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California Firebrand
''California Firebrand'' is a 1948 American Western film directed by Philip Ford and written by J. Benton Cheney, John K. Butler and Royal K. Cole. The film stars Monte Hale, Lorna Gray, Paul Hurst, Alice Tyrrell, Tristram Coffin and LeRoy Mason. The film was released on April 1, 1948 by Republic Pictures. Plot Cast * Monte Hale as Monte Hale *Lorna Gray as Joyce Mason *Paul Hurst as Chuck Waggoner *Alice Tyrrell as Dulcey Waggoner * Tristram Coffin as Jim Requa aka Jud Babbit *LeRoy Mason as Luke Hartell * Douglas Evans as Lance Dawson * Sarah Edwards as Granny Hortense Mason *Dan Sheridan as Gunsmoke Lowery *Duke York as Chad Mason *Lanny Rees as Rick Mason *Foy Willing Foy Willing (May 14, 1914 – July 24, 1978) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and bandleader, who performed Western music and appeared in Western movies. He formed the band Riders of the Purple Sage. Early years Foy Lopez Willingha ... as Guitar Player Foy Willing *Riders of the Pur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Ford (film Director)
Philip John Ford (né Feeney; October 16, 1900 – January 12, 1976) was an American film director and actor.Obituary, Variety Magazine, January 28, 1976. He directed more than 40 films between 1945 and 1964. He also appeared 16 in films between 1916 and 1926. He was the son of actor/director Francis Ford (actor), Francis Ford and the nephew of director John Ford."Searching For John Ford: A Life", Joseph McBride, page 727. He was born with the family name Feeney in Portland, Maine, and only later took on the family name of "Ford" after his father and uncle had. He died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * ''The Mystery Ship'' (1917) * ''The Silent Mystery'' (1918) * ''The Mystery of 13'' (1919) * ''The Great Reward'' (1921) * ''According to Hoyle (film), According to Hoyle'' (1922) * ''Thundering Hoofs (1922 film), Thundering Hoofs'' (1922) * ''Perils of the Wild'' (1925) * ''Officer 444'' (1926) * ''The Blue Eagle'' (1926) * ''Crime of the Century (1946 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Evans (actor)
Douglas Evans (January 26, 1904 – March 25, 1968) was an American actor, known for ''At War with the Army'' (1950), ''King of the Rocket Men'' (1949), and ''I Saw What You Did'' (1965). Biography Evans was born in Madison, Virginia.Resting Places: The Burial Places of 14,000 Famous Persons, by Scott Wilson In 1931, he joined the staff of WABC radio in New York as an announcer. Before that, he was an announcer at WMCA, also in New York, and was chief announcer at WGH in Virginia. He died on March 25, 1968, in Hollywood, California. He is interred in Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Selected filmography * '' Public Cowboy No. 1'' (1937) - Radio Announcer (uncredited) * ''Young Fugitives'' (1938) - Announcer (uncredited) * ''Dick Tracy Returns'' (1938) - Mr. Burke (uncredited) * ''Hold That Co-ed'' (1938) - Announcer of State-Louisiana Game (uncredited) * ''Society Smugglers'' (1939) - Radio Announcer (uncredited) * ''They Asked for It'' (1939) - Radio Announcer (uncredited) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trucolor Films
Trucolor was a color motion picture process used and owned by the Consolidated Film Industries division of Republic Pictures. It was introduced as a replacement for Consolidated's own Magnacolor process. Republic used Trucolor mostly for its Westerns, through the 1940s and early 1950s. The premiere Trucolor release was ''Out California Way'' (1946) and the last film photographed in the process was ''Spoilers of the Forest'' (1957). With the advent of Eastmancolor and Ansco color films, which gave better results at a cheaper price, Trucolor was abandoned, coincidentally at the same time as Republic's demise. At the time of its introduction, Trucolor was a two-color subtractive color process. About 3 years later, the manufacturer expanded the process to include a three-color release system based on DuPont film stock. They later replaced the DuPont film with Eastman Kodak film stock. Thus, in its lifespan around 12 years, the Trucolor process was in reality three distinct systems fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Philip Ford
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Republic Pictures Films
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1948 Western (genre) Films
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American Western (genre) Films
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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] |
Foy Willing
Foy Willing (May 14, 1914 – July 24, 1978) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and bandleader, who performed Western music and appeared in Western movies. He formed the band Riders of the Purple Sage. Early years Foy Lopez Willingham was born in Iredell, Texas, United States. He began his career while attending high school in Texas by working at a local radio station. In 1933, he traveled to New York City to further his radio career. In 1940, he moved to Oklahoma, and in 1942 to California where he became popular during the Golden Age of Radio. Riders of the Purple Sage In 1942, Willing co-founded Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage, with Iowa musician Al Sloey. The band included Patti Page on vocals, fiddler Johnny Paul, and accordionist Ken Coopern. The band's first hit, "Texas Blues", was written by Willing. They grew in fame and over their ten-year career, performed as the musical group backing up Monte Hale and Roy Rogers for Republic Studios. Willin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke York
Duke York ( Charles Everest Sinsabaugh; October 17, 1908January 24, 1952), was an American film actor and stuntman who appeared in nearly 160 films between 1932 and 1952. He was also known as Duke Owl. Early years The son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Sinsabaugh, York was born in Danby, New York. Career Modern viewers will remember York for his portrayals of grotesque monsters, ape men, or other scary goon-like characters in Three Stooges short films such as ''Three Little Twirps'', '' Idle Roomers'', '' Three Pests in a Mess'', ''Shivering Sherlocks'', and '' Who Done It?'' His most prominent non-monster role was as Kelly in ''Higher Than a Kite''. York also played the role of King Kala in the serial ''Flash Gordon''. In the 1930s, York worked as a combination lifeguard and bodyguard for actress Ida Lupino. Personal life and death In the 1930s, York married movie stuntwoman Frances Miles, but the union ended in divorce in 1941. Several years later, York was dating Beverly Hills br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Sheridan
Dan Sheridan (September 3, 1916 – June 29, 1963) was an Irish-American actor who appeared in more than thirty-five television series between 1957 and his death at the age of forty-six in 1963. He was cast in forty-one episodes of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, '' Lawman'', usually as the bartender, Jake Summers. Sheridan was honored for his service during World War II with the Australian Military Cross, the Anzac Military Medal, the United States Silver Star, and the French Croix de Guerre. A supporting player, he also appeared in several films, including ''Cry of the City'' with Victor Mature and Shelley Winters, ''Bullwhip'' with Guy Madison and Rhonda Fleming, and ''Cole Younger, Gunfighter''. In 1959 he played Doc Baxter in the " Duel at Sundown" episode of ''Maverick'' starring James Garner and Clint Eastwood, an ABC/WB western. Two years earlier in 1957 he also appeared as a derby-topped yahoo in the series' episode "Ghost Rider". Later that same first sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Edwards (actress)
Sarah Edwards (October 11, 1881 – January 7, 1965) was a Welsh-born American film and stage actress. She often played dowagers or spinsters in numerous Hollywood movies of the 1930s and 1940s, mostly in minor roles. Life and career Edwards started her acting career as a stage actress, she was described in 1916 by a newspaper article as a leading actress "very popular with West End theatre-goers". She eventually settled in the United States and appeared in six Broadway plays between 1919 and 1931, primarily in comedies like ''The Merry Malones'' by George M. Cohan. Among her first movies was the New York-filmed 1929 musical ''Glorifying the American Girl'' (1929), where she portrayed the mercenary mother of leading actress Mary Eaton. She came to Hollywood in the mid-1930s where she appeared in about 190 films until her retirement 1951, mostly in uncredited, small character roles. Sarah Edwards died in Hollywood in 1965, aged 83. Edwards seemed older than she was and ofte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
