Tillie and Gus, the Glossary
Tillie and Gus is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Francis Martin, co-written by Martin and Walter DeLeon, and starring W.C. Fields, Alison Skipworth, Baby LeRoy, Julie Bishop, and Clarence Wilson.[1]
Table of Contents
40 relations: Africa, Alaska, Alison Skipworth, Baby LeRoy, Barton MacLane, Bob McKenzie (actor), Clarence Wilson (actor), Comedy film, Danville, California, Douglas MacLean, Edgar Kennedy, Farce, Ferry, George Barbier (actor), Government-granted monopoly, Independence Day (United States), Inheritance, Ivan Linow, James and Rose Smith, Julie Bishop (actress), Lady Godiva, Lawyer, List of dice games, Missionary, Murder, Paramount Pictures, Parody, Phillip Trent, Pre-Code Hollywood, Rupert Hughes, Seattle, Shanghai, Short story, The New York Times, Time (magazine), Tugboat Annie, United States, W. C. Fields, Walter DeLeon, Western saloon.
- Films based on works by Rupert Hughes
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.
Alaska
Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.
Alison Skipworth
Alison Skipworth (born Alison Mary Elliott Margaret Groom; 25 July 18635 July 1952) was an English stage and screen actress.
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Baby LeRoy
Ronald Le Roy Overacker (May 12, 1932 – July 28, 2001), better known by his stage name Baby LeRoy, was an American child actor who appeared in films in the 1930s.
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Barton MacLane
Barton MacLane (December 25, 1902 – January 1, 1969) was an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter.
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Bob McKenzie (actor)
Robert McKenzie (September 22, 1880 – July 8, 1949) was an Irish-born American film actor.
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Clarence Wilson (actor)
Clarence Hummel Wilson (November 17, 1876 – October 5, 1941) was an American character actor.
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Comedy film
Comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor.
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Danville, California
The Town of Danville is located in the San Ramon Valley in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
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Douglas MacLean
Charles Douglas MacLean (January 10, 1890 – July 9, 1967) was an American stage and silent film actor who later worked as a producer and screenwriter in the sound era.
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Edgar Kennedy
Edgar Livingston Kennedy (April 26, 1890 – November 9, 1948) was an American comedic character actor who appeared in at least 500 films during the silent and sound eras.
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Farce
Farce is a comedy that seeks to entertain an audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, ridiculous, absurd, and improbable.
Ferry
A ferry is a boat that transports passengers, and occasionally vehicles and cargo, across a body of water.
George Barbier (actor)
George W. Barbier (November 19, 1864 – July 19, 1945) was an American stage and film actor who appeared in 88 films.
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Government-granted monopoly
In economics, a government-granted monopoly (also called a "de jure monopoly" or "regulated monopoly") is a form of coercive monopoly by which a government grants exclusive privilege to a private individual or firm to be the sole provider of a good or service; potential competitors are excluded from the market by law, regulation, or other mechanisms of government enforcement.
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Independence Day (United States)
Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States which commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America.
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Inheritance
Inheritance is the practice of receiving private property, titles, debts, entitlements, privileges, rights, and obligations upon the death of an individual.
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Ivan Linow
Ivan Linow (born Jānis Linaus; November 21, 1888 – November 11, 1940), also known as Jack Linow, was a Latvian-born American wrestler, who became a character actor in American films during the silent and early sound film eras.
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James and Rose Smith
James Smith and Rose Smith (née Richter) were film editors known for their work in the early days of Hollywood, specifically for their work at the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company working as editors for D.W. Griffith.
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Julie Bishop (actress)
Julie Bishop (born Jacqueline Brown; August 30, 1914 – August 30, 2001), previously known as Jacqueline Wells, was an American film and television actress.
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Lady Godiva
Lady Godiva (died between 1066 and 1086), in Old English Godgifu, was a late Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who is relatively well documented as the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and a patron of various churches and monasteries.
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Lawyer
A lawyer is a person who practices law.
List of dice games
Dice games are games that use or incorporate one or more dice as their sole or central component, usually as a random device.
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Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group who is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.
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Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction.
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film and television production and distribution company and the namesake subsidiary of Paramount Global.
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Parody
A parody is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satirical or ironic imitation.
Phillip Trent
Phillip Trent (October 16, 1907, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – January 24, 2001, Englewood, New Jersey) was an American stage and film actor.
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Pre-Code Hollywood
Pre-Code Hollywood was an era in the American film industry that occurred between the widespread adoption of sound in film in the late 1920s and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines (popularly known as the Hays Code) in 1934.
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Rupert Hughes
Rupert Raleigh Hughes (January 31, 1872 – September 9, 1956) was an American novelist, film director, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, military officer, and music composer.
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Seattle
Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States.
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Shanghai
Shanghai is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China.
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Short story
A short story is a piece of prose fiction.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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Tugboat Annie
Tugboat Annie is a 1933 American pre-Code film directed by Mervyn LeRoy, written by Norman Reilly Raine and Zelda Sears, and starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery as a comically quarrelsome middle-aged couple who operate a tugboat. Tillie and Gus and tugboat Annie are 1933 films.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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W. C. Fields
William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946), better known as W. C. Fields, was an American actor, comedian, juggler, and writer.
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Walter DeLeon
Walter DeLeon (May 3, 1884 – August 1, 1947) was an American screenwriter and playwright.
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Western saloon
A Western saloon is a kind of bar particular to the Old West.
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See also
Films based on works by Rupert Hughes
- All for a Girl (1915 film)
- Come On Over (film)
- Don't (1925 film)
- Empty Pockets
- Excuse Me (1915 film)
- FBI Girl
- From the Ground Up (film)
- Gimme (film)
- His Mother's Boy
- It Had to Happen
- Johanna Enlists
- Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
- Money Talks (1926 film)
- No One Man
- Remembrance (1922 film)
- Souls for Sale
- Tess of the Storm Country (1932 film)
- Tess of the Storm Country (1960 film)
- The Bigger Man
- The Cup of Fury (film)
- The Danger Signal
- The Ghosts of Yesterday
- The Man That Might Have Been
- The Old Folks at Home (film)
- The Old Nest
- The Thirteenth Commandment
- The Unpardonable Sin
- Tillie and Gus
- We Can't Have Everything
- What Will People Say?
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillie_and_Gus
Also known as Tillie and Gus with WC Fields.