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Harry Keller
Harry Keller (22 February 1913 – 19 January 1987) was an American film editor, producer and director, who made a number of westerns and worked for many years at Universal Pictures. In 1958, Keller was tasked by Universal Pictures with directing re-shoots and additional scenes on the Orson Welles film ''Touch of Evil''. Select Credits * ''The Witness Vanishes'' (1939) editor *''Inside Information'' (1939) * ''Mystery of the White Room'' (1939) *''Black Hills Express'' (1943) editor *''Days of Old Cheyenne'' (1943) editor *''Sheriff of Sundown'' (1944) editor *''Northwest Outpost'' (1947) editor *''Moonrise'' (1948) editor *'' The Blonde Bandit'' (1949) director *'' The Red Menace'' (1949) editor *''The Arizona Cowboy'' (1950) editor *''Tarnished'' (1950) director *''Fort Dodge Stampede'' (1951) assoc. producer *''Desert of Lost Men'' (1951) associ. producer *'' Belle Le Grand'' (1951) director *''The Dakota Kid'' (1951) editor *''Thundering Caravans'' (1952) director *''Black ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre Setting (narrative), set in the American frontier and commonly associated with Americana (culture), folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. It is commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West" and depicted in Western media as a hostile, sparsely populated frontier in a state of near-total lawlessness patrolled by outlaws, sheriffs, and numerous other Stock character, stock "gunslinger" characters. Western narratives often concern the gradual attempts to tame the crime-ridden American West using wider themes of justice, freedom, rugged individualism, Manifest Destiny, and the national history and identity of the United States. History The first films that belong to the Western genre are a series of short single reel silents made in 1894 by Edison Studios at their Edison's Black Maria, Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey. These featured vet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desert Of Lost Men
''Desert of Lost Men'' is a 1951 American Western film directed by Harry Keller and starring Allan Lane, Mary Ellen Kay and Irving Bacon.Pitts, p. 85. The film's art direction was by Frank Arrigo. Cast * Allan Lane as Rocky Lane * Black Jack as Rocky's Horse * Irving Bacon as Sheriff Skeeter Davis * Mary Ellen Kay as Nan Webster * Roy Barcroft as Henchman Link * Ross Elliott as Dr. Jim Haynes * Cliff Clark as Carl Landers * Boyd 'Red' Morgan as Henchman Frank * Leo Cleary as Dr. Stephens * Kenneth MacDonald as Bill Hackett * Steve Pendleton as Posse member * Roy Bucko as Posse Rider * Ken Cooper as Henchman Joe * Frank Ellis as Posse Member * Herman Hack as Townsman * Lew Morphy Lew or LEW may refer to: People * Lew (given name) * Lew (surname) Places * Lew, Oxfordshire, England * River Lew, in Devon, England Transport * LEW Hennigsdorf, a rail vehicle factory in Hennigsdorf, Germany * Lew (locomotive), a British narro ... as Henchman Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unguarded Moment (film)
''The Unguarded Moment'' is a 1956 American crime film noir thriller film directed by Harry Keller and starring Esther Williams, George Nader, John Saxon and Edward Andrews. Plot Lois Conway (Williams) works as a music teacher at a local high school in a small town, where recently a woman was found murdered. When she starts receiving notes from an anonymous admirer, she suspects her favorite student Sandy (Wilder) is responsible, and tells him they could never be lovers. The notes grow more violent and when, in her latest letter, she is invited to meet at the school's lockers at night, Lois decides to visit, hoping to stop the young man. There, she is attacked by an initial shadowy figure, whom she later identifies as Leonard Bennett (Saxon), the high school's star football player. She successfully gets away, though drops her purse, and is aided by Lieutenant Harry Graham (Nader). Graham advises her to press charges, but Lois wants to drop the matter in hopes of it blowing over. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phantom Stallion
''Phantom Stallion'' is a 1954 American Western film directed by Harry Keller and starring Rex Allen, Carla Balenda and Slim Pickens.Pitts p.249 The film is credited as being the last singing cowboy Western. The film's art direction was by Frank Arrigo. Plot Cast * Rex Allen as Rex Allen * Koko as Rex's Horse * Slim Pickens as Slim * Carla Balenda as Claire * Harry Shannon as Michael Reilly * Don Haggerty as Foreman Gil * Peter Price as Tony Reilly * Rosa Turich as Lucretia * Zon Murray as Henchman * Charles La Torre as Escobar * Rocky Shahan Rocky Shahan (March 4, 1919 – December 8, 1981) was an American actor and stuntman. He was a regular cast member of '' Rawhide''. In 1957, he had a rare integral & speaking part as Dodge’s stagecoach driver “Hank” in the ending of an epi ... as Henchman References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012. External links * 1954 films 1954 W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red River Shore
''Red River Shore'' is a 1953 American Western film directed by Harry Keller and starring Rex Allen, Lyn Thomas and Slim Pickens.England p.140 The film's sets were designed by the art director Frank Hotaling. Plot Cast * Rex Allen as Marshal Rex Allen * Koko as Rex's Horse * Slim Pickens as Deputy Slim Pickens * Lyn Thomas as Peggy Taylor * William Philpps as Ned Barlow * Douglas Fowley as Case Lockwood * Trevor Bardette as Frank Barlow * William Haade as Henchman Link * Emmett Vogan as Benjamin Willoughby, Banker * John L. Cason as Henchman Joe * Rayford Barnes as Henchman Pete * Virginia Carroll as Townswoman * Nolan Leary as Townsman * Frank O'Connor as Townsman * Jack Perrin as Work Crew Member * Ken Terrell Kenneth Jones Terrell (April 29, 1904 – March 8, 1966) was an American western and action film actor and stuntman best known for playing Joe Marcelli in the 1956 film ''Indestructible Man'' and Jess in the 1958 film ''Attack of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Paso Stampede
''El Paso Stampede'' is a 1953 Western film directed by Harry Keller. Plot Federal Marshal "Rocky" Lane (Allan Lane) saddles up Black Jack to go to the Mexican border to investigate cattle rustling during the Spanish–American War He gets a job with feed-merchant Nugget Clark, and discovers that Nugget's wizened little helper, Josh Bailey has been giving cattle shipment information to the town dentist, Mason "Doc" Ramsey. Ramsey happens to be the secret leader of the rustlers headed by Floyd Garnett. When Ramsey and Garnett steal some of Nugget's cattle feed, Rocky follows them to their hideout through a waterfall into a hidden valley. The outlaws have kidnapped Alice Clark, and Rocky captures Ramsey after Garnett is killed in a gun battle. Cast * Allan Lane – 'Rocky' Lane * Black Jack – Rocky's Horse * Eddy Waller – Nugget Clark * Phyllis Coates – Alice Clark * Stephen Chase – Mason 'Doc' Ramsey * Roy Barcroft – Floyd Garrett * Edward Clark – Josh Bailey * Tom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savage Frontier (film)
''Savage Frontier'' is a 1953 American Western film directed by Harry Keller and starring Allan Lane, Dorothy Patrick and Eddy Waller.Drew p.18 The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ... Frank Arrigo. Plot Cast References Bibliography * Bernard A. Drew. ''Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide''. Routledge, 2013. External links * 1953 films 1953 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Harry Keller Republic Pictures films American black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{1950s-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandits Of The West
''Bandits of the West'' is a 1953 American Western film directed by Harry Keller and starring Allan Lane, Cathy Downs and Eddy Waller.Drew p.18 The film's sets were designed by the art director James W. Sullivan. Plot Cast * Allan Lane as Marshal Rocky Lane * Black Jack as Rocky's Horse * Eddy Waller as Nugget Clark * Cathy Downs as Joanne Collier * Roy Barcroft as Bud Galloway * Trevor Bardette as Jeff Chadwick * Ray Montgomery as Steve Edrington * Byron Foulger as Eric Strikler * Harry Harvey as Judge Walters * Robert Bice as Henchman Dutch * Lane Bradford as Henchman * Roy Bucko as Townsman * Edward Clark as John Anders * Wade Crosby as Big Jim Foley * Art Dillard as Henchman Kirby * Kenneth MacDonald as Nugget's Assistant * Jack Montgomery as Townsman * Jack Perrin as Townsman Ned * Lee Phelps Lee Phelps (born Napoleon Bonaparte Kukuck; May 15, 1893 – March 19, 1953) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 600 film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshal Of Cedar Rock
''Marshal of Cedar Rock'' is a 1953 American Western film directed by Harry Keller and starring Allan Lane, Phyllis Coates and Eddy Waller.Drew, p. 18. The film's art direction was by Frank Hotaling. Plot Cast * Allan Lane as Marshal Rocky Lane * Black Jack as Rocky's Horse * Eddy Waller as Nugget Clark * Phyllis Coates as Martha Clark * Roy Barcroft as Henry Mason * William Henry as Bill Anderson * Robert Shayne as Paul Jackson / Fake John Harper * John Crawford as Henchman Chris Peters * John Hamilton as Prison Warden Stover * Kenneth MacDonald as Sheriff Blake * Herbert Lytton as John Harper * Art Dillard as Henchman * John Marshall as Bank Clerk * Joe Yrigoyen Joe or JOE may refer to: Arts Film and television * ''Joe'' (1970 film), starring Peter Boyle * ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage * ''Joe'' (TV series), a British TV series airing from 1966 to 1971 * ''Joe'', a 2002 Canadian animated ... as Baylor References Bibliograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leadville Gunslinger
''Leadville Gunslinger'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Harry Keller and starring Allan Lane, Elaine Riley and Eddy Waller.Drew p.18 The film's art direction was by Fred A. Ritter Plot Cast * Allan Lane as U. S. Marshal Rocky Lane *Black Jack as Rocky's Horse * Eddy Waller as Nugget Clark * Grant Withers as Jonathan Graves * Elaine Riley as Carol Davis * Roy Barcroft as Chet Yonker / Pete Yonker * Richard Crane as Jim Blanchard * I. Stanford Jolley as Cliff Saunders * Kenneth MacDonald as Sheriff Nichols * Mickey Simpson as Henchman Monk * Ed Hinton as Deputy Ned Smith * Art Dillard as Sentry * Wes Hudman as Stagecoach Driver * Al Ferguson as Peters * Frank O'Connor Frank O'Connor (born Michael Francis O'Donovan; 17 September 1903 – 10 March 1966) was an Irish author and translator. He wrote poetry (original and translations from Irish), dramatic works, memoirs, journalistic columns and features on a ... as Murdered Banker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Of Cimarron (film)
''Rose of Cimarron'' is a 1952 American Western film produced by Edward L. Alperson for 20th Century Fox. Despite the title, it has nothing to do with Rose Dunn the actual "Rose of Cimarron". The film is a revenge Western with a twist: the protagonist is a woman raised by the Cherokee avenging her parents who were murdered by whites. Plot When a covered wagon heading for California is attacked by Comanche, the only survivor is a baby girl. A young Cherokee brave finds her and brings her to his parents where she is raised as a Cherokee but with intimate knowledge of the language and customs of white Americans. She is named Rose of Cimarron after a mountain lion. Rose's pleasant life ends when a sheriff's posse arrives at her adopted parents' ranch. They are searching for three bank robbers and ask Lone Eagle's advice of which route would take the bank robbers out of the badlands. Rose and her brother Willie know the area due to their trapping and guide the sheriff and his men t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Hills
The Black Hills ( lkt, Ȟe Sápa; chy, Moʼȯhta-voʼhonáaeva; hid, awaxaawi shiibisha) is an isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States. Black Elk Peak (formerly known as Harney Peak), which rises to , is the range's highest summit. The Black Hills encompass the Black Hills National Forest. The name of the hills in Lakota is ', meaning “the heart of everything that is." The Black Hills are considered a holy site. The hills are so called because of their dark appearance from a distance, as they are covered in evergreen trees. Native Americans have a long history in the Black Hills and consider it a sacred site. After conquering the Cheyenne in 1776, the Lakota took the territory of the Black Hills, which became central to their culture. In 1868, the U.S. government signed the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, establishing the Great Sioux Reservation west of the Missouri River, and exempt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
