The world film encyclopedia (1933)

Biographies of the Players (NUG-OAK) 143 Valley and Megan. Achieved success in British silent films, later in talkies. Signed a contract with M.G.M. in 1930 to write and act for them. PLayed in : The Call of the Blood (Mercanton-Stoll), Carnival (Alliance), The Bohemian Girl (Harley-Knoles Production). The Rat (Gains), Man Without Desire (Atlas-Biocraft), The Lodger (Gains, silent version). The Return of the Rat (Gains), The Triumph of the Rat (Gains), The White Rose (U.A.), Bonny Prince Charlie (Gau), Gallant Hussar (Gains), Downhill (Gains), The Vortex (Gains), The Constant Nymph (Gains), A Southsea Bubble (Gains), A Symphony in Two Flats (Gains), Once a Lady (Para, American), The Lodger (Twickenham, sound). NUGENT, Eddie. Full name, Edward J. Nugent. B. New York City, Feb. 7, 1904. Dark brown hair, green eyes. Ht. 6 ft. ^ in. Wt. 10 St. 10 lb. Ed. New York City. Married ; i dau., 1932. Began his career by singing in the Metropolitan Opera Boys' Chorus. Later danced in Grauman's Million Dollar Theatre, New York. Made his screen debut with a part in Our Dancing Daughters (M.G.M. , 1928). Now owns an antique shop in HoUy^vood. Also Played in : Star Witness (Warner), Bought (Warner), Man in Hobbles (Tiffanv), Our Modern Maidens (M.G.M), The Duke Steps Out (M.G.M.), The Flying Fleet fM.G.M), The Bellamy Trial (M.G.M.). The Single Man (M.G.M.), Untamed (I\I.G.M.), Girl in the Show (M.G.M.), Bright Lights (F.N.), Young Sinners (Fox), Up Pops the Devil (Para), Loose Ankles (F.N.), Local Boy Makes Good (F.N.), The Scoop (W.W.), Second Fiddle (Radio), NUGENT, Elliott. B. Dover, Ohio, Sept. 20, 1901. Fair hair, grey eyes. Ht. 6 ft. Wt. II St. I lb. Ed. Dover High School ; Ohio State University. M. Norma Lee. Began theatrical career as a child, plaA'ing in vaudeville on the KeithOrpheum circuit. Later in stock with Stuart Walker company. First appearance in New York in Dulcy, 1921. Screen career began with the part of Eddie, So This is College (M.G.M., 1929). Also Pl.\yed in : Wise Girls (M.G.M.), Father's Day (M.G.M.), Not So Dumb 1 (M.G.M.), The Richest Alan in the World I (M.G.INL), The Single Standard (^LG.M.). I The Unholy Three (M.G.M.), Sins of the Children (M.G.M.), Our Modern Maidens (M.G.M.), For the Love of Lil (Col), The Last Flight (F.N.), Behind Stone Walls (Action Pictures), Romance (M.G.M.). o. OAKIE, Jack. Real name, Lewis D' Offield. B. Sedalia, Mo. Nov. 12, 1903. Light brown hair, blue ej^es. Ht. 5 ft. II in. Wt. 12 St. 2 lb Ed. De La Salle High School, New York City. Was cast in a charity show, 1919, which resulted in a partnership between him and Lulu McConnell, another member of the cast. This stage partnership held until 1927. Began his screen career with Universal, one of his earliest appearances being in Finder's Keepers (Univ, 1928). Also Played in : The Fleet's In (Para), Someone to Love (Para), Hard to Get .(F.N.), Chinatown Nights (Para), Close Harmony (Para), The Dummy (Para), Fast Company (Para), The Man I Love (Para), Sweetie (Para), The Wild Party (Para), Sin Town (Path6), Street Girl (Radio), Paramount on Parade (Para), Sap from Syracuse (Para), The Social Lion (Para), Hit the Deck (Radio), Lei's Go Native (Para), Sea Legs (Para), June Moo7i (Para), Dude Ranch (Para). Touchdown (Para), The Gang Buster (Para), Dancers in the Dark (Para), Playing the Game (Para), Sky Bride (Para), Million Dollar Legs (Para), Once in a Lifetime (Univ), Madison Square Garden (Para), // / Had a Million (Para). OAKMAN, Wheeler. B. Virginia. Brown hair and eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 11 in. Wt, 12 St. 2 lb. Ed. Washington, D.C. Following a few years' apprenticeship on the stage, made his debut in silent pictures many years ago. His reputation has been enhanced considerably by his performances in talking films. Played in : The Broken Mask (Anchor), The Half Breed (F.^.), Hey Hey, Cowboy (Univ), The Masked Angel (First Div), The Devil's Chaplain (Rayart), Handcuffed (Rayart), The Donovan Affair (Col), Hurricane (Col), Father and Son (Col), The Power of the Press (Col), Morgan's Last Raid (M.G.M.), What a Night (Para), On With the Sho'w (Warner), Girl from Woolworth's (F.N.), In Strange Company (Gau), Little Johnny Jones (F.N.), Roaring Ranch (Univ), Shanghai Lady (Univ), On Your Back (Fox), The Big Fight (W.W.). Costelh Murder Case (W.W.), Lawless Woman (Chesterfield), First Aid (W.W.), Devil on Deck (W.W.), Sky Raiders (Col), While the City Sleeps (M.G.M.), Shakedown (Univ), Texas Cyclone (Col), Big Fight (W.W.), The Fighting Tornado (Col), Two-Fisted