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Fuzzy Knight
John Forrest "Fuzzy" Knight (May 9, 1901 – February 23, 1976) was an American film and television actor. He was also a singer, especially in his early career. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1928 and 1967, usually as a cowboy hero's comic sidekick. Biography Knight was born in Fairmont, West Virginia, the third child and son of James A. and Olive Knight. In Fairmont, he worked as a clerk at a hotel and played in a theater orchestra. He attended nearby West Virginia UniversityCorneau, Ernest. ''Hall of Fame of Western Film Stars''. Christopher Publishing, 1969, p. 235 where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity, a cheerleader and law student. He wrote a pep song, "Fight Mountaineers," which is still frequently used by the Mountaineer Marching Band 90 years later. He also wrote the melody for a WVU song titled "To Thee Our Alma Mater," with words by fellow graduate David A. Christopher. He formed his own band in college and played drums, eventually leaving school to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amateur Crook
''Amateur Crook'' is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by Sam Katzman. The film is also known as ''Crooked But Dumb'' (in the United Kingdom) and ''Jewel Thief'' (American TV title). Plot Betsy Cummings takes a job as a secretary, using the alias “Mary Layton”, only to find that her Father is being cheated by his brokers, Crone and Jan Jaffin. She steals the diamond, worth fifty thousand dollars, her Father used as collateral for a loan, which the brokers plan to cheat him out of; and, the chase is on, with the crooked loan sharks and police after her. Jimmy Baxter, an honest but broke artist, hides her as a mannequin, and helps her get away, in a stolen car. They just have to keep ahead of everyone after them, until her Father can get back, if he can get back, with the brokers’ crooked henchmen trying to stop him. Out of luck and almost out of time, they all end up in front of a Justice of the Peace, who tries to fathom out the facts, and whether to jail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motion Picture Country House And Hospital
The Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF) is a charitable organization that offers assistance and care to those in the motion picture and television industries and their families with limited or no resources, including services such as temporary financial assistance, case management, and residential living. Origin Mary Pickford conceived the idea of a fund to help those in the motion picture industry who were out of work and struggling and, in 1921, the Motion Picture Relief Fund was founded with Joseph Schenck as president, Pickford as vice-president and the Reverend Neal Dodd as administrator. During the 1930s, the untimely deaths of several former Hollywood stars who ended up destitute shook the community. These included Roscoe ("Fatty") Arbuckle, John Bowers, Karl Dane, Florence Lawrence, Marie Prevost and Lou Tellegen. In 1940, Jean Hersholt, then president of the Motion Picture Relief Fund, found of walnut and orange groves in the southwest end of the San Fernando ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitting Pretty (1933 Film)
''Sitting Pretty'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code musical comedy film that tells the story of two aspiring but untalented songwriters played by Jack Oakie and Jack Haley. They are joined by Ginger Rogers and Thelma Todd on their trip from New York City to Hollywood to find their fortune. This film was directed by Harry Joe Brown and featured the Pickens Sisters as themselves. Plot Cast *Jack Oakie as Chick Parker *Jack Haley as Pete Pendleton *Ginger Rogers as Dorothy *Gregory Ratoff as Tannenbaum *Thelma Todd as Gloria Duval * Lew Cody as Jules Clark * Jerry Tucker as Buzz * The Pickens Sisters *The Hundred Hollywood Honeys * Hale Hamilton as Vinton * Walter Walker as George Wilson *Kenneth Thomson as Norman Lubin * William Davidson as Director *Lee Morgan as Assistant director * Harry Revel as Pianist *Mack Gordon as Song publisher * Arthur Jarrett *Virginia Sale Virginia Sale (May 20, 1899 – August 23, 1992) was an American character actress whose career spanned s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To The Last Man (1933 Film)
''To the Last Man'' is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Randolph Scott and Esther Ralston. The screenplay by Jack Cunningham was based on the 1921 novel of the same name by Zane Grey. The novel, optioned to Paramount Pictures, was previously made as Victor Fleming's 1923 silent film version of the same title. The supporting cast of Hathaway's version features Noah Beery Sr. (repeating his role from the 1923 version), Jack La Rue, Buster Crabbe, Barton MacLane, Fuzzy Knight, Gail Patrick, and, in uncredited roles, Shirley Temple and John Carradine. The film was reissued for American television under the title ''Law of Vengeance''. Plot A feud between the Colby and the Hayden families starts in the hills of Kentucky and continues in the mountains of the West after the American Civil War. Also involved is the conflict between vigilantism and the law in a frontier environment, and lovers from the two feuding families. At one point ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Day And Age (film)
''This Day and Age'' is a 1933 American pre-Code film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Charles Bickford and Richard Cromwell. It is one of his rarest films and has been released on home video through the Universal Pictures Vault Series DVD collection. Plot During Boys' Week at racially integrated North High School, students Steve Smith, Gus Ruffo and Billy Anderson are elected to temporarily hold the city offices of district attorney, judge and chief of police. After Jewish tailor Herman refuses to pay protection money to Louis Garrett, Garrett's gang bombs his store. Herman and the student who was with him survive the blast, but Herman is later murdered by Garrett after he again refuses to pay. Garrett is acquitted of murder charges because he has a perfect alibi. Steve, who had taken the stand during the trial, is humiliated by his experience as a witness because he failed to prove Garrett's guilt. Billy, Gus and Sam Weber decide to investigate for themselves and disc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Bodyguard
''Her Bodyguard'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Edmund Lowe, Wynne Gibson and Edward Arnold.Marshall p.315-16 Cast * Edmund Lowe as Casey McCarthy * Wynne Gibson as Margot Brienne * Edward Arnold as Orson Bitzer * Alan Dinehart as Lester Cunningham * Marjorie White as Lita * Johnny Hines as Ballyhoo * Fuzzy Knight as Danny Dare * Louise Beavers as Margot's Maid * Arthur Housman Arthur Housman (October 10, 1889 – April 8, 1942) was an American actor in films during both the silent film era and the Golden Age of Hollywood. Career Arthur Housman was one of the first screen comedians known to the public by name, and on ... as Drunk * Blue Washington as Chauffeur (uncredited) References Bibliography * Marshall, Wendy L. ''William Beaudine: From Silents to Television''. Scarecrow Press, 2005. External links * 1933 films American comedy films American black-and-white films 1933 comedy films 1930s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunset Pass (1933 Film)
''Sunset Pass'' is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Randolph Scott, Tom Keene, Harry Carey, and Noah Beery. The picture was based on a Zane Grey novel, along with several other theatrical films with similar casts (including Randolph Scott, Harry Carey and Noah Beery) also based upon Zane Grey novels directed by Hathaway in 1933. Plot Government agent Jack Rock goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of rustlers hiding out at the Half Moon Ranch. Cast *Randolph Scott as Ash Preshton * Tom Keene as Jack Rock/Jim Collins * Kathleen Burke as Jane Preston * Harry Carey as John Hesbitt * Noah Beery, Sr. as Marshal Blake * Kent Taylor as Clink Peeples * George Barbier as Judge Original 1929 version ''Sunset Pass'' was a remake of a lost 1929 version directed by Otto Brower and starring Jack Holt, Nora Lane, and John Loder. 1946 remake A second remake was released on October 1, 1946, starring James Warren as "Rocky" and Nan Leslie N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under The Tonto Rim (1933 Film)
''Under the Tonto Rim'' is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Stuart Erwin and Verna Hillie. The film is a remake of a 1928 silent film starring Richard Arlen and Mary Brian. Both are based on the Zane Grey 1926 novel of the same name, as is a 1947 film. Print held by the Library of Congress.Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p. 192, c. 1978 by The American Film Institute. Plot A complete failure as a ranch cowhand and then a chuckwagon driver, Tonto Daley's embarrassment is total after accidentally causing a wagon to tip over and his boss's daughter Nina Weston to fall into a creek. Tonto hits the trail with his tail between his legs, taking a job from Porky and Tom to become a hog farmer. He is miserable and lonely, and things get worse when former foreman Munther tries to railroad Tonto in the rustlin ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Billion Dollar Scandal
''The Billion Dollar Scandal'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Beatrice Banyard, Willard Mack and Gene Towne. The film stars Robert Armstrong, Constance Cummings, Olga Baclanova, Frank Morgan, James Gleason, Irving Pichel and Warren Hymer. The film was released on January 7, 1933 by Paramount Pictures. Cast * Robert Armstrong as Fingers Partos *Constance Cummings as Doris Masterson * Olga Baclanova as Anna aka GoGo *Frank Morgan as John Dudley Masterson * James Gleason as Ratsy Harris *Irving Pichel as Albert Griswold * Warren Hymer as Kid McGurn *Sidney Toler as Carter B. Moore *Berton Churchill as The Warden *Frank Albertson as Babe Partos * Walter Walker as Parker *Edmund Breese as Haddock *Purnell Pratt as Committee Chairman * William B. Davidson as Lawrence *Edward Van Sloan Edward Van Sloan (born Edward Paul Van Sloun; November 1, 1882 – March 6, 1964) was an American character actor best remembered for his rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speed Demon (1932 Film)
''Speed Demon'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code Pre-Code Hollywood was an era in the Cinema of the United States, American film industry that occurred between the widespread adoption of sound in film in the late 1920s and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship gui ... drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring William Collier Jr. It is a lost film. Plot Boat builder Captain Torrance, his daughter Jean, and mechanic 'Speed' Morrow build a racing boat which performs well in trials while piloted by Morrow, who wants to be a racer. The boat's speed and Morrow's skill attract the attention of racketeers Langard and Lefty, who have been hired by a rival manufacturer to ensure his boat wins a racing championship. On the day of the race Langard and Lefty buy Morrow a couple of drinks and then try to get him to throw the race, but he refuses. During the race, however, Pete Stenner (in the rival's boat) uses an underhanded trick to maneuver Morrow in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanity Street
''Vanity Street'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code crime drama film directed by Nick Grinde and starring Charles Bickford, Helen Chandler and Mayo Methot.Scott p.42 It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Plot A New York policeman assists a woman when she's down-on-her-luck, helping her get a job at the Follies ''Follies'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. The plot centers on a crumbling Broadway theater, now scheduled for demolition, previously home to a musical revue (based on the ''Ziegfeld Follies .... She falling in love with him but he for some reason pushes her away, and right into the arms of a no-good thief. When he finds himself arresting her for a murder, he knows she did not commit it, so he sets out to clear her by finding the real killer. Cast References Bibliography * Ian Scott. ''In Capra's Shadow: The Life and Career of Screenwriter Robert Riskin''. University Press of Kentucky, 2015. External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hell's Highway (1932 Film)
''Hell's Highway'' is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Rowland Brown. Plot The film centers around brutal conditions in a prison of the Southern United States. Chain gang prisoners forced to construct a "liberty highway" for their overseer chasten under his brutal stewardship. Duke Ellis is the most influential inmate among them. He soon discovers his younger brother has also been incarcerated and joined the chain gang. Soon enough Duke will mastermind a mass riot. Cast * Richard Dix (actor), Richard Dix as Frank "Duke" Ellis * Tom Brown (actor), Tom Brown as John "Johnny" Ellis * Rochelle Hudson as Mary Ellen * C. Henry Gordon as "Blacksnake Skinner" * Oscar Apfel as William Billings * Stanley Fields (actor), Stanley Fields as F.E. Whiteside * John Arledge as Joe Carter * Warner Richmond as "Captain Pop-Eye Jackson" * Charles B. Middleton as "Matthew The Hermit" * Louise Carter as Mrs. Ellis * Clarence Muse as Rascal * Fuzzy Knight as "Society Red" References Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |