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Charles D. Brown
Charles D. Brown (July 1, 1887 – November 25, 1948) was an American stage and film actor. Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Brown wrote and directed a single short film in 1914. As an actor, he appeared in more than 100 films, stretching from 1921 through his death in 1948. His parallel career on the Broadway stage spanned 1911 through 1937. Death On November 25, 1948, Brown died at the age of 61 in Hollywood, California. He is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood.Resting Places: The Burial Places of 14,000 Famous Persons, by Scott Wilson Partial filmography * '' A Man of Stone'' (1921) - Lord Reggie * ''The Way of a Maid'' (1921) - Gordon Witherspoon * '' Dangerous Curves'' (1929) - Spider * '' The Dance of Life'' (1929) - Lefty Miller * ''Murder by the Clock'' (1931) - Officer O'Brien (uncredited) * ''The Secret Call'' (1931) - Bob Barnes * ''The Road to Reno'' (1931) - Jim - Bartender at Pussy-Willow Cafe (uncredited) * '' 24 Hours'' (1931) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smash-Up, The Story Of A Woman
''Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman'', also called ''A Woman Destroyed'', is a 1947 American drama film with elements of film noir that tells the story of a rising nightclub singer who marries another singer and becomes an alcoholic after sacrificing her career for him. The film stars Susan Hayward, Lee Bowman, Eddie Albert and Marsha Hunt. The screenplay was written by John Howard Lawson based on a story written by Dorothy Parker, Frank Cavett and Lionel Wiggam. Produced by Walter Wanger under his personal contract with Hayward, the film was directed by Stuart Heisler. Ethel Wales appears in an uncredited part. The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Hayward) and Best Writing, Original Story. Because the film contains a story similar to that of '' A Star Is Born'', it was rumored to be a cryptic biography of Bing Crosby and his stormy first marriage to Dixie Lee. A scene that has been popular with critics and fans is the violent slappin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Diggers Of 1937
''Gold Diggers of 1937'' is a Warner Bros. movie musical directed by Lloyd Bacon with musical numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley. The film stars Dick Powell and Joan Blondell, who were married at the time, with Glenda Farrell and Victor Moore. The film features songs by the teams of Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, and Harry Warren and Al Dubin. It was based on the play "Sweet Mystery of Life" by Richard Maibaum, Michael Wallach and George Haight, which ran briefly on Broadway in 1935. Warren Duff wrote the screenplay with the assistance of Tom Reed, who was billed as "Screenplay constructor". This is the fifth movie in Warner Bros.' series of "Gold Digger" films, following the now lost films '' The Gold Diggers'' (1923), a silent film, and the partially lost sound film ''Gold Diggers of Broadway'' (1929), as well as ''Gold Diggers of 1933'' – a remake of ''The Gold Diggers'' and the first to feature Busby Berkeley's extravagant production numbers – and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Duke Of West Point
''The Duke of West Point'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Louis Hayward, Joan Fontaine and Tom Brown. It was described as "''A Yank at Oxford'' in reverse". Plot An American diplomat's son, Steven Early, having been educated in England, comes to West Point and enrolls, nicknamed "The Duke" by the others because of his background and bearing. Steve becomes a scholar and athlete, excelling in ice hockey. His roommates and friends are cadets Sonny Drew and Jack West, and he develops a romantic interest in Ann Porter, angering another cadet who loves her. When word reaches him that Jack's mother is having trouble with the business and needs help, Steve sneaks off campus after Taps to wire money to her, so that Jack will not have to give up West Point, making her promise not to tell who sent it but to tell Jack that all is well. Caught upon his return, Steve lies as to where he went so that his friend will not find out about the money. The lie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up The River (1938 Film)
''Up the River'' is a 1938 American prison comedy film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Preston Foster and Arthur Treacher and featuring Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. The film is a remake of a 1930 film with the same name directed by John Ford and starring Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart in the roles subsequently played by Foster and Tony Martin. The remake changed the sport the plot revolves around from baseball to football.Wood & Pincus p.149 Plot A passenger on a luxury liner ends up in a card game with men who take him for more than $20,000. After docking and graciously offering them a ride in a limousine, the man reveals his real name, Willis, and real identity, police officer, to the two men who swindled him, Chipper Morgan and Darby Randall. Morgan and Randall are sent to prison, where, to their amazement, Willis is the new warden. Their young cellmate Tommy Grant is on the prison's football team while Tommy's sweetheart Helen Lindsey awaits his parole. When ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exposed (1938 Film)
''Exposed'' is a 1938 American drama film starring Glenda Farrell, Otto Kruger and Herbert Mundin. The film was directed by Harold D. Schuster and is based on George R. Bilson's unpublished story "Candid Camera Girl". It was released by Universal Pictures on November 4, 1938. A magazine photo-newswoman tried to make amends after exposing a lawyer and complication ensues when they fall in love. Plot Click Stewart (Glenda Farrell) is a magazine photographer. She is told by her editor Steve Conway (Charles D. Brown) to find an exclusive story for the magazine. Click discovers that a former lawyer William Reardon (Otto Kruger) who disappeared several years before is now living on the street. When the story and her photos are published, William Reardon sued the magazine. Click decides to meet with William and asks him to dismiss the lawsuit. William explains to Click that he quit his law practice after convicting an innocent man and sending him to the electric chair. William agrees to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Of A Kind
Five of a kind may refer to: * Five of a kind (poker), a type of poker hand * ''Five of a Kind Five of a kind may refer to: * Five of a kind (poker) In poker, players form sets of five playing cards, called ''hands'', according to the rules of the game. Each hand has a rank, which is compared against the ranks of other hands participati ...'', a 1938 American comedy film * "Five of a Kind" (''Roseanne''), a 1989 television episode {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flight To Fame
''Flight to Fame'' is a 1938 American action film directed by Charles C. Coleman. It stars Charles Farrell, Julie Bishop, and Hugh Sothern. Cast * Charles Farrell as Capt. Robert Lawrence * Julie Bishop as Barbara Fiske (credited as Jacqueline Wells) * Hugh Sothern as Dr. Harlan Fiske * Alexander D'Arcy as Perez * Jason Robards Sr. as Muller (credited as Jason Robards) * Charles D. Brown as Maj. Loy * Addison Richards as Col. King * Frederick Burton as Gen. Darrow * Selmer Jackson as Jules Peabody * Reed Howes as Roy Curran * Dutch Hendrian as Sound Sergeant (uncredited) * Eddie Kane as Officer (uncredited) * Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart as Page Boy (uncredited) * James Millican as Pilot (uncredited) * Lee Prather as Officer (uncredited) * Edwin Stanley as Minor Role (uncredited) * Vernon Steele Vernon Steele (born Arturo Romeo Antonietti; 18 September 1882 – 23 July 1955) was a Chilean-born British actor known for his appearances on the Broadway stage and in American films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Out For Murder
''Time Out for Murder'' is a 1938 American crime film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, written by Jerome Cady, and starring Gloria Stuart, Michael Whalen, Chick Chandler, Douglas Fowley, Robert Kellard, Jane Darwell and Jean Rogers. It was released on September 25, 1938, by 20th Century Fox. Plot Cast *Gloria Stuart as Margie Ross * Michael Whalen as Barney Callahan * Chick Chandler as Snapper Doolan *Douglas Fowley as J.E. 'Dutch' Moran *Robert Kellard as Johnny Martin *Jane Darwell as Polly *Jean Rogers as Helen Thomas *June Gale as Muriel *Ruth Hussey as Peggy Norton * Cliff Clark as Det. Capt. Collins * George Lynn as Henchman Blackie *Eddie Marr as Eddie Morelli *Lester Matthews Arthur Lester Matthews (6 June 1900 – 5 June 1975) was an English actor. In his career, the handsome Englishman made more than 180 appearances in film and on television. He was erroneously credited in later years as Les Matthews. Matthews pla ... as Uncle Phillip Gregory Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crowd Roars (1938 Film)
''The Crowd Roars'' is a 1938 film starring Robert Taylor as a boxer who gets entangled in the seamier side of the sport. It was remade in 1947 as ''Killer McCoy'', featuring Mickey Rooney in the title role. This film was not a remake of the 1932 film of the same name starring James Cagney. The supporting cast for the 1938 version features Edward Arnold, Frank Morgan, Lionel Stander, and Jane Wyman. Plot Tommy McCoy becomes a boxer, not for love of the sport but for the money. He has to put up with his alcoholic, gambling father Brian. Just before his first major fight, Tommy learns that his opponent has been injured and has been replaced at the last minute by Tommy's good friend, former world champion Johnny, trying to make a comeback. During the bout, Tommy kills Johnny and is named "Killer McCoy" in the newspapers. He then comes under the control of powerful bookmaker Jim Cain. While training, Tommy meets and falls in love with Cain's daughter Sheila. Cain has been very ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barefoot Boy (film)
''Barefoot Boy'' is a 1938 American children's adventure film, directed by Karl Brown, and "suggested" by the poem of the same name by American writer John Greenleaf Whittier. Text from the original poem is recited after the titles. Plot Kenneth Hale, a pampered, snobbish young boy is sent by his father, John Hale, who has served time in prison for a crime he did not commit, down to the country farm of an old friend, Calvin Whittaker. The barefooted, honest and plucky Billy Whittaker, his girlfriend Julia Blaine, her older sister Pige, and punky Kenneth get involved with a "haunted" house and a gang of crooks, while Billy helps make a "better man" out of Kenneth. Cast * Jackie Moran as Billy Whittaker * Marcia Mae Jones as Pige Blaine * Bradley Metcalfe as Kenneth Hale * Johnnie Morris as Jeff Blaine * Marilyn Knowlden as Julia Blaine * Terry as herself * Ralph Morgan as John Hale * Claire Windsor as Valerie Hale * Helen MacKellar as Martha Whittaker * Matty Fain as Blake * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shopworn Angel
''The Shopworn Angel'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by H. C. Potter and starring James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, and Walter Pidgeon. The MGM release featured the second screen pairing of Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart following their successful teaming in the Universal Pictures production ''Next Time We Love'' two years earlier. The screenplay by Waldo Salt is the third feature film adaptation of a Dana Burnet short story, "Private Pettigrew's Girl", originally published in the ''Saturday Evening Post'' in 1918. The first version was ''Pettigrew's Girl'', a silent film released in 1919, and the second was ''The Shopworn Angel'' (1928), a part-talkie released by Paramount Pictures starring Nancy Carroll, Gary Cooper, and Paul Lukas. Plot After the United States enters World War I in 1917, the limousine carrying Daisy Heath ( Margaret Sullavan), a sophisticated Broadway musical theatre star, knocks down Bill Pettigrew (James Stewart), a naive young soldier from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speed To Burn
''Speed to Burn'' is a 1938 American crime drama film, directed by Otto Brower and starring Michael Whalen, Lynn Bari, and Marvin Stephens. Plot Cast * Michael Whalen as Matt Kerry * Lynn Bari as Marion Clark * Marvin Stephens as Tim Turner * Henry Armetta as Papa Gambini * Chick Chandler as Sport Fields * Sidney Blackmer as Hastings References External links''Speed to Burn''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, ... * Full plot synopsis 1938 films American horse racing films American crime drama films 1938 crime drama films Films directed by Otto Brower American black-and-white films 20th Century Fox films 1930s American films {{1930s-crime-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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