|
James Anderson (American Actor)
James Anderson (July 13, 1921 – September 14, 1969), sometimes billed as Kyle James, was an American television and film actor of the 1950s and 1960s. He is probably best known for his role as Bob E. Lee Ewell in ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' (1962). Career He made more than 120 appearances, mostly in television and several films between 1941 and 1969. He made three guest appearances on '' Perry Mason'', including the role of murder victim Frank Anderson in the 1958 episode, "The Case of the Pint-Sized Client," and murder victim Stanley Piper in the 1960 episode, "The Case of the Ill-Fated Faker." He appeared in a number of westerns throughout his career, often playing a gun-for-hire or outlaw...including "Sanctuary at Crystal Springs", the controversial 1963 episode of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series ''The Dakotas'', that led to the series' cancellation, where he played the main antagonist.. He also appeared on ''Gunsmoke'' in 1963, playing outlaw named “Harmon” ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Peck
Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck the 12th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood Cinema. After studying at the Neighborhood Playhouse with Sanford Meisner, Peck began appearing in stage productions, acting in over 50 plays and three Broadway productions. He first gained critical success in ''The Keys of the Kingdom'' (1944), a John M. Stahl–directed drama which earned him his first Academy Award nomination. He starred in a series of successful films, including romantic-drama '' The Valley of Decision'' (1944), Alfred Hitchcock's '' Spellbound'' (1945), and family film '' The Yearling'' (1946). He encountered lukewarm commercial reviews at the end of the 1940s, his performances including '' The Paradine Case'' (1947) and '' The Great Sinner'' (1948). Peck reached global recognition in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bride Of Vengeance
''Bride of Vengeance'' is a 1949 adventure film set in the Italian Renaissance era, directed by Mitchell Leisen. Plot Lucrezia Borgia's brother Cesare Borgia has her second husband Prince Bisceglie killed in order to marry her to Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, whose well-defended lands lay between the Borgia's Papal States and Venice, which Cesare wants to conquer. Cesare ensures Lucretia blames Alfonso for the murder and, encouraged by Cesare, she plots deadly revenge against her new husband. When the poison she gives him is counter-acted, and she realizes Cesare really killed her second husband, she returns to help Alfonso defend Ferrara against Cesare's army. Cesare retreats, killing Michellotto, who wanted to continue the fight. In the final scene, the couple drink to their love. Cast * Paulette Goddard as Lucrezia Borgia * John Lund as Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara * Macdonald Carey as Cesare Borgia * Albert Dekker as Vanetti * John Sutton as Prince Bisceg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Jesse James Raid
''The Great Jesse James Raid'' is a 1953 American Ansco Color Western film directed by Reginald LeBorg and starring Willard Parker, Barbara Payton, and Tom Neal. This was the only film for Tom Neal and Barbara Payton to co-star together, as their ill-famed love affair essentially derailed the movie careers of both of them. The film marked the production debut of Robert L. Lippert's son. Plot Famous outlaw and bank robber Jesse James is lured from his comfortable retirement in St. Joseph, Missouri, to commit one more robbery to retrieve gold from an abandoned mine in Colorado, but the affair will go wrong. Cast * Willard Parker as Jesse James *Barbara Payton as Kate * Tom Neal as Arch Clements *Wallace Ford as Elias Hobbs *Jim Bannon as Bob Ford * James Anderson as Johnny Dorette *Richard H. Cutting as Sam Wells *Barbara Woodell as Zee James Zerelda Amanda Mimms James (July 21, 1845 – November 13, 1900) was the wife and first cousin of Jesse James. Personal life Ze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruby Gentry
''Ruby Gentry'' is a 1952 film directed by King Vidor, and starring Jennifer Jones, Charlton Heston, and Karl Malden. In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to King Vidor's career. In 1960, the movie and the title character were the inspiration for Roberta Lee Streeter to sing under the name Bobbie Gentry. Plot Ruby Corey, a poor backwoods girl living in the small North Carolina town of Braddock, is still in love with Boake Tackman. During high school, Ruby had rebuffed his aggressive advances, and was taken in for a couple of years by a kind wealthy businessman and his wife, who protected her and taught her the skills a lady would need. She moved back home when her father needed her help. Boake's family used to be wealthy, but after generations of profligacy all he has left is the land he drained and farmed. He starts a relationship with her but plans to marry a local woman with a rich family. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Star (1952 Film)
''The Star'' is a 1952 American drama film directed by Stuart Heisler and starring Bette Davis. The plot tells the story of an aging, washed-up actress who is desperate to restart her career. Even though the film was a critical and commercial failure, Bette Davis received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Plot Oscar-winning star Margaret "Maggie" Elliot (Bette Davis) is a poor actress struggling to accept her new, non-wealthy reality. She is in denial, and confident she somehow can re-launch her career to its earlier brilliance. After suffering another big disappointment while vainly striving to get one good role, she gets drunk, gets arrested for DUI, and spends a night in jail. She is bailed out by Jim Johannsen (Sterling Hayden), a younger former actor whom she had helped in the past. Jim, now comfortably settled as the owner of a boatyard, admits that he has loved her ever since those days, and helped by Margaret's daughter Gretchen (Natalie Wood), tries to help M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellgate (1952 Film)
''Hellgate'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Charles Marquis Warren and starring Sterling Hayden. It was the second of three films Warren made for Robert L. Lippert as a writer/director. Plot Hellgate Prison is an aptly named facility in the desert where the worst criminals are sent. Hanley, a veterinarian and former Civil War soldier, is falsely accused and convicted of a crime. He is sentenced to this hellish place. He immediately gets on the wrong side of Voorhees, a vicious guard, and Redfield, a mean convict. Hanley will need to fight his way out, particularly when the prisoners are afflicted with an epidemic of a spreading plague. Cast * Sterling Hayden as Gilman S. Hanley * Joan Leslie as Ellen Hanley * Ward Bond as Lt. Tod Voorhees * James Arness as George Redfield * Peter Coe as Jumper Hall * John Pickard as Gundy Boyd * Robert Wilke as Sgt. Maj. Kearn * Kyle James as Vern Brechene * Richard Emory as Dan Mott See also * Sterling Hayden filmography S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Duel At Silver Creek
''The Duel at Silver Creek'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Don Siegel; his first film in the Western genre. It starred Stephen McNally, Audie Murphy and Faith Domergue. It was the first time Murphy had appeared in a film where he played a character who was good throughout the movie.Don Graham, ''No Name on the Bullet: The Biography of Audie Murphy'', Penguin, 1989 p 228 The working titles of the film were Claim Jumpers and Hair Trigger Kid. Plot Luke Cromwell, aka the "Silver Kid" (Audie Murphy), loses his father to mining claim jumpers. He is deputised by Marshal Lightning Tyrone (Stephen McNally) of Silver City, who wants to defeat the claim jumpers. The two men fall for different women, Tyrone for the treacherous Opal Lacey ( Faith Domergue), who is secretly in league with the claim jumpers, and Cromwell with tomboy Dusty Fargo (Susan Cabot) who pursues Lightning. Cast * Audie Murphy as Luke Cromwell – The Silver Kid * Faith Domergue as Opal Lacey * Stephen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (film)
''Has Anybody Seen My Gal?'' is a 1952 comedy film distributed by Universal-International, directed by Douglas Sirk, and stars Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson, Charles Coburn, and Gigi Perreau. It is loosely based upon the Eleanor Porter novel ,"Oh Money! Money!". Set in the 1920s, the film leans heavily on period detail, such as flappers, the Charleston and raccoon coats. It is named for the jazz song " Has Anybody Seen My Gal?" which was a hit for The California Ramblers during the '20s. Though the song is sung during the movie, its lyrics have no particular relation to the plot. Plot The year is 1928. Samuel Fulton ( Charles Coburn) is an old and lonely New York millionaire who has decided to leave his fortune to the family of the late Millicent Blaisdell. Millicent is the only woman he has ever been in love with and they briefly dated, until she dumped him because she did not return his love. Samuel explains to his lawyer Edward Norton ( Frank Ferguson) that losing the love of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Musketeer
''The Last Musketeer'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by William Witney and written by Arthur E. Orloff. The film stars Rex Allen (with Koko the Miracle Horse), Mary Ellen Kay, Slim Pickens, James Anderson, Boyd Morgan and Monte Montague. The film was released on March 1, 1952, by Republic Pictures. Plot A greedy rancher is charging excessive prices for access to the area's only water supply, extorting the smaller ranchers in the area. A water diviner teams up with a cattle buyer to force the villain to share the water with his neighbors. Cast *Rex Allen as Rex Allen *Koko as Koko * Mary Ellen Kay as Sue *Slim Pickens as Slim Pickens *James Anderson as Russ Tasker * Boyd Morgan as Barney *Monte Montague as Matt Becker * Michael Hall as Johnny Becker *Al Bridge Alfred Morton Bridge (February 26, 1891 – December 27, 1957) was an American character actor who played mostly small roles in over 270 films between 1931 and 1954. Bridge's persona was an unpleasa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blue Veil (1951 Film)
''The Blue Veil'' is a 1951 American historical drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Jane Wyman, Charles Laughton and Joan Blondell. It tells the story of a woman who spends her life caring for other people’s children, beginning just after World War I. The title refers to the headdresses once worn by governesses and nannies, colored blue to distinguish them from the white veils worn by medical nurses. The screenplay by Norman Corwin is based on a story by François Campaux, adapted for the French-language film '' Le Voile Bleu'' in 1942. Plot Following the death of her newborn baby, war widow LouLou Mason accepts a temporary two-week assignment as nursemaid to the infant son of corset manufacturer Frederick K. Begley, who lost his wife in childbirth. She ingratiates herself with the family and eventually becomes a permanent fixture. When she declines Frederick's proposal, he marries his secretary Alicia Torgersen, who fires LouLou following her honeymoon. Lou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Along The Great Divide
''Along the Great Divide'' is a 1951 American Western film noir directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Kirk Douglas, Virginia Mayo, John Agar and Walter Brennan. It was Douglas's first Western, a genre that served him well during his long career. In a 1986 interview with David Letterman, it was one of two movies Kirk told the audience that they "could skip" in his filmography; the other was '' The Big Trees''. Plot Federal marshal Len Merrick (Kirk Douglas) and his two deputies rescue cattle rustler and murder suspect Tim "Pop" Keith (Walter Brennan) from a lynch mob headed by grieving rancher Ned Roden, whose beloved son was shot in the back. Merrick insists on taking Keith to Santa Loma to stand trial. The other ranchers are unwilling to go against a marshal, but Roden vows to administer his own brand of justice. He sends his other son, Dan, to gather his ranch hands while he attends to the burial. Merrick offers to help, but is met with implacable hostility. After Roden leav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five (1951 Film)
''Five'' is a 1951 American horror science fiction film that was produced, written, and directed by Arch Oboler. The film stars William Phipps, Susan Douglas Rubeš, James Anderson, Charles Lampkin, and Earl Lee. ''Five'' was distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film's storyline involves five survivors, one woman and four men, of an atomic bomb disaster. It appears to have wiped out the rest of the human race while leaving all infrastructure intact. The five come together at a remote, isolated hillside house, where they try to figure out how to survive. They must also come to terms with the loss of their own personal worlds, while also being forced to face an unknown future. Plot Roseanne Rogers (Susan Douglas Rubeš) trudges from place to place, searching for another living human being. A ''Mountain News'' headline reports a scientist's warning that detonating a new type of atomic bomb could cause the extinction of humanity. Rosanne eventually makes her way to her aunt's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
