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Alec Craig
Alexander Younger Craig (30 March 1884 – 25 June 1945) was a Scottish-born American character actor, particularly known for his roles in ''Mutiny on the Bounty'' (1935) and ''National Velvet'' (1944). He was particularly known for portraying stereotypically tight-fisted Scotsmen. Early life Alec Craig was born on 30 March 1884 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the son of James Chapman Craig and his wife Isabella. Personal life He married his wife Margaret L. (born 8 July 1888 in Dunfermline) in Edinburgh on 24 September 1919. They arrived in the United States on 2 November 1919. They had a son James C Craig (born 4 December 1922, Berkeley, California). He became a naturalized American citizen on 14 July 1939. Death Craig died of tuberculosis on 25 June 1945, aged 61, in Glendale, California. He is buried there at Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery.* Partial filmography * '' The Little Minister'' (1934) – Villager Saying 'Reverend Is Single' (uncredited) * ''Sweepstake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Career Girl (1944 Film)
''Career Girl'' is a 1944 American musical film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Frances Langford. It was PRC's answer to Columbia's ''Cover Girl''. This film is in the public domain. Plot summary Kansas City girl Joan Terry has come to New York to conquer Broadway as thousands have before her. Advised to maintain an appearance of wealth, she has been living in an expensive hotel until she is discovered. With no offers coming in she moves to an economical women's boarding house full of equally unsuccessful actresses, singers, and dancers. However, when Joan demonstrates her ability in the traditional newcomer's show for the residents, the girls recognise her considerable talent and form a corporation to support her until she is discovered and can pay them back from her earnings. Joan has a further problem when her impatient fiancée, a Kansas City coal mines owner, orders her to return home in failure to become his meek housewife. When she carries on in her plans, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Passage
''China Passage'' is a 1937 American mystery film directed by Edward Killy from a screenplay by Edmund L. Hartmann and J. Robert Bren, based on a story by Taylor Caven. RKO Radio Pictures produced the film, which stars Constance Worth, Vinton Haworth, Leslie Fenton and Gordon Jones. Haworth was injured in an automobile accident in January 1937, delaying the film's released until March 12, 1937. Plot Tom Baldwin and Joe Dugan are two American adventurers who are hired to escort the wife of a Chinese general to Shanghai. She is carrying a priceless diamond. Upon their arrival at the destination, there is a firefight, during which the diamond is stolen. The two Americans round up a group of suspects, but have no luck uncovering the stolen jewel. Among the suspects are Jane Dunn and Katherine Collins, an author named Anthony Durand and Harvey Dinwiddle. They release the suspects and then make plans to travel to San Francisco. When they board the ship, they are surprised to find th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Danger (1938 Film)
''Double Danger'' is a 1938 American crime drama directed by Lew Landers, using a screenplay by Arthur T. Horman and J. Robert Bren based on Horman's story. The film stars Preston Foster and Whitney Bourne, with supporting roles by Donald Meek and Samuel S. Hinds. Produced by RKO Radio Pictures, it was released on January 28, 1938. Plot Robert Crane is a novelist who is writing a series of novels about "The Gentleman", a jewel thief. The novels are based on a real-life thief who goes by the same name. Crane's good friend, David Theron, is the police commissioner. Theron suspects two people of being The Gentlemen: his friend Crane, and Carolyn Morgan. Theron sets a trap by inviting them both to his house for the weekend, letting it be known that he will be keeping a set of famous jewels, the Konjer diamonds, in his safe. It is Theron's plan to have a duplicate set of false diamonds in their place. The week prior to the event, Morgan and her accomplice, Taylor, steal the authe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crashing Hollywood (1938 Film)
''Crashing Hollywood'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Lew Landers and written by Paul Yawitz and Gladys Atwater. The film stars Lee Tracy, Joan Woodbury, Paul Guilfoyle, Lee Patrick and Bradley Page. The film was released on January 7, 1938, by RKO Pictures. It is based on the 1922 play of the same title by Paul Dickey and Mann Page, previous adapted into the 1923 silent film '' Lights Out''.Goble p.127 Plot A screen writer meets a man recently out of jail and his wife on a train, they decide to collaborate and write a film, but trouble appears when a gangster is outraged by his depiction on the film. Cast *Lee Tracy as Michael Winslow *Joan Woodbury as Barbara Lang *Paul Guilfoyle as Herman Tibbets * Lee Patrick as Goldie Tibbets *Bradley Page as Thomas 'Tom' Darcy / 'The Hawk' *Richard Lane as Hugo Wells *Tom Kennedy as Al * George Irving as Alexander Peyton *Frank M. Thomas as Detective Decker *Jack Carson as Dickson *Alec Craig as Movie Studio Receptionist *J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She's Got Everything (film)
''She's Got Everything'' is a 1937 American romantic comedy directed by Joseph Santley using a screenplay by Harry Segall and Maxwell Shane, based on a story by Shane and Joseph Hoffman. The film stars Gene Raymond and Ann Sothern, with supporting performances by Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Parkyakarkus (also known by his real name, Harry Einstein), and Billy Gilbert. RKO Radio Pictures produced and distributed the picture, which was released on the final day of 1937. Plot summary Heiress Carol Rogers returns from a long overseas vacation to learn her father has died and saddled her with a mountain of debt. To keep her creditors at bay, her Aunt Jane and pal Waldo contrive to get her hired as an assistant to wealthy coffee magnate Fuller Partridge, hoping it will lead to love and eventually marriage. Unfortunately, the plan is beset by obstacles, especially when a bumbling hypnotist hired to put a romance spell on Carol misses and casts it on Aunt Jane instead. Cast * Gene Ray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wise Girl (film)
''Wise Girl'' is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Miriam Hopkins, Ray Milland and Walter Abel. The screenplay concerns a wealthy socialite who tries to gain custody of her orphaned nieces. Plot Susan Fletcher (Miriam Hopkins) and her millionaire father, Simon (Henry Stephenson), are eager to take care of her late sister's two daughters, Joan and Katie, but her deceased brother-in-law's will placed them in the custody of his brother, John O'Halloran (Ray Milland). Mr. Fletcher's lawyers inform him that there is nothing they can do, unless John can be shown to be unemployed. However, though he loses jobs frequently, he also seems to be able to find new ones just as quickly. Susan decides to investigate. She passes herself off as an impoverished actress and talks John's kindly landlord into giving her a place to stay. She becomes acquainted with John, a struggling painter, the two girls, and their friends, boxer/sculptor Mike Malloy (Guinn Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideaway (1937 Film)
''Hideaway'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Richard Rosson. Based on the 1937 play ''A House in the Country'' by Melvin Levy, the screenplay was written by J. Robert Bren and Edmund L. Hartmann. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, it opened on August 13, 1937. The film stars Fred Stone, Emma Dunn, Marjorie Lord and J. Carroll Naish. Cast * Fred Stone as Franklin Peterson * Emma Dunn as Emma Peterson * Marjorie Lord as Joan Peterson * J. Carrol Naish as Mike Clarke * William Corson as Bill Parker * Ray Mayer as Eddie Baxter * Bradley Page as Al Miller * Paul Guilfoyle as Norris * Tommy Bond as Oscar Peterson * Dudley Clements as Sheriff Roscoe W. Wiggins * Alec Craig as Jerry Nolan * Charles Withers as Yokum * Otto Hoffman Otto F. Hoffman (May 2, 1879 – June 23, 1944) was an American film actor. He appeared in almost 200 films between 1915 and 1944. He was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles, California, from lung cancer. Hoffman's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Shot (1937 Film)
''The Big Shot'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Edward Killy from a screenplay by Arthur T. Horman and Bert Granet, based on a story by Lawrence Pohle and Thomas Ahearn. The film stars Guy Kibbee, Cora Witherspoon, Dorothy Moore, and Russell Hicks. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, the film premiered on July 23, 1937. Plot Bertram Simms is a veterinarian in a small town, who is quite content with his place in life. When he inherits a large estate and fortune from an unknown relative, he wants to continue living in the small town. His wife, Elizabeth, has other plans, wanting to see their daughter, Peggy, enter into high society in the city where Bertram's relative (an uncle) used to live. Upon their arrival in the uncle's mansion things do not seem to add up properly. Unbeknownst to the Simms, Bertram's uncle was the leader of a criminal gang. When Bertram is persuaded by Peggy's boyfriend, Chet, to purchase the newspaper that Chet works for which had be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super-Sleuth
''Super-Sleuth'' is a 1937 comedy film directed by Ben Stoloff. It was an early lead role for Jack Oakie. ''Super Sleuth'' was a remade in 1946 as '' Genius at Work'', with comedy team of Wally Brown and Alan Carney. Plot A film detective believes he actually has the skills to solve a real life case. Bill Martin's (Jack Oakie) boasts irritate the real detectives of the Los Angeles police, as well as studio publicist Mary Strand (Ann Sothern), who loves Bill but doesn't appreciate the actor's arrogance. A mysterious killer known as the "Poison Pen" decides to murder Bill, annoyed with his last movie. Bill and Mary go to amateur sleuth Professor Herman (Eduardo Ciannelli) for advice, unaware that the professor and the murderer are one and the same. By mistake, film co-star Ralph Waring (Bradley Page) is killed by the Poison Pen, and stand-in Larry Frank ( Alan Bruce) is suspected of the crime. To save Bill from the killer and from himself, Mary arranges for him to be locked up, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Border Cafe (film)
''Border Cafe'' is a 1937 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Lew Landers and starring Harry Carey (actor born 1878), Harry Carey. Plot Cast * Harry Carey (actor born 1878), Harry Carey as Tex Stevens * John Beal (actor), John Beal as Keith Whitney * Armida (actress), Armida as Dominga * George Irving (American actor), George Irving as Senator Henry Whitney * Leona Roberts as Mrs. Emily Whitney * J. Carrol Naish as ''Rocky Alton * Marjorie Lord as Janet Barry * Lee Patrick (actress), Lee Patrick as Ellie * Paul Fix as "Doley" Dolson * Max Wagner as Shakey, Rocky's Henchman * Walter Miller (actor), Walter Miller as Evans, Rocky's Henchman See also * List of American films of 1937 * Harry Carey filmography References External links ''Border Cafe'' in the Internet Movie Database * * * 1937 films Films directed by Lew Landers American black-and-white films RKO Pictures films 1937 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films 1930s English-lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet The Missus (1937 Film)
''Meet the Missus'' is a 1937 American domestic comedy film directed by Joseph Santley, using a screenplay by Jack Townley, Bert Granet, and Joel Sayre, based on an original story by Jack Goodman and Albert Rice. The movie was produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, and was initially released on June 4, 1937. The film stars Victor Moore and Helen Broderick (in the fifth of their six 1936–38 films) as well as Anne Shirley. Plot Mrs. Foster loves to enter contests which she never wins. Mr. Foster is exasperated with his wife. The Happy Noodle Company is looking for Mrs. America and Emma Foster becomes a finalist. The couple go to Atlantic City for the finals. Emma never had time to do homemaker chores and during the contest she has to get her husband Otis to do the work. Other husbands were likewise frustrated with the contest and their wives. The wives went full force to out do the other finalists. Cast *Victor Moore as Otis Foster - Husband *Helen Broderick as Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parnell (film)
''Parnell'' is a 1937 biographical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, starring Clark Gable as Charles Stewart Parnell, the famous Irish politician. It was Gable's least successful film and is generally considered his worst, and it is listed in ''The Fifty Worst Films of All Time''. The movie addresses the sex scandal that destroyed Parnell's political career, but its treatment of the subject is highly sanitized (and fictionalized) in keeping with Hollywood content restrictions at the time. Plot The life of Irish politician and Home Rule activist, Charles Stewart Parnell. Cast Credited Cast * Clark Gable as Charles Stewart Parnell * Myrna Loy as Katie O'Shea * Edna May Oliver as Aunt Ben Wood * Edmund Gwenn as Campbell * Alan Marshal as Captain William O'Shea * Donald Crisp as Davitt * Billie Burke as Clara Wood * Berton Churchill as The O'Gorman Mahon * Donald Meek as Murphy * Montagu Love as Gladstone * Byron Russell as Healy * Brandon Tynan as Redmond * Neil Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
