Beery, Wallace

Overview

Works:	262 works in 672 publications in 8 languages and 8,585 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Action and adventure films Film adaptations History Children's films Historical films Animated films Juvenile works Silent films Swashbuckler films
Roles:	Actor, Performer, Speaker, Costume designer, Author
Classifications:	PN1997, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Wallace Beery

The Champ by Harry Sinclair Drago( Book )
Dinner at eight by Jimmy McHugh( )
Cuanto le gusta : (La parranda) by Gabriel Ruiz( )
Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island by Wim Coleman( Book )
Uolles Biri = (Wallace Beery) by A Razumovskiĭ( Book )

It's a most unusual day : sung by Jane Powell in the M-G-M picture "A date with Judy" by Jimmy McHugh( )
Hollywood steps out( Visual )
The Coo-Coo Nut Grove( Visual )
La cucaracha : (La cu-ca-ra-cha), with Spanish lyrics( )
Wallace Beery in the 30's( Book )
I'm strictly on the corny side by Alec Templeton( )
The Bad Man of Brimstone( Visual )
Wallace Beery fan letter by Wallace Beery( )
Beery, Wallace( )
Mrs. Grant E. Ashby rodeo collection by Grant E Ashby( )
Beery, Wallace : 64( )
Life story of Wallace Beery by Howard Strickling( Book )
Beery, Noah, Sr. (1884-1946) by Alan R Havig( )
Beery, Wallace : Actor by Martin Quigley( )
[Academy Awards, 18th. Ray Milland and Joan Crawford receive film Oscars, Hollywood, Calif. Hearst vault material, HVMc2226r1, 62488]( Visual )

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Most widely held works by Wallace Beery

Grand Hotel by Edmund Goulding( Visual )

43 editions published between 1932 and 2013 in 6 languages and held by 1,867 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The glitz and glitter of Berlin's Grand Hotel comes alive with this story of love and betrayal

Dinner at eight by George Cukor( Visual )

19 editions published between 1933 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 972 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A Park Avenue snob gives a dinner party for a visiting English peer. Little does she realize that her shipping magnate husband is bankrupt and that her daughter is having an affair with an older man

The lost world by Harry O Hoyt( Visual )

76 editions published between 1925 and 2016 in 6 languages and held by 678 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Professor Challenger, the man of vision who persuades his skeptical colleagues to return with him to a remote South American plateau where he has discovered living dinosaurs. Resisting danger and death, Challenger's party returns to London in triumph with a captive Brontosaurus. But the beast escapes, turning the city into a shambles and standing the 20th century on it's head

Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson( Visual )

28 editions published between 1934 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 663 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Young Jim Hawkins works on the ship known as the Hispaniola. Posing as a cook, one-legged Long John Silver joins the crew seeking to steal the treasure and ship

Three ages by Buster Keaton( Visual )

37 editions published between 1923 and 2017 in 6 languages and held by 439 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

[Three ages] Romantic misadventures from the dawn of man in the Stone Age, through the gladiatorial arenas of Ancient Rome to the city streets of the American Jazz Era. A clever parody of D.W. Griffith's Intolerance. [The goat] Keaton is mistaken for a nefarious gunslinger named Dead Shot Dan. [My wife's relations] A comedy of domestic turmoil that seems to reflect some of the tensions between Keaton and the Talmadges, his real life in-laws at the time

The champ by Franco Zeffirelli( Visual )

10 editions published between 1931 and 2006 in English and Spanish and held by 396 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Wallace Beery plays a washed-up prizefighter making a ring comeback to provide for his son

China seas by Tay Garnett( Visual )

10 editions published between 1935 and 2011 in English and held by 389 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Rugged Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries. Both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancée are aboard

Robin Hood by Ridley Scott( Visual )

34 editions published between 1922 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 357 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A big-screen spectacle that ranks as one of the monumental accomplishments of the era, 'Robin Hood' is a timeless story of romance and intrigue, staged on a herculean scale. Its sets were erected by an army of 500 carpenters and towered 90 feet in the air, covering ten acres of land, historically accurate to the smallest detail. Robin Hood recreates 'the chivalry of England in all its glory' as it unveils the conflicts and betrayals that threaten to destroy the kingdom of Richard the Lion-Hearted (Wallace Beery). As the Earl of Huntington, Fairbanks epitomizes the valiant, loyal knight immortalized in Arthurian legend, gently wooing the virtuous lady Marian (Enid Bennett). When King Richard, Huntington and a band of warriors embark on a crusade to Palestine, Richard's conniving brother John (Sam De Grasse) assumes the throne and turns the once-idyllic empire into a Dante-esque sty of corruption. In the darkest hour, Huntington shirks off his noble demeanor and is transformed into Robin Hood, a hyper-animated avenger who, just a few leaps ahead of his merry men, breathlessly storms the battlements in pursuit of Prince John, the High Sheriff of Nottingham (William Lowery) and all who stand in the way of justice

The last of the Mohicans by Michael Mann( Visual )

16 editions published between 1920 and 2012 in English and held by 225 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Cora and her younger sister Alice are on their way to Fort William Henry. Escorted by the treacherous Magua, they are unaware that the Fort, under the command of their father, is besieged by Indians in league with the French. The sisters are saved by Hawkeye and his Indian companions, Uncas and Chingachcook. Cora falls in love with the noble Uncas, the last of his tribe. But Magua still has evil plans

A date with Judy by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer( Visual )

9 editions published between 1948 and 2011 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 180 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This MGM musical comedy, filmed in Technicolor, is typical wholesome family entertainment and is as a result, a corny and cheery story about teenagers. Based on a popular radio show which began in 1941, this merry outing follows the adventures of Judy Foster, a young woman determined to attend the big school dance with an impressive date. Judy and her lifelong friend Carol fall out when they both fall for a suave older man. A high-spirited teen, Judy manages to unintentionally make a hash of her friends and family's love lives. Songs include "It's a most unusual day," "Cuanto le gusta," "Strictly on the corny side," "Judaline," "I've got a date with Judy," "I'm gonna meet my Mary," "Love is where you find it."

Sherlock Jr. ; and, Three ages( Visual )

5 editions published in 2010 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 167 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Widely regarded as one of the most visually inventive silent comedies ever made, Sherlock Jr. offers fast-paced slapstick as well as a brilliant deconstruction of the filmmaking process. Keaton stars as a movie theater projectionist who dreams of becoming a super-sleuth and, in one breathtaking sequence, literally steps into the screen to bring his fantasies to life

Min and Bill( Visual )

4 editions published between 1930 and 2009 in English and held by 164 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Marie Dressler is Min, the feisty owner of a waterfront hotel who is raising an abandoned girl as her own. Min must resort to desperate measures to ensure the girl's future. She still finds time to lock horns with Bill (Beery), a ship's captain she regards with both affection and rage

Ah, wilderness! by Eugene O'Neill( Visual )

3 editions published between 1935 and 2009 in English and held by 141 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The story of a boy breaking through the shackles of adolescence in 1906

The big house( Visual )

5 editions published between 1994 and 2014 in English and held by 136 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

All the conventions of Hollywood prison films are set in this first major men-behind-bars picture about a vicious killer and his cellmates planning to break out of an overcrowded prison

Viva Villa!( Visual )

9 editions published between 1934 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 111 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The sometimes heroic, sometimes infamous deeds of Mexican bandit and patriot Pancho Villa. Villa fought the Diaz regime, whose soldiers killed his father. He later became one of the most ruthless Mexican bandits, but also helped put the honorable Francisco Madero in power. After Madero's assassination, Villa himself led his country, however, being a better fighter than a bureaucrat, he gave up the presidency when he could restore Mexico to its people

The Mollycoddle( Visual )

3 editions published between 1920 and 1996 in English and Undetermined and held by 103 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Douglas Fairbanks came from Broadway to the movies in 1915 when high salaries were luring well-known stage actors to the new feature-length pictures. Although most of these performers failed to 'register' on camera and returned to New York, Fairbanks quickly became a supernova. His energetic, optimistic character, his ingratiating smile, his graceful, acrobatic stunts (he did his own), clever writing, and accomplished staging rapidly made Fairbanks one of the most admired stars in the world. He produced 4 films for United Artists, including The Mollycoddle (1920), directed by Victor Fleming and starring Fairbanks, Ruth Renick, and Wallace Beery. After living in Europe for many years, Fairbanks returns to his home in Arizona in this adventure story. He battles and captures Wallace Beery, a desperado, while also pursuing and winning Ruth Renick

Greatest classic legends films collection( Visual )

2 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 92 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Collection include: Dinner at Eight (1933); Libeled Lady (1936); China Seas (1935); and Wife vs. Secretary (1936)

The first kings of comedy collection( Visual )

1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 91 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A hilarious tribute to the era of silent slapstick comedy and all the uproarious comedians who built the comedy genre

Douglas Fairbanks, a modern musketeer( Visual )

1 edition published in 2008 and held by 87 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

1916's "His Pictures In The Papers" features Douglas as the meat-loving son of a vegetarian food magnate who finds love with an equally carnivorous young woman. It is also a wry and prescient commentary on fame and the lengths some will go to in order to achieve it. Also from 1916, "The Mystery Of The Leaping Fish" is probably the most unconventional film Fairbanks ever appeared in, as it features him as the cocaine-addicted detective "Coke Ennyday." It was co-scripted by Tod Browning and features a flair for the bizarre he would put on ample display when directing "Dracula" and "Freaks" in the early 1930s. "Flirting With Fate" also features some darker-hued humor in its story of a depressed artist who arranges to be killed just before finding good fortune. The final film from 1916, "The Matrimaniac, " co-stars Constance Talmadge in a comic tale of the lengths a young couple will go to in order to tie the knot. The delightful "Wild And Woolly" has the Wild West-obsessed Douglas finding that the Old West does not require as much taming as he once surmised. Similarly, "Reaching For The Moon" chronicles Doug's realization that the life of a European monarch is not the fairy tale he once believed it to be. It is also an interesting comment on America's perceptions of World War I-era Europe with its depiction of a continent dominated by an unending number of assassination plots and murky counterplots. "The Modern Musketeer" demonstrates the limits and the advantages of living life according to a naive sense of chivalry exemplified by D'Artagnan. Its 17th century prologue provides a window into the sort of costume roles Doug would be playing in the years ahead. "When The Clouds Roll By" from 1919 is notable for its more surreal elements including an incredibly original and complicated dream sequence. 1920's "The Mollycoddle" and 1921's "The Nut" offer two final opportunities for Doug to display his athleticism in a modern setting. "The Mollycoddle" is almost a prototype of "North By Northwest" with Doug as a foppish American "corrupted" by the soft life in Europe who is mistaken for an American agent by a gang of ruthless smugglers. "The Nut" is an amusing film featuring Doug as an eccentric inventor whose efforts to help a young woman in her reform campaign go awry. The final film in the set, "The Mark Of Zorro, " was shot prior to "The Nut." Its overall success with critics and moviegoers convinced Doug that he should focus his efforts on producing similar period adventures--M. Boxwood (Amazon)

The mark of Zorro by Fred Niblo( Visual )

1 edition published in 1920 in English and held by 80 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Douglas Fairbanks came from Broadway to the movies in 1915 when high salaries were luring well-known stage actors to the new feature-length pictures. Although most of these performers failed to 'register' on camera and returned to New York, Fairbanks quickly became a supernova. His energetic, optimistic character, his ingratiating smile, his graceful, acrobatic stunts (he did his own), clever writing, and accomplished staging rapidly made Fairbanks one of the most admired stars in the world. He produced 4 films for United Artists, including The Mark of Zorro (1920), directed by Fred Niblo and starring Fairbanks, Marguerite De La Motte, Robert McKim, and Noah Beery. Set in Spanish California, Zorro (Fairbanks) battles the colonial government while also pursuing the beautiful Lolita

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