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Eve Southern is a Actor American born on 21 august 1898 at Ranger (USA)

Eve Southern

Eve Southern
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Birth name Elva L. McDowell
Nationality USA
Birth 21 august 1898 at Ranger (USA)
Death 29 november 1972 (at 74 years) at Santa Monica (USA)

Eve Southern (October 24, 1898 – November 28, 1972) born Elva L. McDowell, was an American film actress. She appeared in 38 films between 1916 and 1936. She was chosen as one of Rolf Armstrong's sixteen screen beauties in 1930.

Biography

Eve Southern (pseudonyme) débute au cinéma en tenant un petit rôle non crédité dans Intolérance de D. W. Griffith (avec Lillian Gish et Mae Marsh), sorti en 1916. Suivent vingt-huit autres films muets américains (y compris quelques courts métrages), dont A Woman of the Sea de Josef von Sternberg (1926, avec Edna Purviance, réputé perdu) et Le Gaucho de F. Richard Jones (1927, avec Douglas Fairbanks et Lupe Vélez).

Puis elle contribue à neuf films parlants (les deux premiers sortis en 1929), dont Cœurs brûlés de Josef von Sternberg (1930, avec Gary Cooper et Marlène Dietrich) et le western L'Attaque de la caravane d'Otto Brower et David Burton (1931, avec Gary Cooper et Lily Damita).

Son dernier film est Sa majesté est de sortie de Josef von Sternberg (avec Grace Moore et Franchot Tone), sorti en 1936, après lequel elle se retire, en raison des séquelles laissées par un accident de voiture.

Best films

Morocco (1930)
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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Eve Southern (24 films)

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Actress

The King Steps Out, 1h25
Directed by Josef von Sternberg
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Grace Moore, Gwen Verdon, Franchot Tone, Walter Connolly, Raymond Walburn, Elisabeth Risdon
Roles Gypsy Fortune Teller (uncredited)
Rating61% 3.092693.092693.092693.092693.09269
Une jeune femme sauve sa sœur d'un mariage avec un empereur pour lequel elle n'éprouve aucun sentiment.
The Ghost Walks, 1h9
Directed by Frank R. Strayer, William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Horror, Crime
Actors John Miljan, June Collyer, James Dunn, Richard Carle, Henry Kolker, J. Farrell MacDonald
Roles Beatrice
Rating56% 2.8026852.8026852.8026852.8026852.802685
On a stormy night, a theatrical producer, his secretary, and playwright Prescott Ames are stranded when their car skids off the road and gets stuck. The three take refuge in the nearby home of Dr. Kent, a friend of Ames. One of Kent's patients, who is staying at the house, is acting strangely, and the others in the house tell the newcomers that she is behaving this way because it is the anniversary of her husband's murder. At dinner, the group begins exchanging accusations about the murder, when suddenly the lights go out, and soon afterwards comes the first in a series of mysterious and fearful events.
Fighting Caravans, 1h32
Directed by Otto Brower, David Burton
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, Ernest Torrence, Tully Marshall, Fred Kohler, Eugene Pallette
Roles Faith
Rating57% 2.8529652.8529652.8529652.8529652.852965
Clint Belmet (Gary Cooper) is a bit of a firebrand and is sentenced to at least 30 days in jail, but his partners, Bill Jackson (Ernest Torrence) and Jim Bridger (Tully Marshall) talk a sympathetic Frenchwoman named Felice (Lili Damita) into telling the bumbling, drunken marshal that Clint had married her the previous night. Clint is released so he can accompany Felice on the wagon train heading west to California.
Morocco
Morocco (1930)
, 1h32
Directed by Henry Hathaway, Josef von Sternberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, Adolphe Menjou, Ullrich Haupt, Francis McDonald, Juliette Compton
Roles Madame Caesar
Rating69% 3.4938453.4938453.4938453.4938453.493845
The late 1920s. Wealthy La Bessière (Adolphe Menjou) tries to strike up an acquaintance with disillusioned nightclub singer Amy Jolly (Marlene Dietrich) on a ship bound for the French protectorate in Morocco. Though polite, she later tears up and tosses away his calling card. They meet again at the nightclub where she is the headliner.
Lilies of the Field, 1h
Directed by Alexander Korda
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Corinne Griffith, Ralph Forbes, John Loder, Eve Southern, Tyler Brooke, Freeman Wood
Roles Pink
Rating53% 2.65032.65032.65032.65032.6503
Walter Hawker (Loder), who is married to Mildred Harker (Griffith), falls in love with another women and wants to separate from his wife without losing custody of his daughter. He frames his wife and files for divorce, and Griffith ends up losing her daughter.
With Love and Hisses, 21minutes
Directed by Fred Guiol
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Buddy films
Actors James Finlayson, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, Janet Gaynor, Chet Brandenburg
Roles Captain Bustle's 2nd girlfriend
Rating61% 3.0977053.0977053.0977053.0977053.097705
Slow-witted army private Cuthbert Hope (Laurel) manages to makes life miserable for his gruff Top Sergeant Banner (Hardy). Banner must also report back to firm Captain Bustle (Jimmy Finlayson).
The Gaucho
The Gaucho (1927)
, 1h55
Directed by F. Richard Jones
Origin USA
Genres Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure
Actors Lupe Vélez, Douglas Fairbanks, Joan Barclay, Eve Southern, Michael Vavitch, Gustav von Seyffertitz
Roles The Girl of the Shrine
Rating69% 3.476813.476813.476813.476813.47681
Dans les Andes argentines, l'intervention de la Sainte Vierge permet à une jeune fille tombée d'une falaise d'échapper à la mort. À l'endroit même de l'apparition est érigé un sanctuaire, autour duquel se construit la ville du miracle. Devenue adulte, la miraculée continue à veiller sur le site, mais dans le même temps, un nommé Ruiz tente de faire main basse sur la ville et ses richesses. Mais ses plans sont contrecarrés par l'arrivée d'un aventurier surnommé Le Gaucho, qui s'amourache d'une jeune femme connue comme La fille de la montagne ...
Resurrection, 1h40
Directed by Edwin Carewe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Dolores del Río, Rod La Rocque, Lucy Beaumont, Marc McDermott, Vera Lewis, Lupe Vélez
Roles Princess Sonia Korchagin
Rating61% 3.0769553.0769553.0769553.0769553.076955
Katyusha, a country girl, is seduced and abandoned by Prince Dimitry. Dimitry finds himself, years later, on a jury trying the same Katyusha for a crime he now realizes his actions drove her to. He follows her to imprisonment in Siberia, intent on redeeming her and himself as well.
A Woman of the Sea, 1h15
Directed by Josef von Sternberg
Origin USA
Actors Edna Purviance, Raymond Bloomer, Charles K. French, Eve Southern, Gayne Whitman
Roles Magdalen
Rating67% 3.387373.387373.387373.387373.38737
Joan et Magdalen sont les filles d'un pêcheur. Magdalen quitte son fiancé, Peter, pour s'enfuir à New York. Joan épouse alors Peter. Magdalen revient des années plus tard pour détruire leur mariage, mais Joan et Peter restent unis jusqu'au bout.
Morals for Men
Directed by Bernard H. Hyman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Conway Tearle, Agnes Ayres, Otto Matieson, John Miljan, Eve Southern
Roles Mme Strickland

Joe Strickland, un ingénieur, vit avec Bessie Hayes, une contrebandière. Bessie croit que Joe essaie de voler leurs économies et ils décident de se séparer. Elle ouvre un établissement de manucure et épouse le riche Harvey Larkin. Peu après leur mariage, Harvey commence à négliger Bessie.
Souls for Sale, 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 Miss Velma Slade
Rating69% 3.4881653.4881653.4881653.4881653.488165
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.