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Joseph Hoffman
Joseph Hoffman (1909–1997) was an American screenwriter.Shelley p.228 Biography Hoffman began his career with a bang as a screenwriter in the mid-1930s and was installed as a junior screenwriter at 20th Century Fox. He is credited with writing the story, dialogue, or screenplay for 57 movies, from ''Your Uncle Dudley ''Your Uncle Dudley'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Eugene Forde and written by Allen Birkin, Joseph Hoffman and Dore Schary. The film stars Edward Everett Horton, Lois Wilson, John McGuire, Rosina Lawrence, Alan Dinehart and ...'' to '' The King's Pirate''. From the mid-1950s into the 1960s, Hoffman wrote for television, including ''Leave It to Beaver'', ''My Three Sons'', ''The Smothers Brothers'', ''Bonanza'', and ''The Patty Duke Show''. From 1954 on, he also worked as a producer at Screen Gems. Filmography Films Television References Bibliography * Shelley, Peter. ''Frances Farmer: The Life and Films of a Troubled Star''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York, New York
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the 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, 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 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 megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global cultural, financial, entertainment, and media center with a significant influence on commerce, health care and life sciences, research, technology, education, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxwell Shane
Maxwell Shane (August 26, 1905 – October 25, 1983) was an American movie and television director, screenwriter, and producer. Biography Before embarking in a career in show business, Shane studied law at USC and UCLA law schools. He later became a journalist and moved on to become a Hollywood publicist. Along with David Hillman (father of musician Chris Hillman), he founded the Hillman-Shane Advertising Agency, in Los Angeles. Shane later became a screenwriter. Most of his early work was for forgettable low-budget films. Becoming a director in 1947, he worked on noirish films, as a writer or director, like ''Hell's Island'', '' Fear in the Night'' and the remake '' Nightmare''. Shane scripted ''City Across the River'', the 1949 film of Irving Shulman's ''The Amboy Dukes'', and directed 1955's '' The Naked Street'', starring Anthony Quinn and Anne Bancroft. In 1960, he became a writer-producer for the Boris Karloff William Henry Pratt (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quick Millions (1939 Film)
:''See also Quick Millions (1931 film) starring Spencer Tracy and George Raft ''Quick Millions'' is a 1939 American comedy film co-written by Buster Keaton, one of the series of seventeen Jones Family films beginning with ''Every Saturday Night'' (1936) and ending with ''On Their Own'' (1940). Spring Byington appeared in all seventeen; Jed Prouty in all but the last one. In this entry the Joneses are convinced they've bought the Grand Canyon. This is one of the two Jones Family films with gags and a story line provided by Keaton, briefly moonlighting from MGM for his old friend Malcolm St. Clair, the director of this film.Keaton, the Man Who Wouldn't Lie Down, Tom Dardis, pgs. 246-248 Cast * Jed Prouty as John Jones * Spring Byington as Mrs. John Jones * Kenneth Howell as Jack Jones * George Ernest as Roger Jones * June Carlson as Lucy Jones * Florence Roberts as Granny Jones * Billy Mahan as Bobby Jones * Eddie Collins as Henry 'Beaver' Howard * Robert Shaw as National P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boy Friend (1939 Film) as Delphinie (uncredited)
''Boy Friend'' is a 1939 American comedy film second feature directed by James Tinling and written by Joseph Hoffman and Barry Trivers. The film stars Jane Withers, Arleen Whelan and George Ernest. The film was released on May 19, 1939, by 20th Century Fox. Cast *Jane Withers as Sally Murphy *Arleen Whelan as Sue Duffy *George Ernest as Billy Bradley *Richard Bond as Jimmy Murphy *Douglas Fowley as Ed Boyd *Warren Hymer as Greenberg *Robert Kellard as Tommy Bradley *Minor Watson as Capt. Duffy * Robert Shaw as Cracker *Ted Pearson as Callahan *William H. Conselman Jr. as Arizona *Myra Marsh as Mrs. Murphy * Harold Goodwin as Matchie Riggs *Lillian Yarbo Lillian "Billie" Yarbo (March 17, 1905 – June 12, 1996) was an American stage and screen comedienne, dancer, and singer. Early life Born Lillian Yarbough References < ...
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Pride Of The Navy
''Pride of the Navy'' is a 1939 American action film directed by Charles Lamont and written by Ben Markson and Saul Elkins. The film stars James Dunn, Rochelle Hudson, Gordon Oliver, Horace McMahon, Gordon Jones and Charlotte Wynters. The film was released on January 23, 1939, by Republic Pictures. Plot Cast * James Dunn as Speed Brennan *Rochelle Hudson as Gloria Tyler *Gordon Oliver as Jerry Richards *Horace McMahon as Gloomey Kelly * Gordon Jones as Joe Falcon *Charlotte Wynters as Mrs. Falcon *Joseph Crehan as Brad Foster *Charles Trowbridge Charles Silas Richard Trowbridge (January 10, 1882 – October 30, 1967) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1915 and 1958. Biography Trowbridge was born in Veracruz, Mexico, where his father served in the ... as Capt. Tyler References External links * 1939 films American action films 1930s action films Republic Pictures films Films directed by Charles Lamont American black-and-w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buster Keaton
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent film work, in which his trademark was physical comedy accompanied by a stoic, deadpan expression that earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face". Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton's "extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929" when he "worked without interruption" as having made him "the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies". In 1996, ''Entertainment Weekly'' recognized Keaton as the seventh-greatest film director, and in 1999 the American Film Institute ranked him as the 21st-greatest male star of classic Hollywood cinema. Working with independent producer Joseph M. Schenck and filmmaker Edward F. Cline, Keaton made a series of successful two-reel comedies in the early 1920s, including ''One Week'' (1920), '' The Playhouse'' (1921), '' Cops'' (1922), and ''The Electric House'' (1922). He then moved to feature-leng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jones Family In Hollywood
''The Jones Family in Hollywood'' is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and written by Harold Tarshis. The film stars Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Kenneth Howell, George Ernest, June Carlson and Florence Roberts. It was released on June 2, 1939 by 20th Century Fox. The film is one of 17 in the Jones Family B-movie series. Plot Cast *Jed Prouty as John Jones *Spring Byington as Mrs. John Jones * Kenneth Howell as Jack Jones * George Ernest as Roger Jones * June Carlson as Lucy Jones *Florence Roberts as Granny Jones * Billy Mahan as Bobby Jones *William Tracy as Danny Regan *June Gale as Alice Morley *Marvin Stephens as Tommy McGuire *Hamilton MacFadden as Director Townsend *Matt McHugh as Charlie *Lillian Yarbo as Maid (uncredited) * Phyllis Barry Phyllis Barry (born Gertrude Phyllis Hillyard; 7 December 1908 – 1 July 1954) was an English film actress. Born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, to Seth Henry and Bertha ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadows Over Shanghai
''Shadows Over Shanghai'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Charles Lamont and starring James Dunn, Ralph Morgan, Robert Barrat, and Paul Sutton. Set in Shanghai during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the plot centers on the efforts of Japanese and Russian espionage agents to get their hands on an amulet which is the key to a $5 million fund meant to help China purchase munitions. Footage from the bombing of Shanghai during the 1937–1945 war was incorporated into several scenes. Plot Russian agent Igor Sargoza shoots down Peter Roma's biplane over an orphanage in China where Roma's sister Irene teaches. Badly wounded, Peter entrusts Irene with a broken amulet that he needs to get to San Francisco; the other half is being held there, where the two halves will unlock $5 million to be used for the purchase of munitions for China to defend itself during the Second Sino-Japanese War. With Sargoza on her trail, Irene misses the last ship of the day evacuating foreigners and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen DeWolf
Karen DeWolf (1904–1989), sometimes known as Gypsy Wells, was an American screenwriter and novelist credited on over 50 films during her 20+ years in Hollywood. She's best known for her work on Columbia's ''Blondie'' films, in addition to movies like ''Nine Girls'' and '' Johnny Allegro''. She also wrote a book, ''Take the Laughter'', in 1940. Biography Early life DeWolf was born Muriel Valentine Quack, the only child of Hugh Quack and Florence Morrow in Manhattan. After her family moved west, she graduated from high school in Alameda, California. She had dreams of becoming an actress, and caused quite a stir at 17 by posing in a swimsuit for a photo that ended up on the cover of ''National Police Gazette.'' (After being suspended, DeWolf would tell her principal she had never agreed for those photos—which were taken with the intent of furthering her ambition to be an actress—to be used in that manner.) She briefly gave up her Hollywood dreams, however, when she marr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safety In Numbers (1938 Film)
''Safety in Numbers'' is a 1938 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 The Jones Family film series is seventeen 20th Century Fox second feature family comedies produced between 1936 and 1940. Somewhat similar to the mildly comic tone of MGM's '' Andy Hardy'' and Columbia Pictures '' Blondie'' films, the Joneses st ... series.Drew p.180 Cast References Bibliography * Bernard A. Drew. ''Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide''. Routledge, 2013. External links * * * 1938 films 1938 comedy films American comedy films Films directed by Malcolm St. Clair 20th Century Fox films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arson Gang Busters
''Arson Gang Busters'' is a 1938 American action film directed by Joseph Kane and written by Alex Gottlieb, Norman Burnstine and Joseph Hoffman. The film stars Robert Livingston, Rosalind Keith, Jackie Moran, Warren Hymer, Jack La Rue and Clay Clement. The film was released on March 28, 1938, by Republic Pictures. Plot Fireman Bill O'Connell is allocated in the Arson Squad with the objective of stopping a gang of for-profit arsonists who are causing property and lives to be lost. Cast * Robert Livingston as Bill O'Connell *Rosalind Keith as Joan Lawrence *Jackie Moran as Jimmy Riler *Warren Hymer as Tom Jones *Jack La Rue as Bud Morgan *Clay Clement as Hamilton *Selmer Jackson as Commissioner Benton *Emory Parnell as Chief J.P. Riley *Walter Sande as Oscar *Dick Wessel as Slugs *Jack Rice as Bradbury *Lloyd Whitlock Lloyd Whitlock (January 2, 1891 – January 8, 1966) was a prolific American actor who began working during Hollywood's silent era. Born in 1891, he appeared i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Headin' East
''Headin' East'' is a 1937 Buck Jones Western directed by Ewing Scott. Plot Cowboy Buck Benson (Buck Jones) trades his trusty six-shooter for bare knuckles and batters his way from the wide-open plains to crack down on mob-related crime in Manhattan. Cast * Buck Jones as Buck Benson * Ruth Coleman as Helen Calhoun * Shemp Howard as Windy Wylie * Donald Douglas as Eric Ward * Elaine Arden as Penny * Frank Faylen as Joe * Leo Gorcey Leo Bernard Gorcey (June 3, 1917– June 2, 1969) was an American stage and film actor, famous for portraying the leader of a group of hooligans known variously as the Dead End Kids, the East Side Kids and, as adults, The Bowery Boys. Gorcey was ... as Boy Boxer in Gym (Uncredited) Production The working title of the film was ''West of Broadway''. References External links * 1937 films Columbia Pictures films American Western (genre) films 1937 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Ewing Scott 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
