Three years ago, filmmaker Rocky Lang received an unexpected note from an archivist at the motion picture academy's Margaret Herrick Library, telling him he'd found a letter from his father, agent-producer Jennings Lang.
"There before me was a letter written by my father in 1939 to [the literary agency] H.N. Swanson," Lang recalls. "He'd just gotten off the bus in Los Angeles, had a hundred bucks in his pocket and was looking for a job. It was amazing because later he had a big career as an agent, representing Joan Crawford and Humphrey ...
"There before me was a letter written by my father in 1939 to [the literary agency] H.N. Swanson," Lang recalls. "He'd just gotten off the bus in Los Angeles, had a hundred bucks in his pocket and was looking for a job. It was amazing because later he had a big career as an agent, representing Joan Crawford and Humphrey ...
- 9/27/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Three years ago, filmmaker Rocky Lang received an unexpected note from an archivist at the motion picture academy's Margaret Herrick Library, telling him he'd found a letter from his father, agent-producer Jennings Lang.
"There before me was a letter written by my father in 1939 to [the literary agency] H.N. Swanson," Lang recalls. "He'd just gotten off the bus in Los Angeles, had a hundred bucks in his pocket and was looking for a job. It was amazing because later he had a big career as an agent, representing Joan Crawford and Humphrey ...
"There before me was a letter written by my father in 1939 to [the literary agency] H.N. Swanson," Lang recalls. "He'd just gotten off the bus in Los Angeles, had a hundred bucks in his pocket and was looking for a job. It was amazing because later he had a big career as an agent, representing Joan Crawford and Humphrey ...
- 9/27/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
What does a working girl have to do to get ahead, when all she has in her favor is an incredible face, a lavish wardrobe, and a pair of legs to make any executive wolf howl? Loretta Young juggles two egotistical swains, while Joan Blondell shines as an enticing all-pro homewrecker.
Big Business Girl
DVD-r
The Warner Archive Collection
1931 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 74 min. / Street Date September 14, 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Loretta Young, Frank Albertson, Ricardo Cortez, Joan Blondell, Frank Darien, Dorothy Christy, Oscar Apfel, Judith Barrett, Mickey Bennett, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Virginia Sale.
Cinematography: Sol Polito
Film Editor: Pete Fritch
Written by Robert Lord, story by Patricia Reilly & H.N. Swanson
Produced and Directed by William A. Seiter
Let’s hear it for the Warner Archive Collection’s voluminous vault of early ’30s Warners, MGM and Rko entertainments, which has given us a real education about this era of filmmaking.
Big Business Girl
DVD-r
The Warner Archive Collection
1931 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 74 min. / Street Date September 14, 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Loretta Young, Frank Albertson, Ricardo Cortez, Joan Blondell, Frank Darien, Dorothy Christy, Oscar Apfel, Judith Barrett, Mickey Bennett, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Virginia Sale.
Cinematography: Sol Polito
Film Editor: Pete Fritch
Written by Robert Lord, story by Patricia Reilly & H.N. Swanson
Produced and Directed by William A. Seiter
Let’s hear it for the Warner Archive Collection’s voluminous vault of early ’30s Warners, MGM and Rko entertainments, which has given us a real education about this era of filmmaking.
- 10/7/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Screenwriter Thompson Dies
Screenwriter Franklin Thompson has died at the age of 75.
Thompson, who also worked as an agent for writers, passed away on 2 December at his home in California, according to industry trade paper Daily Variety.
He began his career in Hollywood as a junior agent at the H.N. Swanson Agency, before racking up writing credits on 1982's Forced Vengeance and several TV series including Standing Tall and Jake and the Fatman.
Thompson also served as an executive consultant on Perry Mason.
A memorial will be held in his honour on 31 January in Pasadena, California.
Thompson, who also worked as an agent for writers, passed away on 2 December at his home in California, according to industry trade paper Daily Variety.
He began his career in Hollywood as a junior agent at the H.N. Swanson Agency, before racking up writing credits on 1982's Forced Vengeance and several TV series including Standing Tall and Jake and the Fatman.
Thompson also served as an executive consultant on Perry Mason.
A memorial will be held in his honour on 31 January in Pasadena, California.
- 1/21/2010
- WENN
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