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Helen Parrish
Helen Virginia Parrish (March 12, 1923 – February 22, 1959) was an American stage and film actress. Career Parrish was born in Columbus, Georgia. She started in movies at the age of 4, getting her first part playing Babe Ruth's daughter in the silent film '' Babe Comes Home'' in 1927. She was featured in the ''Our Gang'' comedy shorts and sometimes played the lead character as a child, co-starring with some of the great female stars of the day. In her teens she made herself known as a kid sister. During this time she also starred opposite Deanna Durbin in several of her films, playing a jealous, spiteful rival. Their first film together, ''Mad About Music'' (1938), worked so well that they soon formed a sort of Shirley Temple/Jane Withers team in a couple of other movie confections for Universal. In their second film together, ''Three Smart Girls Grow Up'' (1939), Parrish replaced Barbara Read as sister Kay Craig. Her films included '' X Marks the Spot'' (1931), ''When a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia. Columbus lies on the Chattahoochee River directly across from Phenix City, Alabama. It is the county seat of Muscogee County, with which it officially merged in 1970. Columbus is the second-largest city in Georgia (after Atlanta), and fields the state's fourth-largest metropolitan area. At the 2020 census, Columbus had a population of 206,922, with 328,883 in the Columbus metropolitan area. The metro area joins the nearby Alabama cities of Auburn and Opelika to form the Columbus–Auburn–Opelika Combined Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 486,645 in 2019. Columbus lies southwest of Atlanta. Fort Benning, the United States Army's Maneuver Center of Excellence and a major employer, is located south of the city in southern Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties. Columbus is home to museums and tourism sites, including the National Infantry Museum, dedic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X Marks The Spot (1931 Film)
''X Marks the Spot'' is a 1931 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and released by Tiffany Pictures, which operated from 1921 to 1932. The story concerns a newspaper reporter indebted to a gangster for raising the money to save his little girl's life. The source material was remade into a 1942 film of the same name. Helen Parrish appeared in both versions. Cast * Lew Cody as George Howard * Sally Blane as Sue * Wallace Ford as Ted Lloyd * Fred Kohler as Riggs * Mary Nolan as Vivian Parker * Virginia Lee Corbin as Hortense * Helen Parrish as young Gloria * Joyce Coad as Gloria * Charles B. Middleton as Attorney * Clarence Muse Clarence Muse (October 14, 1889 – October 13, 1979) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, singer, and composer. He was the first African American to appear in a starring role in a film, 1929's ''Hearts in Dixie''. He acted for ... as Servant References External links * ''New York Times'' cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended a film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leave It To Beaver (season 1)
The first season of the American television situation comedy '' Leave It to Beaver'' premiered on October 4, 1957 and concluded on July 16, 1958. It consisted of 39 episodes shot in black-and-white, each running approximately 25 minutes in length. This was the only season that the show originally aired on CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm .... Episodes References * Applebaum, Irwyn. ''The World According to Beaver''. TV Books, 1998. IMDb: ''Leave It to Beaver''. Season 1.* ''Leave it to Beaver: Season One''. DVD. Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2005. * Mathers, Jerry. ''...And Jerry Mather as "The Beaver"''. Berkley Boulevard Books, 1998. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Leave It To Beaver (Season 1) 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hour Glass (TV Series)
''Hour Glass'' is the first regularly scheduled variety show shown on American network television. The ''Encyclopedia of Television'' noted that the program "is historically important because it exemplified the issues faced by networks, sponsors, and advertising agencies in television's formative years." Distribution ''Hour Glass'' was broadcast only on WNBT (now WNBC) in New York City from May 9, 1946, through November of that year, when distribution to NBC affiliates in Philadelphia and Schenectady began. From that time, the three-city network continued until March 1947. Overview Described as "the first elevisionhour-long musical variety show", ''Hour Glass'' was sponsored by Standard Brands, promoting Chase and Sanborn coffee and Tenderleaf Tea. The program included comedians, musicians, entertaining films (such as a film of dance in South America), and a long, live commercial for the sponsor's products. Such famous names as Doodles Weaver, Bert Lahr, Dennis Day, Anton Rei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion.Diggs-Brown, Barbara (2011''Strategic Public Relations: Audience Focused Practice''p. 48 In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other developed countries. The availability of various types of archival st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wolf Hunters (1949 Film)
''The Wolf Hunters'' is a 1949 American Northern film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Kirby Grant, Jan Clayton and Edward Norris. It was based on the novel of the same title by James Oliver Curwood, which had previously been adapted in 1926 as '' The Wolf Hunters'' and in 1934 as ''The Trail Beyond'' starring John Wayne, Noah Beery, Sr. and Noah Beery, Jr. The film was the second in a series of ten films featuring Kirby Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Drew, p. 225. Cast * Kirby Grant as RCMP Corporal Rod Webb * Jan Clayton as Renée * Edward Norris as Paul Lautrec * Helen Parrish as Marcia Cameron * Charles Lang as J. L. McTavish * Ted Hecht as Muskoka * Luther Crockett as Supt. Edward Cameron * Elizabeth Root as Minnetaki * Chinook as Chinook, Webb's dog Production Budd Boetticher later recalled, "Monogram! That was really second rate! ''Wolf Hunters'' was an outdoor picture, kind of an "in the snow" thing, and I put all my friends in it who were out of work. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X Marks The Spot (1942 Film)
''X Marks the Spot'' is a 1942 American film noir crime film directed by George Sherman and Damian O'Flynn, Helen Parrish, and Dick Purcell. It is a remake of the 1931 film of the same name. Plot In 1942, during the second world war, rubber is a valuable commodity. Eddie Delaney is a second lieutenant in the army, but also a private detective. Eddy swings into action, when his father, police-sergeant Timothy J. Delaney, is gunned down by rubber racketeers. Cast * Damian O'Flynn as Eddie Delaney * Helen Parrish as Linda Ward * Dick Purcell as Lieutenant William 'Bill' Decker * Jack La Rue as Marty Clark * Neil Hamilton as John J. Underwood * Robert Homans as Police Sergeant Timothy J. Delaney * Anne Jeffreys as Lulu * Dick Wessel as Henchman Dizzy * Esther Muir as Bonnie Bascomb * Joe Kirk as Henchman Jerry * Edna Mae Harris as Billie (as Edna Harris) * Fred Kelsey as Police Officer Martin * Vince Barnett as George Sam Bernard, Edmund Cobb, Martin Faust, Jack Gardner, Sam Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Many Blondes
''Too Many Blondes'' is a 1941 American musical comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Rudy Vallee, Helen Parrish and Lon Chaney Jr. Creighton Tull Chaney (February10, 1906 – July12, 1973), known by his stage name Lon Chaney Jr., was an American actor known for playing Larry Talbot in the film '' The Wolf Man'' (1941) and its various crossovers, Count Alucard (Dra ...Smith p.81 Plot Cast References Bibliography * Smith, Don G. ''Lon Chaney, Jr.: Horror Film Star, 1906-1973''. McFarland, 2004. External links * 1941 films 1941 musical comedy films American musical comedy films Films directed by Thornton Freeland Universal Pictures films Films scored by Frank Skinner American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{musical-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You'll Find Out
''You'll Find Out'' is a 1940 American comedy film directed by David Butler and starring Kay Kyser. In 1940, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song ("I'd Know You Anywhere") at the 13th Academy Awards. In the film, members of an orchestra hired to play at a young heiress's birthday party uncover a plot against her.Stephen Jacobs, ''Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster'', Tomahawk Press 2011 p 263-264 The film was very popular and made a profit of $167,000. Plot After Kay Kyser and his orchestra arrive at the castle-shaped mansion, the drawbridge leading to it is mysteriously dynamited, stranding both entertainers and guests. Kyser is suspicious of mystic Prince Saliano, and for good reason. He is taking advantage of the heiress' Aunt Bellacrest's belief in spiritualism to swindle the estate out of large sums of money. Saliano has been "planted" in the house by the "respectable" family attorney, Judge Mainwaring. Also in on the swindle is Professor Fenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now
''I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now'' is a 1940 American romantic comedy directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Dennis O'Keefe, Constance Moore and Helen Parrish. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. Plot Football player Tod Lowell is the son of a man running for governor, who needs the support of a political boss. Tod's dad asks a favor, that Tod spend a few weeks squiring Gertrude Morgan, the man's daughter. Trouble is, Tod's been romantically involved with Betty Gilbert, a nightclub singer, while Gert's gotten engaged to Tod's football rival, Andy Mason. A few tricks are played on the parents to make them believe Tod and Gertrude are serious, but just as they are about to return to their former partners, the two realize they actually have fallen for one another. Cast * Constance Moore as Betty Gilbert * Dennis O'Keefe as Tod Lowell * Helen Parrish as Gertrude * Lewis Howard as Andy * Laura Hope Crews Mrs. Lowell * Berton Churchill as Sen. Lowell * Samuel S. Hinds a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
