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Zion Myers is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Associate Producer and Technical Supervisor born on 26 june 1898

Zion Myers

Zion Myers
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Birth 26 june 1898
Death 24 february 1948 (at 49 years)

Zion Myers est un réalisateur, scénariste, producteur, acteur et monteur américain né le 26 juin 1898 à San Francisco, Californie (États-Unis), décédé le 24 février 1948 à Los Angeles (États-Unis).

Best films

The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee
(1934)
(Technical Supervisor)

Usually with

Jules White
Jules White
(8 films)
Mark Sandrich
Mark Sandrich
(4 films)
Moe Howard
Moe Howard
(6 films)
Larry Fine
Larry Fine
(6 films)
Van Nest Polglase
Van Nest Polglase
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Zion Myers (17 films)

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Actor

The Dogway Melody
The Dogway Melody (1930)

Directed by Jules White, Zion Myers
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Actors Zion Myers, Jules White
Roles (voice) (uncredited)
Rating58% 2.9065352.9065352.9065352.9065352.906535
The series of short films has an all-dog cast (with human voiceovers) that recreate famous scenes from early musical films, particularly The Broadway Melody. The finale is a chorus line of dogs performing "Singing in the Rain" spoofing Cliff Edwards's original version of the song in The Hollywood Revue of 1929. Also spoofed is Al Jolson's performance of "Mammy" in The Jazz Singer. This was a part of MGM's popular series of Dogville Comedies shorts directed by Zion Myers and Jules White.

Director

Sidewalks of New York
Sidewalks of New York (1931)
, 1h14
Directed by Jules White, Zion Myers
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Buster Keaton, Anita Page, Cliff Edwards, Syd Saylor, Oscar Apfel
Rating56% 2.8067252.8067252.8067252.8067252.806725
Harmon (Keaton) is a wealthy landlord. When he goes to visit one of his tenements, he gets caught in the middle of a brawl between groups of kids, one of whom, Clipper Kelly (Phillips) starts to attack Harmon. When Harmon defends himself, he is seen by Clipper's sister, Margie (Page). Harmon falls in love at first sight and begins to woo her following his trial for attacking Clipper. In order to demonstrate that he is okay, Harmon opens a gymnasium for the street boys, but Clipper, who has fallen in with a small-time gangster, Butch (Rowan), wants nothing to do with Harmon and turns the other boys against him.
The Dogway Melody
The Dogway Melody (1930)

Directed by Jules White, Zion Myers
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Actors Zion Myers, Jules White
Rating58% 2.9065352.9065352.9065352.9065352.906535
The series of short films has an all-dog cast (with human voiceovers) that recreate famous scenes from early musical films, particularly The Broadway Melody. The finale is a chorus line of dogs performing "Singing in the Rain" spoofing Cliff Edwards's original version of the song in The Hollywood Revue of 1929. Also spoofed is Al Jolson's performance of "Mammy" in The Jazz Singer. This was a part of MGM's popular series of Dogville Comedies shorts directed by Zion Myers and Jules White.

Scriptwriter

Stop! Look! and Laugh!
Stop! Look! and Laugh! (1960)

Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Paul Winchell, Vernon Dent
Roles Writer
Rating56% 2.806972.806972.806972.806972.80697
Paul Winchell plays a father to Jerry Mahoney who is avoiding going to school at all costs where he is failing his subjects. Mahoney's tricks range from painting the window black to sleep in, continually falling asleep, and pretending to be sick by painting spots on his face and heating a thermometer with a match to give him a temperature reading of 264F to stay home. Winchell relates stories that segue into scenes from Three Stooges short subjects with the film concluding with a loud party that is footage from Half-Wits Holiday. As Winchell enters the home to complain of the noise he is hit with one of the pies in that sequence's pie fight.
Bedlam in Paradise
Bedlam in Paradise (1955)

Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Philip Van Zandt, Sylvia Lewis, Vernon Dent
Roles Story
Rating72% 3.6231253.6231253.6231253.6231253.623125
On his deathbed, Shemp struggles between life and death as Moe and Larry attempt to nurse him back to health. He warns them to behave or he will return to haunt them. After Shemp's arrival to Heaven, his Uncle Mortimer contemplates whether Shemp will remain or go to Hell. Then the Devil (Philip Van Zandt) appears in a burst of flame to tempt Shemp with a sultry dancer, Hellen Blazes (Sylvia Lewis). Uncle Mortimer intervenes, promising Shemp eternity in Heaven if he returns to Earth unseen and unheard and reforms Moe and Larry.
Stone Age Romeos
Stone Age Romeos (1955)

Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Emil Sitka, Dee Green, Virginia Hunter
Roles Story
Rating65% 3.2869453.2869453.2869453.2869453.286945
The Stooges hope to collect a reward by proving to museum curator B. Bopper (Emil Sitka) that cavemen indeed still exist. They embark on an expedition with 16mm camera in hand, ready to film whatever they find. Eventually, the Stooges return to Bopper with a film showing three cavemen living in the prehistoric age. The film illustrates the three tending to their daily chores, consisting of mixing milk, hunting fish, and gathering eggs. The film also shows the three cavemen defending their women from other fellow cavemen. Bopper is ecstatic, and is preparing to cut the Stooges a check. However, Bopper overhears the sneaky Stooges talking about how the film was a hoax, as they played the cavemen themselves. The curator is furious, and promptly shoots the three frauds in their derrieres, before shooting himself in the foot.
Heavenly Daze
Heavenly Daze (1948)

Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Vernon Dent, Sam McDaniel, Victor Travers
Rating74% 3.72783.72783.72783.72783.7278
Shemp has died and is in Heaven, talking with his Uncle Mortimer (Moe, dressed to resemble Moses). Mortimer is on the phone checking to see if Shemp will remain in Heaven or Hell, and it does not look good. Furthermore, it comes to light that cousins Moe and Larry have also not been on their best behavior. Seeing this as an opportunity for his deceased nephew, Uncle Mortimer gives Shemp the chance to reform Moe and Larry from their evil ways so he can gain entry to Heaven. The catch is that Shemp cannot be seen nor heard by anyone on Earth, much to his delight.
I'm a Monkey's Uncle
I'm a Monkey's Uncle (1948)

Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes La préhistoire, Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Dee Green, Virginia Hunter, Nancy Saunders
Rating70% 3.5311953.5311953.5311953.5311953.531195
The Stooges are cavemen living in the stone age. They must tend to their daily chores, consisting of mixing milk, hunting fish, and gathering eggs. Such is life in the prehistoric times.
Half-Wits Holiday
Half-Wits Holiday (1947)
, 18minutes
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Emil Sitka, Vernon Dent, Barbara Slater
Roles Histoire
Rating75% 3.7821553.7821553.7821553.7821553.782155
In the second Stooge adaptation of Pygmalion, the trio are repairmen who make a scene in the presence of two psychologists, Professors Quackenbush (Vernon Dent) and Sedletz (Ted Lorch). Quackenbush makes a bet with Sedletz that he can turn the boys into gentlemen through environment. Training is slow and painful for the professor, who pulls his hair out in disgust. The Stooges take the opportunity to flirt with the professor's daughter, Lulu (Barbara Slater), while learning table etiquette. Finally, the winner of the wager will be decided by the boys' behavior at a fancy society party.
Skylark
Skylark (1941)
, 1h32
Directed by Mark Sandrich
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Brian Aherne, Binnie Barnes, Walter Abel, Grant Mitchell
Roles Writer
Rating61% 3.0990253.0990253.0990253.0990253.099025
Lydia Kenyon (Claudette Colbert) feels she is neglected and treated insensitively by her husband, Tony (Ray Milland), on their fifth wedding anniversary. She meets a lawyer, Jim Blake (Brian Aherne), and though she eventually divorces her husband, and nearly marries the young lawyer instead, in a moment of crisis she realises she loves her husband, and returns to him.

Producer

Make Way for a Lady
Make Way for a Lady (1936)
, 1h5
Directed by David Burton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Actors Herbert Marshall, Anne Shirley, Gertrude Michael, Margot Grahame, Clara Blandick, Willie Best
Roles Associate Producer
Rating55% 2.7641852.7641852.7641852.7641852.764185
June Drew (Anne Shirley) is the daughter of widowed Christopher Drew (Herbert Marshall), who suffers in silence as his daughter tries to "match" him with every eligible woman in sight.
Two in the Dark
Two in the Dark (1936)
, 1h14
Directed by Benjamin Stoloff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Walter Abel, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford, Gail Patrick, Alan Hale, Leslie Fenton
Roles Associate Producer
Rating62% 3.142693.142693.142693.142693.14269
Wandering around in the darkness, an amnesiac (Walter Abel) has the feeling that he's murdered someone. He reads that a theatrical producer has been killed and he thinks that he's guilty. But unemployed actress Marie Smith (Margot Grahame) he meets while wondering around the park, isn't completely convinced, so she helps him reconstruct the clues and—hopefully—track down the real killer.