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William Haines is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Production Design American born on 2 january 1900 at Staunton (USA)

William Haines

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Birth name Charles William Haines
Nationality USA
Birth 2 january 1900 at Staunton (USA)
Death 26 december 1973 (at 73 years) at Santa Monica (USA)

Charles William "Billy" Haines (January 2, 1900 – December 26, 1973), known professionally as William Haines, was an American film actor and interior designer.

Haines was discovered by a talent scout and signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1922. His career gained momentum when he was loaned out to Columbia Pictures where he received favorable reviews for his role in The Midnight Express. Haines returned to MGM and was cast in the 1926 film Brown of Harvard. The role solidified his screen persona as a wisecracking, arrogant leading man. By the end of the 1920s, Haines had appeared in a string of successful films and was a popular box office draw.

His career was cut short by the 1930s due to his refusal to deny his homosexuality. Haines quit acting in 1935 and started a successful interior design business with his life partner Jimmie Shields, and was supported by friends in Hollywood. Haines died of lung cancer in December 1973 at the age of 73.

Biography

William Haines signe son contrat avec la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer en 1922, puis il passe à la Columbia Pictures où il rencontre l'adhésion du public pour son rôle dans The Midnight Express, puis il retourne à la M.G.M. en 1926, où il enchaîne les succès.

William Haines fut obligé d'arrêter sa carrière en 1934 quand son homosexualité fut jugée incompatible avec le Code Hays, publié la même année.
Il se lança dans une carrière prospère de décorateur d'intérieur grâce à l'appui de ses amis d'Hollywood. Il mourut d'un cancer du poumon.

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Filmography of William Haines (53 films)

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Zelig
Zelig (1983)
, 1h19
Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Documentary, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Mia Farrow, Woody Allen, Susan Sontag, Caitlin O'Heaney, Patrick Horgan, Joséphine Baker
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating76% 3.8473753.8473753.8473753.8473753.847375
Set in the 1920s and 1930s, the film focuses on Leonard Zelig (Woody Allen), a nondescript man who has the ability to transform his appearance to that of the people who surround him. He is first observed at a party by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who notes that Zelig related to the affluent guests in a thick, refined accent and shared their Republican sympathies, but while in the kitchen with the servants he adopted a ruder tone, and seemed to be more of a Democrat. He soon gains international fame as a "human chameleon".
The Marines Are Coming, 1h14
Directed by David Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance
Actors William Haines, Conrad Nagel, Esther Ralston, Armida, Edgar Kennedy, Hale Hamilton
Roles Lt. William 'Wild Bill' Traylor
Rating55% 2.762482.762482.762482.762482.76248
A brash marine is assigned to a new post which is now under the command of his former rival. The marine falls in love with his commanding officer's fiancée and romances her away from him. The day before their wedding, the fiancée calls it off after the marine is involved with an incident in Tijuana. The fiancée leaves for Central America to join her father, who is a diplomat, and the disgraced marine quits but re-enlists as a private. Assigned to a post in Central America, the marine discovers he must rescue his rival, who has been captured by the rebels plotting to overthrow the territorial governor, her former fiancée's father.
Young and Beautiful
Directed by Joseph Santley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about television
Actors William Haines, Joseph Cawthorn, John Miljan, Judith Allen, Vince Barnett, Warren Hymer
Roles Robert Preston
Rating54% 2.712332.712332.712332.712332.71233
Bob Preston, homme de publicité pour Superba Pictures, utilise ses talents de publicité pour tenter de faire de cette fiancée June Dale la star de cinéma la plus célèbre au monde. Mais ce faisant, il oublie que les femmes veulent être prises en charge pour elles-mêmes, pas comme des objets de renommée.
Are You Listening?, 1h13
Directed by Harry Beaumont, Harold S. Bucquet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors William Haines, Madge Evans, Anita Page, Karen Morley, Neil Hamilton, Wallace Ford
Roles Bill Grimes
Rating61% 3.0971553.0971553.0971553.0971553.097155
A radio writer is tricked into confessing — on the air — that he murdered his wife.
Fast Life
Fast Life (1932)
, 1h22
Directed by Harry A. Pollard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films
Actors William Haines, Madge Evans, Conrad Nagel, Arthur Byron, Cliff Edwards, Warburton Gamble
Roles Sandy
Rating59% 2.9535352.9535352.9535352.9535352.953535
Two people leave the US Navy after having served ten years as a sailor. Sandy is one of them and later invents a carburetor that should increase the speed that powered boats will run. When testing it, he accidentally sinks a boat and has to pay for it. Now he is broke and enters a boat contest. To win, he has to invent the fastest boat in the world.
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 Bill Haines
Rating57% 2.852412.852412.852412.852412.85241
At the "Screen Stars Annual Ball", Norma Shearer has her jewels stolen. The police must find them and return them to her.
The Girl Said No
Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors William Haines, Leila Hyams, Polly Moran, Marie Dressler, Francis X. Bushman, Jr., Clara Blandick
Roles Tom Ward
Rating52% 2.606642.606642.606642.606642.60664
Tom Ward, a cocky young football hero, returns home after graduation determined to conquer the world. He begins a flirtation with Mary Howe, secretary to his rival, McAndrews, and in a restaurant he bribes a waiter to spill soup on her employer. Although offered a local banking job, Tom stakes his fortunes on a scheme to sell bonds to wealthy old Hattie Brown, a befuddled spinster, and achieves the difficult task while posing as a doctor by getting her drunk. Finally, desperate over Mary's engagement to McAndrews, Tom kidnaps her from the altar. In a chase finale she is convinced that he loves her.
Way Out West, 1h11
Directed by Fred Niblo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Western
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors William Haines, Leila Hyams, Polly Moran, Francis X. Bushman, Jr., Cliff Edwards, Charles Middleton
Roles Windy
Rating58% 2.9028152.9028152.9028152.9028152.902815
Windy, a sideshow barker, cheats a group of cowboys out of their pay but is then robbed himself. When the cowboys discover they have been cheated they initially decide to hang him, then decide to make him work off his debt. He falls in love with ranch owner Molly and, when he saves her life after she is bitten by a snake, he wins her heart.
Free and Easy, 1h32
Directed by Edward Sedgwick
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about television
Actors Buster Keaton, Anita Page, Dorothy Sebastian, David Burton, Trixie Friganza, Robert Montgomery
Roles A Guest
Rating55% 2.7551952.7551952.7551952.7551952.755195
When small-town girl Elvira Plunkett (Anita Page) wins a contest that sends her to Hollywood for a screen test at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), she is accompanied by her overbearing mother (Trixie Friganza) and Elmer J. Butts (Buster Keaton), a gas-station attendant who goes along as Elvira's manager. Elmer is secretly in love with Elvira, but on the train they meet MGM contract actor Larry Mitchell (Robert Montgomery), who falls for her as well, and has the connections to make her a star.
Estrellados, 1h36
Directed by Edward Sedgwick
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Raquel Torres, Buster Keaton, Don Alvarado, Carlos Villarías, Émile Chautard, Lionel Barrymore
Roles Himself (Guest Appearance)
Rating63% 3.175853.175853.175853.175853.17585
The Hollywood Revue of 1929, 1h56
Directed by Charles Reisner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Buddy films
Actors Conrad Nagel, Jack Benny, Joan Crawford, Marion Davies, Anita Page, Marie Dressler
Roles Self
Rating58% 2.9002452.9002452.9002452.9002452.900245
Avec l'arrivée du cinéma parlant et les prémices du Technicolor les grandes compagnies cinématographiques hollywoodiennes décidèrent de mettre en chantier ce que l'on n'appelait pas encore "superproduction". De fait il s'agissait de réunir dans un même film l'ensemble des acteurs composant leurs écuries respectives. Ainsi la Warner Bros. fit-elle réaliser son The Show of Shows tandis que de son côté La Métro sortait Hollywood chante et danse rassemblant ses comédiens parmi lesquels naturellement Stan Laurel et Oliver Hardy. Pas de scénario dans ce fil qui est composé d'une succession de numéros musicaux pour lesquels les acteurs furent invités à faire un peu le contraire de ce qu'ils faisaient d'habitude à l'écran. Laurel et Hardy s'en tirent plutôt bien en jouant les présentateurs magiciens.