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John W. Considine Jr. (October 7, 1898 – March 22, 1961) was an American film producer. [1] He joined MGM from Fox in 1932 and remained with the company for the rest of his career. [2] That year he also directed his only film Disorderly Conduct . He was born in Spokane, Washington [3] the son of Elizabeth Ann (Donnelan) and impresario John ...
John W. Considine Jr. was born on 7 October 1898 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Puttin' on the Ritz (1930), Mad Love (1935) and Dancing Lady (1933). He was married to Carmen Elrene Pantages.
- Producer, Additional Crew, Writer
- October 7, 1898
- John W. Considine Jr.
- March 22, 1961
John W. Considine Jr. was born on 7 October 1898 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Puttin' on the Ritz (1930), Mad Love (1935) and Evelyn Prentice (1934). He was married to Carmen Elrene Pantages.
- October 7, 1898
- March 22, 1961
John Considine (actor)
- Youth and Arrival on The Scene
- Rise to Prominence
- Facing Off with The Police Chief
- Respectability
- The Original People's Theater Building
- The Orpheum
- References
Considine was born in Chicago, the son of Mary (Cusick) and John William Considine, who were Irish immigrants. Considine grew up attending Roman Catholic parochial schools, and eventually briefly attended St. Mary's College, Kansas. Briefly a Chicago policeman, he was involved in the raid that led to the Haymarket Riot. He then became a traveling a...
Considine brought variety entertainment in Seattle to a new level by importing Farida Mazar Spyropoulos, famous as "Little Egypt" from the World's Columbian Exposition (the Chicago World's Fair of 1893). The People's Theater (and its rivals) posted brass bands outdoors early in the evening to draw in customers. Salvation Armybands merely increased ...
As the gold rush era began to wane, the "open town" atmosphere again became a matter of controversy. A former employee of Considine's, William L. Meredith, who had followed Considine to Spokane, returned to his earlier job as a policeman. Meredith and Considine had slowly become enemies, and when Meredith became police chief he started an anti-vice...
Considine soon reinvented himself as a respectable impresario north of the Yesler Way "Deadline". In 1902, he bought into Seattle's first well-appointed movie theater (Edison's Unique Theater, established 1897), partnering with the local distributor of Edison phonograph records, creating Seattle's first establishment to combine variety entertainmen...
The 172 S. Washington Street basement that housed Considine's original People's Theater survives, although the building has lost its upper stories. At the corner of Second Avenue South, the remaining aboveground floor houses a pawnshop, Barney's Loans and a longstanding gay/drag bar, the Double Header. The basement has housed a series of bars, incl...
From 1911, the flagship of Considine's chain was the Orpheum Theatre at 3rd Avenue and Madison Street in Seattle. Designed by William Kingsley, the $500,000 theater was constructed, insofar as possible, with materials and services obtained from within Washington state. The decorative wrought iron canopy extending from over the box office to the cur...
Berner, Richard C. (1991), Seattle 1900-1920: From Boomtown, Urban Turbulence, to Restoration, Charles Press, ISBN 0-9629889-0-1.Morgan, Murray (1960), Skid Road, Ballantine Books."Fatal Duel in Seattle", New York Times, June 26, 1901, p. 3. Accessed online 22 December 2007. This provides a brief contemporary account of the shootout with Meredith.Cullen, Frank; Hackman, Florence (2006), "John Considine", Vaudeville, Old and New: An Encyclopedia of Variety Performers in America, Routledge, pp. 263–265, ISBN 0-415-93853-8. On most points, the...John W. Considine Jr. is known as an Producer, Associate Producer, Story, and Director. Some of his work includes Mad Love, Boys Town, Johnny Eager, Dancing Lady, Evelyn Prentice, Of Human Hearts, Broadway Melody of 1936, and Two Arabian Knights.
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American producer John W. Considine, Jr. worked in the mid-'20s and was behind numerous popular films. In 1932, he directed Disorderly Conduct. Prior to coming to films, Considine studied at Stanford, Yale, Oxford and Hedelberg. Both of his two sons, John and Tim Considine, are actors.