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Marshall Neilan is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 10 april 1891 at San Bernardino (USA)

Marshall Neilan

Marshall Neilan
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Birth name Marshall Ambrose Neilan
Nationality USA
Birth 10 april 1891 at San Bernardino (USA)
Death 27 october 1958 (at 67 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Marshall Ambrose "Mickey" Neilan (April 11, 1891 – October 27, 1958) was an American motion picture actor, screenwriter, film director, and producer.

Biography

Marshall Neilan had married actress Gertrude Bambrick in 1913 with whom he would have a son, Marshall Neilan, Jr..
Neilan's marriage to Bambrick ended in 1921 and a year later he married actress Blanche Sweet whom he directed on several occasions. They divorced in 1929.

Best films

Hell's Angels
Hell's Angels
(1930)
(Story)

Usually with

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Marshall Neilan (92 films)

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Actor

A Face in the Crowd
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
, 2h6
Directed by Elia Kazan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about television, Musical films, Political films
Actors Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau, Lee Remick, Marshall Neilan
Roles Senator Worthington Fuller
Rating81% 4.095064.095064.095064.095064.09506
In late 1950s America, a drunken drifter, Larry Rhodes (Andy Griffith), is plucked out of a rural Arkansas jail by Marcia Jeffries (Patricia Neal) to sing on a radio show at station KGRK. His raw voice, folksy humor and personal charm bring about a strong local following, and he lands a television show in Memphis, Tennessee under the stage name "Lonesome" Rhodes, given to him on a whim by Jeffries.
A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born (1937)
, 1h51
Directed by Jack Conway, William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about television
Actors Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, Andy Devine, May Robson, Lionel Stander
Roles Bert (uncredited)
Rating72% 3.648043.648043.648043.648043.64804
North Dakota farmgirl Esther Victoria Blodgett (Janet Gaynor) yearns to become a Hollywood actress. Although her aunt and father discourage such thoughts, Esther's grandmother (May Robson) gives her her savings to follow her dream.
Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard (1936)
, 1h15
Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Gary Cooper, John Halliday, Marsha Hunt, Robert Cummings, C. Henry Gordon, Esther Ralston
Roles Cinegrill Customer (uncredited)
Rating64% 3.225883.225883.225883.225883.22588
The film portrays, in a comic expose of gossip magazines of the time, has-been actor John Blakeford (Halliday) agreeing to write his memoirs for magazine publisher Jordan Winston (Gordon).
Souls for Sale
Souls for Sale (1923)
, 1h30
Directed by Rupert Hughes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about television
Actors Eleanor Boardman, Lew Cody, Richard Dix, Mae Busch, Frank Mayo, Barbara La Marr
Roles Self
Rating69% 3.488673.488673.488673.488673.48867
Remember "Mem" Steddon (Eleanor Boardman) marries Owen Scudder (Lew Cody) after a whirlwind courtship. However, on their wedding night, she has a change of heart. When the train taking them to Los Angeles stops for water, she impulsively and secretly gets off in the middle of the desert. Strangely, when Scudder realizes she is gone, he does not have the train stopped.
Daddy-Long-Legs
Daddy-Long-Legs (1919)
, 1h25
Directed by Marshall Neilan, Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Mary Pickford, Mahlon Hamilton, Wharton James, Marshall Neilan, Milla Davenport, Fred Huntley
Roles Jimmie Mc Bride (as Marshall A. Neilan)
Rating65% 3.295683.295683.295683.295683.29568
A police officer finds a baby in a trash can, and Mrs. Lippett, the cruel matron at an orphanage where children are made to work, names her "Jerusha Abbott" (she picks "Abbott" out of a phone book and gets "Jerusha" from a tombstone). The orphan, who comes to be called Judy, does what she can to stand up for the younger children, frequently clashing with both Mrs. Lippett and the cold hearted trustees. At one point she leads a rebellion against being served prunes with every meal and at another, steals a doll from a selfish rich girl to lend to a dying orphan.
The Crisis
The Crisis (1916)
, 1h40
Directed by Colin Campbell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors George Fawcett, Marshall Neilan, Bessie Eyton, Matt B. Snyder, Tom Santschi, Wheeler Oakman
Roles Clarence Colfax
Rating61% 3.066843.066843.066843.066843.06684
Stephen Brice, jeune avocat, est amoureux de Virginia Carvel, fille de son bienfaiteur, le Colonel Comyn Carvel. Mais l'élection d'Abraham Lincoln amène la confrontation entre les deux camps. Brice s'est rangé au côté des anti-esclavagistes, alors que Virginia reste fidèle aux valeurs du Sud. Cette dernière se fiance alors à son cousin Clarence Colfax. Celui-ci est fait prisonnier par les troupes de Sherman, dans lesquelles sert Brice. Accusé d'espionnage, il est condamné à mort...
Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly (1915)

Directed by Sidney Olcott
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Mary Pickford, Marshall Neilan, Caroline Harris, Cesare Gravina, David Burton
Roles Lt. Pinkerton
Rating53% 2.6501852.6501852.6501852.6501852.650185
The film takes place in Japan in 1904. Lieutenant Pinkerton (Marshall Neilan) marries Cho-Cho-San 'Butterfly' (Mary Pickford), a 15-year-old Japanese geisha. Cho-Cho-San is lucky with her new husband and takes the marriage very seriously. Pinkterton, however, regards it as entertainment. He is not in love with her and plans to break off the wedding in a month. The American Consul (William T. Carleton) begs him to break off the wedding as soon as possible, to avoid hurting her feelings. The lieutenant laughs him off.
A Girl of Yesterday
A Girl of Yesterday (1915)

Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Mary Pickford, Frances Marion, Jack Pickford, Donald Crisp, Marshall Neilan, Lillian Langdon
Roles Stanley Hudson
Rating21% 1.0816951.0816951.0816951.0816951.081695
A synopsis of the film, as reported in an October 31, 1915 Paramount Pictures Corporation advertisement in the Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus, Georgia):
Rags
Rags (1915)

Directed by James Kirkwood Sr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Mary Pickford, Marshall Neilan, J. Farrell MacDonald
Roles Keith Duncan
Rating70% 3.54223.54223.54223.54223.5422
Judith of Bethulia
Judith of Bethulia (1914)
, 1h1
Directed by D. W. Griffith, Christy Cabanne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Blanche Sweet, Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Lillian Gish, Mary Gish
Rating61% 3.0999553.0999553.0999553.0999553.099955
The film is based on the biblical Book of Judith. During the siege of the Jewish city of Bethulia by the Assyrians, a widow named Judith (Blanche Sweet) has a plan to stop the war as her people suffer starvation and are ready to surrender.