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Clifford Sanforth
Clifford Sanforth was a film director and producer in the United States. See also Clifford S. Elfelt, his birth name and the name he used prior to the 1930s. He produced and directed under that name through 1926. Sanforth said he got the idea to make the film ''The Bandit of Sherwood Forest'' from his young son who saw ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' (1938) asked his father whether Robin Hood had a son. Sanforth tracked down Paul Castleton, author of the 1941 novel ''Son of Robin Hood'', and bought the film rights. In April 1944 Sanforth announced he would make a series of films about the son of Robin Hood for Republic Pictures starring archer Howard Hill. In early 1945 the project moved to Columbia Pictures where Sanforth was to produce with Leonard Picker. MGM objected to the title ''The Son of Robin Hood'' claiming they had the rights to use the words "Robin Hood" as they had bought screen rights to an operetta of that name by Reginald de Koven. This resulted in Columbia de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Clifford may refer to: People *Clifford (name), an English given name and surname, includes a list of people with that name * William Kingdon Clifford *Baron Clifford * Baron Clifford of Chudleigh *Baron de Clifford * Clifford baronets *Clifford family (bankers) *Jaryd Clifford *Justice Clifford (other) *Lord Clifford (other) Arts, entertainment, and media *''Clifford the Big Red Dog'', a series of children's books **Clifford (character), the central character of ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' ** ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' (2000 TV series), 2000 animated TV series **''Clifford's Puppy Days'', 2003 animated TV series **''Clifford's Really Big Movie'', 2004 animated movie ** ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' (2019 TV series), 2019 animated TV series ** ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' (film), 2021 live-action movie * ''Clifford'' (film), a 1994 film directed by Paul Flaherty *Clifford (Muppet) Mathematics * Clifford algebra, a type of associative algebra, named after Willia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Hat (1937 Film)
''High Hat'' is a 1937 American film directed by Clifford Sanforth. Plot Swanee, the mentor and boyfriend of a classical singer, Elanda, who refuses to lower herself by singing swing music, until Swanee shows her the way. Cast * Frank Luther as Swanee Collier * Dorothy Dare as Elanda Lee * Lona Andre as Dixie Durkin * Gavin Gordon as Gregory Dupont * Franklin Pangborn as Renaldo Breton * Esther Muir as Carmel Prevost * Ferdinand Munier as Horatio Parker * Robert Warwick as Craig Dupont Sr. * Clarence Muse as Congo MacRosenbloom * Harry Harvey as Nelson Connolly * Jack Edwards, Jr. a.k.a. Sonny Edwards as Performer * Sam Edwards a.k.a. Buddy Edwards as Performer * Dolores Downey as Performer * Peppy Downey as Performer * Yvonne Downey as Performer * Ted Dawson as Ted Dawson - Band Leader * Ron Raymond as Performer * Arnold Gray as Performer * Kermit Holven as Performer * Bruce Mitchell as Mug * Fretta Shaw Singers as Singers * Downey Sisters as Singing Trio Soundtr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Washington (American Football)
Kenneth Stanley Washington (August 31, 1918 – June 24, 1971) was an American professional American football, football player who was the first African-American to sign a contract with a National Football League (NFL) team in the modern (post-World War II) era. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins football, UCLA Bruins. Early life Kenneth Stanley Washington was born in Los Angeles and grew up in the city's Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, Lincoln Heights neighborhood. His parents, Marian Lenàn and Negro league baseball player Blue Washington, Edgar "Blue" Washington, separated when he was two years old. Kenny Washington was raised by his grandmother Susie Washington, his uncle Rocky, the first black uniformed lieutenant in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), and his aunt-in-law Hazel. Washington was a star in both baseball and football at Abraham Lincoln High School (Los Angeles, California), Abraham Lincoln High School, where he was nicknamed "Kingfish" after a ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
While Thousands Cheer
''While Thousands Cheer'' is a lost American film released in 1940. Leo C. Popkin directed. It was the only football-themed film with an African American lead character for decades. It starred Kenny Washington, a football star from UCLA who went on to become the first African American in the NFL after initially being refused an opportunity to play in the league due to segregation. Plot The film is a football melodrama. The plot was said to be based on true stories about gambling and corruption in football at a specific Black college. The story follows a star football player and his brother as they get involved with, and later break up, a gambling ring's attempting to " fix" a college game. Cast The film featured a mostly African American cast, including UCLA football star Kenny Washington, who was denied entry to the segregated NFL for several years. The film was Washington's first movie role. Jeni Le Gon played the leading actress. * Kenny Washington as Kenny Harringt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Million Dollar Productions
Million Dollar Productions was a movie studio in the United States active from 1937 until 1940. It was established to produce films with African American casts. It was a partnership between Harry M. Popkin, Leo C. Popkin and Ralph Cooper. History Ralph Cooper was an experienced black actor nicknamed "Dark Gable" who was also a singer, dancer, comedian and emcee at the Apollo Theatre Amateur Night in Harlem. While contracted to 20th Century Fox, Cooper learned film making skills. Together with George Randol, he formed Cooper-Randol Productions to produce ''Dark Manhattan'' (1937). Using the experience he went into partnership with the Popkin brothers, Harry and Leo to form Million Dollar Productions. Harry Popkin owned and managed a chain of Circle Theatres in Los Angeles. One of these was the Million Dollar Theatre that catered to a black clientele. The production company made several fast moving genre pictures with budgets, despite its name, of approximately $8,000 to $10,000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gang War (1940 Film)
''Gang War'' is an American film released in 1940. It features an African American cast and was directed by Leo C. Popkin. It was produced by Million Dollar Productions. The film is about the rivalry between two gangs. In 1998, the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) television channel screened the film as part of a month-long showing of race films. Cast * Ralph Cooper as Bob "Killer" Meade *Gladys Snyder as Mazie "Sugar" Walford * Reggie Fenderson as Danny * Lawrence Criner as Lew Baron *Monte Hawley Monte Hawley (? - November 30, 1950) was an American actor from Chicago, Illinois. Biography He began his entertainment career as one of the original Lafayette Players. He studied under Richard B. Harrison and, after moving to New York City, acte ... as Bill *Jesse Brooks *Johnny Thomas *Maceo Sheffield ( Maceo Bruce Sheffield) *Charles Hawkins *Robert Johnson *Henry Roberts *Harold Garrison References {{Reflist 1940 films Films directed by Leo C. Popkin African-American films Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Dark Night (1939 Film)
''One Dark Night'' is an American film released in 1939. Also known as ''Night Club Girl''. It was directed by Leo C. Popkin. It was produced by Harry M. Popkin. The film features an African American cast including Mantan Moreland in a dramatic role. Cast *Mantan Moreland * Josephine Pearson * Betty Treadville * Jessie Coles Grayson Production and release Hattie McDaniel reportedly turned down the role played by Bette Treadville. The film was made by Million Dollar Productions and distributed by Sack Amusement Enterprises. It was produced by Clifford Sanforth. The film drew various black celebrities to a showing. Josephine Edwards performs two songs in the lost film. The film was re-released as ''Night Club Girl'' in 1944. It is categorized as a race film, and is now lost. The Yale University Library has a lobby card A film poster is a poster used to promote and advertise a film primarily to persuade paying customers into a theater to see it. Studios often print several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Demand Payment
''I Demand Payment'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Clifford Sanforth and starring Betty Burgess, Jack La Rue and Matty Kemp. The film was based on Rob Eden's 1932 novel ''Second Choice''. Sanforth produced the film and Sherman L. Lowe wrote the screenplay. ''I Demand Payment'' was produced by Poverty Row company Imperial Pictures. Synopsis A man finds himself drawn in too deep after going to work for a loan shark, and his new wife tries to leave him after discovering his true occupation. Cast *Betty Burgess as Judith Avery *Jack La Rue as Smiles Badolio *Matty Kemp as Toby Locke *Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Happy Crofton * Lloyd Hughes as Doctor Craig Mitchell *Anthony Orlando as Louie Badolio * Sheila Terry as Rita Avery * Bryant Washburn as Joe Travis *Donald Kirke as Mr. Twitchett *Harry Holman as Justice of Peace * Edward Keene as District Attorney *Norma Taylor as Miss Farnsworth Reception '' Billboard'' wrote that it was "a powerful illustration that crime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Relations (film)
''Rich Relations'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Clifford Sanforth and starring Ralph Forbes, Frances Grant, and Barry Norton. Written by Joseph O'Donnell and based on the novel of the same name by Priscilla Wayne, the film is about a secretary who is romanced by a "ladies' man" unaware that her boss is in love with her. The film was released in the United States on February 1, 1937. Cast * Ralph Forbes as ''Dave Walton'' * Frances Grant as ''Nancy Tilton'' * Barry Norton as ''Don Blair'' * Muriel Evans as ''Trixie Lane'' * Franklin Pangborn as ''Mr. Dwight'' * Wesley Barry as ''Albert'' * Jeanie Roberts as ''Buddy'' * Crauford Kent as ''Mr. Colby'' * Ethel Clayton as ''Mrs. Blair'' * Donald Kirke * Mary Carr * Ed Lawrence * Irving White * Gertrude Astor * Harry Myers * Mary MacLaren * Rosemary Theby Rosemary Theresa Theby (born Rose Masing, April 8, 1892 – November 10, 1973) was an American film actress. She appeared in some 250 films between 1911 and 1940. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder By Television
''Murder by Television'' (1935) is an American mystery film starring Bela Lugosi, June Collyer, and Huntley Gordon. The film is also known as ''The Houghland Murder Case''. The cast also includes Hattie McDaniel. Plot James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world, refuses to sell the process to television companies, who then send agents to acquire the invention any way they can. On the night of his initial broadcast Houghland is mysteriously murdered in the middle of his demonstration and it falls to Police Chief Nelson to determine who the murderer is from the many suspects present. Cast *Bela Lugosi ... dual role as Dr. Arthur Perry and as Edwin Perry *June Collyer ... June Houghland *Huntley Gordon ... Dr. Henry M. Scofield (billed as Huntly Gordon) *George Meeker ... Richard Grayson *Henry Mowbray ... Chief of Police Milton *Charles Hill Mailes ... Prof. James Houghland *Claire McDowell .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bandit Of Sherwood Forest
''The Bandit of Sherwood Forest'' is a 1946 American Technicolor adventure film directed by Henry Levin & George Sherman and starring Cornel Wilde, Anita Louise, Jill Esmond and Edgar Buchanan. Plot Robin Hood's son (Cornel Wilde) returns to save '' Magna Carta'', flirt with Lady Catherine ( Anita Louise) and protect a boy king. Cast * Anita Louise as Lady Catherine Maitland * Jill Esmond as the Queen Mother * Edgar Buchanan as Friar Tuck * Cornel Wilde as Robert of Nottingham * Henry Daniell as the Regent, William of Pembroke * George Macready as Fitz-Herbert * Russell Hicks as Robin Hood, Earl of Huntingdon * John Abbott as Will Scarlet * Lloyd Corrigan as the Sheriff of Nottingham * Eva Moore as Mother Meg * Ray Teal as Little John * Leslie Denison as Allan-A-Dale * Ian Wolfe as Lord Mortimer * Maurice Tauzin as The King * Miles Mander as Lord Warrick * Mark Roberts as Robin Hood's Man * Harry Cording as Prioress Guard (uncredited) * Harry Wilson as Outlaw (uncredi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan Butterfly
''Manhattan Butterfly'' is a 1935 American crime film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Dorothy Granger, William Bakewell and Kenneth Thomson (actor), Kenneth Thomson.Pitts p.187 Cast * Dorothy Granger as Nina Malone * William Bakewell as Stevens aka Stephen Collier * Kenneth Thomson (actor), Kenneth Thomson as A Gangster * Dorothy Burgess as Another Singer * Betty Compson * Carmelita Geraghty * Harry Holman * George Meeker * Matty Fain * Alphonse Martell * Edward Keane (actor), Edward Keane * William Arnold (actor), William Arnold * Jack Trent (actor), Jack Trent References Bibliography * Michael R. Pitts. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005. External links * 1935 films 1935 crime films 1930s English-language films American crime films Films directed by Lewis D. Collins 1930s American films {{crime-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
