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Charles C. Coleman (director)
Charles Clifford Coleman, Jr. (December 29, 1901 – May 25, 1972) was an American film director, who usually worked as an assistant director. Known informally as Buddy Coleman, the young man broke into pictures during the last months of the silent-film era, establishing himself at Columbia Pictures as an assistant director. He worked in that capacity on many of Columbia's early hits, including '' Platinum Blonde'', ''Lady for a Day'', '' So This Is Africa'', ''It Happened One Night'', ''Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'', and ''Lost Horizon''. Like many of Columbia's employees working as apprentices, Coleman was ultimately promoted to full-fledged director. His trial attempt was a Tim McCoy western in 1934, and he was given steady B-picture assignments beginning in 1936, with Charles Starrett westerns and Don Terry action pictures. He remained with Columbia through 1940, billed as C. C. Coleman, Jr. In 1941 Buddy Coleman joined the staff of Paramount Pictures, where he worked for more tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production studio that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Sony. On June 19, 1918, brothers Jack and Harry Cohn and their business partner Joe Brandt founded Cohn-Brandt-Cohn (CBC) Film Sales Corporation, which would eventually become Columbia Pictures. It adopted the Columbia Pictures name on January 10, 1924 (operating as Columbia Pictures Corporation until December 23, 1968) went public two years later and eventually began to use the image of Columbia, the female personification of the United States, as its logo. In its early years, Columbia was a minor player in Hollywood, but began to grow in the late 1920s, spurred by a successful association with director Frank Capra. With Capra and others such as the most successful two reel comedy series The Three Stooges, Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Place In The Sun (1951 Film)
''A Place in the Sun'' is a 1951 American drama film based on the 1925 novel ''An American Tragedy'' by Theodore Dreiser and the 1926 play, also titled ''An American Tragedy''. It tells the story of a working-class young man who is entangled with two women: one who works in his wealthy uncle's factory, and the other a beautiful socialite. Another adaptation of the novel had been filmed once before, as ''An American Tragedy'', in 1931. All these works were inspired by the real-life murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in 1906, which resulted in Gillette's conviction and execution by electric chair in 1908. ''A Place in the Sun'' was directed by George Stevens from a screenplay by Harry Brown and Michael Wilson, and stars Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, and Shelley Winters; its supporting actors included Anne Revere and Raymond Burr. Burr's performance impressed TV producer Gail Patrick, and would later lead to her casting him as Perry Mason. The film was a critical and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Fight To The Finish (1937 Film)
''A Fight to the Finish'' is a 1937 American drama film, directed by Charles C. Coleman. It stars Don Terry, Rosalind Keith, and Ward Bond. References External links''A Fight to the Finish''at the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... 1937 films American drama films 1937 drama films Films directed by Charles C. Coleman American black-and-white films Columbia Pictures films 1930s American films {{1930s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criminals Of The Air
''Criminals of the Air'' (aka ''Guardians of the Air'' and ''Honeymoon Pilot'') is a 1937 American action film, directed by Charles C. Coleman. It stars Rosalind Keith, Charles Quigley and Rita Hayworth.Mavis 2011, p. 119. The film marked "Rita Hayworth"'s first onscreen credit; the actress, born Margarita Carmen Cansino, had previously used the stage name "Rita Cansino" or was uncredited in her prior 17 film appearances. Plot In the border town of Hernandez, New Mexico, undercover agent Mark Owens (Charles Quigley) is assigned to help the United States Border Patrol break up a well-organized band of smugglers. Hernandez also has a reputation for "quick marriages", just across the border in Mexico, so Mark soon signs on as a pilot on "The Honeymoon Express." "Hot Cake Joe" ( Herbert Heywood), who runs a sandwich stand, is an informant for the smugglers and recognizes Mark is a "G-Man". Reporter Nancy Rawlings (Rosalind Keith), looking for a good story, wants to feature Mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parole Racket
''Parole Racket'' is a 1936 American crime film, directed by Charles C. Coleman and released by Columbia Pictures. It stars Paul Kelly, Rosalind Keith, Thurston Hall. References External links''Parole Racket''at the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... 1936 films American crime films 1936 crime films Films directed by Charles C. Coleman American black-and-white films Columbia Pictures films 1930s American films 1930s English-language films English-language crime films {{1930s-crime-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dodge City Trail (film)
''Dodge City Trail'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Charles C. Coleman. It stars Charles Starrett, Donald Grayson, and Marion Weldon. References External links''Dodge City Trail''at the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... 1936 films American Western (genre) films 1936 Western (genre) films Films directed by Charles C. Coleman American black-and-white films Columbia Pictures films 1930s American films 1930s English-language films {{1930s-western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legion Of Terror
''Legion of Terror'' is a 1936 American drama/action film, directed by Charles C. Coleman. The film, which stars Bruce Cabot, Marguerite Churchill, Ward Bond, and Crawford Weaver, is a fictionalized story about the real-life Ku Klux Klan splinter group called the Black Legion of the 1930s. It was inspired by the May 1935 murder in Michigan of Charles Poole, a Works Progress Administration worker. The film preceded and also inspired the making of the critically acclaimed 1937 Warner Bros. feature film '' Black Legion'', which co-starred Humphrey Bogart, Dick Foran, Erin O'Brien-Moore and Ann Sheridan which was based on the same case. Plot In Washington, D.C., Frank Marshall and his friend, "Slim" Hewitt, are both sworn in as postal inspectors. After a bomb which was sent from the (fictional) town of Stanfield, Connecticut, that was addressed to U.S. Senator Morton is found in the Senate mailroom, Frank and Slim are both sent to Stanfield to investigate. On the train, Frank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Code Of The Range
''Code of the Range'' is a 1936 American western film directed by Charles C. Coleman and starring Charles Starrett, Mary Blake and Edward Coxen. Synopsis A feud breaks out between cattle ranchers and sheepherders who dispute each other's grazing rights. Cast * Charles Starrett as Lee Jamison * Mary Blake as Janet Parker * Edward Coxen as Angus McLeod * Allan Cavan a s 'Calamity' Parker * Albert J. Smith as Barney Ross * Edward Peil Sr. as Sheriff * Edmund Cobb as Ed Randall * Edward LeSaint as Adams * Ralph McCullough as Quigley * George Chesebro as Henchman * Art Mix as Henchman References External links''Code of the Range''at the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... 1936 films American Western (genre) films 1936 Western (g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voice In The Night (film)
''Voice in the Night '' is a 1934 American action film directed by Charles C. Coleman and starring Tim McCoy, Billie Seward, and Joseph Crehan. It was produced as a second feature by Columbia Pictures. Synopsis Tim Dale, the son of the president of a telephone company, uncovers a plot by a gang who plan to have a rival telephone company fail so that they can then sell a major contract on at a huge profit to themselves. Cast *Tim McCoy as Tim Dale *Billie Seward as Barbara Robinson *Joseph Crehan as John Robinson *Ward Bond as Bob Hall *Kane Richmond as Jack *Frank Layton as Matthews *Guy Usher as Thomas Benton *Francis McDonald as Henchman Jackson * Alphonse Ethier as W. T. Dale * Matthew Betz as Henchman Anderson * Milton Kibbee as Secretary Allen References External links''Voice in the Night''at the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genghis Khan (1965 Film)
''Genghis Khan'' is a 1965 adventure film directed by Henry Levin and starring Omar Sharif, depicting a fictionalized account of the life and conquests of the Mongol emperor Genghis Khan. Distributed in the United Kingdom and the United States in 1965 by Columbia Pictures, the film also features James Mason, Stephen Boyd, Eli Wallach, Françoise Dorléac and Telly Savalas. A 70 mm version was released by CCC Film in West Germany. It was filmed in Yugoslavia with Technicolor and Panavision. Plot The young Temujin (Omar Sharif) sees his father tortured and killed by a rival tribe led by Jamuga (Stephen Boyd). Held prisoner, he is yoked into a large wooden wheel around his neck and tormented by the tribal children. He meets the young Bortai after an act of kindness to her, but is punished by Jamuga. Temujin then escapes and hides in the hills, followed by Geen and Sengal, who pledge their allegiance to the man vowing to unite all the Mongol tribes. Raids along caravan route ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hud (1963 Film)
''Hud'' is a 1963 American Western film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Brandon deWilde, and Patricia Neal. It was produced by Ritt and Newman's recently founded company, Salem Productions, and was their first film for Paramount Pictures. ''Hud'' was filmed on location on the Texas Panhandle, including Claude, Texas. Its screenplay was by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. and was based on Larry McMurtry's 1961 novel, ''Horseman, Pass By''. The film's title character, Hud Bannon, was a minor character in the original screenplay, but was reworked as the lead role. With its main character an antihero, ''Hud'' was later described as a revisionist Western. The film centers on the ongoing conflict between principled patriarch Homer Bannon and his unscrupulous and arrogant son, Hud, during an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease putting the family's cattle ranch at risk. Lonnie, Homer's grandson and Hud's nephew, is caught in the conflict and forced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vertigo (film)
''Vertigo'' is a 1958 American film noir psychological thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. The story was based on the 1954 novel ''D'entre les morts'' (''From Among the Dead'') by Boileau-Narcejac. The screenplay was written by Alec Coppel and Samuel A. Taylor. The film stars James Stewart as former police detective John "Scottie" Ferguson, who has retired because an incident in the line of duty has caused him to develop acrophobia (an extreme fear of heights) and vertigo, a false sense of rotational movement. Scottie is hired by an acquaintance, Gavin Elster, as a private investigator to follow Gavin's wife Madeleine (Kim Novak), who is behaving strangely. The film was shot on location in the city of San Francisco, California, as well as in Mission San Juan Bautista, Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Cypress Point on 17-Mile Drive, and Paramount Studios in Hollywood. It is the first film to use the dolly zoom, an in-camera effect that distorts perspective ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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