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David Durand (actor)
David Durand (July 27, 1920 – July 25, 1998) was an American juvenile actor. Career Durand appeared in the silent film Tropic Madness (1928) when age 8, of which a complete version is considered lost. However, one reel (14 minutes) was discovered in 2022 and is now available on YouTube on the Rainscratch channel. Durand also appeared in the films '' Get Your Man'', ''Tropic Madness'', '' Innocents of Paris'', ''Song of Love'', ''Ladies Love Brutes'', ''The Jazz Cinderella'', '' Bad Sister'', '' The Spy'', ''Rich Man's Folly'', ''Probation'', ''Forbidden Company'', '' Silver Dollar'', ''The Great Jasper'', ''Son of the Border'', ''The Life of Jimmy Dolan'', ''Jennie Gerhardt'', '' Cradle Song'', '' As the Earth Turns'', ''Viva Villa!'', '' Hat, Coat, and Glove'', '' Wednesday's Child'', ''Little Men'', ''The Band Plays On'', ''Wells Fargo'', '' Scouts to the Rescue'', '' Off the Record'', '' Streets of New York'', ''Boys' Reformatory'', ''Golden Gloves'', ''The Tulsa Kid'', '' H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland
Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. maritime border with Canada, northeast of Cincinnati, northeast of Columbus, and approximately west of Pennsylvania. The largest city on Lake Erie and one of the major cities of the Great Lakes region, Cleveland ranks as the 54th-largest city in the U.S. with a 2020 population of 372,624. The city anchors both the Greater Cleveland metropolitan statistical area (MSA) and the larger Cleveland–Akron–Canton combined statistical area (CSA). The CSA is the most populous in Ohio and the 17th largest in the country, with a population of 3.63 million in 2020, while the MSA ranks as 34th largest at 2.09 million. Cleveland was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River by General Moses Cleaveland, after whom the city was named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Life Of Jimmy Dolan
''The Life of Jimmy Dolan'', released in the UK as ''The Kid's Last Fight'', is a 1933 American pre-Code film starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Loretta Young. John Wayne has a small supporting role as a frightened boxer. The story was based on a 1933 play called "Sucker" by Bertram Millhauser. The film was remade in 1939 as ''They Made Me a Criminal''. Plot Southpaw boxer Jimmy Dolan believes in clean living outside the ring, but blonde vixen Goldie West gets him drunk after a fight. Then when reporter Magee plans to write about Jimmy's behavior, a punch in the face accidentally kills Magee. With the fighter certain to face charges and possible incarceration, his manager Doc Woods makes off with Jimmy's money and watch. Driving away with Goldie, they end up in a fiery car crash and are killed. Doc's face is unrecognizable, and because he's wearing Jimmy's watch, it is believed the boxer is dead. A detective, Phlaxer, is unconvinced. The watch is on the wrong wrist for a left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boys' Reformatory
''Boys' Reformatory'' is a 1939 American crime film directed by Howard Bretherton and produced by Lindsley Parsons for Monogram Pictures. The screenplay was written by Wellyn Totman and Ray Trampe after a story by Ray Trampe and Norman S. Hall. Cast * Frankie Darro as Tommy Ryan * Lillian Elliott as Mrs. O'Meara * Frank Coghlan, Jr. as Eddie O'Meara * Ben Welden as Mike Hearn * David Durand as 'Knuckles' Malone * William P. Carleton as Superior Judge Robert A. Scott * Grant Withers as Dr. Owens, a physician at the State Industrial School * John St. Polis John M. St. Polis (born John Marie Sainpolis; November 24, 1873 – October 8, 1946) was an American actor. Biography St. Polis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Before starting his film career, he made a name for himself on the Broadway ... as Superintendent Keene of the State Industrial School * Pat Flaherty as Barnes, a guard at the State Industrial School * George Offerman, Jr. as Joey, an inmate at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streets Of New York (1939 Film)
''Streets of New York'' is a 1939 American film directed by William Nigh. The film is also known as ''The Abe Lincoln of Ninth Avenue'' and ''The Abraham Lincoln of the 4th Avenue''. Plot "Jimmy" ( Jackie Cooper) and crippled "Gimpy" (Martin Spellman) run the corner newsstand. Spike (David Durand), a neighborhood delinquent, doesn't like the business being on his turf, and does everything he can to get them into trouble, and disrupt their circulation. When they get in trouble, Judge Carroll ( George Irving) tries to help them out. He doesn't want Jimmy going bad, like his big brother, the racketeer, 'Tap' ( Dick Purcell), while Jimmy is trying to go to school and teach himself to be a lawyer, like his hero, Abraham Lincoln. Jimmy has to choose between the right thing and family when his brother comes to him for help. The story starts with Jimmy Keenan as a strong independent teenager who owns a news stand while going to night school to study to become a lawyer. Jimmy is al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Off The Record (film)
''Off the Record'' is a 1939 American drama film directed by James Flood and written by Niven Busch, Lawrence Kimble and Earl Baldwin. The film stars Pat O'Brien, Joan Blondell, Bobby Jordan, Alan Baxter, William B. Davidson and Morgan Conway. The film was released by Warner Bros. on January 21, 1939. Plot Two newspaper reporters, Thomas "Breezy" Elliott and Jane Morgan, inadvertently send a boy named Mickey Fallon to reform school after they write an exposé of the illegal slot-machine racket the boy was a spotter for. Guilt-ridden, Jane convinces Breezy that they should marry in order to adopt Mickey so they can get him out of reform school. Cast *Pat O'Brien as Thomas 'Breezy' Elliott *Joan Blondell as Jane Morgan *Bobby Jordan as Mickey Fallon * Alan Baxter as Joe Fallon *William B. Davidson as Scotty *Morgan Conway as Lou Baronette *Clay Clement as Jaeggers *Selmer Jackson as Det. Mendall *Addison Richards as Brand *Pierre Watkin as Barton * Joe King as Brown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scouts To The Rescue
''Scouts to the Rescue'' is a 1939 Universal film serial directed by Alan James and Ray Taylor. It starred Jackie Cooper and Bill Cody Jr. Premise A troop of Boy Scouts use a treasure map to find a stash of counterfeit notes and a lost tribe with a secret Radium deposit. Cast * Jackie Cooper as Bruce Scott, leader of the Scout Troop * David Durand as Rip Rawson * Bill Cody, Jr. as Skeets Scanlon * Vondell Darr as Mary Scanlon * William Ruhl as Hal Marvin, a G-Man on the trail of the counterfeiters * Sidney Miller as Hermie, a Boy Scout * Ivan Miller as Turk Mortensen * Edwin Stanley as Pat Scanlon * Ralph Dunn as Pug O'Toole, a gangster * George Regas as Lukolu, high priest of the lost tribe * Jack Mulhall as Scoutmaster Hale * Jason Robards, Sr. as Doc, a gangster * Dick Botiller as Leeka, Leader of Warriors * Victor Adams as Hurst, a heavy * Max Wagner as Joe, a henchman Chapter titles # Death Rides the Air # Avalanche of Doom # Trapped by the Indians # River of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wells Fargo (film)
''Wells Fargo'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Joel McCrea, Bob Burns and Frances Dee. Plot In the early 1840s, Wells & Fargo employee Ramsay MacKay comes upon a broken-down carriage in the countryside and gives belle Justine Pryor and her mother a lift into Buffalo, New York, though he warns them he is in a hurry to make a delivery of fresh oysters. The ladies endure a very bumpy ride, and he arrives in time to enable his employer, Henry Wells, to impress some bankers with the speed of his service. Wells sends him to set up a branch office in St. Louis, which is quite convenient, as the Pryors reside there. MacKay and Justine begin seeing each other, though her mother disapproves, as does Justine's more socially prominent suitor, Talbot Carter. Impressed with MacKay, in 1846, Wells sends him to open trails to California. MacKay takes along Hank York, a frontiersman who only works when he has to, and Hank's constant Indian companion, Pawn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Band Plays On (film)
''The Band Plays On'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by Russell Mack and written by Bernard Schubert, Ralph Spence and Harvey Gates. The film stars Robert Young, Stuart Erwin, Leo Carrillo, Betty Furness, Ted Healy and Preston Foster. The film was released on December 21, 1934, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Cast * Robert Young as Tony Ferrera *Stuart Erwin as Stuffy Wilson *Leo Carrillo as Angelo *Betty Furness as Kitty O'Brien *Ted Healy as Joe O'Brien *Preston Foster as Howdy Hardy *Russell Hardie as Mike O'Brien *William Tannen as Rosy Rosenberg * Robert Livingston as Bob Stone *Norman Phillips Jr. as Stuffy as a Boy * David Durand as Tony as a Boy * Sidney Miller as Rosy as a Boy *Beaudine Anderson as Mike as a Boy *Betty Jane Graham as Kitty as a Girl *Joe Sawyer as Mr. Thomas *Henry Kolker Joseph Henry Kolker (November 13, 1874 ome sources 1870– July 15, 1947) was an American stage and film actor and director. Early years Kolker was born in Quincy, Illi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Men (1934 Film)
''Little Men'' is a 1934 American feature film based on Louisa May Alcott's 1871 novel ''Little Men'', starring Ralph Morgan and Erin O'Brien-Moore, directed by Phil Rosen, and was released by Mascot Pictures. Alcott wrote ''Little Men'' in response to her prior novel, '' Little Women'', hoping to achieve the same level of success. It is a sequel to Little Women (1933 film) Plot The former Jo March (O'Brien-Moore), now married to Prof. Bhaer (Morgan), opens a boarding school for wayward boys. One day, a boy by the name of Nat Blake arrives at the house and is taken in by the Bhaers. Nat is soft-spoken, compassionate, respectful, and bright. He is picked on by the kids at first but soon fits right in. One day while riding back from a birthday party, Nat sees one of his homeless friends, Dan. He invites Dan back to the house, assuming that the Bhaers can take him in as they did himself. Although Professor Bhaer is hesitant due to the fact that Dan is older than all of the other b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wednesday's Child (film)
''Wednesday's Child'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by John S. Robertson and written by Willis Goldbeck, based on the 1934 play ''Wednesday's Child (play), Wednesday's Child'' by Leopold L. Atlas. The film stars Karen Morley, Edward Arnold (actor), Edward Arnold, Frankie Thomas, Robert Shayne and Frank Conroy (actor), Frank Conroy. The film was released on October 26, 1934, by RKO Pictures. The play was later adapted to film again as the 1946 RKO film ''Child of Divorce''. Plot Ten-year-old Bobby (Frankie Thomas) and a group of friends see Bobby's mother (Karen Morley) kissing a man who is not her husband. Despite serious concerns about Bobby, a divorce ensues and Bobby, although thoroughly disenchanted with his mother, is sent away with her where month after month despite all her efforts he grows more depressed, dreaming of reunification with his beloved father (Edward Arnold). On returning to his father at vacation, he finds him preoccupied with an impending second mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hat, Coat, And Glove
''Hat, Coat and Glove'' is a 1934 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Worthington Miner from a screenplay by Francis Faragoh. It starred Ricardo Cortez, Barbara Robbins, and John Beal. Plot Cast * Ricardo Cortez as Robert Mitchell * Barbara Robbins as Dorothea Mitchell * John Beal as Jerry Hutchins * Dorothy Burgess as Ann Brewster * Paul Harvey as The Prosecuting Attorney * Sara Hadenas The Secretary * Margaret Hamilton as Madame Du Barry * David Durand as Thomas Sullivan * Murray Kinnell Murray Kinnell (24 July 1889 – 11 August 1954) was a British-born American actor, recognized for playing smooth, gentlemanly, although rather shady characters. He appeared in 71 films in the USA between the pre-code era of 1930 and 1937. He ... as The Judge * Fred Sullivan as The Court Clerk * Gayle Evers as The Saleslady References External links * 1934 crime drama films 1934 films American black-and-white films American crime drama films 1930s American fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viva Villa!
''Viva Villa!'' is a 1934 American pre-Code film directed by Jack Conway and starring Wallace Beery as Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. The screenplay was written by Ben Hecht, adapted from the 1933 book ''Viva Villa!'' by Edgecumb Pinchon and O. B. Stade. The film was shot on location in Mexico and produced by David O. Selznick. There was uncredited assistance with the script by Howard Hawks, James Kevin McGuinness, and Howard Emmett Rogers. Hawks and William A. Wellman were also uncredited directors on the film. The film is a fictionalized biography of Pancho Villa starring Beery in the titular role and featuring Fay Wray, who had played the leading lady in ''King Kong'' the previous year. The supporting cast includes Leo Carillo, Donald Cook, Stuart Erwin, Henry B. Walthall, Joseph Schildkraut and Katherine DeMille. Plot After seeing his poor father lose his land and be whipped to death for protesting, young Pancho Villa stabs one of the killers, then heads off into th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
