Not bad - Little, But Oh My! movie
Movie Is being made - in 1921.
Color Info: Black and White
Countries: USA
Genres: Short, Comedy
Sound Mix: Silent
Tech Info: MET:600 m, OFM:35 mm, PCS:Spherical, PFM:35 mm, RAT:1.33 : 1
Release Dates: USA:20 November 1921
In movie have been taken:
Ernest Truex (actor)
Articles: "Variety" (USA), 31 August 1998, pg. 107:4, "Sally Field Truex", "New York Times" (USA), 15 August 1998, pg. D16, "Sally Field, Broadway and TV Actress, 97", "Variety" (USA), 4 July 1973, "Ernest Truex", "New York Times" (USA), 28 June 1973, pg. 44:4, "Ernest Truex, Actor in Films, Theater and TV, Is Dead at 83", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 30 June 1923, pg. 756, "Truex, Noted Comedian[,] to Star in Fox Film", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 9 June 1923, pg. 522, "Truex with Fox", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 15 October 1921, pg. 760, "Comedy Series Starring Ernest Truex to Be Distributed by Pathé Exchange", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 20 September 1919, pg. 1817, "Truex Comedies Will Be Release Bby Famous Players", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 7 June 1919, pg. 1486, "Truex Will Be Starred Individually in Comedies", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 17 May 1919, pg. 1040, "Ernest Truex to Appear in Comedies with Mrs. Drew", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 8 June 1918, pg. 1445, "Truex to Be 'Opposite' to Miss Shirley Mason", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 8 April 1916, pg. 235, "Ernest Truex"
Grew up in Rich Hill, Missouri. There he entered acting school at age five. When he was nine, he went on a tour through Missouri and Kansas as "The Child Wonder in Scenes from Shakespeare.", Cremated - ashes scattered somewhere in California, Father of actor 'Barry Truex' (qv); step-father of actress 'Sally Moffet' (qv)., His stepdaughter 'Sally Moffet' (qv) was married to actor 'Mike Kellin' (qv).
Death Notes: Fallbrook, California, USA (heart attack)
The classic milquetoast and ineffectual diplomat in absurdity outing, meek virtues conductor Ernest Truex be a subsidiary (5' 3"), adenoidal, markedly well-dressed fellow, a having mass appeal avuncular category in subsequent years who enjoy a seven-decade-long profession. He was born September 19, 1890 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of a physician. Raised in Rich Hill, Missouri, he was truly accustomed in acting near one of his father's actor/patients (in barter in favour of mounting medical bills). An acting musician, Truex perform Shakespeare in leave of a small child and was at one juncture dub "The Youngest Hamlet" by promoter (the five-year-old actually play the "ghost" of Hamlet). Upon his father's send-off when Ernest was nine, he and his mother tour the west in a provide evidence billed as "The Child Entertainers," where on earth the childlike talent recite everything from "Othello" to "Romeo and Juliet." Making appearance in cattle and vaudeville, he take his elementary Broadway bow as a youth with "Wildfire" starring 'Lillian Russell' (qv) in 1908, and continual in one and the same capillary with "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" (1910) and "Very Good Eddie" (1915), which also feature his first wife, actress 'Julia Mills' (qv). In 1913, he appear resting on Broadway with 'Mary Pickford' (qv) in the popular cavort "A Good Little Devil." That same year Truex made his show debut with Pickford in _Caprice (1913)_ (qv), after appeared with her in the film copy of _A Good Little Devil (1914)_ (qv). With his film career very in a moment olden its sell-by date and running, he found a officially relaxing niche for himself as mild-mannered, impish hero in comedy caper. He played the honour role in _Artie, the Millionaire Kid (1916)_ (qv), added to as the protagonist in _Come on In (1918)_ (qv) and _Good-Bye, Bill (1918)_ (qv), not to bring in the air several comic shorts. His ultimate taciturn film, _Six Cylinder Love (1923)_ (qv) as Gilbert Sterling, come from an sooner Broadway glory. Truex continued to rack up a intoxicating article of raised area tough grind in the behind time 1920s and hasty 1930s. His first wife individual die circa this time and he married stage actress Mary Jane Barrett, appear with her in New York in such show business as "The Third Little Show" (1931), "The Hook-Up (1935) and "Fredericka" (1937). They had one child. In 1934, Truex directed, co-produced and starred in the play "Sing and Whistle" which co-starred 'Sylvia Field' (qv). She would later become his third wife upon his divorce from Ms. Barrett (she came into her fastidious in later years as the munificently Mrs. Wilson on the _"Dennis the Menace" (1959)_ (qv) sitcom). They had three brood, one of whom, 'Barry Truex' (qv), would revive on to have an acting career of his own. A by a long chalk sought-after character head and farceur after the coming on of murmur, Truex appeared in a host of standout role in such comedy as _Get That Venus (1933)_ (qv), _Whistling in the Dark (1933)_ (qv) (another stage success), _Everybody Dance (1936)_ (qv), a British rhythmic comedy that co-starred 'Cicely Courtneidge' (qv), and _Mama Runs Wild (1937)_ (qv). Forever the henpecked husband or angry executive, he was an avid scene beggar in _The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)_ (qv), _Bachelor Mother (1939)_ (qv), the classic _His Girl Friday (1940)_ (qv), _Lillian Russell (1940)_ (qv) and _Christmas in July (1940)_ (qv). Broadway triumph kept surging in as very well with "Best Sellers," "George Washington Slept Here" and "Androcles and the Lion." The level of his films fell off in the postwar years and he started scouting out TV project. He appeared as a proportioned on the _"Mister Peepers" (1952)_ (qv) progression, as a grandfather in _"Jamie" (1953)_ (qv), a boss in _"The Ann Sothern Show" (1958)_ (qv), and as "Pop" in the _"December Bride" (1954)_ (qv) spin-off _"Pete and Gladys" (1960)_ (qv). Truex died on June 27, 1973, in Fallbrook, California, of a heart blitz at age 82.
Height: 5' 3"
Birth Notes: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Other Works: 1964: Co-starred in an unsold pilot for a proposed ABC comedy series called "Pioneers Go Home"., Performed in the following Broadway productions:, Wildfire (1908). Comedy. Written by 'George Broadhurst' (qv) and 'George V. Hobart' (qv). Liberty Theatre: 7 Sep 1908- Nov 1908 (closing date unknown/64 performances). Cast: 'Lillian Russell' (qv) (as "Mrs. Henrietta Barrington"), Will Archie, 'Sydney Booth' (qv), Annie Buckley, Gilbert Douglas, Mary Elizabeth Forbes, 'Thurston Hall' (qv), T. Hayes Hunter, Ellen Mortimer, John D. O'Hara, Franklyn Roberts, Frank Sheridan, 'Ernest Truex' (qv), Joseph Tuohy. Produced by Joseph Brooks., Girlies (1910). Musical comedy. Music by Egbert Van Alstyne. Lyrics by Harry Williams. Material by 'George V. Hobart' (qv). Musical Director: Charles J. Gebest. Additional music by Benjamin Hapgood Burt. Additional lyrics by John L. Golden. Choreographed by Jack Mason. Direced by Frederic Thompson. New Amsterdam Theatre: 13 Jun 1910- 27 Aug 1910 (88 performances). Cast: David Abrahams, Josephine Arnold, Sid M. Ayres, Marie Baxter, Pudge Belma, Thelma Belmont, Edward Bowers, Harry Breen, Mildred Bright, Poney Cantor, Eleanor Carrol, Joseph Cawthorn, Erminie Clark, Viola Clark, Mabel Clarke, Walter Clinton, 'J.W. Cody' (qv) (as "Carl"), Dollie Collins, Ethel Conlinson, A. Crooker, Zaini Curzon, Jeannette Despres, May Doherty, Fred Emerson, Harry S. Fern, Marion Finlay, Elma Gay, Laura Gaynelle, Marion George, Jerry Girard, Marion Goodwin, Gypsy Grau, Donald Gulland, Florence Hayes, May Hennessey, Jack Henry, J.B. Hollis, Fred Hudler, Teddy Hudson, Edna Hunter, George Johnson, Harry Kernell, Clara Lloyd, Den Lownie, Darle MacBoyle, Viola Macey, Alice Mariner, Minna Martrit, Edna Mayo, Violet McMillan, Julia Mills, Doris Mitchell, Dottie Moyer, Irene Moyer, Audrey Munson, Dolly Pacy, Paula Pauline, Corienne Penelton, Carrie E. Perkins, John Pierce, Jessie Piper, Jed Prouty, Olive Quimby, Maude Raymond, Mildred Sanford, Dorothy Sayce, Clara Schroeder, Florence Scott, Edwin Stone, Emily Sweeney, Pauline Thorne, Rita Trainor, Hazel Troutman, 'Ernest Truex' (qv) (as "Billy Murray"), F. Walker, Lorette Ward, Francis Wells, Beatrice Whitney, Amy Williams, Florence Wilson. Produced by Frederic Thompson., Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1910). Comedy. Written by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Charlotte Thompson. Theatre Republic: 3 Oct 1910- Apr 1911 (closing date unknown/216 performances). Cast: Edith Taliaferro, Archie Boyd, Etta Bryan, Kathryn Bryan, Samuel Coit, Marie L. Day, Ada Deaves, Viola Fortescue, Lorraine Frost, Eliza Glassford, Ralph Kellard, Violet Mersereau, 'Ernest Truex' (qv). Produced by Klaw & Erlanger., Dr. De Luxe (1911). Musical. Music by 'Karl Hoschna' (qv). Book by Otto Hauerbach. Lyrics by 'Otto Hauerbach' (qv). Musical Director: Gustave Salzer. Featuring songs by Edward Laska. Featuring songs with lyrics by Edward Laska. Directed by Frank Smithson. Knickerbocker Theatre: 17 Apr 1911- 13 May 1911 (32 performances). Cast: Jeannette Alpine, Marion Ballou, Lillian Berry, Florence Campbell, Jeanette Childs, Dixie Costelo, Verna Dalton, Ethel Green, Anna Hall, 'Ralph Herz' (qv) (as "John Truesdale"), Georgie Kelly, Albert Lamson, Evelyn Lancer, Helen Larkins, Anna Lichter, Ethel Millard, Julia Mills, Ada Mitchell, Bessie Muller, Edward Nicander, Polly Prim, William Pruette, Cecelia Renard, Helen Robertson, Rena Santos, Anna Sheldon, Kathryn Sinclair, Harry Stone, 'Ernest Truex' (qv) (as "Dennis"), Taylor Williams. Produced by Joseph M. Gaites., A Good Little Devil (1913). Written by Rosemonde Gerard and 'Maurice Rostand' (qv). Material adapted by Austin Strong. Theatre Republic: 8 Jan 1913- May 1913 (closing date unknown/133 performances). Cast: 'Mary Pickford' (qv) (as "Juliet"), 'Ernest Truex' (qv) (as "Charles MacLance"), Augusta Anderson, Wilda Bennett, Raymond J. Bloomer, Claire Burke, Charles Castner, Dennis Cleugh, Edward Connelly, Edward Dolly, Louis Esposit, Amy Fitzpatrick, Georgia Mae Fursman, Gerard Gardner, 'Etienne Girardot' (qv) (as "Old Nick, Jr."), 'Lillian Gish' (qv), (as "Morganie"), Laura Grant, Edna Griffin, Arthur Hill, Edna M. Holland, Ernest Lawford, Iva Merlin, Harold Meyer, Katherine Minihan, Adrian Morgan, William Norris, Lauren Pullman, David Ross, Conway Shaffer, Henry Stanford, 'Norman Taurog' (qv) (as "Allan"), Jeanne Towler, 'Robert Vivian' (qv), Reggie Wallace, Roland Wallace, Pat Walshe, Joseph A. Wilkes. Produced by 'David Belasco (I)' (qv)., The Dummy (1914). Written by Harvey J. O'Higgins and 'Harriet Ford' (qv). Hudson Theatre: 13 Apr 1914- Oct 1914 (closing date unknown/200 performances). Cast: Joseph Brennan, Frank Connor, Ada Dwyer, Edward Ellis, Joyce Fair, 'Arthur Hohl' (qv) (as "Chal Fisher"), Nicholas Judels, Charles Mylott, Edith Shayne, 'Ernest Truex' (qv) (as "Barney Cook"), Joseph Tuohy, John N. Wheeler. Understudy: 'Clare Boothe Luce' (qv) (as "Little Girl"). Produced by Play-Producing Co., Just Outside the Door (1915). Written by 'Jules Eckert Goodman' (qv). Gaiety Theatre: 30 Aug 1915- Sep 1915 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Lizzie Hudson Collier, Elliott Dexter, David Glassford, Frank Kemble-Cooper, Frank Losee, Kathlene MacDonell, Julia Mills, Ottola Nesmith, William Norton, 'Ernest Truex' (qv)., Just Boys (1915). Written by Katherine Browning Miller and Allena Kanka. Comedy Theatre: 13 Sep 1915- Sep 1915 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Charles J. Davis, Mattie Ferguson, Mary Elizabeth Forbes, Agnes Frame, F. Gaillard, Thomas Gunn, Mac Macomber, Manton Marble, Roland Rushton, Milton Sills, Eleanor Stone, 'Ernest Truex' (qv), Gladys Wynne. Produced by William Elliott., Very Good Eddie (1915). Musical. Music by 'Jerome Kern' (qv). Book by Philip Bartholomae and 'Guy Bolton (I)' (qv). Lyrics by Schuyler Green. Based on a farce by 'Philip Bartholomae' (qv). Additional lyrics by Elsie Janis, Harry B. Smith, Herbert Reynolds and John E. Hazzard. Additional music by Henry Kailimai. Musical Director: Max Hirschfeld. Music orchestrated by Frank Saddler. Choreographed by David Bennett. Directed by Frank McCormack. Princess Theatre (moved to The Casino Theatre from 29 May 1916 to Sep 1916 then moved to The 39th Street Theatre from 11 Sep 1916 to Oct 1916 then returned to The Princess Theatre from 2 Oct 1916 to close): 23 Dec 1915- 14 Oct 1916 (341 performances). Cast: Helen Bond, Arline Chase, Louise Cook, Alice Dovey, Sedgewick Draper, Lew Fullerton, Stuart Gillmore, 'Jack E. Hazzard' (qv) (as "Al Cleveland"), Herbert Hoey, Bessie Kelly, Kuy Kendall, Adah Lewis, James Lounsbery, Tess Mayer, Harry McKenna, Julia Mills, Mary Louise Morrison, Dorothy Nita, Helen O'Day, Anna Orr, Katherine Rahn, Helen Raymond, Oscar Shaw, Georgia Spelvin, Dorothy Sylvia, 'Ernest Truex' (as "Mr. Eddie Kettle"), Carl Wadsworth, John Willard, Genevieve Willment, Morton Wood, Benjamin F. Wright. Produced by Marbury-Comstock Co., The Very Idea (1917). Written by 'William LeBaron' (qv). Astor Theatre: 9 Aug 1917- Aug 1917 (closing date unknown/15 performances). Cast: Mabel Allan, Richard Bennett, William Probert Carleton, Ruth Collins, Josephine Drake, Dorothy MacKaye, Florence Oakley, 'Purnell Pratt' (qv) (as "George Green"), 'Ernest Truex' (qv) (as "Gilbert Goodhue"). Produced by 'Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson' (qv) and L. Lawrence Weber., Please Get Married (1919). Written by James Cullen and Lewis Allen Browne. Little Theatre (moved to The Fulton Theatre from 17 Mar 1919 to close): 10 Feb 1919- unknown (160 performances). Cast: 'Martin Alsop' (qv), Elise Bartlett, Perce Benton, Elmer Brown, Ida Darling, 'Thomas E. Jackson' (qv), Margaret Johnston, 'Francis Pierlot' (qv), William Sampson, 'Edward See (I)' (qv), 'Edith Taliaferro' (qv), 'Ernest Truex' (qv), J.D. Walsh. Produced by Oliver Morosco., No More Blondes (1920). Farce. Written by 'Otto A. Harbach' (qv). Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 7 Jan 1920- Feb 1920 (closing date unknown/29 performances). Cast: Frank Allworth, 'Alice Belmore' (qv), Leo Donnelly, Edward Douglas, Nancy Fair, Elizabeth Gergely, Yvonne Gouraud, Muriel Hope, 'Ernest Truex' (qv) (as "James Howells"), Edwin Walter, Dallas Welford, Eileen Wilson. Produced by A. H. Woods., Blue Bonnet (1920). Comedy. Written by 'George Scarborough' (qv). Princess Theatre: 28 Aug 1920- Oct 1920 (closing date unknown/73 performances). Cast: Neil Burton, Robert Harrison, Mattie Keene, Helen Lowell, Edgar Nelson, 'Richard Taber' (qv) (as "Terry Mack"), Mona Thomas, 'Ernest Truex' (qv) (as "Billy Burleson"), Maria Ziccardi. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert., Six-Cylinder Love (1921). Comedy. Written by 'William Anthony McGuire' (qv). Directed by Sam Forrest. Sam H. Harris Theatre: 25 Aug 1921- Jul 1922 (closing date unknown/344 performances). Cast: 'Berton Churchill' (qv) (as "George Stapleton"), Howard Hull Gibson, Eleanor Gordon, Harry Hammill, Kenneth Hill, 'Hedda Hopper' (qv) (as "Margaret Rogers"), Betty Linley, 'Donald Meek' (qv) (as "Richard Burton"), 'Ralph Sipperly' (qv) (as "William Dunroy"), Calvin Thomas, 'Ernest Truex' (qv) (as "Gilbert Sterling"), Fay Walker, June Walker. Produced by 'Sam Harris (IV)' (qv).
