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Fred Humes
Fred Humes (June 15, 1896 – January 3, 1971) was an American actor best known for his work in Western films. Humes was born and educated in Pittsburgh. He appeared in the films ''Ride for Your Life'', ''The Ridin' Kid from Powder River'', ''The Hurricane Kid'', '' The Saddle Hawk'', ''Let 'er Buck'', ''The Yellow Back'', ''Prowlers of the Night'', ''The Stolen Ranch'', ''Blazing Days'', ''One Glorious Scrap'', ''Put 'Em Up'', ''Circus Rookies'', ''Battling with Buffalo Bill'', ''Law and Order'', ''Clancy of the Mounted'', '' The Cactus Kid'', ''Sunset Range'', ''The Roaring West'' and ''The Day the Bookies Wept ''The Day the Bookies Wept'' is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by Bert Granet and George Jeske. The film stars Joe Penner, Betty Grable, Richard Lane, Tom Kennedy and Thurston Hall. The film was released on S ...'', among others. References External links * 1896 births 1971 deaths 20th-century American male actors Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dents Run, Pennsylvania
Dents Run is an unincorporated community in Benezette Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has attracted attention from treasure hunters and the media as the reputed site of a lost shipment of gold. The FBI The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic Intelligence agency, intelligence and Security agency, security service of the United States and its principal Federal law enforcement in the United States, federal law enforcement age ... conducted excavation activities in Dents Run in 2018. Further reading *Pennsylvania Visitors BureauLegend of The Lost Gold of Dent's Run.March 3, 2020 *''The Atlantic''A Lost Trove of Civil War Gold, an FBI Excavation, and Some Very Angry Treasure HuntersJune 17, 2022 Notes Unincorporated communities in Elk County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania {{ElkCountyPA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circus Rookies
''Circus Rookies'' is a lost 1928 American silent comedy film produced and distributed by MGM and directed by Edward Sedgwick. It starred the comedy team of Karl Dane and George K. Arthur. Plot Cast *Karl Dane as Oscar Thrust *George K. Arthur as Francis Byrd *Louise Lorraine as La Belle *Sydney Jarvis as Mr. Magoo (credited as Sidney Jarvis) *Fred Humes as Bimbo *Lou Costello Louis Francis Cristillo (March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959), professionally known as Lou Costello, was an American comedian, actor and producer. He was best known for his double act with straight man Bud Abbott and their routine "Who's on First?" ... as Extra (uncredited) References External links * *Stillsat silenthollywood.comStillsat hollywoodgorillamen.com 1928 films American silent feature films Films directed by Edward Sedgwick Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Silent American comedy films 1928 comedy films American black-and-white films Lost American comedy films 1928 lost films 1920s A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Deaths
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 66 people are killed and over 200 injured during a crush in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States television sitcom ''All in the Family'', starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS. * January 14 – Seventy Brazilian political prisoners are rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation (later known as X-rays). * January 6 – Cecil Rhodes is forced to resign as Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope, for his involvement in the Jameson Raid. * January 7 – American culinary expert Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook. * January 12 – H. L. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. * January 17 – Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War: British redcoats enter the Ashanti capital, Kumasi, and Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I is deposed. * January 18 – The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time. * January 28 – Walter Arnold, of East Peckham, Kent, England, is fined 1 shilling for speeding at (exceeding the contemporary speed limit of , the first spee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Day The Bookies Wept
''The Day the Bookies Wept'' is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by Bert Granet and George Jeske. The film stars Joe Penner, Betty Grable, Richard Lane, Tom Kennedy and Thurston Hall. The film was released on September 15, 1939, by RKO Pictures. Plot Pooling their resources, New York City taxi drivers–who are tired of losing money at the racetrack–designate Ernie Ambrose to go to Kentucky and buy them a racehorse. Ernie leaves behind his sweetheart Ina and spends all their money on a horse, relying on advice from a fake "colonel" by buying a nag called Hiccup. The horse is useless until Ina discovers via the colonel that Hiccup has a taste for beer. At long odds, she bets $2,000 on the drunken horse to win, which it does, bankrupting bookies all over town. Cast * Joe Penner as Ernest 'Ernie' Ambrose * Betty Grable as Ina Firpo * Richard Lane as Ramsey Firpo * Tom Kennedy as Pinky Brophy * Thurston Hall as Colonel March * Bernadene Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Roaring West
''The Roaring West'' is a 1935 American Western film serial starring Buck Jones as Montana Larkin. It co-stars his horse, Silver, and Frank McGlynn Sr. as his trusty sidekick Jinglebob Morgan. The film was released by Universal. Plot Cast * Buck Jones as Montana Larkin * Silver as Silver, Montana's horse * Muriel Evans as Mary Parker * Frank McGlynn Sr. as Jinglebob Morgan * Walter Miller as Gil Gillespie * Eole Galli as Ann Hardy * Harlan Knight as Clem Morgan * Fred Santley as a saloon singer * William Desmond as Jim Parker * Pat J. O'Brien as Cowhand Steve * Tiny Skelton as Cowhand Happy * Charles King as Henchman Tex * William L. Thorne as Marco Brett * George Ovey as Cowhand Shorty * Dick Rush as Sheriff Clark Production Stunts * Cliff Lyons doubling Buck Jones * Babe DeFreest * Wally West Chapter titles # The Land Rush # The Torrent of Terror # Flaming Peril # Stampede of Death # Danger in the Dark # Death Rides the Plains # Hurled to the Depths # Ravaging Flames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunset Range
''Sunset Range'' is a 1935 American Western film directed by Ray McCarey and starring Hoot Gibson. The film received a mostly positive reception, with praise for Gibson's acting and delivery of humor in what was his first western film in two years. The film was regarded by some as being the "high point" in the filmmaking activity of the First Division Pictures studio, alongside another western, '' Rainbow's End'', in the same year. Plot The story starts in New York City before the westerners, led by Reasonin' Bates, travel to Arizona to outsmart gangsters in the east. The plot revolves around Bonnie, who gets involved in a case of kidnap and unknowingly hides ransom money. The ranch she owns is managed by Bates, who saves both her and the ransom money from the villain Grant. Cast Casting Gibson was cast in the leading role of Reasonin' Bates in what was his first western film in two years and the first since he had signed for First Division Pictures. The role was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cactus Kid (1935 Film)
''The Cactus Kid'' is a 1935 American Western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Jack Perrin, Jayne Regan and Philo McCullough. Main cast * Jack Perrin as Cactus Kid * Fred Humes as Jimmie * Philo McCullough as Duncan * Slim Whitaker as Plug * Joe De La Cruz as Cheyenne * Jayne Regan as Beth * Tom London as Sheriff * Kit Guard as Smiley * Tina Menard as Rosie * Hal Taliaferro Floyd Taliaferro Alderson (November 13, 1895 – February 10, 1980) was an American film actor who specialized in westerns. After serving in the Great War, he began his career in the era of silent films, when he frequently used the name Wally ... as Andy References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005. External links * 1935 films 1935 Western (genre) films 1930s English-language films American Western (genre) films Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clancy Of The Mounted
''Clancy of the Mounted'' (1933) is an American pre-Code Universal movie serial based on the poem " Clancy of the Mounted Police" by Robert W. Service, directed by Ray Taylor. Tom Tyler played Sgt. Clancy, and William L. Thorne played the villainous claim jumper, Black McDougal. This was Universal's 85th serial and the 17th with sound. Though long considered lost, the first six chapters were released on DVD by Hermitage Hill Media in 2012; According to MDB the British Film Institute (BFI) holds a 35mm print of all 12 chapters in completion Plot Sergeant Tom Clancy, of the North-West Mounted Police, is assigned to arrest his own brother Steve, who has been framed for murdering a neighbor by "Black" McDougal and Pierre LaRue. Cast *Tom Tyler as Sergeant Tom Clancy *Jacqueline Wells as Ann Laurie * William Desmond as Dave Moran * Francis Ford as Inspector Cabot *Tom London as Constable McGregor *Edmund Cobb as Constable McIntosh * William L. Thorne as "Black" McDougal, outlaw and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law And Order (1932 Film)
''Law and Order'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film starring Walter Huston, Harry Carey, Andy Devine, Russell Hopton and Russell Simpson. It was the first movie to depict the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, in Tombstone, Arizona. The film is based on the novel ''Saint Johnson'', by W. R. Burnett. Walter Huston plays the part of lawman Frame Johnson, a fictionalized version of Wyatt Earp, and Russell Hopton plays his brother Luther Johnson. One of the best early Westerns in its character development, ''Law and Order'' features a script by John Huston, Walter's soon-to-be-famous son, and Tom Reed, who provided dialog for many movies in the 1930s and 1940s. Because of changes made during the film's production, all scenes involving the actress Lois Wilson were cut prior to the film's release. Cast *Walter Huston as Frame Johnson *Harry Carey as Ed Brandt *Russell Hopton as Luther Johnson *Raymond Hatton as Deadwood *Ralph Ince as Poe Northrup * Harry Woods as Walt Northrup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battling With Buffalo Bill
''Battling with Buffalo Bill'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Western serial film directed by Ray Taylor and starring Tom Tyler, Lucile Browne, William Desmond, Rex Bell, and Francis Ford. Based on the book ''The Great West That Was'' by William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, the film is about a cowboy named Buffalo Bill who goes up against a shady gambler who is attempting to scare off the townspeople so he can gain possession of a gold strike. When a nearby Indian tribe is provoked into attacking the town, the cavalry rides in to the rescue. Cody's book was also used as the inspiration for the studio's highly successful 1930 serial ''The Indians Are Coming''. ''Battling with Buffalo Bill'' was Universal Pictures's 78th serial, the 10th with sound and 4th with full sound, of the studio's total of 137 serials. Plot The plot is a variation on the standard B-Western "Land Grab" plot: Gold has been discovered in the area and gambler Jim Rodney intends to make sole claim to it by pushing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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