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Emmett King is a Actor American born on 30 may 1865
Emmett King, also known as Emmett C. King, was an American actor of the stage and screen. Born on May 31, 1865, in Griffin, Georgia, he began his acting career on stage. His first Broadway appearance was in 1899, in the farce, The Father of His Country, which he wrote and starred in. He would appear in several more Broadway productions over the next 15 years, including Mary Jane's Pa in 1908–09, and the 1911 production of Ben-Hur.
His screen career was mostly as a character actor, and spanned both the silent and sound film eras. He began his film career with a featured role in the 1917 silent film, Mary Jane's Pa, reprising the role he had played on Broadway almost a decade earlier. Other notable films in which he appeared include: the 1921 silent version of Little Lord Fauntleroy, starring Mary Pickford; 1922's The Beautiful and Damned, starring Marie Prevost and Kenneth Harlan; The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), starring Ronald Colman; James Whale's version of The Man in the Iron Mask in 1939, starring Louis Hayward and Joan Bennett; and Cecil B. DeMille's 1942 swashbuckler, Reap the Wild Wind, starring Ray Milland, John Wayne, and Paulette Goddard. His final screen performance was in a small role as a Senator in the 1944 biopic, Wilson, with an all-star cast headed by Charles Coburn, Alexander Knox, and Geraldine Fitzgerald.
King died on April 21, 1953, at the age 87, in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles, California.
Au cinéma, il contribue à quatre-vingt-sept films américains, le premier sorti en 1914. De sa période muette, où il est le plus actif, mentionnons Kismet de Louis J. Gasnier (1920, avec Otis Garrett et Rosemary Theby), Le Petit Lord Fauntleroy d'Alfred E. Green et Jack Pickford (1921, avec Mary Pickford et Claude Gillingwater) et Le Cargo infernal de Victor Fleming (1925, avec Wallace Beery et Pauline Starke).
Après le passage au parlant, il apparaît encore comme second rôle de caractère (ou dans des petits rôles non crédités), entre autres dans Le Rêve immolé de Richard Wallace (1928, avec Nancy Carroll et Gary Cooper), Le Prisonnier de Zenda de John Cromwell (1937, avec Ronald Colman et Madeleine Carroll) et L'Homme au masque de fer de James Whale (1939, avec Louis Hayward et Joan Bennett).
Son dernier film est Le Président Wilson d'Henry King (avec Alexander Knox et Charles Coburn), sorti en 1944, après lequel il se retire.
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Emmett King, also known as Emmett C. King, was an American actor of the stage and screen. Born on May 31, 1865, in Griffin, Georgia, he began his acting career on stage. His first Broadway appearance was in 1899, in the farce, The Father of His Country, which he wrote and starred in. He would appear in several more Broadway productions over the next 15 years, including Mary Jane's Pa in 1908–09, and the 1911 production of Ben-Hur.
His screen career was mostly as a character actor, and spanned both the silent and sound film eras. He began his film career with a featured role in the 1917 silent film, Mary Jane's Pa, reprising the role he had played on Broadway almost a decade earlier. Other notable films in which he appeared include: the 1921 silent version of Little Lord Fauntleroy, starring Mary Pickford; 1922's The Beautiful and Damned, starring Marie Prevost and Kenneth Harlan; The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), starring Ronald Colman; James Whale's version of The Man in the Iron Mask in 1939, starring Louis Hayward and Joan Bennett; and Cecil B. DeMille's 1942 swashbuckler, Reap the Wild Wind, starring Ray Milland, John Wayne, and Paulette Goddard. His final screen performance was in a small role as a Senator in the 1944 biopic, Wilson, with an all-star cast headed by Charles Coburn, Alexander Knox, and Geraldine Fitzgerald.
King died on April 21, 1953, at the age 87, in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles, California.
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Emmett King entame sa carrière d'acteur au théâtre et joue notamment à Broadway (New York) dans cinq pièces, la première en 1899 (The Father of His Country, dont il est en outre l'auteur), la cinquième en 1913 ; la quatrième, représentée en 1911-1912, est une adaptation du roman de Lew Wallace Ben-Hur (avec Franklin Pangborn).Au cinéma, il contribue à quatre-vingt-sept films américains, le premier sorti en 1914. De sa période muette, où il est le plus actif, mentionnons Kismet de Louis J. Gasnier (1920, avec Otis Garrett et Rosemary Theby), Le Petit Lord Fauntleroy d'Alfred E. Green et Jack Pickford (1921, avec Mary Pickford et Claude Gillingwater) et Le Cargo infernal de Victor Fleming (1925, avec Wallace Beery et Pauline Starke).
Après le passage au parlant, il apparaît encore comme second rôle de caractère (ou dans des petits rôles non crédités), entre autres dans Le Rêve immolé de Richard Wallace (1928, avec Nancy Carroll et Gary Cooper), Le Prisonnier de Zenda de John Cromwell (1937, avec Ronald Colman et Madeleine Carroll) et L'Homme au masque de fer de James Whale (1939, avec Louis Hayward et Joan Bennett).
Son dernier film est Le Président Wilson d'Henry King (avec Alexander Knox et Charles Coburn), sorti en 1944, après lequel il se retire.
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Wilson (1944)
, 2h34Directed by Otto Brower, Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films, Children's films
Actors Charles Coburn, Alexander Knox, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell, Cedric Hardwicke, Ruth Nelson
Roles Un sénateur
Rating63%
The story begins in 1909, a time when Wilson (Alexander Knox) is best known as the head of Princeton University and the author of several books on the democratic process. Urged into running for Governor of New Jersey by the local political machine, Wilson soon proves that he is his own man, beholden to no one-and that he is dedicated to the truth at any cost.
Mission to Moscow (1943)
, 2h4Directed by Michael Curtiz, Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Walter Huston, Ann Harding, Oskar Homolka, George Tobias, Gene Lockhart, Eleanor Parker
Roles British Delegate (uncredited)
Rating54%
The film chronicles ambassador Davies' impressions of the Soviet Union, his meetings with Stalin, and his overall opinion of the Soviet Union and its ties with the United States. It is made in faux-documentary style, beginning with Davies meeting with president Franklin D. Roosevelt to discuss his new appointment as United States ambassador to the Soviet Union. It continues to show the Davies' family's trip by boat to Moscow, with stops in Europe.
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
, 2h3Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, Arthur Rosson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Ray Milland, John Wayne, Paulette Goddard, Robert Preston, Susan Hayward, Charles Bickford
Roles Un vieux gentilhomme au bal
Rating65%
Au milieu du XIX siècle, seuls les grands voiliers ont la possibilité, avant l'arrivée du chemin de fer, d'assurer la liaison entre le Nord-Est des États-Unis et la vallée du Mississippi. Mais il faut tenir compte des récifs de Floride, où s'échouent les navires. Pilleurs d'épaves et sauveteurs s'affrontent...
Gone with the Wind (1940)
, 4h3Directed by George Cukor, Victor Fleming, Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, Rape and revenge films, Political films, Auto-justice
Actors Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Hattie McDaniel, Butterfly McQueen
Roles Party Guest (uncredited)
Rating81%
Part 1 On the eve of the American Civil War in 1861, Scarlett O'Hara lives at Tara, her family's cotton plantation in Georgia, with her parents and two sisters. Scarlett learns that Ashley Wilkes—whom she secretly loves—is to be married to his cousin, Melanie Hamilton, and the engagement is to be announced the next day at a barbecue at Ashley's home, the nearby plantation Twelve Oaks.
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
, 1h47Directed by James Whale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about families, Politique, Political films, Histoire de France, Films about royalty
Actors Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, Warren William, Joseph Schildkraut, Albert Dekker, Alan Hale
Roles King's Chamberlain
Rating69%
The 1939 adaptation alters history significantly by making Fouquet (Joseph Schildkraut) a thoroughly evil, scheming mastermind. He, Colbert (Walter Kingsford), d'Artagnan (Warren William) and the musketeers are the only ones who know of the existence of a twin brother, and Fouquet uses his influence to keep everyone silent. The main story was changed by portraying Louis XIV as selfish, cruel, and incompetent, and Philippe the kind-hearted brother who is raised by d'Artagnan and the musketeers and does not even know that he has an identical twin.
The Rage of Paris (1938)
, 1h18Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Danielle Darrieux, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Mischa Auer, Louis Hayward, Helen Broderick, Charles Coleman
Roles Captain McMasters (uncredited)
Rating68%
Nicole de Cortillon, jeune Française arrivée depuis peu à New York, cherche un emploi de modèle. Par erreur, elle se retrouve dans le bureau d'un homme d'affaires, Jim Trevor, le prenant pour un photographe professionnel. À la suite d'un malentendu, elle commence à se déshabiller pour poser. Trevor, un premier temps amusé, la flanque ensuite dehors, la prenant pour une spécialiste du chantage qui essaye de le compromettre.
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
, 1h41Directed by John Cromwell, W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Adventure, Romance
Themes Monde imaginaire, Politique, L'usurpation d'identité, Political films, Escroquerie, Films about royalty
Actors Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Massey, Mary Astor
Roles Le grand chambellan de la cour
Rating75%
English gentleman Rudolf Rassendyll (Ronald Colman) takes a fishing vacation in a small middle European country (unnamed in the film; Ruritania in the novel). While there, he is puzzled by the odd reactions of the natives to him. Rassendyll discovers why when he meets Colonel Zapt (C. Aubrey Smith) and Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim (David Niven). Zapt introduces him to the soon-to-be-crowned king, Rudolf V (Colman again), who turns out to be not only his distant relative, but also in facial features close enough to be his double. Rudolf is astounded and takes a great liking to the Englishman.
Shanghai (1935)
, 1h15Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Loretta Young, Charles Boyer, Warner Oland, Alison Skipworth, Fred Keating, Charley Grapewin
Roles Distinguished Partygoer
Rating60%
Dmitri Koslov (Charles Boyer), eurasien prêt-à-tout pour réussir, s'éprend de Barbara Howard (Loretta Young).
Clive of India (1935)
, 1h35Directed by Richard Boleslawski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Colin Clive, Francis Lister, C. Aubrey Smith, Cesar Romero
Roles un marchand
Rating61%
En Inde, au XVIII siècle, Robert Clive, las de travailler comme employé pour l'East India Company, décide de rejoindre les rangs de l'armée britannique. Il va y faire merveille.
Diamond Jim (1935)
, 1h28Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Actors Edward Arnold, Jean Arthur, Cesar Romero, Binnie Barnes, Eric Blore, Albert Conti
Roles Stockbroker
Rating67%
Diamond Jim Brady (Edward Arnold) is born to an Irish saloonkeeper and his wife in 1856, but is soon orphaned. At the age of thirty, working as baggage master at the Spuyten Duyvil train station, he rents a suit and a diamond from a pawn shop, and gets a job as a salesman; soon, he is the top salesman on the staff.
The President Vanishes (1934)
, 1h20Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Political films
Actors Edward Arnold, Arthur Byron, Paul Kelly, Andy Devine, Charley Grapewin, Rosalind Russell
Roles Legislator
Rating61%
The film follows the story of The President Vanishes.
The World Moves On (1934)
, 1h44Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Madeleine Carroll, Franchot Tone, Reginald Denny, Sig Ruman, Louise Dresser, Raul Roulien
Roles joueur de cartes
Rating59%
The story opens 185 years ago when two families, cotton merchants in England and America, with branches in France and Prussia swear to stand by each other in a belief that a great business firmly established in four countries will be able to withstand even such another calamity as the Napoleonic Wars from which Europe is slowly recovering. Then many years later, along comes World War I and the years that follow, to test the businesses.
Female (1933)
, 1hDirected by William Dieterle, Michael Curtiz, William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, Lois Wilson, John Mack Brown, Humphrey Bogart, Ruth Donnelly
Roles Board Member (Uncredited)
Rating66%
Alison Drake (Ruth Chatterton) is the wealthy owner and hard-driving, no-nonsense head of a large automobile company, inherited from her father. Her work has caused her to lose her youthful romanticism, and she has casual affairs with men, including her own employees.
Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
, 1h26Directed by Gregory La Cava
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Walter Huston, Karen Morley, Franchot Tone, Arthur Byron, Samuel S. Hinds, Claire Du Brey
Roles Un politicien
Rating63%
When the film opens, U.S. President Judson C. 'Judd' Hammond (Huston) (possibly a reference to Judson Harmon) is variously described as "a Hoover-like partisan hack" or "basically a do-nothing crook, based on, to some extent, Warren G. Harding." Then he suffers a near-fatal automobile accident and goes into a coma. Through what Portland State University instructor Dennis Grunes calls "possible divine intervention," Hammond (an "FDR lookalike") miraculously recovers, emerging "a changed man, an activist politician, a Roosevelt."
Westward Passage (1932)
, 1h13Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Laurence Olivier, Ann Harding, Zasu Pitts, Irving Pichel, Juliette Compton, Irene Purcell
Roles Mr. Henry P. Ottendorf
Rating54%
Nick, un écrivain ayant du mal à percer, se marie avec Olivia. Mais peu après ils commencent à avoir du mal à ne pas se quereller, et les raisons de le faire vont être encore plus nombreuses après la naissance de leur fille. Ils finissent pas divorcer.