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Louis McManus is a Scriptwriter, Editor and Sound American born on 31 may 1898
Louis McManus (May 31, 1898 – April 17, 1968) was an American television engineer, film editor, and designer of the 1930s and 1940s. He is best known as the designer for the appearance of the Emmy award and symbol for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
During the 1930s, McManus worked primarily as an editor and edited many films and shorts, including those featuring Laurel and Hardy and the Our Gang characters. In addition to editing, he also designed the title cards for many films. It was his work as a designer that inspired him to submit a design entry for the Emmy award in 1948. He used his wife, Dorothy, as a model for the figure. His design was ultimately chosen for the award, out of a field of forty-eight other proposals submitted.
McManus was awarded an Emmy statue (in the Special Award category) in 1948 (the first year awards were presented) for his work in designing the Emmy.
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During the 1930s, McManus worked primarily as an editor and edited many films and shorts, including those featuring Laurel and Hardy and the Our Gang characters. In addition to editing, he also designed the title cards for many films. It was his work as a designer that inspired him to submit a design entry for the Emmy award in 1948. He used his wife, Dorothy, as a model for the figure. His design was ultimately chosen for the award, out of a field of forty-eight other proposals submitted.
McManus was awarded an Emmy statue (in the Special Award category) in 1948 (the first year awards were presented) for his work in designing the Emmy.
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Filmography of Louis McManus (13 films)
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Two Too Young (1936)
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Carl Switzer, Eugene "Porky" Lee, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Rosina Lawrence, John Collum
Rating70%
During a slow day at school, Alfalfa spends penmanship class writing a note to Spanky, informing his pal that the two "little kids", Buckwheat and Porky, have firecrackers and that Spanky should think of a way to relieve them of their possessions. Alfalfa delivers his note to Spanky via paper airplane, and as soon as recess begins, the two boys stop Buckwheat and Porky at the door and offer to trade a magnifying glass and a water pistol for the firecrackers.
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The Bohemian Girl (1936)
, 1h11Directed by James W. Horne, Charley Rogers, Hal Roach
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on operas, Buddy films, Operetta films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Thelma Todd, Mae Busch, Antonio Moreno, Darla Hood
Roles Editor
Rating65%
Laurel and Hardy are a hen-pecked pair of Gypsies in 18th-century Austria. When Oliver is out pickpocketing, fortune-telling or attending his zither lessons, his wife (Mae Busch), has an affair with Devilshoof (Antonio Moreno). A cruel nobleman, Count Arnheim, persecutes the Gypsies, who are forced to flee, but Devilshoof, in revenge for having been lashed by the count, kidnaps his daughter, Arline (Darla Hood), and Mrs. Hardy fools Hardy into thinking she is their daughter. She soon elopes with Devilshoof, and leaves Hardy holding the baby.
The Lucky Corner (1936)
Directed by Gus Meins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Carl Switzer, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Leonard Kibrick, Scotty Beckett, Harold "Slim" Switzer
Roles Editor
Rating71%
Scotty and his grandfather Gus are the proprietors of a sidewalk lemonade stand. The small operation struggles to compete with the ornate sidewalk diner run by Leonard's father. Leonard is too engrossed in his comic book to pay attention to waiting customers, and when they leave he whines to his father, who gets a policeman to force Gus and Scotty from their corner. Buckwheat's father, a boot black, offers Gus room to set up his stand, while Spanky, Alfalfa, and the other kids stage a parade and an impromptu talent show to draw customers to Gus's booth.
The Pinch Singer (1936)
, 18minutesDirected by Fred C. Newmeyer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Carl Switzer, Darla Hood, George McFarland, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Eugene "Porky" Lee, Margaret Kerry
Roles Editor
Rating70%
The gang's Eagles Club holds auditions for a performer to send to a local amateur radio talent contest with a $50 prize. Despite Alfalfa's repeated attempts to upstage his competition, Darla is elected to represent the club at the talent contest. However, when Darla does not turn up at the radio station, Spanky runs to look for her, while Alfalfa decides to take it upon himself and take Darla's place on the radio program.
Second Childhood (1936)
Directed by Gus Meins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Carl Switzer, Darla Hood, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Eugene "Porky" Lee, Zeffie Tilbury
Rating74%
On the occasion of her 65th birthday, a crotchety hypochondriac (Zeffie Tilbury) goes through her daily rant as her snooty servants ply her with colorful but unnecessary pills. Her "celebration" is interrupted when a toy plane owned by the gang crashes through her dining room window and shatters a vase. Forced to do the old lady's yardwork to pay for the damage, the kids ever so gradually win her heart, mostly by refusing to mollycoddle her as her servants have done for so many years.
Beginner's Luck (1935)
Directed by Gus Meins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Marianne Edwards, Scotty Beckett, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Stymie Beard, Jerry Tucker
Roles Editor
Rating73%
Spanky has been entered into a kiddie amateur show by his pushy stage mother, who thinks he is the greatest actor of his day. Spanky wants nothing to do with this and would rather not act at all. The gang comes up with a plan to disrupt his recitation with peashooters and noisemakers and make him flop.
Little Papa (1935)
Directed by Gus Meins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Carl Switzer, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Scotty Beckett, Sidney Kibrick, Patsy May
Roles Editor
Rating67%
Although Spanky would like to play football with the rest of the gang, he is stuck at home taking care of his baby sister. Hoping to lull the kid to sleep, thereby allowing himself to sneak out of the house, Spanky tries all sorts of "sure-fire" beddie-bye methods. But neither he nor his co-conspirator "Alfalfa" are able to coerce the little brat into drifting off to dreamland—though they do briefly fall asleep themselves.
Sprucin' Up (1935)
Directed by Gus Meins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Carl Switzer, Marianne Edwards, Scotty Beckett, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Jerry Tucker
Roles Editor
Rating71%
Hoping to get on the good side of the new truant officer (Dick Elliott), the gang goes out of their way to impress the man's cute daughter (Marianne Edwards), even unto making such sacrifices as taking baths, combing hair, shining shoes, and washing behind the ears.
Little Sinner (1935)
Directed by Gus Meins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Eugene "Porky" Lee, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Carl Switzer, Jerry Tucker, Marianne Edwards
Roles Editor
Rating72%
Anxious to go fishing, Spanky skips out of Sunday school, despite the admonitions of his pals Alfalfa, Mildred, Sidney, and Marianne that "Something's going to happen to you." Actually, everything happens to Spanky and his kid brother (Eugene "Porky" Lee) in the course of the morning. Chased out of a private estate by cantankerous caretaker, the two boys wander into a dark, mysterious woods just as an eclipse occurs and at the same time a large group of black worshippers are holding a mass baptism ceremony. Some now insist on seeing the baptism and background singing of the Negro spiritual "I am leaning on the Lord", which contains the words: "Why don't you come out of the wilderness" as a racist stereotype. They miss the point that this story had a religious casting, Spanky skipping church, and going into the "wilderness". At worst it is an internal pun on the plot. The song is performed well and was most likely not intended to denigrate anyone.
Hi'–Neighbor! (1934)
Directed by Gus Meins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Wally Albright, Stymie Beard, George McFarland, Tommy Bond, Scotty Beckett, Jerry Tucker
Roles Editor
Rating77%
While sailing their toy tugboat in a puddle outside their house, Wally and Spanky notice a moving van with a child-sized fire engine riding into the neighborhood. They quickly round up the rest of the gang, and follow the moving van to its destination. The fire truck's owner, a snobbish rich kid named Jerry, comes out to find a dozen strange children playing with his fire engine and shoos them all away, refusing to trade any sorts of collateral (pocket knives, gratitude) for even a ride. When Wally's girl Jane turns up, however, Jerry is quick to offer her a ride. Wally tries to dissuade Jane from riding with Jerry by telling her that the gang has a fire engine of its own, big enough to hold all of them. Jane agrees to a ride with Wally in his fire engine after she gets back from her ride with Jerry.
Mike Fright (1934)
Directed by Gus Meins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Stymie Beard, Scotty Beckett, Tommy Bond, Leonard Kibrick, Billy Lee
Rating73%
When open auditions are announced for a radio variety program, the local station is besieged by aggressively over-coached "professional kids." Also auditioning is the International Silver String Submarine Band—which turns out to be the gang, equipped (or rather, armed) with home-made instruments.
Shrimps for a Day (1934)
Directed by Gus Meins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Scotty Beckett, Stymie Beard, Jerry Tucker, Marianne Edwards, Leonard Kibrick
Roles Editor
Rating73%
The gang reside at the Happy Home Orphanage, an inaptly-named organization run by the nasty and dishonest Mr. (Clarence Wilson) and Mrs. Crutch (Rosa Gore). Invited to a garden party at the home of wealthy Mr. Wade, the children enjoy a good time and are showered with gifts, though they know full well that their new clothes and toys will be appropriated and sold by the Crutches once they return to the orphanage.
Washee Ironee (1934)
Directed by James Gibbons Parrott
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Wally Albright, George McFarland, Stymie Beard, Scotty Beckett, Tommy Bond, Leonard Kibrick
Roles Editor
Rating69%
On the day that he is scheduled to perform a violin solo at a swank bridge luncheon held by his social-climbing mother, rich kid Waldo opts instead to play football with the gang. With Waldo's help, the kids win the game, but his expensive clothes are covered with mud. Spanky declares that he and his pals are perfectly capable of washing Wally's duds on their own—and the result is a slapstick smorgasbord, culminating in a typically outsized Hal Roach traffic jam.
Mush and Milk (1933)
Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Stymie Beard, George McFarland, Dickie Moore, Tommy Bond, James Finlayson, Dorothy DeBorba
Rating74%
The children live in the Bleak Hill boarding school, where they are yelled at, punished, and browbeaten by the ghastly old headmistress. The day begins with the headmistress waking the boys up and telling them to get their chores done or they will get a beating and nothing to eat. In school, however, they are taught by the headmistress' husband, the gentle and lovable Old Cap, who runs the school in an informal manner. Cap wants to do something nice for the children, since their school meals usually consist of mush and milk. Just as the headmistress leaves the boys' sleeping quarters, Old Cap comes in to say hi to them. At that time, he promises that when he gets his back pension they will all leave that place and live well with tons of presents for the children. After the boys are up, the headmistress tells the boys to milk the cow and that they will be thrashed if they spill any.
