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Edmon Ryan
Edmon Ryan Mossbarger (June 5, 1905 — August 4, 1984), known professionally as Edmon Ryan, was an American theater, film, and television actor. A native of Cecilia, Kentucky, he was the son of Isham Edward Mossbarger (1864–1936) and Pearl Shelton Mossbarger (1882–1976), He died in Louisville. Selected filmography * ''Crime Over London'' (1936) – Spider * ''Strangers on Honeymoon'' (1936) * ''Gangway'' (1937) – Red Mike * ''Non-Stop New York'' (1937) – American Prosecutor (uncredited) * ''Smash and Grab'' (1937) – Barman (uncredited) * '' Oh Boy!'' (1938) – Butch * '' Hey! Hey! USA'' (1938) – Ace Marco * ''Murder in Soho'' (1939) – Spike * ''The Nursemaid Who Disappeared'' (1939) – Paul Renseler (uncredited) * '' The Dark Eyes of London'' (1939) – Lieutenant Patrick O'Reilly * '' Battleground'' (1949) – Major (uncredited) * ''Side Street'' (1949) – Victor Backett * ''Mystery Street'' (1950) – James Joshua Harkley * '' The Breaking Point'' (1950) – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actor Edmon Ryan
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' ( acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Breaking Point (1950 Film)
''The Breaking Point'' is a 1950 American film noir crime drama directed by Michael Curtiz and the second film adaptation of the 1937 Ernest Hemingway novel ''To Have and Have Not''. (the first one having featured Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall). It stars John Garfield in his penultimate film role and Patricia Neal. Plot Harry Morgan (John Garfield) is a sport-fishing boat captain whose business is on the skids and whose family is feeling the economic pinch. He begins to work with a shady lawyer, Duncan (Wallace Ford), who persuades him to smuggle eight Chinese men from Mexico into California in his boat, the Sea Queen. Harry also meets a tramp by the name of Leona Charles (Patricia Neal). When his plan with Duncan goes wrong, Harry comes even more under the influence of the lawyer, who blackmails him into helping the escape of a gang of crooks, who pull a racetrack heist, by using his fishing boat to get them away from authorities. Harry convinces himself that his illegal act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A House Is Not A Home (film)
''A House Is Not a Home'' is a 1964 drama film loosely based on the 1953 autobiography by madam Polly Adler. The film stars Shelley Winters, Robert Taylor, Cesar Romero, and Kaye Ballard. Raquel Welch made her film debut in a small role as a call girl. The song written for the film by Burt Bacharach and Hal David has become a standard. Plot Polly Adler is a poor Polish immigrant who works in a sweatshop. She loses her job after she is sexually assaulted by her boss, for which her housemates blame her. She then is forced to move out. Her next apartment is in a building owned by Frank Costigan, a gangster. Frank approves of Polly's attractive girlfriends and pays her to have the ladies go out socially with his friends. One thing leads to another, and soon Polly is the madam of a bordello. She has genuine feelings for musician Casey Booth, but does not reveal her true occupation to him. Costigan becomes the top enforcer for mob boss Lucky Luciano and backs Polly's business, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Global Affair
''A Global Affair'' is a 1964 American comedy film directed by Jack Arnold (director), Jack Arnold, and starring Bob Hope, Michèle Mercier, Yvonne De Carlo, and Elga Andersen. Plot A baby is abandoned at the United Nations headquarters in New York by a mother who heard the UN's Frank Larrimore speak out on behalf of children's rights via a radio show. Found by UN guide Lisette, she brings the baby to the security office. Because the baby is in international territory, her nationality unknown, Frank (a proud bachelor) is begrudgingly forced to take the baby back to his apartment until a proper home can be found. His landlord forbids kids, so Frank smuggles the child into his apartment. Lisette initially finds Frank to be abrasive and unfit to take care of a child, and believes Frank and his pal Randy are using it as a way to meet beautiful, wedding-minded single women. But, Lisette eventually reads his proposal for the "Universal Rights of a Child', and they fall in love. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two For The Seesaw
''Two for the Seesaw'' is a 1962 American romantic-drama film directed by Robert Wise and starring Robert Mitchum and Shirley MacLaine. It was adapted from the 1958 Broadway play written by William Gibson with Henry Fonda and Anne Bancroft (who was awarded the 1958 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play) in the lead roles. Plot Jerry Ryan (Mitchum) is a lawyer from Nebraska who has recently separated from his wife. To get away from it all, he has moved to a shabby apartment in New York. He is struggling with the divorce, which has been filed but is not final, and takes long walks at night. At a party, he meets Gittel Mosca (MacLaine), a struggling dancer. They instantly get along, and begin to fall in love. But the relationship is hampered by their differences in background and temperament. Jerry gets a job with a New York law firm and prepares to take the bar examination. He helps Gittel rent a loft for a dance studio, which she rents out to other dancers. But their r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Day For A Hanging
''Good Day for a Hanging'' is a 1959 American B Western film directed by Nathan H. Juran and starring Fred MacMurray and Margaret Hayes. Plot Eddie Campbell (Robert Vaughn) and two other members of an outlaw band watch a stagecoach as it travels toward a Nebraska town. They are leading two extra, saddled horses. Two other members of his gang are on the stage and they plan to meet in town to rob the bank when the stage arrives. Ben Cutler (MacMurray), owner of the stage line, is to be wed to Ruth Granger (Hayes). During the holdup, a bank teller is killed. Ben joins the posse. His immature and foolish daughter, Laurie ( Joan Blackman), is in love with Eddie, who left town some time before, and does not believe him to be truly bad. Eddie shoots and kills the marshal, however. He is wounded by Ben and brought back to town to stand trial. Ben, who had once been a lawman, but gave up the profession after his daughter was born, is offered a temporary job as marshal. Selby ( Edm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knights Of The Queen
''Knights of the Queen'' (Italian:''I cavalieri della regina'') is a 1954 Italian-American swashbuckler based on ''The Three Musketeers'' starring Sebastian Cabot. It was shot in Europe. It later led to a TV series, ''The Queen's Musketeers'' or ''The Three Musketeers''. The series debuted in the US in 1956. The film and some episodes of the TV series were directed by Nathan Juran and Mauro Bolognini. Other episodes were directed by Hugo Fregonese, Frank McDonald and Joseph Lerner. Cast * Jeffrey Stone as D'Artagnan * Paul Campbell as Aramis * Sebastian Cabot as Porthos *Domenico Modugno as Athos Feature films Some of the episodes from the series were edited into a feature film, ''The King's Musketeers''. References External links *''The Three Musketeers'' TV seriesat IMDb''The King's Musketeers''at IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go Man Go (film)
''Go, Man, Go!'' is a 1954 American sports film directed by James Wong Howe, starring Dane Clark, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Patricia Breslin, The Harlem Globetrotters and Slim Gaillard. Clark plays Abe Saperstein, the organizer of the Globetrotters. Poitier's character is Inman Jackson, the team's showboating center. Breslin plays Sylvia Saperstein, the love interest, and Abe's daughter. Gaillard plays himself. The film tracks the Globetrotters from humble beginnings through a triumph over a major-league basketball team, as they struggle to overcome racial discrimination. Actual Harlem Globetrotter players portray the team in basketball action throughout the picture. The friendship between Saperstein and Jackson, and their wives, is an important storyline. Cast Hollywood blacklist Screenwriter and producer Alfred Palca was accused by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1953 of being a Communist. He refused to cooperate with their investigations. No distributor was will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guy Who Came Back
''The Guy Who Came Back'' is a 1951 film made by 20th Century Fox, directed by Joseph M. Newman, and starring Paul Douglas, Joan Bennett, and Linda Darnell. The screenplay was written by Allan Scott, based on story by William Fay. Plot Injured and out of shape, "Hurricane" Harry Joplin is unhappy about not being accepted for World War II duty by the Navy and unhappier still when the New York Titans decline to offer him a new contract, suggesting he become a coach instead. Harry refuses to believe his football days are over. While his wife Kathy supports the family, Harry spends time with his son, Willie, teaching him football. But while battling his depression, Harry becomes attracted to Dee Shane, who persuades him to become an entertainer, telling his old football stories on stage. Harry thinks he's a natural for that, but flops before a big audience and proceeds to go on a three-day drinking binge. Kathy begins seeing another man, Gordon, and it appears Harry has lost her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugarfoot (film)
''Sugarfoot'' is a 1951 American Western film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Randolph Scott. Aside from the title, the film has nothing to do with the 1957 television series of the same name, which was inspired by another feature Western, Michael Curtiz's ''The Boy from Oklahoma'' (1954) starring Will Rogers Jr. Plot Jackson Redan, a Confederate States Army veteran of the American Civil War, attempts to rebuild his life by moving to Arizona Territory. His politeness and courtly Southern gentleman demeanor cause the residents of Prescott to name him Sugarfoot. Among his new acquaintances are merchant Don Miguel Wormser and saloon singer Reva Cairn. An enemy from Redan's past, Jacob Stint, has also taken up residence in Prescott and pays unwanted attention to Reva. Redan rescues her, but afterwards treats her coldly. Wormser entrusts Redan with four thousand dollars, which Stint steals, but Wormser forgives Redan. On business for Wormser, Redan makes a favorable deal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storm Warning (1951 Film)
''Storm Warning'' is a 1951 American film noir thriller directed by Stuart Heisler and starring Ginger Rogers, Ronald Reagan, Doris Day and Steve Cochran. Lauren Bacall was originally cast in the part eventually played by Rogers. Bacall turned it down and was put on suspension by Warner Bros. for her defiance. Plot Marsha Mitchell (Ginger Rogers), a traveling dress model, stops in the town of Rock Point to see her newlywed sister, Lucy Rice (Doris Day). Within minutes of entering the town she notices unusual behavior by the townsfolk, such as dozens of people closing up shop and getting out of sight. As she walks down the almost-pitch-black main street, she hears loud noises coming from the police station. She hides and witnesses a drunken KKK mob, lynching a man whom they had just broken out of jail. The man untangles himself from their clutches and only manages to run two or three yards before getting cut down by shotgun blasts, striking him in the torso and the head. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Du Pont Story
''The Du Pont Story'' is a 1950 American historical drama film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Eduard Franz, Marcel Journet and Sigrid Gurie.Christiansen p.94-95 Plot Cast * Eduard Franz as Éleuthère Irénée du Pont * Marcel Journet as Col. Louis de Tousard * Sigrid Gurie as Sophie du Pont * Grandon Rhodes as President Thomas Jefferson * Walter Sande as Tom Cooper * André Charlot as Peter Bauduy * Tom Neal as Alfred V. du Pont * Stanley Ridges as Gen. Henry du Pont * Edmon Ryan as Lammot du Pont - the elder * Pierre Watkin as Col. Henry du Pont * Lyle Talbot as Eugene du Pont * David Bruce as A young du Pont * Nana Bryant as Elizabeth du Pont * Keith Richards * John Morgan as Francis C. du Pont * Peter Ortiz as Charles I. du Pont * James Millican as Alfred I. du Pont * Stuart Holmes as Dr. Alexis du Pont * Stacy Keach Sr. as Pierre S. du Pont * Douglas Kennedy as Coleman du Pont * Marshall Reed as Hamilton Barksdale * Morton C. Thomp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
