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George Breakston
George Paul Breakston (January 22, 1920 – May 21, 1973) was a French-American actor, film producer, producer and film director, active in Hollywood from his days as a child actor in Andy Hardy films in the 1930s (where he played the character ''Beezy''), to a period as an independent producer/director in the 1950s. Biography Breakston was the son of French-born Jacqueline DuVal. He first entered the entertainment world by working in radio as a child actor from 1930. Hs came to the notice of Hollywood and appeared in a variety of films. He made his stage debut in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and made his motion picture debut in ''It Happened One Night'' (1934). During World War II he was commissioned in the US Army Signal Corps through Officers Candidate School then served in the Pacific War as a photographer. When the war ended Breakston remained in Japan. He reentered the civilian film world by co-writing, producing, directing and starring in ''Urubu (film), Urubu: T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Killed That Man
''I Killed That Man'' is a 1941 American film directed by Phil Rosen that was a remake of his 1933 film '' The Devil's Mate''. It starred Ricardo Cortez and was produced by the King Brothers. Plot summary The film begins with a disparate group of individuals in a room; some are gambling, some are drinking coffee, others are chatting as if at a party. Curtains are removed from the windows to reveal bars. The group is in a prison to witness the execution of hard core murderer Nick Ross (Ralf Harolde). Ross is told there has been no commutation of his execution. Having never given a confession, Ross proceeds to tell the crowd of the true events of what happened as his benefactor promised him his release; but then falls over dead, the victim of a poison dart. District Attorney Roger Phillips ( Ricardo Cortez) conducts a search of the occupants of the room and together with his girlfriend crime reporter Geri Reynolds (Joan Woodbury) and his young receptionist Tommy ( George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geisha Girl (1952 Film)
''Geisha Girl'' is a 1952 American adventure film directed and produced by George Breakston and C. Ray Stahl, and starring Steve Forrest, Martha Hyer, Tetsu Nakamura, Heihachirō Ōkawa, and Dekao Yokoo. The full film was shot in Tokyo, Japan. The plot was, in fact, created so as to educate American viewers of such Japanese traditions as a Kabuki theater presentation, a Buddhist religious ceremony, and a geisha house. Despite these features, the Japanese people were presented as stock characters or buffoons. Martha Hyer did not play the main role in the film, yet got the top billing. Plot Two American soldiers—Rocky Wilson ( Steve Forrest) and Archie McGregor (Archer MacDonald)—serve in the Korea War. One day they are on the leave in Tokyo. The easygoing duo wants to visit night clubs and bars, but GIs are not allowed to enter there. Therefore, the two want to find civilian clothing to do what they want. They go to a recommended black market shop and buy new cloth. Archie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Expectations (1934 Film)
''Great Expectations'' is a 1934 adaptation of the 1861 Charles Dickens novel of the same name. Filmed with mostly American actors, it was the first sound version of the novel and was produced in Hollywood by Universal Studios and directed by Stuart Walker. It stars Phillips Holmes as Pip, Jane Wyatt as Estella and Florence Reed as Miss Havisham.''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931–40'' by The American Film Institute, c. 1993 Critics consider this 1934 version far inferior to the classic 1946 version, made in England and directed by David Lean. A notable link between the two movies is that Francis L. Sullivan played the role of Jaggers in both. This film differs somewhat from the novel in making Miss Havisham more eccentric than insane. Unlike the novel, she does not wear her bridal veil constantly, does not seem to have really engineered all of Pip's misfortunes with Estella, and dies offscreen of natural causes rather than in a fire. Plot summary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Successful Failure
''A Successful Failure'' is a 1934 American film directed by Arthur Lubin. It was Lubin's first film as director. There is no connection between the fictional radio personality "Uncle Dudley" in this film, and the 1935 comedy film ''Your Uncle Dudley'', with Edward Everett Horton. Plot Ellery Cushing (William Collier Sr.) has trouble at home, and at work. When he's fired from the newspaper where he's worked for fifteen years, his friend Phil (Russell Hopton) quits too, outraged. Together, they work from their "office", on a park bench, until Phil can get Ellery a try-out, on a radio spot, as "Uncle Dudley". The character is a big hit, with his folksy witticisms. Meanwhile, at home, Ma, Mrs. Cushing ( Lucile Gleason), has her hands full with their daughter, Ruth (Gloria Shea), who has spurned Phil's attentions for an aging Lothario, Jerry (Jameson Thomas). While their oldest son, Robert (William Janney), after turning down a job, has got mixed up with some "Red" rabble-rousers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Greater Glory (1934 Film)
''No Greater Glory'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code allegorical anti-war film directed by Frank Borzage and based on the novel '' A Pál utcai fiúk'' by Ferenc Molnár, known in English as "The Boys of Paul Street." The film's box office performance was described as "dismal".Churchill, Douglas W"The Year in Hollywood: 1934 May Be Remembered as the Beginning of the Sweetness-and-Light Era" ''New York Times'' ew York, NY December 30, 1934: p. X5; retrieved December 16, 2013. The film is noteworthy for employing mostly children in its cast; adults only appear in the opening scenes and then fleetingly thereafter. The action centers around an abandoned lumberyard where small kids play army. When a group of older boys unilaterally decide that they will take over the space for themselves, the younger children find themselves with little choice but to play soldiers for real, with tragedy almost inevitable. Despite its box office failure, it has since become reappraised as an important film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Manster
is an American science-fiction horror film. Shot in Japan, it was produced by George P. Breakston and directed by Breakston and Kenneth G. Crane from a screenplay by Walter J. Sheldon. Sheldon's script was based on Breakston's story which he originally titled ''The Split''. The film starred Peter Dyneley as a foreign correspondent in Japan who is given an experimental drug which causes an eye and eventually, a second head to grow from his shoulder. Tetsu Nakamura played the mad scientist, Dr. Suzuki, and Terri Zimmern his assistant, Tara. Jane Hylton also starred as Dyneley's wife. Plot American foreign news correspondent Larry Stanford has been working in Japan for the last few years, to the detriment of his marriage. His last assignment before returning to his wife in the United States is an interview with the renowned but reclusive scientist Dr. Robert Suzuki, who lives atop a volcanic mountain. During the brief interview, Dr. Suzuki amiably discusses his work on evolution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Patrol
''African Patrol'' is a 39-episode syndicated adventure television series created, directed and produced by George Breakston in conjunction with Jack J. Gross and Philip N. Krasne. It was filmed on location in Kenya for a period of 15 months beginning in January 1957. Plot The series relates the adventures of the African Patrol, a unit of police officers based in Nairobi. Paul Derek is an inspector in the unit whose members are specially trained to investigate crime. Their telephone number is 1356. Cast * John Bentley as Inspector Paul Derek *Tony Blane as Parker *Glynn Davies as Lt. Greer Background Many independent American television production companies shot their series outside the United States in the 1950s. Not only did this give audiences a chance to see new locations not shot in a studio but costs were much cheaper, especially as these runaway productions did not have to pay residuals or pay American film union wages. In the 1950s a genre of American television ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bentley (actor)
John Bentley (2 December 1916 – 13 August 2009) was a British film actor. He had a successful career as a leading man from the 1940s to the late 50s and was a popular heart-throb who appeared in many British b-movies during that time. Later in his career, in the 1970s he appeared as Hugh Mortimer, Meg Richardson's ill-fated third husband in the famous English soap opera ''Crossroads''."John Bentley" at BFI. He also starred in the jungle adventure series '''' (1957) as Chief Inspector Paul Derek and made various other guest appearances in many popular TV series from the late 50s onwards. John Bentley was also an accomplished singer and stage actor. Early life and career [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woman And The Hunter
''Woman and the Hunter'', later re-released in the UK as ''Triangle on Safari'', is a 1957 film by director George Breakston starring American actress Ann Sheridan. It was shot in Africa. It was the last feature film of Sheridan who later said she wished the film "had been lost somewhere in Kenya".Ann Sheridan Slips Into TV Soap Opera Crawford, Linda. Chicago Tribune 30 Jan 1966: q1 Plot Cast *Ann Sheridan * David Farrar *Jan Merlin * John Loder References External linksWoman and the Hunterat IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ...Woman and the Hunterat Letterbox DVD 1957 films {{action-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Ivory
''Golden Ivory'' is a 1954 British adventure film shot in Kenya. It was directed by George P. Breakston and starred Robert Urquhart, John Bentley and Susan Stephen. The film was shot in Eastmancolor with prints by Technicolor. Released in colour in the United States as ''Outlaw Safari'', it was later released as ''White Huntress'' in black and white. Background The film is set in the 1890s and is centered on British pioneer settlers in Kenya. In 1957, exploitation film specialists of American International Pictures acquired the rights as the studio's first foreign made feature film, retitled it ''White Huntress'' and released it in an edited black and white movie as a double feature with a shockumentary '' Naked Africa''.Gary A. Smith, ''American International Pictures: The Golden Years'', Bear Manor Media 2013 p 59 John Bentley later had the lead in the ''African Patrol'' television series that was produced by George Breakston and shot in Kenya. Plot Jim and Paul Dobson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scarlet Spear
''The Scarlet Spear'' is a 1954 British drama film directed by George P. Breakston and starring John Bentley and Martha Hyer. The cast consisted mostly of Kenyan actors. The plot concerns a British District Officer who tries to prevent a ritual killing. Premise In the colonial era, a young British District Officer tries to persuade the new chief of a tribe not to commit a ritual killing. Cast * John Bentley as District Officer Jim T. Barneson * Martha Hyer as Christine * Morasi as Morasi, the chief's son * Yusef as Yusef, the head bearer * Faraji as Faraji, the second bearer * Thea Gregory Thea Gregory (née Ida Reddish; 1926 – December 2022) was a British actress. Gregory appeared in theatre under her real name, and in nine British films between 1950 and 1956, including ''The Weak and the Wicked'' (1954) with her husband, Jo ... References External links * 1954 films 1950s adventure drama films British adventure drama films Films shot in Kenya Films set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safari
A safari (; ) is an overland journey to observe wild animals, especially in eastern or southern Africa. The so-called "Big Five" game animals of Africa – lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and Cape buffalo – particularly form an important part of the safari market, both for wildlife viewing and big-game hunting. Etymology The Swahili word means "journey", originally from the Arabic noun ar, سفر, safar, label=none, meaning "journey", "travel", "trip", or "tour"; the verb for "to travel" in Swahili is . These words are used for any type of journey, e.g. by bus from Nairobi to Mombasa or by ferry from Dar es Salaam to Unguja. ''Safari'' entered the English language at the end of the 1850s thanks to explorer Richard Francis Burton. The Regimental March of the King's African Rifles was "Funga Safari", literally 'set out on a journey', or, in other words, pack up equipment ready for travel. Which is, in English: On Kenya's independence from the United Kingdom, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
