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Edwin August is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American born on 10 november 1883 at St. Louis (USA)
Edwin August (November 20, 1883 – March 4, 1964) was an American actor, director, and screenwriter of the silent era. He appeared in 152 films between 1909 and 1947. He also directed 52 films between 1912 and 1919. He co-founded Eaco Films in 1914.
He was born in Saint Louis, Missouri and died in Hollywood, California. His grave is located at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Birth name Edwin August Phillip von der Butz.
Nationality USA
Birth 10 november 1883 at St. Louis (USA)
Death 4 march 1964 (at 80 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 10 november 1883 at St. Louis (USA)
Death 4 march 1964 (at 80 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Edwin August (November 20, 1883 – March 4, 1964) was an American actor, director, and screenwriter of the silent era. He appeared in 152 films between 1909 and 1947. He also directed 52 films between 1912 and 1919. He co-founded Eaco Films in 1914.
He was born in Saint Louis, Missouri and died in Hollywood, California. His grave is located at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Mr. Lucky (1943)
, 1h40Directed by H. C. Potter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Cary Grant, Laraine Day, Charles Bickford, Alan Carney, Gladys Cooper, Henry Stephenson
Roles Blood Bank Donor (uncredited)
Rating70%
Swede (Charles Bickford) rows up to a public dock in a dinghy. He hides when he spots a young woman who walks to the end of the pier. When a new night watchman (Emory Parnell) notices her as well, Swede stops him from bothering her. The sailor begins recounting her story, and the film segues into one long, continuous flashback.
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
, 2h8Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Sports films, Baseball films
Actors Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Walter Brennan, Dan Duryea, Elsa Janssen, Ludwig Stössel
Roles Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Rating75%
Lou Gehrig (Cooper) is a young Columbia University student whose old-fashioned mother (Elsa Janssen) wants him to study hard and become an engineer. But the young man has a gift for baseball. A sportswriter (Brennan) befriends Gehrig and persuades a scout to come see him play. Before long Gehrig signs with the team he has always revered, the New York Yankees. With the help of his father (Ludwig Stössel), he endeavors to keep his career change a secret from his mother.
Gentleman Jim (1942)
, 1h44Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale, John Loder, Ward Bond
Roles Olympic Club Member (uncredited)
Rating74%
In 1890s San Francisco, boxing is illegal. James J. Corbett (Errol Flynn), a brash young bank teller, attends a match with his friend Walter Lowrie (Jack Carson). When a police raid nets Judge Geary, a member of the board of directors of Corbett's bank, Corbett's fast talking gets his superior out of trouble. The judge is looking to improve the image of boxing by recruiting men from more respectable backgrounds and having them fight under the Marquess of Queensberry rules. He has even imported British coach Harry Watson (Rhys Williams) to evaluate prospects. Watson finds that Corbett, raised in a combative Irish immigrant family headed by Pat Corbett (Alan Hale), has excellent fighting skills; Geary likes his protégé's seemingly-polished manner.
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
, 1h28Directed by Orson Welles, Robert Wise, Fred Fleck
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about families
Actors Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins
Roles Citizen (uncredited)
Rating75%
The Ambersons are by far the wealthiest family in the small midwestern city of Indianapolis. It is the turn of the 20th century, and life is peaceful. Eugene Morgan as a young man courts Isabel Amberson, but she rejects him even though she loves him. Isabel instead marries Wilbur Minafer, a passionless man she does not love. They have a child, George, whom she spoils and who becomes the terror of the town.
Over My Dead Body (1942)
, 1h8Directed by Malcolm St. Clair
Genres Comedy
Actors Milton Berle, Mary Beth Hughes, Reginald Denny, Frank Orth, William B. Davidson, Wonderful Smith
Roles Bailiff
Rating60%
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
, 2h9Directed by Frank Capra, Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children, Politique, Scoutisme, Political films, White House in fiction
Actors Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Charles Lane, Thomas Mitchell
Roles Senator (uncredited)
Rating80%
The governor of an unnamed western state, Hubert "Happy" Hopper (Guy Kibbee), has to pick a replacement for recently deceased U.S. Senator Sam Foley. His corrupt political boss, Jim Taylor (Edward Arnold), pressures Hopper to choose his handpicked stooge, while popular committees want a reformer, Henry Hill. The governor's children want him to select Jefferson Smith (James Stewart), the head of the Boy Rangers. Unable to make up his mind between Taylor's stooge and the reformer, Hopper decides to flip a coin. When it lands on edge – and next to a newspaper story on one of Smith's accomplishments – he chooses Smith, calculating that his wholesome image will please the people while his naïveté will make him easy to manipulate.
The Rage of Paris (1938)
, 1h18Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Danielle Darrieux, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Mischa Auer, Louis Hayward, Helen Broderick, Charles Coleman
Roles Receptionist (uncredited)
Rating68%
Nicole de Cortillon, jeune Française arrivée depuis peu à New York, cherche un emploi de modèle. Par erreur, elle se retrouve dans le bureau d'un homme d'affaires, Jim Trevor, le prenant pour un photographe professionnel. À la suite d'un malentendu, elle commence à se déshabiller pour poser. Trevor, un premier temps amusé, la flanque ensuite dehors, la prenant pour une spécialiste du chantage qui essaye de le compromettre.
Youth Takes a Fling (1938)
, 1h17Directed by Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Joel McCrea, Andrea Leeds, Frank Jenks, Dorothea Kent, Isabel Jeans, Virginia Grey
Roles Railroad Conductor
Rating59%
Safety in Numbers (1938)
, 55minutesDirected by Malcolm St. Clair
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Shirley Deane, Russell Gleason, June Carlson, Florence Roberts
Roles Customer
Rating62%
Marked Woman (1937)
, 1h36Directed by Michael Curtiz, Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane, Mayo Methot, Rosemary Lane, Eduardo Ciannelli
Roles Juror (uncredited)
Rating70%
Mary Dwight Stauber (Bette Davis), a nightclub hostess who works for the notorious gangster Johnny Vanning (Eduardo Ciannelli) briefly meets and befriends a young man (Damian O'Flynn) who confides in her that he does not have the money to repay the gambling debt he has accrued during the night. He feels that it's a game, but Mary warns him that he is in real danger. She is shocked, but not surprised to learn soon after that he has been murdered, by Vanning's henchman Charlie Delaney (Ben Welden).
Side Street (1929)
, 1h10Directed by Malcolm St. Clair
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Tom Moore, Owen Moore, Matt Moore, George Raft, Emma Dunn, Katherine Perry
Roles Henchman Mac (uncredited)
Rating55%
The film chronicles the exploits of three Irish brothers. Jimmy is a cop, John is an emergency room doctor, and Dennis, as far as his family is aware of, is a very wealthy businessman, even having paid for John to go to medical school. Their parents, Nora and Tom, are very proud of all three sons. Jimmy is promoted on the police force, and begins the investigation of a murder involving the infamous Muller gang.
The Idol of the North (1921)
, 1hDirected by Roy William Neill
Origin USA
Actors Dorothy Dalton, Edwin August
Roles Martin Bates
A Broadway Scandal (1918)
Directed by Joseph De Grasse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Lon Chaney, Carmel Myers, Edwin August, Fred Gamble
Roles David Kendall
The Lion's Claws (1918)
Directed by Jacques Jaccard
Origin USA
Actors Marie Walcamp, Neal Hart, Frank Lanning, Thomas G. Lingham, Alfred Allen, Gertrude Astor
Roles Roger Hammond
The Yellow Passport (1916)
Directed by Edwin August
Origin USA
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Clara Kimball Young, Edwin August, John St. Polis
Roles Adolph Rosenheimer