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Carole Mathews
Carole Mathews (born Jean Deifel, also credited as Jeanne Francis; September 13, 1920 – November 6, 2014) was an American film and television actress. Early years Born in Montgomery, Illinois, near Chicago, Mathews lived with her grandmother after her parents divorced. She attended elementary schools in Aurora, Illinois, and obtained her secondary education at Calumet High School in Chicago. After graduation from high school, she entered a nunnery in Milwaukee. Her grandmother made her leave it, however, telling her to wait until she was 21. In 1938, Matthews was named "Miss Chicago" and, in doing so, qualified for a trip to California and a screen test. While in California, she auditioned for the Earl Carroll Follies and won a role in the show for 1939. Matthews attended the Chicago Conservatory of Music and Drama, where she studied ballet, voice, and drama. She also hosted a WGN radio program, ''Breakfast Time with Carole Mathews.'' Soon she was engaged in modeling. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montgomery, Illinois
Montgomery is a village in Kane and Kendall counties, Illinois. While roughly 45 miles from Chicago, it is not considered a Chicago suburb. The population was 20,262 at the 2020 census. Between 2000 and 2010 the village population grew 237 percent, making Montgomery the ninth fastest growing municipality in Illinois during the decade. Geography Montgomery is located in southern Kane County and northern Kendall County at (41.7188316, -88.3920915). It is bordered to the north and east by Aurora, to the south by Oswego and Boulder Hill, and to the southwest by Yorkville. The village sits on both sides of the Fox River. U.S. Route 30 passes through the village, leading southeast to Plainfield and northwest to Sugar Grove. Illinois Route 31 runs through the village on the west side of the Fox River, leading northeast to the center of Aurora and southwest to the center of Oswego. Illinois Route 25 runs along the east side of the Fox River, also leading to Aurora and Oswego ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treasure Of Ruby Hills
''Treasure of Ruby Hills'' is a 1955 American black-and-white Western film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Zachary Scott, Carole Mathews, Barton MacLane, Dick Foran, and Lola Albright. The film is based on the story "The Rider of the Ruby Hills" by Louis L'Amour. He wrote the story under the pen-name Jim Mayo; the story was later expanded as the novel ''Where the Long Grass Blows'' in 1976. Plot The film is set in 1877 in Arlington. In the government-owned Ruby Hills Valley all the small landowners and ranchers are dispossessed of their property by two wealthy breeders, Chalk Reynolds and Walt Payne, who continue to wage war for total control of the area. Hills. Their henchmen do not hesitate to kill others to establish the supremacy of their leaders. Their war is turned upside down by the arrival of Ross Hayne, the son of a famous outlaw, who legally acquired part of the area with the only source of water capable of supplying the valley. When Hayne's partner is shot by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massacre River (film)
''Massacre River'' is a 1949 American western film directed by John Rawlins and starring Rory Calhoun, Guy Madison and Carole Mathews.'Massacre River' Joins Parade of Westerns. Scott, John L. Los Angeles Times 30 June 1949: 18. The film's sets were designed by Lucius O. Croxton. It was distributed by Allied Artists. Cast * Guy Madison as 1st. Lt. Larry Knight * Rory Calhoun as 1st. Lt. Phil Acton * Johnny Sands as 2nd Lt. Randy Reid * Art Baker as Col. James Reid * Carole Mathews as Laura Jordan * Cathy Downs as Kitty Reid * Emory Parnell as Sgt. Johnanssen * Steve Brodie as Burke Kimber * Iron Eyes Cody as Chief Yellowstone * Eddy Waller as Joe * Douglas Fowley as Simms References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012. External links * ''Massacre River''at TCMDB Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in 1994, Turner Class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Agent (1949 Film)
''Special Agent'' is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by William C. Thomas and starring William Eythe. The storyline is loosely based on the DeAutremont Brothers' 1923 train robbery. Plot With their farm in financial jeopardy, the Devereaux brothers, Ed and Paul, decide to rob a train. After their getaway, railroad detective Johnny Douglas arrives to investigate, with help from Lucille Peters, whose father was killed during the robbery. Cast * William Eythe as Johnny Douglas * Kasey Rogers as Lucille Peters * Paul Valentine as Edmond Devereaux * George Reeves as Paul Devereaux * Carole Mathews as Rose McCreary * Tom Powers as Chief Special Agent Wilcox * Raymond Bond as Sheriff Babcock * Frank Puglia as Grandfather Devereaux * Walter Baldwin as Pop Peters * Jeff York as Jake Rumpler * Virginia Christine as Mabel Rumpler * Robert B. Williams (actor), Robert Williams as Supt. Olmstead * Joseph Granby as Sheriff Dodson * Morgan Farley as Dr. Bowen * John Hilton as Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Gatsby (1949 Film)
''The Great Gatsby'' is a 1949 American drama film directed by Elliott Nugent, and produced by Richard Maibaum, from a screenplay by Richard Maibaum and Cyril Hume. It is based on the 1925 novel ''The Great Gatsby'' by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The music score was by Robert Emmett Dolan, and the cinematography by John F. Seitz. The production was designed by Roland Anderson and Hans Dreier, and the costumes by Edith Head. The film stars Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey, Ruth Hussey, and Barry Sullivan (American actor), Barry Sullivan, and features Shelley Winters and Howard Da Silva, the latter of whom later appeared in the The Great Gatsby (1974 film), 1974 version. Plot A mysterious figure, Jay Gatsby, who throws lavish parties at his Long Island Sound estate, asks neighbor Nick Carraway to arrange a private tea with Nick's cousin, Daisy Buchanan. It turns out Gatsby loved her before going off to war. Now a wealthy man, Gatsby wants her back, but Daisy is married to Tom Buch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Accused (1949 Film)
''The Accused'' is a 1949 American film noir drama film directed by William Dieterle and written by Ketti Frings, based on ''Be Still, My Love'', a 1947 novel written by June Truesdell. The film stars Loretta Young and Robert Cummings. Plot Wilma Tuttle (Young) is a college professor who becomes the target of sexual interest from her student Bill Perry (Douglas Dick). When Perry tries to rape Tuttle, she beats him to death with an auto part, unintentionally, in a terrified effort at self defense. She covers up her crime by making it seem as though Perry was killed while diving into the sea from a precipitous cliff. As she follows the police investigation into Perry's death, Wilma realizes that she'll never be able to escape her conscience, especially when she falls in love with Warren Ford (Cummings), the dead boy's guardian. Cast * Loretta Young as Dr. Wilma Tuttle * Robert Cummings as Warren Ford * Wendell Corey as Lt. Ted Dorgan * Sam Jaffe as Dr. Romley * Douglas Dick as Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paid In Full (1950 Film)
''Paid in Full'' is a 1950 American drama film directed by William Dieterle and written by Robert Blees and Charles Schnee. The film stars Robert Cummings, Lizabeth Scott, Diana Lynn, Eve Arden, Ray Collins and Frank McHugh. The film was released on February 15, 1950 by Paramount Pictures. Plot The movie opens with Jane Langley giving birth while gravely ill. She has given a fake name to the doctor, who tells her that she has the choice of giving up the baby or sacrificing her own life. She says that the child must live. A flashback shows how things came to this pass. Jane's mother died in childbirth; she raised her younger sister, Nancy. Now both work with Bill Prentice, an advertising executive, Jane as a clothing designer and Nancy as a model. Jane is in love with Bill, but Bill prefers Nancy and marries her. Nancy, who is portrayed as selfish, quickly becomes bored by married life, preferring to spend time with old friends. But the idea of having a baby excites her, even th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cry Murder
''Cry Murder'' is a 1950 American crime film directed by Jack Glenn and written by James Carhardt and Nicholas Winter. The film stars Carole Mathews, Jack Lord, Howard Smith, Hope Miller, Tom Pedi and Eugene Smith. The film was released on January 6, 1950 by Film Classics. Plot Cast *Carole Mathews as Norma Wayne Alden *Jack Lord John Joseph Patrick Ryan (December 30, 1920 – January 21, 1998), best known by his stage name, Jack Lord, was an American television, film and Broadway actor, director and producer. He starred as Steve McGarrett in the CBS television progra ... as Tommy Warren * Howard Smith as Senator Alden *Hope Miller as Rosa Santorre * Tom Pedi as Santorre *Eugene Smith as Michael Alden * Harry Clark as Joe *Tom Ahearne as Phillips *William Gibberson as Blair *William Dwyer as Patrolman *Lionel MacLyn as Sergeant References External links * {{IMDb title, 0042357, Cry Murder 1950 films 1950s English-language films American crime films 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Man Of Her Own (1950 Film)
''No Man of Her Own'' is a 1950 American film noir drama directed by Mitchell Leisen and featuring Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Phyllis Thaxter, Jane Cowl and Lyle Bettger. The production is the second film Stanwyck made with director Mitchell Leisen, and its screenplay was adapted from Cornell Woolrich's 1948 novel ''I Married a Dead Man''. Woolrich is cited in the film's opening credits by one of his commonly used pseudonyms, "William Irish". Plot Helen Ferguson, filled with dread, holds her baby as Bill Harkness reads a book. The phone rings, and police tell Bill that they are on the way to their home. She puts the child to bed, praying that the boy will not suffer for her mistakes and whispering that she was desperate. A year earlier in New York, Helen is eight months pregnant, unmarried, and broke. She goes to her unfaithful boyfriend Stephen Morley, tearfully pleading for help as she stands in the hallway outside his apartment door. He refuses to answer, but slips under th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man With My Face (film)
''The Man with My Face'' is a 1951 American film noir directed by Edward Montagne featuring Barry Nelson, Carole Mathews and Lynn Ainley. The film marks Jack Warden's movie debut. Though the original novel is set in California, the movie takes place in Puerto Rico. It is the only film noir shot on location in that country. Plot The film is set in Puerto Rico, where Charles "Chick" Graham (Nelson) has settled down after the war to run a small business with his old army buddy (now his brother-in-law) Buster Cox (Harvey). Graham comes home one evening to find his wife, Cora (Ainley), acting as if he is an insane stranger. A man who looks exactly like him, Albert "Bert" Rand (Nelson), has taken his place and is playing cards and drinking in his living room. Neither Cora nor Buster — not even Graham's dog — recognizes Graham; they think that he, rather than Rand, is the double. Meanwhile, his face has shown up on the front page of newspapers as a bank robber in Miami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Snow (1952 Film)
''Red Snow'' is a 1952 American adventure film directed by Boris Petroff and Harry S. Franklin and starring Guy Madison, Ray Mala, Mala, Carole Mathews, Gloria Saunders and Lee Frederick. The film's action takes place in Alaska. It was part of a string of anti-communist films made around this time.Gianos p.155 Plot Lieutenant Johnson, a U.S. Air Force pilot, on the tip of Alaska, a few miles from the Bering Straits from Siberia, helps foil a Soviet plot to test a few secret weapon by loyal Alaskan Eskimos. He is aided by Sergeant Koovuk, an Alaska native Eskimo also in the U.S. military service. Along the way there is an ice-floe evacuation, an air-ice rescue and a fight with a polar bear. Cast * Guy Madison as Lt. Phil Johnson * Ray Mala, Mala as Sgt. Koovuk (as Ray Mala) * Carole Mathews as Lt. Jane (as Carole Matthews) * Gloria Saunders as Alak * Lee Frederick as Major Bennett (as Robert Peyton) * John Bryant (actor), John Bryant as Enemy Pilot Alex * Richard Vath as Maj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet Me At The Fair
''Meet Me at the Fair'' is a 1953 American musical film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Dan Dailey, Diana Lynn and Hugh O'Brian. Produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, it was shot in technicolor. Synopsis A boy named Tad flees from the orphanage and is given a ride by Doc Tilbee, a man with a traveling medicine show. Meanwhile, Zerelda King is assigned to look into possible illegal and unethical activity at an orphanage, which may or may not involve her fiancé. Cast * Dan Dailey as Doc * Diana Lynn as Zerelda * Hugh O'Brian as Chilton * Carole Mathews as Clara Brink * Scatman Crothers as Enoch * Chet Allen (actor, born 1939), Chet Allen as Tad * Rhys Williams (Welsh actor), Rhys Williams as Pete McCoy * Thomas E. Jackson as Billy Gray * Russell Simpson (actor), Russell Simpson as Sheriff Evans * George Chandler as Deputy Leach * Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Spooner * John Maxwell (actor), John Maxwell as Mr. Spooner * Doris Packer as Mrs. Swaile * Edna Holland a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |