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Alice Dahl
Theresa "Terry" Norberg (January 7, 1913 – May 8, 1977), later known as Alice Dahl, was an American film and stage actress. She had roles, including as the female lead, in Western B movies. She later went by the stage name Terry Walker. Early life Theresa Norberg was born in Petersburg, Alaska on January 7, 1913. Her father, Charles Norberg, ran a fur farm near Petersburg. Her mother was Emelia Dahl and her sister was named Lillian Norberg. At age 11, she attended school in Seattle. Soon after, her adopted family moved to Hollywood. Career Before 1933, Dahl was a part of the Little Theater Movement in southern California and she acted in minor parts in films. Her first leading role was in the film ''Whirlwind'', which was produced under the working title ''Free Ranger''. The film was a Western, and Dahl played opposite Tim McCoy. Dahl had a small part in the 1934 Laurel and Hardy musical film '' Babes in Toyland'' and in one of Shemp Howard's films. Dahl acted in H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invisible Ghost
''Invisible Ghost'' is a 1941 American horror film directed by Joseph H. Lewis, produced by Sam Katzman and starring Bela Lugosi. Plot The home of Charles Kessler is beset by a series of unsolved murders. Kessler, who lives with his daughter and servants since his wife left him, is shown to be the murderer, unbeknownst to himself. His wife, who became brain-damaged in a car accident not long after leaving him, has been visiting the grounds of the house and the sight of her through his window puts Kessler into a trance-like state which makes him homicidal. Ralph Dickson, the fiancée of Kessler's daughter, is convicted and executed for one of the murders. His twin brother Paul arrives and, through a series of events, including Kessler's wife finally entering the house and being seen by others, Kessler is seen to go into the trance and the mystery is revealed. Cast Production The film was initially announced in press as ''Murder by the Stars'', and later re-titled ''The Phant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twisted Rails
''Twisted Rails'' is a 1934 American Western film directed by Albert Herman. It was distributed by the independent Imperial Distributing Corporation for the states-rights market. The plot concerns $50,000 in gold that is hidden on a train and a gang's efforts to get it. Cast * Jack Donovan as Jim Conway *Alice Dahl as Mary McGuire *Philo McCullough as Black Jack Bolivar * Donald Keith as Louie Weinstock *Victor Potel as Tom Watson * Robert 'Buddy' Shaw as Tommy McGuire *Donald Mack as Dude Malloy *Henry Roquemore as Gilbert Henderson *Pat Harmon as Barney McGuire *Tom London as Sheriff James * Adabelle Driver as Mrs. McGuire *Lawrence Underwood Lawrence Underwood (1871 – February 2, 1939) was an American stage and screen actor, writer, and director. He played in many movies, including ''Old Lady 31'', ''The Phantom Buster'' and ''King of the Royal Mounted''. Selected filmography * '' ... as Master mechanic External links * * 1934 films American black-and-whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Births
Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the war. * January 13 – Edward Carson founds the (first) Ulster Volunteer Force, by unifying several existing loyalist militias to resist home rule for Ireland. * January 23 – 1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Ismail Enver comes to power. * January – Stalin (whose first article using this name is published this month) travels to Vienna to carry out research. Until he leaves on February 16 the city is home simultaneously to him, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito alongside Berg, Freud and Jung and Ludwig and Paul Wittgenstein. February * February 1 – New York City's Grand Central Terminal, having been rebuilt, reopens as the world's largest railroad station. * February 3 – The 16th Amendment to the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voodoo Man
''Voodoo Man'' is a 1944 American horror film directed by William Beaudine and starring Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, and George Zucco. Plot Nicholas (George Zucco) runs a filling station in the sticks. In reality, he is helping Dr. Richard Marlowe (Bela Lugosi) capture comely young ladies so he can transfer their life essences to his long-dead wife. Also assisting is Toby (John Carradine), who lovingly shepherds the left-over zombie girls and pounds on bongos during voodoo ceremonies. The hero is a Hollywood screenwriter who, at the end of the picture, turns the experience into a script titled "Voodoo Man". When his producer asks who should star in it, the hero suggests ... Bela Lugosi. Cast * Bela Lugosi as Dr. Marlowe * John Carradine as Toby * George Zucco as Nicholas * Wanda McKay as Betty * Louise Currie as Sally * Michael Ames as Ralph * Ellen Hall as Mrs. Marlowe * Terry Walker as Alice * Mary Currier as Mrs. Benton * Claire James as Zombie * Henry Hall as Sheriff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Medico Of Painted Springs
''The Medico of Painted Springs'' (also known as ''Doctor's Alibi'') is a 1941 American Western film produced by Columbia Pictures. Based on the novel of the same name by James Lyon Rubel, the film stars Charles Starrett, Terry Walker, Ben Taggart, Wheeler Oakman, and the Simp-Phonies in a cameo appearance. It was directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Wyndham Gittens and Winston Miller. In the film, Starrett's character, Dr. Steven Monroe, travels to a tumultuous Painted Springs and attempts to resolve a raging conflict between two camps – the cattlemen and the sheep ranchers. The film received mixed reviews from contemporary film critics. After the release of the film in June 1941, Columbia allowed the release of two more Medico films, ''Thunder Over the Prairie'' (July 1941) and ''Prairie Stranger'' (September 1941). Starrett, who went on to star in around sixty other western flicks, found ''The Medico of Painted Springs'' to be his favorite film. The film has many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dangerous Lady (film)
''Dangerous Lady'' is a 1941 American crime film directed by Bernard B. Ray and written by Jack Natteford. The film stars Neil Hamilton, June Storey, Douglas Fowley, Evelyn Brent, Greta Granstedt and Malcolm "Bud" McTaggart. It was released on September 12, 1941 by Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot Detective Duke Martindel and his wife Phyllis work together to clear a girl falsely convicted of having murdered a judge. The case goes stale when two people who knew the truth are murdered. Duke and Phyllis then become prisoners of the real murderers, and the case is solved. Cast * Neil Hamilton as Duke Martindel *June Storey as Phyllis Martindel *Douglas Fowley as Sergeant Brent *Evelyn Brent as Hester Engel *Greta Granstedt as Leila Bostwick *Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart as Joe Link *Jack Mulhall as Jones * John Holland as Guy Kisling *Emmett Vogan as Dr. Grayson *Terry Walker as Annie Lowell *Kenneth Harlan as Det. Dunlap *Carl Stockdale as Judge Harding * John Ince as Cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take Me Back To Oklahoma
''Take Me Back to Oklahoma'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and starring Tex Ritter, Karl Hackett and Bob Wills. Plot Cast Soundtrack * "Village Blacksmith" (by Lew Porter and Johnny Lange) * "Kalamity Kate" (by Lew Porter and Johnny Lange) * "You Are My Sunshine" (by Jimmie Davis with Charles Mitchell's Orchestra) * "Good Old Oklahoma" (by Bob Wills James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, he was known widely as the King of Western Swing (although S ...) * "Take Me Back To Tulsa" (by Bob Wills) * "Going Indian" (by Bob Wills) * "Lone Star Rag" (by Bob Wills) * "Bob Wills Special" (by Bob Wills) External links * * 1940 films American black-and-white films 1940 Western (genre) films Monogram Pictures films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Albert Herman 1940s English-languag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy The Kid In Texas
''Billy the Kid in Texas'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield. It's the second in the "Billy the Kid" film series, produced by PRC from 1940 to 1946. Plot Billy the Kid runs into his old friend Fuzzy in a wide-open Texas town. When he stands up to town thug Flash and his gang, the grateful citizens make him sheriff. Now that he has legal authority, Billy and Fuzzy go after Flash, who has stolen a large amount of money and framed young Gil Cooper, a member of his gang, for it—not knowing that Gil Cooper is Gil Bonney, Billy's brother. Cast * Bob Steele as Billy the Kid * Al St. John as Fuzzy * Terry Walker as Mary Barton * Carleton Young as Gil Bonney / Gil Cooper * Charles King as Dave * John Merton as Flash * Frank LaRue as Jim Morgan * Slim Whitaker as Windy the Wagon Driver See also The "Billy the Kid" films starring Bob Steele: * ''Billy the Kid Outlawed'' (1940) * ''Billy the Kid in Texas'' (1940) * ''Billy the Kid's Gun Justice'' (1940) * ''Bill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delinquent Parents
''Delinquent Parents'' is a 1938 American crime film directed by Nick Grinde and written by Nicholas T. Barrows and Robert St. Claire. The film stars Doris Weston, Maurice Murphy, Helen MacKellar, Terry Walker, Richard Tucker and Charlotte Treadway. The film was released on July 15, 1938, by Progressive Pictures. Plot In the closing days of the Great War, Edith Ellis secretly marries Charles Wharton Jr., a young army lieutenant from an influential family. The Armistice of 11 November 1918 occurs just prior to her husband's sailing to France, his influential family successfully seeks to have their weakling son's marriage annulled. Edith is injured in an automobile accident with Edith and her family keeping her pregnancy secret, putting her child up for adoption. Edith's daughter is adopted and raised as Carol Caldwell, but in a fit of rage her adoption is revealed to her circle of friends by her former friend. Shamed by not knowing she was adopted, Carol cruelly turns her back on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The Great White Trail
''On the Great White Trail'' also known as ''Renfrew on the Great White Trail'' is a 1938 American Northern starring James Newill as Sgt. Renfrew of the Royal Mounted in the second of the film series. It was produced and directed by Albert Herman. Plot summary Even in the remote fur trading section of Canada, Sergeant Douglas Renfrew finds a lady in distress. Kay Larkin, whose father is a suspect to a crime. Larkin's partner, along with another Mountie, are found murdered: word came down from the remote region of the Pacific Northwest from Dr. Howe, who resides there. But after finding old man Larkin, and arresting him in the name of the Crown, Renfrew hears his story and suspect's Kay's father is innocent of the charges. Pierre, an employee of a trading post up north, is suspect until Dr. Howe's guilt is revealed. Howe committed the murders and attempted to frame Larkin. The motive was theft and greed that resulted in a murder neither party wanted to be involved, then attemp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Bullets
''Federal Bullets'' is a 1937 American crime film written and directed by Karl Brown. It is based on the 1937 novel ''Federal Bullets'' by George Fielding Eliot. The film stars Milburn Stone, Zeffie Tilbury, Terry Walker, William Harrigan, Helen MacKellar and Selmer Jackson. The film was released on October 30, 1937, by Monogram Pictures. Plot Cast * Milburn Stone as Tommy Thompson *Zeffie Tilbury as Mrs. Crippen *Terry Walker as Milly *William Harrigan as Chief *Helen MacKellar as Mrs. Thompson * Selmer Jackson as Harker *Matty Fain as 'Barber' John *Lyle Moraine as Pete *Warner Richmond as Burke * Betty Compson as Sue * Eddie Phillips as Durkin *John Merton John Merton (born Myrtland F. LaVarre; February 18, 1901 – September 19, 1959) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1927 and 1959, mostly as a villain. He was the brother of filmmaker André de la Varre a ... as Manny Goe * Walter Long as Henchman References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blonde Trouble
''Blonde Trouble'' is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Eleanore Whitney, Johnny Downs and Lynne Overman.Hischak p.209 Produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, it is based on the plot of the 1929 musical ''June Moon'' by George S. Kaufman and Ring Lardner Synopsis Fred Stevens is an aspiring songwriter from Schenectady who journeys to New York City, hoping to make a name for himself. On the train he meets dental assistant Edna Baker, and the two embark upon a friendship that evolves into her falling for him. While struggling in Tin Pan Alley, Fred falls in with his composer partner's gold-digging sister-in-law Eileen. Eileen really becomes interested when she finds out Fred is carrying his life savings. Cast * Eleanore Whitney as Edna Baker * Johnny Downs as Fred Stevens * Lynne Overman as Joe Hart * Terry Walker as Eileen Fletcher * Benny Baker as Maxie Schwartz * William Demarest as Paul Sears * John Patterson as Dann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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