The late 1940s were a peak period for lesserknown, but highly regarded, noirs like this and detour. I think sprezzatura can be had by an occasional skipped shave as rush mentions. He was nominated for an academy award for the front page in 1931. See more ideas about actor, irish men and classic movies. Menjou would later testify against stander during the red scare era. The front page has been adapted to film and radio a number of times. Adolphe menjou also stars as the general who convinces daxs superior officer to risk the illfated charge.
Pat was 47 when this picture was made, seems a bit long in the tooth for some of the. With pat obrien, adolphe menjou, ellen drew, rudy vallee. We had another voluble exchange of french, but to no avail. 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. March for the royal family of broadway and adolphe menjou for the front page. Inscribed andor signed on front endpaper by menjou and hollywood luminaries such as fred astaire, ginger rogers, randolph scott, hoagy carmichael, reginald owen, m. 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. 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. Your favorite story was a 30 minute, black and white anthology series that ran on nbc for 2 seasons. Jack benny guest appearances 19301939 jack benny in the. May 19, 2011 adolphe menjou was born february 18, 1890 in pittsburgh, pa. Also a mustache is the main mistake of adolphe menjou. Katherine hepburn was decidedly more liberal and had been an outspoken critic of the blacklist. This show was adapted from the radio show favorite story that ran from 1946 to 1949.
Particularly leary of terry is her roommate, jean maitland, a wisecracking. The quigley top 25 stars of 1939 list is a fun list to look atas are many of their annual lists. His french father, an emigre, eventually moved the family to cleveland, where he operated a chain of restaurants. Adolphe menjou was born february 18, 1890 in pittsburgh, pa. Debonair and sophisticated, adolphe menjou was an impeccablydressed lead actor with a waxed black mustache. Adolphe menjou bio, facts, family famous birthdays. His book, it took nine tailors 1948 has some great stories and insights about tailoring. Lazarre with your clothes in a trunk, but they will not let me in. Menjous autobiography, with a foreword by clark gable. Barbara stanwyck made this movie several times in the 1930s. See more ideas about movie stars, classic hollywood and old hollywood. 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. Her own sleuthing is more effective and she devises a plan.
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. I have included information on both circulating and noncirculating shows, and tried to note the current circulating status of the. The premisethe protagonist beginning to doubt his sanityreminds me of a john mills film called the october man, which was made a few years later. It was directed by luther reed and starred adolphe menjou and alice joyce. The 1931 film was presented as a onehour radio adaption on june 28, 1937, by lux radio theatre, starring walter winchell and james gleason. Lionel stander nearly steals the show with his mugging and wisecracking. Original paths of glory movie poster stanley kubrick kirk douglas. With adolphe menjou, pat obrien, mary brian, edward everett horton. As soon as captain leech sees the second column of british trucks, he realizes that brig. The great depression put a damper on his career, and he worked at the house of unamerican activities. Quigley top 25 stars of 1939 ultimate movie rankings. Verree teasdale plays the longsuffering, wisecracking girlfriend of the always funny. Terry randall, ginger rogers jean maitland, adolphe menjou anthony powell.
Adolphe menjou was an actor from the golden age of hollywood. That movie, a racist screed in disguise as an operetta featuring a blackfaced noah beery cracking a whip while singing gibberish in some. Heres another example of how her voice and movement changes drastically with character. Famous for his wardrobe and his wit, he has probably been associated with more popular moving pictures than any other actor in hollywood. 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 american film actor also in silent french films photographic print buy at. He figures out the plot pretty early but does nothing about it. With betty bronson, adolphe menjou, florence vidor, andre beranger, lawrence gray, emily fitzroy, mary beth milford, william courtwright. It seems that she is an actress and is also trying to make it on broadway. Spears and his wife arrive at an isolated island for a school reunion, find it deserted. Reprinted in 20 with the help of original edition published long back 1948. This is the final episode for the season, next week reruns start. Beyond the official adaptations, the plays scheming editors, corruptpoliticians and slangslinging journalists provided the inspiration forinnumerable imitations that. Musselman author see all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. 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. 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. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world.
The front page is a broadway comedy about tabloid newspaper reporters on the police beat. The epitome of knavish, continental charm and sartorial opulence, menjou, complete with trademark waxy black. With a plot that is admittedly no more than pleasant trivia, it sparkles from. One surprise is how many fittings it took to perfect the flawless suits we associate with photos from the 30s.
The ace of cads is a 1926 american silent romantic drama film produced by famous playerslasky and distributed by paramount pictures. 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. 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. With george raft, adolphe menjou, frances drake, sidney toler. All world war i movies ranked by tomatometer trivia, it sparkles from. This time shes a mousy librarian who comes alive on a cruise and. 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. Publication date 1948 topics motion pictures, motion picturesbiography publisher new york, whittlesey house collection mediahistory. Astrology birth chart for adolphe menjou astrocharts. Her car slipped into a crack in the road and filled with dirt, killing her. Menjou s autobiography, with a foreword by clark gable. His irish mother was a distant cousin of novelist poet james joyce ulysses 18821941.
Harold lloyd comedy collection dvd 1933 region 1 us import. At age 21 he moved to new york with no intention of becoming an actor. 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. 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. I think that growing a mustache or beard goes against that very concept.
Adolphe menjou is his polished, nonscandalous, and bland autobiography it took nine. 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. The words suave and debonair became synonymous with the name adolphe menjou in hollywood, both on and offcamera. It took nine tailors and thirtyfive years as hollywoods beloved manabouttown to make adolphe menjou what he is today. Carol feels, for whatever reason, that her husband. 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. 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.
Adolphe jean menjou february 18, 1890 october 29, 1963 was an american actor. He was nominated for an academy award for the front page. Paramount gave dietrich the big buildup in morocco to offer her as their answer to mgms greta garbo. M58 a3 camera canon eos 5d mark ii foldoutcount 0 identifier ittookninetailor00adol identifierark ark. A picture that has cracked this shockproof town wide open. Yet when we look at them today, fairbanks remains vibrant and stylish, while menjou looks fussy and fastidious. Ctva us anthology target ziv1958 hosted by adolphe menjou. His father, a restauranteur, wanted adolphe to continue in the family business, but a career in food did. All though we have been looking at the quigley lists for yearswe have to admit there are many years that have been very confusing. Her voice drops to a lower, growling register, is hard and barking, her posture alternately the audacious pose of the saloon. Anthology program featuring shows about horror and suspense.
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. 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. Feb 18, 2014 adolphe menjou was an actor from the golden age of hollywood. The words suave and debonair became synonymous with the name adolphe menjou in hollywood, both on and off.
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. Beyond the official adaptations, the plays scheming editors, corruptpoliticians and slangslinging journalists provided the inspiration. 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. Adolphe menjou was a hardline political conservative who had willingly cooperated with the house unamerican activities committee huac and named names. Especially appealing is abating this quirkiness by casting veteran priestcoachboring nice guy pat obrien as the hero.
Adolphe menjous mustache and legacy immortal ephemera. Menjous tailoring stories from it took 9 tailors styleforum. The front page 1931, directed by lewis milestone, starring adolphe menjou and pat obrien and helen kane. He appeared in such films as charlie chaplins a woman of paris, where he played the lead role. Morgan spears frances bavier viriginia christine stacy harris frank warren synopsis 1. Adolphe menjou robert carson john zaremba joanne jordan john stephenson ken christy norman field stewart nedd synopsis. 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. Rent adolphe menjou movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray. Good evening, im adolphe menjou and it seems you have caught me in the act. In one of his classic roles, he starred opposite gary cooper and marlene dietrich in the 1930 film, morocco. 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. So on that day i waited in my rooms at the ritz for mr.
Born on february 18, 1890, in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, he was christened adolphe jean menjou, the elder son of a hotel manager. With genevieve tobin, adolphe menjou, mary astor, edward everett horton. Go ahead and find out what you know about yourself and the world around you. In mexico, a former bandit settles down and picks out a beautiful young dancer to be his wife. Adolphe menjou stars as an atomic scientist whose colleague breaks through the time barrier and winds up in the year 2063. With adolphe menjou, florence vidor, lawrence grant, george beranger. 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.
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