History of Sex in Cinema: The Greatest and Most Influential Sexual Films and Scenes (Illustrated) 1934-1937.Film History Milestones - 1. Timeline of Greatest Film Milestones and Turning Points in Film History. The Year 1. 93. 4 Timeline of Greatest Film History Milestones and Turning Points (by decade and year)Introduction . It remains one of the greatest romantic comedies. It was one of the pioneering . The well- loved film became the first film to sweep the Academy Awards, winning. Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The. same feat would be repeated with One Flew Over the. Cuckoo's Nest (1. The Silence of the. Lambs (1. 99. 1). Donald Duck (voice of Clarence Nash) debuted. Walt Disney's 8- minute Silly Symphony animated cartoon entitled The. Wise Little Hen (1. When Donald was again asked later. The MPPDA appointed Joseph Breen as the director. PCA to enforce the Production Code. John Ford's The World Moves. On was the first film to receive a production seal granted by the Hays. Office under its new guidelines. The era of 'separate beds' was inaugurated. She had previously appeared in Fox's. Stand Up and Cheer! From 1. 93. 4 to 1. Timeline: Eleanor Roosevelt's Life Other Timelines. My American Experience. Say Anything., Working Girl), Laura Jacobs falls for the 25 greatest love stories the movies. Uncover detailed information about His Greatest Gamble (1934). Explore interactive visualizations about the cast, ratings, recommendations, photos, plot, and more. Course Hero is where you can find the best. Often times learning key vocabulary words for a class is essential for its success and the flashcard feature helps to. 1934: 2 Eifel (Voiturette) / DNF Czech GP (Voiturette). His greatest success came at Le Mans and over the years he developed a reputation of a good. Ethel Merman with chorus girls from her debut. She scored a hit in November 1934 with. She returned to Broadway-and to her greatest success yet-in Cole. Temple acted in over a dozen. Fox and in Paramount's Now and Forever (1. Carole Lombard and Gary Cooper. In 1. 93. 5, Shirley won the Juvenile Academy. Award for her film work encompassing 1. The story was taken from Dashiell Hammett's 1. Eventually, Powell and Loy appeared in 1. Hollywood's most prolific on- screen pairings. The Catholic Church formed. Legion of Decency to boycott any film that didn't use the Production. Code as a guideline. According to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy Award as. The trophy was not officially dubbed . The first Flash Gordon comic strip, drawn by Alex Raymond. January 7, 1. 93. The first screen adventure for Flash Gordon was Universal. Pictures' 1. 3 episode serial Flash Gordon (1. Buster Crabbe. 1. MGM's historical drama Rasputin and the Empress (1. John and Lionel Barrymore and sister Ethel (the only film in which all three siblings appeared) in a tale about Imperial Russia, was the subject of a libel and invasion of privacy lawsuit filed against MGM in 1. It was claimed that the film inaccurately portrayed the character of the wife of Prince Felix Yusupov (played by John Barrymore in the film as Prince (Paul) Chegodieff)) - Princess Irina Youssoupoff (played by Diana Wynyard in the film as Princess Natasha). It was claimed the film unfairly portrayed her as a mistress and rape victim of Rasputin (played by Lionel Barrymore). The lawsuit was settled out of court with MGM (paying a reported fine of $2. The suit also resulted in the decree that a disclaimer had to be added to the credits of this and subsequent films of its kind: . It was the first of 1. Columbia Studios until 1. Actor Lionel Barrymore began an annual Christmas- time. CBS Radio. Network in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in dramatizations of Charles. Dickens's A. Christmas Carol. Louis de Rochemont began the documentary newsreel. The March of Time. Warner Bros. He was accompanied by two women: his 2. Polly Hamilton, and her former boss. Anna Sage, who was wearing an orange dress (later she. They later became folk heroes and were. Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde (1. The first use of 3- strip Technicolor in a live- action. MGM's musical/romance operetta. The Cat and the Fiddle (1. Jeanette Mac. Donald. MGM debut film) and Ramon Novarro. RKO's 2- reel short musical La Cucaracha. Technicolor process. Technicolor sequences were included in De. Mille's The Ten Commandments (1. MGM's Ben- Hur (1. Universal's The Phantom of the Opera (1. Technicolor production numbers as spectacular highlights. July 2. 8, 1. 93. Famed comedic actress Marie Dressler, who found her biggest success in early Hollywood film, earning Dressler an Oscar for Best Actress a few years before her death, at 6. Successful on stage in vaudeville and comic operas, she was also successful in film. In 1. 91. 4, she was in the first full- length film comedy and later won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1. While not conventionally beautiful, she learned early to appreciate her talent in making people laugh. In 1. 89. 2, she started a career on Broadway that lasted into the 1. From one of her successful Broadway roles, she played the titular role in the first full- length screen comedy, 1. Tillie's Punctured Romance, opposite Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand. She would make several shorts but mostly worked in New York City on stage. During World War I, along with other celebrities, she helped sell Liberty Bonds. In 1. 91. 9, she helped organize the first union for stage chorus players. Her career declined in the 1. Dressler was reduced to living on her savings while sharing an apartment with a friend. In 1. 92. 7, she returned to films at the age of 5. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1. Min and Bill and was named the top film star for 1. She died of cancer in 1. Early Life .. Dressler was born Leila Marie Koerber in Cobourg, Ontario, one of two daughters born to Alexander Rudolph Koerber, . April 1. 82. 6, Lindow, Neu- Ruppin, Germany - d. November 1. 91. 4, Wimbledon, Surrey, England. Leila's elder sister was Bonita Louise Koerber . January 1. 86. 4, Ontario, Canada - d. September 1. 93. 9, Richmond, Surrey, England. Peter's Anglican Church, where as a child Marie would sing and assist in operating the organ. According to Dressler, the family regularly moved from community to community during her childhood. It has been suggested by Cobourg historian Andrew Hewson that Dressler attended a private school, but this is doubtful if Dressler's recollections of the family's genteel poverty are accurate. The Dressler home was then .. The Koerber family eventually moved to the United States, where Alexander Koerber is known to have worked as a piano teacher in the late 1. Bay City and Saginaw (both in Michigan) as well as Findlay, Ohio. Her first known acting appearance was as Cupid at age five in a church theatrical performance in Lindsay, Ontario. Residents of the towns the Koerbers lived in recalled Dressler acting in many amateur productions, and Leila often aggravated her parents with those performances. Stage career .. Dressler left home at 1. Nevada Stock Company, telling the company she was actually 1. The pay was either $6 or $8 per week, and Dressler sent half to her mother. It was at this time that Dressler adopted the name of an aunt as her stage name. According to Dressler, her father objected to her using the name of Koerber. The identity of the aunt was never confirmed, though Dressler denied that she adopted the name from a store awning. Dressler's sister Bonita, five years older, left home at about the same time. Bonita also worked in the opera company. The Nevada Stock Company was a travelling company that played mostly in the American Midwest. Dressler described the troupe as a . Often a bill was changed on an hour's notice or less. Every member of the cast had to be a quick study. Dressler made her professional debut as a chorus girl named Cigarette in the play Under Two Flags, a dramatization of life in the Foreign Legion. Dressler would remain with the troupe for three years, while her sister left to marry playwright Richard Ganthony. The company eventually ended up in a small Michigan town without money or a booking. Dressler joined the Robert Grau Opera Company, which also toured the mid- west, and she received an improvement in pay to $8 per week, although Dressler claimed she never received any wages. Dressler ended up in Philadelphia, where she joined the Starr Opera Company as a member of the chorus. A highlight with the Starr company was portraying Katisha in The Mikado when the regular actress was unable to go on, due to a sprained ankle, according to Dressler. She was also known to have played the role of Princess Flametta in an 1. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dressler left the Starr company to return home to her parents in Saginaw. According to Dressler, when the Bennett and Moulton Opera Company came to town, she was chosen from the church choir by the company's manager and asked to join the company. She would remain with the company for three years, again on the road, playing roles of light opera. Dressler would recall specially the role of Barbara in The Black Hussars, which she especially liked, and in which she would hit a baseball into the stands. Dressler remained with the company until 1. She moved to Chicago and was cast in productions of Little Robinson Crusoe and The Tar and the Tartar. After the touring production of The Tar and the Tartar came to a close, she moved to New York City. She had hoped to become an operatic diva or tragedienne, but the writer of Waldemar, Maurice Barrymore convinced her to accept that her best success was in comedy roles. Years later she would appear with his sons, Lionel and John, in motion pictures and would also become good friends with Ethel. In 1. 89. 3, she was cast as the Duchess in Princess Nicotine, where she met and befriended Lillian Russell. Dressler now made $5. She moved on into roles in 1. Up To Date, Girofle- Girofla and A Stag Party, or A Hero in Spite of Himself After A Stag Party flopped, she joined the touring Camille D'Arville Company on a tour of the mid- west in Madeleine, or The Magic Kiss, as Mary Doodle, a role giving her a chance to clown. In 1. 89. 6, Dressler landed her first starring role as Flo in The Lady Slaver at the Casinno Theatre on Broadway with co- star British dancer Dan Daly. It was a great success, playing for two years at the Casinno. She became known for her hilarious facial expressions, seriocomic reactions and double takes. With her large, strong body, Dressler could improvise routines where she would carry Daly to the delight of the audience. Her success enabled her to purchase a home for her parents on Long Island. The Lady Slaver success however turned sour when she quit the production while it toured in Colorado. The Erlanger syndicate blocked Dressler from appearing on Broadway, and she chose to work with the Rich and Harris touring company. She returned to Broadway in Hotel Topsy Turvy and The Man in the Moon. In 1. 90. 0, Dressler formed her own theatre troupe, which performed Miss Prinnt in cities of the northeastern U. S. The production of Miss Prinnt was a failure, and Dressler was forced to declare bankruptcy. In 1. 90. 4, Dressler signed a three- year, $5. Weber and Fields Music Hall management, performing lead roles in Higgeldy Piggeldy and Twiddle Twaddle. After her contract expired, Dressler performed vaudeville in New York, Boston and other cities. Dressler was known for her full- figured body, and buxom contemporaries included her friends Lillian Russell, Fay Templeton, May Irwin and Trixie Friganza. Dressler herself was 5 feet 7 inches (1. In 1. 90. 7, she met James Henry . The two moved to London, where she performed at the Palace Theatre of Varieties for $1. After that, she planned to mount a show herself in the West End. In 1. 90. 9, with members of the Weber organization, Dressler staged a modified production of Higgeldy Piggeldy at the Aldwych Theatre, renaming the production Philopoena after Dressler's role. It was a failure, closing after one week. Dressler lost $4. Dressler and Dalton returned to New York. Dressler declared bankruptcy for a second time. Dressler returned to the Broadway stage in a show called The Boy and the Girl, but it lasted only a few weeks. She moved on to perform vaudeville at Young's Pier in Atlantic City for the summer. In addition to her stage work, Dressler recorded for Edison Records in 1. In the fall of 1. Dressler first entered rehearsals for a new play Tillie's Nightmare. The play toured in Albany, Chicago, Kansas City and Philadelphia and was a flop. Dressler helped to revise the show, without the authors' permission, and Dressler had to threaten to quit before the play opened on Broadway to keep the changes. Her revisions to the play helped make it a big success on Broadway. Biographer Betty Lee considers the play the high point of her stage career. Dressler continued to work in the theater during the 1. United States during World War I, selling Liberty Bonds and entertaining the American Expeditionary Forces. American Doughboys in France named both a street and a cow after Dressler. The cow was killed, leading to . She owned the rights to the play Tillie's Nightmare, the play upon which her 1. Tillie's Punctured Romance was based. She and husband Jim Dalton made plans to self- finance a revival of the play. The play fizzled in the summer of 1. In 1. 91. 9, during the Actors' Equity strike in New York City, the Chorus Equity Association was formed and voted Dressler its first president. The picture is preserved in the Library of Congress. Bryan was a composer, lyricist and writer. He had helmed nearly all of Charles Chaplin's Mutual films. The newly created Goldwyn Pictures brought Bryan in to write The Scrub Lady. Dressler portrayed Tillie in three other films, including the first full- length comedy, Tillie's Punctured Romance (1. Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand, as well as Tillie's Tomato Surprise (1. Tillie Wakes Up (1. Tillie has a different last name in Tillie Wakes Up, which could be explained by the fact that her character is married. Dressler accepted a role in Cinderella on Broadway in October 1. She signed on for a role in The Passing Show of 1. She returned to the vaudeville stage with the Schubert Organization, travelling through the mid- west. Dalton traveled with her although he was very ill from renal failure. He stayed in Chicago while she traveled on to St. He died while Marie was in St. Louis, and Marie then left the tour.
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