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Sono Art-World Wide Pictures

Sono Art-World Wide Pictures
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Foundation date 9 september 1929

Sono Art-World Wide Pictures est une société de production et de distribution de films américaine, fondée le 9 septembre 1929 par la fusion de Sono Art Productions et de World Wide Pictures, et l'acquisition concomitante de James Cruze Productions. Un accord est aussi signé avec British International Pictures pour la distribution de leurs films aux États-Unis.

En 1933, Sono Art-World Wide Pictures fusionnera avec Rayart Pictures pour former Monogram Pictures.
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Filmography of Sono Art-World Wide Pictures (21 films)

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Production

Neck and Neck
Neck and Neck (1931)
, 1h3
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Sport hippique
Actors Glenn Tryon, Vera Reynolds, Walter Brennan, Lafe McKee, Carroll Nye, Stepin Fetchit

Bill Grant, un représentant, se fait passer pour un homme riche auprès de Norma Rickson. Lorsqu'il la rencontre à nouveau sur un champ de courses, il prétend même être propriétaire de "The Phantom", un des chevaux. Cela va entraîner un certain ombre de péripéties, aux termes desquels Norma finalement décidera que la vie avec lui ne devrait pas être ennuyeuse.
What a Man
What a Man (1930)
, 1h12
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Reginald Denny, Miriam Seegar, Harvey Clark, Lucille Ward, Anita Louise, Charles Coleman

A British ex-Grenadier Guards officer moves to America, but struggles to find work. After he is employed as a chauffeur to a wealthy family, he falls in love with his employer's daughter.

Distribution

The Mysterious Mr. Wong
The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1935)
, 1h3
Directed by William Nigh
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford, Arline Judge, E. Alyn Warren, Lotus Long, Robert Emmett O'Connor

Bela Lugosi stars as Mr. Wong, a "harmless" Chinatown shopkeeper by day and relentless blood-thirsty pursuer of the Twelve Coins of Confucius by night. With possession of the coins, Mr. Wong will be supreme ruler of the Chinese province of Keelat, and his evil destiny will be fulfilled. A killing spree follows in dark and dangerous Chinatown as Wong gets control of 11 of the 12 coins. Though played up as a Tong war, ace reporter Jason Barton and his girl Peg are hot on his trail as is the Chinese Secret Service. All parties soon find themselves in serious trouble when they stumble onto Wong's headquarters.
A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet (1933)
, 1h11
Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films, Buddy films
Actors Reginald Owen, Anna May Wong, Alan Dinehart, Sr., J. M. Kerrigan, June Clyde, Wyndham Standing

Les membres d'une société secrète londonienne succombent les uns après les autres dans de mystérieuses circonstances. Lorsque vient le tour du richissime Sir James Murphy, sa veuve désespérée fait appel aux services du détective Sherlock Holmes pour qu'il découvre ce qu'il est advenu de la fortune de son défunt mari...
The Death Kiss
The Death Kiss (1932)
, 1h15
Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about television
Actors David Manners, Adrienne Ames, Bela Lugosi, Edward Van Sloan, Lee Moran, John Wray

During the filming of a death scene of The Death Kiss, leading man Myles Brent is really shot and killed. Tonart Studios manager Joseph Steiner (Lugosi) is assigned to handle the situation. The studio wants to pass it off as a simple accident, but screenwriter Franklyn Drew (Manners) digs a bullet out of a wall and tells Homicide Detective Lieutenant Sheehan that it is a .38 caliber, while the guns used in the film are all .45s.
The Last Mile
The Last Mile (1932)
, 1h15
Directed by Samuel Bischoff
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films, Théâtre, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays
Actors Preston Foster, George E. Stone, Noel Madison, Alan Roscoe, Paul Fix, Al Hill

The movie presents the life in a prison where men are on death row. Some of them are wrongfully accused and convicted, there is nothing else in their future but the electric chair.
Trailing the Killer
Trailing the Killer (1932)
, 1h5
Directed by Herman C. Raymaker
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Western
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs
Actors Francis McDonald, Heinie Conklin, Tom London

This semi-documentary film follows a dog in his pursuit of a mountain lion, with various adventures, including killing a rattlesnake, along the way.
Uptown New York
Uptown New York (1932)
, 1h20
Directed by Victor Schertzinger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Jack Oakie, Shirley Grey, Leon Ames, George Cooper, Lee Moran, Raymond Hatton

Pat and Max are in love and share an intimate relationship. However, after Max receives his surgeon's diploma, his parents have arranged a marriage for him with a woman from a rich, good background. He marries that woman but occasionally bumps into Pat, explaining how he actually loves her instead of his wife. Pat dislikes the idea of him seeing her on the side. Heartbroken, Pat later meets Eddie (a gumball machine salesman), who proposes marriage, which she accepts. In a hotel bridal suite, Pat mentions her previous relationship to Eddie, and mentions that he can walk out on her if he wants, he is OK with it. Later, While attempting to stop two teenagers from robbing one of Eddie's gumball machine, she runs across the street without looking and is struck by a truck. She is in the hospital awaiting surgery. Eddie, chooses Max as the surgeon and, later while Pat is in her hospital bed, overhears Max's conversation with Pat about their love, and his decision to divorce his wife, he will take Pat to Vienna to get well, and they will get married. Eddie decides to walk out on Pat as he believes that she is going to run off with Max. Through complications (and a fight) over Eddie's attempt to pay Pat's hospital bill by selling his company which he only owns half of (Pat owns the other half), he ends up in jail. Pat runs to the jail and explains the misunderstanding and proclaims her love for Eddie.
Neck and Neck
Neck and Neck (1931)
, 1h3
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Sport hippique
Actors Glenn Tryon, Vera Reynolds, Walter Brennan, Lafe McKee, Carroll Nye, Stepin Fetchit

Bill Grant, un représentant, se fait passer pour un homme riche auprès de Norma Rickson. Lorsqu'il la rencontre à nouveau sur un champ de courses, il prétend même être propriétaire de "The Phantom", un des chevaux. Cela va entraîner un certain ombre de péripéties, aux termes desquels Norma finalement décidera que la vie avec lui ne devrait pas être ennuyeuse.
Shadows of Glory
Shadows of Glory (1930)
, 1h46
Directed by Andrew L. Stone
Origin USA
Genres War
Themes Political films
Actors José Bohr, Mona Rico, Juan Torena, Tito Davison

Sombras de gloria, like Blaze o' Glory, takes its premise from the story The Long Shot by Thomas Alexander Boyd. It is part war movie, part courtroom drama.
The Dude Wrangler
The Dude Wrangler (1930)

Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Lina Basquette, Tom Keene, Clyde Wilfred Cook, Francis X. Bushman, Ethel Wales, Margaret Seddon

Wally McCann est un jeune homme un peu efféminé qui passe son temps à créer des patrons de broderie pour sa tante Mary. Helen Dane, qui élève des poneys pour le polo, est éprise de lui, mais elle le bat froid dans le but de le faire réagir. Décidé à devenir un bon fermier, Wally achète des terrains au Wyoming, près de la ferme d'Helen. Plus tard il achète un ranch et organise une fête à cette occasion. Parmi les invités, se trouve Canby, qui est amoureux d'Helen. Il complote avec Wong, le cuisinier chinois, et organise une série d'événements qui vont effrayer les autres invités, mais ils vont aussi donner l'occasion à Wally de sauver une femme de la débandade d'un troupeau. Ayant appris le rôle de Canby dans ses problèmes, Wally se bat avec lui, et gagne ainsi l'admiration d'Helen.