. Lawrence's military career flourished and he attempted to forge a new, united Arab nation out of squabbling tribes.

Additional cast members: Howard Marion Crawford (Medical Officer); Jack Gwillin (Club Secretary); Hugh Miller (R.A.M.C. Colonel); John Ruddock (Elder Martin); Kenneth Fortescue (Allenby's Aide); Stuart Sanders (Regimental Sergeant-Major); Fernando Sancho (Turk Sergeant); Emilio Noriega (Train Wreck Stunt); and Cher Kaoui, Mohammed Habachi and members of the Jordanian Desert Patrol and the Royal Moroccan Army Camel Corps.

Kipling On TV

Description: A scene from the first episode of the Kipling stories, being recorded by the BBC for television. The actors, Barry Letts, Joss Ackland, Kenneth Fortescue star in the production.

Actors Kenneth Fortesque and Joss Ackland, 1964
Actors Kenneth Fortesque (left) and Joss Ackland (right) in a sc :ene from a television dramatisation of a Rudyard Kipling story, 1964.

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Fields invented a lot of goofy names, both for his characters and for his own screenwriting credits (he wrote a large number of his films). Bob Elliot of Bob & Ray once told me that he and Ray came up with most of their character names from people they knew, but I think that probably wasn't the case with Fields, as you may agree after perusing these:


Maharajah of Bingo Algernon Biggleswade Professor Quail
Ophelia Snapdrop Sir Marmaduke Gump Og Oggilby
Death Valley Scotty Folger E. Bidwell Abigail Twirlbaffing
Dorothea Fizzdockle Charles Bogle J. Pinkerton Snoopington
Aristotle Hoop Mahatma Kane Jeeves Senor Guillermo McKinley
Sneed Hearn High-Card Harrington Carl La Fong
Cholmondley Frampton- Marc Antony McGonigle J. Frothingham Waterbury
Blythe Rheba Goldberg Bartley Neuville
Figley E. Whitesides Anastasia Bel-Goodie Claude Bissinet
Dr. Otis Guelpe Lita Labetty Otis Criblecoblis
Chief Big Spear Bronislaw Gimp Gus Winterbottom
Little Small Blanket Ouliotta Hemoglobin Ambrose Woolfinger
Wilkes Heap Filthy McNasty Eustace McGargle
Oooleota Dillwig Officer Postlewhistle Hermisilio Brunch
Elmer Bimbo Cornelius O'Hare Oglethorpe P. Bushmaster
Colonel Roscoe Slemp Cozy Cochran Chester Snavely
Sapadola Sidley-Deasey Cleopatra Pepperday A. Pismo Clam
Oliotha Shugg Countess de Pouisse Sir Mortimer Fortescue
Olga Limbo Egbert Souse Agatha Sprague
Fuller Ginnis Cuthbert J. Twillie Larson E. Whipsnade

W.C.'S STORY

He was born William Claude Dukenfield on January 29, 1880 in Darby, a town just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 10, 1880 and February 9, 1879 have also been slated as his birthday, and although incorrect, Fields himself never bothered to set the record straight. Why should he? The extra "natal days" provided him with two more opportunities to receive celebratory gifts of assorted beverages. Multiple birthdays would be just a sample of the many myths and legends surrounding "The Great Man," W.C. Fields. But once you sweep the tall tales away, what remains is incredible: he succeeded in seven separate careers that demanded seven separate talents.
Ah yes, the tale tales! As W.C. Fields' grandson, author, producer, and film historian Ronald J. Fields, jokingly notes, "The most difficult part of researching W.C. Fields' life was to separate fact from fiction. Not only did many Hollywood writers build legends around him, but W.C. was the biggest legend producer of all of them." Or as W.C. Fields himself said, "Why tell the truth, when with a little embellishment you can bring fun and laughter to interviews." Film publicists found him to be a dream to work with, because unlike other stars, he didn't care what the Publicity Department wrote about him, just as long as it was in keeping with his mythic image. Fields himself engineered the publicity when he admitted to a reporter, "I wanted to be a definite personality."
The oldest of five children, he was born in a hotel room appropriately situated just above the bar that his father managed. His parents were James and Kate (Felton) Dukenfield. His father immigrated from England at the age of 13 and talked with a pronounced midlands accent (which was a source of amusement to James' wife, Kate, and their young son, both of whom imitated James' accent for laughs). After the birth of their son, Kate insisted that James quit managing the bar (and quit drinking as well) in order to provide a more appropriate atmosphere in which to raise children. James obeyed his wife and became a huckster selling fruits and vegetables from a cart he pulled through the streets of Philadelphia.
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This is actress Mabel Normand with Lee Dougherty, Jr. on the set of a Biograph film.

She was born on Nov. 16, 1894 and was slightly over 16 when she went to work for the Biograph Studio on East 14th Street in New York City.

Mabel was known as Muriel Fortescue in the early days of her acting career. She left Biograph for a short time to work for Vitagraph, but returned in the winter of 1911. Her star continued to rise at Biograph where she became an important star for the studio, working mostly under the direction of Mack Sennett.

Mabel left Biograph with Sennett when he formed Keystone in 1912. He was deeply in love with Mabel and described her "as beautiful as a spring morning." Wedding plans were made several times, but a marriage between the two was never to be.

Starring in several Chaplin films for Sennett, Mabel proved to be the most talented comedienne of the silent era. As her popularity rose, she began to press for more complex roles.

Sennett and his backers, Bauman and Kessel, formed the Mabel Normand Feature Film Company and produced Mickey. The film was not released until 1918 and in the meantime, the disappointed Mabel had signed a five-year contract with Goldwyn.

Without Sennett's guidance, Mabel became part of the social whirl of Hollywood. All-night parties and rumors of drug use began circulating as Mabel began showing up late for work - or disappearing for days at a time.

Mabel's career was dealt a crushing blow in 1922 with the mysterious death of director William Desmond Taylor. She was linked romantically with Taylor and was dragged into the case because she was the last person to see him alive. She was proved innocent, but the ghastly press coverage permanently ruined her image as a star.

Just as she was recovering from the Taylor scandal, her chauffeur was found, gun in hand, standing over the body of millionaire, Cortland Dines. Reportedly, the gun belonged to Mabel. Her popularity rapidly began a downward spiral. Her last feature was The Extra Girl in 1923.

She married Lew Cody, the villain in Mickey. Her happiness was doomed from the beginning as both she and Cody were suffering from terminal illnesses. Cody had a fatal heart condition and Mabel succumbed to tuberculosis and pneumonia. She died in 1930.

In 1974, she was portrayed in the Broadway musical, "Mack and Mabel" by Bernadette Peters.

Destin tragique que celui de Mabel Normand.

Née en 1892 à Staten Island (New York), Mabel Normand était d'une grande beauté ; elle savait également jouer la comédie, possédait un sens de l'humour merveilleux et, plutôt acrobatique, elle avait cette facilité de pouvoir recevoir autant de coups qu'elle pouvait en donner au cours de tournages souvent improvisés.
D'abord chez Vitagraph (de 1910 à 1912), elle fut dirigée quelque temps par D. W. Griffith puis suivit Mack Sennett à Hollywood.
De 1912 à 1916, elle tourna plus de 125 films pour la compagnie de Sennett, souvent ayant dans leur titre son propre nom : Mabel’s Bear Escape, Mabel Lost and Won, etc.
En 1915, elle était devenue la comédienne la plus connue dans l'industrie du cinéma mais comparativement à Mary Pickford ou Charles Chaplin, son salaire était une maigre pitance.
Quittant Sennett, elle passa chez Samuel Goldwyn, revint chez Sennett pour finalement obtenir le contrat qu'elle désirait auprès de Hal Roach.
De toutes les fêtes, menant une vie mouvementée, elle fut malheureusement mêlée aux deux grands scandales hollywoodiens des années vingt (Fatty Arbuckle, son compagnon dans de nombreux film, accusé de meurtre, et l'assassinat de William Desmond Taylor). Le tollé de protestations des ligues moralisantes qui suivit ces deux affaires détruisit sa popularité comme celles de plusieurs autres comédiens.
Elle tourna son dernier film en 1927 et mourut, alcoolique et de tuberculose, en 1932.
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Description A madman is killing students with poison gas in this forgotten horror film.

A Soldier's daughter never cries

Sven van Beir

A Soldiers Daughter Never Cries

Growing up with James Jones

'Daughter' a Sensitive Look at Love, Acceptance KENNETH TURAN TIMES FILM CRITIC Friday September 18, 1998

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The first of those is called "Francis," after Paul Francis Fortescue (beautifully played by Anthony Roth Costanza), a flamboyant young man whose close teenage friendship with Channe is threatened when she starts to take a romantic interest in other boys. Again, the awkwardness and entanglements of those years is tricky material to handle well, but Ivory, who's said that in creating this character "I sometimes drew on myself," knows how to make it valid.

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The story begins by portraying Willis and his wife Marcella (Barbara Hershey, as always without vanity), as boozy American expatriates in 1960s Paris. The family's life is shown mostly from the perspective of young Channe (Leelee Sobieski), who is becoming a writer herself. She is befriended by a schoolmate in Paris, a stranger who opens a magnificent, exotic, different world, the self-dramatizing and sexually ambiguous Francis Fortescue (the frighteningly poised Anthony Roth Costanzo), whom Ivory has said he let take over the narrative, identifying with "the clever sissy who knew from the first grade he would take up a 'life of art.'"