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Check Your Guns
Check Your Guns is a 1948 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor. It stars Eddie Dean and Nancy Gates. Cast * Eddie Dean as Eddie Dean * Nancy Gates as Cathy Jordan * Roscoe Ates as Soapy Jones * George Chesebro as Banker Farrell * I. Stanford Jolley as Brad Taggert * Mikel Conrad as Ace Banyon * Lane Bradford as Slim Grogan * Terry Frost as Sloane * Wally West as henchman * Dee Cooper as henchman * William Fawcett William or Bill Fawcett or ''variation'', may refer to: People * William Fawcett (actor) (1894–1974), American actor who was awarded the ''Légion d'honneur'' * William Fawcett (author) (1902–1941), English journalist and writer on horses, hun ... as Judge Hammond * Andy Parker as Jeff References External links * 1948 films 1948 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Ray Taylor Producers Releasing Corporation films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{1940 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Taylor (director)
Raymond Edgar Taylor (1 December 1888 – 15 February 1952) was an American film director. He directed 159 films between 1926 in film, 1926 and 1949 in film, 1949. His List of directorial debuts, debut was the 1926 film serial ''Fighting with Buffalo Bill''. Ray Taylor was one of the few Hollywood directors who specialized in a single type of film: he was an action specialist. Many action directors would be called upon at one time or another to helm a mainstream drama, romance, or mystery, but Ray Taylor established himself early in westerns and action fare, and he worked in this capacity throughout his career. Even a brief tenure directing the campus-capers "Collegians" shorts for Universal Pictures, Universal was appropriate for Taylor, as these two-reel subjects often emphasized visual action. In the 1920s he worked for Twentieth Century-Fox, Fox as an assistant, and soon moved to Universal, where he was given a chance to direct. His effective staging of action scenes ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikel Conrad
Mikel Conrad (30 July 1919 – 11 September 1982) was an American actor and film director, writer and producer. He was born in Columbus, Ohio and died in Los Angeles, California at the age of 63. Filmography Actor * ''Untamed Fury'' (1947) - 'Gator-Bait' Blair * '' Border Feud'' (1947) - Elmore * '' The Gangster'' (1947) - Thug (uncredited) * ''Check Your Guns'' (1949) - Henchman Ace Banyon * ''The Wreck of the Hesperus'' (1948) - Angus McReady * ''Phantom Valley'' (1948) - Henchman Craig (uncredited) * ''The Gallant Blade'' (1948) - Officer (uncredited) * ''The Man From Colorado'' (1948) - Morris (uncredited) * ''South of St. Louis'' (1949) - Lieutenant (uncredited) * ''Take One False Step'' (1949) - Freddie Blair * ''Mr. Soft Touch'' (1949) - Officer Miller (uncredited) * ''Sand'' (1949) - Tony (uncredited) * ''Arctic Manhunt'' (1949) - Mike Jarvis * ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff'' (1949) - Sgt. Stone * ''Illegal Entry'' (1949) * ''The Flying Saucer'' (195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Producers Releasing Corporation Films
Producer or producers may refer to: Occupations *Producer (agriculture), a farm operator *A stakeholder of economic production *Film producer, supervises the making of films **Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not work on set *Line producer, manager during daily operations of a film or TV series *News producer, compiles all items of a news programme into a cohesive show *Online producer, oversees the making of content for websites *Radio producer, oversees the making of a radio show *Record producer, manages sound recording *Television producer, oversees all aspects of video production on a television program *Theatrical producer, oversees the staging of theatre productions *Video game producer, in charge of overseeing development of a video game *Impresario, a producer or manager in the theatre and music industries Film and television works * ''The Producers'' (1967 film), black comedy by Mel Brooks * ''The Producers'' (2005 film), American musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Ray Taylor
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Black-and-white Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Western (genre) Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Western (genre) Films
Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways. * January 4 – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic, named the ''Union of Burma'', with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President, and U Nu its first Prime Minister. * January 5 ** Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (''Tournament of Roses Parade'' and the ''Rose Bowl Game''). ** The first Kinsey Report, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'', is published in the United States. * January 7 – Mantell UFO incident: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of an unidentified flying object. * January 12 – Mahatma Gandhi begins his fast-unto-death in Delhi, to stop communal violence during the Partition of India. * January 17 &nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Films
The year 1948 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1948 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * May 3 – The Supreme Court of the United States decide in ''United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.'' holding that the practice of block booking and ownership of theater chains by film studios constituted anti-competitive and monopolistic trade practices. * Laurence Olivier's ''Hamlet'' becomes the first British film to win the American Academy Award for Best Picture. Awards Top ten money making stars Notable films released in 1948 United States unless stated # *''3 Godfathers'', starring John Wayne A *''Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello *''Act of Violence'', starring Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh *''Adventures of Don Juan'', starring Errol Flynn *''Albuquerque'', starring Randolph Scott and Barbara Britton *''The Amazing Mr. X'', starring T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Fawcett (actor)
William Fawcett Thompson (September 8, 1894 – January 25, 1974) was an American character actor who appeared in hundreds of films and television episodes. Because there were other actors named William Thompson he used his first and middle name when seeking acting roles. He was best known for playing Pete Wilkey in the television series '' Fury'' which ran from 1955 to 1960. Early life Fawcett's father was a Methodist minister, and after Fawcett attended Hamline University he became licensed to preach in 1916. During World War I, he joined the United States Army, serving as an ambulance driver. The French government honored him with the Legion of Honour for his care of the wounded. After his military service, Fawcett became a teacher of English and literature at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and, after earning a Ph.D. degree in Elizabethan drama from the University of Nebraska, he became a professor of theatre arts at Michigan State University. In 1925 he married Helen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Frost (actor)
Terry Lawrence Frost (October 26, 1906 – March 1, 1993) was an American actor who appeared in dozens of Western films during the 1940s and 1950s. Biography Frost was born in Bemidji, Minnesota. Before he became an actor, he spent six years working as a cowboy, jack-of-all-trades, lumberjack, miner, and salesman across the United States. Frost began his entertainment career in vaudeville in 1929. In 1941, his film career began when he portrayed Sam Emery in ''Law of the Range''. He spent the 1940s and 1950s appearing in dozens of B-movie westerns for the studios Monogram and PRC, including roles in ''The Maverick'', '' Outlaws of Texas'', '' The Girl from Monterey'', and ''Desert Legion''. During the 1950s Frost was heavily involved with television. He appeared often in series TV, with feature roles on many, such as ''I Led 3 Lives'', ''Waterfront'', '' Boston Blackie,'' and ''Mr. District Attorney'', and a recurring role as Sergeant Morris in ''Highway Patrol''. Frost a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lane Bradford
Lane Bradford (born John Myrtland Le Varre, Jr., August 29, 1922 – June 6, 1973) was an American actor, who appeared in more than 250 films and television series between 1940 and 1973, specializing in supporting "tough-guy" roles predominantly in Westerns but also in more contemporary crime dramas such as '' Dragnet'', '' The Fugitive'', and ''Hawaii Five-O''. Early life Lane Bradford was born in 1923, the son of John Merton. Career Bradford appeared in many television series and "B" western films. On stage, he co-starred in ''Desperadoes' Outpost'' (1952), ''The Great Sioux Uprising'' (1953, and ''Apache Warrior'' (1957). Bradford played the historical figure, Sequoyah, the namesake of Sequoia National Park, in the 1954 episode "Sequoia" of the western anthology series ''Death Valley Days'' hosted by Stanley Andrews. The segment covers Sequoyah from earliest years to his development of the Cherokee alphabet. Carol Thurston and Angie Dickinson played Sali and Ayoka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Chesebro
George Newell Chesebro (July 29, 1888 – May 28, 1959) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1915 and 1954. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and died in Los Angeles, California. Partial filmography * ''Mignon'' (1915) * '' Because of a Woman'' (1917) * ''The Show Down'' (1917) * ''Indiscreet Corinne'' (1917) * ''Broadway Arizona'' (1917) * '' Mr. Opp'' (1917) * ''Wild Sumac'' (1917) * '' Hands Up!'' (1918) * '' Modern Love'' (1918) * '' The She Wolf'' (1919) * ''The Hope Diamond Mystery'' (1921) * '' The Diamond Queen'' (1921) * ''Wolf Blood'' (1925) * '' Money to Burn'' (1926) * ''Rustlers' Ranch'' (1926) * ''Hearts and Spangles'' (1926) * ''The Mile-a-Minute Man'' (1926) * ''Mountains of Manhattan'' (1927) * ''The Silent Avenger'' (1927) * '' Should a Girl Marry?'' (1928) * ''Handcuffed'' (1929) * ''Lariats and Six-Shooters'' (1931) * ''The Sheriff's Secret'' (1931) * ''Wild West Whoopee'' (1931) * ''The Kid from Arizona'' (1931) * '' 45 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
