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Girl In Danger
''Girl in Danger'' is a 1934 American crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Ralph Bellamy, Shirley Grey and Arthur Hohl. Produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, it was the fourth and final entry in a series featuring Bellamy as NYPD Inspector Steve Trent. The three previous films were ''Before Midnight'', '' One Is Guilty'' and '' The Crime of Helen Stanley''. Cast * Ralph Bellamy as Inspector Steve Trent * Shirley Grey as Gloria Gale * Arthur Hohl as Albert Beckett * Charles Sabin as Daniel S. Terrence * J. Carrol Naish as Mike Russo (as Carrol Naish) * Ward Bond as Wynkoski * Edward LeSaint as Chief O'Brien (as Ed Le Saint) * Vincent Sherman Vincent Sherman (born Abraham Orovitz, July 16, 1906 – June 18, 2006) was an American director and actor who worked in Hollywood. His movies include ''Mr. Skeffington'' (1944), ''Nora Prentiss'' (1947), and '' The Young Philadelphians'' (1959). ... as Willie Tolini * Edward Keane as Thornton References Bib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Shumate
Harold Shumate (September 7, 1893 – August 5, 1983) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 100 films between 1917 and 1954. He was born in Austin, Texas and died in Ventura County, California. Selected filmography * '' Fighting Back'' (1917) * '' Hitchin' Posts'' (1920) * ''The White Sin'' (1924) * '' Sealed Lips'' (1925) * ''Miss Brewster's Millions'' (1926) * ''Meet the Prince'' (1926) * '' The Wrong Mr. Wright'' (1927) * ''The Rose of Kildare'' (1927) * '' The Tigress'' (1927) * '' After the Storm'' (1928) * ''The River Woman'' (1928) *'' United States Smith'' (1928) * '' The Head of the Family'' (1928) * ''San Francisco Nights'' (1928) * ''Companionate Marriage'' (1928) (unconfirmed co-director with Erle C. Kenton) * ''Hold Your Man'' (1929) * ''The Voice of the Storm'' (1929) * '' Heritage of the Desert'' (1932) * '' Ridin' for Justice'' (1932) * '' High Speed'' (1932) * '' The Crime of Helen Stanley'' (1934) * ''Hell Bent for Love'' (1934) * ''A Man's Game'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ward Bond
Wardell Edwin Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960) was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 200 films and starred in the NBC television series ''Wagon Train'' from 1957 to 1960. Among his best-remembered roles are Bert the cop in Frank Capra's ''It's a Wonderful Life'' (1946) and Captain Clayton in John Ford's ''The Searchers'' (1956). Early life Bond was born in Benkelman in Dundy County, Nebraska. The Bond family, John W., Mabel L., and sister Bernice, lived in Benkelman until 1919 when they moved to Denver, Colorado, where Ward graduated from East High School. Bond attended the Colorado School of Mines and then went to the University of Southern California and played football on the same team as future USC coach Jess Hill. At 6' 2" and 195 pounds, Bond was a starting lineman on USC's first national championship team in 1928. He graduated from USC in 1931 with a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering. Bond and John Wayne, who as Marion Rober ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By D
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930s English-language Films
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American Black-and-white Films
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American Crime Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Crime Films
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * January 26 – A 10-year German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed by Nazi Germany and the Second Polish Republic. * January 30 ** In Nazi Germany, the political power of federal states such as Prussia is substantially abolished, by the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" (''Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reiches''). ** Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, signs the Gold Reserve Act: all gold held in the Federal Reserve is to be surrendered to the United States Department of the Treasury; immediately following, the President raises the statutory gold price from US$20.67 per ounce to $35. * February 6 – French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Films
The following is an overview of 1934 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1934 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *January 26 – Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' from the L. Frank Baum estate for $40,000. *February 19 – Bob Hope marries Dolores Reade. *April 19 – Fox Studios releases ''Stand Up and Cheer!'', with five-year-old Shirley Temple in a relatively minor role. Shirley steals the film and Fox, which had been near bankruptcy, finds itself owning a goldmine. *May 18 – Paramount releases '' Little Miss Marker'', with Shirley Temple, on loan from Fox, in the title role. *June 13 – An amendment to the Production Code establishes the Production Code Administration, and requires all films to obtain a certificate of approval before being released. *July 28 †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Keane (actor)
Edward Keane (May 28, 1884 – October 12, 1959) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1921 and 1955. Selected filmography * ''The Supreme Passion'' (1921) – Dr. Jennings * '' The Runaway Bride'' (1930) – Policeman (uncredited) * '' Fast and Loose'' (1930) – Maitre d' (uncredited) * '' Stolen Heaven'' (1931) – Detective Morgan * ''Secrets of a Secretary'' (1931) – Albany Hotel Manager (uncredited) * ''His Woman'' (1931) – Boatswain (uncredited) * '' The Cheat'' (1931) – Defense Attorney * ''Ann Carver's Profession'' (1933) – Harrison (uncredited) * ''I Have Lived'' (1933) – Leading Man * ''Headline Shooter'' (1933) – Joe Burnett (uncredited) * ''One Year Later'' (1933) – Grant (uncredited) * ''Bureau of Missing Persons'' (1933) – Hotel Manager (uncredited) * ''I Loved a Woman'' (1933) – Businessman at Meeting (uncredited) * ''Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men'' (1933) – Construction Boss (uncredited) * ''After Tonight'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Sherman
Vincent Sherman (born Abraham Orovitz, July 16, 1906 – June 18, 2006) was an American director and actor who worked in Hollywood. His movies include '' Mr. Skeffington'' (1944), '' Nora Prentiss'' (1947), and ''The Young Philadelphians'' (1959). He began his career as an actor on Broadway and later in film. He directed B-movies for Warner Bros. and then moved to directing to A-pictures. He was a good friend of actor Errol Flynn, whom he directed in ''Adventures of Don Juan'' (1949). He directed three Joan Crawford movies: ''The Damned Don't Cry'' (1950), ''Harriet Craig'' (1950), and ''Goodbye, My Fancy'' (1951). Early life Sherman was born Abraham Orovitz to Jewish parents. He was born and raised in the small town of Vienna, Georgia, where his father was a dry-goods salesman. Not long after graduating from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, he became a professional actor. Career Sherman arrived in New York City to sell a play and soon became a stage director and actor. As a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward LeSaint
Edward LeSaint (January 1, 1871 – September 10, 1940) was an American stage and film actor and director whose career began in the silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when .... He acted in over 300 films and directed more than 90. He was sometimes credited as Edward J. Le Saint.Edward J. Le Saint at IBDB Early years LeSaint was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, of French ancestry. His schooling also was in Cincinnati. Before venturing into entertainment, he worked in a railroad's auditing office.Career [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crime Of Helen Stanley
''The Crime of Helen Stanley'' is a 1934 American pre-Code crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Ralph Bellamy, Shirley Grey and Gail Patrick. The film is also known as ''Murder in the Studio''. It was the third in a series of four films featuring Bellamy as Inspector Trent of the NYPD following on from ''Before Midnight'' and '' One Is Guilty''. The final film '' Girl in Danger'' in the sequence was released later in the year. Plot Inspector Trent (Bellamy) investigates the death of film star Helen Stanley (Patrick) on the set. Another actor in the film, Wallach (Stephen Chase, uncredited) believes he has killed Stanley after he put a live bullet into a prop gun when he "shot" her, and commits suicide after confessing. However the live bullet was still in Wallach's gun. Other suspects are the cameraman, Stanley's lover Lee Davis (Richmond), her sister, Betty Lane (Grey), who is having an affair with Davis. Also in the mix are Stanley's business manager, Geor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
