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High Speed (1932 Film)
''High Speed'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman. Cast * Buck Jones as Bill Toomey (as Charles 'Buck' Jones) * Loretta Sayers as Peggy Preston * Wallace MacDonald as Tom Corliss * Pat O'Malley as Paul Whipple * Edward LeSaint as Police Captain Blaine (as Ed Le Saint) * Will Walling as Mr. Preston (as William Walling) * Ward Bond as Ham * Dick Dickinson as Walter F. Kane * Martin Faust as Kelly * Joe Bordeaux as Tony Orlando (uncredited) * Mickey Rooney as Buddy Whipple (uncredited) * Eddy Chandler Eddy Chandler (March 12, 1894 – March 23, 1948) was an American actor who appeared, mostly uncredited, in more than 350 films. Three of these films won the Academy Award for Best Picture: ''It Happened One Night'' (1934), '' You Can't ... as Steve Macey (uncredited) References External links * 1932 films 1932 crime films American auto racing films American crime films American black-and-white films 1930s English-langua ... [...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'' (1 ... [...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 R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930s English-language Films
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Auto Racing 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Crime Films
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Films
The following is an overview of 1932 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1932 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events The Film Daily Yearbook listed the following as the ten leading headline events of the year. * Sidney Kent leaves Paramount Pictures and joins Fox Film. * Merlin H Aylesworth succeeds Hiram S Brown as president of RKO. * Jesse L. Lasky leaves Paramount and becomes an independent producer for Fox. * Sam Katz leaves Paramount. * James R Grainger leaves Fox and is succeeded by John D Clark, formerly of Paramount. * Publix and Fox decentralization of cinemas. * New industry program, including standard exhibition contract along lines of 5-5-5, proposed by Motion Picture Theater Owners of America and Allied. * Joe Brandt retires from Columbia Pictures joins World-Wide and later resigns again. * Two Radio City theaters open, under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Chandler
Eddy Chandler (March 12, 1894 – March 23, 1948) was an American actor who appeared, mostly uncredited, in more than 350 films. Three of these films won the Academy Award for Best Picture: ''It Happened One Night'' (1934), '' You Can't Take It with You'' (1938), and ''Gone with the Wind'' (1939). Chandler was born in the small Iowa city of Wilton Junction and died in Los Angeles. He served in World War I. Filmography * ''Marriage in Transit'' (1925) - Conspirator * '' Flaming Fury'' (1926) - Bethune * '' Flashing Fangs'' (1926) - Red' Saunders * '' Through Thick and Thin'' (1927) - Bull * '' Flying Luck'' (1927) - The Corporal * '' Young Whirlwind'' (1928) - Johnson * ''No More Children'' (1929) - Mike * ''She Goes to War'' (1929) - Top Sergeant * ''Flight'' (1929) - Marine Sergeant - Panama's Buddy (uncredited) * ''Hurricane'' (1929) - Bull * ''Welcome Danger'' (1929) - Cop (uncredited) * '' Alias French Gertie'' (1930) - Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) * '' The Runaway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor. In a career spanning nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last surviving stars of the silent-film era. He was the top box-office attraction from 1939 to 1941, and one of the best-paid actors of that era. At the height of a career marked by declines and comebacks, Rooney performed the role of Andy Hardy in a series of 16 films in the 1930s and 1940s that epitomized mainstream America's self-image. At the peak of his career between ages 15 and 25, he made 43 films, and was one of MGM's most consistently successful actors. A versatile performer, he became a celebrated character actor later in his career. Laurence Olivier once said he considered Rooney "the best there has ever been". Clarence Brown, who directed him in two of his earliest dramatic roles in '' National Velvet'' and '' The Human Comedy'', said Rooney was "the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Bordeaux
Joe Bordeaux (March 9, 1886 – September 10, 1950) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1914 and 1940. He was born in Colorado, and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * '' Mabel at the Wheel'' (1914, Short) - Dubious Character * '' The Knockout'' (1914, Short) - Policeman (uncredited) * '' The Property Man'' (1914, Short) - Old Actor * '' Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day'' (1915, Short) - Cop (uncredited) * ''Mabel and Fatty's Married Life'' (1915, Short) - Farm Hand * '' Mabel and Fatty's Simple Life'' (1915, Short) - Farm Hand * '' Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition'' (1915, Short) - Flirty Guy in Go-Cart (uncredited) * ''Mabel, Fatty and the Law'' (1915, Short) - Cop in Park (uncredited) * ''Fatty's New Role'' (1915, Short) - Cop (uncredited) * ''Fatty's Faithful Fido'' (1915, Short) - Man at the Dance (uncredited) * '' When Love Took Wings'' (1915, Short) - Fatty's Rival - the Girl's True Love * ''Wished on Mabel' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Faust (actor)
Martin Faust (January 16, 1886 – July 19, 1943) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1910 and 1944. He was born in Poughkeepsie, New York and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * '' Chelsea 7750'' (1913) * '' Lena Rivers'' (1914) * '' A Yellow Streak'' (1915) * '' The Kiss of Hate'' (1916) * '' The Child of Destiny'' (1916) * '' Notorious Gallagher'' (1916) * '' The Dawn of Love'' (1916) * '' Wife Number Two'' (1917) *'' The Blue Streak'' (1917) * '' Thou Shalt Not Steal'' (1917) * '' The Cambric Mask'' (1919) * '' The Face in the Fog'' (1922) * '' The Silent Command'' (1923) * ''The Tents of Allah'' (1923) * '' Yolanda'' (1924) * '' I Am the Man'' (1924) * ''North Star'' (1925) * '' High Speed'' (1932) * ''Charlie Chan in Paris'' (1935) * '' The Great Hotel Murder'' (1935) * ''Heir to Trouble'' (1935) * ''Saddlemates ''Saddlemates'' is a 1941 American Western " Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by Lester Orlebeck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
