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Mahlon Hamilton is a Actor American born on 15 june 1880 at Baltimore (USA)
Mahlon Preston Hamilton Jr. (June 15, 1880 – June 20, 1960) was an American stage and screen actor. He was the son of a bartender born in Baltimore, Maryland the eldest of three daughters and a son raised by his parents. Census records indicate his mother died sometime around 1899 Hamilton served with the Maryland National Guard and attended the Maryland Agricultural College (today the University of Maryland, College Park) before turning to acting.
Over the latter part of the first decade or so of the new century Hamilton appeared in such plays as The Great Question, Israel, When Claudia Smiles The Chaperon and Overnight. Hamilton began his film career during the silent era appearing in at least 92 films between 1914 and 1950. Mahlon Preston Hamilton died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California from cancer. and was interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.
Au cinéma, il contribue à quatre-vingt-dix huit films américains, dont près de soixante muets, le premier sorti en 1914. Mentionnons La Flamme éternelle de Maurice Tourneur (1917, avec Olga Petrova), Papa longues jambes de Marshall Neilan (1919, avec Mary Pickford), Peg de mon cœur de King Vidor (1922, avec Laurette Taylor et Russell Simpson), ou encore Le Droit d'aimer de John S. Robertson (son dernier film muet, 1929, avec Greta Garbo et Nils Asther).
Après le passage au parlant, Mahlon Hamilton apparaît le plus souvent dans des petits rôles non crédités (parfois comme second rôle de caractère), entre autres dans Anna Karénine de Clarence Brown (1935, avec Greta Garbo et Fredric March), Les Poupées du diable de Tod Browning (1936, avec Lionel Barrymore et Maureen O'Sullivan), et L'Île enchantée de Jack Conway (1947, avec Van Johnson et June Allyson). Il se retire après un ultime film sorti en 1950.
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Birth name Mahlon Preston Hamilton Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 15 june 1880 at Baltimore (USA)
Death 20 june 1960 (at 80 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 15 june 1880 at Baltimore (USA)
Death 20 june 1960 (at 80 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
Over the latter part of the first decade or so of the new century Hamilton appeared in such plays as The Great Question, Israel, When Claudia Smiles The Chaperon and Overnight. Hamilton began his film career during the silent era appearing in at least 92 films between 1914 and 1950. Mahlon Preston Hamilton died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California from cancer. and was interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Mahlon Hamilton débute au théâtre et joue notamment à Broadway (New York) dans quatre pièces, entre 1908 et 1914. La troisième en 1909 est Israël d'Henri Bernstein, aux côtés de Constance Collier.Au cinéma, il contribue à quatre-vingt-dix huit films américains, dont près de soixante muets, le premier sorti en 1914. Mentionnons La Flamme éternelle de Maurice Tourneur (1917, avec Olga Petrova), Papa longues jambes de Marshall Neilan (1919, avec Mary Pickford), Peg de mon cœur de King Vidor (1922, avec Laurette Taylor et Russell Simpson), ou encore Le Droit d'aimer de John S. Robertson (son dernier film muet, 1929, avec Greta Garbo et Nils Asther).
Après le passage au parlant, Mahlon Hamilton apparaît le plus souvent dans des petits rôles non crédités (parfois comme second rôle de caractère), entre autres dans Anna Karénine de Clarence Brown (1935, avec Greta Garbo et Fredric March), Les Poupées du diable de Tod Browning (1936, avec Lionel Barrymore et Maureen O'Sullivan), et L'Île enchantée de Jack Conway (1947, avec Van Johnson et June Allyson). Il se retire après un ultime film sorti en 1950.
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The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
, 1h49Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant, Billie Burke, Betty Blythe, Gale Robbins
Roles un concierge
Rating69%
Josh and Dinah Barkley (Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers) are a husband-and-wife musical comedy team at the peak of their careers. After finishing a new show, Dinah meets serious French playwright Jacques Pierre Barredout (Jacques François), who suggests that Dinah should take up dramatic acting. Dinah tries to keep the suggestion a secret from Josh, but when he finally discovers Dinah hiding a script for Jacques' new show from him, the couple splits up.
State of the Union (1948)
, 2h4Directed by Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Van Johnson, Angela Lansbury, Howard Smith, Adolphe Menjou
Roles Homme d'affaires
Rating71%
Republican newspaper magnate Kay Thorndyke (Angela Lansbury) intends to make her lover, aircraft tycoon Grant Matthews (Spencer Tracy), President of the United States with her as the power behind the throne. Thorndyke plans to use her newspaper chain's influence to deadlock the 1948 Republican National Convention, so it will choose Matthews as a compromise dark horse candidate instead of Dewey, Taft, or another.
High Barbaree (1947)
, 1h31Directed by Jack Conway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Van Johnson, June Allyson, Claude Jarman Jr., Thomas Mitchell, Cameron Mitchell, Marilyn Maxwell
Roles Ned Flynn
Rating63%
In Hawaii, during World War II, U.S. Navy pilot Alec Brooke (Van Johnson) commands a flying boat, named the "High Barbaree". During a bombing mission against a Japanese submarine, his PBY Catalina is shot down with all but one of his crew killed, but still able to stay afloat, adrift far from Allied territory. While the crippled aircraft is slowly floating, the two survivors hear the voice of "Tokyo Rose" (Audrey Totter) invoking memories of their past. Alec shares a series of recollections with fellow survivor, Lt. Joe Moore (Cameron Mitchell). His memories concern his boyhood sweetheart, Nancy Fraser (June Allyson), now a Navy nurse serving on a ship in the Pacific theater, commanded by his uncle, Capt. Thad Vail (Thomas Mitchell).
Mrs. Parkington (1944)
, 2h4Directed by Tay Garnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold, Dan Duryea, Tom Drake, Agnes Moorehead
Roles Musicien au bal
Rating69%
Susie Parkington (Greer Garson), an elderly society matron, is surrounded by her many relatives at her stately home at Christmastime in 1938, with the exception of her beloved great-granddaughter Jane (Frances Rafferty). When Jane does appear she informs her great-grandmother that she plans to elope with Ned Talbot (Tom Drake), her father's employee, who wishes to take her away from her family and their way of life. Susie arranges a meeting with Ned, where he reveals that Jane's father Amory (Edward Arnold) is being questioned for fraud and he planned to take Jane away in order to hide her from the truth. Susie sends Ned away, telling Jane to forget about him, and after hearing her grandson-in-law's side of the story makes the decision to ask her heirs to pay off Amory's debts with a loan ($31 million), much to her family's disgust, as it will mean that they may lose their inheritance.
Love Crazy (1941)
, 1h39Directed by Jack Conway
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about marriage
Actors William Powell, Myrna Loy, Gail Patrick, Jack Carson, Florence Bates, Sidney Blackmer
Roles invité de la fête
Rating73%
Architect Steve Ireland (William Powell) and his wife Susan (Myrna Loy) eagerly look forward to their fourth wedding anniversary, but her mother Mrs. Cooper (Florence Bates) shows up and puts a damper on their plans for the evening. She sends Steve downstairs to mail her insurance premium.
Big City (1937)
, 1h20Directed by George B. Seitz, Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles
Actors Luise Rainer, Spencer Tracy, Charley Grapewin, Victor Varconi, Janet Beecher, William Demarest
Roles un portier
Rating63%
Joe Benton (Spencer Tracy) and his wife Anna (Luise Rainer) are suspected of starting a taxi war. Although innocent, they are blamed for everything that has happened and the officials demand that Anna be deported from the United States. While trying to prove their innocence, the couple feels forced to hide.
The Devil-Doll (1936)
, 1h18Directed by Tod Browning
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Lawton, Rafaela Ottiano, Robert Greig, Lucy Beaumont
Roles Détective
Rating69%
Paul Lavond (Barrymore), who was wrongly convicted of robbing his own Paris bank and killing a night watchman more than seventeen years ago, escapes Devil's Island with Marcel (Henry B. Walthall), a scientist who is trying to create a formula to reduce people to one-sixth of their original size. The intended purpose of the formula is to make the Earth's limited resources last longer for an ever-growing population. The scientist dies after their escape.
Anna Karenina (1935)
, 1h35Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about suicide
Actors Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Maureen O'Sullivan, Freddie Bartholomew, Basil Rathbone, Reginald Owen
Roles Colonel
Rating69%
Anna Karenina (Greta Garbo) is the wife of Czarist official Karenin (Basil Rathbone). While she tries to persuade her brother Stiva (Reginald Owen) from a life of debauchery, she becomes infatuated with dashing military officer Count Vronsky (Fredric March). This indiscreet liaison ruins her marriage and position in 19th century Russian society; she is even prohibited from seeing her own son Sergei (Freddie Bartholomew), with eventual dire results.
Mississippi (1935)
, 1h20Directed by Wesley Ruggles, A. Edward Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, W. C. Fields, Joan Bennett, Gail Patrick, Queenie Smith, Claude Gillingwater
Roles Un joueur
Rating65%
Commodore Jackson (W. C. Fields) is the captain of a Mississippi showboat in the late nineteenth century. Tom Grayson (Bing Crosby) is engaged to be married and has been disgraced for refusing to fight a duel with Major Patterson (John Miljan).
Strangers of the Evening (1932)
, 1h10Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror
Actors Zasu Pitts, Lucien Littlefield, Eugene Pallette, Tully Marshall, Miriam Seegar, Theodore von Eltz
Roles Charles E. Frisbee, Deputy District Attorney
Rating50%
Bodies start mysteriously disappearing from the city morgue. An investigator tries to determine what is going on.
Honky Tonk (1929)
, 1h11Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Sophie Tucker, Lila Lee, Wilbur Mack, Tom Keene, Mahlon Hamilton, John T. Murray
Roles Jim Blaken
Rating68%
Sophie Tucker plays Sophie Leonard, a singer in a nightclub who at great sacrifice sends her daughter Beth (Lila Lee) to Europe to be educated, keeping her work as an entertainer a secret from her. When the grown-up, expensively educated Beth returns to America, she is shocked to discover her mother's true profession and disowns her, breaking Sophie's heart.
The Single Standard (1929)
, 1h11Directed by John S. Robertson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Greta Garbo, Nils Asther, John Mack Brown, Dorothy Sebastian, Lane Chandler, Mahlon Hamilton
Roles Mr. John Glendenning
Rating66%
Arden Stuart (Greta Garbo) believes that a single standard of conduct should apply to both sexes. She strives for a combination of freedom, equality, and honesty in love. Her first attempt is with chauffeur Anthony Kendall, who is secretly a disillusioned "ace aviator" and son of a lord. However their romance ends in disaster; he commits suicide when he is fired because of it.
Rich People (1929)
Origin USA
Genres Romance
Actors Constance Bennett, Regis Toomey, Robert Downing Ames, Mahlon Hamilton, Ilka Chase, John Loder
Roles Beverly Hayden
Rating67%
Home Sweet Home (1926)
, 55minutesDirected by John Gorman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Mahlon Hamilton, Vola Vale, Lila Leslie
Morganson's Finish (1926)
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Anita Stewart, Johnnie Walker, Mahlon Hamilton, Johnnie Walker, Victor Potel, Crauford Kent
Roles Dan Morganson
Quand Dick Gilbert, qui est amoureux de Barbara Wesley, reçoit une promotion, les deux se fiancent. Morganson, un rival jaloux, convainc le directeur général que Dick ne devrait pas recevoir la promotion et, désespéré, Dick démissionne de son poste. Lors d'une fête donnée par Morganson, Dick entend une discussion sur la récente découverte d'or en Alaska et décide d'y aller. Morganson l'accompagne au pays de l'or. Un jour, Morganson crée une avalanche pour enterrer Dick. En s'échappant, Dick découvre un gisement d'or encore plus important et Ole, leur employé, lui parle de la trahison de Morganson. Barbara arrive, et suite à une confrontation entre les deux rivaux, Morganson est renversé d'une falaise et il meurt de ses blessures. Dick réussit à découvrir la mine et épouse Barbara.