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George Groves is a Sound and Sound Recordist American born on 13 december 1901
George Robert Groves est un ingénieur du son américain d'origine britannique né le 13 décembre 1901 à St Helens (Angleterre) et mort le 4 septembre 1976 dans le quartier de North Hollywood à Los Angeles (Californie).
Il y commence sa carrière pour les laboratoires Bell, puis en 1925, il est intégré à Warner Bros. qui travaille en collaboration avec Bell au développement du son synchronisé pour le cinéma.
(1966)
(Sound Recordist)
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Birth name George Robert Groves
Nationality USA
Birth 13 december 1901
Death 4 september 1976 (at 74 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 13 december 1901
Death 4 september 1976 (at 74 years)
Biography
George Robert Groves reçoit une éducation musicale dès sa jeunesse, son père étant le fondateur de la fanfare de la ville. Grâce à une bourse, il fait ses études à l'université de Liverpool, où il se spécialise dans l'ingénierie des communications. Il commence à travailler comme ingénieur en Angleterre avant d'émigrer aux États-Unis en 1923.Il y commence sa carrière pour les laboratoires Bell, puis en 1925, il est intégré à Warner Bros. qui travaille en collaboration avec Bell au développement du son synchronisé pour le cinéma.
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Murder on the Second Floor (1932)
Directed by William C. McGann
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Actors John Longden, Amy Veness, John Turnbull
Roles Sound Technical Supervisor
Mammy (1930)
, 1h24Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Al Jolson, Lowell Sherman, Lois Moran, Noah Beery Sr., Louise Dresser, Hobart Bosworth
Roles Sound
Rating59%
The story deals with the joys and tribulations of a travelling minstrel troupe known as the Merry Meadow Minstrels. Al Jolson plays as a blackface endman while Lowell Sherman plays as the interlocutor. Hobart Bosworth plays as the owner of the show, while his daughter, played by Lois Moran, serves as Al Jolson's love interest in the picture. Sherman's character, however, is also in love with Moran's. The show is in a miserable state until Jolson entertains a sheriff and manages to convince him to invest in the show. The show becomes very successful thanks to this investment and Jolson is eventually able to visit his mother. Some time after he returns, he tells Moran that he loves her and this causes Sherman to become jealous. After a heated argument between Jolson and Sherman over Moran, a character played by Mitchell Lewis, who is upset because he was caught cheating at cards, puts real bullets in Jolson's stage gun. Since Jolson pretends to shoot Sherman in the minstrel show act, Lewis knows that this will result in Sherman's death and that Jolson will be blamed for the murder. After Sherman is shot, Jolson is arrested but manages to escape and take a freight train out of town. Eventually, Lewis confesses to the crime and Jolson is thereby proven to be innocent.
Bright Lights (1930)
, 1h13Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Dorothy Mackaill, Frank Fay, Noah Beery Sr., Frank McHugh, James Murray, Tom Dugan
Roles Sound
Rating56%
Successful actress Louanne (Dorothy Mackaill) is about to marry a rich man instead of the man she really loves, Wally Dean (Frank Fay). As the film begins, Louanne is giving her last performance as she plans to retire once she is married. A group of reporters comes to interview Louanne and while she tells them a story which she thinks is appropriate for a soon-to-be wife of a wealthy socialite, the scene flashes back to her actual past.
The Singing Fool (1928)
, 1h45Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Al Jolson, Betty Bronson, Josephine Dunn, Arthur Housman, Reed Howes, Edward Martindel
Roles Sound Engineer
Rating62%
After years of hopeful struggle, Al Stone (Jolson) is on his way. "I'm Sittin' on Top of the World", he sings to an appreciative speakeasy crowd. But, as Al discovers, getting there is one thing. Staying there is another. Singing waiter Stone gets his huge break on a magical night when his song wows a big-time producer and a gold-digging showgirl he fancies. Broadway success and marriage follow, but sure enough, hard times are on the way. Al's fickle wife abandons him, taking the beloved son he calls Sonny Boy with her. Heartbroken, Al becomes a devastated loner until friends from the speakeasy that launched his career rescue him from a life on the streets. Soon, Al is back in lights. But another crisis awaits: Sonny Boy is in the hospital and dying.
Team
, 2h11Directed by Mike Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis
Roles Sound Recordist
Rating79%
Set on the campus of a small New England college, the film focuses on the volatile relationship of associate history professor George and his hard-drinking wife Martha, the daughter of the college president. George and Martha engage in dangerous emotional games with one another. After they return home drunk from a party, Martha reveals she has invited a young married couple, whom she met at the party, for a drink. The guests arrive – Nick, a biology professor (who Martha thinks teaches math), and his wife, Honey. As the four drink, Martha and George engage in scathing verbal abuse in front of Nick and Honey. The younger couple is first embarrassed and later enmeshed. They stay.
Glorious Betsy (1928)
Directed by Alan Crosland, Gordon Hollingshead
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Dolores Costello, Conrad Nagel, John Miljan, Marc McDermott, Betty Blythe, Paul Panzer
Roles Sound Recordist
Rating58%
The film is a semi-historical narrative and depicts the real-life courtship, marriage, and forced breakup of Jérôme Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, and his wife from the American south, Elizabeth Patterson. Napoleon did not approve of the union (despite the fact that her family was one of the wealthiest in America) and the marriage was annulled. Jérôme was subsequently forced to marry Catharina of Württemberg. They had one child, depicted in the film, Jérôme Napoleon Bonaparte. In order to provide a "happy ending", Jérôme in the film leaves France to be with his wife. However, in historical fact he remained in Europe.