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Irving Starr
Irving Starr (1905–1982) was an American film producer.Hischak p.244 He worked for a number of studios including MGM, Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures, generally employed on lower-budget films. Later in his career he also worked in television. Selected filmography * '' Tombstone Canyon'' (1932) * ''Fargo Express'' (1933) * '' The Lone Avenger'' (1933) * ''King of the Arena'' (1933) * '' Phantom Thunderbolt'' (1933) * ''The Fiddlin' Buckaroo'' (1933) * ''When a Man Sees Red'' (1934) * ''Rocky Rhodes'' (1934) * '' His Night Out'' (1935) * '' Border Brigands'' (1934) * '' Stone of Silver Creek'' (1935) * '' Empty Saddles'' (1936) * '' Silver Spurs'' (1936) * '' Ride 'Em Cowboy'' (1936) * '' Nobody's Fool'' (1936) * '' For the Service'' (1936) * ''Damaged Goods'' (1937) * '' The Westland Case'' (1937) * '' Boss of Lonely Valley'' (1937) * ''Left-Handed Law'' (1937) * '' The Black Doll'' (1938) * '' Danger on the Air'' (1938) * '' The Last Warning'' (1938) * '' The Lady in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Spurs (1936 Film)
''Silver Spurs'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by Joseph F. Poland. Starring Buck Jones, Muriel Evans, George "Gabby" Hayes, J. P. McGowan, Robert Frazer and W. E. Lawrence, it was released on January 29, 1936, by Universal Pictures. Plot Cast *Buck Jones as Jim Fentriss *Muriel Evans as Janet Allison *George "Gabby" Hayes as Drag Harlan * J. P. McGowan as Webb Allison *Robert Frazer as Art Holden aka Silverspurs * W. E. Lawrence as Henchman Snell *Beth Marion Beth Marion (born Betty Goettsche; July 11, 1912 – February 18, 2003) was an American B-movie actress of the 1930s, starring in westerns, her career spanning only about five years, mostly in 1936. Early years Born in Clinton, Iowa, Marion was ... as Peggy Wyman *Earl Askam as Henchman Durango *Bruce Lane as Yuma Kid * Dennis Moore as Dude * Robert McKenzie as Station Agent References External links * 1936 films American Western (genre) films 1936 Western (gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gambling Ship (1938 Film)
''Gambling Ship'' is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Aubrey Scotto and written by Alex Gottlieb. The film stars Robert Wilcox, Helen Mack, Edward Brophy, Irving Pichel, Joe Sawyer and Selmer Jackson. The film was released on December 16, 1938, by Universal Pictures. Plot Gambler helps a debt-ridden orphanage that was started by his late wife. Cast Production Production began on the film in early November 1938. The film was part of the Crime Club mystery series. 11 films were made in the series between 1937 and 1939. Release ''Gambling Ship'' was distributed by Universal Pictures Company, Inc. on December 16, 1938. Reception From contemporary reviews, a reviewer in ''Variety Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, in theater and television Films * ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont * ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...'' described the film as a "dawdling che ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Express (film)
''The Last Express'' is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Otis Garrett and written by Edmund Hartmann. It is based on the 1937 novel ''The Last Express'' by Baynard Kendrick. The film stars Kent Taylor, Dorothea Kent, Don Brodie, Paul Hurst, Addison Richards, Greta Granstedt, Robert Emmett Keane and J. Farrell MacDonald. The film was released on October 28, 1938, by Universal Pictures. Plot Cast Production In 1937, Universal Pictures made a deal with the Crime Club, who were publishers of whodunnits. Over the next few years Universal released several mystery films in the series. ''The Last Express'' was one of the entries in the series. Release ''The Last Express'' opened in New York in the week of October 12, 1938. It was released further on October 28, 1938. Reception Archer Winsten of the ''New York Post The ''New York Post'' (''NY Post'') is a conservative daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. The ''Post'' also operates NYPost.com, the cel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lady In The Morgue (film)
''The Lady in the Morgue'' is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Otis Garrett and written by Eric Taylor and Robertson White. It is based on the 1936 novel ''The Lady in the Morgue'' by Jonathan Latimer. The film stars Preston Foster, Patricia Ellis, Frank Jenks, Thomas E. Jackson, Wild Bill Elliott, Roland Drew and Barbara Pepper. The film was released on April 22, 1938, by Universal Pictures. Plot Detective Bill Crane investigates the murder of the morgue keeper and the disappearance of a blond's dead body. Cast Production In 1937, Universal Pictures made a deal with the Crime Club, who were published of whodunnits A ''whodunit'' or ''whodunnit'' (a colloquial elision of "Who asdone it?") is a complex plot-driven variety of detective fiction in which the puzzle regarding who committed the crime is the main focus. The reader or viewer is provided with the .... Over the next few years Universal released several mystery films in the series. The film was the third in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Warning (1938 Film)
''The Last Warning'' is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Albert S. Rogell and written by Edmund Hartmann. It is based on the 1938 novel ''The Dead Don't Care'' by Jonathan Latimer. The film stars Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, Kay Linaker, E. E. Clive, Joyce Compton and Frances Robinson. The film was released on January 6, 1939, by Universal Pictures. Plot Detective Bill Crane and his sidekick Doc Williams are hired by John Essex who has been receiving threatening letters, they are sent to his uncle's country estate to investigate and soon enough his sister Linda is kidnapped. Cast Production In 1937, Universal Pictures made a deal with the Crime Club, who were published of whodunnits A ''whodunit'' or ''whodunnit'' (a colloquial elision of "Who asdone it?") is a complex plot-driven variety of detective fiction in which the puzzle regarding who committed the crime is the main focus. The reader or viewer is provided with the .... Over the next few years Universal re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danger On The Air
''Danger on the Air'' is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Otis Garrett. The film was based on the novel ''Death Catches Up with Mr. Kluck'' by author Xanthippe. Plot summary Nan Grey, as Christina "Steenie" MacCorkle, a radio advertising executive, is suspected of murdering her client as Caesar Kluck, a soda magnate. Loathed by all who met him, or forced to work, with his underhanded business machinations, the victims, and suspects, start piling up. Including thug, Joe Downing, as Gangster Joe Carney; Lee J. Cobb as Tony Lisotti, trying to protect his daughter, Louise Stanley, as Maria Lisotti, from being another notch on Kluck's belt; and, Peter Lind Hayes, as Harry Lake, who is desperate to get on the air, seemingly at any cost. Cast Production ''Danger on the Air'' was based on The Crime Club novel '' Death Catches Up with Mr. Kluck'' by Xantippe. Production on the film began in mid May 1938. Release ''Danger on the Air'' was released on July 1, 1938 by Universa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Doll
''The Black Doll'' is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Otis Garrett and starring Donald Woods and Edgar Kennedy. The film was the second in Universal's Crime Club series following ''The Westland Case''. Production In 1937, Universal Pictures made a deal with Crime Club, who were publishers of whodunnits. Over the next few years Universal released several mystery films in the series. The film was the second in Universal's Crime Club series following ''The Westland Case''. ''The Black Doll'' was based on the novel ''The Black Doll'' by William Edward Hayes. Release ''The Black Doll'' was distributed by Universal Pictures on January 30, 1938. The film was followed with eight more films in the Crime Club series in the next two years. Reception From contemporary reviews, Wanda Hale of '' The New York Daily News'' described the film as "an absorbing mystery story" that will "stir your admiration, wrack your nerves, tickle your funny bone and, if you don't watch out, defl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left-Handed Law
''Left-Handed Law'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Frances Guihan. It is based on the 1936 novel ''Left Handed Law'' by Charles M. Martin. The film stars Buck Jones, Noel Francis, Nina Quartero, Frank LaRue, Lee Shumway, Robert Frazer, Lee Phelps, George Regas and Matty Fain. The film was released on April 1, 1937, by Universal Pictures. Plot Wells Fargo sends agent Alamo Bowie in order to stop "One-Shot" Brady and his gang, after following a couple clues, Alamo gets into a showdown with Brady. Cast *Buck Jones as Alamo Bowie *Noel Francis as Betty Golden *Nina Quartero as Chiquita *Frank LaRue as John Golden *Lee Shumway as Pecos Brown * Robert Frazer as Tom Willis *Lee Phelps as Sheriff Joe Grant *George Regas George Thomas Regas (Greek: Γεώργιος Θωμάς Ρεγάκος; November 9, 1890 – December 13, 1940) was a Greek American actor. Biography Regis was born in the village of Goranoi near Sparta, Greece, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boss Of Lonely Valley
''Boss of Lonely Valley'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by Frances Guihan. The film stars Buck Jones, Richard Holland, Muriel Evans, Harvey Clark, Walter Miller and Lee Phelps. The film was released on December 1, 1937, by Universal Pictures. Plot Cast *Buck Jones as Steve Hanson *Richard Holland as Sonny Lowery *Muriel Evans as Retta Lowrey * Harvey Clark as Jim Lynch * Walter Miller as Jake Wagner *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 films between 1917 and 1953, mainly in uncredited roles. He also appeared in three films that won the Acade ... as Peter Starr *Matty Fain as Sam Leavitt *Grace Goodall as Aunt Martha Wiggins *Ezra Paulette as Suds Maloney *Virginia Dabney as Blondie * Ted Adams as Henchman Slim *Joe Bishop as Singing Cowhand *Silver as Silver References External links * 1937 films American We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Westland Case
''The Westland Case'' is a 1937 American mystery film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, and Carol Hughes. Cast * Preston Foster as Bill Crane * Frank Jenks as Doc Williams * Carol Hughes as Emily Lou Martin * Barbara Pepper as Agatha Hogan * Astrid Allwyn as Bentine * Clarence Wilson as Charlie Frazee * Theodore Von Eltz as Robert Westland * George Meeker as Richard Bolston * Russell Hicks as Woodbury * Selmer Jackson as Warden Production In 1937, Universal Pictures made a deal with the Crime Club who published whodunnit novels. Universal were granted the right to select four of their yearly published novels to adapt into films. The unit responsible for these films was producer Irving Starr. Eleven films were made in the series between 1937 and 1939. ''The Westland Case'' was the first in the series and was based on the Jonathan Latimer novel '' Headed for a Hearse''. The first films in the series featured Preston Foster as Bill Crane a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damaged Goods (1937 Film)
''Damaged Goods'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by Phil Goldstone and starring Pedro de Cordoba, Phyllis Barry and Douglas Walton.Schaefer p.194 It is based on the play ''Les Avariés'' by Eugène Brieux and the subsequent adapted novel ''Damaged Goods'' by Upton Sinclair. A silent film adaptation ''Damaged Goods'' had been made in 1914. The film's sets were designed by the art director Frank Dexter. Plot A young lawyer, engaged to the daughter of a Congressman, attends a party where he has a fling with another woman. Two weeks later he suspects that he has contracted syphilis from her. Cast * Pedro de Cordoba as Dr. Edward B. Walker * Phyllis Barry as Margie * Douglas Walton as George Dupont * Arletta Duncan as Henrietta Allen * Ferdinand Munier as Congressman Allen * Esther Dale as Mrs. Dupont * Clarence Wilson as Dr. N.R. Shryer * Greta Meyer Greta Meyer (7 August 18838 October 1965) was a German actress in motion pictures beginning in the silent film er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
