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Billy Curtis
Billy Curtis (born Luigi Curto; June 27, 1909 – November 9, 1988) was an American film and television actor with dwarfism, who had a 50-year career in the entertainment industry. Career The bulk of his work was in the western and science fiction genres, portraying a little person. One of his early roles was uncredited as a Munchkin city father in '' The Wizard of Oz'' (1939). He had a featured role as part of the circus troupe in Alfred Hitchcock's ''Saboteur'' (1942). He also appeared in ''Superman and the Mole Men'' (1951), a B-Picture intended as the pilot for the '' Adventures of Superman'' TV series. Curtis followed up this role by playing yet another alien visitor in an episode of the last season in ''The Adventures of Superman'' television series, titled "Mister Zero". As the title character, he portrayed a stranded refugee from Mars who visits the Metropolis ''Daily Planet'' newspaper office, asking to be taken to Earth's leader. Curtis's work in westerns included the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Terror Of Tiny Town
''The Terror of Tiny Town'' is a 1938 American musical Western film produced by Jed Buell, directed by Sam Newfield and starring Billy Curtis. The film was shot at a sound studio in Hollywood and partly at Placeritos Ranch in Placerita Canyon, California. The inspiration came when Buell overheard an employee jokingly say "If this economic dive keeps going, we'll be using midgets as actors". Using a conventional Western story with an all-diminutive cast, the filmmakers were able to showcase gags such as cowboys entering the local saloon by walking under the swinging doors, climbing into cupboards to retrieve items and dwarf cowboys galloping around on Shetland ponies while roping calves. It is considered to be one of the worst films ever made. Plot The film begins with a man on a stage who is the film's only member of average height. He announces that this film is the first of its kind and speaks the title: ''The Terror of Tiny Town''. He is interrupted by the hero, Buck Larso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Cigars
''Little Cigars'' is a film released in 1973 by American International Pictures and was directed by Chris Christenberry. The film was also released in the United States as ''The Little Cigars Mob''. Plot A gang of dwarves team up with a gangster's mistress, played by Angel Tompkins, to go on a crime spree. Cast *Angel Tompkins - Cleo *Billy Curtis - Slick Bender *Jerry Maren - Cadillac *Frank Delfino - Monty *Felix Silla - Frankie *Emory Souza - Hugo *Joe De Santis - Travers *Jon Cedar - Faust *Philip Kenneally - Ganz *Barbara Rhoades - Helen *Todd Susman - Buzz *Michael Pataki - Garage Mechanic See also *List of American films of 1973 A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ... References External links * 1973 films 1973 crime films American crime fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Legs
''Lucky Legs'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Charles Barton and written by Stanley Rubin and Jack Hartfield. The film stars Jinx Falkenburg, Leslie Brooks, Kay Harris, Russell Hayden, Elizabeth Patterson and William Wright. The film was released on October 1, 1942, by Columbia Pictures. Plot Chorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle. Producer Ned McLane persuades her to advance him the money on a production called "Lucky Legs" that will star her. The will causes problems in two places; Racketeer Pinky Connors is mad as the money is his as Dinwiddle was really his absconding bookkeeper, and, in Elmville, Dinwiddle's two spinster sisters, Annabelle Dinwiddle and Henrietta Dinwiddle, learn they are getting $10,000 each. Pinkie's lawyer suggests he get power-of-attorney over Gloria's funds. Henrietta wants to contest the will, hires a local young law school graduate, Jimmy Abercrombie and the trio set off for New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Off Broadway
''Just Off Broadway'' is a 1942 Drama (genre), Drama directed by Herbert I. Leeds, starring Lloyd Nolan and Marjorie Weaver. This is the sixth of a series of seven that Lloyd Nolan played Michael Shayne for Twentieth Century Fox films. Hugh Beaumont portrayed Shayne in five more films from Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot summary Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan), a private investigator, flees from jury duty to prove the defendant's guilt. He and Judy Taylor (Marjorie Weaver), a reporter, begin looking into the suspect's alibis and discover that in addition to the murder he stands trial for, the man has also killed two others. Afterward, the detective is jailed for 60 days for defecting from the jury. Cast * Lloyd Nolan as Michael Shayne * Marjorie Weaver as Judy Taylor * Phil Silvers as Roy Higgins * Janis Carter as Lillian Hubbard * Richard Derr as John Logan, Defense Attorney * Joan Valerie as Rita Darling * Don Costello as George Dolphin * Chester Clute as Sperty, Juror-R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wings For The Eagle
''Wings for the Eagle'' (aka ''Shadow of Their Wings'') is a 1942 American drama film starring Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson and George Tobias, directed by Lloyd Bacon. It tells the story of workers at a Lockheed aircraft assembly plant in the months preceding the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was the first of 11 films in which Morgan and Carson appeared together, though they did not become known as a movie "team" until a few years later. Plot In 1940, Corky Jones (Dennis Morgan) and Gil Borden (Don DeFore) come to Burbank, California, looking for jobs. They get work at the Lockheed aircraft factory. Corky stays with his friend Brad Maple (Jack Carson) and his wife Roma (Ann Sheridan) Brad is unemployed. At work, Corky befriends Jake Hanso (George Tobias) and his son Pete (Russell Arms). Pete is studying to become a military pilot. Corky rents a room from Jake after Brad becomes jealous of him. Jake is a supervisor at the plant, born abroad, who loses his job because ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Gal Sal
''My Gal Sal'' is a 1942 American musical film distributed by 20th Century Fox and starring Rita Hayworth and Victor Mature. The film is a biopic of 1890s composer and songwriter Paul Dresser and singer Sally Elliot. It was based on a biographical essay, sometimes erroneously referred to as a book, by Dresser's younger brother, novelist Theodore Dreiser. (Dreiser was the original family name.) Some of the songs portrayed as Dresser's work were actually written by him, but several were created for the film by the Hollywood songwriting team of Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin. Plot Sally Elliott, a musical star meets up with Indiana boy Paul Dresser, a runaway who after a brief stopover with a medicine show arrives in Gay Nineties New York. He composes the title tune for the fair lady and becomes the toast of Tin Pan Alley. Cast * Rita Hayworth as Sally Elliott (singing voice was dubbed by Nan Wynn) * Victor Mature as Paul Dresser (singing voice was dubbed by Ben Gage) * John Sutton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Lie (film)
''Don't Lie'' is a 1942 ''Our Gang'' short comedy film directed by Edward Cahn. It was the 205th ''Our Gang'' short (206th episode, 117th talking short, 118th talking episode, and 37th MGM produced episode) that was released. Plot Buckwheat's accurate report of a wandering monkey is ignored because of his past fibs, with resulting confusion. Cast The Gang * Billie Thomas as Buckwheat * Mickey Gubitosi as Mickey * Billy Laughlin as Froggy * George McFarland as Spanky Additional cast * Billy Curtis as Melinda, the chimp * Emmett Vogan Charles Emmett Vogan (September 27, 1893 – October 6, 1969) was an American actor with almost 500 film appearances from 1934 to 1954, making him, along with Bess Flowers, one of the most prolific film actors of all time. In 1913, Vogan ... as Circus Official See also * ''Our Gang'' filmography References External links * 1942 films American black-and-white films Films directed by Edward L. Cahn Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1942 Film)
''Tramp, Tramp, Tramp'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Charles Barton and starring Jackie Gleason, Jack Durant and Florence Rice. The film's sets were designed by the studio's regular art director Lionel Banks. The production was an attempt to replicate the success of rival studio Universal's hit film ''Buck Privates'', starring Abbott and Costello.Erickson p.100 Synopsis Two small town barbers attempt to enlist in the Army following America's entry into World War II. However they are both rejected military unfit. Inspired by a sense of patriotism they form their own "home defense" unit, recruiting other men who have been rejected by the draft board. Cast * Jackie Gleason as Hank * Jack Durant as Jed * Florence Rice as Pam Martin * Bruce Bennett as Tommy Lydel * Hallene Hill as Granny * Billy Curtis as Midget * Mabel Todd as Vivian * Forrest Tucker as Blond Bomber * James Seay as Biggie Waldron * John Tyrrell as Lefty * John Harmon as Mousey * Eddie Foster as Bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellzapoppin' (film)
''Hellzapoppin'' is a 1941 film adaptation of '' Hellzapoppin'', the musical that ran on Broadway from 1938 to 1941. It was a production for Universal Pictures directed by H. C. Potter. Although the Broadway cast was initially slated to appear in the film, except for Olsen and Johnson and the Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, no one else from any of the stage productions appeared in the movie. The cast includes Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson, both of whom produced and starred in the Broadway musical, as well as Martha Raye, Mischa Auer, Shemp Howard, Slim and Slam, and Whitey's Lindy Hoppers. The film is fourth wall breaking and full of surreal humour. Plot Shemp Howard begins the film as Louie, the projectionist of a cinema, exhibiting what appears to be the start of a song-and-dance number including classily dressed performers walking down a staircase. The staircase collapses and turns into a slide, conveying the dancers straight to hell, where they are tortured by demons. Ole Olson and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outlaws Of Cherokee Trail
''Outlaws of Cherokee Trail'' is a 1941 American Western " Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by Lester Orlebeck. Cast * Tom Tyler as Stony Brooke * Bob Steele as Tucson Smith * Rufe Davis as Lullaby Joslin * Lois Collier as Doris Sheldon * Tom Chatterton as Capt. Sheldon * Joel Friedkin as Judge * Roy Barcroft as Val Lamar * Phillip Trent as Fake Jim Warren (as Philip Trent) * Rex Lease Rex Lloyd Lease (February 11, 1903 – January 3, 1966) was an American actor. He appeared in over 300 films, mainly in Poverty Row westerns. Biography Lease arrived in Hollywood in 1924. He found bit and supporting parts at Film Booking O ... as Fake Marshal * Peggy Lynn as Belle References External links * 1941 films 1941 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Republic Pictures films Three Mesquiteers films Films directed by Lester Orlebeck 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{1940s-Western-film-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet John Doe
''Meet John Doe'' is a 1941 American comedy-drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra, written by Robert Riskin, and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The film is about a "grassroots" political campaign created unwittingly by a newspaper columnist with the involvement of a hired homeless man and pursued by the paper's wealthy owner.Dirks, Tim"Filmsite Movie Review: Meet John Doe (1941)."''Filmsite.org (AMC Networks)''. Retrieved: March 13, 2015. It became a box-office hit and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story. It was ranked No. 49 in AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Cheers. In 1969, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication. It was the first of two features Capra made for Warner Brothers, after he left Columbia Pictures, the other being '' Arsenic and Old Lace'' (1944). Plot A local newspaper, ''The Bulletin'', is under new management, with colu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emergency Landing (1941 Film)
''Emergency Landing'' (a.k.a. ''Robot Pilot'') is a 1941 American aviation spy-fi romantic screwball comedy film directed by William Beaudine. The film stars Forrest Tucker in his second film and in his first leading role with co-stars Carol Hughes and Evelyn Brent. ''Emergency Landing'' features much mismatched stock footage of various types of aircraft. Plot Arizona inventor "Doc" Williams (Emmett Vogan) has invented a wireless remote control that can pilot an aircraft. Despite his efforts and those of his friend, pilot Jerry Barton (Forrest Tucker), they can not interest anyone in the invention. Barton has found a job as a test pilot for a millionaire named George Lambert (William Halligan) with his own aircraft company. When Doc brings a model of his invention, the two send their model aircraft to buzz Lambert on the golf course. Lambert is fascinated and arranges a test, but his daughter Betty is not, especially when the model lands in a puddle and drenches her. When ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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