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John Dusty King
John 'Dusty' King (born Miller McLeod Everson, July 11, 1909 – November 11, 1987) was a singer and film actor renowned for his Westerns particularly the Range Busters series. Biography Everson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati, Everson travelled the country working a variety of jobs, such as chauffeuring motorcars from Detroit to Cincinnati, lumberjacking in New Mexico, and working as a ranch hand in Arizona.Rainey, Buck ''Serial Film Stars: A Biographical Dictionary 1912–1956'', 2005, McFarland, p.714 Everson found himself a radio announcing job in Covington, Kentucky then returned to Cincinnati where he announced, hosted, and sang. Hearing him on the radio, bandleader Ben Bernie hired him as a singer with Everson changing his name to John King. Noting his good looks and popularity, Bernie recommended him to Hollywood with Zeppo Marx also agreeing with Bernie. Hollywood King was contracted to Universal Pictures making se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Half A Sinner (1940 Film)
''Half a Sinner'' is a 1940 American comedy crime film directed by Al Christie. It stars Heather Angel as a schoolteacher who in one day becomes Public Enemy Number One in Pennsylvania. The film is based on Dalton Trumbo's short story "Lady Takes a Chance". The working titles of this film were ''Everything Happens to Ann'' and ''The Lady Takes a Chance''. Plot On the last day of the school year, plain 25-year-old teacher Anne Gladden has her student Willy write punishment lines on the blackboard. After the class is dismissed, she releases the boy and tells him that few can do what they want in life, so they might as well make the best of what they have. She is overheard by Margaret Ree, an older teacher. Margaret tells Anne that she regrets not doing wild things when she was young. She advises Anne to do what she never did and Anne decides to take her advice for one day. She buys a pretty dress and hosiery and releases her pet canary. Sitting in a public park, Anne is proposi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Sharpe (actor)
David Hardin Sharpe (February 2, 1910 – March 30, 1980) was an American actor and stunt performer, sometimes billed as ''Davy Sharpe''. Biography Sharpe won the US National Tumbling Championship in 1925 and 1926. He began his film career as a child actor in the 1920s. He was married for a short time to film actress Gertrude Messinger. Eventually he became the "Ramrod" (stunt coordinator) for Republic Pictures from 1939 until mid-1942 when the USA entered World War II. He was replaced in this role by Tom Steele while Sharpe joined the Army Air Corps in 1943. Death Sharpe died in 1980, aged 70, of Lou Gehrig's disease (some sources cited Parkinson's disease). B-Westerns.com. Accessed November 28, 2022. Recognition In 1979, Sharpe received the Yakima Canutt Award, which honors stuntmen.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Frank Merriwell (serial)
''The Adventures of Frank Merriwell'' (1936) is a Universal movie serial based on the Frank Merriwell books by Gilbert Patten. Plot College sports hero Frank Meriwell leaves school before an impending decisive baseball game to track down his missing father and locate a fabulous lost treasure. Cast *Don Briggs as Frank Merriwell *Jean Rogers as Elsie Belwood * John King as Bruce Browning *Bentley Hewett as Daggett * House Peters Jr. as House Peters * Carla Laemmle as Carla *Sumner Getchell as Harry * Wallace Reid Jr. as Wally *Herschel Mayall Jr. as Herschel *Al Bridge as Henchman Black * Dick Wessell as Henchman Joe *Bud Osborne as Henchman Gorman *Ed Cobb as Henchman Pete *Sam McDaniel as Servant Jeff * Walter Law as Mr. Belwood *Ella Ethridge as Mrs. Merriwell *William P. Carlton as Mr. Merriwell Production ''The Adventures of Frank Merriwell'' is set in 1936 instead of the 1890s of the source material. Universal combined several stories by Burt Standish to make this film. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fighting Youth
''Fighting Youth'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and written by Henry Johnson, Hamilton MacFadden and newspaper reporter Florabel Muir. The film stars Charles Farrell, June Martel, Andy Devine, J. Farrell MacDonald, Ann Sheridan and Edward Nugent. The film was released on November 1, 1935, by Universal Pictures. Plot A radical campus group persuades student Carol Arlington to lead a protest of a college's football team. She manages to recruit Larry Davis, even though he is a star player for State's team. Larry needs money to marry sweetheart Betty Wilson, but needs a job. Carol and the committee protest that the school is using its athletes to make a profit. A distracted Larry fumbles in the next game and is kicked off the team by Coach Parker, who is offended by Larry's campus activities. With some asserting that Larry lost the game on purpose, a campus radical, Tony Tonetti, turns out to be an undercover agent investigating troublemakers trying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Kids And A Queen
''Three Kids and a Queen'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Edward Ludwig, written by Samuel Ornitz and Barry Trivers, and starring May Robson, Henry Armetta, Herman Bing, Frankie Darro, Bill Burrud and William "Billy" Benedict. It was released on October 21, 1935, by Universal Pictures. Plot Cast *May Robson as Mary Jane 'Queenie' Baxter *Henry Armetta as Tony Orsatti *Herman Bing as Walter Merkin *Frankie Darro as Blackie *Bill Burrud as Doc *William "Billy" Benedict as Flash *Lawrence Grant as Wilfred Edgar *Charlotte Henry as Julia Orsatti *Lillian Harmer as Elmira Wiggins *Henry Kolker as Crippets *John Miljan as Boss Benton *Hale Hamilton as Ralph *Noel Madison as Stanley * Tom Dugan as Bill *Irving Pichel as Kraft *Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Cummings *Ferdinand Gottschalk as Dr. Flesig *Edward Van Sloan as Dr. Gordon *Louis Vincenot as Dr. Charcot *Arnold Korff as Dr. Winters *Adrian Morris Adrian Grant Morris (18 May 1929 – 6 December 2004) was an England, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Night Out
''His Night Out'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by William Nigh and written by Harry Clork and Doris Malloy. The film stars Edward Everett Horton, Irene Hervey, Jack La Rue, Robert McWade, Lola Lane and Willard Robertson. The film was released on October 1, 1935, by Universal Pictures. Plot Cast *Edward Everett Horton as Homer B. Bitts *Irene Hervey as Peggy Taylor *Jack La Rue as Joe Ferranza *Robert McWade as Davis *Lola Lane as Lola *Willard Robertson as J.J. Trent *Oscar Apfel as Dr. Kraft *Theodore von Eltz as Parsons *Clara Kimball Young as Mrs. Davis *Ward Bond as Lanky *George Cleveland as Detective *Jack Mulhall as Salesman *Jack Norton as Dr. Singer *Dewey Robinson as Beef *Bill Burrud William James Burrud (January 12, 1925 – July 12, 1990) was a child actor and a television host and producer best known for his travel programs. Biography Born in Hollywood, California, Burrud was a son of Leland Burrud, who had produced on ... as Jimmie Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Affair Of Susan
''The Affair of Susan'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Zasu Pitts, Hugh O'Connell and Walter Catlett.Lowe p.1968 It is a remake of the 1928 silent film '' Lonesome''. Two lonely people meet at an amusement park on Coney Island. Partial cast * Zasu Pitts as Susan Todd * Hugh O'Connell as Dudley Stone * Walter Catlett as Gilbert * Tom Dugan as Jeff Barnes * Inez Courtney as Mrs. Barnes * James Burke as Hogan * Nan Grey as Miss Skelly * Irene Franklin Irene Franklin (June 13, 1885 - June 16, 1941) was an American actress on stage and screen, vaudeville comedian, and singer. Biography Irene Franklin was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, in 1885. While many sources have suggested her birth year as ... as Miss Perkins * William Pawley as Policeman References Bibliography * Lowe, Denise. ''An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930''. Routledge, 2014. External links * 1935 films 1935 comedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolen Harmony
''Stolen Harmony'' is a 1935 American crime film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring George Raft, Ben Bernie and Grace Bradley. It is a semi-musical, featuring Big Band numbers. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Plot A saxophone-player/dancer ( George Raft) joins a Big Band upon his release from jail. The film climaxes with a car chase.Everett Aaker, ''The Films of George Raft'', McFarland & Company, 2013 p 57 Cast * George Raft as Ray Angelo *Ben Bernie as Jack Conrad *Grace Bradley as Jean Loring * Iris Adrian as Sunny Verne *Lloyd Nolan as Chesty Burrage * Goodee Montgomery as Lil Davis * Charles Arnt as Clem Walters *Purv Pullen as Little Nell (uncredited) *Ruth Clifford As Nurse (uncredited) *Jane Wyman as Chorus Girl (uncredited) *Bess Flowers as Musician (uncredited) * Carol Holloway As 6 Children members (uncredited) *Fred Toones as Henry (uncredited) *William Cagney as "Schoolboy" (lookalike brother of James Cagney James Francis Cagne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Jolla, California
La Jolla ( , ) is a hilly, seaside neighborhood within the city of San Diego, California, United States, occupying of curving coastline along the Pacific Ocean. The population reported in the 2010 census was 46,781. La Jolla is surrounded on three sides by ocean bluffs and beaches and is located north of Downtown San Diego and south of the Orange County, California, Orange County line. The climate is mild, with an average daily temperature of . La Jolla is home to many educational institutions and a variety of businesses in the areas of lodging, dining, shopping, software, finance, real estate, bioengineering, medical practice and scientific research. The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) is located in La Jolla, as are the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Salk Institute, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (part of UCSD), Scripps Research Institute, and the headquarters of National University (California), National University (though its academic campuses are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Services (entertainment)
Special Services was the entertainment branch of the American military. The unit was created on 22 July 1940 by the War Department as part of the Army Service Forces. Special Services not only used its own specially trained and talented troops but also would often engage local performers. Among its activities were staging plays and stage acts, holding concerts, filming documentaries, and providing recreational opportunities for servicemen. Special Services were one of the few U.S. Army units to be racially integrated during World War II. Special Services opened their first Recreational Officer school at Fort Meade Maryland on 1 April 1942. Within the United States Marine Corps, the Special Services Division was the forerunner of today's Special Services Branch. It was formed on 1 March 1943, to provide morale maintaining recreational and informational services to Marine Corps personnel. As of at least 2004, the Special Services Branch was still active within the USMC. Roles Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US Army Air Forces
The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II (1941–1945). It was created on 20 June 1941 as successor to the previous United States Army Air Corps and is the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force, today one of the six armed forces of the United States. The AAF was a component of the United States Army, which on 2 March 1942 was divided functionally by executive order into three autonomous forces: the Army Ground Forces, the United States Army Services of Supply (which in 1943 became the Army Service Forces), and the Army Air Forces. Each of these forces had a commanding general who reported directly to the Army Chief of Staff. The AAF administered all parts of military aviation formerly distributed among the Air Corps, General Headquarters Air Force, and the ground ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish–American War
, partof = the Philippine Revolution, the decolonization of the Americas, and the Cuban War of Independence , image = Collage infobox for Spanish-American War.jpg , image_size = 300px , caption = (clockwise from top left) , date = April 21 – August 13, 1898() , place = , casus = , result = American victory *Treaty of Paris (1898), Treaty of Paris of 1898 *Founding of the First Philippine Republic and beginning of the Philippine–American War * German–Spanish Treaty (1899), Spain sells to Germany the last colonies in the Pacific in 1899 and end of the Spanish Empire in Spanish colonization of the Americas, America and Asia. , territory = Spain relinquishes sovereignty over Cuba; cedes Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippine Islands to the United States. $20 million paid to Spain by the United States for infrastructure owned by Spain. , combatant1 = United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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