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Date de fondation 1 janvier 1917
First National was an association of independent theater owners in the United States that expanded from exhibiting movies to distributing them and eventually to producing them as a movie studio called First National Pictures, Inc. (1917−1936). In 1928, it merged with Warner Bros., but preserved its corporate identity until its dissolution in 1936.
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(1928)Filmographie de First National (436 films)
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Scarlet Pages (1930)
, 1h6Réalisé par Ray Enright
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Action, Policier, Romance
Thèmes Théâtre, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Elsie Ferguson, John Halliday, Grant Withers, Marian Nixon, William B. Davidson, Wilbur Mack
En 1911, Mary Bancroft, incapable de subvenir aux soins de son bébé, est contrainte de l'abandonner et de le proposer à l'adoption. Des années après, en 1930, Mary Bancroft est devenue une avocate renommée à New York. Elle refuse d'épouser John Remington, procureur de district parce qu'elle ne veut pas lui raconter son passé.
Sally (1930)
, 1h43Réalisé par John Francis Dillon
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Musical
Thèmes La musique, Musique, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre, Adaptation d'une comédie musicale
Acteurs Marilyn Miller, Alexander Gray, Joe E. Brown, Ford Sterling, Pert Kelton, T. Roy Barnes
Sally (Marilyn Miller) plays the part of an orphan who had been abandoned as a baby at the Bowling Green telephone exchange. While growing up in an orphanage, she discovered the joy of dancing. In an attempt to save money enough to become a dancer, Sally began working at odd jobs. While working as a waitress, a man named Blair (Alexander Gray) begins coming to her work regularly to see her. They both soon fall for each other.
Bright Lights (1930)
, 1h13Réalisé par Michael Curtiz
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Musical, Policier, Romance
Thèmes Musique, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Dorothy Mackaill, Frank Fay, Noah Beery Sr., Frank McHugh, James Murray, Tom Dugan
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 Girl of the Golden West (1930)
, 1h21Réalisé par John Francis Dillon
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Western
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Ann Harding, James Rennie, Harry Bannister, J. Farrell MacDonald, George Cooper, Arthur Housman
Minnie (Harding) runs the Polka saloon during the days of the Gold Rush in California and lives on the bought in from drinking and gambling at her establishment. She is highly respected by the miners who live in the area and they protect her and see to it that no harm comes her way. Minnie falls in love with Dick Johnson (Rennie), who mysteriously rides into town one day. Minnie doesn't know that he is a notorious road agent who is being sought after by the agents of the Wells Fargo express. Instead, Minnie believes that Rennie is a miner.
Loose Ankles (1930)
Réalisé par Ted Wilde
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Romance
Acteurs Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Louise Fazenda, Otis Harlan, Edward J. Nugent, Inez Courtney
Ann Harper Berry (Loretta Young), a young socialite, receives an inheritance of one million dollars from her deceased grandmother. The will stipulates, however, that she will only receive the money after she has been married to someone who meets with the approval of her two prudish aunts Sarah (Louise Fazenda) and Katherine (Ethel Wales) Harper. The will also stipulates that everyone will lose their inheritance if a scandal involving Young occurs before she is married. In the case of a scandal, the entire estate will be donated to an organization for the welfare of cats and dogs.
Bride of the Regiment (1930)
, 1h17Réalisé par John Francis Dillon
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Musical, Romance
Thèmes La musique, Théâtre, Musique, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Walter Pidgeon, Myrna Loy, Allan Prior, Ford Sterling, Louise Fazenda, Lupino Lane
The film takes place during a period in which Austria controlled Italy during the Austro-Italian War of 1830. Colonel Vultow, played by Walter Pidgeon, leader of Austrian cavalry regiment, is sent to Italy to put down a revolt led by the Lombardian aristocracy. Vultow decides to go to the castle of Count Adrian Beltrami, played by Allan Prior, one of the leaders of the revolution. This happens to be Beltrami's wedding day. As he is emerging from the church following his wedding to Countess Anna-Marie (Vivienne Segal), Beltrami learns that Colonel Vultow is quickly approaching the town in search of him. At the behest of his bride, Beltrami flees the castle, but he asks Tangy, a silhouette cutter, to impersonate him and protect Anna-Marie. When Adrian returns in disguise, he is introduced to Vultow as a singer and silhouette cutter, and when the count demands he create a silhouette, he enlists Tangy's aid. The deception is discovered, and Vultow sentences Adrian to death by a firing squad unless Anna-Marie submits to his sexual demands.
Lilies of the Field (1930)
, 1hRéalisé par Alexander Korda
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Mélodrame, Romance
Thèmes Théâtre, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Corinne Griffith, Ralph Forbes, John Loder, Eve Southern, Tyler Brooke, Freeman Wood
Mildred Harker est poussée au divorce par son mari Walter et perd la garde de son enfant. Sans illusions, le cœur brisé, elle prend une chambre dans un hôtel bon marché, puis devient une danseuse au New York Winter Palace Roof. Ted Willing, un homme riche, devient son admirateur, mais elle hésite à accepter son aide pécuniaire. Plus tard, elle découvre que son enfant l'a oubliée et finit par accepter la demande en mariage de Willing. Pendant une fête, elle apprend la mort de son enfant et, prise par le remords, sort dans la rue. Elle est arrêtée pour trouble à l'ordre public, mais Willing arrive au poste de police et elle trouve le réconfort dans ses bras.
Show Girl in Hollywood (1930)
, 1h20Réalisé par Mervyn LeRoy
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Comédie, Comédie dramatique, Musical
Thèmes La télévision, Musique
Acteurs Alice White, Jack Mulhall, Blanche Sweet, Ford Sterling, John Miljan, Virginia Sale
When the film begins, a musical show before closed down before it has had a chance to even open. Jimmie Doyle (Jack Mulhall), who wrote the musical intends to rewrite it while his girlfriend, Dixie Dugan (Alice White), fed up at wasting her time for a show that never even opened, is intent on finding a new career. While at a nightclub, Dixie does a musical number and catches the eye of Frank Buelow (John Miljan), a Hollywood director. Buelow persuades Dixie to go to Hollywood, where he will have a part waiting for her in his upcoming films.
Son of the Gods (1930)
, 1h33Réalisé par Frank Lloyd
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Romance
Thèmes Le racisme
Acteurs Richard Barthelmess, Anders Randolf, Constance Bennett, Frank Albertson, E. Alyn Warren, Claude King
Sam Lee (Barthelmess) is the son of a Chinese merchant, Lee Ying, in San Francisco's Chinatown. He is tolerated in white dominated social circles because of his wealth. One day, he leaves college after being insulted by three racist white girls who thought they were too good to be seen going out with a "dirty yellow Chinaman". He takes a tour around the world and ends up in the Riviera where he is introduced to Allana Wagner (Bennett).
Le Chant de la flamme (1930)
, 1h36Réalisé par Alan Crosland
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Musical
Thèmes La musique, Musique, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Bernice Claire, Alexander Gray, Noah Beery Sr., Bert Roach, Inez Courtney, Ivan Linow
Spring Is Here (1930)
, 1h9Réalisé par John Francis Dillon
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Musical, Romance
Thèmes Musique, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre, Adaptation d'une comédie musicale
Acteurs Lawrence Gray, Bernice Claire, Alexander Gray, Louise Fazenda, Ford Sterling, Inez Courtney
Une jeune femme hésite entre un bon garçon qui est apprécié par son père, et un mauvais garçon que son père n'aime pas.
Sweet Mama (1930)
, 1h17Réalisé par Edward F. Cline
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Policier
Acteurs Alice White, David Manners, Kenneth Thomson, Lee Moran, Robert Elliott, Richard Cramer
When the film begins we find Alice White stranded several hundred miles away from New York with a burlesque troupe. She receives a telegraph that her boyfriend, played by David Manners, is in jail. White boards a train headed for New York without a ticket because she has no money. When the conductor discovers she has no ticket she is almost thrown off the train. A detective, played by Robert Elliott, befriends White and offers to let White borrow the money she needs for a ticket. When she arrives in New York she finds that Manners has been bailed out by a friend and is working for Kenneth Thomson, playing as a gangster who runs a nightclub. White is disappointed to find that her boyfriend is working for criminals. She gets some money from Manners to pay back Elliott for the money he gave her for a train ticket. Elliott notices that she is paying with bills that have been reported stolen. White confesses everything she knows to the detective about her boyfriend and his new employer. Elliott asks White to get a job at the nightclub so that she can get evidence against the gangsters and in return he promises to clear her boyfriend of any wrongdoing. White easily gets a job singing and dancing at the club. Eventually she hears plans about a bank robbery and reports everything to Elliott. When the gangster attempt to rob the bank they realize that the police are watching and waiting and conclude that someone has informed the police ahead of time. Thompson suspects that White has informed the police. In order to save her, Manners implicates himself and the gangsters get ready to stage an accidental suicide for him. They plan to throw Manners out of the window of Thompson's penthouse apartment. White informs the police and arrives in the nick of time to save Manners. Thompson, realizing now that the police have ample evidence against him, attempts to escape and is shot by the police. Manners and White are happily reunited and the film ends.
The Gorilla (1930)
, 1h10Réalisé par Bryan Foy
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Horreur, Policier
Acteurs Harry Gribbon, Walter Pidgeon, Lila Lee, Purnell Pratt, Edwin Maxwell, Roscoe Karns
The story opens with a murder that has supposedly been caused by a gorilla. Police are only able to catch a glimpse of his black shadow cast against a brick wall before he disappears. Garrity (Frisco) and Mulligan (Gribbon) are two detectives who are hired by Cyrus Stevens (Maxwell) to help protect him from the gorilla as he has just been threatened with a note that indicates that the gorilla will arrive at his home before midnight.
A Notorious Affair (1930)
, 1h9Réalisé par Lloyd Bacon
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Romance
Thèmes Théâtre, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Billie Dove, Basil Rathbone, Kay Francis, Kenneth Thomson, Montagu Love, Malcolm Waite
Patricia Hanley (Billie Dove), une mondaine qui, choque ses amis et sa classe sociale en se mariant avec Paul Gherardi (Basil Rathbone), un violoniste italien sans le sou. Grâce à sa richesse et à son influence, Patricia fait de Paul un homme riche et célèbre. Mais Paul tombe sous le charme d'une vamp, la comtesse Olga Balakireva (Kay Francis) qui aime batifoler avec des hommes riches.
The Other Tomorrow (1930)
, 1h5Réalisé par Lloyd Bacon
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Comédie romantique, Romance
Acteurs Billie Dove, Grant Withers, Kenneth Thomson, Otto Hoffman, Frank Sheridan
Après une lune de miel européenne, Edith (Billie Dove) retourne dans sa maison rurale en Géorgie et rencontre Jim Carter (Grant Withers), son amour d'enfance.