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Albert Cavens
Albert Cavens (1 October 1906 – 17 December 1985) was a Belgian-born American silent film child actor. Biography Cavens moved to the United States soon after birth and began his career only aged 8 in a number of films in 1914, including '' The Town of Nazareth'', also starring Charlotte Burton. However, after 1914, Cavens took a break from acting. He returned to it as an adult over thirty years later, playing Valvert, the nobleman whom Cyrano duels with while reciting a poem, in ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' (1950). (Cavens was the son of Fred Cavens, a fencing instructor in Hollywood). Between 1950 and 1969, he made a number of appearances in film and television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ..., and appeared in '' Star Trek'' in 1969 shortly before his retirement. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. The Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country and is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community, but is separate from the Flemish Region (within which it forms an enclave) and the Walloon Region. Brussels is the most densely populated region in Belgium, and although it has the highest GDP per capita, it has the lowest available income per household. The Brussels Region covers , a relatively small area compared to the two other regions, and has a population of over 1.2 million. The five times larger metropolitan area of Brusse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Farmer's Daughter (1947 Film)
A farmer's daughter is a stock character who is a desirable and naive young woman. The Farmer's Daughter or Farmer's Daughter may also refer to: Movies * ''The Farmer's Daughter'' (1928 film), by scriptwriter Frederica Sagor Maas * ''The Farmer's Daughter'' (1940 film), with Martha Raye and Charles Ruggles * ''The Farmer's Daughter'' (1947 film), starring Loretta Young and Joseph Cotten * ''The Farmer's Daughter'' (1962 film), starring Charles Bickford, who was also in the 1947 film * ''Farmer's Daughters'', a 1973 hardcore pornography film Music * ''Farmer's Daughter'' (album), the debut studio album by American Idol season nine runner-up Crystal Bowersox * Farmer's Daughter (band), former name of Canadian country music band The Daughters * "Farmer's Daughter" (Rodney Atkins song), by country music artist Rodney Atkins * "Farmer's Daughter" (Crystal Bowersox song), by American Idol season nine runner-up Crystal Bowersox * "Farmer's Daughter", a Beach Boys song from '' Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starlift
''Starlift'' (a.k.a. ''Operation Starlift'') is a 1951 American musical film released by Warner Bros. in directed by Roy Del Ruth and written by Karl Lamb and John D. Klorer. The film stars Janice Rule, Dick Wesson, Ron Hagerthy and Ruth Roman. ''Starlift'' was made during the beginning of the Korean War and centers on an Air Force flyer's wish to meet a film star, and her fellow stars' efforts to perform for injured men at the air force base. ''Starlift'' features many of Warner Bros. top stars, including Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, James Cagney, Gene Nelson, Jane Wyman, Randolph Scott, Virginia Mayo and Phil Harris in cameo appearances as themselves. Plot United States Air Force flyers Rick Williams (Ron Hagerthy) and Mike Nolan ( Dick Wesson) attempt to meet Nell Wayne (Janice Rule), a (fictitious) film star performing in a star-studded musical in San Francisco. Rick and Nell were both from the same small town, but had never met. Mike attempts to convince both the staff and ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Law And The Lady (1951 Film)
''The Law and the Lady'' is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Edwin H. Knopf and starring Greer Garson, Michael Wilding (as twin brothers) and Fernando Lamas. It is not related to the Wilkie Collins novel '' The Law and the Lady''. Very loosely based on the 1925 play '' The Last of Mrs. Cheyney'' by Frederick Lonsdale, the action is transferred to the turn of the century, the names are all changed, and the first half of the film shows the history of the two thieves. Previous film versions of the story, made in 1929, starring Norma Shearer, and 1937, starring Joan Crawford, retained the play's contemporary setting, included a crew of confederates, and opened with Mrs. Cheyney as an established figure in society..TCM.com's Notes section on The Law and the Lady says that in the two earlier film “Mrs. Cheyney” acts alone. This is a mistake. This film also ends differently from the play, with the partners in crime ending as romantic partners but going back to England to face ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Crossbones
''Double Crossbones'' is a 1951 American comedy adventure film distributed by Universal International, produced by Leonard Goldstein, directed by Charles Barton, and stars Donald O'Connor and Helena Carter. It was shot in Technicolor and was released on January 22. The story is of shopkeeper apprentice Davey Crandall becoming a pirate after being accused falsely of being involved of selling stolen goods. Plot In the late 1700s, Charleston, South Carolina, is a haven for pirates, who sell their plunder there. One day, Davey Crandall (Donald O'Connor) and his friend and coworker, Tom Botts (Will Geer), see the ship ''Liverpool Queen'' enter the harbor. As soon as the cargo is unloaded and transferred to the shelves of Davey's employer, cranky shopkeeper Caleb Nicholas ( Morgan Farley), Charleston territorial governor Gerald Elden ( John Emery) brings his ward, Lady Sylvia Copeland ( Helena Carter), and British aristocrats Lord and Lady Montrose to view the new wares. While Sylvia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Me Mister (film)
''Call Me Mister'' is a 1951 American Technicolor musical film released by Twentieth Century-Fox. The feature was directed by Lloyd Bacon and re-written from the 1946 Broadway play version by Albert E. Lewin and Burt Styler with music by Harold Rome that featured cast members from the US armed forces. ''Call Me Mister'' was filmed in Technicolor, and starred Betty Grable and Dan Dailey and co-starred Danny Thomas with supporting players Dale Robertson, Benay Venuta, and Richard Boone. Only a couple Harold Rome numbers were kept in the film. Background Screen version of the Broadway musical ''Call Me Mister'' was one of Grable's final "successful" films as her box-office power was beginning to diminish. This was also Grable's last film with Dan Dailey, with whom she co-starred in several of her previous films. ''Call Me Mister'' was a "moderate success" at the box-office. The finale is a production number of "Love Is Back in Business" staged by Busby Berkeley, ending with four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gambling House (film)
''Gambling House'' is a 1951 American film noir crime film directed by Ted Tetzlaff and starring Victor Mature, Terry Moore and William Bendix. Plot A gangster, Joe Farrow, kills a man after a game of craps. He then offers gambler Marc Fury $50,000 if he will take the rap and stand trial. Farrow tries to renege on the money, so Fury steals a ledger with information that could put Farrow behind bars. While being pursued, Fury slips the ledger into the possession of an immigration social worker, Lynn Warren. Subsequently, Fury is acquitted but immigration officers arrest him, take him to Ellis Island and threaten to deport him; neither he nor his parents ever become naturalized citizens. Fury tracks down Lynn Warren and, though the two are drawn romantically to each other, she does not believe his desire to remain in America is well-placed. Farrow's gunman comes looking for Fury, but ultimately double-crosses his boss. When Fury offers the $50,000 to a family that longs desperate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dial 1119
''Dial 1119'' is a 1950 film noir directed by Gerald Mayer, nephew of Louis B. Mayer. The film stars Marshall Thompson as a deranged escaped killer holding the customers of a bar hostage. The telephone number "1119" is the police emergency number used in the film. Plot Delusional mental patient Gunther Wyckoff (Marshall Thompson) escapes from a mental institution, intent on locating psychiatrist Dr. John Faron (Sam Levene), whose testimony sent him to the asylum. Wyckoff arrives by bus in Terminal City. As he disembarks, he is confronted by the bus driver for stealing his Colt pistol. Wyckoff uses it to kill the driver. Wyckoff tries to locate Dr. Faron, first at his office and then at his home address – an apartment building – with no luck. As he leaves the building, it is a warm night, and he notices the Oasis Bar across the street. He goes into the bar and finds there is a good vantage point from which to observe the entryway to the apartment building. The bar is tended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flame And The Arrow
''The Flame and the Arrow'' is a 1950 American Technicolor swashbuckler film made by Warner Bros. and starring Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo and Nick Cravat. It was directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced by Harold Hecht and Frank Ross from a screenplay by Waldo Salt. The music score was by Max Steiner and the cinematography by Ernest Haller. During the 23rd Academy Awards for the films from 1950, it was nominated for Best Cinematography (Color) for Ernest Haller though the award went to Robert Surtees for ''King Solomon's Mines''. A second nomination for the film for Best Musical Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture was received by Max Steiner. Still, the award went to Franz Waxman for ''Sunset Boulevard''. Plot In the time of Frederick Barbarossa, in the area of Italy known as Lombardy, Dardo Bartoli (Burt Lancaster) has brought his son Rudi (Gordon Gebert) to the town especially to see Count Ulrich ( Frank Allenby), known as "the Hawk", together with his niece, Lady ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Man With A Horn (film)
''Young Man with a Horn'' is a 1950 American musical drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael, and Juano Hernandez. It was based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Dorothy Baker inspired by the life of Bix Beiderbecke, the jazz cornetist. The film was produced by Jerry Wald. The screenplay was written by Carl Foreman and Edmund H. North. Plot As a young boy, after his mother dies, Rick Martin sees a trumpet in the window of a pawn shop. He works in a bowling alley to save up enough money to buy it. Rick grows up to be an outstanding musician (adult Rick played by Kirk Douglas), tutored by jazzman Art Hazzard (Juano Hernandez). He lands a job playing for Jack Chandler's big band, getting to know piano player Smoke Willoughby (Hoagy Carmichael) and beautiful singer Jo Jordan (Doris Day). Jack orders him to always play the music exactly as written. Rick prefers to improvise, and one night, during a break with Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbary Pirate (film)
''Barbary Pirate'' is a 1949 American adventure film directed by Lew Landers and starring Donald Woods and Trudy Marshall. Plot Major Tom Blake of the United States Army is assigned by the first United States Secretary of State - Thomas Jefferson to go undercover and discover who has been attacking American merchant ships after the American Revolutionary War has come to an end. Blake, calling himself "Brighton," boards a vessel and alienates two patriotic passengers, Anne Ridgeway and her brother Sam, who believe he possesses disloyal pro-British sentiments. Men who serve Yusof, the Bey of Tripoli, of the Barbary states in North Africa are behind the raids at sea. Blake ingratiates himself by saving the Bey from an assassin's attack, then locates the knife thrower, Zoltah, and confides his true identity to her. To his surprise, Anne is taken captive by the Bey and offered to him as a personal servant, a reward for his heroism. Blake privately reassures Anne he will not take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend
''The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend'' is a 1949 romantic comedy Western film starring Betty Grable and featuring Cesar Romero and Rudy Vallee. It was directed by Preston Sturges and written by him based on a story by Earl Felton. The film, Sturges' first Technicolor production, was not well received at the time it was released, and was generally conceded to be a disaster – even Betty Grable bad-mouthed it – but its reputation has improved somewhat over time, though it is not considered to be in the same league as the intelligent comedies Sturges made at Paramount Pictures for which he is known. ''The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend'' would turn out to be the last American Western film on which Sturges would work – although he would receive credit for films that were remakes or adaptations of his earlier films. Sturges directed only one more film in his life, the 1955 French comedy ''Les carnets du Major Thompson'' (released in the U.S. as ''The Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
