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George Sherman
George Sherman (July 14, 1908 – March 15, 1991) was an American film director and producer of low-budget Western films. One obituary said his "credits rival in number those of anyone in the entertainment industry." Biography George Sherman was born in New York City on July 14, 1908. At age 14 he sailed aboard the SS ''Mongolia'' to Los Angeles, California, where he found work in the mail room at Warner Bros. studios via a film editor friend. Sherman was credited for working on props on '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' (1928). Mack Sennett He worked as an assistant director on the Mack Sennett comedy ''The Lion and the House'' (1932), then the short feature ''Hypnotized'' (1932). He worked on the shorts ''A Wrestler's Bride'' (1933), '' The Plumber and the Lady'' (1933), ''Uncle Jake'' (1933), ''See You Tonight'' (1933), ''Husbands' Reunion'' (1933), and ''The Big Fibber'' (1933). Assistant Director Sherman went to First Division Productions where he assisted on ''Sunset Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Autry
Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, musician, rodeo performer, and baseball owner who gained fame largely by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades beginning in the early 1930s. Autry was the owner of a television station, several radio stations in Southern California, and the Los Angeles/Anaheim/California Angels Major League Baseball team from 1961 to 1997. From 1934 to 1953, Autry appeared in 93 films, and between 1950 and 1956 hosted ''The Gene Autry Show'' television series. During the 1930s and 1940s, he personified the straight-shooting hero—honest, brave, and true. Autry was also one of the most important pioneering figures in the history of country music, considered the second major influential artist of the genre's development after Jimmie Rodgers. His singing cowboy films were the first vehicle to car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Pictures
Republic Pictures Corporation (currently held under Melange Pictures, LLC) was an American motion picture production-distribution corporation in operation from 1935 to 1967, that was based in Los Angeles. It had studio facilities in Studio City and a movie ranch in Encino. It was best known for specializing in Westerns, serials, and B films emphasizing mystery and action. Republic was also notable for developing the careers of John Wayne, Gene Autry, and Roy Rogers. It was also responsible for the financing and distribution of a few A films directed by John Ford during the 1940s and early 1950s and one Shakespeare film, ''Macbeth'' (1948), directed by Orson Welles. Under Herbert J. Yates, Republic was considered a mini-major film studio. Company history Created in 1935 by Herbert J. Yates, a longtime investor in film (having invested in 20th Century Pictures at its founding in 1933) and owner of the film processing laboratory Consolidated Film Industries, Republic was initial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Horse Rodeo
''Wild Horse Rodeo'' is a 1937 American Western (genre), Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Robert Livingston (actor), Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, and Max Terhune. Written by Oliver Drake (filmmaker), Oliver Drake and Betty Burbridge, based on a story by Drake and Gilbert Wright, the film is about a champion rodeo rider who returns to his home town in search of a legendary wild horse called Cyclone. The film is part of the ''The Three Mesquiteers, Three Mesquiteers'' series of B-movies produced by Republic Pictures. ''Wild Horse Rodeo'' was the first film directed by George Sherman, who later directed numerous Western films for Republic, Columbia Pictures, and Universal Studios, Universal Pictures. Cast * Robert Livingston (actor), Robert Livingston as Stony Brooke * Ray Corrigan as Tucson Smith * Max Terhune as Lullaby Joslin * June Martel as Alice Harkley * Walter Miller (actor), Walter Miller as Colonel Nye * Edmund Cobb as Hank Bain * William Gould (ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windjammer (1937 Film)
''Windjammer'' is a 1937 American adventure film directed by Ewing Scott. Plot In San Francisco, Bruce Lane, a lawyer, has to serve a summons to a millionaire, Commodore Selby. The latter escapes on a yacht race to Honolulu. Cast * George O'Brien as Bruce Lane *Constance Worth as Betty Selby * William Hall as Captain Morgan *Brandon Evans as Commodore Russell P. Selby * Gavin Gordon as J. Montague Forsythe *Stanley Blystone as Peterson *Lal Chand Mehra as Willy *Ben Hendricks as Dolan *Lee Shumway as Yacht Captain *Frank Hagney as Slum *Sam Flint as Marvin T. Bishop Al Baffert, John Bagni, Jack Cheatham, Kernan Cripps, Lester Dorr, Jerry Frank, Al Herman, Warren Jackson, House Peters Jr., Marin Sais, Ted Stanhope and Florence Wix Florence Wix (16 May 1883 – 23 November 1956) was an English-born American character actress who worked from the 1920s in silent films through sound films of the 1950s. Biography Born on 16 May 1883, in Hertfordshire in England, Wix wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood Cowboy
''Hollywood Cowboy'' is a 1937 American adventure film directed by Ewing Scott and written by Daniel Jarrett and Ewing Scott. The film stars George O'Brien, Cecilia Parker, Maude Eburne, Joe Caits and Frank Milan. The film was released on May 28, 1937, by RKO Pictures. The film was rereleased in 1947 by Motion Picture Ventures as Wings Over Wyoming.https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0057145 Plot Hollywood Western star Jeffery Carson and his sidekick Shakespeare have just recently completed outdoor shooting on a film and decide to remain in the area to do some recreational hunting. In the meantime a crime syndicate led by Doc Kramer has come up with a new scheme to make money. With a range war going on, the criminals ramp up conflict between the two sides, including murder. They form a bogus cattleman association that is actually a protection racket where ranchers will a pay a penny a pound on their cattle. Carson and Shakespeare save the life of ranch owner Joyce B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Avenue Logger
''Park Avenue Logger'' is a 1937 American lumberjack Western film directed by David Howard. The film is also known as ''Millionaire Playboy'' in the United Kingdom and ''Tall Timber'' (American reissue title). It is based on the short story of the same name by Bruce Hutchison that appeared in the 30 November 1935 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. Plot Mike Curran believes his son Grant is an effete aesthete and decides to toughen him up by sending him under a false name to work at one of Mike's logging camps. Unknown to the elder Curren, his son spends his evenings as a masked wrestler; Grant believes his family would be embarrassed if they knew the truth. Also unknown to Mike Curran is the fact that his friend and logging camp boss Ben Morton and his stooge Paul Sangar are embezzling money from the Curren owned camp and are trying to force Peggy O'Shea's rival logging camp out of business by deadly acts of sabotage. The pair send Grant to work at Peggy's camp with a gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Boone (film)
Daniel Boone (September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He became famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, which was then beyond the western borders of the Thirteen Colonies. In 1775, Boone blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap and into Kentucky, in the face of resistance from American Indians, for whom the area was a traditional hunting ground. He founded Boonesborough, one of the first English-speaking settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains. By the end of the 18th century, more than 200,000 people had entered Kentucky by following the route marked by Boone. Boone served as a militia officer during the Revolutionary War (1775–1783), which was fought in Kentucky primarily between American settlers and British-allied Indians. Boone was taken in by Shawnees in 1778 and adopted into the tribe, but he resigned and continued to help protect the Kentu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mysterious Stranger
''The Mysterious Stranger'' is a novel attempted by the American author Mark Twain. He worked on it intermittently from 1897 through 1908. Twain wrote multiple versions of the story; each involves a supernatural character called "Satan" or "No. 44". All the versions remained unfinished (with the debatable exception of the last one, ''No. 44, the Mysterious Stranger''). Versions The three stories differ in length: ''The Chronicle of Young Satan'' has about 55,000 words, ''Schoolhouse Hill'' 15,300 words and ''No. 44, the Mysterious Stranger'' 65,000 words. "St. Petersburg Fragment" Mark Twain wrote the "St. Petersburg Fragment" in September 1897. It was set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, a name Twain often used for Hannibal, Missouri. Twain then revised this version, removing references to St. Petersburg, and used the text for ''The Chronicle of Young Satan''. ''The Chronicle of Young Satan'' The first substantial version is entitled ''The Chronicle of Young Sata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Border Patrolman
''The Border Patrolman'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by David Howard and starring George O'Brien. Plot Spoiled socialite Patricia Huntley gets arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agent Bob Wallace in Arizona after meeting with jewel smuggler Courtney Haybrook four miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. She defiantly smokes, tears up the citation, and claims he manhandled her when taken to the station. However, when he quits after being forced to apologize to her she becomes guilty and convinces her wealthy grandfather Frank Adams to hire him at a new job. At Bob's advice, Frank hires him as Pat's tutor, teaching her riding and swimming. They initially bond, but she becomes upset after learning of her grandfather's plan. She tries to get drunk to embarrass him, only to find that the hotel staff have been ordered by Bob not to serve her any more drinks. After Pat slaps Bob, he decides to quit and she decides to go south of the border to marry Courtney, who hides a valu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mine With The Iron Door (1936 Film)
''The Mine with the Iron Door'' is a 1936 American adventure western film directed by David Howard and starring Richard Arlen, Cecilia Parker and Henry B. Walthall.Goble p.868 It is an adaptation of Harold Bell Wright's novel of the same title which had previously been turned into a 1924 silent '' The Mine with the Iron Door''. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ben Carré and Lewis J. Rachmil. Cast * Richard Arlen as Bob Harvey * Cecilia Parker as Marta Hill * Henry B. Walthall as David Burton * Stanley Fields as Dempsey * Spencer Charters as Thad Hill * Charles C. Wilson as Pitkins * Barbara Bedford as Secretary * Horace Murphy as Garage Man * Buck the Dog as Buck * Lester Dorr as Minor Role * Earl Gibbs Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
