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George F. Marion is a Actor and Director American born on 16 july 1860 at San Francisco (USA)

George F. Marion

George F. Marion
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Nationality USA
Birth 16 july 1860 at San Francisco (USA)
Death 30 november 1945 (at 85 years) at Carmel-by-the-Sea (USA)

George F. Marion Sr. ((1860-07-16)July 16, 1860 – November 30, 1945(1945-11-30)) was an American stage actor and director, a film actor and director of two silent films. George F. Marion, who was born in San Francisco, California was father of writer George Marion Jr. and he died of a heart attack at the age of 85 years in Carmel, California, USA. Marion acted in 35 films between years 1915 and 1935. He is best remembered for playing the father Chris Christopherson to the Broadway production of Anna Christie of Pauline Lord (1921 Broadway) and the two film versions of Anna Christie of Blanche Sweet (1923 silent) and Greta Garbo (1930 talkie). His son George Marion, Jr. was a famous Hollywood screenwriter.

Biography

Très actif au théâtre, George F. Marion est notamment acteur et metteur en scène à Broadway entre 1899 et 1930, dans des pièces, comédies musicales et opérettes. Mentionnons les opérettes The Merry Widow de Franz Lehár (metteur en scène, 1907-1908) et Modest Suzanne de Jean Gilbert (metteur en scène, 1912), ainsi que les pièces Anna Christie d'Eugene O'Neill (acteur, 1921-1922) et L'Aiglon d'Edmond Rostand (acteur, 1927-1928).

Au cinéma, il joue dans trente-huit films américains, le premier étant un film muet sorti en 1915. Le dernier est Le Roman d'un chanteur de Richard Boleslawski (avec Lawrence Tibbett et Virginia Bruce), sorti en 1935.

Notons qu'il reprend son rôle de Chris Christopherson créé à Broadway dans la pièce précitée Anna Christie, lors de l'adaptation muette de 1923 (réalisation de John Griffith Wray et Thomas H. Ince, avec Blanche Sweet dans le rôle-titre), puis de l'adaptation parlante de 1930 (réalisation de Clarence Brown, avec Greta Garbo dans le rôle-titre).

Citons également Le Corsaire aux jambes molles de Maurice Tourneur (1925, avec Leon Errol et Dorothy Gish), Big House de George W. Hill (1930, avec Chester Morris et Wallace Beery), et La Pécheresse de Harry Beaumont (1931, avec Joan Crawford et Clark Gable).

En outre, George F. Marion est le réalisateur de deux films muets sortis en 1916, Madame X (première adaptation à l'écran de la pièce éponyme d'Alexandre Bisson, avec John Bowers et Ralph Morgan) et Robinson Crusoé.

Il est le père du scénariste George Marion Jr. (1899-1968) qui contribue entre autres au film précité Le Roman d'un chanteur.

Best films

Anna Christie
Anna Christie
(1930)
(Actor)

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Filmography of George F. Marion (26 films)

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Death from a Distance
Death from a Distance (1935)
, 1h8
Directed by Frank R. Strayer
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Russell Hopton, Lola Lane, George F. Marion, Rosemary Lane, Lee Kohlmar, John St. Polis
Roles Jim Gray
Rating52% 2.62412.62412.62412.62412.6241
This script must be run from the command line
Metropolitan
Metropolitan (1935)
, 1h14
Directed by Richard Boleslawski, Whit Stillman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Virginia Bruce, Chris Eigeman, Alice Brady, Carolyn Farina, Cesar Romero, Thurston Hall
Roles Perontelli
Rating66% 3.327363.327363.327363.327363.32736
Le film dépeint la vie des jeunes de la haute société newyorkaise dans les quartiers de Manhattan et Long Island.
The Fighting Westerner
The Fighting Westerner (1935)
, 1h3
Directed by Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Mrs Leslie Carter, Ann Sheridan, Charles "Chic" Sale, Kathleen Burke, George F. Marion
Roles Jim Ballard
Rating58% 2.9012752.9012752.9012752.9012752.901275
Mining engineer Larry Sutton (Randolph Scott) arrives at the Ballard radium mine to take over as chief engineer from his missing brother-in-law Jack Parson, who is a suspect in the murder of ranch caretaker Adolph Borg. Sutton teams up with deputy sheriff Tex Murdock (Chic Sale) who is investigating the murder. Staying at the ranch with the ailing owner, Jim Ballard (George F. Marion), are his niece Flora (Kathleen Burke) and nephew Fritz (Howard Wilson) who've been notified of their uncle's failing health now wait to inherit his legacy. Also staying at the ranch is a mysterious Chinaman Ling Yat (Willie Fung), the housekeeper Mrs. Borg (Leslie Carter), her son John (James Eagles), and the beautiful and spirited Rita Ballard (Ann Sheridan), another niece, who quickly earns Sutton's trust and romantic interest.
Laughing Sinners
Laughing Sinners (1931)
, 1h12
Directed by Harry Beaumont
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Joan Crawford, Neil Hamilton, Clark Gable, Marjorie Rambeau, Guy Kibbee, Cliff Edwards
Roles Humpty
Rating56% 2.803782.803782.803782.803782.80378
Ivy Stevens (Joan Crawford) is a cafe entertainer in love with a shifty salesman (Neil Hamilton) who deserts her. In attempting to commit suicide, she is saved by Carl (Clark Gable), a Salvation Army officer. Encouraged by Carl, Ivy joins the Salvation Army. When her old flame re-enters her life, Ivy finds she is still attracted and begins another affair with him. Carl steps in and urges Ivy to resume her life with the Salvation Army. Ivy realizes that if she continues the affair, her life will only spiral downward. She drops the affair and resumes her commitment to the Salvation Army.
Safe in Hell
Safe in Hell (1931)
, 1h13
Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays
Actors Dorothy Mackaill, Donald Cook, Ralf Harolde, Morgan Wallace, Ivan F. Simpson, John Wray
Roles Jack
Rating68% 3.444983.444983.444983.444983.44498
Gilda Karlson (Dorothy Mackaill) is a New Orleans prostitute. She is accused of murdering Piet Van Saal (Ralf Harolde), the man responsible for ending her life as a secretary and leading her into prostitution. Her old boyfriend, sailor Carl Erickson (Donald Cook), smuggles her to safety on Tortuga, an island in the Caribbean from which she cannot be extradited. On the island, Gilda and Carl get "married" without a clergyman to officiate, and she swears to be faithful to him. After Carl leaves on his ship, Gilda finds herself to be the only white woman in a hotel full of international criminals, all of whom try to seduce her. Especially persistent is Bruno (Morgan Wallace), the island's executioner, who steals the money that Carl sends her, with the hope that she will think that Carl has abandoned her.
Anna Christie
Anna Christie (1930)
, 1h29
Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays
Actors Greta Garbo, Charles Bickford, George F. Marion, Marie Dressler, Lee Phelps, Jack Baxley
Roles Chris Christofferson
Rating65% 3.2963.2963.2963.2963.296
Chris Christofferson (George F. Marion), the alcoholic skipper of a coal barge in New York, receives a letter from his estranged twenty-year-old daughter Anna "Christie" Christofferson (Greta Garbo), telling him that she'll be leaving Minnesota to stay with him. Chris left Anna to be raised by relatives on a St. Paul farm 15 years before, and hasn't seen her since.
The Big House
The Big House (1930)
, 1h27
Directed by George William Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Robert Montgomery, Wallace Beery, Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, Leila Hyams, George F. Marion
Roles Pop
Rating70% 3.5436353.5436353.5436353.5436353.543635
Kent (Robert Montgomery), a young law-abiding man kills someone while driving drunk, is sentenced to ten years for manslaughter. In an overcrowded prison designed for 1800 and actually holding 3000, he is placed in a cell with Butch (Wallace Beery) and Morgan (Chester Morris), the two leaders of the inmates. Butch is alternately menacing and friendly, while Morgan tries to help out the frightened, inexperienced youngster, but Kent rebuffs his overtures.
The Bishop Murder Case
The Bishop Murder Case (1930)
, 1h28
Directed by David Burton, Nick Grinde
Origin USA
Actors Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young, Alec B. Francis, George F. Marion, Bodil Rosing
Roles Adolph Drukker
Rating59% 2.9971852.9971852.9971852.9971852.997185
"The Bishop" plots his killings in the systematic manner of a chess game, and tips off each of his crimes by sending the police cryptic messages in the form of Mother Goose rhymes.
Hook, Line and Sinker
Hook, Line and Sinker (1930)
, 1h12
Directed by Edward F. Cline, Fred Fleck
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Robert Woolsey, Bert Wheeler, William B. Davidson, Stanley Fields, Ralf Harolde, Hugh Herbert
Roles Ritz de la Rivera Bellboy
Rating59% 2.950672.950672.950672.950672.95067
Two fast-talking insurance salesmen — Wilbur Boswell and J. Addington Ganzy — help penniless socialite Mary Marsh to turn a dilapidated hotel, which was willed to her, into a thriving success. They soon run into trouble, however, in the form of two sets of rival gangsters who want to break into the hotel safe; also, Mary's mother, Rebecca Marsh, wants her to marry wealthy lawyer John Blackwell, although Mary has fallen in love with Wilbur. And while she takes an instant dislike to Wilbur, Rebecca falls for Ganzy. Adding to the complications is the fact that Blackwell is actually in league with the gangsters. The finale involves nighttime runarounds and a shoot-out in the hotel. During the pitched battle between the rival gangs and the police, Boswell and Ganzy save the jewels, after which Ganzy marries Rebecca, and then gives away Mary at her marriage to Wilbur.
Man to Man
Man to Man (1930)
, 1h8
Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Phillips Holmes, Grant Mitchell, Otis Harlan, Dwight Frye, Russell Simpson, George F. Marion
Roles Jim McCord
Rating60% 3.001223.001223.001223.001223.00122
Phillips Holmes plays as the son of a barber, played by Grant Mitchell, who killed a man who had murdered his brother. Holmes, who is ashamed at being the son of a murderer, is working at a bank when his father is paroled. Although Mitchell is eager to establish a relationship with his son, Holmes wants nothing to do with his father. Feeling that people are judging him because of his father, Holmes decides to leave town and take his girl friend, played by Lucille Powers, with him. There is only one problem, Holmes needs to make some money quickly in order to marry Powers. Dwight Frye, who works at the same bank as Holmes, is also in love with Powers and figures out a way to prevent Holmes from taking her. Frye steals two thousand dollars from Holmes' drawer so that he will be accused of stealing money. When Holmes realizes that two thousand dollars is missing from his drawer he assumes his father has stolen the money as he visited him at the bank earlier in the day. This leads Holmes to confess to stealing the money to prevent his dad from going to prison. At the same time, his father confesses to stealing the money to prevent Holmes from going to prison. Powers, who suspects that Fyre has stolen the money, tricks him into confessing his crime and father and son are happily reunited.
The Pay-Off
The Pay-Off (1930)
, 1h5
Directed by Lowell Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Lowell Sherman, Marian Nixon, Hugh Trevor, William Janney, George F. Marion, Walter McGrail
Roles Mouse
Rating56% 2.806332.806332.806332.806332.80633
Gene Fenmore is a suave gentleman, safely ensconced in the upper crust of society. Unbeknownst to his society acquaintances, he is also the leader of the largest mob in the city. But it is a mob with scruples, thanks to Fenmore, and they only prey on dishonest businessmen, and never shoot or kill anyone. However, there is a power struggle developing between Fenmore and his number two man, Rocky, who disagrees with the moral constraints put on the gang by Fenmore. The tension between the two men is exacerbated by the fact Rocky has taken Fenmore's girlfriend, Dot away from him.
The Isle of Lost Ships
The Isle of Lost Ships (1929)

Directed by Irvin Willat
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Jason Robards Sr., Virginia Valli, Noah Beery Sr., Clarissa Selwynne, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Harry Cording
Roles Old Sea Captain (uncredited)

Voir le synopsis du film éponyme de Maurice Tourneur précité.