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House Peters Jr.
Robert House Peters Jr. (January 12, 1916 – October 1, 2008) was an American character actor most noted for his roles in 1950s B movies and westerns. He is perhaps best remembered as the face and body of Mr. Clean in the Procter and Gamble cleaning product commercials of the era. Biography Peters was born in New Rochelle, New York to actors House Peters, a major leading man in the silent era, and Mae King. He grew up in Beverley Hills, California and graduated from Beverly Hills High School. In a career that spanned 1935–1967, he appeared in many films, primarily as the "heavy," or villain. He appeared in television series including ''Perry Mason'', ''Bat Masterson'', '' Gunsmoke'', ''The Twilight Zone'' and '' Lassie''. From the late 1950s into the 1960s, Peters Jr. played Mr. Clean in television commercials for the product. Peters served in the United States Army Air Forces' Air Sea Rescue section as a small-boat operator during World War II. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under California Stars
'' Under California Stars '' is a 1948 American Trucolor Western film directed by William Witney and starring Roy Rogers, Jane Frazee and Andy Devine. The film was shot in Trucolor. After returning from Hollywood after his tenth anniversary in films to his ranch, Rogers tackles a gang who kidnap his horse Trigger and hold it to ransom. This film is now in the public domain. Plot Roy has just finished his latest film and leaves for his ranch where be will be broadcasting a show celebrating his tenth year in movies. When Roy and Trigger arrive at his ranch he finds Cookie has hired his relatives. Caroline, the only relative that doesn't have a strong resemblance to Cookie, is the horse trainer. Bob Tells Roy a gang of men are hunting range horses. Roy puts a stop to hunting on his land. Pop decides there's money in kidnapping Trigger and demands a $100,000 ransom. McFarland's stepson, Ted, and his dog Tramp, run away and is found hiding in Roy's barn. A trap is set to catch the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Begins In College
''Life Begins in College'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by William A. Seiter. It marked the Ritz Brothers' first starring role in a feature film. Plot The action takes place at Lombardy College, founded "to give the Indian nations of North America access to higher education". Little Black Cloud (Nat Pendleton) enrolls as "George Black". After being the subject of a hazing prank by football star Bob Hayner (Dick Baldwin), George decides he is too humiliated to stay at school. He first stops to get his ripped pants repaired and meets the Ritz Brothers who convince him to stay. Tim O'Hara (Fred Stone), the football coach, is being pressured to resign because of his age. Janet (Gloria Stuart), the coach's daughter, is Bob's love interest. Bob is on the committee trying to force out Coach O'Hara, but he likes the coach's daughter Janet. He tries to gain Janet's approval by helping her father, but fails at both. Janet, meanwhile, helps George escape from Inez (Joan Davis), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Cowboy No
In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkeit'' or public sphere. The concept of a public has also been defined in political science, psychology, marketing, and advertising. In public relations and communication science, it is one of the more ambiguous concepts in the field. Although it has definitions in the theory of the field that have been formulated from the early 20th century onwards, and suffered more recent years from being blurred, as a result of conflation of the idea of a public with the notions of audience, market segment, community, constituency, and stakeholder. Etymology and definitions The name "public" originates with the Latin '' publicus'' (also '' poplicus''), from '' populus'', to the English word 'populace', and in general denotes some mass population ("the ... [...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] |
Four Days' Wonder
''Four Days' Wonder'' is a 1936 American comedy mystery film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Jeanne Dante, Kenneth Howell and Martha Sleeper. Produced by Universal Pictures, the film is based on the 1933 novel "Four Days' Wonder" by British writer A. A. Milne (New York, 1933). It was the first feature directed by Sidney Salkow. Plot A child is accused of murder. Production Filming started 5 August 1936. Star Jeanne Dante was on Broadway in ''Call It a Day ''Call It a Day'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Olivia de Havilland, Ian Hunter, Anita Louise, Alice Brady, Roland Young, and Frieda Inescort. Based on the 1935 play '' Call It a Day'' by Dodie Smith, the ...''.Family Life Gets a Break in Play Named 'Call It a Day' Chicago Daily Tribune 15 Nov 1936: E2. References External links * * * * 1936 films 1936 comedy films 1930s comedy mystery films American comedy mystery films 1936 mystery films 1930s English-langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ace Drummond (serial)
''Ace Drummond'' is a Universal Pictures 1936 film serial based on the comic strip " Ace Drummond" written by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and drawn by Clayton Knight. The serial's cast features John King, Jean Rogers, Noah Beery Jr. and Jackie Morrow, with Lon Chaney Jr. in a supporting role. Plot A mysterious villain who calls himself the Dragon is attempting to prevent International Airways from beginning service in Mongolia, in order to protect the secret of the mountain of jade for himself. The serial features a dungeon in the nearby monastery, the kidnapping of an archeologist who stumbles onto the secret, his daughter's attempts to rescue him with Ace's help, a death ray the Dragon uses on the airline pilots, a radio system by which The Dragon communicates with his henchmen via the rotation of Buddhist prayer wheels (each transmission concluding "The Dragon commands!"), and a squadron of his own fighter planes. Cast * John King as Ace Drummond *Jean Rogers as Peggy T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellowstone (film)
''Yellowstone'' is a 1936 American crime film set in Yellowstone National Park, directed by Arthur Lubin and released by Universal Studios. The film, starring Judith Barrett, Henry Hunter, Ralph Morgan, Alan Hale, Raymond Hatton, and Andy Devine, combines murder mystery, romance, and natural setting. The famous historic building Old Faithful Inn is featured in the film. Premise An ex-con is murdered in Yellowstone National Park while a bank robber's son is searching for the loot his father hid there 20 years before. Cast * Henry Hunter as Dick Sherwood * Judith Barrett as Ruth Foster * Andy Devine as Pay-Day * Alan Hale as Hardigan * Ralph Morgan as James Foster * Monroe Owsley as Marty Ryan * Rollo Lloyd as Franklin Ross * Raymond Hatton as Old Pete * Paul Harvey as Radell * Paul Fix as Dynamite * Michael Loring as Merritt Billing Production Filming started June 1936 with the majority taking place in the studio, with very little outdoor filming taking place in the nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flash Gordon (serial)
''Flash Gordon'' is a 1936 science fiction serial. Presented in 13 chapters, it is the first screen adventure for Flash Gordon, the comic-strip character created by Alex Raymond in 1934. It presents the story of Gordon's visit to the planet Mongo and his encounters with the evil Emperor Ming the Merciless. Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Priscilla Lawson and Frank Shannon portray the film's central characters. In 1996, ''Flash Gordon'' was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Chapter summaries # "The Planet of Peril" #: The planet Mongo is on a collision course with Earth. Dr. Alexis Zarkov takes off in a rocket ship to Mongo with Flash Gordon and Dale Arden as his assistants. They find that the planet is ruled by the cruel Emperor Ming, who lusts after Dale and sends Flash to fight in the arena. Ming's daughter, Princess Aura, tries to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Frank Merriwell (serial)
''The Adventures of Frank Merriwell'' (1936) is a Universal movie serial based on the Frank Merriwell books by Gilbert Patten. Plot College sports hero Frank Meriwell leaves school before an impending decisive baseball game to track down his missing father and locate a fabulous lost treasure. Cast * Don Briggs as Frank Merriwell * Jean Rogers as Elsie Belwood * John King as Bruce Browning *Bentley Hewett as Daggett *House Peters Jr. as House Peters *Carla Laemmle as Carla * Sumner Getchell as Harry *Wallace Reid Jr. as Wally *Herschel Mayall Jr. as Herschel * Al Bridge as Henchman Black * Dick Wessell as Henchman Joe * Bud Osborne as Henchman Gorman *Ed Cobb as Henchman Pete *Sam McDaniel as Servant Jeff * Walter Law as Mr. Belwood *Ella Ethridge as Mrs. Merriwell *William P. Carlton as Mr. Merriwell Production ''The Adventures of Frank Merriwell'' is set in 1936 instead of the 1890s of the source material. Universal combined several stories by Burt Standish to make this fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Kids And A Queen
''Three Kids and a Queen'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Edward Ludwig, written by Samuel Ornitz and Barry Trivers, and starring May Robson, Henry Armetta, Herman Bing, Frankie Darro, Bill Burrud and William "Billy" Benedict. It was released on October 21, 1935, by Universal Pictures. Plot Cast *May Robson as Mary Jane 'Queenie' Baxter *Henry Armetta as Tony Orsatti *Herman Bing as Walter Merkin *Frankie Darro as Blackie *Bill Burrud as Doc *William "Billy" Benedict as Flash *Lawrence Grant as Wilfred Edgar *Charlotte Henry as Julia Orsatti *Lillian Harmer as Elmira Wiggins *Henry Kolker as Crippets *John Miljan as Boss Benton *Hale Hamilton as Ralph *Noel Madison as Stanley * Tom Dugan as Bill *Irving Pichel as Kraft *Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Cummings *Ferdinand Gottschalk as Dr. Flesig *Edward Van Sloan as Dr. Gordon *Louis Vincenot as Dr. Charcot *Arnold Korff as Dr. Winters *Adrian Morris Adrian Grant Morris (18 May 1929 – 6 December 2004) was an England, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Tip
''Hot Tip'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Ray McCarey and James Gleason from a screenplay by Hugh Cummings, Olive Cooper, and Louis Stevens, based on William Slavens McNutt's short story, "Leander Clicks", which had been published in the August 1928 edition of ''Red Book Magazine''. Gleason also starred in the film, along with ZaSu Pitts, Margaret Callahan, and Russell Gleason (James' son). It was released by RKO Radio Pictures on September 6, 1935. Plot Belle McGill is unaware of husband Jimmy's gambling problem. First he loses $100 at the racetrack and vows never to place another wager. Then he persuades future son-in-law Ben to bet on a sure thing, Leadpipe, but gets a tip on another horse just before the race, bets Ben's money on that instead, then watches Leadpipe win. In danger of losing his business, if not his family, Jimmy delays paying off Ben, who excitedly believes his horse was the winner. Unbenknowst to all, Belle has been making bets of her own. Whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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