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Don Briggs
Donald Briggs (January 28, 1911 – February 3, 1986) was an American actor, who appeared in over 75 films and television shows between the 1930s and 1970s. Early life Briggs was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in Woodland Hills, California at age 75. He was a graduate of Senn High School in Chicago and worked at KYW radio in 1928. Radio Briggs played the title roles in ''The First Nighter Program'', ''The Sheriff'',French, Jack & Siegel, David S. (eds.) (2014). ''Radio Rides the Range: A Reference Guide to Western Drama on the Air, 1929-1967''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 44. ''Perry Mason'', and ''The Adventures of Frank Merriwell''. Family Briggs was married to actress Audrey Christie. Filmography Film Television Source: References External links * * Donald Briggs Films available at Internet Archives The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fit For A King
''Fit for a King'' is a 1937 American film starring Joe E. Brown and directed by Edward Sedgwick. Plot summary Newspaper reporter " Scoops" (Brown) is sent out on assignment, to investigate the failed assassination attempts on Archduke Julio (Harry Davenport). Trying to get the story, he runs into Jane Hamilton (Helen Mack) who is really Princess Helen. He doesn't realize that she is the story: a princess in exile, in danger of assassination; and, falling in love with "Scoops", while engaged to a prince. The film ends with a wild chase and a shootout with machine guns. The question is, who will survive to tell the tale? Cast *Joe E. Brown as Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones *Helen Mack as Jane Hamilton / Princess Helen * Paul Kelly as Briggs *Harry Davenport as Archduke Julio *Halliwell Hobbes as Count Strunsky *John Qualen as Otto *Donald Briggs as Prince Michael *Frank Reicher as Kurtz *Russell Hicks as Editor Hardwick *Charles Trowbridge Charles Sila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sutter's Gold
''Sutter's Gold'' is a 1936 American Western film. It is a fictionalized version of the aftermath of the discovery of gold on Sutter's property, spurring the California Gold Rush of 1849. Edward Arnold plays John Sutter. The supporting cast includes Lee Tracy, Binnie Barnes, Katherine Alexander, Montagu Love, and Harry Carey as Kit Carson. The film was directed by James Cruze. The film is based on the novel "L'Or; la merveilleuse histoire du général Johann August Suter" by Blaise Cendrars (Paris, 1925); , and a play by Bruno Frank. Cast * Edward Arnold as John Sutter *Lee Tracy as Pete Perkin *Binnie Barnes as Countess Elizabeth Bartoffski *Katharine Alexander as Anna Sutter *Montagu Love as Capt. Kettleson *Addison Richards as James Marshall *John Miljan as Gen. Juan Bautista Alvarado *Harry Carey as Kit Carson *William Janney as John Sutter, Jr. *Nan Grey as Ann Eliza Sutter *Robert Warwick as Gen. Alexander Rotscheff *Morgan Wallace as General Fremont *Allen Vincent as J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love, Honor And Behave
''Love, Honor and Behave'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Stanley Logan and starring Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane. The supporting cast includes John Litel, Thomas Mitchell, Dick Foran and Dickie Moore. " Bei Mir Bist Du Schon" serves as the motion picture's the theme song. Initially set in Meadowfield, Long Island in 1922, the picture's plot revolves around a timid husband who finally stands up for himself in the wake of being cuckolded by his ravishing wife. Plot Dan and Sally Painter meddle in son Ted's life, quarrel and ultimately divorce after Dan's affair with Lisa Blake, whose husband Jim promptly divorces her. Ted's belief that sportsmanship comes before winning is tested during a college tennis match, which he loses on purpose after being awarded a point that should have gone to his opponent. His dad Dan doesn't approve of this attitude and predicts Ted will be a failure in his future business life. Barbara Blake, daughter of Lisa and Jim, becomes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The First Hundred Years (film)
''The First Hundred Years'' is a 1938 American comedy-drama film directed by Richard Thorpe. The film stars Robert Montgomery, Virginia Bruce, and Warren William. Cast * Robert Montgomery as David Conway *Virginia Bruce as Lynn Conway *Warren William as Harry Borden *Binnie Barnes as Claudia Weston *Alan Dinehart as Samuel Z. Walker *Harry Davenport as Uncle Dawson *Nydia Westman as Midge *Donald Briggs as William Regan *Jonathan Hale as Judge Parker *E. E. Clive as Chester Blascomb *Lee Bowman as George Wallace *Torben Meyer as Karl *Bodil Rosing as Martha *Irving Bacon Irving Bacon (born Irving Von Peters; September 6, 1893 – February 5, 1965) was an American character actor who appeared in almost 500 films. Early years Bacon was the son of entertainers Millar Bacon and Myrtle Vane. He was born in St. Jose ... as Wilkins * Barbara Bedford as Sadie (uncredited) References External links * * 1938 films 1938 comedy-drama films American comedy-drama films Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daredevil Drivers
''Daredevil Drivers'' is a 1938 American crime film directed by B. Reeves Eason and written by Sherman L. Lowe. The film stars Beverly Roberts, Dick Purcell, Gloria Blondell, Gordon Oliver, Charley Foy and Donald Briggs. The film was released by Warner Bros. on February 12, 1938. Synopsis Automobile racer Bill Foster is disqualified from a race for reckless driving, then banned from competing in the sport altogether. On the road, he then collides with a bus, owned by a company run by Jerry Neeley, a woman trying to stay in business against an aggressive rival. Foster ends up working for Jerry's competition. A lawsuit goes against her that puts her livelihood in jeopardy. When a bus goes out of control, endangering passengers including children, Foster is able to stop it and save everyone just in time. He then joins forces with Jerry to save her company. Cast *Beverly Roberts as Jerry Neeley *Dick Purcell as Bill Foster *Gloria Blondell as Lucy Mack *Gordon Oliver as Mark Banni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blondes At Work
''Blondes at Work'' is a 1938 American comedy-drama film directed by Frank McDonald (director), Frank McDonald and written by Albert DeMond. The film stars Glenda Farrell and Barton MacLane. It is the fourth film in a series of Torchy Blane movies by Warner Bros. Released on February 6, 1938, it is followed by ''Torchy Blane in Panama'' (1938). The film focuses on the actions undertaken by Torchy to evade the efforts of Lieutenant Steve McBride to keep her from using inside information to "scoop" rival newspapers on the progress of police investigations. Plot Lieutenant Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is in trouble with his boss, Captain McTavish, who suspects him of leaking police information to his girlfriend reporter Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), which has resulted in complaints to the police department from rival newspapers. Torchy and Steve have an argument about this, and they agree that they will not exchange information about any police cases in the future. And Torchy is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All American Sweetheart
''All American Sweetheart'' is a 1937 American crime film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Grace Neville, Fred Niblo Jr. and Michael L. Simmons. The film stars Patricia Farr, Scott Kolk, Gene Morgan, James Eagles, Arthur Loft and Joe Twerp. The film was released on December 20, 1937, by Columbia Pictures. Plot Cast *Patricia Farr as Connie Adams * Scott Kolk as Lance Corbett *Gene Morgan as Coach Dolan *James Eagles as 'Squirt' Adams * Arthur Loft as Cap Collender *Joe Twerp as 'Giblets' Offenbach *Ruth Hilliard as Amy Goss *Donald Briggs as Johnny Ames * Louis DaPron as Andy Carter *Joseph Allen as Joe Collins *Frank C. Wilson as Alfred *Deane Janis Deane Janis (June 19, 1904 – March 8, 1988) was an American popular singer during America's swing era. She is best known for singing on the musical variety radio program ''Camel Caravan''. Career Janis was born, Nadeen Andrews, in Omaha, Nebr ... as Singer References External links * {{Lambert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Submarine D-1
''Submarine D-1'' is a 1937 drama directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Pat O'Brien, George Brent and Wayne Morris.. The film was produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and released by Warner Bros. Plot Butch Rogers and Sock McGillis are old submarine hands stationed in Panama. On land, Butch and Sock battle over pretty Ann Sawyer. At sea and underwater, however, our two heroes are virtually inseparable. Cast * Pat O'Brien as 'Butch' Rogers * George Brent as Lt. Commander Dan Matthews * Wayne Morris as 'Sock' McGillis * Frank McHugh as 'Lucky' Jones * Doris Weston as Ann Sawyer * Henry O'Neill as Admiral Thomas * Dennie Moore as Arabella * Veda Ann Borg as Dolly * Regis Toomey John Francis Regis Toomey (August 13, 1898October 12, 1991) was an American film and television actor. Early life Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was one of four children of Francis X. and Mary Ellen Toomey, and attended Peabody High ... as Tom Callan References External links * * * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Won't Forget
''They Won't Forget'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, Edward Norris, and Lana Turner, in her feature debut. It was based on a novel by Ward Greene called ''Death in the Deep South'', which was in turn a fictionalized account of a real-life case: the trial and subsequent lynching of Leo Frank after the murder of Mary Phagan in 1913. Plot A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Memorial Day. A district attorney with political ambitions, Andrew Griffin, sees the crime as his way to the United States Senate, Senate if he can find the right scapegoat to be tried for the crime. He seeks out Robert Hale, Mary's teacher at the business school where she was killed. Even though all evidence against Hale is circumstantial, Hale happens to be from New York (Leo Frank was a Southerner from Texas, but he was Jewish and had been raised in New York), and Griffin works with reporter W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captains Courageous (1937 Film)
''Captains Courageous'' is a 1937 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer adventure film. Based on the 1897 novel of the same name by Rudyard Kipling, the film had its world premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles. It was produced by Louis D. Lighton and directed by Victor Fleming. Filmed in black and white, ''Captains Courageous'' was advertised by MGM as a coming-of-age classic with exciting action sequences. Backgrounds and exteriors for the film, which updated the story's setting to the mid-1920s, were shot on location in Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Shelburne, Nova Scotia in Canada, and Gloucester, Massachusetts in the United States. Plot Harvey Cheyne (Freddie Bartholomew) is the spoiled son of American business tycoon Frank Burton Cheyne (Melvyn Douglas). Harvey is shunned by his classmates at a private boarding school, and eventually suspended for bad behavior. His father therefore takes him on a business trip to Europe, travelling there by trans-Atlantic steamship. Mid- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Good Old Soak
''The Good Old Soak'' is a 1937 drama film starring Wallace Beery and directed by J. Walter Ruben from a screenplay by A. E. Thomas based upon the 1922 stage play of the same name by Don Marquis. The picture's supporting cast features Una Merkel, Eric Linden, Betty Furness, and Ted Healy. Screenwriter Thomas was disturbed that MGM changed the title from the original "The Old Soak," to the "Good Old Soak." MGM did that because it felt Wallace Beery's fans considered the word "good" synonymous with Beery. Rollin Kirby, a distinguished political cartoonist on the ''New York World'' newspaper, and good friend of Don Marquis, got a laugh from Marquis when he suggested how appropriate it was that a man named Beery would portray the Old Soak himself. The story was previously made as a silent film by Universal in 1926 called ''The Old Soak'' starring Jean Hersholt. Cast * Wallace Beery as Clem Hawley * Una Merkel as Nellie * Eric Linden as Clemmie Hawley * Judith Barrett as Ina Heath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man Of The People (film)
''Man of the People'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Frank Dolan. The film stars Joseph Calleia, Florence Rice, Thomas Mitchell, Ted Healy and Catherine Doucet. The film was released on January 29, 1937, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot All that attorney Jack Moreno wants to do is help his friends and the people from his neighbourhood, but in order to make a living he has to do business with the mob. Cast *Joseph Calleia as Jack Moreno *Florence Rice as Abbey * Thomas Mitchell as Grady *Ted Healy as Joe 'The Glut' *Catherine Doucet as Mrs. Reid * Paul Stanton as Stringer * Jonathan Hale as Carter Spetner *Robert Emmett Keane as Murphy *Jane Barnes as Marie Rossetti *William Ricciardi as 'Pop' Rossetti *Noel Madison as 'Dopey' Benny *Soledad Jiménez as Mrs. Rossetti *Edward Nugent as Edward Spetner *Donald Briggs Donald Briggs (January 28, 1911 – February 3, 1986) was an American actor, who appeared in over 75 films and television s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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