|
Benny Baker
Benny Baker (born Benjamin Michael Zifkin; May 5, 1907 – September 20, 1994) was an American film and theater actor and comedian, and appeared in over 50 films between 1934 and 1988. He died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California. Filmography Films *'' The Hell Cat'' (1934) as Snapper Dugan *''Belle of the Nineties'' (1934) as Blackie *'' A Wicked Woman'' (1934) (uncredited) *'' Love in Bloom'' (1935) as Man who buys radio *''College Scandal'' (1935) as 'Cuffie' Lewis *''Annapolis Farewell'' (1935) as Zimmer *'' Wanderer of the Wasteland'' (1935) as Piano player *''The Big Broadcast of 1936'' (1935) as Herman *''Thanks a Million'' (1935) as Tammany *''Millions in the Air'' (1935) as Benny *'' Rose of the Rancho'' (1936) as Hill-Billy Boy *'' Drift Fence'' (1936) as Jim Traft *''Give Us This Night'' (1936) as Tomasso *''Panic on the Air'' (1936) as Andy *''Lady Be Careful'' (1936) as Barney *''Murder with Pictures'' (1936) as Phil Doane *'' Rose Bowl'' (1936) as Dutch Schul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles
Woodland Hills is a neighborhood bordering the Santa Monica Mountains in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. Geography Woodland Hills is in the southwestern region of the San Fernando Valley, which is located east of Calabasas and west of Tarzana. On the north it is bordered by West Hills, Canoga Park, Winnetka, and Reseda, and on the south by the Santa Monica Mountains. Some neighborhoods are in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains. Running east–west through the community are U.S. Route 101 (the Ventura Freeway) and Ventura Boulevard, whose western terminus is at Valley Circle Boulevard in Woodland Hills. History The area was inhabited for around 8,000 years by Native Americans of the Fernandeño-Tataviam and Chumash-Venturaño tribes, who lived in the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills and close to the Arroyo Calabasas (Calabasas Creek) tributary of the Los Angeles River in present-day Woodland Hills. The first Europeans to enter t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drift Fence
''Drift Fence'' (reissued as ''Texas Desperadoes'') is a 1936 American Western film, directed by Otho Lovering and released by Paramount Pictures. The film's sets were designed by art director David S. Garber. Cast * Buster Crabbe as "Slinger" Dunn * Katherine DeMille as Molly Dunn * Tom Keene as Jim Travis * Benny Baker as Jim Traft * Leif Erickson as Curley Prentice * Stanley Andrews as Clay Jackson * Richard Carle as Sheriff Peter Bingham * Irving Bacon as "Windy" Watkins, Traft Foreman * Effie Ellsler as Grandma Dunn * Jan Duggan as Carrie Bingham, Sheriff Bingham's sister * Walter Long as Bev Wilson, Neighbor * Richard Alexander as Seth Haverly, Jackson Henchman * Budd Fine as Sam Haverly, Jackson Henchman * Chester Gan Chester Gan (1908-1959) was an American character actor of Chinese descent who worked in Hollywood from the 1930s through the 1950s. Biography Chester Gan was born in Grass Valley, California, to Wing Hong Gan and Wong Shee. He went to Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Navy Spirit
''That Navy Spirit'' is a 1937 American sports film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Lew Ayres, Mary Carlisle and John Howard.Quinlan p.274 It is also known by the alternative title ''Hold 'Em Navy''. It follows two members of the American football team at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis who compete over the same girl before the varsity game against West Point. Plot As first-year "plebes" at the Naval Academy, newcomers Tommy and Stuffy are subjected to rude treatment by the upperclassmen. After one of them, Chuck Baldwin, gives him a hard time, Tommy decides to invite Chuck's sweetheart Judy to a school ball. Tommy is also a talented football quarterback, but because Chuck informs on him being out after curfew, Tommy is suspended from the team and Navy loses the game. Judy is upset with Tommy, but a year later, when the situation is reversed and Chuck is caught out after dark, Tommy vouches for him. Chuck plays and helps Navy defeat Army in the big game, then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Or Nothing (1937 Film)
''Double or Nothing'' is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by Theodore Reed and starring Bing Crosby, Martha Raye, Andy Devine, Mary Carlisle and William Frawley. Based on a story by M. Coates Webster, the film is about a dying millionaire who instructs his lawyer to drop four purses on the streets of New York City, which are found and returned by four honest people. According to the will, each of them is given five thousand dollars, which they must double within thirty days in order to claim one million dollars. Greedy relatives, who were cut from the will, try to thwart each one's plans. The film features the popular song "The Moon Got in My Eyes". Plot Eccentric millionaire philanthropist Axel Clark wishes to prove that all people are essentially honest and good. Following his death and as a provision of his will, his lawyers drop wallets on the streets of town that each have $100 in them, with information for contacting the lawyers. The four honest people who re ... [...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] |
Wild Money
''Wild Money'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Louis King and written by Paul Gallico, Edward T. Lowe, Jr., Marguerite Roberts and Eddie Welch. The film stars Edward Everett Horton, Louise Campbell, Lynne Overman, Lucien Littlefield, Esther Dale and Porter Hall. The film was released on July 9, 1937, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *Edward Everett Horton as P.E. Dodd * Louise Campbell as Judy McGowan *Lynne Overman as Perry Brown *Lucien Littlefield as Bill Hawkins *Esther Dale as Jenny Hawkins *Porter Hall as Bill Court *Benny Baker as Al Vogel *Ruth Coleman as Mrs. West *Louis Natheaux as Cyrus K. West *Billy Lee as Malcolm West * Howard M. Mitchell as Sheriff Jones *William Burress as Spreckett *Gertrude Short Carmen Gertrude Short (April 6, 1902 – July 31, 1968) was an American film actress of the silent and early sound era. She appeared in more than 130 films between 1912 and 1945. Biography Carmen Gertrude Short was born in Cincinnati, ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Haywire
''Hotel Haywire'' is a 1937 American comedy film written by Preston Sturges with uncredited rewrites by Lillie Hayward. It was directed by George Archainbaud and stars Leo Carrillo, Lynne Overman, Spring Byington, Benny Baker and Colette Lyons. Plot Dentist Henry Parkhouse (Lynne Overman) and his wife Minerva (Spring Byington) have a perfect marriage until a practical joke backfires and she finds a lady's chemise in his coat pocket. Wife and husband both consult Dr. Zodiac Z. Zippe (Leo Carrillo) about what to do, and vaudevillians-turned-detectives Bertie and Genevieve Sterns (Benny Baker and Collette Lyons) get involved as well. On his lawyer's advice, Henry rents a hotel room to set up a compromising situation, only the Parkhouses' daughter Phyllis (Mary Carlisle) is in the same hotel to elope with Frank Ketts ( John Patterson), and plans to get married in the room next to Henry's. When Judge Sterling Newhall (Porter Hall) shows up to officiate, he knocks on Henry's door lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crime Nobody Saw
''The Crime Nobody Saw'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Charles Barton and written by Bertram Millhauser. The film stars Lew Ayres, Ruth Coleman, Eugene Pallette, Benny Baker, Vivienne Osborne, Colin Tapley and Howard Hickman. The film was released on March 12, 1937, by Paramount Pictures. Plot The Plot follows play-authors, Horace Dryden, Nick Milburn and "Babe" Lawton, who are in an apartment seeking inspiration, when suddenly a intoxicated man enters and collapses on the floor. The man had $15,000 with him, but things go bad when they find that the man was murdered. Cast *Lew Ayres as Nick Milburn * Ruth Coleman as Kay Mallory *Eugene Pallette as 'Babe' Lawton *Benny Baker as Horace Dryden * Vivienne Osborne as Suzanne Duval *Colin Tapley as Dr. Randolph Brooks *Howard Hickman as Robert Mallory *Robert Emmett O'Connor as Officer Tim Harrigan *Jed Prouty as William Underhill *Hattie McDaniel as Ambrosia *Ferdinand Gottschalk as John Atherton *Ellen Drew E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champagne Waltz
''Champagne Waltz'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Gladys Swarthout, Fred MacMurray and Jack Oakie. It is one of five movies produced by Paramount in the 1930s featuring Swarthout, a very popular Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano. The studio was attempting to build on the popularity of Grace Moore, another opera singer, who had also expanded her talents into movies. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst Fegté working with Hans Dreier. The costume designer was Travis Banton. Production This is a light musical with elements of screwball comedy. It documents the rivalry between a Vienna Waltz studio and the American jazz band that moves in next door. Franz Strauss is stressed because his waltz palace is losing business to the jazz club. Fred MacMurray is the trumpet-playing headliner. He pretends to be the US Consul when he encounters Swarthout, the daughter of the waltz studio owner. He changes the story to be a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mind Your Own Business (film)
''Mind Your Own Business'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and written by John Francis Larkin and Dore Schary. The film stars Charlie Ruggles, Alice Brady, Lyle Talbot, Benny Baker, Gene Lockhart, and Jack La Rue. It was released on December 18, 1936 by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *Charlie Ruggles as Orville Shanks *Alice Brady as Melba Shanks *Lyle Talbot as Crane * Benny Baker as Sparrow *Gene Lockhart as Bottles * Jack La Rue as Cruger * Jon Hall as Scoutmaster Davis *Frankie Darro as Bob *William Demarest as Droopy *Robert Baldwin as Jimmy Jeeper * Nick Stewart as Butler * Paul Harvey as Brannigan *Theodore von Eltz as District Attorney Adams *Duke York Duke York ( Charles Everest Sinsabaugh; October 17, 1908January 24, 1952), was an American film actor and stuntman who appeared in nearly 160 films between 1932 and 1952. He was also known as Duke Owl. Early years The son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd ... as Cruger's Henchman * Charles C. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Bowl (film)
''Rose Bowl'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Charles Barton and written by Marguerite Roberts. The film stars Eleanore Whitney, Tom Brown, Buster Crabbe, William Frawley, Benny Baker and Nydia Westman. The film was released on October 30, 1936, by Paramount Pictures. Plot "Cheers" Reynolds has a pair of suitors, Paddy O'Riley and Ossie Merrill, both football stars. As the boys leave their hometown for separate colleges, Cheers makes it clear Ossie is the one she prefers. Ossie neglects writing to her, and when Paddy returns to town, his friend and teammate Dutch Schultz tries to let Cheers know how much Paddy misses her. Dutch himself falls for a newspaper reporter, Florence Taylor. When their school, Green Ridge, gets invited to play in the Rose Bowl football game, Paddy and Dutch look forward to playing against Ossie's team. The coach, Soapy Moreland, catches his star player Paddy in a room after curfew with Cheers and suspends him from the game. But he has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder With Pictures
''Murder with Pictures'' is a 1936 American crime-mystery film based on a story by George Harmon Coxe. The film was directed by Charles Barton, the screenplay was written by Jack Moffitt and Sidney Salkow. Lew Ayres starred as Kent Murdock, Gail Patrick starred as Meg Archer; Paul Kelly and Benny Baker also appeared in the film. The film was released September 25, 1936. Plot After gangster Nate Girard (Onslow Stevens) is acquitted of the murder of Arch Cusick, his lawyer Stanley Redfield (Ernest Cossart) invites the press to a party at his apartment during which he is killed. At the party newspaper photographer Kent Murdock (Lew Ayres) meets Meg Archer (Gail Patrick) who later escapes to Ayres' apartment in the same building after Redfield is killed. The police suspect Archer is responsible for the murder, but are unable to find her, even though she is hiding in Murdock's shower. Later during the police investigation at Redfield's apartment Murdock finds fellow newspaperman's c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
_still_2.jpg "Click for more on -> Benny Baker")
_still_1.jpg "Click for more on -> Murder With Pictures")