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James Bell (actor)
James Harlee Bell (December 1, 1891 – October 26, 1973) was an American film and stage actor who appeared in about 150 films and television shows through 1964. Bell was born in Suffolk, Virginia, and graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1911 with a degree in electrical engineering. In 1920, he made his theatrical debut as Venustiano in ''The Bad Man''. He worked steadily on Broadway through 1941. Bell's first film role was in ''I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang'' in 1932. He appeared in the films ''I Walked with a Zombie'' and ''The Leopard Man'', both of which were directed by Jacques Tourneur, produced by Val Lewton, and released in 1943. Among his television appearances were four guest roles on the legal drama series ''Perry Mason''. In 1958, he played murder victim J.J. Stanley in the episode " The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister", and murderer P.E. Overbrook in " The Case of the Lazy Lover." In 1960, he played murderer Zack Davis in " The Case of the Frantic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood On The Sun
''Blood on the Sun'' is a 1945 American war film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring James Cagney and Sylvia Sidney. The film is based on a fictional history behind the Tanaka Memorial document. The film won the Academy Award for Best Production Design, Academy Award for Best Art Direction for a Black-and-white, Black & White (Wiard Ihnen, A. Roland Fields) film in 1945. Plot In 1929, the existence of the “Tanaka Memorial,” a Japanese plan devised by Baron Giichi Tanaka to World domination, conquer the world, is published in the ''Tokyo Chronicle''. The Japanese secret police visit the ''Chronicle’s'' headquarters, interrogating editor Nick Condon about the source, which he refuses to disclose. Intrigued at the heavy-handed response to the rumor, Condon assigns Ollie Miller, a ''Chronicle'' reporter, to further research the plan. Some time later, Ollie and his wife Edith make plans to leave Japan on a ship. Believing he discovered the details of the plan, the secret polic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Case Of The Lavender Lipstick
This is a list of episodes for ''Perry Mason'', an American legal drama series that aired on CBS television for nine seasons (September 21, 1957 – May 22, 1966). The title character, portrayed by Raymond Burr, is a fictional Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner. Many episodes are based on novels and short stories written by Gardner, with some stories having been adapted more than once. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (1957–58) Season 2 (1958–59) Season 3 (1959–60) Season 4 (1960–61) Season 5 (1961–62) Season 6 (1962–63) Season 7 (1963–64) Season 8 (1964–65) Season 9 (1965–66) Notable episodes "The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink" (episode 1–13) was the pilot film for the ''Perry Mason'' series. It was filmed October 3–9, 1956, more than a year before it aired. Written and directed like a film noir second feature, it was a hit with CBS executives and earned the series a g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lives Of A Bengal Lancer (film)
''The Lives of a Bengal Lancer'' is a 1935 American adventure film starring Gary Cooper, directed by Henry Hathaway, and written by Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt, Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston, and Achmed Abdullah. The setting and title come from the 1930 autobiography of the British soldier Francis Yeats-Brown. The story, which has little in common with Yeats-Brown’s book, tells of a group of British cavalrymen and high-ranking officers desperately trying to defend their stronghold and headquarters at Bengal against the rebellious natives during the days of the British Raj. Cooper plays Lieutenant Alan McGregor, Franchot Tone, Lieutenant John Forsythe, Richard Cromwell, Lieutenant Donald Stone, Guy Standing, Colonel Tom Stone, and Douglass Dumbrille plays the rebel leader Mohammed Khan, who reads the now often-misquoted line "We have ways to make men talk." The film was produced by released by Paramount Pictures. Planning began in 1931, and Paramount had exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Student Tour
''Student Tour'' is a 1934 American musical film directed by Charles Reisner, written by Ralph Spence and Philip Dunne, and starring Jimmy Durante, Charles Butterworth, Maxine Doyle, Phil Regan, Douglas Fowley and Nelson Eddy. It was released on October 5, 1934, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Cast *Jimmy Durante as Hank Merman * Charles Butterworth as Ethelred Lippincott * Maxine Doyle as Ann Lippincott * Phil Regan as Bobby Kane *Douglas Fowley as Mushy *Nelson Eddy as Himself * Florine McKinney as Lilith Lorraine *Monte Blue as Jeff Kane *Betty Grable as Cayenne (uncredited) *Dewey Robinson as Huan Lu *Bruce Bennett as Hercules (uncredited) *Mischa Auer as Sikh Cop (uncredited) *Arthur Treacher as Race announcer (uncredited) *Dick Foran as Assistant Manager (uncredited) *Herbert Prior Herbert Prior (2 July 1867 – 3 October 1954) was an English silent film actor. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1908 and 1934. He was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Woman
''White Woman'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Stuart Walker and starring Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton, and Charles Bickford.''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40'' published by The American Film Institute c.1993 The screenplay concerns a young widow who remarries and accompanies her husband to his remote jungle rubber plantation. One of hundreds of Paramount films held in limbo by Universal Studios. Universal gained ownership of Paramount features produced between 1929 and 1949. Paramount remade the film in 1939 as ''Island of Lost Men'', with Anna May Wong, J. Carrol Naish and Broderick Crawford in the roles originated by Lombard, Laughton and Bickford. It was directed by Kurt Neumann. Plot Cast *Carole Lombard as Judith Denning *Charles Laughton as Horace H. Prin *Charles Bickford as Ballister *Kent Taylor as David von Elst *Percy Kilbride as Jakey * James Bell as Hambly * Charles Middleton as Fenton (as Charles B. Middleton) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Day Of Reckoning (1933 Film)
''Day of Reckoning'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code drama film starring Richard Dix, Madge Evans and Conway Tearle. It is based on a novel by Morris Lavine. When a man is sent to prison, his wife is romanced by another man. Plot John Day is arrested for a shortage in his accounts at work. His wife Dorothy asks for help from lusting friend George Hollins, who orders John's lawyer to assure that John receives a two-year jail sentence. Cast * Richard Dix as John Day * Madge Evans as Dorothy Day * Conway Tearle as George Hollins * Una Merkel as Mamie * Stuart Erwin as Jerry * George McFarland as Johnny Day (as Spanky McFarlane) * Isabel Jewell as Kate Lovett * James Bell (actor), James Bell as Slim * Raymond Hatton as Hart * Paul Hurst (actor), Paul Hurst as Harry * John Larkin (actor, born 1877), John Larkin as Abraham * Wilfred Lucas as Guard * Samuel S. Hinds as O'Farrell References External links * * * * 1933 films 1930s prison films 1933 romantic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storm At Daybreak
''Storm at Daybreak'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Richard Boleslawski, written by Bertram Millhauser, and starring Kay Francis, Nils Asther, Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Eugene Pallette and C. Henry Gordon. It was released on July 14, 1933, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Premise The wife of a Serbian mayor engages in a clandestine affair with her husband's best friend, a Hungarian officer. Cast * Kay Francis as Irina Radovic * Nils Asther as Capt. Geza Petery * Walter Huston as Mayor Dushan Radovic * Phillips Holmes as Csaholyi * Eugene Pallette as Janos * C. Henry Gordon as Panto Nikitch * Frank Burk as Jankovitcch (uncredited) * Louise Closser Hale as Militza Brooska * Jean Parker as Danitza * Mischa Auer as Assassin (uncredited) * Frank Conroy as Archduke Franz Ferdinand (uncredited) * Leonid Kinskey as Villager (uncredited) * Akim Tamiroff as Fiddler (uncredited) Critical reception ''The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Detective 62
''Private Detective 62'' is a 1933 American pre-Code detective film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring William Powell as a private detective who falls for a woman whom he has been hired to frame in a scandal. Plot In France, United States State Department employee Donald Free (William Powell) is caught trying to steal French state papers. Free is released from his job and is deported. Back in the US, Free has a hard time finding another job due to the Great Depression. Free convinces Dan Hogan (Arthur Hohl), the crooked and incompetent owner of the Peerless Detective Agency, to partner with him. Without Free's knowledge, Hogan becomes financed by gangster Tony Bandor (Gordon Westcott) and business booms. Bandor complains that a society woman, Janet Reynolds (Margaret Lindsay), is winning too much at his gambling tables and hires Hogan to find some scandal he can use to prevent her from collecting her winnings. Hogan engages Free, without telling him the truth behind the req ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infernal Machine (film)
''Infernal Machine'' is a 1933 American pre-Code thriller film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Chester Morris, Genevieve Tobin and Victor Jory. The film was based on a novel by Karl Sloboda. Retrieved July 11, 2016 Released by , the title is sometimes written as ''The Infernal Machine''. After finishing the film Varnel moved to Britain where he became an established director of s. Plot A bomb planted on board a ship may go off ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King's Vacation
''The King's Vacation'' is a 1933 American pre-Code romance film starring George Arliss and Marjorie Gateson and directed by John G. Adolfi. The supporting cast features Dick Powell, Patricia Ellis, Florence Arliss, Dudley Digges and O. P. Heggie. The film has been preserved in the Library of Congress collection.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', (<-book title) page 97 c.1978 by The American Film Institute Plot Phillip (Arliss), the figurehead monarch of an unnamed country, is unharmed in an assassination attempt. In a conversation with his attempted murderer, Anderson, it becomes clear that the king's sympathies are with the downtrodden people. As unrest builds, Phillip abdicates to avoid bloodshed. Phillip had come to the throne unexpectedly 18 years before, and had been forced to give up his commoner wife Helen (Gateson) and their infant daughter and marry Ma ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Monkey's Paw (1933 Film)
''The Monkey's Paw'' is a 1933 American pre-Code horror film co-directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack (prologue) and Wesley Ruggles, based on the short story, "The Monkey's Paw" (1902) by W. W. Jacobs. The film was considered lost until pictures from it were posted online in 2016; the extant copy is dubbed in French. Plot It is a story about a monkey's paw using which three wishes can be granted but with negative consequences. Still Mr and Mrs White used it to get what they needed. They also lost something very valuable as a punishment for tampering with fate. Cast *Ivan F. Simpson as Mr. White *Louise Carter as Mrs. White *C. Aubrey Smith as Sgt. Maj. Morris *Bramwell Fletcher as Herbert White *Betty Lawford as Rose *Winter Hall as Mr. Hartigan *Herbert Bunston as Sampson *Nina Quartero as Nura *Nigel De Brulier as Hindu Fakir *J.M. Kerrigan Joseph Michael Kerrigan (16 December 1884 – 29 April 1964) was an Irish actor. Early life Joseph Michael Kerrigan was born on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Mile (play)
''The Last Mile'' is a Broadway play by John Wexley that ran for 289 performances from February 13, 1930, to October 1930 at the Sam H. Harris Theatre. It was produced by Herman Shumlin and staged by Chester Erskine. It is set in the death row wing of a prison. The lead role of John "Killer" Mears was first played by Spencer Tracy, and it was the role that brought him to the attention of Hollywood. It was later played for a time by Clark Gable on tour. The play was adapted into a 1932 film starring Preston Foster and into a 1959 film starring Mickey Rooney. Cast * Howard Phillips as Fred Mayor * James Bell as Richard Walters * Hale Norcross as "Red" Kirby * Ernest Whitman as Vincent Jackson * George Leach as Eddie Werner * Don Costello as Drake * Spencer Tracy as John Mears * Herbert Heywood as O'Flaherty * Orville Harris as Peddie * Ralph Theodore as Principal Keeper Callahan * Richard Abbott as Harris * Joseph Calleia as Tom D'Amoro * Henry O'Neill as Father O'Connors * C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
