|
Eva Puig
Eva Puig (1894–1968) was a Mexican film actress.McLaughlin p.282 Partial filmography * '' The Crime of Dr. Forbes'' (1936) - Mrs. Luigi (uncredited) * ''Rancho Grande'' (1940) - Mama Fernandez (uncredited) * '' Forty Little Mothers'' (1940) - Mama Lupini (uncredited) * ''I Want a Divorce'' (1940) - Peppy's Mother (uncredited) * '' North West Mounted Police'' (1940) - Ekawe * '' The Texas Rangers Ride Again'' (1940) - Maria * ''Romance of the Rio Grande'' (1940) - Marta * ''Bowery Boy'' (1940) - Woman (uncredited) * '' Ride on Vaquero'' (1941) - Maria (uncredited) * ''Singapore Woman'' (1941) - Natasha * '' Hold Back the Dawn'' (1941) - Lupita * '' Mob Town'' (1941) - Mrs. Minch (uncredited) * '' Below the Border'' (1942) - Aunt Maria * '' Rio Rita'' (1942) - Marianna * '' Vengeance of the West'' (1942) - Maria * '' Undercover Man'' (1942) - Rosita Lopez * '' The Lone Star Ranger'' (1942) * ''Arabian Nights'' (1942) - Old Woman (uncredited) * '' The Cisco Kid Returns'' (1945) - S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coatzacoalcos
Coatzacoalcos () is a major port city in the southern part of the Mexican state of Veracruz, mostly on the western side of the Coatzacoalcos River estuary, on the Bay of Campeche, on the southern Gulf of Mexico coast. The city serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. It is the state's third largest city, after Veracruz City and Xalapa. Etymology Coatzacoalcos comes from a Nahuatl word meaning "site of the Snake" or "where the snake hides." According to the legend, this is where the god Quetzalcoatl made his final journey to the sea in around 999 and he made his promise to return. History Coatzacoalcos sits within the Olmec heartland. Excavations in 2008 for a tunnel under the Coatzacoalcos River indicate a substantial pre-Hispanic population. By the time of the Spanish arrival the area was under Mayan influence. In 1522, Hernán Cortés ordered Gonzalo de Sandoval to fund a settlement near Guazacualco. Sandoval named it Villa del Espíritu Santo. Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mob Town (1941 Film)
''Mob Town'' is a 1941 Universal film starring the Dead End Kids and the Little Tough Guys. Plot A man is convicted of murder and sentenced to death for the crime. His brother, who idolized him, meets a cop, Sgt. Frank Conroy, who attempts to stop the boy and his gang of friends from ending up the same way as his brother did. He enrolls them in a recreational program and helps them get jobs. However, things change when the kid finds out that Conroy was the cop who arrested his brother, which resulted in his execution. Cast Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys * Billy Halop as Tom Barker * Huntz Hall as Pig * Gabriel Dell as String * Bernard Punsly as Ape Additional Cast * Dick Foran as Sgt. Frank Conroy * Anne Gwynne as Marion Barker * Darryl Hickman as Butch Malone aka Shrimp * Samuel S. Hinds as Judge Luther Bryson * Victor Kilian as Uncle Lon Barker * Truman Bradley as Officer Cuttler * John Butler as Rummell * John Sheehan as Mr. Loomis * Emory Parnell Emory Parnell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Antonio (film)
''San Antonio'' is a 1945 American Western film starring Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith. The film was written by W. R. Burnett and Alan Le May, and directed in Technicolor by David Butler as well as uncredited Robert Florey and Raoul Walsh. The film was nominated for 2 Academy Awards; for Best Original Song ("Some Sunday Morning") and Best Art Direction ( Ted Smith, Jack McConaghy). Plot Rustlers are running rampant in Texas, but at least one rancher, Charlie Bell, isn't pulling up stakes yet, particularly with the news that old friend Clay Hardin is en route from Mexico back home to San Antonio. Clay claims to have proof, documented in a book, that Roy Stuart is responsible for the rustling. Clay arrives in town by stagecoach, as does Jeanne Starr, who is taking a job as a singer in Stuart's saloon. Lured backstage by Jeanne, suspicious that she could be in cahoots with her boss, Clay leaves the book in Charlie's care. But a partner of Stuart's, a man named Legare, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masquerade In Mexico
''Masquerade in Mexico'' is a 1945 comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen. It stars Dorothy Lamour and Arturo de Córdova. Plot Ill on the flight to Mexico City, honest banker Tom Grant doesn't know that Angel O'Reilly, seated nearby, has slipped a diamond into his pocket. She is traveling with the decidedly dishonest Boris Cassal, smuggling the gem for him, but slips away at the customs checkpoint while Tom is detained. Boris has taken the precaution of stealing her pocketbook, so Angel needs to rely on taxi driver Pablo's generosity. He even helps her land a job as a singer, lying to the club's owner that Angel is a countess from Spain. She is performing one night while Tom is at a table with estranged wife Helen and her new bullfighter beau, Manolo. It becomes obvious that Manolo is taken with Angel when she joins them. Tom encourages this, not being comfortable with Helen's seeing another man. Tom offers to bankroll Angel's pretense as a countess, paying for a luxurious hot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snafu (film)
''Snafu'' is a 1945 American comedy film directed by Jack Moss and written by Louis Solomon and Harold Buchman. It is based on the 1944 play ''Snafu'' by Louis Solomon and Harold Buchman. The film stars Robert Benchley, Barbara Jo Allen, Conrad Janis, Nanette Parks, Janis Wilson, Jimmy Lloyd and Enid Markey. The film was released on November 22, 1945, by Columbia Pictures. Plot Cast *Robert Benchley as Ben Stevens * Barbara Jo Allen as Madge Stevens *Conrad Janis as Ronald Stevens *Nanette Parks as Laura Jessup * Janis Wilson as Kate Hereford * Jimmy Lloyd as Danny Baker * Enid Markey as Aunt Emily Andrews * Eva Puig as Josephina *Ray Mayer as Detective * Marcia Mae Jones as Martha *Winfield Smith as Col. West *John Souther as Taylor *Byron Foulger Byron Kay Foulger (August 27, 1898 – April 4, 1970) was an American character actor who over a 50-year career performed in hundreds of stage, film, and television productions. Early years Born in Ogden, Utah, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navajo Kid
''Navajo Kid'' is a 1945 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser for Alexander-Stern Productions and starring Bob Steele as the titular character, Syd Salor and Ed Cassidy. It was distributed by Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) and commercially released in the United States on 21 November 1945. It was filmed in Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, United States. Plot Tom Kirk, the "Navajo Kid", ( Bob Steele) is determined to find his adoptive father's ( George Morrel) murderer. When he finds Honest John Grogan ( I. Stanford Jolly) with his father's ring, he immediately arrests him. While Honest John was indeed part of the gang which killed Joe Kirk, the gang-leader was Matt Crandall ( Stanley Blystone). As Tom begins hunting for Matt, he soon discovers who his true biological father is. Cast * Bob Steele as Tom Kirk a.k.a. The Navajo Kid * Syd Saylor as Happy * Ed Cassidy Edward Claude Cassidy (May 4, 1923 – December 6, 2012) was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Bell For Adano
''A Bell for Adano'' (1945) is a film directed by Henry King and starring John Hodiak and Gene Tierney. It was adapted from the 1944 novel of the same title by John Hersey, which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1945. In his review of the film for ''The New York Times'', Bosley Crowther wrote, "... this easily vulnerable picture, which came to the Music Hall yesterday, is almost a perfect picturization of Mr. Hersey's book." In addition to the Broadway play ( Cort Theatre, (12/06/1944 - 10/27/1945), which starred Fredric March, there have been several other versions of the story. In a 1955 Lux Video Theatre adaptation, Edmond O'Brien had the lead, with a young Charles Bronson playing the part William Bendix took in the movie. Barry Sullivan and Anna Maria Alberghetti were in a 1956 CBS telecast, and John Forsythe played the major in a 1967 ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'' broadcast. Plot The story concerns Italian-American U.S. Army Major Joppolo ( John Hodiak), who is plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Medal For Benny
''A Medal for Benny'' is a 1945 American film directed by Irving Pichel. The story was conceived by writer Jack Wagner, who enlisted his long-time friend John Steinbeck to help him put it into script form. The film was released by Paramount Pictures. The film is also known as ''Benny's Medal''. Plot Benny Martin leaves his small town of Pantera and joins the Army after getting in trouble with the police. While he is away, his girlfriend (Lolita) is romanced by Joe. Although she has not heard from Benny in months, she refuses Joe’s advances, wanting to stay loyal to Benny. She eventually falls for Joe and agrees to marry him but then finds out that Benny was killed in action and has been awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. Meanwhile, the Pantera mayor plans a rally for the medal presentation to Benny’s father and intends to use a beautiful house for the event so as not to embarrass the town by having the medal presented at the modest Martin residence. However, Benny’ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cisco Kid Returns
''The Cisco Kid Returns'' is a 1945 American Western film. Released on April 3, 1945, it was the first of three Cisco Kid films made that year with Duncan Renaldo as Cisco and Martin Garralaga as Pancho. In this release, Cisco's real name is Juan Francisco Hernandez. Cisco must clear himself of murder charges, while preventing his girlfriend Rosita (Callejo) from eloping with his rival John Harris (Pryor). The film was followed by the May 15 release of ''In Old New Mexico'', which revealed Cisco's name to be Juan Carlos Francisco Antonio, and '' South of the Rio Grande'' on September 15 falling back to Cisco's name being Juan Francisco Hernandez. Martin Garralaga appears in both as Pancho. Cast *Duncan Renaldo – The Cisco Kid/Juan Francisco Hernandez *Martin Garralaga – Pancho *Cecilia Callejo Cecilia Lucila Callejo Correa (October 31, 1907 – August 18, 2003), known as Cecilia Callejo, was an American actress and dancer, born in Puerto Rico. She appeared in films, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabian Nights (1942 Film)
''Arabian Nights'' is a 1942 adventure film directed by John Rawlins and starring Sabu, Maria Montez, Jon Hall and Leif Erickson. The film is derived from ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights'' but owes more to the imagination of Universal Pictures than the original Arabian stories. Unlike other films in the genre ('' The Thief of Bagdad''), it features no monsters or supernatural elements. The film is one of series of "exotic" tales released by Universal Pictures during World War II. Others include ''Cobra Woman, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'' and '' White Savage''. This is the first film that Universal made using the three-strip Technicolor film process, although producer Walter Wanger had worked on two earlier Technicolor films for other studios: '' The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'' at Paramount and '' Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938'' for United Artists. Plot The story starts at a harem in Persia, where the elderly overseer bids his young charges to read the story ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lone Star Ranger (1942 Film)
''Lone Star Ranger'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by James Tinling and written by William Conselman Jr., Irving Cummings Jr. and George Kane. The film stars John Kimbrough, Sheila Ryan, Jonathan Hale, William Farnum, Truman Bradley and George E. Stone. The film was released on March 20, 1942, by 20th Century Fox. It was the fourth and final film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Zane Grey. William Farnum had appeared in the first adaptation of the novel, a 1919 silent film of the same name. In that version he had starred in the leading role, which was named "Steele", who avenged the murder of Major McNeil, which is the role he plays in this film. Plot Cast * John Kimbrough as Buck Duane * Sheila Ryan as Barbara Longstreth * Jonathan Hale as Judge ohnLongstreth * William Farnum as Major McNeil * Truman Bradley as Phil Lawson * George E. Stone as Euchre * Russell Simpson as Tom Duane * Dorothy Burgess as Trixie * Tom Fadden as Sam * Fred Kohler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Undercover Man (1942 Film)
''Undercover Man'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and starring William Boyd. The film is a serial Western and part of the Hopalong Cassidy series. It is the 44th entry in a series of 66 films. Plot Cast * William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy * Andy Clyde as California Carlson * Jay Kirby as Breezy Travers * Antonio Moreno as Don Thomas Gonzales * Nora Lane as Doña Louise Saunders * Chris-Pin Martin as Miguel * Esther Estrella as Dolores Gonzales * John Vosper as Deputy Ed Carson * Eva Puig as Rosita Lopez * Alan Baldwin as Bob Saunders * Jack Rockwell as Capt. John Hawkins * Pierce Lyden as Henchman Bart * Rony Roux Rony is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Ronielson da Silva Barbosa, Brazilian footballer better known as Rony *Rony Ahonen (born 1987), Finnish ice hockey defenceman *Rony Bakale (born 1987), Olympic swimmer from the Republ ... as Chavez References External links * * * * 1942 films 1940s Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
_1.jpg "Click for more on -> Arabian Nights (1942 Film)")