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Edythe Elliott
Edythe Elliott (born Edythe Fletcher; July 14, 1886 – April 9, 1978) was an American character actress active primarily during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Biography Edythe Elliott was born in San Francisco, California where her parents were involved in Vaudeville. In 1917, Elliott became the leading lady of the stock company at the Wigwam Theatre in San Francisco. On Broadway, she portrayed Pansy Horner in ''Salt Water'' (1929), Florence Blandy in ''After Tomorrow'' (1931), and Mrs. Thomas Carter in ''Mother Lode'' (1934). She developed a prominent career on the stage before moving to the screen. She married fellow actor Charles "Royal" Elliott in Oregon in 1906 in a ceremony performed before a large audience. Elliott debuted in films in 1935. Selected filmography *''Show Them No Mercy!'' (1935) - Mrs. Hansen *''I Married a Doctor'' (1936) - Mrs. Clark *''The Girl on the Front Page'' (1936) - Mrs. Stokes (uncredited) *'' Stella Dallas'' (1937) - Department Store Clerk ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Brennan Girl
''That Brennan Girl'', also known as ''Tough Girl'', is a 1946 Melodrama#Film, melodrama film produced and directed by Alfred Santell and starring James Dunn (actor), James Dunn, Mona Freeman, William Marshall (bandleader), William Marshall, and June Duprez. The story concerns a young woman raised in an unwholesome environment who joins a Confidence trick, confidence racket run by one of her mother's friends. She agrees to marry the victim of one of her scams, becomes a war widow, and is left to raise a baby, but abandons it each evening to go out dancing. After the child suffers an accident in her absence, she is charged with child neglect and loses custody. She mends her ways by devotedly caring for an abandoned infant and meets up again with the con man, who has also reformed after a prison stint, and together they build a new life. The film was the last work of director Santell and the last leading role for actor Dunn. In 2018 a re-mastered and restored print by Paramount Pictu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beware Spooks!
''Beware Spooks!'' is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Joe E. Brown, Mary Carlisle and Clarence Kolb.Gehring p.100 Synopsis Rookie cop Roy L. Gifford is kicked off the force after he accidentally assists a bank robbery and then lets a killer escape. Attempting to restore his reputation he tracks down the criminals to a haunted fun house where, with his wife's assistance, he tries to bring the murderer to justice. Cast * Joe E. Brown as Roy L. Gifford * Mary Carlisle as Betty Lou Winters Gifford * Clarence Kolb as Commissioner Lester Lewis * Marc Lawrence as Slick Eastman * Don Beddoe as Nick Bruno * George J. Lewis as Danny Emmett * Howard Hickman as Judge Roth * Eddie Laughton as Dr. Johnson * Frank M. Thomas as Capt. Wood * Iris Meredith as Babe, Spook House Ticket Seller * Ethelreda Leopold as Pretty Girl * Ralph Dunn as Police Sergeant * Robert Sterling as Bellboy * Byron Foulger as Bank Cashier * Walter Sande Walter Sand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blondie For Victory
''Blondie for Victory'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake. It is the 12th entry in the Blondie series. Plot Blondie Bumstead forms a civilian defense group, Housewives of America, by persuading her housewife neighbors to join. But the forming of the group creates trouble in her own household. Blondie's husband, Dagwood, isn't happy with coming home every night finding a note saying that his wife is at a meeting with the housewives. And her son, Baby, is left on his own all the time. The family dog, Daisy, roams freely around the house with no one to look after it. The household is falling apart, and the same goes for all the other households in the neighborhood. The other husbands are experiencing very similar situations. they blame Blondie for all this, since she is the one who started the Housewives of America. They go to Dagwood and demand that he acts to put an end to the commotion, and get his wife to di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flight Lieutenant (film)
''Flight Lieutenant'' (aka ''Flight Captain'' and ''He's My Old Man'') is a 1942 American drama war film starring Pat O'Brien as Sam Doyle, a disgraced commercial pilot who works to regain the respect of his son (Glenn Ford) against the backdrop of World War II. Its advertising slogan was "roaring with thrills, throbbing with romance" with the love interest provided by Evelyn Keyes as Susie Thompson. ''Flight Lieutenant'' was directed by Sidney Salkow, a Harvard Law School grad who had himself served in the Pacific and been shot down. Plot World War I combat pilot Sam Doyle has developed a drinking problem. In 1932, he causes the death of his co-pilot, William Thompson, and has his license revoked. A single parent, he leaves young Danny behind with a guardian and goes off to South America to find gainful employment. He leaves money to the dead co-pilot's widow and daughter, but the dead man's brother, John Thompson (Warren Ashe), wants revenge. Danny grows up to be an expert pil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bullets For Bandits
''Bullets for Bandits'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Wallace W. Fox, starring Wild Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, and Frank Mitchell. Plot Queen Katey is the owner of a large ranch. There is the beginning of a movement among the local homesteaders to drive Katey out, so that her land can be divided. Queen has a long-lost son, Prince, who she sends one of her ranch hands, Cannonball, to find. Cannonball arrives at the office of the Badlands County sheriff, Tex Martin. Cannonball explains to Tex that Prince has the letters "KT" on his forearm, where they had been branded when he was a youth by a man named Clem Jeter. Tex thinks he's seen that brand, and directs Cannonball to the saloon. While Cannonball is still on his way, Wild Bill Hickok is at the bar in the saloon. He observes a man who he could be the double for, playing cards. As he watches, he sees his double cheating, eventually taking all of another gambler's money. The double is Prince Katey. When Hickok c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Returned To Life
''The Man Who Returned to Life'' is a 1942 American black-and-white drama film directed by Lew Landers, written by Gordon Rigby and released by Columbia Pictures. Plot David Jameson lives in a rural town in Maryland. He is forced to flee after he is suspected of murdering Beth Beebe, who tried to force him to marry her although he was engaged to another woman, Daphne Turner. He flees from town and takes on a new identity as George Bishop, marries Jane Meadows, and gets a comfortable job. Years later a skeleton is found on the Jameson farm. Believed to be the remains of Jameson, Beth's brother, Clyde Beebe, is charged with the murder and sentenced to die. David returns to his home town in an attempt to exonerate Clyde. Cast * John Howard as David Hampton Jameson / George Bishop * Lucile Fairbanks as Jane Meadows Bishop * Ruth Ford as Beth Beebe * Marcella Martin as Daphne Turner * Roger Clarke as Harland Walker * Elisabeth Risdon as Minerva Sunday * Paul Guilfoyle as Clyde Bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stork Pays Off
''The Stork Pays Off'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Lew Landers and written by Fanya Foss and Aleen Leslie. The film stars Victor Jory, Rochelle Hudson, Maxie Rosenbloom, Horace McMahon, George McKay and Ralf Harolde. The film was released on October 6, 1941, by Columbia Pictures. Plot Gangster Deak Foster and his three henchmen, Brains Moran, Ears-to-the-Ground Hinkle and Photofinish Farris, take over what they think is a night club run by a rival, Stud Rocco, only to discover it is a nursery run by Irene Perry. All fall under the benign influence to the point where the three henchmen go to night school to be educated and Deak falls in love with Julie. Cast *Victor Jory as Deak Foster *Rochelle Hudson as Irene Perry *Maxie Rosenbloom as 'Brains' Moran *Horace McMahon as 'Ears-to-the-Ground' Hinkle * George McKay as 'Photofinish' Farris *Ralf Harolde as 'Stud' Rocco *Danny Mummert as Herkemer *Bonnie Irma Dane as Bonnie *Arthur Loft Arthur Loft (Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harmon Of Michigan
''Harmon of Michigan'' is a 1941 American film starring Anita Louise and Larry Parks. Ostensibly a biopic about University of Michigan football player Tom Harmon's post-collegiate career as a coach, it was actually filmed immediately upon his graduation and is thus entirely fictional. Harmon, who was an all-American and Heisman Trophy winner at Michigan, plays himself in the film. Cast *Tom Harmon as himself *Anita Louise as Peggy Adams *Forest Evashevski as himself *Oscar O'Shea as "Pop" Branch *Warren Ashe as Bill Morgan *Stanley Brown as Freddy Davis *Ken Christy as Joe Scudder * Tim Ryan as Flash Regan * William Hall as Coach Jimmy Wayburn *Larry Parks as Harvey *Lloyd Bridges as Ozzie *Chester Conklin as Gasoline Chuck External links *''Harmon of Michigan''at TCMDB Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in 1994, Turner Classic Movies is headquartered at Turner's Techwood broadcasting campus in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father Takes A Wife
''Father Takes a Wife'' is a 1941 American comedy film starring Gloria Swanson and Adolphe Menjou. Silent screen queen Gloria Swanson returned to films after a seven-year absence. Eight years later, Swanson staged another comeback in the classic ''Sunset Boulevard'' (1950). Plot Senior (Adolphe Menjou) is a middle-aged widowed shipping magnate, who falls in love with celebrated actress Leslie Collier (Gloria Swanson) and marries her after a whirlwind courtship. Cast * Adolphe Menjou as Fredrick Osborne Sr. * Gloria Swanson as Leslie Collier * John Howard as Fredrick Osborne Jr. * Desi Arnaz as Carlos Bardez * Helen Broderick as Aunt Julie * Florence Rice as Enid Osborne * Neil Hamilton as Vincent Stewart * Grady Sutton as Tailor * George Meader as Henderson * Mary Treen as Secretary * Ruth Dietrich as Miss Patterson * Jack Briggs as Joe, Senior's Driver (uncredited) Reception The film lost $104,000 at the box office.Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, ''The RKO Story.'' New Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Iron Claw (1941 Serial)
''The Iron Claw'' (1941) was the 15th serial released by Columbia Pictures . Synopsis A Fortune in gold, taken from the wreck of a Spanish galleon, is hidden in the home of Anton Benson, a reclusive miser. The entire Benson family and household want the gold for themselves, including a mystery villain A masked villain, also seen as masked mystery villain, is a stock character in genre fiction. It was developed and popularized in movie serials, beginning with The Hooded Terror in ''The House of Hate'', (1918) the first fully-costumed mystery v ... known as ''the Iron Claw''. Newspaper journalist Bob Lane, with his photographer Jack Strong and Benton's niece Patricia, attempt to get to the bottom of the mystery. Cast Chapter titles # The Shaft of Doom # The Murderous Mirror # The Drop of Destiny # The Fatal Fuse # The Fiery Fall # The Ship Log Talks # The Mystic Map # The Perilous Pit # The Cul-de-sac # The Curse of the Cave # The Doctor's Bargain # Vapors of Evil # The S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Richest Man In Town
''The Richest Man in Town'' is a 1941 comedy film directed by Charles Barton, which stars Frank Craven, Edgar Buchanan, and Eileen O'Hearn. Cast list * Frank Craven as Abb Crothers * Edgar Buchanan as Pete Martin * Eileen O'Hearn as Mary Martin *Roger Pryor as Tom Manning * Tom Dugan as Jack Leslie * George McKay as Jerry Ross * Jimmy Dodd as Bill * Jan Duggan as Penelope Kidwell * John Tyrrell as Ozzie Williams * Harry Tyler as Cliff Smithers * Will Wright as Frederick Johnson * Joel Friedkin as Ed Gunther * Erville Alderson as Jenkins * Thomas Ross as Dr. Dickenson * Eddie Earle as Berton * Ferris Taylor as Perkins * George Guhl as Sheriff * Netta Packer as Miss Andrews * William Gould as Thorpe * Kathryn Sheldon Kathryn Sheldon (September 22, 1879December 25, 1975) was an American film actress who appeared in over 100 films between 1916 and 1956. Modern viewers will recognize Sheldon as the domineering Nell in The Three Stooges' 1940 short film '' Rock ... as Mart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Medico Of Painted Springs
''The Medico of Painted Springs'' (also known as ''Doctor's Alibi'') is a 1941 American Western film produced by Columbia Pictures. Based on the novel of the same name by James Lyon Rubel, the film stars Charles Starrett, Terry Walker, Ben Taggart, Wheeler Oakman, and the Simp-Phonies in a cameo appearance. It was directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Wyndham Gittens and Winston Miller. In the film, Starrett's character, Dr. Steven Monroe, travels to a tumultuous Painted Springs and attempts to resolve a raging conflict between two camps – the cattlemen and the sheep ranchers. The film received mixed reviews from contemporary film critics. After the release of the film in June 1941, Columbia allowed the release of two more Medico films, ''Thunder Over the Prairie'' (July 1941) and ''Prairie Stranger'' (September 1941). Starrett, who went on to star in around sixty other western flicks, found ''The Medico of Painted Springs'' to be his favorite film. The film has many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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