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Charles Wagenheim
Charles Wagenheim (February 21, 1896 – March 6, 1979) was an American actor who appeared in over 250 films. On television, Wagenheim appeared in an episode of ''Barnaby Jones'' titled "The Murdering Class", portraying a cemetery groundskeeper (named Charles Waggenheim). Wagenheim died on March 6, 1979, from blunt force trauma caused by his caregiver, Stephanie Boone. Wagenheim had thought that Miss Boone had been stealing from him and forging checks. When he confronted her in his apartment over this, an argument ensued and she struck him on the head, causing his death. An autopsy found that Wagenheim had died by way of blunt force trauma. Boone was charged with the murder of Wagenheim and pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter. She was sentenced to serve eight years for his death. He also appeared in 1966 as Dodge Townsman “Halligan” in S12E2’s “Goldtakers” & in S12E5’s “The Good People” on the TV Western Series ''Gunsmoke ''Gunsmoke'' is an American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''The Adventures of Jim Bowie'' is an American Western television series that aired on ABC from 1956 to 1958. Its setting was the 1830s-era Louisiana Territory. The series was an adaptation of the book ''Tempered Blade'', by Monte Barrett. Synopsis The series stars Scott Forbes as the real-life adventurer Jim Bowie. The series initially portrayed Jim Bowie as something of an outdoors-man, riding his horse through the wilderness near his home in Opelousas, where he would stumble across someone needing his assistance. He was aided by the Bowie Knife, his ever-present weapon. He designed it in the first episode, ''The Birth of the Blade.'' Although Bowie used the blade quite a bit in early episodes, its prominence was downplayed as the show went on. Gradually the series shifted from the country to the city, having Bowie instead spend the majority of his time in New Orleans. He was frequently shown looking to invest his money in real estate, or coming to the aid of someone who ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Streets Of Cairo
''Dark Streets of Cairo'' is a 1940 American mystery film directed by László Kardos and starring Sigrid Gurie, Ralph Byrd, Eddie Quillan, George Zucco and Katherine DeMille. The central plot of the film concerns " group ofjewel smugglers in Cairo hotry to pin their crimes on a kidnapped baron". Cast * Sigrid Gurie as Ellen Stephens * Ralph Byrd as Dennis Martin * Eddie Quillan as Jerry Jones * George Zucco as Abbadi * Katherine DeMille as Shari Abbadi * Rod La Rocque as Inspector Joachim * Sig Arno as Khattab * Yolande Donlan as Maggie Malone * Lloyd Corrigan as Baron Stephens * Henry Brandon as Hussien * Nestor Paiva as Ahmend * Dick Botiller Richard Edward Botiller (October 26, 1896 – March 24, 1953) was an American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s. While most of his roles were un-credited, many of them nameless as well, he was given more substantial roles occasionally. Life ... as Nardo * Steven Geray as Bellboy * Wright Kramer as Professor Wyndham Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daring Young Man
''Daring Young Man'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer, which stars Joe E. Brown, Marguerite Chapman, and William Wright. Brown plays the dual roles of a failure turned champion bowler, Jonathan Peckinpaw, and his own grandmother. The original screenplay was written by Karen DeWolf and Connie Lee. The supporting cast features Claire Dodd, Lloyd Bridges, and a cameo appearance by Arthur Lake as Dagwood Bumstead. Plot Jonathan Peckinpaw is a struggling proprietor of an air conditioning store. When his store is destroyed by an explosion in the shop next door, set off by Nazi spies, his failure is complete. He attempts to enlist in the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Corps. Due to his lack of physical stature, he is refused by each service. His friend, the newspaper reporter Ann Minter, attempts to help him build up his physique by taking up bowling. However, he is terrible at it. Peckinpaw's grandmother is a die-hard gambler, and introduces her grandson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sin Town (1942 Film)
''Sin Town'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Constance Bennett, Broderick Crawford and Patric Knowles.Kellow p.250 It is set during the Texas Oil Boom of the early 20th century. Production According to the ''New York Times'' on July 31, 1942, Universal has signed Constance Bennett to play the feminine lead in ''Sin Town'', a story of an oil-boom community, and the movie originally was planned for Marlene Dietrich. The cast included Broderick Crawford, Andy Devine and Leo Carrillo. Main cast * Constance Bennett as Kye Allen * Broderick Crawford as Dude McNair * Patric Knowles as Wade Crowell * Anne Gwynne as Laura Kirby * Leo Carrillo as Angelo Collina * Andy Devine as 'Judge' Eustace Vale * Ward Bond as Rock Delaney * Arthur Aylesworth as Sheriff Bagby * Ralf Harolde as 'Kentucky'Jones * Charles Wagenheim as 'Dry-Hole' * Billy Wayne as Hollister * Hobart Bosworth as Humiston * Bryant Washburn as Anderson * Jack Mulhall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halfway To Shanghai
''Halfway to Shanghai'' is a 1942 American adventure film directed by John Rawlins and written by Stuart Palmer. The film stars Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey, Henry Stephenson, J. Edward Bromberg, George Zucco and Charles Wagenheim. The film was released on September 18, 1942, by Universal Pictures. Plot Jonathan Peale, a renegade Nazi spy, is aboard a Rangoon-bound train, carrying a map containing the locations of China's main munitions dumps. He is watched on the train by Gestapo agent Karl Zerta and his aide, Otto Van Shocht, who both fear that Peale may decide to sell the map to the highest bidder. Also aboard the train are civil engineer Alexander Barton and his former sweetheart, Vicki Nelson, who see each other for the first time in two years. Alexander has recently completed work on the construction of the Burma Road, and of the eight Americans who were assigned to that project, he is the only one still alive. Having assumed that her true love was killed along with the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blondie For Victory
''Blondie for Victory'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake. It is the 12th entry in the Blondie series. Plot Blondie Bumstead forms a civilian defense group, Housewives of America, by persuading her housewife neighbors to join. But the forming of the group creates trouble in her own household. Blondie's husband, Dagwood, isn't happy with coming home every night finding a note saying that his wife is at a meeting with the housewives. And her son, Baby, is left on his own all the time. The family dog, Daisy, roams freely around the house with no one to look after it. The household is falling apart, and the same goes for all the other households in the neighborhood. The other husbands are experiencing very similar situations. they blame Blondie for all this, since she is the one who started the Housewives of America. They go to Dagwood and demand that he acts to put an end to the commotion, and get his wife to di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mystery Of Marie Roget (film)
''The Mystery of Marie Roget'' is a 1942 mystery film starring Patric Knowles. The story was adapted from the short story " The Mystery of Marie Rogêt" written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1842. The film, directed by Phil Rosen and produced by Universal Pictures, is set in 1889. Plot In 1889 Paris, musical comedy star Marie Roget has been missing for ten days. Police inspector Gobelin is investigating. The French Minister for Naval Affairs, Henri Beauvais, is a friend of Marie's grandmother, Madame Cecile Roget, and younger sister Camille. He threatens to take Gobelin off the case, so he brings in medical officer Dr. Paul Dupin. The body of a dead woman is found in the river. Although the face is mutilated, Beauvais believes it is Marie. Then Marie returns but refuses to say where she has been. Camille becomes engaged to Marcel Vigneauz. Marcel and Marie are lovers and planning to murder Camille, who is set to inherit a fortune. Cecile Roget asks Dupin to escort Camille to a party as s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fingers At The Window
''Fingers at the Window'' is a 1942 mystery film directed by Charles Lederer and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot An axe murderer in Chicago has already killed six victims. The police, led by Inspector Gallagher with psychiatrist Dr. Immelman consulting, have arrested a different man for each crime, but all of them are impervious to interrogation, lost in a state of paranoid schizophrenia. All are institutionalized. A mysterious figure in the shadows counsels a seventh man, a seemingly harmless bird shop owner, that he must kill a dancer named Edwina Brown (Laraine Day), because she is his enemy and has ruined his life. He hands him an axe, and the man goes after her as she walks home at night. Actor Oliver Duffy (Lew Ayres) is walking home after his play has closed, and sees the man shadowing her; he intervenes and escorts her home. The man with the axe tries to get in her window; Oliver keeps watch on the fire escape outside her window all night, preventing another attem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mississippi Gambler (film)
''Mississippi Gambler'' is a 1942 American crime film directed by John Rawlins and written by Al Martin and Roy Chanslor. The film stars Kent Taylor, Frances Langford, John Litel, Shemp Howard, Claire Dodd and Wade Boteler. The film was released on April 17, 1942, by Universal Pictures. Plot Cast *Kent Taylor as Johnny Forbes *Frances Langford as Beth Cornell *John Litel as Jim Hadley aka Francis Carvel *Shemp Howard as Milton Davis *Claire Dodd as Gladys La Verne *Wade Boteler as Eric Brandon *Douglas Fowley as Chet Matthews *Aldrich Bowker as Judd Higgins * Eddie Dunn as Dexter *Harry Hayden as Sheriff Dan Calkins *David Oliver as Croupier *Eddie Acuff as Everett *Paul Phillips as Sid *George H. Reed as Roy *Alexander Lockwood Alexander Lockwood (May 5, 1902 – January 25, 1990) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous films and television shows throughout the 1930s to the 1980s. Biography Lockwood was born in Slezská Ostrava, now Czech Republic, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babes On Broadway
''Babes on Broadway'' is a 1941 American musical film starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland and directed by Busby Berkeley, with Vincente Minnelli directing Garland's big solo numbers. The film, which features Fay Bainter and Virginia Weidler, was the third in the "Backyard Musical" series about kids who put on their own show, following ''Babes in Arms'' (1939) and '' Strike Up the Band'' (1940). Songs in the film include "Babes on Broadway" by Burton Lane (music) and E.Y. "Yip" Harburg (lyrics), and "How About You?" by Lane with lyrics by Ralph Freed, the brother of producer Arthur Freed. The movie ends with a minstrel show performed by the main cast in blackface. Plot Cast Production ''Babes on Broadway'' was the third film in the "Backyard Musical" series, which included ''Babes in Arms'' (1939), '' Strike Up the Band'' (1940) and ''Girl Crazy'' (1943). The film was stalled in the middle of production when Garland secretly flew to Las Vegas to wed her first husband ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Calling
''Paris Calling'' is a 1941 war film noir directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Randolph Scott, Elisabeth Bergner, and Basil Rathbone. Plot Cast * Elisabeth Bergner as Marianne Jannetier * Randolph Scott as Lt. Nicholas 'Nick' Jordan * Basil Rathbone as Andre Benoit * Gale Sondergaard as Colette * Lee J. Cobb as Captain Schwabe * Charles Arnt as Lt. Lantz * Edward Ciannelli as Mouche * Elisabeth Risdon as Madame Jannetier * Georges Renavent as Butler * William Edmunds as Prof. Marceau * J. Pat O'Malley as Sgt. Bruce McAvoy * George Metaxa as Waiter * Paul Leyssac as Chief of underground * Gene Garrick as Wolfgang Schmitt * Paul Bryar as Paul * Otto Reichow as Gruber * Adolph Milar Adolph Milar (1895–1950) was a Swiss-born film actor. He appeared in character roles in around sixty American films from 1919 to 1945, playing characters of a variety of nationalities.Biskupski p.43 His name is sometimes written as Adolf Milar. ... as Gestapo agent * Marion Murray as C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Get-Away (1941 Film)
''The Get-Away'' is a 1941 film directed by Edward Buzzell. It stars Robert Sterling, Charles Winninger and Donna Reed. It is a remake of '' Public Hero No. 1''. Plot Cast *Robert Sterling as Jeff Crane *Charles Winninger as Doctor Josiah Glass *Donna Reed as Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly *Henry O'Neill as Warden Alcott *Dan Dailey as Sonny 'Dinkie' Black *Don Douglas as Jim Duff *Ernest Whitman as 'Moose' *Grant Withers as Parker *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 China ... as Sam References External links * * 1941 films 1941 crime drama films American crime drama films American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films Remakes of American films Films directed by Edward Buzzell Films scored by Daniele Amfitheatrof Metro-Goldwyn-May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
