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Joe Kirkwood, Jr
Reginald Thomas Kirkwood (30 May 1920 – 7 September 2006), better known as Joe Kirkwood Jr., was a professional golfer on the PGA Tour and a film actor. He started going by the name Joe Jr. in the late 1930s. Biography Kirkwood was born in Melbourne, Australia. His father, Joe Kirkwood Sr., was a golf pro acknowledged as having put Australian golf on the world map. In 1948, father and son both made the cut at the U.S. Open (golf), U.S. Open, the first father and son duo to do so (a record they held until 2004). When the younger Kirkwood won the 1949 Philadelphia Inquirer Open, they became the third father and son winners in the history of the PGA Tour. Kirkwood Jr. also won the Ozark Open in 1950 and defeated Sam Snead to win the 1951 Blue Ribbon Open in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1945, Kirkwood was invited by Monogram Pictures to test for the role of boxer Joe Palooka, a popular comic book character. He got the part and starred in ''Joe Palooka, Champ'' (1946) as well as ten addi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KCAL-TV
KCAL-TV (channel 9) is an independent television station in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is owned by the CBS News and Stations group alongside CBS West Coast flagship KCBS-TV (channel 2). Both stations share studios at the CBS Studio Center on Radford Avenue in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, while KCAL-TV's transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson. History KFI-TV (1948–1951) Channel 9 signed on the air as commercial station KFI-TV on August 25, 1948, owned by Earle C. Anthony alongside KFI radio (640 AM). However, the station was originally licensed as experimental W6XEA about 1940, and in 1944 applied for the call letters KSEE (which are now used by the NBC affiliate in Fresno, California). It is unknown whether any transmissions occurred under either call sign. The station initially broadcast a limited schedule with six hours weekly, and formally began operations on October 6, 1948, with hours that day. Though KFI had long been affiliated w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspapers
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Marriage-Go-Round (film)
''The Marriage-Go-Round'' is a 1961 DeLuxe Color CinemaScope American comedy film directed by Walter Lang and written by Leslie Stevens. It is based on the 1958 play ''The Marriage-Go-Round'', also penned by Stevens. The film stars Susan Hayward, James Mason, Julie Newmar, Robert Paige and June Clayworth. It was released on January 6, 1961, by 20th Century Fox. It was filmed on location at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida and at Stage 4 on the Twentieth Century-Fox lot. Plot At a Florida college, professor Paul Delville (James Mason) and wife Content (Susan Hayward), who is the school's dean of women, anticipate visitors from Sweden. The people they expect are a former colleague, Professor Sveg (Everett Glass), and his daughter Katrin (Julie Newmar). Katrin arrives alone. The Delvilles are astounded that Katrin, whom they remember as a gangly teenager, has grown into a statuesque, blonde bombshell. Their astonishment is just the beginning because Katrin brashly anno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Palooka In Triple Cross
''Joe Palooka in Triple Cross'' is a 1951 American film. It was part of the ''Joe Palooka'' series and was directed by Reginald Le Borg. Plot After the champ, Joe Palooka, his wife Anne and trainer Knobby stop for gas, they pick up three hitchhikers who turn out to be fugitives from the law. Their leader is the Professor and his top henchman is Dutch, who is disguised as a woman. While holding Ann hostage, the Professor orders Joe to lose his next fight on purpose while Knobby places a $100,000 bet on his foe. Dutch, carrying a gun, sits ringside, again dressed as a woman, to make sure Joe does what he's told. Knocked out of the ring, Joe lands at Dutch's feet and exposes his true identity. While cops and security deal with that, Joe jumps back into the ring and flattens his opponent. He is winner and still champion. Cast * Joe Kirkwood, Jr. as Joe Palooka * Cathy Downs as Anne * James Gleason as Knobby * John Emery as the Professor * Steve Brodie as Dutch External links *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Palooka In The Squared Circle
''Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle'' is a 1950 American film in the ''Joe Palooka ''Joe Palooka'' was an American comic strip about a heavyweight boxing champion, created by cartoonist Ham Fisher. The strip debuted on April 19, 1930 and was carried at its peak by 900 newspapers. It was cancelled in 1984. The strip was adapt ...'' series. References External links * 1950 films American black-and-white films Films based on American comics Joe Palooka films {{comics-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Palooka In Humphrey Takes A Chance
''Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance'' is a 1950 American film directed by Jean Yarbrough. It was part of the ''Joe Palooka'' series. Plot Knobby Walsh manages the champ, but unless he agrees to promoter Gordon Rogers' demand for 30 percent of the profits, Rogers intends to see to it that Joe Palooka can't get another fight. An irate Knobby claims he can get the popular Joe a fight anywhere in the world, even in Wokkington Falls, where the sweet oaf Humphrey Pennyworth still lives. Joe and wife Anne are glad to go visit their old friend Humphrey, but complications occur when Rogers bribes the mayor and sheriff to frame Knobby and Humphrey on false charges. Joe eventually is able to clear both and save the day. Cast * Leon Errol as Knobby * Joe Kirkwood, Jr. as Joe Palooka * Lois Collier as Anne * Robert Coogan as Humphrey * Mary Happy as Mary * Tom Neal as Rogers * Andrew Tombes as Grogan External links''Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance''at TCMDB Turner Classic M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
''Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey'' is a 1950 film in the ''Joe Palooka'' series. It was directed by Jean Yarbrough. Plot When their car veers off the road en route to their honeymoon, Joe Palooka and new wife Anne are rescued by a sweet lummox, Humphrey Pennyworth, who has amazing strength. Knobby Walsh turns up, concerned about newspaper reports that Joe intends to retire from boxing. He spends the night, causing a rift between Joe and an annoyed Anne in the process. A charity fight is arranged in which Joe will raise funds for a boys' club. When his scheduled opponent, Johnson, makes an insulting remark, Humphrey flattens him. Johnson's shifty manager Belden now wants Humphrey to fight Joe instead, but all the sweet Humphrey wants to do is eat. Belden tells lies about Joe, persuading a gullible Humphrey to step into the ring. Belden's thugs knock out Knobby, who has been running a scheme of his own, pretending to be Lord Cecil, a British boxing manager. Joe's punches barely aff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Palooka In The Counterpunch
''Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch'' is a 1949 American film directed by Reginald Le Borg. It was one in the series of ''Joe Palooka'' films for Monogram starring Leon Errol. It was co-written by Cy Endfield. Cast * Leon Errol Leon Errol (born Leonce Errol Sims, July 3, 1881 – October 12, 1951) was an Australian-American comedian and actor in the United States, popular in the first half of the 20th century for his appearances in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in film ... as Knobby Walsh * Joe Kirkwood, Jr. as Joe Palooka * Elyse Knox as Anne Howe * as Anton Kindel * Sheila Ryan as Myra Madison * Frank Sully as Looie * Ian Wolfe as Prof. Lilliquist * Walter Sande as Austin * Douglass Dumbrille as Capt. Lance * Douglas Fowley as Thurston * Eddie Gribbon as Canvasback * Ralph Graves as Dr. Colman * Roland Dupree as Bellboy * Gertrude Messinger as Nurse * Pedro de Cordoba as Museum Caretaker External links *''Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch''at IMDb''Joe Palooka in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Palooka In The Big Fight
''Joe Palooka in the Big Fight'' is a 1949 comedy film directed by Cy Endfield, based on the comic strip by Ham Fisher. It is an entry in Monogram's ''Joe Palooka'' series. Plot Joe is framed by gamblers who hope to fix the outcome of an upcoming boxing match. When Joe manages to clear his name, the gamblers frame the scrupulously honest boxer with murder. On the run from the law, Joe is forced to turn gumshoe and solve the murder himself—and he'd better hurry if he's going to get to the Big Fight on time. Cast *Leon Errol as Knobby * Joe Kirkwood, Jr. as Joe Palooka * David Bruce as Tom Conway *Lina Romay as Maxine Harlan *George O'Hanlon as Louie *Virginia Welles as Anne Howe * Greg McClure as Grady *Taylor Holmes as Dr. Benson *Ian Macdonald as Mike *Lou Lubin as Talmadge *Bert Conway as Pee Wee *Lyle Talbot as Lt. Muldoon *Benny Baker as Fight Secretary *Eddie Gribbon as Canvas *Jack Roper as Scranton *Frances Osborne as Wardrobe Woman *Harry Hayden as Commissioner L.R. Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Palooka In Winner Take All
''Joe Palooka in Winner Take All'' is a 1948 American film in the ''Joe Palooka'' series. It was directed by Reginald Le Borg. Cast * Joe Kirkwood, Jr. as Joe Palooka * Elyse Knox as Anne Howe * William Frawley as Knobby Walsh * Stanley Clements as Tommy * John Shelton (actor), John Shelton as Greg Tanner * Mary Beth Hughes as Millie * Sheldon Leonard as Hermon * Frank Jenks as Louie * Lyle Talbot as Henderson * Eddie Gribbon as Canvasback * Wally Vernon as Taxi Driver * Chester Clute as Doniger * Douglas Fowley as Reporter * Stanley Prager as Reporter * Tom Kennedy (actor), Tom Kennedy as Lefty * Gertrude Astor as Mrs. Howard External links''Joe Palooka in Winner Take All''at TCMDB''Joe Palooka in Winner Take All'' at IMDb 1947 films American black-and-white films Films directed by Reginald Le Borg Films based on American comics American comedy-drama films 1947 comedy-drama films 1940s American films Joe Palooka films {{comics-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Palooka In Fighting Mad
''Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad'' is a 1948 American comedy film directed by Reginald Le Borg and starring Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood, Jr. and Elyse Knox. It was part of the ''Joe Palooka'' series, produced and distributed by Monogram Pictures.Drew p.175 Plot Blinded during a fight, Joe Palooka is advised to take at least a year off from boxing. His manager Knobby Walsh finds another fighter, but when gangsters cause him trouble, Joe volunteers to climb back into the ring, against his doctor's advice. Cast * Joe Kirkwood Jr. as Joe Palooka * Leon Errol as Knobby * Elyse Knox as Anne * Patricia Dane as Iris March * John Hubbard (actor), John Hubbard as Charles Kennedy * Wally Vernon as Archie Stone * Horace McMahon as Truck Driver * Eddie Gribbon as Scranton * Sarah Padden as Mom Palooka * Herb Vigran as Reporter * Dewey Robinson as Fighter * Emil Sitka as Photographer * Cy Kendall as Commissioner R.E. Carfter * Frank Mayo (actor), Frank Mayo as Detective (uncredited) References Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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