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Jan Duggan
Jan Duggan (born Genevieve Hussey; November 6, 1881 – March 10, 1977) was an American film and stage actress. Early life Duggan was born Genevieve Hussey in St. Louis, Missouri. She was the daughter of George W. Hussey Sr. and Mary E. Flynn, she had three siblings. Her father died from a gunshot wound in 1894 in an act that was considered a homicide. Voice lessons and breathing exercises that were administered for her frailty in childhood helped to prepare her for her career. She sang in light opera and in concerts in St. Louis and taught voice lessons after she moved to Dallas. Career Duggan started her theatrical career in 1933 after she was cast as the "Bowery Nightingale" in the revival of ''The Drunkard'' in the Los Angeles Theatre Mart. Her film career started in 1934, when W. C. Fields interpolated ''The Drunkard'' into his 1934 film comedy ''The Old Fashioned Way (film), The Old Fashioned Way''. Fields worked well with Duggan, and she became one of the comedia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wagon Wheels (film)
''Wagon Wheels'' is a 1934 Western film directed by Charles Barton and starring Randolph Scott and Gail Patrick. It is a remake of 1931's '' Fighting Caravans'', using stock footage from the original and substituting a new cast. It was based on the Zane Grey 1929 novel ''Fighting Caravans''. The supporting cast features Monte Blue and Raymond Hatton. Cast * Randolph Scott as Clint Belmet * Gail Patrick as Nancy Wellington * Billy Lee as Sonny Wellington * Monte Blue as Kenneth Murdock * Raymond Hatton as Jim Burch * Jan Duggan as Abby Masters * Leila Bennett as Hetty Masters * Olin Howland as Bill O'Leary * Howard Wilson as Permit Officer * Julian Madison as Lester * Alfred Delcambre as Ebe * Donald Gray as Chauncey (as Eldred Tidbury) * Colin Tapley Colin Edward Livingstone Tapley (7 May 1909 – 1 December 1995) was a New Zealand actor in both American and British films. Born in New Zealand, he served in the Royal Air Force and an expedition to Antarctica before winn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prisoner Of Shark Island
''The Prisoner of Shark Island'' is a 1936 American drama film loosely based on the life of Maryland physician Samuel Mudd, who treated the injured presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth and later spent time in prison after his controversial conviction for being one of Booth's accomplices. The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, was directed by John Ford and starred Warner Baxter and Gloria Stuart. Twentieth Century Pictures, before it merged with Fox, purchased the rights to the book ''The Life of Dr. Mudd'' by Nettie Mudd Monroe, the doctor's daughter. The film's credits, however, make no reference to Monroe or her book. Modern sources state that Darryl F. Zanuck, Twentieth Century's vice-president in charge of production, got the idea to make the film after he read an article in ''Time'' magazine about the prison camp for political prisoners on the Dry Tortugas island. Plot A few short hours after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln ( Frank McGlynn Sr.), Dr. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Can't Cheat An Honest Man
''You Can't Cheat an Honest Man'' is a 1939 American comedy film directed by George Marshall and Edward F. Cline and starring W. C. Fields. Fields also wrote the story on which the film is based under the name Charles Bogle. Plot Circus proprietor Larsen E. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy (Bergen's ventriloquist's dummy/alter-ego, whom Whipsnade hates) Whipsnade's co-ed daughter pays a visit and falls in love with Bergen, but after she sees the financial mess that her father is in, she decides to marry Roger, a tiresome young millionaire. Whipsnade initially approves of the marriage, and just to be sure that the penniless Bergen doesn't win out (and make McCarthy an in-law), he sets the pair adrift in a hot-air balloon. However, Whipsnade creates a scene at the engagement party, and father and daughter escape together in a chariot, with Bergen and McCarthy in pursuit. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thanks For Everything (1938 Film)
''Thanks for Everything'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by William A. Seiter, written by Curtis Kenyon and Harry Tugend, and starring Adolphe Menjou, Jack Oakie, Jack Haley, Arleen Whelan, Tony Martin and Binnie Barnes. It was released on December 23, 1938, by 20th Century Fox. Plot Cast *Adolphe Menjou as J. B. Harcourt *Jack Oakie as Bates *Jack Haley as Henry Smith *Arleen Whelan as Madge Raines * Tony Martin as Tommy Davis *Binnie Barnes as Kay Swift * George Barbier as Joe Raines *Warren Hymer as Marine Sergeant *Gregory Gaye as Ambassador *Andrew Tombes as Mayor *Renie Riano as Mrs. Sweeney *Jan Duggan as Miss Twitchell * Charles Lane as Dr. Olson *Charles Trowbridge as Draft Doctor *Frank Sully as Lem Slininger *Gary Breckner as Announcer *Paul Hurst as Guard *James Flavin as Policeman *Edgar Dearing as Policeman Mike * Carol Adams As Bathing Beauty (uncredited) *Elvia Allman As Violinist (uncredited) * John Dilson As Mr. Lish (uncredited) *Bess Flowers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wages Of Sin (1938 Film)
''The Wages of Sin'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Herman Webber and starring Constance Worth, Willy Castello, Clara Kimball Young, and Blanche Mehaffey. It was produced by Willis Kent. Cheaply made, with poor production values, it is an exploitation film made outside the Hollywood production code, dealing with topics of white slavery, prostitution and murder. Plot The film begins with a long subtitled introduction, stating 90,000 women in the US go missing annually and suggesting many are forced by circumstances to join the “Sisterhood of Sorrow”. Marjorie Benton, who is “just a kid,” dreams of an office job, but works at the Pacific Laundry and is the only breadwinner for a family of coarsely-spoken strikers and loafers. She finally goes on a night out with Florence, one of the other laundry workers, to a seedy nightclub. At the nightclub they watch some impromptu acts and Marjorie drinks alcohol and tries marijuana, which Florence does not approve of. The gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Wild Night (film)
''One Wild Night'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Eugene Forde and written by Charles Belden and Jerome Cady. The film stars June Lang, Dick Baldwin, Lyle Talbot, J. Edward Bromberg, Sidney Toler and Andrew Tombes. The film was released on June 10, 1938, by 20th Century Fox. Plot Four men withdraw large quantities of money from the same bank and then disappear, now reporter Jewel and crime student Jimmy Nolan investigate the possible extortion ring. Cast *June Lang as Gale Gibson aka Jennifer Jewel *Dick Baldwin as Jimmy Nolan *Lyle Talbot as Singer Martin * J. Edward Bromberg as Norman *Sidney Toler as Lawton *Andrew Tombes as Police Chief William Nolan *William Demarest as Editor Collins *Romaine Callender as Ogden Hepple *Jan Duggan as Mrs. Halliday *Spencer Charters as Lem Halliday *Harlan Briggs Harlan Briggs (August 17, 1879 – January 26, 1952) was an American actor and Vaudeville performer who was active from the 1930s until his death in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentucky Moonshine
''Kentucky Moonshine'' is a 1938 American comedy musical film directed by David Butler and released by 20th Century Fox. Plot Radio star Jerry Wade's program ratings are falling and he suggests to his sponsors a show that is different and he goes to Kentucky to find an idea. Caroline, a Kentucky girl in New York trying to crash into radio, learns of Wade's quest and takes her three friends, Harry, Jimmy and Al Ritz, also aspiring to show-business fame, to Kentucky with her, where Wade discovers them in beards, guns, feuds, moonshine and every cliché that fits the hillbillies lifestyle. He stages a broadcast from the hills, which is not heard because of technical difficulties. He takes the whole troupe back to New York with him. Cast * Ritz Brothers as Themselves * Tony Martin as Jerry Wade * Marjorie Weaver as Caroline * Slim Summerville as Hank Hatfield * John Carradine as Reef Hatfield * Wally Vernon as Gus Bryce * Berton Churchill as J.B. * Eddie Collins as 'Spats' Swens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scandal Street (1938 Film)
''Scandal Street'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by James P. Hogan and written by Bertram Millhauser and Eddie Welch. The film stars Lew Ayres, Louise Campbell, Roscoe Karns, Porter Hall, Edgar Kennedy and Elizabeth Patterson. The film was released on February 11, 1938, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast Reception Frank Nugent of ''The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...'' said, "The fictional half of the Criterion's bill is filled by a well-wrought B-plus melodrama from Paramount, an entertaining tidbit called ''Scandal Street'', which considers, for the 'steenth time, the cruelty, malice and stupidity of small-town gossips. Here it is Louise Campbell who suffers the tongue-lashing and the guilty-until-proved-innocent attitude of Pea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight Intruder
''Midnight Intruder'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Arthur Lubin starring Louis Hayward, Eric Linden, J.C. Nugent and Barbara Read. Plot After losing all his money gambling on horses, former newspaper reporter Barry Gilbert and "Doc" Norton break into a vacant mansion belonging to the Reitters for shelter from the rain. Just as the pair are settling in, Willetts and three other servants arrive. Willetts, the butler, does not know what the long-absent, but expected John Clark Reitter Jr. looks like, so he assumes that Barry is him. Barry decides to impersonate young Reitter, the black sheep son of a wealthy New York newspaper publisher, for a while when he learns the family will be away for weeks. A neighbor, Patricia Hammond, develops an interest in Barry, while a showgirl, Peggy, wife of the real John Reitter Jr. (under the name Jay Rogers), shows up and tells him her husband is being framed for the murder of a political bigshot. Barry agrees to try to clear him in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Begins In College
''Life Begins in College'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by William A. Seiter. It marked the Ritz Brothers' first starring role in a feature film. Plot The action takes place at Lombardy College, founded "to give the Indian nations of North America access to higher education". Little Black Cloud (Nat Pendleton) enrolls as "George Black". After being the subject of a hazing prank by football star Bob Hayner (Dick Baldwin), George decides he is too humiliated to stay at school. He first stops to get his ripped pants repaired and meets the Ritz Brothers who convince him to stay. Tim O'Hara (Fred Stone), the football coach, is being pressured to resign because of his age. Janet (Gloria Stuart), the coach's daughter, is Bob's love interest. Bob is on the committee trying to force out Coach O'Hara, but he likes the coach's daughter Janet. He tries to gain Janet's approval by helping her father, but fails at both. Janet, meanwhile, helps George escape from Inez (Joan Davis), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wife, Doctor And Nurse
''Wife, Doctor and Nurse'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Walter Lang and starring Loretta Young. Plot Cast * Loretta Young as Ina Heath Lewis * Warner Baxter as Dr. Judd Lewis * Virginia Bruce as Miss Stephens aka Steve * Jane Darwell as Mrs. Krueger * Sidney Blackmer as Dr. Therberg * Maurice Cass as Pompout * Minna Gombell as Constance * Margaret Irving as Mrs. Cunningham * Bill Elliott as Bruce Thomas (as Gordon Elliott) * Lynn Bari Lynn Bari (born Marjorie Schuyler Fisher, December 18, 1919 – November 20, 1989) was a film actress who specialized in playing sultry, statuesque man-killers in roughly 150 films for 20th Century Fox, from the early 1930s through the 1940s. ... (uncredited) References External links * 1937 films 1937 comedy films American comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by Walter Lang Films with screenplays by Lamar Trotti Films scored by Arthur Lange Films with screenplays by Kathryn Scola 20th Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Faces Of 1937
''New Faces of 1937'' is a 1937 American musical film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Joe Penner, Milton Berle and Harriet Hilliard. Its plot is similar to '' The Producers'' (1968). Intended as the first film of an annual RKO Pictures revue series, poor reception ended plans for future productions. Plot A crooked theatrical producer deliberately sets about creating an unsuccessful show after selling more than 100% of it to investors. Cast *Joe Penner as Seymore Seymore, aspiring actor *Milton Berle as Wallington 'Wally' Wedge *Parkyakarkus as Parky * Harriet Hilliard as Patricia 'Pat' Harrington *William Brady as James 'Jimmy' Thompson *Jerome Cowan as Robert Hunt *Thelma Leeds as Elaine Dorset *Lorraine Krueger as Suzy *Tommy Mack as Judge Hugo Straight, Conductor * Bert Gordon as Count Mischa Moody *Patricia Wilder as Pat, Hunt's Secretary * Richard Lane as Harry Barnes, Broker *Dudley Clements as Plunkett, Stage Manager *William Corson as Assistant Stage Manager *George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
