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Hilda Stone
Hilda Stone (occasionally credited by her birth name, Hilda Hess) was an American screenwriter active in the 1930s and 1940s. Biography Hilda Hess was born in Sierra Mojada, Mexico, to Louis Hess (a Bavarian Jewish merchant involved in mining) and Mollie Sanders; the family later spent time in El Paso. She graduated from El Paso High School and ended up working as a newspaper reporter for several years. By the 1920s, she had settled in Los Angeles, where she gained employment as a script reader in Fox's scenario department before working her way into a writing role. Her first credited screenplay was on 1934's '' Dos Más Uno Dos'', a Spanish-language film. In 1926, Hilda married fellow screenwriter John Stone. She and her husband—who went on to be a well-known producer at Fox—later collaborated on a number of films. Their son, Peter Stone, later became a screenwriter and acclaimed playwright. The pair divorced in 1949 after she eloped to Paris with writer George Marton. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stone (producer)
John Stone (September 12, 1888 – June 3, 1961) was an American film producer and screenwriter. He was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles, California. He produced more than 70 films between 1930 and 1946. He also wrote for more than 60 films between 1921 and 1948, often during the early 1920s using the pen name Jack Sturmwasser. He was the father of the screenwriter and playwright Peter Stone. Partial filmography * '' Bar Nothing'' (1921) writer * ''Play Square'' (1921) writer * ''What Love Will Do'' (1921) writer * ''The Jolt'' (1921) writer * '' Live Wires'' (1921) writer * ''Little Miss Smiles'' (1922) writer * ''The Yosemite Trail'' (1922) writer * ''Iron to Gold'' (1922) writer / scenarist * '' While Justice Waits'' (1922) writer * ''Times Have Changed'' (1923) writer * ''Bucking the Barrier'' (1923) writer * '' Forgive and Forget'' (1923) writer * ''Innocence'' (1923) writer * '' The Heart Buster'' (1924) writer * ''Gold Heels'' (1924) writer * ''The Lucky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Stone (writer)
Peter Hess Stone (February 27, 1930 – April 26, 2003) was an American screenwriter and playwright. Stone is perhaps best remembered by the general public for the screenplays he wrote or co-wrote in the mid-1960s, ''Charade'' (1963), '' Father Goose'' (1964), and ''Mirage'' (1965). Life and career Early life Stone was born in Los Angeles to Jewish parents. His mother, Hilda (née Hess), was a film writer, and his father, John Stone (born Saul Strumwasser), was the writer and producer of many silent films, including Tom Mix, Buck Jones, Shirley Temple and Charlie Chan movies. Hilda was a Bavarian Jew from Bamberg, but was born in Mexico (her father dodged the draft in the 1870s) and lived there for five years with her family until all foreign nationals were kicked out during the Mexican Revolution of 1910. Stone had an older brother David, who was a World War II veteran, serving in the U.S. Navy. When Stone was 15, his parents took him to see ''Mexican Hayride'' starring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra Mojada
Sierra Mojada is a city and seat of the municipality of Sierra Mojada, in the north-eastern Mexican state of Coahuila. Local oral tradition, documented by the priest James Lienert, states that Ambrose Bierce, who disappeared without a trace in 1913, was executed by firing squad in the town cemetery., with inscription stating that Bierce was shot there. Silver Bull Resources (SVBL) has a silver exploration project near the town References Populated places in Coahuila {{Coahuila-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Paso High School
El Paso High School is the oldest operating high school in El Paso, Texas, and is part of the El Paso Independent School District. It serves the west-central section of the city, roughly south and west of the Franklin Mountains and north of Interstate 10 to the vicinity of Executive Center Boulevard. It is fed by Wiggs Middle School, into which the three elementary schools in its feeder pattern, Lamar, Mesita, and Vilas, graduate. History "The Lady on the Hill", as El Paso High is nicknamed, sits on a mountainside at the foot of the Franklin Mountains overlooking the central portion of the city and its boundary with Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. It stands out prominently on the horizon commanding a view of the city. Built by the architectural firm of Trost & Trost, the Greco-Roman features of El Paso High made it a unique landmark in town. Construction for the school cost about $500,000.00. The inside of the school with its marble floors is as elegant as the outside. Inside the front ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dos Más Uno Dos
DOS is shorthand for the MS-DOS and IBM PC DOS family of operating systems. DOS may also refer to: Computing * Data over signalling (DoS), multiplexing data onto a signalling channel * Denial-of-service attack (DoS), an attack on a communications network * Disk operating system ** List of disk operating systems, Apple DOS, Atari DOS, DOS/360, etc. * Distributed operating system Music Albums * ''Dos'' (Altered State album) * ''Dos'' (Dos album) * ''Dos'' (Fanny Lú album) * ''Dos'' (Gerardo album) * ''Dos'' (Malo album), 1972 * ''Dos'' (Myriam Hernández album), 1989 * ''Dos'', album by Wooden Shjips, 2009 * ''¡Dos!'', album by Green Day Other uses in music * Dos (band), an American band * DOS (concert), by Filipino singer Daniel Padilla Organisations * Democratic Opposition of Serbia, a former political alliance * Department of Space, India * Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund * Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK 1957–1984 *Dominus Obsequious Sororium, within cult NXIV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Live In Fear
''They Live in Fear'' is a 1944 American film starring Otto Kruger. The film was known as ''America's Children''. Filming was announced in August 1943. Otto Kruger joined the film in March 1944.SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD New York Times 3 Mar 1944: 18. Plot A member of the Hitler Youth escapes to America. Cast *Otto Kruger as Matthew Van Camp *Clifford Severn as Paul Graffen *Pat Parrish as Pat Daniels *Jimmy Carpenter as Johnny Reynolds *Erwin Kalser as Jan Dorchik *Danny Jackson as Googy References External links *''They Live in Fear'' at TCMDB 1944 films American musical drama films American black-and-white films 1940s musical drama films 1944 drama films Films directed by Josef Berne Columbia Pictures films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{musical-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl In 313
''Girl in 313'' is a 1940 American drama film directed by Ricardo Cortez and written by Barry Trivers and M. Clay Adams. The film stars Florence Rice, Kent Taylor, Lionel Atwill, Kay Aldridge, Mary Treen and Jack Carson. The film was released on May 31, 1940, by 20th Century Fox. Plot Police agent Joan Matthews goes undercover in a gang of jewel thieves and when about to find who the evildoers are, she falls in love with one of the thieves. Cast *Florence Rice as Joan Matthews *Kent Taylor as Gregg Dunn *Lionel Atwill as Russell aka Henry Woodruff *Kay Aldridge as Sarah Sorrell *Mary Treen as Jenny *Jack Carson as Police Lt. Pat O'Farrell *Elyse Knox as Judith Wilson *Joan Valerie as Francine Edwards *Dorothy Dearing as Emmy Lou Bentley *Dorothy Moore as Happy *Julie Bishop as Lorna Hobart * Charles C. Wilson as Vincent Brady *William B. Davidson as George Grayson *Lenita Lane as Mrs. Whitman *Lillian Porter as Page Girl *Alice Armand as Clerk *Gladys Costello as Assistant Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everybody's Baby
''Everybody's Baby'' is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and starring Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane and Spring Byington. It was part of Twentieth Century Fox's Jones Family series of films.Drew p.180 The film's art direction was by Bernard Herzbrun and Boris Leven. Plot An author moves to the area with radical views on raising children. Cast * Jed Prouty as John Jones * Shirley Deane as Bonnie Thompson * Spring Byington as Mrs. John Jones * Russell Gleason as Herbert Thompson * June Carlson as Lucy Jones * Florence Roberts as Granny Jones * Billy Mahan as Bobby Jones * Reginald Denny as Dr. Pilcoff * Robert Allen as Dick Lane * Claire Du Brey as Nurse Cordell * Marvin Stephens as Tommy McGuire * Hattie McDaniel as Hattie * Arthur Loft as Chief Kelly * Howard C. Hickman as Dr. Jenkins * George Ernest as Roger Jones * Kenneth Howell as Jack Jones * James Blaine as Plainclothes Man * Stanley Blystone as Plainclothes Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pardon Our Nerve
''Pardon Our Nerve'' is a 1939 American comedy film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and written by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan. The film stars Lynn Bari, June Gale, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Michael Whalen, Edward Brophy and John Miljan. The film was released on February 24, 1939, by 20th Century Fox. Plot Cast *Lynn Bari as Terry Wilson *June Gale as Judy Davis *Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Samson Smith * Michael Whalen as Dick Malone *Edward Brophy as Nosey Nelson *John Miljan as Duke Page *Theodore von Eltz as Lucky Carson *Ward Bond as Kid Ramsey *Chester Clute as Mr. Flemingwell *Helen Ericson as Arabella *Tom Kennedy Thomas or Tom Kennedy may refer to: Politics *Thomas Kennedy (Scottish judge) (1673–1754), joint Solicitor General for Scotland 1709–14, Lord Advocate 1714, Member of Parliament for Ayr Burghs 1720–21 * Thomas Kennedy, 9th Earl of Cassilis ... as Bodyguard * Ray Walker as Publicity Man References External links * 1939 films 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passport Husband
''Passport Husband'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by James Tinling and written by Karen DeWolf and Robert Chapin. The film stars Stuart Erwin, Pauline Moore, Douglas Fowley, Joan Woodbury, Robert Lowery (actor), Robert Lowery and Harold Huber. The film was released on July 15, 1938, by 20th Century Fox. Plot Conchita Montez is a beauty from South Africa, but is being pursued by some gangsters and in risk of getting deported, so she makes the moves on Henry, a waiter who's in love with her and quickly marries him. Cast *Stuart Erwin as Henry Cabot *Pauline Moore as Mary Jane Clayton *Douglas Fowley as Tiger Martin *Joan Woodbury as Conchita Montez *Robert Lowery (actor), Robert Lowery as Ted Markson *Harold Huber as Blackie Bennet *Edward Brophy as Spike *Paul McVey as H.C. Walton *Lon Chaney Jr. as Bull *Joe Sawyer as Duke Selton References External links * 1938 films 20th Century Fox films American comedy films 1938 comedy films Films directed by James T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Women Screenwriters
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1905 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
