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Jan Wiley
Jan Wiley (February 21, 1916 – May 26, 1993) was an American film actress. Early years Wiley was born Jan Harriet Wiley in Marion, Indiana and early in her career was billed as Harriet Brandon. Film Beginning in 1937 with ''New Faces of 1937'' and ''Stage Door'', Wiley appeared in 39 films in a mixture of lead, supporting and minor roles in Hollywood B Movies. She had a rare leading role as the title character in ''A Fig Leaf for Eve'' (1944) but is probably best remembered for the 1946 horror film '' She-Wolf of London''. Personal life Wiley was married to actor Roger Wister Clark; they were divorced July 19, 1945. She retired from acting after marrying Mort Green in 1947. They had two children and were divorced in 1971. Death On May 27, 1993, Wiley died of cancer at a retirement home in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. She was 77. Her body was cremated, and her ashes were scattered at sea off San Pedro, California. Selected filmography * ''New Faces of 1937'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion, Indiana
Marion is a city in Grant County, Indiana, United States. The population was 29,948 as of the 2010 United States Census. The city is the county seat of Grant County. It is named for Francis Marion, a brigadier general from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War. The city is home to Indiana Wesleyan University, the largest evangelical Christian university in the Midwest and Indiana's largest private university, when online and regional campuses in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois are included. The traditional campus enrolls about 2,800 students. Since 2016, Jess Alumbaugh has been Marion's mayor. Marion is the birthplace of actor James Dean and cartoonist Jim Davis. It was the location of the wedding of actress Julia Roberts and singer Lyle Lovett in 1993. Geography Marion is located along the Mississinewa River. According to the 2010 census, Marion has a total area of , of which (or 99.47%) is land and (or 0.53%) is water. Demographics 2010 census As of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Strange Case Of Doctor Rx
''The Strange Case of Doctor Rx'' is a 1942 black-and-white murder mystery/ horror B film by Universal Studios directed by William Nigh and starring Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Anne Gwynne, Ray "Crash" Corrigan and Samuel S. Hinds. Although Clarence Upson Young is credited with the screenplay, the actors mostly ad-libbed their lines. The plot involves the search for a serial killer who is targeting men who have been acquitted of murder. The film received poor reviews upon release. Plot Private investigator Jerry Church has just married his longtime fiancée Kit. Defense attorney Dudley Crispin and Church's former police partner Capt. Hurd talk Church into accepting one last case. The case involves a string of murders committed by someone calling himself Dr. Rx, and the victims are five clients whom Crispin had successfully defended in court. After a sixth murder and the discovery that another detective has gone insane investigating the murders, Church agrees to drop the ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Follow The Boys (1944 Film)
''Follow the Boys'' also known as ''Three Cheers for the Boys'' is a 1944 musical film made by Universal Pictures during World War II as an all-star cast morale booster to entertain the troops abroad and the civilians at home. The film was directed by A. Edward "Eddie" Sutherland and produced by Charles K. Feldman. The movie stars George Raft and Vera Zorina and features Grace McDonald, Charles Grapewin, Regis Toomey and George Macready. At one point in the film, Orson Welles saws Marlene Dietrich in half during a magic show. W.C. Fields, in his first movie since 1941, performs a classic pool playing presentation he first developed in vaudeville four decades earlier in 1903. Making appearances are Walter Abel, Carmen Amaya, The Andrews Sisters, Evelyn Ankers, Louise Beavers, Noah Beery Jr., Turhan Bey, Steve Brodie, Nigel Bruce, Lon Chaney Jr., the Delta Rhythm Boys, Andy Devine, Marlene Dietrich, W. C. Fields, Susanna Foster, Thomas Gomez, Louis Jordan and His Orchestra, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law Men
''Law Men'' is a 1944 American Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer, and released by Monogram Pictures. This is the eighth film in the "Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie" series, and stars Johnny Mack Brown as Jack McKenzie and Raymond Hatton as his sidekick Sandy Hopkins, with Jan Wiley, Kirby Grant and Robert Frazer. The film is also known as ''Lawmen'' (American alternative spelling). Plot Two United States Marshals ride into the town of Verdine undercover and separately. The town has been plagued by recurring robberies of the same bank and the stagecoach when shipments of gold are aboard. Sandy rides in during a bank robbery in progress and kills one of the robbers. Posing as a cobbler Sandy is dismayed when the town rewards him with the vacant fully equipped shop of the deceased cobbler, a trade Sandy knows nothing about. Jack trails the outlaw gang and poses as an outlaw on the run to join the gang to replace their late member. Both law men realize that the gang is get ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jive Junction
''Jive Junction'' is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and written by Irving Wallace, Walter Doniger and Malvin Wald. The film stars Dickie Moore, Tina Thayer, Gerra Young, John Michaels, Jack Wagner and Jan Wiley. The film was released on December 16, 1943, by Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot The young musician Peter Crane is transferred from the conservatory to a regular secondary school. There his music comes into conflict with the modern music of high school students. When he finds out that his father was killed in the war, he turns to jive. He soon leads his school's music group. Cast * Dickie Moore as Peter Crane *Tina Thayer as Claire Emerson *Gerra Young as Gerra Young *John Michaels as Jimmy Emerson *Jack Wagner as Grant Saunders *Jan Wiley as Miss Forbes *Beverly Boyd as Cubby * William Halligan as Mr. Maglodian * Johnny Duncan as Frank *Johnny Clark as Chick *Friedrich Feher Friedrich Feher (born Friedrich Weiß, 16 March 1889 – 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Underdog (1943 Film)
''The Underdog'' is a 1943 American drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Barton MacLane, Jan Wiley and Charlotte Wynters.Parish & Pitts p.294 Synopsis After losing his farm, a man moves to a small town in World War II. His elder son is away serving in the army, while his younger boy struggles to fit in and clashes with a neighbourhood gang. Cast * Barton MacLane as John Tate * Bobby Larson as Henry Tate * Jan Wiley as Ämy Tate * Charlotte Wynters as Mrs. Bailey * Conrad Binyon a Spike * Elizabeth Valentine as Mrs. Connors * Kenneth Harlan as Eddie Mohr * George Anderson as Kraeger * Jack Kennedy as Officer O'Toole * Frank Ellis as Old Timer * I. Stanford Jolley as Friendly Soldier * Jack Rockwell Jack Rockwell Trowbridge (October 6, 1890 – November 10, 1947) was an American film actor who was born in Mexico. He appeared in over 250 movies, mostly Westerns, between 1927 and 1947. Rockwell's older brother was character actor Charles ... as Fireman Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
So Proudly We Hail!
''So Proudly We Hail!'' is a 1943 American war film directed and produced by Mark Sandrich and starring Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard – who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance – and Veronica Lake. Also featuring George Reeves, it was produced and released by Paramount Pictures. The film follows a group of military nurses sent to the Philippines during the early days of World War II. The movie was based on a book written by Lieutenant Colonel Juanita Hipps, a World War II nurse – one of the "Angels of Bataan" – who served in Bataan and Corregidor during the time when MacArthur withdrew to Australia which ultimately led to the surrender of US and Philippine troops to Japanese forces. Those prisoners of war were subjected to the Bataan Death March. The film was also based, in part, on Hipps's memoir ''I Served on Bataan''. Plot The film begins with a group of several nurses arriving in Australia, having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fired Wife
''Fired Wife'' is a 1943 comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Robert Paige, Diana Barrymore and Louise Allbritton. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. This was one of the final films in Barrymore's short-lived Universal contract. Cast *Diana Barrymore - Eve Starr *Robert Paige - Hank Dunne *Louise Allbritton - Tabitha 'Tig' Dunne *Walter Abel - Chris McClelland *George Dolenz George Dolenz (born Jure Dolenc; akas: Giorgio Dolenz and George Dolentz; January 5, 1908 February 8, 1963) was an American film actor born in Trieste (then part of Austria-Hungary, now Italy), in the city's Slovene community. Biography Un ... - Oscar Blix References External links * *lobby poster 1943 films American comedy films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Charles Lamont 1943 comedy films Films scored by Frank Skinner Films based on works by Hagar Wilde American black-and-white films 1940s American films {{1940s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn On The Great Divide
''Dawn on the Great Divide'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton based on James Oliver Curwood's 1913 short story "Wheels of Fate". It was the final film of Buck Jones and the final film of Monogram Pictures ''Rough Riders'' film series. Colonel Tim McCoy was recalled up for military service in World War II and is not present in the film. Plot The Rough Riders protect a wagon train and supplies for the railroad against a power hungry businessman who dresses his army of henchmen as Indians. Cast *Buck Jones as Buck Roberts *Mona Barrie as Sadie Rand *Raymond Hatton as Sandy Hopkins * Robert Lowery as Terry Wallace *Rex Bell as Jack Carson *Maude Eburne as Sarah Harkins *Christine McIntyre as Mary Harkins, Sarah's Daughter *Betty Blythe as Mrs. Elmira Corkle *Robert Frazer as Judge John Corkle * Harry Woods as Jim Corkle the Judge's Brother * Tristram Coffin as Matt Rand *Lee Shumway as Joe Wallace, Rail Road Official *Roy Barcroft as Chuck Loder *Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhythm Parade
''Rhythm Parade'' is a 1942 American musical comedy film starring Gale Storm and Margaret Dumont. at All Movie wrote the original story. Yvonne de Carlo makes an early appearance. Cast * as himself, Nils T. "Granny" Granlund aka N.T.G. * as Sally Benson *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Living Ghost
''The Living Ghost'' is a 1942 American mystery-drama film directed by William Beaudine and produced by Monogram Pictures. Starring James Dunn and Joan Woodbury, the film incorporates elements of the horror genre as it follows an ex-private detective who is called in to investigate why a banker has turned into a zombie. As the detective shares wisecracks with the banker's cheeky secretary, the two fall in love. The film was distributed in the United Kingdom under the title ''Lend Me Your Ear'', and later released on home video as ''A Walking Nightmare''. Plot Banker Walter Craig (Gus Glassmire) has disappeared and his best friend, Ed Moline (Paul McVey) hires Nick Trayne ( James Dunn), a retired private detective who now earns a living as a quasi-psychic and "listening ear", to take the case. Everyone who lives on the estate is under suspicion—including Craig's second wife Helen (Edna Johnson), his daughter Tina ( Jan Wiley) and her fiance Arthur Wallace (Howard Banks), Craig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Silent Men
''City of Silent Men'' is a 1942 American crime film directed by William Nigh and written by Joseph Hoffman. The film stars Frank Albertson, June Lang, Jan Wiley, Richard Clarke, William Gould and Emmett Lynn. The film was released on October 12, 1942, by Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot Cast *Frank Albertson as Gil Davis *June Lang as Helen Hendricks *Jan Wiley as Jane Muller *Richard Clarke as Jerry Hendricks * William Gould as Mayor Hendricks *Emmett Lynn as Jeb Parker *Dick Curtis as Frank Muller *Barton Hepburn as Frank *Frank Jaquet as Judge *Frank Ferguson as Fred Bernard *Richard Bailey as Liptine *Jack Baxley Andrew Jackson Baxley (July 4, 1884 – December 10, 1950) was an American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s. He appeared in over 100 films over his career, many in unnamed, un-credited roles. Occasionally he would receive small, named roles ... as Police Chief *William Kellogg as Police Captain *Charles Jordan as Gordon *Pat Gleason as Manners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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