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George Bricker
George Bricker (1898–1955) was an American screenwriter.Blottner p.302 He generally worked on second features at studios such as Warner Bros., Columbia, Universal and Monogram. Selected filmography * ''Broadway Hostess'' (1935) * ''The Widow from Monte Carlo'' (1936) * ''Love Is on the Air'' (1937) * ''Melody for Two'' (1937) * ''Torchy Blane in Panama'' (1938) * '' Over the Wall'' (1938) * ''Torchy Blane in Chinatown'' (1939) * ''Mr. Moto in Danger Island'' (1939) * ''They Made Her a Spy'' (1939) * ''Women in the Wind'' (1939) * ''The Devil Bat'' (1940) * ''The Blonde from Singapore'' (1941) * ''Frisco Lil'' (1942) * ''Little Tokyo, U.S.A.'' (1942) * '' A Man's World'' (1942) * ''Lure of the Islands'' (1942) * ''The Dancing Masters'' (1943) * ''House of Dracula'' (1945) * ''Meet Me on Broadway'' (1946) * ''House of Horrors'' (1946) * '' She-Wolf of London'' (1946) * ''The Corpse Came C.O.D.'' (1947) * '' Beauty on Parade'' (1950) * ''The Whip Hand'' (1951) * ''Roadblock'' (195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women In The Wind
''Women in the Wind'' is a 1939 film directed by John Farrow and starring Kay Francis, William Gargan and Victor Jory. The plot concerns women pilots competing in the so-called "Powder Puff Derby", an annual transcontinental air race solely for women. Plot The women's air derby from Los Angeles to Cleveland means a lot to young aviator Janet Steele ( Kay Francis), who uses every trick in the book to try to persuade record-setting pilot Ace Boreman (William Gargan) to lend her his very fast aircraft. Ace is reluctant, but Janet steals his craft to demonstrate her skill. He also learns that she is the sister of Bill Steele (Charles Anthony Hughes), a pilot friend of his who crashed and is bedridden. When Ace discovers that Janet needs the money to pay for an operation for Bill, he has no further objections to Janet flying his airplane. Complications ensue when Ace's estranged ex-wife Frieda (Sheila Bromley) notifies him their Mexican divorce is not legal. The airplane remains h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty On Parade (film)
''Beauty on Parade'' is a 1950 American drama film directed by Lew Landers and starring Robert Hutton, Ruth Warrick and Lola Albright.Columbia Pictures: Portrait of a Studio p.258 Synopsis Having given up her own dreams of beauty queen stardom twenty years earlier to get married, a mother channels her ambitions through her young daughter who win a local competition and is entered into a national contest. Main cast * Robert Hutton as Gil McRoberts * Ruth Warrick as Marian Medford * Lola Albright as Kay Woodstock * John Ridgely as Jeffrey Woodstock * Hillary Brooke as Gloria Barton * Wally Vernon as Sam Short * Jimmy Lloyd as Johnny Fennell * Donna Gibson as Mona Booker * Frank Sully as Murph * Robert C. Hasha as Walker * Lillian Bronson Lillian Rumsey Bronson (October 21, 1902 - August 2, 1995) was an American character actress. She performed in more than 80 films and 100 television productions. Biography Bronson was born in Lockport, New York, the daughter of a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Corpse Came C
''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She-Wolf Of London (film)
''She-Wolf of London'' is a 1946 American mystery and horror film directed by Jean Yarbrough. It stars June Lockhart and Don Porter. The film is set in London in the early 20th century, where a series of murders have recently occurred. An aunt then tells an innocent young lady that the blood of a werewolf runs in her family and that she is responsible for the deaths. The woman then immediately ends her engagement, leading to her partner to begin investigating the strange case on his own. Plot In London at the beginning of the twentieth century, Phyllis Allenby is a young and beautiful woman who is soon to be married to barrister and boyfriend Barry Lanfield. Phyllis is living at the Allenby Mansion without the protection of a male, along with her aunt Martha and her cousin Carol and the servant Hannah. As the wedding date approaches, London is shocked by a series of murders at the local park, where the victims are discovered with throats ripped out. Many of the detectives at Scotla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Horrors
''House of Horrors'' is a 1946 American horror film released by Universal Pictures, starring Rondo Hatton as a madman named "the Creeper". Plot Struggling sculptor Marcel de Lange (Martin Kosleck) is depressed about events in his life, and decides to commit suicide. Just as he is about to kill himself, he sees a madman known as "the Creeper" (Rondo Hatton) in the process of drowning and saves him. Taking the disfigured man into his care, he makes him the subject of his next sculpture and calls it his best creation. When critics denigrate Marcel's work, he has the Creeper start killing them. Marcel becomes obsessed with Joan, a beautiful female reporter who believes the deaths are related. When Marcel invites her over and she sees Marcel's sculpture of the Creeper, she suspects that Marcel knows the killer. Later, Marcel decides that Joan knows too much and commands the Creeper to kill her. The Creeper is reluctant to do so, however, when he discovers that Marcel plans to turn hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet Me On Broadway
''Meet Me on Broadway'' is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Leigh Jason and written by George Bricker and Jack Henley. The film stars Marjorie Reynolds, Frederick Brady, Jinx Falkenburg, Spring Byington, Allen Jenkins, Gene Lockhart and Loren Tindall. The film was released on January 26, 1946, by Columbia Pictures. Synopsis A Broadway theatre, Broadway director clashes one too many times with his producer and quits the show and takes his girlfriend the leading lady with him. He believes he can set up more successfully on his own, but soon finds himself in deep financial trouble. He manages to get a booking at a country club but only gets his reluctant girlfriend to perform their by convincing her he has been made manager of it. Cast *Marjorie Reynolds as Ann Stallings *Frederick Brady as Eddie Dolan *Jinx Falkenburg as Maxine Whittaker *Spring Byington as Sylvia Storm *Allen Jenkins as Deacon McGill *Gene Lockhart as John Whittaker *Loren Tindall as Bob Storm * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Dracula
''House of Dracula'' is a 1945 American horror film released and distributed by Universal Pictures. Directed by Erle C. Kenton, the film features several Universal Horror properties meeting as they had done in the 1944 film '' House of Frankenstein''. The film is set at the castle home of Dr. Franz Edelmann, who is visited first by Count Dracula and later by Larry Talbot, the Wolf Man, who are trying to cure their vampirism and lycanthropy, respectively. Talbot is eventually cured, which leads him to discover the body of Frankenstein's monster in a cave below the base of the castle. Edelemann takes the monster's body back to his laboratory but finds Count Dracula has awakened and by attacking his assistants, he captures Edelmann and forces a reverse blood transfusion, which gives Edelmann a split personality and makes him a killer. The film was developed initially with the title ''Wolf Man vs. Dracula'' to be directed by Ford Beebe with Bela Lugosi reprising his role of Count D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dancing Masters
''The Dancing Masters'' is a 1943 black and white American comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair, produced by 20th Century-Fox, and featuring Laurel and Hardy. A young Robert Mitchum has a small, uncredited role as a gangster posing as an insurance salesman. Plot Dancing instructors Laurel and Hardy accept a phoney insurance deal from two gangsters posing as insurance salesman. At the same time, Grant Lawrence, a young inventor is working on creating a new invisible ray machine that will revolutionize jungle warfare for World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin .... Trudy Harlan, Grant's girlfriend and one of Stan's dancing pupils, invites Grant and the boys to her house for tea when her parents are away. Trudy's father Wentworth Harlan almost discovers Stan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lure Of The Islands
''Lure of the Islands'' is a 1942 American adventure film directed by Jean Yarbrough and written by Edmond Kelso, George Bricker and Scott Littleton. The film stars Margie Hart, Robert Lowery, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Gale Storm, Ivan Lebedeff and Warren Hymer. The film was released on July 3, 1942, by Monogram Pictures. Plot In the South Pacific, undercover agents Wally and Jinx look for their local contact who was shot by the commandant, a Nazi, before he could pass details of a secret German/Japanese radio. Island girls under taboo, Tana and Maui, agree to help, but for a price – they want to get married! The Nazis kidnap the chief to force the natives to cut down trees to build an air field, but cutting the trees is forbidden. Wally and Jinx rescue the chief and a Japanese plane crashes in the trees that were never cut. The islanders are free from occupation, and the two couples leave with the help of a destroyer. Cast *Margie Hart as Tana O'Shaughnessy * R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Man's World (1942 Film)
''A Man's World'' is a 1942 American drama film, directed by Charles Barton. It stars William Wright, Marguerite Chapman, and Larry Parks, and was released on September 17, 1942. Cast list * William Wright as Dan O'Driscoll * Marguerite Chapman as Mona Jackson (aka Mona Smith) * Larry Parks as Chick O'Driscoll * Wynne Gibson as Blossom Donovan * Roger Pryor as Bugsy Nelson * Frank Sully as Sammy Collins * Ferris Taylor as Chief DeShon * Edward Van Sloan as Doc Stone * Clancy Cooper as John Black * James Millican as Parks * Lloyd Bridges as Brown * Al Hill as Eddie Dartlett * Ralph Peters as Vince Carrol * Alan Bridge as Capt. Peterson * Eddie Kane Eddie Kane (August 12, 1889 – April 30, 1969) was an American actor who appeared in over 250 productions from 1928 to 1959. Biography Kane was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His early career was in vaudeville as a member of the two-man te ... as Doc Drake * Beulah Parkington as Girl * Grace Lenard as Girl * Diana Snyder a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Tokyo, U
Little is a synonym for small size and may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Little'' (album), 1990 debut album of Vic Chesnutt * ''Little'' (film), 2019 American comedy film *The Littles, a series of children's novels by American author John Peterson ** ''The Littles'' (TV series), an American animated series based on the novels Places *Little, Kentucky, United States *Little, West Virginia, United States Other uses *Clan Little, a Scottish clan *Little (surname), an English surname *Little (automobile), an American automobile manufactured from 1912 to 1915 *Little, Brown and Company, an American publishing company * USS ''Little'', multiple United States Navy ships See also * * *Little Mountain (other) *Little River (other) Little River may refer to several places: Australia Streams New South Wales *Little River (Dubbo), source in the Dubbo region, a tributary of the Macquarie River * Little River (Oberon), source in the Oberon Shire, a tributary of Cox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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