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Lowell Sherman is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American born on 11 october 1888 at San Francisco (USA)

Lowell Sherman

Lowell Sherman
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Birth name Lowell J. Sherman
Nationality USA
Birth 11 october 1888 at San Francisco (USA)
Death 28 december 1934 (at 46 years) at Hollywood (USA)

Lowell J. Sherman (October 11, 1885 – December 28, 1934) was an American actor and film director. At a time when it was highly unusual, he was both the actor and director on several films in the early 1930s, before completely transitioning to the role of director. At the height of his career, after scoring huge successes with his directing the films She Done Him Wrong and Morning Glory (which introduced Mae West, and won the first Academy Award for Katharine Hepburn, respectively), he succumbed to pneumonia after a brief illness.

Biography

Sherman was married three times and had no children. His first marriage was to actress Evelyn Booth, sister of playwright John Hunter Booth, whom he married on March 11, 1914. Booth filed for divorce claiming that Sherman neglected to provide for her and was cruel. She was granted a divorce on March 19, 1922. In 1926, he married actress Pauline Garon. Sherman filed for divorce on January 25, 1929 claiming that Garon had deserted him in August 1928 at the insistence of her parents. The divorce was granted in March 1929. His third and final marriage was actress Helene Costello, the younger sister of Dolores Costello. They married on March 15, 1930 in Beverly Hills. The couple separated in November 1931 and were divorced in May 1932.

Best films

She Done Him Wrong (1933)
(Director)
Morning Glory (1933)
(Director)
What Price Hollywood? (1932)
(Actor)

Usually with

Max Rée
Max Rée
(6 films)
Max Steiner
Max Steiner
(5 films)
Alan Roscoe
Alan Roscoe
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Lowell Sherman (42 films)

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Actor

The Greeks Had a Word for Them, 1h19
Directed by Lowell Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Joan Blondell, Madge Evans, Ina Claire, David Manners, Lowell Sherman, Sidney Bracey
Roles Boris Feldman
Rating60% 3.0446353.0446353.0446353.0446353.044635
Jean, Polaire, and Schatze are ex-showgirls who put their money together in order to rent a luxurious penthouse apartment. They are out to get wealthy boyfriends by dressing and acting like millionaires themselves. It is Jean who is really determined and acts ruthlessly, leaving the other girls behind. The other women are more sensitive and trustworthy. Only one woman will be able to find a rich husband. But who will it be?
What Price Hollywood?, 1h28
Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about television
Actors Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton, King Baggot, Gregory Ratoff, Wilfred Lucas
Roles Maximilian 'Max' Carey
Rating70% 3.544963.544963.544963.544963.54496
Brown Derby waitress Mary Evans (Constance Bennett) is an aspiring actress who has an opportunity to meet film director Maximillan Carey (Lowell Sherman) when she serves him one night. He is very drunk but is charmed by the young girl, and he invites her to a premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Adhering to his policy of living life with a sense of humor, he picks her up in a jalopy rather than a limousine and then gives the parking valet the car as a tip.
The Stolen Jools, 20minutes
Directed by Harold S. Bucquet, John G. Adolfi, William C. McGann, Victor Heerman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Wallace Beery, Buster Keaton, Edward G. Robinson, Jack Hill, Jack Hill, J. Farrell MacDonald
Roles Movie Director
Rating57% 2.8524052.8524052.8524052.8524052.852405
At the "Screen Stars Annual Ball", Norma Shearer has her jewels stolen. The police must find them and return them to her.
Bachelor Apartment, 1h16
Directed by Lowell Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Lowell Sherman, Irene Dunne, Ivan Lebedeff, Mae Murray, Norman Kerry, Claudia Dell
Roles Wayne Carter
Rating61% 3.0980253.0980253.0980253.0980253.098025
Wayne Carter (Lowell Sherman) is a New York playboy, who pays no attention to the marital status of his many dalliances. However, there are some women who's attention he attempts to avoid, one such being the married Agatha Carraway (Mae Murray).
The Royal Bed
Directed by Lowell Sherman, Bryan Foy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Mary Astor, Lowell Sherman, Anthony Bushell, Nance O'Neil, Hugh Trevor, Robert Warwick
Roles King Eric VIII
Rating58% 2.9014952.9014952.9014952.9014952.901495
Princess Anne (Mary Astor) plans to run away with Freddie Granton (Anthony Bushell), the commoner secretary of her father, King Eric VIII (Lowell Sherman), once her domineering mother, Queen Martha (Nance O'Neil), has left for a vacation in America. Anne is therefore aghast when the Marquis of Birten (Alan Roscoe) brings news that he has negotiated her political marriage to Prince William of Grec (Hugh Trevor), a man she has never even met. Dismissing Anne's vehement protests, the Queen is delighted, a feeling not shared by Anne's loving but ineffectual father.
Ladies of Leisure, 1h39
Directed by Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Ralph Graves, Lowell Sherman, Marie Prevost, George Fawcett, Nance O'Neil
Roles Bill Standish
Rating66% 3.3426753.3426753.3426753.3426753.342675
Aspiring artist Jerry Strong (Ralph Graves), the son of a wealthy railroad tycoon, sneaks out of a party he allowed his friend Bill Standish (Lowell Sherman) to hold at his New York penthouse apartment and studio. While out driving in the country, Jerry meets self-described "party girl" Kay Arnold (Barbara Stanwyck), who is escaping from another party aboard a yacht, and gives her a ride back to the city. He sees something in her and offers her a job as his model for a painting titled "Hope". In their first session, Jerry wipes off her makeup to try to bring out her true nature. Perpetual partier and drunkard Standish thinks Kay looks fine just the way she is and invites her on a cruise to Havana. She declines his offer.
Mammy
Mammy (1930)
, 1h24
Directed 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 Billy West
Rating59% 2.9526152.9526152.9526152.9526152.952615
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.
Midnight Mystery, 1h5
Directed by George B. Seitz
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Betty Compson, Lowell Sherman, Hugh Trevor, Raymond Hatton, Rita La Roy, Ivan Lebedeff
Roles Tom Austen
Rating67% 3.3598453.3598453.3598453.3598453.359845
Gregory Sloane is a millionaire who lives in an isolated mansion on an Hawk Island, off the coast of New England. He invites a disparate group of people to his home, who are soon cut off from the mainland when a fierce storm blows in. While confined to Sloane's manse, tensions erupt among the guests, leading to the murder of Mischa Kawelin.
He Knew Women, 1h5
Directed by Hugh Herbert, F. Hugh Herbert
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Lowell Sherman, Alice Joyce, David Manners
Roles Geoffrey Clarke
Rating49% 2.490782.490782.490782.490782.49078
Geoffrey Clarke is a poor poet, who has his eyes on the fortune of a rich widow, Alice Frayne, in order to keep him in the lifestyle he feels he deserves. Geoffrey is pursued, however, by the young and lovely, yet poor, Monica Grey. Monica, in turn, is pursued by the chemist, Austin Lowe.
Lawful Larceny, 1h7
Directed by Lowell Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Bebe Daniels, Olive Tell, Lowell Sherman, Kenneth Thomson, Dickie Moore, Purnell Pratt
Roles Guy Tarlow
Rating52% 2.6447752.6447752.6447752.6447752.644775
When Marion Corsey's husband, Andrew, is conned out of a small fortune by Vivian Hepburn, she dedicates herself to recovering the money. In order to do so, she hides her identity and insinuates herself into the social circle of Vivian, by becoming her secretary, and studies the tactics employed by the sexy con-artist. While employed by Vivian, Marion meets Guy Tarlow, Vivian's love interest. However, Guy seems to be interested Marion.
General Crack, 1h37
Directed by Alan Crosland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical, Romance
Actors John Barrymore, Philippe De Lacy, Lowell Sherman, Marian Nixon, Armida, Hobart Bosworth
Roles Leopold II
Rating76% 3.827773.827773.827773.827773.82777
The film takes place in the 18th century Austria and revolves around Prince Christian, commonly known as General Crack (John Barrymore). His father had been a respectable member of the nobility but his mother was a gypsy. General Crack, as a soldier of fortune, spent his adult life selling his services to the highest bidder. He espouses the doubtful cause of Leopold II of Austria (Lowell Sherman) after demanding the sister of the emperor in marriage as well as half of gold of the Empire. Before he has finished his work, however, he meets a gypsy dancer (Armida) and weds her. Complications arise when he takes his gypsy wife to the Austrian court and falls desperately in love with the emperor's sister (Marian Nixon). The court sequence was originally in Technicolor and proved to be Barrymore's last appearance in color.
Oh, Sailor Behave!, 1h10
Directed by Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Charles King, Lowell Sherman, Charles King, Noah Beery Sr., Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson
Roles Prince Kosloff
Rating52% 2.603932.603932.603932.603932.60393
An American newspaper reporter named Charlie Carroll (Charles King) is sent to Venice to interview a Romanian general, who is played by Noah Beery. While in Venice Charlie falls for a young heiress named Nanette Dodge (Irene Delroy). When Charlie is unable to get an interview with the Romanian general, a local siren named Kunegundi (Vivien Oakland), who is the general's favorite helps him. Meanwhile, Nanette learns that her sister is being blackmailed by Prince Kasloff of Russia (Lowell Sherman), to whom she wrote some incriminating letters. Nanette attempts to vamp the Prince in order to obtain the love letters. The Prince, however, tricks her and demands that Nanette marry him if she wants to save her sister. After being repeatedly rebuked by Nanette, the prince hires the Romanian general (Noah Beery) to kidnap her and force her into marriage. Charlie, thinking she has eloped, consoles himself with Kunegundi (Vivien Oakland) and almost marries her until he realizes the truth about Nanette and that she has been kidnapped by the Prince. Charlie sets out to rescue her and when the Prince shows up disguised as the general he shoots Prince Kasloff. Charlie and Nanette are happily reunited.
The Pay-Off, 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 Gene Fenmore
Rating56% 2.8090952.8090952.8090952.8090952.809095
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.