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Lon Poff is a Actor American born on 8 february 1870 at Bedford (USA)
Alonzo M. "Lon" Poff (February 8, 1870 – August 8, 1952) was an American film actor. He appeared in 98 films between 1917 and 1951.
He was born in Bedford, Indiana, and died in Los Angeles, California. His grave is located in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Tenant le plus souvent des petits rôles non crédités, parfois second rôle de caractère, il apparaît ensuite dans près de soixante films parlants, dont le serial Flash Gordon (1936, avec Buster Crabbe dans le rôle-titre) et Jeanne d'Arc de Victor Fleming (son antépénultième film, 1948, avec Ingrid Bergman dans le rôle-titre). Son dernier film est Allons donc, papa ! de Vincente Minnelli (avec Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett et Elizabeth Taylor), sorti en 1951, l'année précédant sa mort.
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Birth name Alonzo M. Poff
Nationality USA
Birth 8 february 1870 at Bedford (USA)
Death 8 august 1952 (at 82 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 8 february 1870 at Bedford (USA)
Death 8 august 1952 (at 82 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
He was born in Bedford, Indiana, and died in Los Angeles, California. His grave is located in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Biography
Lon Poff débute au cinéma dans deux films sortis en 1917 et contribue à plus de cinquante autres films muets américains. En particulier, il est le père Joseph (confesseur de la reine Anne d'Autriche) dans Les Trois Mousquetaires de Fred Niblo (1921), puis dans Le Masque de fer d'Allan Dwan (1929), films où Douglas Fairbanks personnifie D'Artagnan. Citons également Le Forgeron du village de John Ford (1922, avec Virginia Valli et David Butler) et Marriage License? de Frank Borzage (1926, avec Alma Rubens et Walter McGrail).Tenant le plus souvent des petits rôles non crédités, parfois second rôle de caractère, il apparaît ensuite dans près de soixante films parlants, dont le serial Flash Gordon (1936, avec Buster Crabbe dans le rôle-titre) et Jeanne d'Arc de Victor Fleming (son antépénultième film, 1948, avec Ingrid Bergman dans le rôle-titre). Son dernier film est Allons donc, papa ! de Vincente Minnelli (avec Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett et Elizabeth Taylor), sorti en 1951, l'année précédant sa mort.
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Father's Little Dividend (1951)
, 1h22Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about families
Actors Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Don Taylor, Billie Burke, Moroni Olsen
Roles Le vieil homme sous le porche
Rating64%
In this sequel to Father of the Bride, newly married Kay Dunstan (Elizabeth Taylor) announces that she and her husband are going to have a baby, leaving her father, Stanley Banks (Spencer Tracy), having to come to grips with becoming a grandfather.
Madame Bovary (1949)
, 1h54Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, Madame Bovary
Actors Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan, Alf Kjellin, Gene Lockhart
Roles Un invité
Rating69%
The film opens with Gustave Flaubert (James Mason) in court to defend his novel, which has been accused of being a "disgrace to France and an insult to womanhood". In order to keep it from being banned, Flaubert tells the story of Madame Bovary from his perspective.
Joan of Arc (1948)
, 2h25Directed by Richard Rosson, Victor Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Jeanne d'Arc, Political films, Films based on plays, Histoire de France
Actors Ingrid Bergman, José Ferrer, Francis L. Sullivan, J. Carrol Naish, George Coulouris, Gene Lockhart
Roles Guillaume Colles
Rating63%
Unlike the play Joan of Lorraine, which is a drama that shows how the story of Joan affects a group of actors who are performing it, the film is a straightforward recounting of the life of the French heroine. It begins with an obviously painted shot of the inside of a basilica with a shaft of light, possibly descending from heaven, shining down from the ceiling, and a solemn off-screen voice pronouncing the canonization of the Maid of Orleans. Then, the opening page of what appears to be a church manuscript recounting Joan's life in Latin is shown on the screen, while some uncredited voiceover narration by actor Shepperd Strudwick sets up the tale. The actual story of Joan then begins, from the time she becomes convinced that she has been divinely called to save France to her being burnt at the stake at the hands of the English and the Burgundians.
This Land Is Mine (1943)
, 1h43Directed by Jean Renoir
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Kent Smith, George Sanders, Walter Slezak, Una O'Connor
Roles un vieil homme
Rating74%
People in an unnamed Nazi-occupied country face various ethical dilemmas and react in different ways.
The More the Merrier (1943)
, 1h44Directed by George Stevens, Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn, Richard Gaines, Bruce Bennett, Frank Sully
Roles Un dormeur
Rating75%
During World War II, retired millionaire Benjamin Dingle (Charles Coburn) arrives in Washington, D.C. as an adviser on the housing shortage and finds that his hotel suite will not be available for two days. He sees an ad for a roommate and talks the reluctant young woman, Connie Milligan (Jean Arthur), into letting him sublet half of her apartment. Comedy ensues when the two clumsily get in each other's way while arising and preparing for work. Connie makes things work by keeping to an exacting schedule, including eating breakfast and leaving for work at precise times. Then Dingle runs into Sergeant Joe Carter (Joel McCrea), who has no place to stay while he waits to be shipped overseas. Dingle generously rents him half of his half.
I Married an Angel (1942)
, 1h24Directed by Roy Del Ruth, W. S. Van Dyke, Hunt Stromberg
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Théâtre, Films about angels, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Edward Everett Horton, Binnie Barnes, Reginald Owen, Douglass Dumbrille
Roles M. Dodder
Rating57%
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
, 1h30Directed by Preston Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, William Demarest, Porter Hall, Jimmy Conlin, Franklin Pangborn
Roles Le condamné regardant un film
Rating78%
John L. Sullivan (Joel McCrea) is a popular young Hollywood director of profitable but shallow comedies (e.g. Ants in Your Plants of 1939). Sullivan is dissatisfied despite his success and tells his studio boss, Mr. Lebrand (Robert Warwick) that he wants his next project to be a serious exploration of the plight of the downtrodden. He asks to make his next film an adaptation of O Brother, Where Art Thou?, a socially-conscious novel. Lebrand wants him to direct another lucrative comedy instead, but the idealistic Sullivan refuses to give in. He wants to "know trouble" first-hand, and plans to travel as a tramp so he can return and make a film that truly depicts the sorrows of humanity. His butler (Robert Greig) and valet (Eric Blore) openly question the wisdom of his plan.
The Texans (1938)
, 1h32Directed by James Patrick Hogan
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Joan Bennett, Randolph Scott, May Robson, Walter Brennan, Robert Cummings, Robert Barrat
Roles Un citoyen de Moody
Rating62%
After the Civil War, a Texas ranch owner (Bennett) is trying to move her cattle to market in Kansas to sell them. A Confederate veteran (Scott) becomes involved with her and learns she wants to use the money to help the South continue fighting. She is harassed on the cattle drive by corrupt Union Army officers and carpetbaggers.
You Only Live Once (1937)
, 1h26Directed by Fritz Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane, Jean Dixon, Jerome Cowan, William Gargan
Roles Halsey
Rating71%
Eddie Taylor (Henry Fonda) is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. He marries but is then wrongly convicted for a bank robbery in which six people are killed. He is sentenced to death by electrocution. On the eve of his execution a gun smuggled into the execution area enables him to escape. During the escape he unintentionally kills the prison chaplain. The chaplain was trying to convince Eddie that he has had a last minute pardon. This is because the body of the guilty bank robber and the getaway vehicle with the stolen money have just been recovered from a lake.
The Toast of New York (1937)
, 1h49Directed by Rowland V. Lee, Alexander Hall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Comedy, Historical, Romance
Actors Edward Arnold, Cary Grant, Frances Farmer, Jack Oakie, Donald Meek, Thelma Leeds
Rating62%
In post-Civil War America, unscrupulous, ambitious partners Jim Fisk (Arnold) and Nick Boyd (Grant) talk tight-fisted businessman Daniel Drew (Donald Meek) into selling them his shipping company, paying with worthless Confederate bonds. Later, worried that his longtime rival, Cornelius Vanderbilt (Clarence Kolb), is trying to take control of his railroad, Drew seeks help from Fisk, only to have him turn the situation to his own advantage. Fisk and Boyd eventually become powers to be reckoned with on Wall Street.
Come and Get It (1936)
, 1h39Directed by Richard Rosson, William Wyler, Howard Hawks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Edward Arnold, Joel McCrea, Frances Farmer, Walter Brennan, Andrea Leeds, Mary Nash
Roles Le bûcheron
Rating68%
The story focuses on ruthless Barney Glasgow (Edward Arnold), who will stop at nothing to achieve his goal as he rises in rank from lowly lumberjack to the head of the logging industry in 19th century Wisconsin. His determination to succeed eventually leads him to end his relationship with saloon singer Lotta Morgan (Frances Farmer) and marry Emma Louise Hewitt (Mary Nash), the daughter of his boss Jed Hewett (Charles Halton), in order to secure a partnership in his business.
Flash Gordon (1936)
, 4h5Directed by Ray Taylor, Robert Hill, Frederick Stephani
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Dans l'espace, Superhero films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films
Actors Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Priscilla Lawson, Frank Shannon, Richard Alexander
Roles First High Priest
Rating69%
The Planet of Peril The planet Mongo is on a collision course with Earth. Dr. Alexis Zarkov takes off in a rocket ship to Mongo, with Flash Gordon and Dale Arden as his assistants. They find that the planet is ruled by the cruel Emperor Ming, who lusts after Dale and sends Flash to fight in the arena. Ming's daughter, Princess Aura, tries to spare Flash's life.
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
, 1h17Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh, Gavin Gordon, Edwin Maxwell
Roles homme de main
Rating67%
Ivan Igor (Lionel Atwill) is a sculptor who operates a wax museum in 1921 London. He gives a private tour to a friend and an investor, showing them sculptures of Joan of Arc, Voltaire, and his favorite, Marie Antoinette. Formerly a stone sculptor who did wax modeling as a hobby, he explains he turned to wax sculpting completely because he felt more "satisfied" that he could reproduce "the warmth, flesh, and blood of life far more better in wax than in cold stone". The investor, impressed by his sculptures, offers to submit Igor's work to the Royal Academy after he returns from a trip.
Hello, Everybody! (1933)
, 1h9Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Kate Smith, Randolph Scott, Sally Blane, Charley Grapewin, George Barbier, Wade Boteler
Roles Constable
Rating63%
So Big! (1932)
, 1h21Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films about education
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Bette Davis, Alan Hale, Lionel Belmore, Hardie Albright
Roles Diacre
Rating67%
Following the death of her mother, Selina Peake (Barbara Stanwyck) and her father (Robert Warwick) move to Chicago, where she enrolls in finishing school. Her father is killed, leaving her penniless, and Selina's friend Julie Hemple (Mae Madison) helps her find a job as a schoolteacher in a small Dutch community. Selina moves in with the Poole family and tutors their son Roelf (George Brent). Selina eventually marries immigrant farmer Pervus De Jong (Earle Foxe) and gives birth to Dirk (Hardie Albright), nicknamed "So Big", who becomes the primary focus of her life. When Pervus dies, Selina struggles to keep the farm afloat so she can afford to finance her son's education, hoping he will become an architect.