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Harry Shannon (actor)
Harry Shannon (June 13, 1890 – July 27, 1964) was an American character actor. He often appeared in Western films. Biography Shannon was born on a farm in Saginaw, Michigan. After beginning his career in live theater and vaudeville, be switched to the film industry in the 1930s. His Broadway credits included ''Mrs. O'Brien Entertains'' (1939), ''Washington Jitters'' (1938), ''Under Glass'' (1933), ''Pardon My English'' (1933), ''Free For All'' (1931), ''Simple Simon'' (1931), ''Jonica'' (1930), ''Hold Everything'' (1928), and ''Oh, Kay!'' (1926). Although he appeared most frequently in Westerns, such as villain cowboy Dad "Jobe Craig" in S3E27's "Meeting at Mimbres" in the 1961 western ''Bat Masterson'', his best-known film role was perhaps as Charles Foster Kane's rough father in ''Citizen Kane'' (1941). Among his other films were ''Someone to Remember'' (1943), ''Alaska Highway'' (1943), ''San Quentin'' (1946), ''Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House'' (1948) and ''Witness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jackie Robinson Story
''The Jackie Robinson Story'' is a 1950 biographical film directed by Alfred E. Green (who had directed ''The Jolson Story'', "one of the biggest hits of the 40s") and starring Jackie Robinson as himself. The film focuses on Robinson's struggle with the abuse of bigots as he becomes the first African-American Major League Baseball player of the modern era. The film is among the list of films in the public domain in the United States. However a new copyrighted "restored and in color" version was released in conjunction with the Jackie Robinson Foundation in 2008. Plot The film begins with Robinson as a boy. He is given a worn-out baseball glove by a stranger impressed by his fielding skills. As a young man, he becomes a multi-sport star at UCLA, but as he nears graduation, he worries about his future. His older brother Mack was also an outstanding college athlete and graduate, but the only job he could get was that of a lowly street cleaner. When America enters World War I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colt
Colt(s) or COLT may refer to: *Colt (horse), an intact (uncastrated) male horse under four years of age People *Colt (given name) *Colt (surname) Places *Colt, Arkansas, United States *Colt, Louisiana, an unincorporated community, United States *Camp Colt, Pennsylvania, a World War I military installation for United States tank training *Colt Island, County Dublin, Ireland *Colt Stadium, Houston, Texas, United States Acronyms *Bergen Corpus of London Teenage Language, a spoken language corpus of English *Cell On Light Truck: similar to Cell on wheels, but built on to a small truck, instead of a trailer *Combat Observation Laser Teams, an artillery observer responsible for directing laser-guided munitions *Computational learning theory, the mathematical field of machine learning algorithms Arts, entertainment, and media * Colts Drum and Bugle Corps, a drum and bugle corps from Dubuque, Iowa * ''The Colt'' (film), a 2005 television movie * The Colt (''Supernatural''), a fictiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gambling On The High Seas
''Gambling on the High Seas'' is a 1940 American drama film remake of '' Special Agent'' (1935), directed by George Amy and written by Robert E. Kent. The film stars Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman, Gilbert Roland, John Litel, Roger Pryor and Frank Wilcox. The film was released by Warner Bros. on June 22, 1940, as a second feature. Plot A reporter tries to implicate a gambling-ship owner for murder. Cast * Wayne Morris as Jim Carter * Jane Wyman as Laurie Ogden * Gilbert Roland as Greg Morella * John Litel as U.S. District Attorney * Roger Pryor as Max Gates * Frank Wilcox as Stone * Robert Strange as Larry Brill * John Gallaudet as Steve Sterling * Frank Ferguson as City District Attorney * Harry Shannon as Chief of Police * George Reeves as Reporter * George Meader as Secretary to City Attorney * William Pawley as Frank * Murray Alper Murray Alper (January 11, 1904 – November 16, 1984) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous television series, films, and Broadway pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tear Gas Squad
''Tear Gas Squad'' is a 1940 American drama film directed by Terry O. Morse and starring Dennis Morgan, John Payne and Gloria Dickson. The film was made under the working title of ''State Cop''. It includes the song ''I'm an Officer of the Law'' (M.K. Jerome, Jack Scholl). Plot Tommy McCabe (Dennis Morgan) is a cocky nightclub singer who gets his jollies out of making fun of the local police force. In fact, his act includes a parody of a policeman. This does not prove amusing to pretty Jerry Sullivan (Gloria Dickson), the daughter of a police lieutenant ( Harry Shannon), nor to Jerry's flatfoot boyfriend Bill Morrissey ( John Payne). Tommy falls in love with Jerry, but initially receives a cool reception from her father and brothers, who are also police officers. Tommy's singing in the Sullivan parlor melts the hearts of everyone but Morissey. Due to his love for Jerry, Tommy joins the police force. Jealous, Morrissey subjects him to a rigorous training program beyond what is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young As You Feel (1940 Film)
''Young as You Feel'' is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and starring Jed Prouty, Spring Byington and Joan Valerie. It was part of Twentieth Century Fox's Jones Family series of films.Drew p.180 The film's plot was similar to that of the 1931 film '' Young as You Feel''. Cast * Jed Prouty as John Jones * Spring Byington as Mrs. John Jones * Joan Valerie as Bonnie Jones * Russell Gleason as Herbert Thompson * Kenneth Howell as Jack Jones * George Ernest as Roger Jones * June Carlson as Lucy Jones * Florence Roberts as Granny Jones * Billy Mahan as Bobby Jones * Helen Ericson as Sandra * George Givot as Boris Mousilvitch * Marvin Stephens as Tommy McGuire * Harlan Briggs as Dr. Kinsley * Harry Shannon as Gillespie * Jack Carson as Norcross * Guy Rapp as Baron Gonzales de Cordoba * Gladys Blake as Mrs. Blake * Esther Brodelet as Polly Marshall * John Elliott as Ambulance doctor * Veronica Lake as Bit part * Billy Lechner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Tom Edison
''Young Tom Edison'' is a 1940 biographical film about the early life of inventor Thomas Edison directed by Norman Taurog and starring Mickey Rooney. The film was the first of a complementary pair of Edison biopics that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released in 1940. ''Edison, the Man'', starring Spencer Tracy, followed two months later, completing the two-part story of Edison's life. The film had a special preview on February 10, 1940 in Port Huron, Michigan, the place where Thomas Edison spent his childhood. Plot The film follows the imaginative, curious—and clumsy—boy Tom as he continually gets into mischief and causes accidents with his inventions and experiments. The townspeople regard him as a troublemaker and figure of fun. The schoolmistress expels him for daydreaming, distracting the other students and asking ridiculous questions. She suggests that his father take him to a doctor because he is “addled”. Tom's family loves him, although his father is frustrated and sometime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parole Fixer
''Parole Fixer'' is a 1940 American crime film directed by Robert Florey. Federal Bureau of Investigation Director J. Edgar Hoover is credited for the source material, the 1938 book called ''Persons in Hiding'', a purported expose of corruption within the parole system. The plot focuses on the gangster "Big Boy" Bradmore (Quinn) who is wrongly paroled from prison and promptly murders an FBI agent. Cast * William Henry as Scott Britton * Virginia Dale as Enid Casserly * Robert Paige as Steve Eddson * Gertrude Michael as Collette Menthe * Richard Denning as Bruce Eaton * Fay Helm as Rita Mattison * Anthony Quinn as Francis 'Big Boy' Bradmore * Harvey Stephens as Bartley Hanford * Marjorie Gateson as Mrs. Thorton Casserly * Lyle Talbot as Ross Waring * Louise Beavers as Aunt Lindy * Paul McGrath as Tyler Craden * Jack Carson John Elmer Carson (October 27, 1910 – January 2, 1963) was a Canadian-born American film actor. Carson often played the role of comedic friend in f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Chance
''City of Chance'' is a 1940 American crime drama film directed by Ricardo Cortez and written by John Larkin and Barry Trivers. The film stars Lynn Bari, C. Aubrey Smith, Donald Woods and Amanda Duff. The film was released on January 13, 1940, by 20th Century Fox. The executive producer for the film was Sol M. Wurtzel. Plot Steve Walker (Woods), is a gambler on the high society New York City scene, who owns an illegal gambling house. A young Texan woman, Julie (Lynn Bari), arrives in New York and enters the casino and she immediately takes a shining to him. Steve soon finds out that they were childhood sweethearts when she was a small girl known as "Pugnose" in Boonville, Texas. Despite the charm of the woman, Steve and The Judge (Aubrey Smith) immediately notice that she is intelligent and become suspicious of her intentions. Overhearing that a couple are due to be married but want to keep it a secret, Julie, who is a newspaper reporter, tries to contact her newspaper editor an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Middleton Family At The New York World's Fair
''The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair'' is a 1939 American film directed by Robert R. Snody produced by Westinghouse for their exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair. In 2012, the film was added to the National Film Registry, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Cast *Marjorie Lord as Babs *Jimmy Lydon as Bud *Ruth Lee as Mother * Harry Shannon as Father * Adora Andrews as Grandma *Douglas Stark as Jim Treadway * George J. Lewis as Nicholas Makaroff * Georgette Harvey as Maid References Notes External links *''The Middleton Family at the New York World’s Fai''r essaby Andrew F. Wood on the National Film Registry The National Film Registry (NFR) is the United States National Film Preservation Board's (NFPB) collection of films selected for preservation, each selected for its historical, cultural and aesthetic contributions since the NFPB’s inception ... website * * 1939 films 1939 New York World's Fair 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take A Chance (1933 Film)
''Take a Chance'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Monte Brice and Laurence Schwab and written by Monte Brice, Buddy G. DeSylva, Laurence Schwab, Sid Silvers and Richard A. Whiting. It is based on the musical of the same name. The film stars James Dunn, June Knight, Lillian Roth, Cliff Edwards, Lilian Bond, Dorothy Lee and Lona Andre. The film was released on October 27, 1933, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast * James Dunn as Duke Stanley * June Knight as Toni Ray *Lillian Roth as Wanda Hill *Cliff Edwards as Louie Webb *Lilian Bond as Thelma Green * Dorothy Lee as Consuelo Raleigh * Lona Andre as Miss Miami Beach *Charles "Buddy" Rogers Charles Edward "Buddy" Rogers (August 13, 1904 – April 21, 1999) was an American film actor and musician. During the peak of his popularity in the late 1920s and early 1930s he was publicized as "America's Boyfriend". Life and career Early ... as Kenneth Raleigh * Charles Richman as Andrew Raleigh *Robert Gle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heads Up (1930 Film)
''Heads Up'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and written by Lorenz Hart, Rick Kirkland, John McGowan, Richard Rodgers, Paul Gerard Smith and Louis Stevens. The film stars Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Helen Kane, Victor Moore, Helen Carrington, and Harry Shannon. The film was released on October 11, 1930, by Paramount Pictures. Cast *Charles "Buddy" Rogers as Jack Mason *Helen Kane as Betty Trumbul *Victor Moore Victor Fred Moore (February 24, 1876 – July 23, 1962) was an American actor of stage and screen, a major Broadway star from the late 1920s through the 1930s. He was also a writer and director, but is best remembered today as a comedian, play ... as Skippy Dugan *Helen Carrington as Mrs. Martha Trumbull * Margaret Breen as Mary Trunbull *Gene Gowing as Rex Cutting * Harry Shannon as Capt. Denny References External links * 1930 films 1930 comedy films American black-and-white films Silent American comedy films 1930s Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood, Los Angeles
Hollywood is a neighborhood in the Central Los Angeles, central region of Los Angeles, California. Its name has come to be a metonymy, shorthand reference for the Cinema of the United States, U.S. film industry and the people associated with it. Many notable film studios, such as Columbia Pictures, Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and Universal Pictures, are located near or in Hollywood. Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. It was Merger (politics), consolidated with the city of Los Angeles in 1910. Soon thereafter a prominent film industry emerged, having developed first on the East Coast. Eventually it became the most recognizable in the world. History Initial development H.J. Whitley, a real estate developer, arranged to buy the E.C. Hurd ranch. They agreed on a price and shook hands on the deal. Whitley shared his plans for the new town with General Harrison Gray Otis (publisher), Harrison Gray Otis, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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