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Film Classics
Film Classics was an American film distributor active between 1943 and 1951.Slide p.72 Established by Irvin Shapiro, the company initially concentrated on re-releases of earlier hits by other studios, but began to handle new independent productions of a generally low-budget nature. In 1950, a proposed merger with another distributor Eagle-Lion Films fell through. Filmography * '' I Was a Criminal'' (1945) * '' A Boy, a Girl and a Dog'' (1946) * ''The Spirit of West Point'' (1947) * ''For You I Die'' (1947) * ''Women in the Night'' (1948) * '' Devil's Cargo'' (1948) * '' Blonde Ice'' (1948) * ''The Argyle Secrets'' (1948) * '' Unknown Island'' (1948) * '' Money Madness'' (1948) * ''Sofia'' (1948) * ''Miraculous Journey'' (1948) * '' Inner Sanctum'' (1948) * ''Appointment with Murder'' (1948) * ''Alaska Patrol'' (1949) * '' The Judge'' (1949) * '' State Department: File 649'' (1949) * ''Daughter of the West'' (1949) * '' The Lovable Cheat'' (1949) * '' Amazon Quest'' (1949) * '' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Distributor
A film distributor is responsible for the marketing of a film. The distribution company may be the same with, or different from, the production company. Distribution deals are an important part of financing a film. The distributor may set the release date of a film and the method by which a film is to be exhibited or made available for viewing; for example, directly to the public either theatrically or for home viewing ( DVD, video-on-demand, download, television programs through broadcast syndication etc.). A distributor may do this directly, if the distributor owns the theaters or film distribution networks, or through theatrical exhibitors and other sub-distributors. A limited distributor may deal only with particular products, such as DVDs or Blu-ray, or may act in a particular country or market. The primary distributor will often receive credit in the film's credits, one sheet or other marketing material. Theatrical distribution If a distributor is working with a thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appointment With Murder
''Appointment with Murder'' is a 1948 American crime film directed by Jack Bernhard and starring John Calvert, Catherine Craig and Jack Reitzen. The film is one of three made by the low-budget Film Classics company featuring Calvert as The Falcon who had previously been played by George Sanders and Tom Conway for RKO.Hardy p.124 Premise The Falcon travels to Milan to locate some stolen paintings for an insurance company. He follows the trail from a murdered Italian painter to an art gallery in Los Angeles. Cast * John Calvert as Michael Waring, the Falcon * Catherine Craig as Lorraine W. Brinckley * Jack Reitzen as Norton Benedict * Lyle Talbot as Fred Muller * Peter Brocco as Giuseppe Donatti * Ben Welden as Martin Minecci * Robert Conte as Count Dano * Jay Griffith as Detective * Michael Mark as 2nd Baggage Clerk * Carlo Schipa as Mario Farello * Anna Demetrio as Senora Rosa - Italian Woman * Carole Donne as Miss Connors * Barbara Freking as Barbara O'Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilty Bystander
''Guilty Bystander'' is a 1950 American crime drama directed by Joseph Lerner, and starring Zachary Scott and Faye Emerson. The film was shot on location entirely in New York City. It also marked the last motion picture screen appearances for character actors Mary Boland and J. Edward Bromberg. Until recently, ''Guilty Bystander'' was considered a lost film. Plot Max Thursday is an ex-cop and an alcoholic. The only job he can find is house detective at his pal Smitty's rundown hotel. Ex-wife Georgia comes to him in a panic. Their young son Jeff is missing and so is her brother Fred Mace. She didn't report it, after being warned not to go to the police by Dr. Elder, who is a business acquaintance of Fred's. The drunken Max confronts pistol packing Dr. Elder, looking for answers regarding his missing son, but the doctor knocks him out cold from behind. Max wakes up and is taken to police headquarters for questioning. He soon learns that Dr. Elder has been killed and he becomes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flying Saucer
''The Flying Saucer'' is a 1950 independently made American black-and-white science fiction spy film drama. It was written by Howard Irving Young, from an original story by Mikel Conrad, who also produced, directed, and stars with Pat Garrison and Hantz von Teuffen. The film was first distributed in the U.S. by Film Classics and later re-released in 1953 by Realart Pictures, on a double-bill with ''Atomic Monster'' (the retitled-reissue of ''Man Made Monster'', originally released in 1941 by Universal Pictures). ''The Flying Saucer'' is the first feature film to deal with the (then) new and hot topic of flying saucers. Flying saucers, or alien craft shaped like flying disks or saucers, were first identified and given the popular name on June 24, 1947, when private pilot Kenneth Arnold reported nine silvery, crescent-shaped objects flying in tight formation. A newspaper reporter coined the snappy tagline, "flying saucers", which captured the public's imagination. During the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pirates Of Capri
''The Pirates of Capri'' ( it, I pirati di Capri), released in the United Kingdom as ''The Masked Pirate'', is a 1949 Italian/American international co-production swashbuckler film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer starring Louis Hayward. It was filmed on location in Italy. Plot In Naples in 1798, foppish nobleman Count Amalfi (Louis Hayward), adviser to the Queen (Binnie Barnes), is secretly the heroic pirate Captain Sirocco, who leads a band of rebels to overthrow the aristocratic regime, dominated by villainous Police Chief Von Holstein (Massimo Serato). Cast * Louis Hayward as Count Amalfi/Captain Sirocco * Binnie Barnes as Queen Carolina * Alan Curtis as Commodore Van Diel * Massimo Serato as Von Holstein * Mariella Lotti as Countess Mercedes * Mikhail Rasumny as Pepino * Virginia Belmont as Annette * Franca Marzi as Carla * William Tubbs as Pignatelli Critical reception In a contemporary review, ''The New York Times'' wrote "the thundering noise, confusion and blood-letting o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost Boundaries
''Lost Boundaries'' is a 1949 American film starring Beatrice Pearson, Mel Ferrer (in his first leading role), and Susan Douglas Rubeš. Directed by Alfred L. Werker, it is based on William Lindsay White's story of the same title, a nonfiction account of Dr. Albert C. Johnston and his family, who passed for white while living in New England in the 1930s and 1940s. The film won the 1949 Cannes Film Festival award for Best Screenplay. The use of white actors in the film's leading Black roles proved controversial. The film was banned in Atlanta, Georgia, and Memphis, Tennessee. Plot In 1922, Scott Mason Carter graduates from Chase Medical School in Chicago and marries Marcia. Both are light-skinned enough to be mistaken for whites. Scott has landed an internship, but his fellow graduate, the dark-skinned Jesse Pridham, wonders if he will have to work as a Pullman porter until there is an opening in a black hospital. When Scott goes to Georgia, the black hospital director tells ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Search For Danger
''Search for Danger'' is a 1949 American crime film directed by Jack Bernhard and starring John Calvert, Albert Dekker and Myrna Dell. The film was the last of three made by the low-budget Film Classics company featuring Calvert as The Falcon who had previously been played by George Sanders and Tom Conway for RKO.Hardy p.124 The film's art direction was by Boris Leven. Plot Mike Waring, a private detective in Los Angeles whose nickname is "The Falcon," is on a case. He follows a man named Andrews to a hotel, then reports back to his clients, club owners Kirk and Gregory, where the man, their business partner, can be found. They pay Waring a $500 fee, whereupon Wilma Rogers, who works at the club and likes Andrews, expresses her displeasure with Waring for informing on him. She also tips off Andrews that his partners are coming. Kirk and Gregory return, angry not only that they can't find Andrews or the $100,000 he embezzled, but that a hotel clerk, Perry, was under the impres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Not Wanted
''Not Wanted'' is a 1949 American drama film directed by Elmer Clifton and an un-credited Ida Lupino and starring Sally Forrest, Keefe Brasselle and Leo Penn. A few days after shooting started, Clifton suffered a heart attack. Lupino stepped in to direct the film (which she co-wrote and co-produced) without taking credit (this was the last film that Clifton worked on but not his final overall effort, as two films of his would be released after his death on October 15, 1949). The film's sets were designed by the art director Charles D. Hall. Shooting took place at the Universal Studios. Synopsis A young woman is attracted to a travelling musician while feeling stifled at how her parents treat her. She abandons her home town to follow him but becomes pregnant. She is then abandoned by him and faces a decision over what to do about her impending baby. She gives the child away after giving birth but finds herself feeling guilty to the point where she nearly snatches a child from a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C-Man (film)
''C-Man'' is a 1949 American film noir directed by Joseph Lerner featuring Dean Jagger, John Carradine, Lottie Elwen and Rene Paul. Gail Kubik based his Pulitzer Prize winning Symphony Concertante on his score for ''C-Man''. Plot U.S. Customs Department Agent Cliff Holden's (Dean Jagger) childhood best friend and boss is murdered while chasing down jewel thieves. He's assigned to find the thieves and solve the murder. The plan is for him to fly to Europe, then catch the same return flight suspect Matty Royal (Rene Paul) will be taking. Cast * Dean Jagger as Cliff Holden, alias William Harrah * John Carradine as Doc Spencer * Lottie Elwen as Kathe van Bourne * Rene Paul as Matty Royal * Walter Vaughan as Customs Inspector Brandon * Adelaide Klein as Minnie Hoffman * Edith Atwater as Lydia Brundage * Harry Landers as Owney Shor * Jean Ellyn as Birdie Alton * Walter Brooke as Joe Reception Critical response The film critic for ''The New York Times'', panned the film when it w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon Quest
''Amazon Quest'' is a 1949 American adventure film directed by Steve Sekely and written by Al Martin. The film stars Tom Neal, Carole Mathews, Carole Donne, Don Zelaya, Ralph Graves, Joseph Crehan, Jack George, Joseph Granby, Edward Clark and Julian Rivero. The film was released on May 13, 1949, by Film Classics. Plot Cast *Tom Neal as Thomas Dekker Jr. *Carole Mathews as Theresa Vasco *Carole Donne as Anna Narden *Don Zelaya as José Lobato *Ralph Graves as Anna's Attorney *Joseph Crehan as De Ruyter *Jack George as Judge *Joseph Granby as Mariano * Edward Clark as Nicholas Handel *Julian Rivero as Vasco *Lester Sharpe as Clerk *Zacharias Yaconelli as Clerk * Don Dillaway as Guide *Cosmo Sardo as Ringleader *Paul Fierro as Lieutenant *Frank Lackteen Frank Lackteen (born Mohammed Hassan Lackteen August 29, 1897 – July 8, 1968) was an American film actor best known for his antagonistic roles. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1915 and 1965, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lovable Cheat
''The Lovable Cheat'' is a 1949 American historical comedy film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Charles Ruggles, Peggy Ann Garner and Richard Ney. It is based on the 1848 play '' Mercadet Le Faiseur'' by Honoré de Balzac. It was the final film of the veteran Austrian director Oswald, who had fled into exile following the Nazi rise to power. Buster Keaton played a small supporting role in the film, as his career had seriously declined by this stage. The films sets were designed by the art director Boris Leven. Plot In France back in 1860, a gentleman by the name of Claude Mercadet lived in grandeur with his wife Pauline and his daughter Julie in a very well decorated mansion in the Bois de Bologne. Claude was one of the wealthiest men around Paris. Unfortunately he was a fraud, and he had been running up bills for quite some time, paying one creditor with the money he got from another, creating a downwards spiral of unfortune. His house was in fact not built with brick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daughter Of The West
''Daughter of the West'' is a 1949 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Harold Daniels and starring Martha Vickers, Phillip Reed and Donald Woods (actor), Donald Woods.Goble p.730 The film's sets were designed by the art director George Van Marter. Plot Cast * Martha Vickers as Lolita Moreno * Phillip Reed as Navo White Eagle * Donald Woods (actor), Donald Woods as Commissioner Ralph C. Connors * Marion Carney as Okeeman (Atoka) * Pedro de Cordoba as Chief Wykomas * James Griffith as Jed Morgan * William Farnum as Father Vallejo * Luz Alba as Wateeka * Tommy Cook (actor), Tommy Cook as Ponca * Tony Barr (actor), Tony Barr as Yuba * Helen Servis as Mrs. Beggs * Milton Kibbee as Mr. Beggs References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1949 films 1949 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Harold Daniels Film Classics films 1940s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
