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Ellis W. Carter
Ellis W. Carter (1906–1964) was an American cinematographer.Neibaur p.134 Selected filmography * '' Big Town After Dark'' (1947) * '' Speed to Spare'' (1948) * '' Disaster'' (1948) * '' Mr. Reckless'' (1948) * ''Waterfront at Midnight'' (1948) * ''El Paso'' (1949) * '' Special Agent'' (1949) * ''Gunmen of Abilene'' (1950) * '' Hills of Oklahoma'' (1950) * '' The Old Frontier'' (1950) * ''The Blonde Bandit'' (1950) * '' Lonely Heart Bandits'' (1950) * ''Havana Rose'' (1951) * '' The Magic Carpet'' (1951) * ''The Barefoot Mailman'' (1951) * '' Sunny Side of the Street'' (1951) * '' The Texas Rangers'' (1951) * '' Indian Uprising'' (1952) * '' Thief of Damascus'' (1952) * '' Sound Off'' (1952) * ''Outlaw Women'' (1952) * '' California Conquest'' (1952) * ''The Royal African Rifles'' (1953) * '' Running Wild'' (1955) * ''The Black Dakotas'' (1954) * ''The River Changes'' (1956) * ''Flight to Hong Kong'' (1956) * '' A Day of Fury'' (1956) * ''Damn Citizen'' (1958) * ''Night of the Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashland, Oregon
Ashland is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. It lies along Interstate 5 approximately 16 miles (26 km) north of the California border and near the south end of the Rogue Valley. The city's population was 21,360 at the 2020 census. The city is the home of Southern Oregon University (SOU) and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF). These are important to Ashland's economy, which also depends on restaurants, galleries, and retail stores that cater to tourists. Lithia Park along Ashland Creek, historic buildings, and a paved intercity bike trail provide additional visitor attractions. Ashland, originally called "Ashland Mills", was named after Ashland County, Ohio, the original home of founder Abel Helman, and secondarily for Ashland, Kentucky, where other founders had family connections. Ashland has a council-manager government assisted by citizen committees. Historically, its liberal politics have differed, often sharply, with much of the rest of southwest Oreg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Barefoot Mailman
''The Barefoot Mailman'' is a comedy-adventure film starring Robert Cummings and distributed by Columbia Pictures in 1951. The film was based on the 1943 novel ''The Barefoot Mailman'' by Theodore Pratt. Filmed in Super Cinecolor on location in Florida where the events take place, it features many elements of the Western. Plot Set in 1895, Robert Cummings plays a con man, Sylvanus Hurley, who is trying to raise the selling price of land he owns by convincing the residents of Miami that a railroad is coming to town. Jerome Courtland plays the barefoot mailman, Steven Pierton, who leads Sylvanus along the beach from Palm Beach to Miami, and who is skeptical of Sylvanus's scheme. Terry Moore is a run-away teenager, Adie Titus, who joins Sylvanus and Steven on their walk by impersonating a child. John Russell plays Theron, a swamp gang leader who tries to carry Adie away. Cast *Robert Cummings as Sylvanus Hurley * Terry Moore as Adie Titus *Jerome Courtland as Steven Pierton * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Day Of Fury
''A Day of Fury'' is a 1956 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Harmon Jones and starring Dale Robertson, Mara Corday and Jock Mahoney. Plot A gunslinger named Jagade happens upon a stranger in trouble on the trail and saves his life. Jagade immediately regrets it upon learning the man is Alan Burnett, who is not only a U.S. Marshal but on his way to the town of West End to marry Jagade's former sweetheart that very day. Jagade gets to town first and disrupts the proceedings. He taunts the betrothed woman, Sharman Fulton, in public. She was once a dancehall girl of low repute, but has since been taken into the home of the honorable Judge John J. McLean and has redeemed her reputation. Preacher Jason, nevertheless, calls off the wedding after Jagade sullies her name. Burnett arrives but has no call to arrest Jagade and remains indebted for the gunfighter's aid on the trail. Jagade provokes him and the town, forcing open the saloon on a Sunday and re-importing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flight To Hong Kong
''Flight to Hong Kong'' is a 1956 American crime film noir directed by Joseph M. Newman and starring Rory Calhoun, Barbara Rush, Dolores Donlon. The film was co-produced by Newman's Sabre Productions and was the first of Rory Calhoun's Rorvic Productions. It was the feature film debut of Werner Klemperer. Plot Tony Dumont is aboard a plane to the Crown Colony of Hong Kong carrying a shipment of industrial diamonds. It is hijacked by men who flee with the gems, leaving Tony and other passengers, including famed novelist Pamela Vincent, at a remote airstrip. After they are rescued and taken to Hong Kong, Tony doesn't get to say goodbye because Pamela is mobbed by the press. Tony returns home to Macau, where he is actually the head of local operations for an international crime syndicate and had plotted the heist. Quisto, Tony's childhood friend and head of the syndicate's Bangkok operations, calls to tell Tony about a freighter hijacked for the syndicate that will need to be u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The River Changes
''The River Changes'' is a 1956 American drama film, written and directed by Owen Crump. It stars Rossana Rory, Harold Maresch, and Renate Mannhardt, and was first shown to critics in special screenings on February 14, 1956. Cast list * Rossana Rory as Mayram * Harold Maresch as Kurus * Renate Mannhardt Renate Mannhardt (1920–2013) was a German actress. She starred in Peter Lorre Peter Lorre (; born László Löwenstein, ; June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian and American actor, first in Europe and later in the United States ... as Leah * Henry Fisher as The leader * Jaspar V. Oertzen as Jonathan * Nick Solomatin as Asa * Otto Friebel as The questioner * Rene Magron as Teman * Bert Brandt as Aaron * Ilse Ruth Roskam References External links * * * West German films American drama films German drama films 1956 drama films 1956 films Warner Bros. films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films 1950s German films American black-and- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Dakotas
''The Black Dakotas'' is a 1954 American Technicolor Western spy film directed by Ray Nazarro and produced by Columbia Pictures. Set during the American Civil War and filmed at the Iverson Movie Ranch, the film stars Gary Merrill as a cold-blooded secret agent using the war for his own ends. It also stars Wanda Hendrix and John Bromfield. The film features ''The Lone Ranger'' television series Jay Silverheels and Clayton Moore in separate roles as well as Richard Webb of '' Captain Midnight''. Plot Over footage from ''The Man from Colorado'', opening titles inform the audience that during the Civil War the Confederate States of America sent agitators to the American West to incite Indian tribes against the Federal Government to draw troops away from battles in the East. In 1864 a stagecoach containing two passengers is attacked by an armed band who kill the driver and stop the stage. One of the passengers, Zachary Paige offers the armed but polite band his money but is surpris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Running Wild (1955 Film)
''Running Wild'' is a 1955 American film noir crime film directed by Abner Biberman and starring William Campbell, Mamie Van Doren, Keenan Wynn, and Kathleen Case. The film was often paired with ''Tarantula'' as part of a double feature. Plot Ralph Barton is a young rookie cop who goes undercover to infiltrate an auto-theft ring run by juvenile delinquents. Cast * William Campbell as Ralph Barton * Mamie Van Doren as Irma Bean * Keenan Wynn as Ken Osanger * Kathleen Case as Leta Novak * Jan Merlin as Scotty Cluett * John Saxon as Vince Pomeroy * Walter Coy as Lieutenant Ed Newpole * Grayce Mills as Osanger's Mother (as Grace Mills) * Chris Randall Arkie Nodecker * Michael Fox as Delmar Graves * Will J. White as State Trooper * Richard Castle as Herbie * Otto Waldis as Leta's Father Production It was the first significant role for John Saxon, put under contract to Universal. Reception ''Variety'' called it "okay". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Royal African Rifles
'' The Royal African Rifles'' is a 1953 American Cinecolor First World War adventure film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Louis Hayward, Veronica Hurst and Michael Pate. It is set in British East Africa but filmed on location in the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. The film was the first production of Louis Hayward's production company Associated Film Artists, but Hayward's company made no other films. It was distributed by Allied Artists. The working title was ''The Queen’s African Rifles''. In reality, there was never a military unit called “The Royal African Rifles”, although the King's African Rifles served in Africa during the war. The film was retitled ''Storm Over Africa'' in the United Kingdom. Plot In August 1914, a consignment of Vickers machine guns are stolen off a Royal Navy ship, HMS ''Marlin''. An RN Lieutenant aboard the ship goes undercover as a white hunter through British East Africa to find the weapons before they get into the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California Conquest
''California Conquest'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Lew Landers and starring Cornel Wilde and Teresa Wright. "''California Conquest at Palace''" (June 7th, 1952 - retrieved on October 31st, 2011). The film is set in the early 1840s, and deals with a conspiracy by native to deliver the then- Mexican territory of |
Outlaw Women
''Outlaw Women'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and Ron Ormond and starring Marie Windsor, Richard Rober and Carla Balenda.Pitts p.239 It is set in a remote small town run entirely by women. The film was made in Cinecolor and released by the low-budget specialist Lippert Pictures. Plot Cast * Marie Windsor as Iron Mae McLeod * Richard Rober as Woody Callaway * Carla Balenda as Beth Larabee * Jackie Coogan as Piute Bill * Allan Nixon as Dr. Bob Ridgeway * Jacqueline Fontaine as Ellen Larabee * Billy House as Uncle Barney * Richard Avonde as Frank Slater * Lyle Talbot as Judge Roger Dixon * Maria Hart as Dora * Leonard Penn as Sam Bass * Tom Tyler as Chillawaka Charlie * Lou Lubin as Danny * Cliff Taylor as Old Barfly * The Four Dandies as Saloon Quartet * Connie Cezon as One of Uncle Barney's Girls * Paula Hill as One of Uncle Barney's Girls * Sandy Sanders as Curly * Diane Fortier as One of Uncle Barney's Girls * Ang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sound Off (film)
''Sound Off'' is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Richard Quine and starring Mickey Rooney, Anne James, John Archer and Gordon Jones. The film was shot in August 1951 in SuperCinecolor for Columbia Pictures. This was the first of a three-picture contract between Rooney and producer Jonie Taps for Columbia, in which Rooney was paid $75,000 for each picture. It is also the first collaboration between Richard Quine, Blake Edwards and Dick Crockett. The same team next collaborated with Rooney in the Navy in ''All Ashore'' made the following year. The three worked together again on Rooney's television series ''The Mickey Rooney Show''/''Hey, Mulligan'' in 1954–55. Their final film in the Columbia contract was the black and white crime drama ''Drive a Crooked Road''. The film's title comes from the military cadence by Willie Lee DuckworthBoyd, Bill, ''Fat, Dumb, and Happy Down in Georgia'', Mercer University Press, 1999, p. 201. that was a major 1951 chart hit for Vaughn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thief Of Damascus
'' Thief of Damascus '' is a 1952 American Technicolor adventure film directed by Will Jason and starring Paul Henreid. The film features a generous use of stock footage from such films as ''Joan of Arc''. The film, produced by Sam Katzman, was preceded by his '' The Magic Carpet'' and followed by ''Siren of Bagdad''. Plot 634 A.D.:Though General Amdar is able to win the Siege of Damascus for his ruler Khalid, he is made an enemy of the State. Amdar escapes and steals a scimitar made of Damascus steel. He leads an alliance of Sinbad without his ship, Aladdin without his lamp, Sheherazade, and Ali Baba "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" ( ar, علي بابا والأربعون لصا) is a folk tale from the '' One Thousand and One Nights''. It was added to the collection in the 18th century by its French translator Antoine Galland, who hear ... and his 40 thieves to depose Khalid and win the heart of Princess Zafir. Cast As appearing in screen credits (main roles identi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
