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Don Brodie
Don L. Brodie (May 29, 1904 – January 8, 2001) was an American film and television actor. Early years The son of Mrs. Lottie Brodie, he attended Hughes High School in Cincinnati and the University of Cincinnati. Before becoming a professional actor, he worked in Procter & Gamble's main offices. Career As early as 1928, Brodie was acting on stage. A review in ''The Cincinnati Enquirer'' listed him in the cast of the Civic Theater's production of ''The Pigeon''. Brodie worked with Cincinnati's Civic Repertory Theater for nine years. A veteran of over 250 film and television productions, Brodie signed his first film contract with Universal Pictures Corporation in 1931. He appeared as a callow, mustachioed actor in various utility roles in films from the early 1930s. Usually playing bit parts in features, his more notable credits include his voiceover work in the Disney cartoon features ''Pinocchio'' and ''Dumbo'' and his portrayal of a carefully used car lot owner in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Chorus
''Second Chorus'' is a 1940 Hollywood musical comedy film starring Paulette Goddard and Fred Astaire and featuring Artie Shaw, Burgess Meredith and Charles Butterworth, with music by Artie Shaw, Bernie Hanighen and Hal Borne, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The film was directed by H. C. Potter and produced independently for Paramount Pictures by Boris Morros, with associate producers Robert Stillman and (uncredited) Fred Astaire. The film's copyright expired in 1968 and it is now in the public domain. Plot Danny O'Neill (Fred Astaire) and Hank Taylor (Burgess Meredith) are friends and rival trumpeters with "O'Neill's Perennials", a college band. Both have managed to prolong their college careers by failing seven years in a row. At a performance, Ellen Miller (Paulette Goddard) catches both Danny's and Hank's eyes. However, she serves them a summons notice for her boss, a debt collector, but the fast-talking O'Neill and Taylor soon have her working as their manager, where her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Find The Witness
''Find the Witness'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by David Selman and starring Charles Quigley, Henry Mollison and Rosalind Keith.Langman & Finn p.86 Cast * Charles Quigley as Larry McGill * Henry Mollison as Rudolph Mordini * Rosalind Keith as Linda Mason * Rita La Roy as Rita Calmette * Wade Boteler as Inspector Collins * Ernie Alexander as Jerry * Stanley Andrews as District Attorney * William Arnold as Reporter * Hooper Atchley as Carney * Sven Hugo Borg as Diver * Don Brodie as Reporter * Ralph Byrd as Tex * Nick Copeland as Manning * Frank De Voe as Reporter * Gladys Gale as Mrs. Rice * Creighton Hale as Bell Captain * Eddie Hart as Sailor * Harry Harvey as Barker * William Humphrey as Minister * Charles King as Burton * Ralph McCullough as Reporter * Ted Oliver as Deagle * Lee Shumway as Higgins * Reginald Simpson as Clerk * Harry Stafford as Judge * John Tyrrell as Jackson * Blanca Vischer as Spanish Waitress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Corner (1948 Film)
''Street Corner'' is a 1948 American exploitation film directed by Albert H. Kelley, produced by Wilshire Pictures, and featuring Johnny Duncan (actor), Johnny Duncan, Eddie Gribbon, and Marcia Mae Jones. It was released on DVD in 2003 by Something Weird Video. Plot Narrated to the viewing audience in flash back format by a sympathetic family doctor (after beginning with a trial in which an unnamed older woman is sentenced to 10 years in prison for an undisclosed crime), the movie revolves around Lois Marsh, a high school girl who discovers that she is pregnant by her boyfriend, Bob Mason. Lois worries about her options. She and Bob decide to marry in secret, but Bob dies In a car accident on his way to meet Lois. Lois then confides in a waitress who directs her to a neighborhood abortion care provider. After the abortion provider completes the procedure, Lois passes out on the street. She is immediately brought to her family doctor where she tells him what has happened. The docto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For You I Die
''For You I Die'' is a 1947 American film noir directed by John Reinhardt and starring Cathy Downs, Paul Langton, Mischa Auer and Roman Bohnen.. Plot Forced to participate in a prison break, a convict on the run holes up at a roadside diner. Cast * Cathy Downs as Hope Novak * Paul Langton as Johnny Coulter * Mischa Auer as Alec Shaw * Roman Bohnen as Smitty * Jane Weeks as Georgie * Marion Kerby as Maggie Dillon * Manuela Callejo as Louisa * Don Harvey as Gruber * Charles Waldron, Jr. as Jerry * Rory Mallinson as Mac :;Uncredited (in order of appearance) *Tommy Noonan as hold-up man *Don Brodie Don L. Brodie (May 29, 1904 – January 8, 2001) was an American film and television actor. Early years The son of Mrs. Lottie Brodie, he attended Hughes High School in Cincinnati and the University of Cincinnati. Before becoming a profess ... as traveler at diner References External links * * * * * * (public domain) 1947 films 1947 romantic drama films Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Letter For Evie
''A Letter for Evie'' is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Jules Dassin. Plot New York city girl Evie O'Connor works as a secretary for the Trojan Shirt Co. in Brooklyn. She has her mind set on finding a tall, strong man to marry - one that can wear a Trojan shirt with a 16 1/2 neck size. She writes a short letter and puts it in a shirt that is to be sent to an army camp. The shirt eventually ends up on private Edgar "Wolf" Larsen, who has quite a reputation as a ladies' man. Wolf reads the letter aloud to his bunk mate John Phoneas McPherson, then throws it away. John picks it up again and gets interested in finding the woman behind the letter. Although John is not big and strong like Wolf, but short and small, he decides to pursue Evie by writing her back. John and Evie become pen pals, but he sends her a picture of Wolf when she asks for a picture of him, since he is afraid she will lose interest if he admits to not being of the same size and dimension. Some time late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Walked Alone
''The Man Who Walked Alone'' is a 1945 American B film romantic comedy film produced by PRC Pictures, Inc., directed by Christy Cabanne, with top-billed Dave O'Brien and Kay Aldridge, along with Walter Catlett and Guinn (Big Boy) Williams. Karl Hajos was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score The Academy Award for Best Original Score is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by t .... Plot During the final months of World War II, a young man is hitchhiking to the small town of Plainfield. After several failed attempts, he finally steps in front of a car driven by a young woman. She tries to go around him, but crashes and blows out a tire. He changes the tire in exchange for a ride from the hostile woman. In addition to blaming him for causing her accident, she resents that he has somehow avoided mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman In The Window (1944 Film)
''The Woman in the Window'' is a 1944 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang and starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, and Dan Duryea. It tells the story of a psychology professorBiesen, Sheri Chinen (2005). ''Blackout: World War II and the origins of film noir.'' Johns Hopkins University Press, ( Edward G. Robinson) who meets a young ''femme fatale'' (Joan Bennett) and murders her lover in self-defense. Based on J. H. Wallis' 1942 novel ''Once Off Guard'', the story features two surprise twists at the end. Screenwriter Nunnally Johnson, having written the script for ''The Grapes of Wrath'' (1940), was invited by International Pictures to a picture deal, and ''The Woman in the Window'' was chosen as its premiere project. According to some sources, Lang substituted the film's dream ending in place of the originally scripted suicide ending to conform with the moralistic Production Code of the time. However, Lang claimed that it was his idea when asked d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Latins From Manhattan
''Two Latins from Manhattan'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Charles Barton and starring Joan Davis, Jinx Falkenburg, and Joan Woodbury. Cast list * Joan Davis as Joan Daley * Jinx Falkenburg as Jinx Terry * Joan Woodbury as Lois Morgan * Fortunio Bonanova as Armando Rivero * Don Beddoe as Don Barlow * Marquita Madero as Marianela * Carmen Morales as Rosita * Lloyd Bridges as Tommy Curtis * Sig Arno as Felipe Rudolfo MacIntyre * Boyd Davis as Charles Miller * Don Brodie Don L. Brodie (May 29, 1904 – January 8, 2001) was an American film and television actor. Early years The son of Mrs. Lottie Brodie, he attended Hughes High School in Cincinnati and the University of Cincinnati. Before becoming a profess ... as Advertising Man References External links * * * 1941 films 1940s English-language films Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Charles Barton 1941 comedy films American comedy films American black-and-white films 1940s American fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scattergood Meets Broadway
''Scattergood Meets Broadway'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Christy Cabanne and written by Michael L. Simmons and Ethel B. Stone. It is the sequel to the 1941 film '' Scattergood Pulls the Strings''. The film stars Guy Kibbee, Mildred Coles, William "Bill" Henry, Emma Dunn, Frank Jenks, Joyce Compton and Bradley Page. The film was released on August 22, 1941, by RKO Pictures. Plot Scattergood loans some money to his neighbor, Elly Drew, who was going to sell her home in order to support her son David, an aspiring playwright who is in New York City trying to get his play produced. He also decides to go visit New York to see how David was doing and finds out finds out that things aren't quite as rosy as they seem. Cast *Guy Kibbee as Scattergood Baines * Mildred Coles as Peggy Gibson * William "Bill" Henry as David Drew *Emma Dunn as Mirandy Baines *Frank Jenks as J. J. Bent *Joyce Compton as Diana Deane *Bradley Page as H. C. Bard *Chester Clute as Quentin Van D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music In My Heart
''Music in My Heart'' is a 1940 Columbia Pictures romantic musical starring Tony Martin and Rita Hayworth. Hayworth's first musical for the studio, the film was recognized with an Academy Award nomination for the song, "It's a Blue World", performed by Martin and Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra. Production Production on ''Music in My Heart'' (alternate title ''Passport to Happiness'') began in October 1939. The film was released January 10, 1940. Cast Credits for ''Music in My Heart'' are listed in the AFI Catalog of Feature Films. * Tony Martin as Robert Gregory * Rita Hayworth as Patricia O'Malley * Edith Fellows as Mary * Alan Mowbray as Charles Gardner * Eric Blore as Griggs * George Tobias as Sascha * Joseph Crehan as Mark C. Gilman * George Humbert as Luigi * Joey Ray as Miller * Don Brodie as Taxi Driver * Julieta Novis as Leading Lady * Eddie Kane as Blake * Phil Tead as Marshall * Marten Lamont as Barrett * Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra Soundtrack Chet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exile Express
''Exile Express'' is a 1939 American drama film directed by Otis Garrett and starring Anna Sten, Alan Marshal and Jerome Cowan. Plot After being wrongly implicated in the murder of her scientist boss by foreign agents, a young immigrant woman is placed onboard an "exile express" from California to New York City where she is to be deported after her arrival at Ellis Island. With the help of a journalist who has fallen in love with her, she jumps the train and sets out to prove her innocence. Cast * Anna Sten as Nadine Nikolas * Alan Marshal as Steve Reynolds *Jerome Cowan as Paul Brandt *Walter Catlett as Gus *Jed Prouty as Hanley * Stanley Fields as Tony Kassan *Leonid Kinskey as David *Etienne Girardot as Caretaker *Irving Pichel as Victor *Harry Davenport as Dr. Hite * Addison Richards as Purnell * Feodor Chaliapin Jr. as Kaishevshy *Spencer Charters as Justice of the Peace Henry P. Smith *Byron Foulger as Serge *Don Brodie as Mullins *Henry Roquemore as Constable *Vince B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rookie Cop
''The Rookie Cop'' is a 1939 film directed by David Howard and starring Tim Holt as a rookie cop who wants to prove his friend wasn't involved with a robbery. The film also stars Virginia Weidler, Janet Shaw, Frank M. Thomas, and Muriel Evans. Plot summary Cast Reception The film made a profit of $18,000. The ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the Un ...'' called it "an unusually agreeable picture". References External links * * * * 1939 films 1939 drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by David Howard American drama films Films produced by Bert Gilroy 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
