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Dorothy Cumming is a Actor Australienne born on 12 april 1899 at New South Wales (Australie)

Dorothy Cumming

Dorothy Cumming
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Nationality Australie
Birth 12 april 1899 at New South Wales (Australie)
Death 10 december 1983 (at 84 years) at New York City (USA)

Dorothy G. Cumming (1894 – 1983) was an actress of the silent film era. She appeared in 39 American, English, and Australian films between 1915 and 1929, notably appearing as the Virgin Mary in Cecil B. DeMille's 1927 film The King of Kings and the jealous wife in Lillian Gish's 1928 The Wind. She also appeared in stage productions in those same countries. After her film career ended, she became a designer of wallpapers in association with her sister Rose Cumming.

Biography

Après des débuts au théâtre et au cinéma (un film australien sorti en 1915) dans son pays natal, Dorothy Cumming s'installe définitivement aux États-Unis. Son premier film américain est Snow White de J. Searle Dawley, sorti en 1916, avec Marguerite Clark et Creighton Hale.

Jusqu'en 1929 (année où elle se retire de l'écran), elle contribue en tout à trente-sept films muets, le premier australien donc, les suivants américains, sauf deux britanniques. Son unique parlant (si l'on excepte un caméo dans un autre) est le film musical Applause (1929) de Rouben Mamoulian, avec Helen Morgan.

Parmi ses films notables, mentionnons Le Réquisitoire (1922, avec Leatrice Joy et Thomas Meighan) et Le Roi des rois (1927, avec H. B. Warner personnifiant Jésus-Christ, elle-même interprétant Marie de Nazareth), réalisés par Cecil B. DeMille, ainsi que Le Vent (avec Lillian Gish et Lars Hanson) et La Femme divine (avec Greta Garbo et Lars Hanson), réalisés par Victor Sjöström et sortis en 1928.

Aux États-Unis, Dorothy Cumming joue au théâtre à Broadway (New York) dans deux pièces, d'abord en 1918-1919, puis en 1929. Elle revient à Broadway en 1939, cette fois comme dramaturge et metteur en scène (expérience unique).

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Filmography of Dorothy Cumming (26 films)

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Applause
Applause (1929)
, 1h20
Directed by Otto Brower, Rouben Mamoulian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Helen Morgan, Dorothy Cumming, Mack Gray
Roles Mother Superior
Rating70% 3.5410253.5410253.5410253.5410253.541025
The first scene has a marching band playing Theodore Mentz's "A Hot Time in the Old Town".
Kitty
Kitty (1929)
, 1h32
Directed by Victor Saville
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Estelle Brody, John Stuart, Dorothy Cumming, Marie Ault, Winter Hall, Olaf Hytten
Roles Mrs. St. George
Rating49% 2.4655052.4655052.4655052.4655052.465505
In pre-World War I London, handsome young aviator Alex St. George (Stuart) meets and falls in love with shopgirl Kitty Greenwood (Brody). He asks her to marry him, to the horror of his snobbish, class-bound mother (Dorothy Cumming), who is appalled by the notion of her son marrying into a family who run a tobacconists shop. Before the wedding can take place, war breaks out and Alex is called up to serve as a pilot.
The Divine Lady, 1h39
Directed by Frank Lloyd, Thornton Freeland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Actors Corinne Griffith, Victor Varconi, H. B. Warner, Ian Keith, Marie Dressler, William Conklin
Roles Queen Maria Carolina
Rating61% 3.0951153.0951153.0951153.0951153.095115
In the late eighteenth century, Lady Hamilton has had a somewhat turbulent relationship with the British people, especially the aristocracy. Born Emma Hart from a very humble background (she being the daughter of a cook), she was seen as being vulgar by the rich, but equally captivating for her beauty. In a move to protect his inheritance, Honorable Charles Greville, Emma's then lover and her mother's employer, sent Emma to Naples under false pretenses to live with his uncle, Sir William Hamilton, where she would study to become a lady. Surprisingly to Greville whose deception Emma would eventually discover, Emma ended up becoming Hamilton's wife in a marriage of convenience. But it is Emma's eventual relationship with Horatio Nelson of the British navy that would cause the largest issue. A move by Lady Hamilton helped Nelson's armada defeat Napoleon's fleet in naval battles, which Nelson would have ultimately lost without Lady Hamilton's help. Beyond the dangers of war, Lady Hamilton and Nelson's relationship is ultimately threatened by the court of public opinion as both are married to other people.
The Divine Woman, 1h20
Directed by Victor Sjöström
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Greta Garbo, Lars Hanson, Lowell Sherman, Polly Moran, Dorothy Cumming, John Mack Brown
Roles Mmme. Zizi Rouck, Marianne's Mother
Rating69% 3.4860053.4860053.4860053.4860053.486005
Marianne (Greta Garbo) is a poor French country girl who goes to Paris in the 1860s to seek her fortune as an actress. As she rises to success in the theatre, she must choose between the romantic attentions of two men. The first is Lucien (Lars Hanson), a poor but passionate young soldier who deserts the army to be with Marianne and goes to jail after stealing a dress to give her. Her other suitor is Henry Legrand (Lowell Sherman), a wealthy middle-aged Paris producer who offers her fame and fortune.
Our Dancing Daughters, 1h24
Directed by Harry Beaumont, Harold S. Bucquet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Joan Crawford, John Mack Brown, Nils Asther, Dorothy Sebastian, Anita Page, Kathlyn Williams
Roles Diana's Mother
Rating66% 3.3471953.3471953.3471953.3471953.347195
"Dangerous Diana" Medford (Crawford) is outwardly flamboyant and popular but inwardly virtuous and idealistic, patronizing her parents by telling them not to stay out late. Her friend Ann chases boys for their money and is as amoral as her mother.
The Wind
The Wind (1928)
, 1h35
Directed by Victor Sjöström
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Actors Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love, Dorothy Cumming, Edward Earle, William Orlamond
Roles Cora
Rating79% 3.9941753.9941753.9941753.9941753.994175
An impoverished young woman named Letty (Lillian Gish) travels west by train from Virginia to live at her cousin Beverly's isolated ranch in Sweet Water. On the way, she is bothered by the constantly blowing wind. Fellow passenger and cattle buyer Wirt Roddy (Montagu Love) makes her acquaintance and tells her the wind usually drives women crazy.
Forbidden Hours
Directed by Harry Beaumont
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ramón Novarro, Renée Adorée, Dorothy Cumming, Roy D'Arcy, Edward Connelly, Alberta Vaughn
Roles Queen Alexia

Set in the fictitious European kingdom of Balanca, Prince Michael IV is being coerced, by his advisers, to marry a young woman of royal blood. However, he has fallen for a peasant.
The King of Kings, 1h55
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, Arthur Rosson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Films about virginity
Actors H. B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence, Joseph Schildkraut, James Neill, Jacqueline Logan
Roles Mary, the Mother
Rating73% 3.687643.687643.687643.687643.68764
We see Mary Magdalene, here portrayed as a wild courtesan, entertain many men around her. Upon learning that Judas is with a carpenter she rides out on her chariot drawn by zebras to get him back. Peter is introduced as the Giant apostle, and we see the future gospel writer Mark as a child who is healed by Jesus. Mary, the mother of Jesus, is shown as a beautiful and saintly woman who is a mother to all her son's followers. Our first sight of Jesus is through the eyesight of a little girl, whom He heals. He is surrounded by a halo. Mary Magdelene arrives afterwards and talks to Judas, who reveals that he is only staying with Jesus in hopes of being made a king after Jesus becomes the king of kings. Jesus casts the Seven Deadly Sins out of Mary Magdalene in a multiple exposure sequence.
Dancing Mothers, 1h5
Directed 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% 3.2853.2853.2853.2853.285
The film tells the story of a pretty mother, who was almost cheated out of life by a heartless husband and a thoughtless daughter.