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George Bookasta is a Actor and Stand In American born on 14 july 1917 at Kansas City (USA)
George Bookasta (July 14, 1917 – March 26, 2014) was an American child actor and director who was discovered by Charlie Chaplin. He signed a contract with the film studio United Artists and debuted in the silent film Rosita in 1923. Some of his other films included The Night Bird, Hell Harbor and It Had to Happen. Bookasta was a stand-in in Sergeant York in 1941.
As an adult, he created the magazine TV Times, directed episodes for television shows such as The Colgate Comedy Hour and Bachelor Father and led a bigband orchestra in New York.
Bookasta died March 26, 2014 at the age of 96.
George commence sa carrière d'acteur dans le film muet Rosita (1923) d'Ernst Lubitsch, avec l'actrice Mary Pickford. Deux ans après, il apparaît dans La Petite Annie (1925). Son premier rôle crédité intervient cependant dans La Madone de Central Park (1928). Une dizaine de rôles suivent aux côtés d'acteurs reconnus, comme Reginald Denny et Rosalind Russell. Sa plus célèbre apparition est celle de Spotty dans Sous le ciel des tropiques (1930), l'un des premiers longs-métrages avec son.
Il intègre Hollywood High School. Une fois ses études terminées, il monte son propre orchestre musical et se produit au Café de Paris d'Hollywood.
Au début des années 1940, George travaille pour Paramount Studios. 1941 marque la naissance de son premier fils, Gary, prénommé en hommage à l'acteur Gary Cooper qui jouait dans le film Sergent York la même année. En 1943, il rejoint l'armée et est envoyé sur le front européen, en plein cœur de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il participe activement aux opérations sur le terrain comme sergent et opérateur radio en France, mais est blessé lors des combats.
De retour aux États-Unis, George remarque le développement croissant de l'industrie de la télévision. Dans les années 1950, il lance une revue hebdomadaire, TV Time, dont il assure la publication pendant quelques années.
Il meurt d'une pneumonie le 26 mars 2014 à son domicile de Saratoga Springs. Il était âgé de 96 ans.
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As an adult, he created the magazine TV Times, directed episodes for television shows such as The Colgate Comedy Hour and Bachelor Father and led a bigband orchestra in New York.
Bookasta died March 26, 2014 at the age of 96.
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Né au sein d'une famille d'acteurs, il paraît pour la première fois sur scène âgé de 3 ans, coiffé d'un chapeau melon, vêtu d'un costume et portant une moustache évoquant Chaplin, à Paramount Theatre à Los Angeles. Repéré par Charlie Chaplin, un contrat est signé à la société de production de cinéma United Artists.George commence sa carrière d'acteur dans le film muet Rosita (1923) d'Ernst Lubitsch, avec l'actrice Mary Pickford. Deux ans après, il apparaît dans La Petite Annie (1925). Son premier rôle crédité intervient cependant dans La Madone de Central Park (1928). Une dizaine de rôles suivent aux côtés d'acteurs reconnus, comme Reginald Denny et Rosalind Russell. Sa plus célèbre apparition est celle de Spotty dans Sous le ciel des tropiques (1930), l'un des premiers longs-métrages avec son.
Il intègre Hollywood High School. Une fois ses études terminées, il monte son propre orchestre musical et se produit au Café de Paris d'Hollywood.
Au début des années 1940, George travaille pour Paramount Studios. 1941 marque la naissance de son premier fils, Gary, prénommé en hommage à l'acteur Gary Cooper qui jouait dans le film Sergent York la même année. En 1943, il rejoint l'armée et est envoyé sur le front européen, en plein cœur de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il participe activement aux opérations sur le terrain comme sergent et opérateur radio en France, mais est blessé lors des combats.
De retour aux États-Unis, George remarque le développement croissant de l'industrie de la télévision. Dans les années 1950, il lance une revue hebdomadaire, TV Time, dont il assure la publication pendant quelques années.
Il meurt d'une pneumonie le 26 mars 2014 à son domicile de Saratoga Springs. Il était âgé de 96 ans.
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The Red Danube (1949)
, 1h59Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Walter Pidgeon, Ethel Barrymore, Peter Lawford, Angela Lansbury, Janet Leigh, Louis Calhern
Roles Devout Pilgrim
Rating64%
Shortly after World War II, British Col. Michael "Hooky" Nicobar (Walter Pidgeon) is staying in Rome with his aides Audrey Quail (Angela Lansbury), Major John "Twingo" McPhimister (Peter Lawford) and Private David Moonlight (Melville Cooper), when he is suddenly transferred to Vienna. Hooky is assigned to assist Brigadier C.M.V. Catlock (Robert Coote) in monitoring possible activities against the Allied nations and repatriating Soviet citizens living in the British zone of Vienna. He and his aides are billeted at a convent, led by the friendly Mother Superior (Ethel Barrymore). At this convent, Twingo is drawn to a ballerina known as Maria Buhlen (Janet Leigh). He falls for her instantly and tries to meet her, but she is reluctant to, until they are officially introduced to each other by Mother Superior.
Forty Little Mothers (1940)
, 1h30Directed by Busby Berkeley
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Eddie Cantor, Veronica Lake, Judith Anderson, Ralph Morgan, Rita Johnson, Bonita Granville
Roles Carlos
Rating64%
Out of work professor Gilbert Jordan Thompson stops a suicidal stranger named Marian Edwards from jumping off a pier and helps her get a job so she can support herself. Then he finds an abandoned baby with a note asking someone to give him a good home. When he can't find anyone to claim the baby, Thompson "adopts" him so he won't end up in an orphanage.
At the Circus (1939)
, 1h27Directed by Edward Buzzell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Circus films
Actors Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kenny Baker, Margaret Dumont, Eve Arden
Roles Member of Quarttete (uncredited)
Rating67%
Goliath, the circus strongman (Nat Pendleton, one of the Darwin football players in Horse Feathers) and the midget, Little Professor Atom (Jerry Maren) are accomplices of the bad guy John Carter (James Burke) who is trying to take over the Wilson Wonder Circus. Jeff Wilson's girlfriend, Julie Randall (Florence Rice), performs a horse act in the circus. In the animal car on the circus train, Goliath and Atom knock out Jeff Wilson (Kenny Baker) and steal $10,000, which Jeff owes Carter. But they unintentionally leave a cigar as evidence.
I'll Give a Million (1938)
, 1h10Directed by Walter Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Marjorie Weaver, Warner Baxter, Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt, John Carradine, J. Edward Bromberg
Roles Newsboy (uncredited)
Rating64%
Louie, a tramp (Peter Lorre) saved from suicide. A bet. And a million to be given to a tramp. So, a lot of tramps try to get the million, and under all of them there is the millionaire Tony Newlander (Warner Baxter), that wanted to give away the million. A woman is always involved. So Jean Hofmann (Marjorie Weaver) is finally asked to marry Newlander. And he puts it as a condition: if she marries him, he donates the Million to the poor of the city. During the ceremony, where rich and poor are sitting together, some of them are strangely scratching themselves.
The Great O'Malley (1937)
, 1h11Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Sybil Jason, Ann Sheridan, Frieda Inescort, Donald Crisp
Roles Bootblack (uncredited)
Rating66%
Un policier prend en charge la petite fille infirme d'un homme qu'il vient d'arrêter.
Hell Harbor (1930)
, 1h30Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Lupe Vélez, Jean Hersholt, John Holland, John Holland, Gibson Gowland, Harry Allen
Roles Spotty
Rating54%
Hell Harbor (1930)
, 1h33Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Lupe Vélez, Jean Hersholt, John Holland, Gibson Gowland, John Holland, Al St. John
Roles Spotty
Rating54%
This script must be run from the command line
Little Annie Rooney (1925)
, 1h34Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Mary Pickford, William Haines, Walter James, Gordon Griffith, Spec O'Donnell, Hugh Fay
Roles Child Role (uncredited)
Rating67%
Annie Rooney is a young girl who spends her days wreaking havoc in the tenements with a gang of children and their rival gang, the Kid Kellys. They fight in the streets, accidentally scaring a fruit vendor's horse in the process. Annie's father is a respected neighborhood police officer, but her brother, Tim, is a member of the Big Kellys, a gang of older boys led by Joe Kelly. The gang raises money for themselves by selling tickets to an upcoming dance.
Rosita (1923)
, 1h30Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on operas
Actors Mary Pickford, Holbrook Blinn, Irene Rich, George Walsh, Charles Belcher, Frank Leigh
Rating63%
The film takes place in Seville, in a period where the city has sunk into the depths of depravity and sin. Shocked by the depths his people have sunk to, the king of Spain (Holbrook Blinn) decides to give the town a visit when a carnaval is organized in order to redeem it. One of its inhabitants is Rosita (Mary Pickford), a beloved street singer praised by the townspeople for her entertainment.
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Sergeant York (1941)
, 2h14Directed by Don Siegel, Howard Hawks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Stanley Ridges, Margaret Wycherly
Roles Stand In
Rating76%
Alvin York (Gary Cooper), a poor young Tennessee hillbilly, is an exceptional marksman, but a ne'er-do-well prone to drinking and fighting, which does not make things any easier for his patient mother (Margaret Wycherly). He changes when he meets Gracie Williams (Joan Leslie), and works night and day to buy a good farm so she'll marry him. When he's cheated out of it at the last minute, he returns to his dissolute ways.