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Billy West is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 22 september 1892
Billy West (1892-1975) est un acteur et réalisateur et producteur du cinéma américain né en Russie en 1892 et mort à Hollywood en 1975.
En 1917, lorsque la renommée de Charlot est à son apogée, beaucoup d'acteurs tentent de l'imiter. Billy West tourne sous la direction de Arvid E. Gillstrom une série de films avec Oliver Hardy comme partenaire, jouant en général les "méchants". À leur côtés, on retrouve aussi des acteurs ayant tournés avec Charlie Chaplin comme Leo White.
Le plagiat du personnage de Chaplin est possible à l'époque car ce dernier n'est pas réellement défini. Aux États-Unis où son personnage est connu sous le nom de "the Tramp" (le vagabond)", Charlot" n'existe pas. Charlie Chaplin a d'ailleurs repris l'apparence d'un personnage qu'il jouait sur les planches dans la compagnie de Fred Karno et n'en est pas lui-même le créateur.
Il abandonne aux débuts des années 20 le personnage de Charlot et tente d'imposer sans trop de succès le sien. Il devient tour à tour producteur et réalisateur et termine comme assistant-réalisateur à la Columbia Pictures.
Il meurt en 1975, en quittant l'hippodrome de Hollywood Park.
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Né Roy B. Weissburg en Russie, Billy West est essentiellement connu pour ses comédies burlesques dans lesquelles il imite Charlot, le personnage créé par Charlie Chaplin.En 1917, lorsque la renommée de Charlot est à son apogée, beaucoup d'acteurs tentent de l'imiter. Billy West tourne sous la direction de Arvid E. Gillstrom une série de films avec Oliver Hardy comme partenaire, jouant en général les "méchants". À leur côtés, on retrouve aussi des acteurs ayant tournés avec Charlie Chaplin comme Leo White.
Le plagiat du personnage de Chaplin est possible à l'époque car ce dernier n'est pas réellement défini. Aux États-Unis où son personnage est connu sous le nom de "the Tramp" (le vagabond)", Charlot" n'existe pas. Charlie Chaplin a d'ailleurs repris l'apparence d'un personnage qu'il jouait sur les planches dans la compagnie de Fred Karno et n'en est pas lui-même le créateur.
Il abandonne aux débuts des années 20 le personnage de Charlot et tente d'imposer sans trop de succès le sien. Il devient tour à tour producteur et réalisateur et termine comme assistant-réalisateur à la Columbia Pictures.
Il meurt en 1975, en quittant l'hippodrome de Hollywood Park.
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She Couldn't Take It (1935)
, 1h17Directed by Tay Garnett
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors George Raft, Joan Bennett, Walter Connolly, Billie Burke, Lloyd Nolan, Wallace Ford
Roles Reporter
Rating63%
It tells the story of the wealthy family Van Dyke: a frustrated patriarch Dan (Walter Connolly); his self-centered wife (Billie Burke); and his spoiled children Tony (James Blakeley) and Carol (Joan Bennett). They have constant run-ins for outrageous behavior.
It Happened One Night (1934)
, 1h45Directed by Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Films about marriage
Actors Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Alan Hale, Roscoe Karns, Jameson Thomas
Roles Reporter (uncredited)
Rating80%
Spoiled heiress Ellen "Ellie" Andrews has eloped with pilot and fortune-hunter "King" Westley against the wishes of her extremely wealthy father, Alexander, who wants to have the marriage annulled as he is aware that Westley is only really interested in her money. Jumping ship in Florida, she runs away, boarding a bus to New York City, to reunite with her new spouse, when she meets fellow bus passenger Peter Warne, a freshly out-of-work newspaper reporter. Soon Warne recognizes her and gives her a choice: If she will give him an exclusive on her story, he will help her reunite with Westley. If not, he will tell her father where she is. Ellie agrees to the first choice. As they go through several adventures together, Ellie loses her initial disdain for him and begins to fall in love. When they have to hitchhike, Peter fails to draw attention until Ellie displays a shapely leg to Danker, the next driver. When they stop en route, Danker tries to steal their luggage; but Peter seizes his car. Nearing the end of their journey, Ellie confesses her love to Peter. When the owners of the motel in which they are staying notice that Peter's car is gone, they expel Ellie. Believing Peter has deserted her, Ellie telephones her father, who agrees to let her marry Westley. Meanwhile, Peter has obtained money from his editor to marry Ellie, but misses her on the road. Although Ellie has no desire to be with Westley, she believes Peter has betrayed her for the reward money, and agrees to have a second, formal wedding to Westley. On her wedding day, she finally reveals the whole story. When Peter comes to Ellie's home, Mr. Andrews offers him the reward money, but Peter insists on being paid only his expenses: a paltry $39.60. When Ellie's father presses him for an explanation of his odd behavior, Peter admits he loves Ellie, and storms out. Westley arrives for his wedding via Kellett K-3 Autogyro NC12691; but at the wedding ceremony, Mr. Andrews reveals Peter's refusal of the reward money to Ellie, sends her to Peter, and pays Westley off.
He Was Her Man (1934)
, 1h10Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Victor Jory, Frank Craven, Sarah Padden, Harold Huber
Roles Chick
Rating61%
Pour échapper à Dan Curly et à ses deux tueurs, Flicker Hayes se réfugie dans un village, accompagné de Rose Lawrence, une prostituée…
Jimmy the Gent (1934)
, 1h7Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime, Romance
Actors James Cagney, Bette Davis, Allen Jenkins, Alan Dinehart, Sr., Alice White, Arthur Hohl
Roles Halley (uncredited)
Rating65%
The unscrupulous Jimmy Corrigan (James Cagney), runs an agency that searches for heirs of those who have died without leaving a will, and often provides phony claimants in order to collect his fee. When his former girlfriend Joan Martin (Bette Davis), who left him to due his lack of ethics, accepts a position at the allegedly legitimate firm owned by Charles Wallingham (Alan Dinehart), Corrigan investigates Wallingham's background and discovers his rival is even more duplicitous than he is. He exposes Wallingham as a phony and promises to go straight if Joan will come back to him.
The Personality Kid (1934)
Directed by Alan Crosland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Pat O'Brien, Glenda Farrell, Claire Dodd, Robert Gleckler, Henry O'Neill, Bess Flowers
Roles Sparring Partner
Rating58%
A Very Honorable Guy (1934)
, 1h2Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Joe E. Brown, Alice White, Robert Barrat, Alan Dinehart, Sr., Hobart Cavanaugh, Arthur Vinton
Roles Mike
Rating60%
Well respected local good guy, Feet Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides the only way to settle the bill is by selling his body to an ambitious doctor who agrees to allow him one last month to live life to the fullest, then kill himself.
The Defense Rests (1934)
, 1h10Directed by Lambert Hillyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Jack Holt, Jean Arthur, Nat Pendleton, Arthur Hohl, Raymond Walburn, Harold Huber
Roles Reporter
Rating64%
Ex-Lady (1933)
, 1h7Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Actors Bette Davis, Gene Raymond, Frank McHugh, Monroe Owsley, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Claire Dodd
Roles Panhandler (uncredited)
Rating62%
Helen Bauer (Bette Davis) is a glamorous, successful, headstrong, and very liberated New York graphic artist with modern ideas about romance. She is involved with Don Peterson (Gene Raymond) but is not prepared to sacrifice her independence by entering into matrimony. The two agree to wed only to pacify Helen's conventional immigrant father Adolphe (Alphonse Ethier), whose Old World views spur him to condemn their affair. They form a business partnership, but financial problems at their advertising agency put a strain on the marriage and Don begins seeing Peggy Smith (Kay Strozzi), one of his married clients. Convinced it was marriage that disrupted their relationship, Helen suggests they live apart but remain lovers. When Don discovers Helen is dating his business rival, playboy Nick Malvyn (Monroe Owsley), he returns to Peggy, but in reality his heart belongs to his wife. Agreeing their love will help their marriage survive its problems, the two reconcile and settle into domestic bliss.
Diamond Trail (1933)
, 1h1Directed by Harry L. Fraser
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Rex Bell, Frances Rich, Lloyd Whitlock, Bud Osborne, Jerome Storm, John Webb Dillon
Roles Lefty
Rating57%
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)
, 1h22Directed by Lewis Milestone
Origin USA
Genres Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Al Jolson, Frank Morgan, Madge Evans, Harry Langdon, Chester Conklin, Tyler Brooke
Roles Bum
Rating68%
Un balayeur communiste dénonce en chantant "ces riches tire-au-flanc qui vivent sur le dos des travailleurs".
Picture Snatcher (1933)
, 1h17Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors James Cagney, Ralph Bellamy, Patricia Ellis, Sterling Holloway, Alice White, Ralf Harolde
Roles Reporter Stacy (uncredited)
Rating69%
After getting out of prison, Danny Kean (James Cagney) shocks the gang he leads by quitting. He wants his first stint in jail to be his last, and he has always dreamed of becoming a newspaper reporter. He hands leadership over to Jerry "the Mug" (Ralf Harolde), even though he suspects Jerry sold him out.
The Shadow of the Eagle (1932)
, 3h38Directed by B. Reeves Eason, Ford Beebe
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors John Wayne, Edward Hearn, Dorothy Gulliver, Richard Tucker, Walter Miller, Lloyd Whitlock
Roles Bob the Clown
Rating55%
A mysterious pilot, The Eagle, attempts to sabotage a local company and sends threatening messages via skywriting.
Newly Rich (1931)
, 1h17Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Mitzi Green, Edna May Oliver, Lawrence Grant, Louise Fazenda, Dell Henderson, Wilson Benge
Roles (uncredited)
Rating60%
The Joke's on You (1925)
Directed by Ralph Ceder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Oliver Hardy, Billy West
Roles Hubby
Rating55%
