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Former Our Gang kids Mickey Daniels, David Sharpe, Gertrude Messinger, and Mary Kornman in a different series at a different studio. In between, they'd had a series at the Hal Roach studio called "The Boy Friends". And Thelma Todd was in one film in that series, LOVE FEVER.
Although there is a June Marlowe in this film ( she is even called June Marlowe ) she isn't the one that played "Miss Crabtree" in Our Gang comedies.
ROARING ROADS:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0136492/
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A Blog For Thelma Todd Thelma Todd was a star of silent movies and later the talkies. She is remembered as much today for her mysterious death as she is for her films. In this blog, we take a look at Thelma Todd, her movies, and various commentaries.
Showing posts with label Mary Kornman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mary Kornman. Show all posts
Sunday, May 31, 2020
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Dorothy Granger, Gertrude Messinger, And Mary Kornman
Dorothy Granger, Gertrude Messinger, and Mary Kornman from "The Boy Friends" series.
(A SCENA MUDA, November 19, 1930, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
The photo was flopped in printing and the caption was unchanged, so it lists them in reverse order as a result.
Special thanks to Jorge Finkielman for providing us with this photo.
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Saturday, April 25, 2015
Dorothy Granger, Gertie Messenger and Mary Kornman Photo
From The Hal Roach Studio on facebook.
Dorothy Granger, Gertie Messenger and Mary Kornman CA 1930
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Friday, December 26, 2014
Christmas Item From A Fan Magazine
From the Laurel and Hardy Archive on facebook.
Magazine clipping
December 1930
Mary Kornman, left, was one of the Our Gang kids earlier in her career. MGM's dog comedies, center, were directed by Jules White. Anita Page, right, was one of Buster Keaton's leading ladies in the early thirties.
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Magazine clipping
December 1930
Mary Kornman, left, was one of the Our Gang kids earlier in her career. MGM's dog comedies, center, were directed by Jules White. Anita Page, right, was one of Buster Keaton's leading ladies in the early thirties.
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014
"Boy Friends" Publicity Photo
Dorothy Granger, Gertrude Messinger, and Mary Kornman in a publicity shot for the "Boy Friends" series at the Hal Roach studio.
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"Boy Friends" Publicity Photo
Dorothy Granger, Gertrude Messinger, and Mary Kornman in a publicity shot for the "Boy Friends" series at the Hal Roach studio.
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Monday, October 27, 2014
"The Boy Friends" Publicity Photo
From The Laurel and Hardy Archive on facebook,
DOROTHY GRANGER, GERTIE MESSINGER and MARY KORNMAN
HAL ROACH STUDIOS publicity photo
1930
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Friday, October 3, 2014
Dickie Moore In DECEPTION
Reblogged from http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/leo-carrillo-and-barbara-weeks-in-bedroom-with-child-dickie-news-photo/148265798
Caption:Leo Carrillo and Barbara Weeks in bedroom with child Dickie Moore in a scene from the film 'Deception', 1932. (Photo by Columbia Pictures/Getty Images)
Reblogged from http://willmckinley.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/happy-birthday-dickie-moore/
Dickie Moore and Pete the Pup, 1933.
Dickie Moore and the gang in FISH HOOKY.
FISH HOOKY - January 1933 features appearances by “retired” rascals Mickey Daniels (age 18), Mary Kornman (16), Joe Cobb (16), and Allen “Farina” Hoskins (13). FISH HOOKY also marks the first speaking roles for Daniels and Kornman in an Our Gang comedy, since their tenure took place during the silent era.
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Caption:Leo Carrillo and Barbara Weeks in bedroom with child Dickie Moore in a scene from the film 'Deception', 1932. (Photo by Columbia Pictures/Getty Images)
Reblogged from http://willmckinley.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/happy-birthday-dickie-moore/
Dickie Moore and Pete the Pup, 1933.
Dickie Moore and the gang in FISH HOOKY.
FISH HOOKY - January 1933 features appearances by “retired” rascals Mickey Daniels (age 18), Mary Kornman (16), Joe Cobb (16), and Allen “Farina” Hoskins (13). FISH HOOKY also marks the first speaking roles for Daniels and Kornman in an Our Gang comedy, since their tenure took place during the silent era.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
TRADER HORN
KING KONG was produced by Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper. Like their previous movies GRASS and CHANG, it concerned the adventures of man and beast in the wilderness. The impact of these two movies on Hollywood led to the production in the thirties of such movies as TARZAN and TRADER HORN.
The "Blonde Goddess" in TRADER HORN was another role Thelma Todd was considered for that ultimately went to someone else. It went to Edwina Booth, who became famous, but came down with a tropical fever as a result of making the film in Africa from which she never really recovered.
Trader Horn (1931 film)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Trader Horn | |
|---|---|
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | W.S. Van Dyke |
| Produced by | Irving Thalberg (uncredited) |
| Written by | Dale Van Every (adaptation) John T. Neville (adaptation) Cyril Hume (dialogue) |
| Screenplay by | Richard Schayer |
| Based on | Trader Horn by Alfred Aloysius Horn |
| Starring | Harry Carey Edwina Booth Duncan Renaldo |
| Cinematography | Clyde De Vinna |
| Edited by | Ben Lewis |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) |
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| Running time | 122 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.3 million[1] |
The film's dialogue was written by Cyril Hume. John Thomas Neville and Dale Van Every wrote the adaption.[2] Trader Horn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1931. Edwina Booth, the female lead, contracted a career-ending illness while shooting, for which she sued producers MGM.
Cast (in credits order)
- Harry Carey as Aloysius 'Trader' Horn
- Edwina Booth as Nina Trent, The White Goddess
- Duncan Renaldo as Peru
- Mutia Omoolu as Rencharo, Horn's native translator and majordomo
- Olive Golden as Edith Trent
Plot details
The movie tells of the adventures of real-life trader and adventurer Alfred Aloysius "Trader" Horn on safari in Africa. The fictional part includes the discovery of a white blonde jungle queen, the lost daughter of a missionary, played by Miss Booth. The realistic part includes a scene in which Carey as Horn swings on a vine across a river filled with genuine crocodiles, one of which comes very close to taking his leg off.Production
Many accidents occurred during filming in Africa. Many of the crew, including the director, contracted malaria. An African crewman fell into a river and was eaten by a crocodile. Another was killed by a charging rhino (which was captured on film and used in the movie). Swarms of insects, including locusts and tse-tse fly, were common.[citation needed]Female lead Edwina Booth became infected, probably with malaria or schistosomiasis, during filming. It took six years for her to fully recover from this and other conditions she endured. She retired from acting soon after and sued MGM, which settled out of court.
A sound crew, sent half way through filming, were unable to produce good quality work. This resulted in most of the dialogue sequences being reshot at MGM's Culver City Studio. This caused rumours that the entire production had been filmed there, so most of this footage was cut from the final release. Many animal scenes were filmed in Tecate, Mexico by a second unit to avoid the American laws on the ethical treatment of animals. For example, lions were reportedly starved to promote vicious attacks on hyenas, monkeys and deer.[3]
The actual 'White Hunter' in the film was Lt. Col. W.V.D. Dickinson ("Dicker") OBE MC.
Reception
The film made nearly a million dollars in profit.[1]Other adaptations
This movie has been remade three times as Trader Horn (1934), the sexploitation film Trader Hornee (1970), and Trader Horn (1973) with Rod Taylor in the starring role. Though filmed on the MGM backlot, the 1973 remake used tinted stock footage from the 1931 film.Trader Horn is the subject of a 2009 documentary Trader Horn: The Journey Back[4] featuring Harry Carey Jr.
See also
References
- ^ Jump up to: a b Scott Eyman, Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer, Robson, 2005 p 110
- Jump up ^ Horn, Alfred Aloysius; Lewis, Ethelreda (1927), Trader Horn; being the life and works of Alfred Aloysius Horn, New York, Grosset & Dunlap, OCLC 4350259
- Jump up ^ "Movieland Goes Roman", Performing and Captive Animals' Defence League circular, 1931
- Jump up ^ Trader Horn: The Journey Back at IMDB
External links
- Trader Horn at the Internet Movie Database
- Trader Horn at AllMovie
- Article in Daily Herald (Utah) by film historian D. Robert Carter
- Trader Horn at Virtual History
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And here have a little from
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/13517/Trader-Horn/notes.html
NOTES
powered by AFI
The following onscreen acknowledgment appears in the film's titles: "M-G-M acknowledges Governors and governmental officials of the Territory of Tanganyika, the Protectorate of Uganda, the Colony of Kenya, the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, [and] the Belgian Congo, whose courtesy and cooperation made this picture possible...and the director offers his thanks for the courageous and efficient services of the White Hunters, Maj. W. V. D. Dickinson, A. S. Waller, Esq., J. H. Barnes, Esq., [and] H. R. Stanton, Esq., who were chiefly responsible for the expedition's ability to traverse 14,000 miles of African velt and jungle." According to a Film Daily news item, following its publication, Trader Horn became one of the best-selling books of its time. The film was the first non-documentary film to be shot almost entirely on location in Africa. A January 1930 AC article notes that the film was nearly half completed when the studio informed the crew in Africa that Hollywood was sending a sound crew to meet them. They were told that "the world was demanding its pictures all-talking." According to an April 1931 Photo article, M-G-M secretly sent a second unit to Tecate, Mexico, away from American laws that secured the ethical treatment of animals, to film scenes of animals fighting with each other, which they were unable to capture on film in Africa. In Mexico, lions were reportedly starved for several days in order to ensure immediate and particularly vicious attacks on hyenas, monkeys and deer.
Modern sources relate the following information about the film: Tim McCoy was originally chosen to play the title role; Thelma Todd was tested for the part of "Nina" and M-G-M production head Irving Thalberg reportedly considered Jeanette MacDonald for the part. During the filming of a scene in which white hunter Major W. V. D. Dickinson and director W. S. Van Dyke doubled for the leading men, a charging rhino nearly killed Dickinson, who incorrectly thought that the director was in distress and jumped into the rhino's path to protect him. During production, Van Dyke and many of his crew contracted malaria and were treated with quinine. Despite the British authorities' insistence that no one travel to the Murchison Falls, a known sleeping-sickness area, the director took his crew there for filming. The production was marred by at least two fatal disasters. In the first instance, a native crew member fell into a river and was eaten by a crocodile; in the other incident, which was captured on film, a native boy was struck by a charging rhino. Misfortunes of lesser consequence on the African location included flash floods, sunstroke, swarming locusts and tsetse-fly and ant attacks. Despite months of sound filming, almost all of the dialogue sequences in the film were re-shot on M-G-M's Culver City backlot after the troupe returned from Africa because of the poor quality of the location footage. As the script called for speaking scenes involving African natives Mutia Omoolu and Riano Tindama, they were brought back to Hollywood for additional shooting. With all the production activity in Culver City, rumors began circulating in Hollywood that the entire production was filmed on the M-G-M lot and that the African expedition did not take place. For this reason, the studio decided to scrap the backlot footage of Marjorie Rambeau, who had replaced Olive Golden as "Edith Trent." Modern sources add the following credits: Red Golden, Assistant Director; Josephine Chippo, Script clerk; John McClain, Press agent and Miss Gordon, Hairdresser. Although modern sources indicate that the film was originally released with a short introduction in which director Cecil B. DeMille discusses the film's authenticity with author Alfred Aloysius Horn, and that the three-minute introduction was deleted from the negative in 1936, when the picture was re-issued, neither the viewed print nor the cutting continuity contain the introduction. The final production cost was pegged at $3,000,000.
Leading actor Harry Carey was married to actress Olive Golden. According to modern sources, following publicized rumors of an affair between stars Duncan Renaldo and Edwina Booth (formerly Josephine Woodruff) during production, Renaldo's wife, Suzette, filed for divorce and later filed a $50,000 lawsuit against Booth for "alienation of affection." On January 17, 1931, Duncan Renaldo was arrested on charges that he entered the United States illegally and was later sentenced to two years in federal prison. After serving less than two years, Renaldo received a pardon from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1936, after which he left the country, re-entered legally and became a U. S. citizen. Booth contracted a rare tropical disease while filming in Africa that affected her nervous system and reportedly forced her to remain confined to a darkened room for the better part of six years.
Trader Horn was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture of the 1930-31 season, and director W. S. Van Dyke was awarded the Red Cross Medal by the Japanese government for his outstanding achievement in direction.
Modern sources relate the following information about the film: Tim McCoy was originally chosen to play the title role; Thelma Todd was tested for the part of "Nina" and M-G-M production head Irving Thalberg reportedly considered Jeanette MacDonald for the part. During the filming of a scene in which white hunter Major W. V. D. Dickinson and director W. S. Van Dyke doubled for the leading men, a charging rhino nearly killed Dickinson, who incorrectly thought that the director was in distress and jumped into the rhino's path to protect him. During production, Van Dyke and many of his crew contracted malaria and were treated with quinine. Despite the British authorities' insistence that no one travel to the Murchison Falls, a known sleeping-sickness area, the director took his crew there for filming. The production was marred by at least two fatal disasters. In the first instance, a native crew member fell into a river and was eaten by a crocodile; in the other incident, which was captured on film, a native boy was struck by a charging rhino. Misfortunes of lesser consequence on the African location included flash floods, sunstroke, swarming locusts and tsetse-fly and ant attacks. Despite months of sound filming, almost all of the dialogue sequences in the film were re-shot on M-G-M's Culver City backlot after the troupe returned from Africa because of the poor quality of the location footage. As the script called for speaking scenes involving African natives Mutia Omoolu and Riano Tindama, they were brought back to Hollywood for additional shooting. With all the production activity in Culver City, rumors began circulating in Hollywood that the entire production was filmed on the M-G-M lot and that the African expedition did not take place. For this reason, the studio decided to scrap the backlot footage of Marjorie Rambeau, who had replaced Olive Golden as "Edith Trent." Modern sources add the following credits: Red Golden, Assistant Director; Josephine Chippo, Script clerk; John McClain, Press agent and Miss Gordon, Hairdresser. Although modern sources indicate that the film was originally released with a short introduction in which director Cecil B. DeMille discusses the film's authenticity with author Alfred Aloysius Horn, and that the three-minute introduction was deleted from the negative in 1936, when the picture was re-issued, neither the viewed print nor the cutting continuity contain the introduction. The final production cost was pegged at $3,000,000.
Leading actor Harry Carey was married to actress Olive Golden. According to modern sources, following publicized rumors of an affair between stars Duncan Renaldo and Edwina Booth (formerly Josephine Woodruff) during production, Renaldo's wife, Suzette, filed for divorce and later filed a $50,000 lawsuit against Booth for "alienation of affection." On January 17, 1931, Duncan Renaldo was arrested on charges that he entered the United States illegally and was later sentenced to two years in federal prison. After serving less than two years, Renaldo received a pardon from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1936, after which he left the country, re-entered legally and became a U. S. citizen. Booth contracted a rare tropical disease while filming in Africa that affected her nervous system and reportedly forced her to remain confined to a darkened room for the better part of six years.
Trader Horn was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture of the 1930-31 season, and director W. S. Van Dyke was awarded the Red Cross Medal by the Japanese government for his outstanding achievement in direction.
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A number of the glamour girls tested for the part of the white goddess in TRADER HORN. It was like HELL'S ANGELS all over again. They thought it would be a great part. They thought it would make them famous. They had no way of knowing of the hardships that the cast would encounter in Africa, or the tropical fever that Edwina Booth would be stricken with. After her big success in TRADER HORN, Edwina Booth made only a few other movies, including the serial THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS. Hollywood didn't really appreciate her after all she'd done for them in making TRADER HORN.
Edwina Booth Photos
Edwina Booth photographed with Pigmies in Africa.
Photoplay edition of TRADER HORN
Later jungle girl characters like Sheena can be seen as similar to the blonde goddess of TRADER HORN.
One of the earlier blonde jungle girls in the movies was Dorothy Granger, as "Tarkanna" in THROUGH THIN AND THICKET, OR WHO'S ZOO IN AFRICA.
Reblogged from http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/1475/Kin-of-Kong?page=3#.U8V2P1Ig-1s
That site suggested that Dorothy Granger might actually be wearing the same blonde wig here that Fay Wray had worn in KING KONG.
Mary Kornman later was in the serial QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE, in which she played a similar jungle girl character.
Jane Hamilton as another jungle girl in THREE MISSING LINKS, with the Three Stooges.
Irish McCalla, TV's Sheena.
STREAMLINED ROBINSON CRUSOE
Edwina Booth:
http://historytogo.utah.gov/people/utahns_of_achievement/edwinabooth.html
Mary Kornman:
http://marykornman.com/
http://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/2014/03/mary-kornman.html
Irish McCalla:
http://selvedgeyard.com/2014/05/12/the-towering-510-beauty-irish-mccalla-1950s-queen-of-the-pinups-and-jungle/
QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE:
http://www.westernclippings.com/sr/serialreport_2011_41.shtml
SHEENA:
http://terrororstralis.com/sheena.htm
STREAMLINED ROBINSON CRUSOE:
http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon_story/2075-Robinson_Crusoe.html
TRADER HORN:
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/13517/Trader-Horn/
http://www.erbzine.com/mag16/1693.html
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Monday, March 10, 2014
Mickey Daniels
Mickey Daniels was one of the Our Gang kids and went on to make more movies as an adult, sometimes with former costar Mary Kornman.
Mickey Daniels
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Mickey Daniels | |
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Mickey Daniels in Dogs of War (1923)
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| Born | Richard Daniels, Jr. October 11, 1914 Rock Springs, Wyoming, U.S. |
| Died | August 20, 1970 (aged 55) San Diego, California, U.S. |
Cause of death
| Cirrhosis |
Resting place
| Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1921-1932 |
| Parents | Richard Daniels Hannah Daniels |
| Relatives | Bebe Daniels (aunt) Ben Lyons (uncle) |
Early life and career
Daniels was born in Rock Springs, Wyoming, the son of actor Richard Daniels and his wife Hannah.[1] His aunt was actress Bebe Daniels and his uncle was actor and studio executive Ben Lyon. In 1921, Daniels was discovered by a talent scout while performing at an amateur night at the Rialto Theatre in Rock Springs. Shortly thereafter, he was signed by Hal Roach to appear in the Our Gang film series.[2]The red-haired, gap-toothed, freckle-faced Daniels was one of the lead characters in the Our Gang film shorts from 1922 to 1926. He usually appeared with Jack Davis, Ernie Morrison, and Mary Kornman. In the earlier shorts, he was often a rival (often with Davis) for Mary Kornman's attentions. He first appeared in the first Our Gang short Our Gang in 1922 when he was 8 years old. He was known for his big, distinctive laugh and a gift for physical comedy and timing. Daniels stayed with the series for four years until he left the series at the age of 12 in 1926. His last film was the 1926 short Thundering Fleas.
After Our Gang, Daniels continued his career in vaudeville and played bit parts in feature films and comedy shorts. From 1930 to 1932, Daniels and former Our Gang co-star appeared in appeared in the film series The Boy Friends for M-G-M. He continued public appearances with co-star Mary Kornman for feature film roles in the 1940s.
Post acting career
After World War II, Daniels quit the movie industry and began working in construction engineering in the United States and overseas.[3] In 1967, he began working as a taxi driver for Red Top Taxi in San Diego. He remained at that job until his death.[4][3]Death
Daniels became a chronic alcoholic and was found dead on August 20, 1970, in a motel in San Diego, known to be frequented by transients. The cause of death was attributed to cirrhosis.[2][4] Daniels is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale in Glendale, California.Selected filmography
Short subject
- One Terrible Day (1922)
- Our Gang (1922)
- Young Sherlocks (1922)
- Saturday Morning (1922)
- A Quiet Street (1922)
- The Champeen! (1923)
- The Cobbler (1923)
- The Big Show (1923)
- A Pleasant Journey (1923)
- Boys to Board (1923)
- Giants vs. Yanks (1923)
- Back Stage (1923)
- Dogs of War! (1923)
- Lodge Night (1923)
- July Days (1923)
- No Noise (1923)
- Stage Fright (1923)
- Derby Day (1923)
- Sunday Calm (1923)
- Tire Trouble (1924)
- Big Business (1924)
- The Buccaneers (1924)
- Seein' Things (1924)
- Commencement Day (1924)
- Cradle Robbers (1924)
- Jubilo, Jr. (1924)
- It's a Bear (1924)
- High Society (1924)
- The Sun Down Limited (1924)
- Every Man for Himself (1924)
- Fast Company (1924)
- The Mysterious Mystery! (1924)
- The Big Town (1925)
- Circus Fever (1925)
- Dogs Days (1925)
- The Love Bug (1925)
- Shootin' Injuns (1925)
- Ask Grandma (1925)
- Official Officers (1925)
- Boys Will Be Joys (1925)
- Mary, Queen of Tots (1925)
- Your Own Back Yard (1925)
- Better Movies (1925)
- One Wild Ride (1925)
- Good Cheer (1926)
- Buried Treasure (1926)
- Monkey Business (1926)
- Baby Clothes (1926)
- Uncle Tom's Uncle (1926)
- Thundering Fleas (1926)
- Fish Hooky (1933)
- Reunion in Rhythm (1937)
References
- Jump up ^ Monush, Barry, ed. (2003). Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the silent era to 1965, Volume 1. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 572. ISBN 1-557-83551-9.
- ^ Jump up to: a b McCullers, Cyndi; Sweetwater County Historical Museum (2009). Sweetwater County. Arcadia Publishing. p. 111. ISBN 0-738-56923-2.
- ^ Jump up to: a b D'Agostino, Annette M. (2004). The Harold Lloyd Encyclopedia. McFarland. p. 72. ISBN 0-786-41514-2.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Maltin, Leonard; Bann, Richard W. (1992). The Little Rascals: The Life and Times of Our Gang. Crown. p. 248. ISBN 0-517-58325-9.
External links
- Mickey Daniels at the Internet Movie Database
- Mickey Daniels at AllRovi
- Mickey Daniels at Find a Grave
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Here's something that I found at http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/8396/Sightings?page=16#.UxdZuFKPK1s
In THE KNOCKOUT, when Mickey Daniels enters the ring, the official on the left greets him with a friendly "Hello, Frankenstein!".
The short premiered on March 5, 1932. Might this be the first filmic reference to the Karloff Monster?
Whole books have been written about this stuff - Don Glut's FRANKENSTIEN LEGEND, for example - but I don't think I'd ever come across that before.
CALL A COP
Someone has thoughtfully circled Mickey Daniels so you will know which one is him.
Something the caption writer had neglected to tell us.
With Thelma Todd in LOVE FEVER, 1931
POSTERS
An ad for Red Seal batteries.
The early part of this documentary tells a little about Mickey Daniels.
A QUIET STREET features the same sort of high stairs that were in Laurel and Hardy's THE MUSIC BOX and which were also around Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Café.
Our Gang has a ball in this one.
A Charley Chase film with the gang.
Mickey Daniels:
http://ourgang.wikia.com/wiki/Mickey_Daniels_(actor)
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Sunday, March 9, 2014
Mary Kornman
Mary Kornman was one of the Our Gang kids, along with Mickey Daniels. They were also in the "Boy Friends" series, and would work together again after that.
Mary Kornman
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Mary Kornman | |
|---|---|
Mary Kornman in Dogs of War (1923)
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| Born | Mary A. Kornmann [1] December 27, 1915 Idaho Falls, Idaho |
| Died | June 1, 1973 (aged 57) Glendale, California |
Cause of death
| cancer |
| Occupation | Child actor |
| Years active | 1922–1940 |
| Spouse(s) | 1) Leo Tover, 2) Ralph B. McCutcheon |
| Parents | Eugene N. Kornmann, Verna H. Kornmann [1] |
| Website | |
| http://www.marykornman.com/ | |
Our Gang
Mary Kornman was the daughter of Hal Roach′s still-photo cameraman Gene Kornman. After Peggy Cartwright, who appeared in only four or five Our Gang episodes, Mary became the leading lady of the series, appearing in more than 40 episodes. Kornman was one of the series′ biggest stars during its early years between 1922 and 1926.[2]Trivia
Photoplay Magazine of May 1925 reports the following interchange between Kornman and Our Gang director Robert McGowan:[3]- Pretty Mary Kornman gave director Robert McGowan the biggest surprise he ever got from any member of ″Our Gang″ when she asked him:
- Do chickens go to heaven?
- What a question! Of course not.
- Why don′t chickens go to heaven when cats do?
- What makes you think cats go to heaven?
- Because when I dug up my kitty where it was buried it was all gone.
Later career
After the series, she had a successful movie career through her twenties. She also continued appearing with Our Gang co-star Mickey Daniels into adulthood, as evidenced by some publicity shots from the era.[citation needed] She appeared with Mickey Daniels in the teen version of Our Gang, The Boy Friends. She married Leo Tover, a cameraman, in or around 1934, but divorced approximately five years later. She later married Ralph B. McCutcheon, a horse trainer on some of her Western films; this marriage lasted until her death.In 1935, she appeared in Queen of the Jungle with Reed Howes. The same year, she appeared in The Desert Trail as a store owner and the love interest of John Wayne. She continued to appear in features until 1940, when she retired from the screen.
Later years
Never having children, Mary would spend the rest of her life devoted to her husband, Ralph. They both spent their remaining years on their ranch with the horses they loved. Mary was never to return to movies, yet she would keep in close contact with many of her Hollywood acquaintances and friends.[4]When recently asked if Mary was as kind and genuine a person as she appeared to be in her movies, sister Mildred Kornman replied, "She was all of that and more."[4]
Death
Mary became ill in the early 1970s. She was eventually diagnosed with cancer and died on June 1, 1973 with sister Mildred at her side. Kornman′s husband Ralph died in 1975. They both were buried at the Linn Grove Cemetery, in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado.[4]Legacy
When asked in 1960 what she thought of being part of Our Gang, Kornman replied "It was fun being a gang member. It was play. I have no regrets...We didn′t have to be talented, which is natural for kids...I think we had a privileged childhood working in those films."[2]Filmography
Our Gang
- The Champeen (1923)
- The Cobbler (1923)
- The Big Show (1923)
- A Pleasant Journey (1923)
- Dogs of War (1923)
- Lodge Night (1923)
- July Days (1923)
- No Noise (1923)
- Stage Fright (1923)
- Derby Day (1923)
- Tire Trouble (1924)
- Big Business (1924)
- The Buccaneers (1924)
- Seein′ Things (1924)
- Commencement Day (1924)
- Cradle Robbers (1924)
- Jubilo, Jr. (1924)
- It′s a Bear (1924)
- High Society (1924)
- The Sun Down Limited (1924)
- Every Man for Himself (1924)
- Fast Company (1924)
- The Big Town (1925)
- Circus Fever (1925)
- Dog Days (1925)
- The Love Bug (1925)
- Shootin′ Injuns (1925)
- Ask Grandma (1925)
- Official Officers (1925)
- Boys Will Be Joys (1925)
- Mary, Queen of Tots (1925)
- Your Own Back Yard (1925)
- Better Movies (1925)
- One Wild Ride (1925)
- Good Cheer (1926)
- Buried Treasure (1926)
- Monkey Business (1926)
- Baby Clothes (1926)
- Uncle Tom′s Uncle (1926)
- Thundering Fleas (1926)
- Shivering Spooks (1926)
- The Fourth Alarm (1926)
- Fish Hooky (1933)
- Reunion in Rhythm (1937)
The Boy Friends
- Doctor′s Orders (1930)
- Bigger and Better (1930)
- Ladies Last (1930)
- Blood and Thunder (1931)
- High Gear (1931)
- Love Fever (1931)
- Air-Tight (1931)
- Call a Cop! (1931)
- Mama Loves Papa (1931)
- The Kick-Off! (1931)
- Love Pains (1932)
- The Knock-Out (1932)
- Too Many Women (1932)
- Wild Babies (1932)
Miscellaneous
• Rupert of Hee Haw (1924) – girl at palace gate – uncredited • Short Kilts (1924) – McGregor kid • Isn′t Life Terrible? (1925) • The Voice of Hollywood no. ? (1931) – herself • Let′s Do Things (1931) – cigarette girl in nightclub – uncredited • Are These Our Children? (1931) – Agnes ′Dumbbell′ • The Hollywood Handicap (1932) – herself • Exposure (1932) – Eileen Foster, socialite – uncredited • Maids à la Mode (1933) – model – uncredited • Me and My Pal (1933) – bridesmaid – uncredited • Bondage (1933) – bit in record store – uncredited • College Humor (1933) – Amber Davis • Neighbors′ Wives (1933) – Mary McGrath • Please (1933) – Beth Sawyer • Flying Down to Rio (1933) – Belinha De Rezende′s friend – uncredited • Just an Echo (1934) – herself • The Quitter (1934) – Annabelle Hibbs • Picture Brides (1934) – Mataeo Rogers • Strictly Dynamite (1934) – party guest – uncredited • Financial Jitters (1934) – herself • Madame Du Barry (1934) – Felice ′Sweet Pea′ – uncredited • Smokey Smith (1935) – Bess Bart • Roaring Roads (1935) – Mary McDowell • The Desert Trail (1935) – Anne Whitaker • Adventures Knights (1935) – Annette • Queen of the Jungle (1935) – Joan Lawrence, Mary Lawrence – lead • The Calling of Dan Matthews (1935) – Kitty Marley • Swing It, Professor (1937) – Joan Dennis • Youth on Parole (1937) – Mae Blair • King of the Newsboys (1938) – Peggy • That Certain Age (1938) – friend – uncredited • I Am a Criminal (1938) – Alice Martin • Zenobia (1939) – townsperson – uncredited • On the Spot (1940) – Ruth Hunter
Our Gang - Questionable Listings
There is some discrepancy concerning which of the early Our Gang films Mary actually appeared in. According to The Lucky Corner website Mary did not appear in any of the following four films.- One Terrible Day (1922), listed by the Internet Movie Data Base
- Young Sherlocks (1922), listed by the Internet Movie Data Base and by Maltin and Bann
- Saturday Morning (1922), listed by the Internet Movie Data Base
- A Quiet Street (1922), listed by the Internet Movie Data Base
References
- ^ Jump up to: a b The Official Mary Kornman Website: Mary Kornman′s ′Our gang′ contract, page 1 (parties of the contract), last page (signatures), signatures enlargend (retrieved Feb-1-2013)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Maltin, Leonard and Bann, Richard W. (1977, rev. 1992). The Little Rascals: The Life and Times of Our Gang, p. 249. New York: Crown Publishing/Three Rivers Press. ISBN 0-517-58325-9
- Jump up ^ "Bright Sayings of Children in Filmdom. When the Rising Generation Has Risen Hollywood Should Be Full of Comedians". Photoplay Magazine 27 (6): 64. May 1925. Retrieved Feb-3-2013 via Media History Digital Library.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c marykornman.com
External links
- Mary Kornman at the Internet Movie Database
- Mary Kornman at Find a Grave
- Mary Kornman at AllRovi
- Mary Kornman home page
- The Lucky Corner
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Most child stars didn't do well in the movies after they grow up. Mary Kornman was able to continue working in the movies for a time after reaching adulthood, but is still remembered primarily as one of the Our Gang kids.
With Mickey Daniels and the gang.
"Then and now" publicity.
Mary, Mickey and other former Gang members with the new Gang.
Mary Kornman and one of the new Our Gang girls.
Publicity photo of Mary as a cave girl.
Somehow I think I prefer Mary Kornman the way she really looked.
And in a way it's a shame she didn't do better as an adult. She was beautiful.
Mary Kornman:
http://marykornman.com/
http://theyplayedinsilence.blogspot.com/2012/08/mary-kornman.html
http://www.cosmicshipmedia.net/ourgang.htm
REUNION IN RHYTM:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reunion_in_Rhythm
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