Gavin Muir (American Actor)
Gavin Muir (September 8, 1900 – May 24, 1972) was an American film, television, and theatre actor. Biography Muir's mother was American, and his father was Scottish. Although he was born in Chicago, he was educated in England at the University College School. Muir's career included acting on Broadway through 1933. His first film appearance was in 1932 in a short film, then in John Ford's '' Mary of Scotland'' in 1936. His film career continued through 1965, often in character roles, and with a sort of specialty in villains with British accents. Broadway roles * '' Enter Madame'' (1920) as John Fitzgerald * ''Hay Fever'' (1927) with Laura Hope Crews and Frieda Inescort Partial filmography * ''Half Angel'' (1936) - Dr. William Barth * '' Mary of Scotland'' (1936) - Leicester * ''Charlie Chan at the Race Track'' (1936) - Bagley * ''Lloyd's of London'' (1936) - Sir Gavin Gore * '' The Holy Terror'' (1937) - Redman * '' Fair Warning'' (1937) - Herbert Willett * ''We ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_type2 = Counties , subdivision_name1 = Illinois , subdivision_name2 = Cook and DuPage , established_title = Settled , established_date = , established_title2 = Incorporated (city) , established_date2 = , founder = Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , government_type = Mayor–council , governing_body = Chicago City Council , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Lori Lightfoot ( D) , leader_title1 = City Clerk , leader_name1 = Anna Valencia ( D) , unit_pref = Imperial , area_footnotes = , area_tot ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Holy Terror (1937 Film)
:''for others with the same name, see The Holy Terror (other);; ''The Holy Terror'' is a 1937 American film directed by James Tinling as a vehicle for child star Jane Withers. The film follows the comic adventures of 11-year-old Withers as she causes mild havoc and catches spies on her father's naval base. Plot After U.S. Navy Commander Captain J. J. Otis (Andrew Tombes) complains to Lieutenant Commander Wallace (John Eldredge) about his daughter Cork (Jane Withers), the darling of the enlisted men but getting under foot. H. D. Phelps (Raymond Brown) of the House Appropriations Committee is investigating a request for an increase in appropriations, Corky flies a miniature aircraft with her two pals, Axel Svenson (El Brendel) and Pelican Beek (Joe E. Lewis) but the aircraft flies into Otis' window disrupting the meeting with Phelps. Corky gets one more chance with seaman Dan Walker ( Tony Martin) looking after her. Dan's girl friend, Marjorie Dean ( Leah Ray), works ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Passport To Suez
''Passport to Suez'' (1943; also known as ''A Night of Adventure'' and ''The Clock Strikes Twelve'') is the 20th film featuring the Lone Wolf (fictional detective), Lone Wolf character. It was the eleventh of fifteen in the Columbia Pictures series, and the last to star Warren William as the lead character, a jewel thief turned private detective. The Lone Wolf battles Nazi spies in Egypt in World War II. Plot Michael Lanyard, the Lone Wolf, agrees to go to Alexandria to help the Allied cause during World War II. There, he and his valet, Llewellyn Jamison, are met by his old friend, nightclub owner Johnny Booth. Fritz comes to drive him, supposedly to see Sir Robert Wembley, head of the British secret service in the region. However, he is actually taken to meet Karl, the leader of a Nazi Germany, Nazi spy ring. Karl threatens to kill Jamison (whom he has kidnapped) unless Lanyard does some as yet unspecified work for him. When Lanyard reluctantly agrees, the two men are released. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sherlock Holmes In Washington
Sherlock may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Sherlock Holmes, a fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle ** ''Sherlock'' (TV series), a BBC TV series that started in 2010 ** Sherlock Hemlock, a Muppet from the TV show ''Sesame Street'' ** ''Sherlock'' (video game), a 1984 text adventure by Melbourne House **'' Sherlock: Untold Stories'', a Japanese TV series aired in 2019 * ''Sherlock'' (EP), by Shinee People * Allie Sherlock (born 2005), Irish singer * Cornelius Sherlock (d.1888), English architect * Frank Sherlock (born 1969), poet * Glenn Sherlock (born 1960), American baseball player and coach * Jack Sherlock (1908–1958), English footballer * John Michael Sherlock (1926-2019), Canadian Roman Catholic bishop * James Sherlock (born 1983), pianist * John Sherlock (c. 1705–1794), Irish-born general in Spain * Kurt Sherlock (born 1963), rugby player * Paul Sherlock (born 1973), English footballer * Richard Sherlock (born 1983), cricketer * Thomas Sherlock (1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hitler's Children (1943 Film)
''Hitler's Children'' is a 1943 American black-and-white propaganda film made by RKO Radio Pictures. The film stars Tim Holt, Bonita Granville and Kent Smith and was directed by Edward Dmytryk from an adaptation by Emmet Lavery of Gregor Ziemer's book ''Education for Death''.Crowther, Bosley"Review: 'Hitler's Children', fictionalized version of 'Education for Death,' makes its appearance at the Paramount Theatre."''The New York Times'', February 25, 1943. The film was among the most financially successful produced by RKO Studios. It is known for its portrayal of brutality associated with the Hitler Youth, represented particularly by two young participants. Plot In 1933 Berlin, Professor Nichols runs the American Colony School. It is next to the Horst Wessel School, where young Germans are indoctrinated into Nazism. During a brawl between the student bodies, Karl Bruner, a German youth born in the United States, objects when Anna Muller, an American citizen born in Germany, smacks ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nightmare (1942 Film)
''Nightmare'' is a 1942 American film noir crime film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Diana Barrymore, Brian Donlevy. The film was based on a novel of the same name by Philip MacDonald. Plot Leslie Stafford (Diana Barrymore) is a secretary who seeks the help of a home invader, Daniel Shane (Brian Donlevy), to dispose of the body of her murdered husband in wartime London. Cast * Diana Barrymore as Leslie Stafford Butch * Brian Donlevy as Daniel Shane * Henry Daniell as Capt. Stafford * Eustace Wyatt as Angus - Innkeeper * Arthur Shields as Sergeant * Gavin Muir as J.B. Abbington * Stanley Logan as Inspector Robbins * Ian Wolfe as James - Abbington's Butler * Hans Conried as Hans - Nazi Agent * John Abbott as Karl a.k.a. Charles * David Clyde as Jock * Elspeth Dudgeon as Angus' Wife * Harold De Becker as Jeff Hawkins - London Cabby * Ivan F. Simpson as Arnold - Money Changer * Keith Hitchcock as London Bobby * Arthur Gould-Porter as Freddie * Anita Sharp-Bolster as Mrs. McD ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sherlock Holmes And The Voice Of Terror
''Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror'' is a 1942 American mystery thriller film based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. The film combines elements of Doyle's short story "His Last Bow", to which it is credited as an adaptation, and the real-life activities of Lord Haw-Haw. Directed by John Rawlins, ''Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror'' is the third of fourteen films starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. John Watson. It is the first film in the series to be released by Universal Pictures and the first to be set in contemporaneous times. Plot The film begins with a title card describing Holmes and Watson as "ageless", as an explanation as to why the film is set in the 1940s rather than Holmes' era of 1881–1914, as the preceding 20th Century Fox films were. There is a nod to the classic Holmes, in a scene where Holmes and Watson are leaving 221b Baker Street, and Holmes picks up his deerstalker. Watson protests, and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eagle Squadron (film)
''Eagle Squadron'' is a 1942 American war film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Robert Stack, Diana Barrymore, John Loder and Nigel Bruce. It was based on a story by C.S. Forester that appeared in ''Cosmopolitan'' magazine, and inspired by media reports of the fighting in the Battle of Britain, in particular, the American pilots who volunteered before the United States entered World War II, to fly for the Royal Air Force in the actual Eagle Squadrons. Plot As war breaks out in Europe, young Americans Chuck S. Brewer (Robert Stack), Johnny M. Coe ( Leif Erickson) and Wadislaw Borowsky (Edgar Barrier) cross the Atlantic to join the Royal Air Force. Assigned to the Eagle Squadron, made up of other American pilots, they make friends with Squadron Leader Paddy Carson (John Loder), and women flyers Anne Partridge (Diana Barrymore) and Nancy Mitchell (Evelyn Ankers). Chuck is immediately attracted to Nancy, but she already has a boyfriend, Hank Starr ( Jon Hall), another pilot in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Captains Of The Clouds
''Captains of the Clouds'' ( ''Shadows of Their Wings'') is a 1942 American war film in Technicolor, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring James Cagney. It was produced by William Cagney (Cagney's brother), with Hal B. Wallis as executive producer. The screenplay was written by Arthur T. Horman, Richard Macaulay, and Norman Reilly Raine, based on a story by Horman and Roland Gillett. The cinematography was by Wilfred M. Cline and Sol Polito and was notable in that it was the first feature-length Hollywood production filmed entirely in Canada. The film stars James Cagney and Dennis Morgan as Canadian pilots who do their part in the Second World War, and features Brenda Marshall, Alan Hale Sr., George Tobias, Reginald Gardiner, and Reginald Denny in supporting roles. The title of the film came from a phrase used by Billy Bishop, the First World War fighter ace, who played himself in the film.Mackey, Doug"North Bay's Big Movie - Captains of the Clouds 1941" pastforward.ca, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dangerously They Live
''Dangerously They Live'' is a 1941 American World War II spy film directed by Robert Florey and starring John Garfield, Nancy Coleman and Raymond Massey. The plot concerns Nazi spies who try to pry information out of a British agent. Plot In New York City, German agents arrange for Jane Greystone to take a taxi driven by one of their own men. The abduction goes awry when the taxi collides with another vehicle. Both driver and passenger are taken to the hospital in an ambulance attended by intern Dr. Mike Lewis. On the way, Jane regains consciousness and claims to have amnesia, and she cannot remember who she is. The driver reports this to his superiors. Mike is excited, as this is his area of study, and persuades Dr. Murdock to let him take the case. John Goodwin appears and claims that Jane is his daughter. However, after he leaves, Jane tells Mike that he is lying, and that she is actually working for British intelligence. Mike does believe her, especially when Goodwin ret ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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A Yank In The R
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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One Night In Lisbon
''One Night in Lisbon'' is a 1941 American thriller film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll and Patricia Morison. It was one of a cycle of pro-British films produced in Hollywood before the United States' entry into the war in December 1941. The film is based on John Van Druten's 1931 British play ''There's Always Juliet'', updated to include the current wartime situation. Plot Dwight Houston (Fred MacMurray), an American pilot from Texas, meets a British aristocrat in London amid bombing, and gets caught up in a Nazi spy plot in Portugal. At first Houston is critical of Britain, due to what he perceives to be a condescending attitude on the part of Leonora Perrycoate (Madeleine Carroll); however, he soon realizes in fact that as American he has much in common with them, and that their fight is his fight, remarking poignantly that "It's funny about England and the way Americans feel about you. It's sort of like being related in a way. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |