蒙蒂·班克斯
导演
68
电影
0
电视节目
Monty Banks was a short, stocky but somehow debonair Italian-born comic actor, later also writer and director. In the US from 1914, he first appeared on stage in musical comedy and cabaret. By 1917 he was working as a dancer in New York's Dominguez Cafe. After this he turned to films, acting and doing stunt work at Keystone, Universal and for Al Christie. Changing his name from Mario Bianchi to Monty Banks may have been prompted by Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as a passing reference to his playing '"montebanks". By 1919 Banks had moved to Vitagraph to play a villain in The Grocery Clerk (1919), foil to star comic Larry Semon. Banks first came to the fore in his own right as star of the "Welcome Comedies" made by Warner Brothers. He spent the early 1920s at Fox and Grand Asher, graduating to writing and directing two-reel comedies with himself as the star. Most noteworthy entries in regard to inventive sight gags and Mack Sennett--style madcap plots are Pay or Move (1924) and The Golf Bug (1924). The success of this series prompted Banks to create an independent production company, the Monty Banks Pictures Corporation, in conjunction with writer/director Howard Estabrook. He made several feature-length films for Pathe, including Play Safe (1927)) (generally considered his best work), which featured a climactic runaway train sequence. This style of fast-action slapstick made it inevitable that Banks suffered more than his fair share of injuries, especially since he continued to do many of his own stunts. From the late 1920s Banks worked in England and made several appearances in sound films. However, his accent proved to be something of an obstacle. He therefore decided, after 1930, to concentrate on directing and producing. He helmed four features starring the popular entertainer Gracie Fields, who became his second wife in 1940. In 1935 he directed a well-received George Formby comedy, No Limit (1935), about the TT motorcycle races on the Isle of Man, which were shot on location there. With the outbreak of World War II Banks--being an Italian citizen--would have faced internment in England as an enemy alien. He therefore deemed it necessary to flee to Canada, and from there to the neutral United States. He eventually obtained American citizenship, for which he had applied years earlier, but had forgotten to submit the necessary paperwork. Back in Hollywood he ended up at 20th Century-Fox, directing Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in Great Guns (1941), arguably one of their lesser efforts. Banks died of a heart attack during a trip through Italy in January 1950, aged just 52. Sadly, the majority of his one- and two-reelers are now considered lost films. As a result, his status as a leading comic of the silent screen may have somewhat diminished--except, perhaps, in his home town of Cesena, where a foundation was established in his honor (the "Aula Didattica Monty Banks"), offering students "practical courses on experimental aspects of video production".
相机背后
伟大的枪炮
导演
The Tenderfoot
适应
当下风云人物
导演
Keep Your Seats, Please
导演
Heads We Go
导演
交给我吧
导演
马鞋
编剧、故事、执行制片人
We're Going to Be Rich
导演
You Made Me Love You
导演
Tonight's the Night - Pass It On
导演
Shipyard Sally
导演
保持微笑
导演
Atta Boy
执行制片人
Old Soldiers Never Die
导演、制片人
The Compulsory Husband
导演
保持微笑
作家
黑手帮
导演
18 Minutes
导演
L'amour et la veine
导演
无限制
导演
鸡尾酒
导演
Almost a Honeymoon
导演、作家
Why Sailors Leave Home
导演
有钱无用
导演
可怜的老比尔
导演
为了迈克的爱
导演
西线并不那么安静
导演
多么美好的夜晚啊!
导演、制片人
红心皇后
导演
Chasing Choo Choos
历史
作为演员/演员
血与沙
Antonio Lopez
阿达诺的钟声
朱塞佩
当下风云人物
医生
Heads We Go
司机
爱
雇农
所以你不会说话
托尼
交给我吧
马鞋
Monty Milde
You Made Me Love You
出租车司机(演员表未列出)
充满刺激和欢笑的日子
自我(存档片段)
大西洋
花花公子
Tonight's the Night - Pass It On
定罪
车库
Man with Dog (uncredited)
Ça, c'est du cinéma
(存档镜头)
Shipyard Sally
仅限一晚
Atta Boy
Monty Milde
紫色面具
Jack Elliot & Jacques, Patricia's Butler (as Mario Bianchi)
Flying Luck
男孩
The Compulsory Husband
蒙蒂
喉结
Monty Adams
保持微笑
男孩
Cold Hearts and Hot Flames
寻呼爱
The Encyclopedia Salesman
家庭烹饪
斗牛士布里安汀
Adolph Brilliantino
约翰逊太多了
Leon Dathis
为了迈克的爱
厨师
Where Is My Wife?
The Jealous Husband
警长