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Brenda Weisberg
Brenda Weisberg (1900–1996) was a Russian-American screenwriter active from the late 1930s through the early 1950s. Her body of work spanned a wide range of genres, from monster movies to thrillers to family films. She wrote several films for the Rusty the Dog and Dead End Kids series. Biography Brenda was born in Rovno, Ukraine, to a Jewish family; she emigrated to Ohio with her parents when she was a little girl. The family eventually settled in Phoenix, Arizona. After graduating high school, she began working for local publications, and eventually founded the city's first Jewish newspaper, ''The Southwestern Jewish Star''. She eventually moved to Hollywood around 1940, where she began writing genres films for big studios like Universal, RKO, and Columbia. Her credits include films like ''The Mummy's Ghost'', ''Weird Woman'', ''My Dog Rusty'', and ''There's One Born Every Minute''. She retired from screenwriting in 1952, the year she moved back to Phoenix, Arizona, and marr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rovno
Rivne (; uk, Рівне ),) also known as Rovno (Russian: Ровно; Polish: Równe; Yiddish: ראָוונע), is a city in western Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the surrounding Rivne Raion (district created in the USSR) within the oblast.On bringing the name of Rovno city and Rovno Oblast in accordance to rules of Ukrainian spelling . . 11 June 1991 Administratively, Rivne is incorporated as a cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alias Mr
Alias may refer to: * Pseudonym * Pen name * Nickname Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Alias'' (2013 film), a 2013 Canadian documentary film * ''Alias'' (TV series), an American action thriller series 2001–2006 * ''Alias the Jester'', a 1995 British animated series * ''Alias – the Bad Man'', a 1931 American Western film Gaming * ''Alias'' (board game) * Alias (''Forgotten Realms''), a fictional character in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' * ''Alias'' (video game), 2004, based on the TV series Literature * ''Alias'' (comics), an American comic book series * Alias Enterprises, an American publishing company Music * Alias (band), a Canadian rock supergroup ** ''Alias'' (album), 1990 * ''Alias'' (The Magic Numbers album), 2014 * ''Alias'' (EP), by Shygirl, 2020 * Alias (musician) (Brendon Whitney, 1976–2018), an American rapper * Alias (Ryan Tedder, born 1979), American singer, songwriter and record producer * Alias Records, a record label * "Alias", a song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Tough Guy
''Little Tough Guy'' is a 1938 crime film that starred several of the ''Dead End Kids''. In the follow-up films, the studio began using the group name '' The Little Tough Guys'', and later '' The Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys''. This was the first of several films and serials that Universal made using several of the "Kids", whom they borrowed from Warner Bros. ''Little Tough Guy'' is in the public domain. Plot Johnny Boylan's father was sentenced to death for a crime that he was never fully proven to have committed. He and his family move to a poorer section of the East Side in New York City. His sister, Kay resorts to dancing in a burlesque theater after she is fired from her job. Her former fiancé, Paul Wilson, still cares for her and wants to help her, but she avoids him because of the shame she is feeling. Johnny tries to enlist his fellow newsboy friends to help prove his father's innocence. They try to convince the judge, but are unsuccessful. In frustration, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You're Not So Tough
''You're Not So Tough'' is a 1940 Universal Studios drama film directed by Joe May and starring ''Dead End Kids'' and the '' Little Tough Guys'' and was the first in the series where Billy Halop and Huntz Hall weren't billed in the opening credits before the ''Dead End Kids'' name. Plot The Dead End Kids ride a freight train through California. After the kids get arrested for vagrancy, members Tom and Pig are hired to work on a ranch owned by kindly Mama Posito. Tom learns that Posito hasn't seen her son in years, but believes that he may still be alive. In an attempt to steal her money, Tom decides to pose as her son. However, Posito's soon gets the best of Tom, and he decides to stay with her for love, rather than for greed. Cast The Dead End Kids * Billy Halop - Tommy Abraham Lincoln * Huntz Hall - Albert 'Pig' * Gabriel Dell - String * Bernard Punsly - Ape * Bobby Jordan - Rap The Little Tough Guys * Hally Chester - Second Newsboy * Harris Berger - Jake, a Worker * David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hit The Road (1941 Film)
''Hit the Road'' is a 1941 crime comedy film featuring the Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys. Plot Delinquent gang members Tom, Pig, Ape, and String are trying to break out from the reformatory their confined to, but they are caught and brought to the parole officer Cathy Crookshank. All of the gang members are sons of gangsters, which makes it even harder for them to get paroled. They tell their superintendent this, and that they have no sponsor. To remedy this, Miss Crookshank asks the leader of the boys fathers' gang, Valentine, to come to her office. Valentine is barely released from prison. He is reluctant to help the boys, arguing that he is a reformed man and is now living on a farm with his wife Molly and their daughter Pat. He has also decided to take a new name, "Ryan." Miss Crookshank explains the boys’ predicament, however, and Valentine agrees to take them in under his wings. One of the younger members of the gang, Pesky, is also taken in by the ex-gangster. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sing Another Chorus
''Sing Another Chorus'' is a 1941 American film starring Jane Frazee. Plot Andy Peyton comes home from college, wanting not to work for his father's failing garment business but to be involved in stage shows and entertainment. A former burlesque queen, Francine LaVerne, encourages him in this pursuit. Edna, loyal secretary to Arthur Peyton at his dress business, and Stanislaus, the janitor, suggest that to mark the company's 25th anniversary, Andy put on a show. After being tricked out of thousands of dollars by a con artist, Theodore Gateson, it looks like the end for Mr. Peyton's business. However, the show staged by Andy is a huge hit, Gateson is found, the money is recovered, Edna falls in love with Andy and a Broadway producer is interested in making the show a smash. Cast * Jane Frazee as Edna * Johnny Downs as Andy * Mischa Auer as Stanislaus * George Barbier as Arthur Peyton * Iris Adrian as Francine * Walter Catlett Walter Leland Catlett (February 4, 1889 &ndas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mob Town (1941 Film)
''Mob Town'' is a 1941 Universal film starring the Dead End Kids and the Little Tough Guys. Plot A man is convicted of murder and sentenced to death for the crime. His brother, who idolized him, meets a cop, Sgt. Frank Conroy, who attempts to stop the boy and his gang of friends from ending up the same way as his brother did. He enrolls them in a recreational program and helps them get jobs. However, things change when the kid finds out that Conroy was the cop who arrested his brother, which resulted in his execution. Cast Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys * Billy Halop as Tom Barker * Huntz Hall as Pig * Gabriel Dell as String * Bernard Punsly as Ape Additional Cast * Dick Foran as Sgt. Frank Conroy * Anne Gwynne as Marion Barker * Darryl Hickman as Butch Malone aka Shrimp * Samuel S. Hinds as Judge Luther Bryson * Victor Kilian as Uncle Lon Barker * Truman Bradley as Officer Cuttler * John Butler as Rummell * John Sheehan as Mr. Loomis * Emory Parnell Emory Parnell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overland Mail (film)
''Overland Mail'' is a 1942 American Western film serial from Universal Pictures which stars Lon Chaney Jr., Noah Beery Jr. and Noah Beery Sr. It was subsequently edited into a film version called ''The Indian Raiders'' in 1956. Plot Two investigators for a stagecoach company are assigned to discover why the company's stages keep being ambushed. They find that the culprits are bandits disguised as Indians, and they set out to find out who is behind the plot. Cast * Lon Chaney Jr. as Jim Lane * Helen Parrish as Barbara Gilbert * Noah Beery Jr. as Sierra Pete * Don Terry as Buckskin Billy Burke * Bob Baker as Bill Cody * Noah Beery Sr. as Frank Chadwick * Tom Chatterton as Tom Gilbert * Charles Stevens as Puma * Robert Barron as Charles Darson * Harry Cording as Sam Gregg, Henchman * Marguerite De La Motte as Rose, the Waitress * Ben Taggart as Lamont * Jack Rockwell as Slade, hired gun * Riley Hill as Mack, phoney Indian * Carleton Young as Lem, phoney Indian Adolf Hitler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mug Town
''Mug Town'' is a 1942 Universal film starring the Dead End Kids and the Little Tough Guys. Plot Steve, Tommy, Pig, Ape, and String get chased out of town. During their attempt to hop onto a freight car, Steve dies. The other boys go and tell Alice, Steve's mother about what happened. This leads to Tommy getting a job in the storage facility which she co-owns with Mack. Don, Steve's brother, also works there and Tommy learns that he is working for gangsters by informing them of when valuable items are available to be stolen. The other boys learn of Don's plans to make Tommy as the "fall-guy" during the next job and set about to stop him. Cast Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys * Billy Halop as Tommy Davis * Huntz Hall as Pig * Gabriel Dell as String * Bernard Punsly as Ape Additional cast * Grace McDonald as Norene Steward * Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Bell * Tommy Kelly as Steve Bell * Dick Hogan as Don Bell * Jed Prouty Jed Prouty (born Clarence Gordon Prouty; April 6, 1879 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keep 'Em Slugging
''Keep 'Em Slugging'' is a 1943 American film starring the Little Tough Guys and directed by Christy Cabanne for Universal Pictures. This was the final film in Universal's Little Tough Guys series, and although Universal still billed the group as "The Dead End Kids and The Little Tough Guys", none of the Little Tough Guys appeared in this film. Plot Teenage gang leader Tommy Banning is preparing for the Summer vacation by telling his members about the importance of doing their share to help out during the war. The best way to do this, according to Tommy's advice, is to end the gang activities and instead take legitimate useful jobs. But this seems to be a greater task than they could imagine, since most gang members have criminal records for juvenile delinquency, and they fail getting regular jobs. When Tommy's sister Sheila asks her boss, Frank Moulton, at the Carruthers' department store where she works, he agrees to hire Tommy only if she goes on a date with him. Sheila has a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mad Ghoul
''The Mad Ghoul'' is a 1943 American horror film directed by James Hogan and starring Turhan Bey, Evelyn Ankers, and David Bruce, and featuring George Zucco, Robert Armstrong, and Milburn Stone. The film is about the scientist Dr. Alfred Morris and his assistant Ted Allison. Morris, who is obsessed with an ancient Mayan life-preserving process to the point of madness, has fallen in love with Allison's girlfriend, the concert singer Isabel Lewis. Morris decides to use Allison for his eternal-life experiments, transforming him into a zombie who slowly recalls his past life, but is unaware of his undead status. ''The Mad Ghoul'' was developed at Universal Pictures in February 1943 under the title ''The Mystery of the Mad Ghoul''. Filming was completed in May 1943 for a release on November 12, 1943. Plot Dr. Alfred Morris ( Zucco) is curious about the effects of an ancient nerve gas, used by the Mayans during rituals of human dissection to appease their gods. He takes medical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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