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Edward Curtiss
Edward Curtiss (1898-1970) was an American film editor who worked in Hollywood from the 1920s through the 1960s. Biography Curtiss was born in Los Angeles, California, to Frank Curtiss and Mabel West. He got his start in the film industry as a stuntman, and he had an aviator's license. He later transitioned into editing after impressing director Howard Hawks on set; he went on to edit a number of Hawks' films. Selected filmography *'' College Confidential'' (1960) * ''The Mountain Road'' (1960) * '' Ride a Crooked Trail'' (1958) * '' The Thing That Couldn't Die'' (1958) * ''Girls on the Loose'' (1958) * '' Live Fast, Die Young'' (1958) * ''Touch of Evil'' (1958) * '' The Big Beat'' (1958) * '' Man in the Shadow'' (1957) * ''The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm'' (1957) * ''The Tattered Dress'' (1957) * '' Mister Cory'' (1957) * ''Gun for a Coward'' (1957) * '' The Unguarded Moment'' (1956) * ''The Creature Walks Among Us'' (1956) * ''Red Sundown'' (1956) * ''The Kettles in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, largest city in the U.S. state, state of California and the List of United States cities by population, second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, and its Greater Los Angeles, sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Sundown
''Red Sundown'' is a 1956 American Western film directed by Jack Arnold and starring Rory Calhoun, Martha Hyer and Dean Jagger. Plot Alec Longmire (Rory Calhoun), a gunfighter, decides to change his ways after nearly losing his life. He reforms, becoming a deputy to an honest sheriff, Jade Murphy (Dean Jagger), and falling in love with the sheriff's daughter Caroline (Martha Hyer). Cast * Rory Calhoun as Longmire * Martha Hyer as Caroline * Dean Jagger as Jade Murphy * Robert Middleton as Rufus Henshaw * Grant Williams as Chet Swann * Lita Baron as Maria * James Millican as Bud Purvis * Trevor Bardette as Sam Baldwin * Leo Gordon Leo Vincent Gordon (December 2, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American character actor and screenwriter. During more than 40 years in film and television he was most frequently cast as a supporting actor playing brutish bad guys but oc ... as Rod Zellman * David Kasday as Hughie Clore References External links * * * * 1956 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mississippi Gambler (1953 Film)
''The Mississippi Gambler'' is a 1953 American Western film directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Tyrone Power. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Sound Recording (Leslie I. Carey). This film was the third Universal Studios film to bear this title—though with a different plot each time, the others being '' The Mississippi Gambler'' (1929) and '' Mississippi Gambler'' (1942). Plot Mark Fallon persuades professional gambler "Kansas John" Polly to teach him the trade. As they board a riverboat bound for New Orleans, Kansas John advises him to be wary of F. Montague Caldwell, an unscrupulous riverboat gambler. Mark makes the acquaintance of two fellow passengers, attractive Angelique Dureau and her brother Laurent. Laurent loses a great deal of money at cards. He gives Mark a valuable diamond necklace to redeem his gambling IOUs. When Mark learns that it is Angelique's, he offers it back to her, but she angrily declines. Caldwell hires some men to ambush and rob Mark, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Beneath The Sea (1953 Film)
''City Beneath the Sea'' is a 1953 American adventure film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Robert Ryan, Mala Powers, Anthony Quinn and Suzan Ball. The film is based on the book ''Port Royal: The Ghost City Beneath the Sea'' by Harry E. Rieseberg.Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Iss. 3, (Spring 2002): 52-0_3. Plot In Jamaica, salvage divers Brad and Tony are hired by Dwight Trevor to find ''The Lady Luck'', a ship that supposedly sank with all hands and $1,000,000 in gold bullion. There is no trace of the sunken ship, but there is a sunken city, the city of Port Royal that was destroyed in an earthquake in 1692. The gold bullion was actually lost in a modern-day quake and is part of an insurance fraud perpetrated by Trevor. He does not want the divers to find the gold and will stop at nothing to ensure the success of his plan. Cast * Robert Ryan as Brad Carlton * Mala Powers as Terry McBride * Anthony Quinn as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Sioux Uprising
''The Great Sioux Uprising'' is a 1953 American Western film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Jeff Chandler, Faith Domergue and Lyle Bettger. Plot During the Civil War, in Wyoming, horse dealers Joan Britton ( Faith Domergue) and Stephen Cook ( Lyle Bettger) are competing to supply the Union Army with horses. A Cherokee, Stan Watie, is in the area to stir up the Sioux against the Union just as Cook decides to steal a herd of Sioux horses. Ex-army doctor Jonathan Westgate ( Jeff Chandler) opposes Cook's unscrupulous methods as well as being Cook's rival for the affections of Joan. It seems Westgate is the only one able to prevent a new Indian war. Cast * Jeff Chandler as Capt. Jonathan Westgate * Faith Domergue as Joan Britton * Lyle Bettger as Stephen Cook * Peter Whitney as Ahab Jones * Stacy Harris as Uriah * Walter Sande as Joe Baird * Stephen Chase as Maj. McKay * Glenn Strange as Gen. Stan Watie * Ray Bennett as Sgt. Manners * John War Eagle as Chief Red Clou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All American (film)
''All American'' is a 1953 American film noir drama sports film directed by Jesse Hibbs and starring Tony Curtis and Lori Nelson. at Plot A star quarterback, Nick Bonelli is not told by his coach until after winning a game that his parents have been killed in a car crash on their way to the stadium. Angered by the coach's insensitivity, Nick quits the team and the school. He decides to study architecture at a Chicago university called Sheridan but refuses to play football. A professor warns him that things are different at this school and that Nick will need to conform, including getting a shorter haircut. He makes only one friend, Howard Carter, and is soon subjected to hazing and in ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ride Clear Of Diablo
''Ride Clear of Diablo'' is a 1954 American Technicolor Western film directed by Jesse Hibbs starring Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Susan Cabot and Abbe Lane. made for Universal Pictures. Cabot and Murphy had appeared in two films together previously. at Audie Murphy Memorial Site Plot Sheriff Fred Kenyon ( Paul Birch) and lawyer Tom Meredith (William Pullen) conspire to have dance hall girl Kate () entertain the hired hands of the O'Mara ranch whilst the Sheriff and the lawyer rustle the O'Mar ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Dark (film)
''Johnny Dark'' is a 1954 American Technicolor comedy drama action film directed by George Sherman and starring Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie and Don Taylor. at It was produced and distributed by . Plot Johnny Dark and his pal Duke Benson work for Fielding Motors, where owner James Fielding manufactures family-friendly automobiles. Chief engineer Scotty overhears the guys complaining about the company, and spots a sports-car design Johnny and Duke have done. New employee Liz catches the eye of the guys. Her secret is that she is Fielding's granddaugh ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn At Socorro
''Dawn at Socorro'' is a 1954 American Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Rory Calhoun and Piper Laurie. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film is set mostly in Lordsburg, New Mexico, and the spoken introduction says the story is based on an actual shootout in the town in 1871. But no such incident happened there. The plot is actually a thinly veiled fictionalization of the famous 1881 shootout near the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, which pitted the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday against the Clanton Gang. Plot A retired gunfighter (Rory Calhoun) and a saloonkeeper ( David Brian) play cards, with the saloon and a dance-hall girl (Piper Laurie) at stake. Cast * Rory Calhoun as Brett Wade * Piper Laurie as Rannah Hayes * David Brian as Dick Braden * Kathleen Hughes as Clare * Alex Nicol as Jimmy Rapp * Edgar Buchanan as Sheriff Cauthen * Mara Corday as Letty Diamond * Roy Roberts as Doc Jameson * Skip Homeier as Buddy Ferris * Jame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Shield Of Falworth
''The Black Shield of Falworth'' is a 1954 American Technicolor film from Universal-International, produced by Robert Arthur and Melville Tucker and directed by Rudolph Maté. It stars Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, David Farrar, Herbert Marshall, and Torin Thatcher. The screenplay, set in Medieval England, was adapted by Oscar Brodney and is based on Howard Pyle's 1891 novel '' Men of Iron''. The original music score was composed by Hans J. Salter although his name does not appear in the screen credits. The only musical notation is given as: "Music Supervision by Joseph Gershenson". Made Universal's music department head in 1940, Gershenson's name appeared on nearly every film made by that studio from 1949-1969. The film was Universal-International's first feature made in CinemaScope. It opened in New York City's Times Square on October 6, 1954 at the Loew's State Theater. It was the second of five feature films in which husband and wife Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh appeared togeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Yellow Mountain
''The Yellow Mountain'' is a 1954 American Western film directed by Jesse Hibbs and starring Lex Barker, Mala Powers and Howard Duff. Plot Two former partners ("Andy Martin" and "Pete Menlo") from a previous mining claim are working in the strike town of "Goldfield", one running a saloon/ casino/ brothel (the "Fandango") and the other providing mining advice and management for the claims that the casino takes in as security against player's stakes. A regular gambler is "Jackpot" (whose daughter, Nevada, is the films love interest and the town's ore assayer). Buying up a mine stake, the partners make a rich strike. But their miners are taken away by a better pay offer from the town's other main mining magnate, "Bannon". A confrontation in the street with one of the hired guns escalates tension and sparks a price war. But neither mine can keep the loyalty of mule drivers to transport the ore to the smelter to turn into cash and continue the price war. The partners plan to ship a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbott And Costello Meet The Keystone Kops
''Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops'' is a 1955 comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. After the film was completed, Universal-International wanted to rename it ''Abbott and Costello in the Stunt Men'', because they did not consider the "Keystone Kops" to be relevant anymore. However, in October 1954, the studio relented and agreed to use the "Keystone Kops" name. Plot Willie Piper is in a nickelodeon watching a silent film: "Eliza and the Bloodhounds" a melodrama which ends with a mother and small child escaping in a snowstorm across a frozen river from a pack of hounds. He gets thrown out for being too demonstrative in the film. His friend Harry Pierce is waiting outside, he shows him an advert in a newspaper looking for people to invest $5,000 in a motion picture studio, exactly the amount of cash they have. They are sold a deed to the West Orange Studio by a con man, Joe Gorman, on the pretext that he has two stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
