Across The Rio Grande (film)
''Across the Rio Grande '' is a 1949 American Western film directed by Oliver Drake and starring Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, and Reno Browne. It was released on May 15, 1949. Cast list * Jimmy Wakely as Jimmy Wakely * Dub Taylor as Cannonball (credited as "Cannonball" Taylor) * Reno Browne as Sally Blaine * Riley Hill as Steven Blaine * Dennis Moore as Carson * Kenne Duncan as Joe Bardet * Ted Adams as Tom Sloan * Myron Healey as Stage Holdup Man * Bud Osborne as Stage Driver * Polly Bergen as Cantina Singer (as Polly Burgin) * Bob Curtis as Gil (henchman) * Carol Henry as Lewis (henchman) * Boyd Stockman Ira D. Boyd Stockman (February 12, 1916 – March 10, 1998) was an American actor and stuntman. He was best known for his appearances in the American western television series '' The Adventures of Kit Carson'', and for playing the role of Spud O ... as Ed (henchman) * William Bailey as Sheriff Reid References External links * * * Monogram Pictures films 194 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Oliver Drake (filmmaker)
Clarence Oliver Drake (May 28, 1903 – August 19, 1991) was an American film/television director, screenwriter, producer and actor who was most active in the Western genre. Though Drake began his career as an actor, he is best known as a prolific screenwriter and director of low-budget Western films (sometimes referred to as B-Westerns). Drake was most active in the 1930s and 1940s, although he continued writing and directing films until 1974. His films include ''Today I Hang'' (1942). Selected filmography * '' Red Blood and Blue'' (1925) * '' Cyclone of the Range'' (1927) * ''The Cherokee Kid'' (1927) *''The Flying U Ranch'' (1927) * '' The Boy Rider'' (1927) * ''The Desert Pirate'' (1927) * ''Red Riders of Canada'' (1928) * ''When the Law Rides'' (1928) * ''Phantom of the Range'' (1928) * ''The Little Buckaroo'' (1928) * ''Driftin' Sands'' (1928) *'' Orphan of the Sage'' (1928) * '' The Pinto Kid'' (1928) * '' The Drifter'' (1929) * ''The Vagabond Cub'' (1929) * ''The Cheyen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bud Osborne
Leonard Miles "Bud" Osborne (July 20, 1884 – February 2, 1964) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 600 films and television programs between 1912 and 1963. Biography Osborne was born Miles Osborne in Knox County, Texas, on February 20, 1884. Osborne attended Oklahoma City schools and was a rancher in Oklahoma's Indian Territory before he became an entertainer. After working with the 101 Ranch Show for five years, he worked with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show for one year in 1912. He became a member of Thomas H. Ince's film company in 1915. Osborne specialized in westerns, and was also noted for his skill as a stage driver, and was thus much in demand from his first film in 1912 right through the early 1950s. He was working as a stunt man as late as 1948, in Ray Enright's ''Return of the Bad Men.'' As he grew older Osborne played small character parts in such television western series as ''Have Gun – Will Travel'', ''Bonanza'', ''Bat Masterson'', ' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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American Black-and-white Films
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Films Directed By Oliver Drake
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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American Western (genre) Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1949 Films
The year 1949 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1949 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *April 26–June 21 – Ealing comedies ''Passport to Pimlico'', '' Whisky Galore!'' and ''Kind Hearts and Coronets'' are released in the UK, leading to 1949 being remembered as one of the peak years of the Ealing comedies. *November 15 – Following the prior year's Supreme Court decision in ''United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.'', Paramount Pictures is split into two separate companies with the creation of Paramount Pictures Corporation for production-distribution and United Paramount Theaters for the theater operations. *December 21 – Cecil B. DeMille's ''Samson and Delilah'', starring Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, and Henry Wilcoxon, receives its televised world premiere at the Paramount and Rivoli theatres in New York City. The film opens in Los Angeles on Janu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1949 Western (genre) Films
Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. * January 11 – The first "networked" television broadcasts take place, as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air, connecting east coast and mid-west programming in the United States. * January 16 – Şemsettin Günaltay forms the new government of Turkey. It is the 18th government, last One-party state, single party government of the Republican People's Party. * January 17 – The first Volkswagen Beetle, VW Type 1 to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York City, New York by Dutch businessman Ben Pon Sr., Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Monogram Pictures Films
A monogram is a motif (art), motif made by overlapping or combining two or more letters or other graphemes to form one symbol. Monograms are often made by combining the initials of an individual or a company, used as recognizable symbols or logos. A series of uncombined initials is properly referred to as a cypher (e.g. a royal cypher) and is not a monogram. History Monograms first appeared on coins, as early as 350 BC. The earliest known examples are of the names of Greek cities which issued the coins, often the first two letters of the city's name. For example, the monogram of Achaea (ancient region), Achaea consisted of the letters alpha (Α) and chi (letter), chi (Χ) joined together. Monograms have been used as signatures by artists and Artisan, craft workers on paintings, sculptures and pieces of furniture, especially when guilds enforced measures against unauthorized participation in the trade. A famous example of a monogram serving as an artist's signature is the "AD" us ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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William Bailey (actor)
William Norton Bailey (born Gardner Warren Reineck; September 26, 1886 – November 8, 1962) was an American actor and director. Personal life William Norton Bailey was born Gardner Warren Reineck on 26 September 1886 in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents, Rebecca Gardener Phillips and Jesse P. Reineck, his father was a Western Union telegraph operator. The family moved around the country based on Jesse’s work. The Reineck’s divorced after 1900 when Jesse was arrested, along with five other telegraph operators, for defrauding American Express. William's mother settled the family for a number of years in Milwaukee. Bailey was married on 1917 in Philadelphia to Mary Cannon, an actress who worked under the professional names of Polly Vann and Mary/Polly Bailey. They had no children. After their marriage, William, his new wife, and his mother moved to New York City where he was a director at Vitagraph Studios. After her death in 1952, he married a second time to Mrs. Aletha Hamilton ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Boyd Stockman
Ira D. Boyd Stockman (February 12, 1916 – March 10, 1998) was an American actor and stuntman. He was best known for his appearances in the American western television series ''The Adventures of Kit Carson'', and for playing the role of Spud Oxton in the 1955 film ''The Man from Laramie''. Stockman was born in Redrock, New Mexico, and raised in California. His television credits include ''Gunsmoke'', '' State Trooper'', ''The Guns of Will Sonnett'', '' The Virginian'', ''The Range Rider'', ''Annie Oakley'', '' Laramie'', ''The Gene Autry Show'', ''Sky King'', ''The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok'', ''Cimarron City'' and ''Tales of Wells Fargo''. His film credits include '' Gun Talk'', ''The Duel at Silver Creek'', ''Outlaw Brand'', ''Beyond the Purple Hills'', ''Texans Never Cry'', ''Westward Ho the Wagons!'', '' Night Passage'', ''West of El Dorado'' and ''The Gambler Wore a Gun''. Stockman died in May 1998 in Silver City, New Mexico Silver City is a town in Grant County, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carol Henry (actor)
Carol Henry (July 14, 1918 – September 17, 1987) was an American character actor who played the parts of henchmen in Western films and television series throughout the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He also served as a stunt man in various films although all his work in that field went uncredited. Born in Oklahoma, he appeared in an episode of ''Sergeant Preston of the Yukon'' in 1955 as McClain, a murderer. In 1958 he appeared as a posse member in the TV western ''Tales of Wells Fargo'' in the episode titled "Butch Cassidy." Carol Henry died in North Hollywood, aged 69. Selected filmography * '' Gun Talk'' (1947) * ''Courtin' Trouble'' (1948) * ''Gunning for Justice'' (1948) * ''The Sheriff of Medicine Bow'' (1948) * '' Across the Rio Grande'' (1949) * ''Gun Law Justice'' (1949) * ''Trails End'' (1949) * ''Roll, Thunder, Roll!'' (1949) * ''Range Land'' (1949) * ''Outlaw Gold'' (1950) * ''Gunslingers'' (1950) * ''The Longhorn ''The Longhorn'' is a 1951 American Western film direc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Polly Bergen
Polly Bergen (born Nellie Paulina Burgin; July 14, 1930 – September 20, 2014) was an American actress, singer, television host, writer and entrepreneur. She won an Emmy Award in 1958 for her performance as Helen Morgan in ''The Helen Morgan Story''. For her stage work, she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Carlotta Campion in ''Follies'' in 2001. Her film work included '' Cape Fear'' (1962) and ''The Caretakers'' (1963), for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. She hosted her own weekly variety show for one season (''The Polly Bergen Show''), was a regular panelist on the TV game show '' To Tell the Truth,'' and later in life had roles in ''The Sopranos'' and '' Desperate Housewives''. She wrote three books on beauty, fashion, and charm. She is also the inspiration behind Mother Goose in ''The Land of Stories''. Early life Bergen was born in Knoxv ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |