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Edward LeSaint is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American born on 13 december 1870 at Cincinnati (USA)
Edward LeSaint (December 13, 1870 – September 10, 1940) was an American silent film actor and director who acted in over 300 films and directed over 90 films.
En parallèle à sa carrière d'acteur LeSaint dirigera 123 films. Il réalise son premier film en 1912 Where Paths Meet. Après six films pour l'IMP, il travaille pour la Selig Polyscope Company où il rencontre Stella LeSaint, une actrice de théâtre et de vaudeville qu'il dirige dans son premier film, Between the Rifle Sights. Ils se marièrent le 25 décembre 1913 et restèrent unis toute leur vie.
Edward Lesaint écrira également le scénario de neuf films.
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Edward LeSaint
Nationality USA
Birth 13 december 1870 at Cincinnati (USA)
Death 10 september 1940 (at 69 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 13 december 1870 at Cincinnati (USA)
Death 10 september 1940 (at 69 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Edward LeSaint (December 13, 1870 – September 10, 1940) was an American silent film actor and director who acted in over 300 films and directed over 90 films.
Biography
Edward J. LeSaint monta sur scène encore enfant à Philadelphie. Il fait ses débuts au cinéma en tant qu'acteur en 1911 dans From the Bottom of the Sea, un court métrage de l'Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America (IMP) avec Mary Pickford. Ce sera le premier des 315 films auxquels il participera en tant qu'acteur. Le dernier sera A Night at Earl Carroll's en 1940 de la Paramount Pictures où il a un petit rôle en tandem avec son épouse, Stella.En parallèle à sa carrière d'acteur LeSaint dirigera 123 films. Il réalise son premier film en 1912 Where Paths Meet. Après six films pour l'IMP, il travaille pour la Selig Polyscope Company où il rencontre Stella LeSaint, une actrice de théâtre et de vaudeville qu'il dirige dans son premier film, Between the Rifle Sights. Ils se marièrent le 25 décembre 1913 et restèrent unis toute leur vie.
Edward Lesaint écrira également le scénario de neuf films.
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Edison, the Man (1940)
, 1h47Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Actors Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Charles Coburn, Lynne Overman, Gene Lockhart, Henry Travers
Roles Doctor
Rating69%
In 1869, anxious to be more than a tramp telegraph operator, Edison (Spencer Tracy) travels to New York at the prompting of an old friend, Bunt Cavatt (Lynne Overman). He goes to work for Mr. Els (Henry Travers). He tries to persuade financier Mr. Taggart (Gene Lockhart) to fund the development of his inventions, but Taggart has no interest in financing “green electrical workers”. However, General Powell (Charles Coburn), the president of Western Union, does.
Convicted Woman (1940)
, 1h5Directed by Nick Grinde
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Rochelle Hudson, Frieda Inescort, June Lang, Glenn Ford, Lola Lane, Iris Meredith
Roles Judge (uncredited)
Rating59%
Betty Andrews (Rochelle Hudson) is without work and one day she is arrested on false grounds when she is in a department store. She is accused of theft and gets representation from attorney Mary Ellis (Frieda Inescort). In spite of this and the fact that the evidence against her is circumstantial she is wrongfully sentenced to one year in prison, and she is to serve her sentence in the Curtiss Home of Correction for women.
The Green Hornet (1940)
, 4h18Directed by Ray Taylor, Ford Beebe
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure, Crime
Themes Superhero films
Actors Gordon Jones, Wade Boteler, Anne Nagel, Keye Luke, Cy Kendall, Anne Gwynne
Roles Police Capt. Ridge (uncredited)
Rating63%
Newspaper publisher Britt Reid, secretly The Green Hornet, and his Korean valet Kato investigate and expose several seemingly separate rackets. This leads them into continued conflict with the Chief, the criminal mastermind behind the Syndicate and the individual crimes.
Rangers of Fortune (1940)
, 1h20Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Fred MacMurray, Albert Dekker, Patricia Morison, Gilbert Roland, Betty Brewer, Joseph Schildkraut
Roles Minister
Rating60%
The Shadow (1940)
Directed by James W. Horne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action, Crime
Themes Superhero films
Actors Victor Jory, Veda Ann Borg, Roger Moore, Robert Fiske, Jack Ingram, Edward Peil Sr.
Roles Dr. Grant
Rating67%
The Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible and is attempting world domination.
Women Without Names (1940)
, 1h2Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Ellen Drew, Robert Paige, Judith Barrett, John Miljan, Fay Helm, John McGuire
Roles Priest
Rating65%
La lune de miel de Joyce et Fred MacNeil est un arrêt brutal et peu satisfaisant lorsque Fred est accusé d'assassiner. Railroaded en prison grâce aux efforts d'aide politique ambitieux DA Marlin (John Miljan), Fred attend son sort malheureux sur Death Row, alors que Joyce travaille des heures supplémentaires à l'extérieur pour effacer le nom de son mari
Idiot's Delight (1939)
, 1h47Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Edward Arnold, Charles Coburn, Joseph Schildkraut, Burgess Meredith
Roles The Honorable Thomas McCreevy
Rating64%
Harry Van (Clark Gable), an American World War I veteran, tries to reenter show biz and ends up in a faltering mentalist show with an inept, aging alcoholic, Madame Zuleika (Laura Hope Crews, who also appeared in Gone with the Wind as Aunt Pittypat). While giving performances in Omaha, he is courted by Irene (Norma Shearer), a trapeze artist, who claims to come from Russia and hopes both to replace Harry's drunken partner in the show and be his lover. They have a romantic night, but he is suspicious of Irene's overstated flights of fancy. Harry, keeping Zuleika, and Irene's troupe board trains going in the opposite directions the next day.
Jesse James (1939)
, 1h41Directed by Irving Cummings, Otto Brower, Henry King, Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Historical, Crime, Western
Themes Films about families, Transport films, Rail transport films, Jesse James, Children's films, Gangster films
Actors Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott, John Carradine, Jane Darwell
Roles Judge Rankin
Rating69%
A railroad representative named Barshee (Brian Donlevy) forces farmers to give up the land the railroad is going to go through, giving them $1 per acre (much less than fair price) for it. When they come to Jesse's home, Jesse (Tyrone Power) tells Barshee that his mother Mrs Samuels (Jane Darwell) is the farm's owner.
Union Pacific (1939)
, 2h15Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, Arthur Rosson, Charles Barton, James Patrick Hogan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman, Brian Donlevy
Roles Fr. Ryan (uncredited)
Rating69%
The 1862 Pacific Railroad Act signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad westward across the wilderness toward California, but financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau. Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?
Honolulu (1939)
, 1h42Directed by Edward Buzzell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Eleanor Powell, Robert Young, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Rita Johnson, Bess Flowers
Roles Minister (uncredited)
Rating64%
Inspired by stories about doppelgängers and identical twins such as The Prince and the Pauper, Honolulu features Young in a dual role as Brooks Mason—a top movie star—and as Hawaiʻi-based businessman George Smith. Mason is tired of being in the public eye, so when he discovers that Smith is close enough to be his twin, he arranges to switch places with Smith temporarily. When Mason steps into Smith's life, he finds himself in a tug-of-war between Smith's fiancée, and a dancer named Dorothy March (Powell), with whom he has fallen in love. Meanwhile, Smith discovers that being a famous movie star is not all that it is made out to be.
The Oregon Trail (1939)
Directed by Ford Beebe
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors John Mack Brown, Louise Stanley, Fuzzy Knight, Edward LeSaint, Charles Stevens, Charles King
Roles John Mason
Rating60%
Jeff Scott is sent to investigate problems with wagon trains attempting to make the journey to Oregon. Sam Morgan has sent his henchmen, under lead-henchman Bull Bragg, to stop the wagon trains in order to maintain control of the fur trade in the area.
, 1h38Directed by Irving Cummings
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Children's films
Actors Don Ameche, Loretta Young, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Beryl Mercer, Gene Lockhart
Roles Banker at Demonstration
Rating69%
The first half of the film concentrates on the hero's romantic, financial, and scientific struggles, starting in 1873. Most scenes are set in Boston and vicinity; a few late scenes are in London.
Swanee River (1939)
, 1h24Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films
Actors Don Ameche, Andrea Leeds, Al Jolson, Felix Bressart, Chick Chandler, Russell Hicks
Roles Jonathan Fry, Justice of the Peace
Rating62%
The family of Stephen Foster (Ameche) insists that he accept a seven-dollar-a-week shipping clerk job in Cincinnati, but he prefers to write songs. Stephen's prospective father-in-law Andrew McDowell has no faith in Stephen, who wants to write "music from the heart of the simple people of the South." The struggling composer is content to sell "Oh! Susanna" for fifteen dollars to minstrel singer E. P. Christy and allows Christy to take credit as its writer.
Arizona Legion (1939)
, 1h1Directed by David Howard, Melville Shyer
Origin USA
Genres Romance, Western
Actors George O'Brien, Laraine Day, Chill Wills, Edward LeSaint, Harry Cording, Glenn Strange
Roles Judge Clayton L. Meade
Rating60%
L'anarchie régne en Arizona. Les criminels volent, brulent, tuent en toute impunité. Si l'un d'eux est arrêté, il est aussitôt remis en liberté par un jury corrompu, et les témoins gênants préfèrent s'abstenir plutôt qu'être victime d'un accident. Au milieu de ce chaos, Boone Yeager est un ivrogne et un homme de main qui recherche, sans succés, un emploi dans le gang de Dutton.
Within the Law (1939)
, 1h5Directed by Gustav Machatý
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Ruth Hussey, Tom Neal, Paul Kelly, William Gargan, Paul Cavanagh, Rita Johnson
Roles Judge
Rating63%