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Hal Price
Harry Franklin "Hal" Price (June 24, 1886 – April 15, 1964) was an American film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1930 and 1952. He is the father of character actress and comedian Lu Leonard. On stage, Price toured for three months with Will Rogers in a production of '' Ah, Wilderness!''. He also performed with Leo Carillo and William Gillette. He had the role of Willem in the Broadway production of '' The Red Mill'' (1945). Personal life Price was born in Wauseon, Ohio, and died in Los Angeles, California, from arteriosclerosis. His daughter Mary Lou was an actress, known as Lu Leonard. Partial filmography * '' Night Ride'' (1930) * ''See America Thirst'' (1930) * '' The Lawyer's Secret'' (1931) * ''The Last Man ''The Last Man'' is an apocalyptic, dystopian science fiction novel by Mary Shelley, first published in 1826. The narrative concerns Europe in the late 21st century, ravaged by a mysterious plague pandemic that rapidly s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil Bat
''The Devil Bat'' is a 1940 black-and-white American horror/howcatchem film produced by Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) and directed by Jean Yarborough. The film stars Bela Lugosi along with Suzanne Kaaren, Guy Usher, Yolande Mallott and the comic team of Dave O'Brien and Donald Kerr as the protagonists. It was the first horror film from PRC.''The Devil Bat'' at TCM 
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Sin's Pay Day
''Sin's Pay Day'' is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Lloyd Whitlock, Dorothy Revier and Mickey Rooney. It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature.Pitts p.242 It was later reissued under the alternative title '' Slums of New York'' with advertising material devoting greater attention to child actor Rooney, who had since emerged as a star at MGM. Plot Attorney Robert Webb makes a good living as a defense lawyer for gangsters. This disgusts his wife, who leaves him and goes to set up a charitable clinic. After getting a notorious mob leader acquitted on a technicality, Webb develops a conscience and turns to alcohol letting his practice collapse. Living on the streets, he is befriended by a boy who helps him gain his self-respect. When the boy is then killed by a bullet fired from a gangster's gun, Webb goes undercover to pose as a defense lawyer once more while secretly recording the incriminating conversation, which he turns ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westward Ho (1935 Film)
''Westward Ho'' is a 1935 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury. It stars John Wayne and Sheila Bromley, with Yakima Canutt in a supporting role. Released by the recently created Republic Pictures, it was produced by Paul Malvern who had previously released his John Wayne Lone Star Westerns for Monogram Pictures. According to AllMovie, it is the earliest revisionist Western – the hero, John Wyatt (Wayne), leads a band of vigilantes on a quest for revenge. Plot Whit Ballard and his gang of outlaws steal a herd of cattle from the Wyatts, a family of drovers, murdering the parents. In the aftermath, Ballard takes a shine to one of the boys, Jim (Frank McGlynn, Jr., as an adult) and decides to take him along for kicks, but leaves behind his brother John (John Wayne, as an adult). Once grown up, in an effort to chase down the men who killed his parents and kidnapped his brother, John organizes a frontier Vigilante group of cowboys (who sing, wear black and ride whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One In A Million (1934 Film)
''One in a Million'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Dorothy Wilson (actress), Dorothy Wilson, Charles Starrett and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams.Pitts p.96 Cast * Dorothy Wilson (actress), Dorothy Wilson as Dorothy 'Babe' Brooks * Charles Starrett as Donald Cabot, Jr. * Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Spike McGafferty * Gwen Lee as Kitty Kennedy * Holmes Herbert as Donald Cabot, Sr. * Francis Sayles as Mr. Dickman * Fred Santley as Frankie, aka 'Madame Francois' * Barbara Rogers as Patsy Purcell * Robert Frazer as Detective Captain * Belle Daube as Aunt Helen * Lew Kelly as Store Detective Rourke * Jane Keckley as Mrs. Woods, Dickman's neighbor * Gladys Blake as Switchboard Operator * John Elliott (actor), John Elliott as Store Manager * Leyland Hodgson as Aunt Helen's Butler * Eddie Fetherston as Eddie * Allen Wood as Bellhop * Albert Pollet as Desk Clerk * Hal Price as Witness Harry Miller References Bibliograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hell Bent For Love
''Hell Bent for Love'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Tim McCoy and Lilian Bond. Cast * Tim McCoy as Police Captain Tim Daley * Lilian Bond as Millicent 'Millie' Garland * Bradley Page as 'Trigger' Talano * Vincent Sherman as Johnny Frank * Lafe McKee as Dad Daley * Harry C. Bradley as Professor * Wedgwood Nowell as Attorney Kelly Drake * Eddie Sturgis as Major Dawson * Ernie Adams as Henchman Joe Barnard * Hal Price as Duke Allen * Max Wagner as Ernest Dallas * Guy Usher as Police Chief O'Brien * 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. He acted in over 300 films and directed more than 90. He was sometimes credited as Edward J. Le Sai ... as Judge (as Ed LeSaint) References External links * 1934 films 1934 crime films American crime films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagebrush Trail
''Sagebrush Trail'' (UK title ''An Innocent Man'') is a 1933 American Pre-Code Western film with locations filmed at Bronson Canyon starring John Wayne and featuring Lane Chandler and Yakima Canutt (Canutt plays the leader of the gang as well as doubling for Wayne in several stunts). It was the second Lone Star Productions film released by Monogram Pictures. It was shown as ''An Innocent Man'' in the UK, and this version was later released in a colorized version on home video. Plot Sentenced for a murder he did not commit, John Brant escapes from prison determined to find the real killer. By chance Brant's narrow escape from lawmen is witnessed by Joseph Conlon who goes by the name of "Jones". Giving Brant the name of "Smith" Conlon, Jones gets him into his outlaw gang hiding out in an abandoned mine. Brant attempts to disrupt the outlaw gang's robberies and comes closer to finding his man. The gang leader suspects John Brant/Smith but Joseph/Jones Conlon consoles him & takes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riders Of Destiny
''Riders of Destiny'' is a 1933 pre-Code Western musical film starring 26-year-old John Wayne as Singin' Sandy Saunders, the screen's second singing cowboy (the first being Ken Maynard in the 1929 film '' The Wagon Master''). It was the first of a series of sixteen Lone Star Westerns made for Monogram Pictures between 1933-1935, by Wayne and director Robert N. Bradbury, and the first pairing of Wayne with George "Gabby" Hayes. Plot The movie begins with Saunders riding his horse and singing on his guitar when he finds Sheriff Bill Baxter tottering in the desert after being shot in the back. The scene cuts to Saunders witnessing Ms. Fay Denton robbing a stagecoach owned by Mr. Kincaid and when she attempts to get away her horse is shot from under her. Saunders rescues her, gives her his horse and then evades the captors attempting to find him. Ms. Fay turns up to the Sheriffs office to report that her horse has been stolen. The town "land and water" developer Mr. Kincaid see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galloping Romeo
''Galloping Romeo'' is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film released by Monogram Pictures, written and directed by Robert N. Bradbury, and starring Bob Steele. Cast * Bob Steele as Bob Rivers * Doris Hill as Mary Kent *George "Gabby" Hayes as Grizzly * Ed Brady as Matt Kent *Frank Ball as Sheriff Jerry * Ernie Adams as Andy Kent *Lafe McKee as Marshal Gregory *Earl Dwire as Express Agent Pete Manning (replaced by Hal Price) *George Nash as Henchman *Silver Tip Baker as Stage Driver Silver Keller (uncredited) *Dick Dickinson as Henchman (uncredited) *Tex Palmer as Deputy (uncredited) *Hal Price as Pete Manning, Express Agent (uncredited) See also *Bob Steele filmography American actor Bob Steele (Robert North Bradbury Jr. January 23, 1907December 21, 1988), and his twin brother Bill were the sons of film director Robert N. Bradbury. The twins began their acting career in the silent film '' The Adventures of Bil ... External links * * * 1933 films 1933 Western (gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breed Of The Border (1933 Film)
''Breed of the Border'' is a 1933 American Western feature film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring Bob Steele. It was distributed through Monogram Pictures. A print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.''Catalog of Holdings the American Film Institute Collection and the United Artists Collection at the Library of Congress''. p. 21. American Film Institute, 1978. Plot Cast * Bob Steele as Speed Brent * Marion Byron as Sonia Bedford * Ernie Adams as Joe the Killer *George "Gabby" Hayes as Chuck Wiggins (credited as George Hayes) *Henry Roquemore as Dutch Krause * Fred Cavens as Mike (credited as Fred Cavins) * John Elliott as Judge Stafford *Perry Murdock as Red, a Henchman *Bob Card as Spud, a Henchman * Horace B. Carpenter as Dr. Bates (uncredited) *Joe Dominguez as Pedro (uncredited) *Jack Evans as Dugan - Barfly (uncredited) *Herman Hack as Barfly (uncredited) *Ray Jones as Saloon Brawler (uncredited) * William McCall as Barfly (uncredited) *George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ride Him, Cowboy
''Ride Him, Cowboy'' is a 1932 pre-Code Western film directed by Fred Allen for Warner Brothers, starring a 25-year-old John Wayne. Based on the 1923 novel of the same name by Kenneth Perkins, the film is a remake of '' The Unknown Cavalier'', a 1926 silent Western starring Ken Maynard, with much stock footage from the original. The film was released as ''The Hawk'' in the U.K. Plot John Drury is passing through when townsfolk are about to kill Duke, a horse they believe to be dangerous. He convinces them to spare the animal if he can ride it. He does, earning the gratitude of Ruth Gaunt. He then volunteers to deal with an outlaw known as the Hawk who has been terrorizing the area. Solid citizen Henry Simms volunteers to guide him to the Hawk's territory. But Simms is actually the Hawk and he ties Drury to a tree, leaving him to die. Simms then leads a raid on a ranch, kills a man, and plants Drury's harmonica at the scene. With the help of his horse Duke, Drury manages to f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Final Edition
''The Final Edition'' is a 1932 American crime drama film directed by Howard Higgin and starring Pat O'Brien, Mae Clark and Morgan Wallace. Made by Columbia Pictures, it is based on a story by Roy Chanslor.Langman p.127 Synopsis The squabbling city editor and a hotshot female reporter eventually join forces to try and bring down a major crime syndicate, responsible for the murder of the new police commissioner. Cast * Pat O'Brien as Sam 'Brad' Bradshaw * Mae Clarke as Ann Woodman * Morgan Wallace as Neil Selby * Bradley Page as Sid Malvern * Mary Doran as Patsy King * James Donlan as Freddie * Phil Tead as Dan Cameron - Reporter * Robert Emmett O'Connor as Police Lieutenant Daniels * Bertha Mann as Jane Conroy * Wallis Clark as Police Commissioner Jim Conroy * Lydia Knott as Jim Conroy's Mother * Bill Elliott as Reporter * Harry Holman as Harry - Newspaperman * Hal Price as Dave - Bradshaw's Assistant * Harry Strang as First Selby Hood * Kit Guard Kit Guard (born Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanity Street
''Vanity Street'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code crime drama film directed by Nick Grinde and starring Charles Bickford, Helen Chandler and Mayo Methot.Scott p.42 A New York policeman assists a down-on-her-luck showgirl, helping her get a job at the Follies ''Follies'' is a Musical theater, musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. The plot takes place in a crumbling Broadway theater, now scheduled for demolition, previously home to a musical revue (based on t .... The two fall in love and plan to get married, when he finds himself arresting her for a murder he knows she did not commit. He sets out to clear her by finding the real killer. Cast References Bibliography * Ian Scott. ''In Capra's Shadow: The Life and Career of Screenwriter Robert Riskin''. University Press of Kentucky, 2015. External links * 1932 films American crime drama films American black-and-white films 1932 crime drama films 1930s English-language films Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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