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Alice Joyce is a Actor American born on 1 october 1890 at Kansas City (USA)
Alice Joyce (born October 1, 1890 – October 9, 1955) was an American actress, who appeared in more than 200 films during the 1910s and 1920s. She is known for her roles in the 1923 film The Green Goddess and its 1930 remake also called The Green Goddess.
By 1900, her parents' marriage fell apart, and her father, John, took custody of little Alice and Frank and moved to Falls Church, Virginia, where Joyce spent most of her childhood. According to the 1910 Census, her mother, Vallie, remarried in 1900 to Leon Faber, and they resided in the Bronx, New York, along with Alice and her brother, Frank, where she was employed as a "photographer's model" and appeared in illustrated songs.
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Nationality USA
Birth 1 october 1890 at Kansas City (USA)
Death 9 october 1955 (at 65 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Birth 1 october 1890 at Kansas City (USA)
Death 9 october 1955 (at 65 years) at Hollywood (USA)
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Alice Joyce was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to John Edward and Vallie Olive McIntyre Joyce (1873–1938). She had a brother, Francis "Frank" Joyce (1893–1935), who was 2 years younger who later became an entertainment manager.By 1900, her parents' marriage fell apart, and her father, John, took custody of little Alice and Frank and moved to Falls Church, Virginia, where Joyce spent most of her childhood. According to the 1910 Census, her mother, Vallie, remarried in 1900 to Leon Faber, and they resided in the Bronx, New York, along with Alice and her brother, Frank, where she was employed as a "photographer's model" and appeared in illustrated songs.
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Song o' My Heart (1930)
, 1h25Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Alice Joyce, Maureen O'Sullivan, J. M. Kerrigan, Mary Gordon, J. Farrell MacDonald, John Garrick
Roles Mary O'Brien
Rating52%
Sean (McCormack), a great Irish tenor, is in semi-retirement, living in a village near a woman named Mary (Joyce), whom he has always loved. However, her aunt had convinced her to marry a well-off man for his money. This man recently deserted her, leaving her penniless with two children, Eileen (O'Sullivan) and Tad (Tommy Clifford). The children move in with the selfish and harsh aunt, and are miserable. Eileen is falling in love with Fergus, a young man who's off to Dublin to seek his fortune. Sean is drawn out of retirement and goes on tour in the United States. Can family life be set right?
The Green Goddess (1930)
, 1h13Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors George Arliss, Ralph Forbes, H. B. Warner, Alice Joyce, Ivan F. Simpson, Reginald Sheffield
Roles Lucilla
Rating54%
A small plane carrying three British citizens — Major Crespin, his estranged wife Lucilla, and pilot Dr. Traherne — becomes lost and is forced to crash land in the tiny realm of Rukh, somewhere near the Himalaya Mountains. The Raja who rules the land welcomes them.
He Knew Women (1930)
, 1h5Directed by Hugh Herbert, F. Hugh Herbert
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Lowell Sherman, Alice Joyce, David Manners
Roles Alice Frayne
Rating49%
Geoffrey Clarke is a poor poet, who has his eyes on the fortune of a rich widow, Alice Frayne, in order to keep him in the lifestyle he feels he deserves. Geoffrey is pursued, however, by the young and lovely, yet poor, Monica Grey. Monica, in turn, is pursued by the chemist, Austin Lowe.
The Squall (1929)
, 1h45Directed by Alexander Korda
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Myrna Loy, Richard Tucker, Alice Joyce, Loretta Young, Carroll Nye, Zasu Pitts
Roles Maria Lajos
Rating47%
In Hungary, a gypsy girl caught in a storm takes shelter in a farmhouse. She entertains all the male members of the household, leading to jealous anger. The spell she has put on the house is only lifted when her husband arrives and takes her away.
The Rising Generation (1928)
Directed by Harley Knoles
Origin United-kingdom
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Alice Joyce, Jameson Thomas, William Freshman, Joan Barry, Gerald Ames, Daniel J. Bloomberg
Roles Mrs. Kent
The Noose (1928)
, 1h5Directed by John Francis Dillon
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Richard Barthelmess, Montagu Love, Lina Basquette, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Jay Eaton, Thelma Todd
Roles Mrs. Bancroft
Rating69%
Sorrell and Son (1927)
, 1hDirected by Herbert Brenon
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors H. B. Warner, Anna Q. Nilsson, Nils Asther, Mickey McBan, Lionel Belmore, Carmel Myers
Roles Fanny Garland
Rating61%
So's Your Old Man (1926)
, 1h7Directed by Gregory La Cava
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors W. C. Fields, Alice Joyce, Buddy Rogers, Kittens Reichert, Marcia Harris, Frank Montgomery
Roles Princess Lescaboura
Rating64%
Sam Bisbee (W.C. Fields) is a small-town glazier who's always trying to get rich quick, and his schemes are driving his wife (Marcia Harris) crazy. When he invents an unbreakable glass windshield, his attempt to demonstrate it at a convention of automobile manufacturers is ruined when his car gets switched with another, and instead of bouncing off, the brick he throws at it smashes the windshield to pieces. On the train ride home, Bisbee considers suicide, but instead rescues a pretty young woman (Alice Joy) who he believe is trying to kill herself. It turns out the woman is really Princess Lescaboura, and their friendship bring social success to the Bisbees.
Mannequin (1926)
Directed by James Cruze
Origin USA
Genres Romance
Actors Alice Joyce, Dolores Costello, Warner Baxter, Zasu Pitts, Walter Pidgeon, Bess Flowers
Roles Selene Herrick
Rating70%
The Ace of Cads (1926)
, 1h26Directed by Luther Reed
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Adolphe Menjou, Alice Joyce
Roles Eleanour
Beau Geste (1926)
, 1h41Directed by Herbert Brenon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes French war films
Actors Ronald Colman, Neil Hamilton, Ralph Forbes, Mary Brian, Alice Joyce, Noah Beery Sr.
Roles Lady Patricia Brandon
Rating69%
The plot concerns a valuable gem, which one of the Geste brothers, Beau, is thought to have stolen from his adoptive family.
Dancing Mothers (1926)
, 1h5Directed by Herbert Brenon
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Alice Joyce, Conway Tearle, Clara Bow, Dorothy Cumming, Donald Keith, Leila Hyams
Rating65%
The film tells the story of a pretty mother, who was almost cheated out of life by a heartless husband and a thoughtless daughter.
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1925)
, 1hDirected by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Alice Joyce, Percy Marmont, Helena D'Algy, Ford Sterling, Holmes Herbert, Edythe Chapman
Roles Edith
Rating31%
Julian (Percy Marmont) is a poor artist who lives with wife Edith (Alice Joyce) and their newborn baby in Harlem. Struggling to make ends meet, he foregoes his artistic calling and draws for magazines.
Stella Dallas (1925)
, 1h50Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Actors Ronald Colman, Belle Bennett, Alice Joyce, Jean Hersholt, Lois Moran, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Roles Helen Morrison
Rating72%
Stella Dallas (Belle Bennett), a small town girl who is devastated by her father's death and quickly marries the upper class Stephen Dallas (Ronald Colman), with whom she has nothing in common. After the birth of a daughter, Laurel (Lois Moran), the Dallases go their separate ways.
The Little French Girl (1925)
, 1h2Directed by Herbert Brenon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Mary Brian, Maude Turner Gordon, Alice Joyce, Neil Hamilton, Julia R. Hurley, Esther Ralston
Roles Madame Vervier