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Fred Preble
Fred Preble (1893–1953) was an American art director who designed the film set, sets on well over a hundred film productions. He worked for a variety of production companies, including the studios Monogram Pictures, Monogram and Producers Releasing Corporation, PRC.Pitts p.438 Selected filmography * ''Ship of Wanted Men'' (1933) * ''I Can't Escape'' (1934) * ''The Marriage Bargain'' (1935) * ''His Fighting Blood'' (1935) * ''Shadow of Chinatown'' (1936) * ''Here's Flash Casey'' (1937) * ''Whirlwind Horseman'' (1938) * ''On the Great White Trail'' (1938) * ''The Terror of Tiny Town'' (1938) * ''Hitler – Beast of Berlin'' (1939) * ''Mercy Plane'' (1939) * ''Gun Code'' (1940) * ''The Sagebrush Family Trails West'' (1940) * ''Isle of Destiny'' (1940) * ''Pride of the Bowery'' (1940) * ''That Gang of Mine'' (1940) * ''Law of the Timber'' (1941) * ''The Mad Monster'' (1942) * ''Take My Life (1942 film), Take My Life'' (1942) * ''Isle of Forgotten Sins'' (1943) * ''Hitler's Madman'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gun Code
''Gun Code'' is a 1940 American western film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Tim McCoy, Inna Gest and Carleton Young.Pitts p.134 It was distributed by the independent company PRC which specialized in handling low-budget second features. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fred Preble. Synopsis The inhabitants of the town Miller Flats are intimidated by a gang running a protection racket. When the parson attempts to rally the townspeople against the gang he is killed by them. A marshal comes to town in disguise and joins forces with Betty Garrett the owner of the newspaper to bring down the racket. Cast * Tim McCoy as Marshal Tim Hammond posing as Tim Hays * Inna Gest as Betty Garrett * Lou Fulton as Curley Haines * Stephen Chase as James M. Bradley - Banker * Carleton Young as Henchman Slim Doyle * Ted Adams as Sheriff Kramer * Robert Winkler as Jerry Garrett * Dave O'Brien as Henchman Gale * George Chesebro as Henchman Bart * Jack Richardson a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outlaw Country (1949 Film)
''Outlaw Country'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and starring Lash LaRue and Al "Fuzzy" St. John in a dual role as a U.S. Marshal and his outlaw brother known as the "Frontier Phantom". The film, shot at the Iverson Movie Ranch led to a 1952 sequel '' The Frontier Phantom''. Plot In a small area between the United States and Mexican frontier is a small area that is under the jurisdiction of neither nation. Jim McCord charges outlaws on the run money to stay in his domain called "Robbers Roost". McCord has also kidnapped a United States Treasury engraver and his daughter in order to create counterfeit US dollars. US Marshal Clark and his Mexican counterpart Señor Cordova recruit Marshal Lash La Rue and Deputy Fuzzy Q. Jones to "take the law into their own hands" to put the outlaws out of business. One of the outlaws is Lash's twin brother, known as the Frontier Phantom. Meanwhile, Fuzzy studies to become a hypnotist and a wizard. Cast *Lash La Rue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zamba (film)
''Zamba'' (also known as ''Zamba, the Gorilla'') is a 1949 American adventure film directed by William Berke. It starred Jon Hall and Beau Bridges. Plot Jenny and her son, Tommy, are flying over the Belgian Congo. They are forced to jump out of the plane and become separated from each other. Jenny is rescued by a safari. The six year old Tommy is found by Zamba, a gorilla, who adopts him. Cast * Jon Hall * June Vincent as Jenny * Beau Bridges as Tommy Production ''Zamba'' was made at Nassour Studios. It was released through Eagle-Lion Films. Reception The ''Los Angeles Times'' said "Beau Bridges does a nice job as the kid" and "Jon Hall is engaging conscientious as the hero."Two Jungle Cinemas Roar Across Screens G K. Los Angeles Times 6 Oct 1949: A7. References External links ''Zamba''at TCMDB ''Zamba''at IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dalton Gang (film)
''The Dalton Gang'' is a 1949 American Western (genre), Western film starring Don "Red" Barry and Julie Adams. It was directed by Ford Beebe. Plot The Dalton gang has been carrying out a crime spree around the town of Rincon. U.S. Marshall Larry West is being sent to deal with them. On the way he encounters a man being chased by indians. The is shot and falls from his horse but West interrupts the indians before they can check if the man is dead. While West is tending the wounded man a stage arrives and West asks the driver to take the man to Rincon. When they arrive in town the townsfolk assume the wounded man, Joe, is the marshall as someone in town has been tipped off that one is being sent there. West convinces Joe to maintain the assumption so that he, West, can investigate undercover. West assumes the name Rusty Stevens. The local newspaper editor, Amos Boling, who has recognized West, is also sworn to secrecy. Rusty meets Boling's assistant, Polly Medford, whose father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shep Comes Home
''Shep Comes Home'' is a 1948 American film written and directed by Ford Beebe for Lippert Pictures. It was a sequel to ''My Dog Shep'' (1946). Cast *Flame as Shep * Robert Lowery as Mark Folger * Billy Kimbley as Larry Havens *Martin Garralaga as Manuel Ortiz *Margia Dean as Martha Langley *Sheldon Leonard as 'Swifty' Lewis * Michael Whalen as 'Chance' Martin Production Ford Beebe was attached in September 1948. Filming started September 1948. Robert L. Lippert, who financed, was hoping to turn the films into a series. However there were no more Shep films. Margia Dean recalled "The dog always did it right on the first take—but the actors kept goofing up. (Laughs) That’s probably why they say actors don’t like working with animals. (Laughs)” Margia Dean's performance led to her being cast in ''I Shot Jesse James''.Schallert, E. (1948, Sep 28)"Raymond, Kemp cleverly develop musical theme; jet pilot ideas rampant"''Los Angeles Times'' References External links *''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitler's Madman
''Hitler's Madman'' is a 1943 World War II drama directed by Douglas Sirk. It is a highly fictionalized account of the 1942 assassination of Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich and the resulting Lidice massacre, which the Germans committed as revenge. The film stars Patricia Morison and Alan Curtis and features John Carradine as Reinhard Heydrich. ''Hitler's Madman'' was Sirk's first American production after fleeing Nazi Germany and abandoning his German name of Detlef Sierck. The screenplay was written by Peretz Hirschbein, Melvin Levy, and Doris Malloy, from a story by Bart Lytton, with some uncredited contributions by Edgar G. Ulmer. Plot Lidice, Czechoslovakia, 1942 – The opening verses of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poem ''The Murder of Lidice'' are recited over images of the bucolic Czech village. Villager Jan Hanka watches a British plane fly overhead, carrying Karel Vavra, a Czech paratrooper being dropped over his hometown to form resistance cells. Karel goes to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isle Of Forgotten Sins
''Isle of Forgotten Sins'' is an American South Seas adventure film released on August 15, 1943 by PRC, with Leon Fromkess in charge of production, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer (also credited with original story) and featuring top-billed John Carradine and Gale Sondergaard whose performance in one of 1936's Academy Award for Best Picture nominees, ''Anthony Adverse'', earned her the first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. ''Isle of Forgotten Sins'' was subsequently reissued in a version cut from 82 to 74 minutes and retitled ''Monsoon''. It proved to be the final film role for German-American actress Betty Amann as well as the last feature for producer Peter R. Van Duinen's Atlantis Pictures, a unit whose films had a higher budget then most of PRC's releases. Third-listed supporting actor Sidney Toler worked on this PRC title between the finish of his Charlie Chan films at 20th Century Fox and just before their resumption at Monogram Pictures. The film features several so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take My Life (1942 Film)
''Take My Life'' is an American film released in 1942. It featured a group of young actors known as the Harlem Tuff Kids. In this film they join the U.S. Army. The group also appeared in the 1939 film ''Reform School''. Both were produced by Million Dollar Productions. Oakton Community College has a poster for the film in its collection. The poster includes the taglines Harlem Goes to War! and Thrill to the Brown Bombers in Action. Toddy Pictures re-released the film as ''Murder Rap''. The film premiered at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Cast *Monte Hawley as Dr. Thurman * Jeni LeGon as Helen Stanley * Arthur Ray *Freddie Jackson as Johnny *Eugene Jackson Eugene W. Jackson II (December 25, 1916 – October 26, 2001) was an American child actor who was a regular of the '' Our Gang'' short series during the silent Pathé era. Career When he joined the gang, Jackson replaced the series' firs ... as Bill * Harry Levette * Jack Carr as Sgt. Holmes *Paul White as Icky Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mad Monster
''The Mad Monster'' is a 1942 American black and white horror film, produced and distributed by "Poverty Row" studio Producers Releasing Corporation. The melodrama was produced by Sigmund Neufeld, directed by Sam Newfield, written by Fred Myton, and stars George Zucco, Glenn Strange, Johnny Downs, and Anne Nagel. The film's storyline concerns a discredited mad scientist who plots to kill his colleagues one-by-one using a secret formula that transforms his simple-minded gardener into a murderous wolfman. Plot On a fog-bound moonlight night, a wolf howls in a swamp. In his nearby laboratory, Dr. Lorenzo Cameron (George Zucco) draws blood from a caged wolf. Secured to a table is Dr. Cameron's simpleminded but strong gardener, Petro (Glenn Strange), who is to be the subject of the doctor's experiment. Cameron injects a serum made from a wolf's blood into the cooperative Petro, who loses consciousness, grows fur and fangs, and awakens after he has transformed into a wolfman. Cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law Of The Timber
''Law of the Timber'' is a 1941 American film directed by Bernard B. Ray. Plot summary Henry Lorimer is one of the two owners of downsized H & L Lumber Company camp, who returns one day to give the good news that he has negotiated a new contract with the U.S. government. The plan is to cut down the entire tree population in Antler Valley, a place where lumbering previously has been impossible because of the resistance from the fierce inhabitants. Adams, who is to co-sign the deal, expresses his surprise over the plan. Lorimer is determined to go through with the plan and brings his men to the site, led by the tough foreman Hodge Mason. As the work proceeds, a number of "accidents" occur, and Lorimer believes that the Cain family is responsible. Lorimer goes to see them but they claim to have nothing to do with it, and the reason is they know Lorimer is working for the military and a valuable cause. A young man named John Gordon comes looking for a job, and flirts with Lori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Gang Of Mine
''That Gang of Mine'' is a 1940 film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Leo Gorcey and Bobby Jordan. It is the third film in the ''East Side Kids'' series. Plot Old horseman Ben brings his beloved thoroughbred Bluenight to New York from Kentucky in hopes of developing him into a championship racer. Because the old man is down on his luck, the East Side boys offer to provide a makeshift quarters for Bluenight, and Algy Wilkes persuades his father to put up the entrance fee for the horse. Muggs Maloney, an aspiring but untested jockey, rides Bluenight in the race, but loses his nerve on the track, causing Bluenight to trail in the field. Seated in the stands is Morgan, a respected trainer, who recognizes the horse's ability and urges Mr. Wilkes to race the horse with an experienced jockey. However, Muggs insists upon doing the riding, and his pals induce Mr. Wilkes to give him another chance. Complications arise the night before the race when Nick, a crooked bookie, tries to sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
