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Jean Carmen
Jean Carmen (April 7, 1913 – August 26, 1993) was an American film, stage, and radio actress. She sometimes went by the stage name Julia Thayer. In addition to her appearances in various films throughout the 1930s, Carmen starred on Broadway in the original production of ''The Man Who Came to Dinner'', appearing as a replacement for the role of June Stanley. In her later career, Carmen wrote, directed, and produced the film ''The Pawn'' in 1966. Biography Born in Portland, Oregon on April 7, 1913, Carmen was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1934, the last year they were named. She had a supporting role as The Rider in the 1937 Republic Pictures western serial ''The Painted Stallion''. She also worked in radio and on Broadway, in ''Stage Door'' and the original 1939 production of ''The Man Who Came to Dinner'' (as a replacement for the role of June Stanley). Modern audiences will also remember Carmen as one of three gold diggers in the 1938 Three Stooges comedy '' H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland, Oregon
Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous county in Oregon. Portland had a population of 652,503, making it the 26th-most populated city in the United States, the sixth-most populous on the West Coast, and the second-most populous in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle. Approximately 2.5 million people live in the Portland metropolitan statistical area (MSA), making it the 25th most populous in the United States. About half of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metropolitan area. Named after Portland, Maine, the Oregon settlement began to be populated in the 1840s, near the end of the Oregon Trail. Its water access provided convenient transportation of goods, and the timber industry was a major force in the city's early economy. At the turn of the 20th century, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiss And Make-Up
''Kiss and Make-Up'' is a 1934 romantic comedy film starring Cary Grant as a doctor who specializes in making women beautiful. Genevieve Tobin and Helen Mack play his romantic entanglements. The film was based on the play ''Kozmetika'' by (credited as Stephen Bekeffi). All of the WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1934 were cast in roles in the film. Plot Dr. Maurice Lamar runs a highly successful business in Paris, providing cosmetic surgery and other beauty treatments to women. Old friend Max Pascal visits him to try to borrow money to finish his research, but Maurice turns him down, instead offering him a job, and later a partnership. Max declines. Maurice unveils the new Eve Caron and declares her perfect. However, her husband Marcel only wants a wife just a bit beautiful, not someone who attracts the attention of every man, so he divorces her. Maurice then marries her himself. They go to a beauty convention on the Riviera on their honeymoon, accompanied by Maurice's naturally pretty sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smoky Trails
''Smoky Trails'' is a 1939 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Bernard B. Ray and written by George H. Plympton. The film stars Bob Steele (actor), Bob Steele, Jean Carmen, Murdock MacQuarrie, Bruce Dane, Carleton Young and Ted Adams (actor), Ted Adams. The film was released on March 3, 1939, by Metropolitan Pictures Corporation. Plot Bob Archer was after his father's killer, when he finds a man in the middle of a gunfight, he helps the man escape, but the man knocks Bob out. Bob is taken to the Sheriff and arrested. Bob realizes that the man who he saved is actually his father's killer and asks to be released. Then disguises himself as a criminal and enters the gang's hideout to find that man again. Cast *Bob Steele (actor), Bob Steele as Bob Archer *Jean Carmen as Marie *Murdock MacQuarrie as Will Archer *Bruce Dane as Cookie *Carleton Young as Mort *Ted Adams (actor), Ted Adams as Outlaw Leader *Frank LaRue as Sheriff *Jimmy Aubrey as Jeff *Bob Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Old Montana
''In Old Montana'' is a 1939 American Western film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and starring Fred Scott, Jean Carmen and John Merton. It is about the conflict existing between sheepherders and cattlemen in the nineteenth century. Background The film was "the second of four singing Westerns Scott made for C. C. Burr". Retrieved October 10, 2014. It was distributed in the United Kingdom in 1940 by Equity British Films. The film begins with a statement explaining the conflict: When the links in the chain of States that made up the great United States were forged, there were many conflicts, dramatic and spectacular, that often threatened the prosperity of the frontier and the economic structure of the whole nation. Such was the war that broke out in Montana in 1860 betwee ... |
Four Girls In White
''Four Girls in White'' is a 1939 drama film directed by S. Sylvan Simon, starring Florence Rice and Una Merkel. It follows the mostly comical exploits of four nursing students enrolled in a three-year training course. Plot Student nurses at a large urban hospital cope with life's problems and career issues. Cast * Florence Rice as Norma Page * Una Merkel as Robbins * Ann Rutherford as Pat Page * Mary Howard as Mary Forbes * Alan Marshal as Dr. Steve Melford * Kent Taylor as Bob Maitland * Buddy Ebsen as Express, an orderly * Jessie Ralph as Miss Tobias * Sara Haden as Miss Bennett * Phillip Terry as Dr. Sidney * Tom Neal Thomas Carroll Neal Jr. (January 28, 1914 – August 7, 1972) was an American actor and successful amateur boxer best known for his costarring role in the critically lauded film '' Detour'', for having a widely publicized affair with actress B ... as Dr. Phillips Production The working titles for this film were ''Women in White'' and ''Diary of a Nurse'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunset Murder Case
''Sunset Murder Case'' is a 1938 American film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Sally Rand and Esther Muir. The film is also known as ''High Explosive'' in the United Kingdom. Plot summary After her policeman father is killed and nightclub singer Nina is murdered, Kathy posing as stripper Valarie goes to work underground to catch the gangster. Her boyfriend reporter Lou watches out for her. Cast *Sally Rand as Kathy O'Connor - Peacock nightclub dance act - "Valarie" *Henry King (musician), Henry King as Master of Ceremonies *Esther Muir as Lora Wynne *Lona Andre as Nita Madera - Murder victim *Vince Barnett as Martin - Henchman *Kathryn Kane as Penny Nichols - Nightclub act - singer *Dennis Moore (actor), Dennis Moore as Lou Fleming - Reporter *Reed Hadley as Oliver Helton *Paul Sutton as Bapti Stephani *Stanley Price as Eric Martin - Henchman *Frank O'Connor (actor born 1881), Frank O'Connor as Detective Sergeant Tom O'Connor *Mary Brodel as Jane Baird *George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paroled From The Big House
''Paroled from the Big House'' is a 1938 American crime film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Jean Carmen, Ted Adams and George Eldredge. It was produced as a second feature on Poverty Row.Pitts p.196 It was later reissued under the alternative title ''Main Street Girl''. Synopsis A district attorney opposes the leniency of the parole board. In particular a cop killer, 'Slicker' Nixon is released from prison and immediately sets up a new racket. Pat Mallory's father is a store owner who is killed by Nixon's gang and seeks revenge by plotting to kill the gangster. Cast * Jean Carmen as Pat Mallory * Ted Adams as H.S. 'Slicker' Nixon * George Eldredge as 'Red' Herron * Milburn Stone as Commissioner Downey * Walter Anthony as Joe 'Killer' Britt * Ole Olsen as Torchy * Gwen Lee as Binnie Bell * Earl Douglas as Huke 'The Dude' Curtis * Eleanor DeVan as Rita * Edward Kaye as 'Gunner' Garson * Joe Devlin as Jed Cross * Allan Cavan as Chief of Police * Kit Guard Kit Gua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Million Dollar Racket
''Million Dollar Racket'' is a 1937 American film starring Herman Brix. References External links''Million Dollar Racket''at IMDb''Million Dollar Racket''at TCMDB Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in 1994, Turner Classic Movies is headquartered at Turner's Techwood broadcasting campus in the Midtown business district of Atl ... 1937 films American crime drama films 1937 crime drama films American black-and-white films 1930s American films {{1930s-crime-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona Gunfighter
''Arizona Gunfighter'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Bob Steele. Plot Colt Ferron (Bob Steele) and his cowhand plan a horse race only to stopped by Farley (John Merton) Durkin's henchman. Colt rides home and finds his father murdered by Durkin (Karl Hackett). Colt kills Durkin and Farley in a fair fight. Colt rides off, collapses and is found by outlaw Wolf Whitson (Ted Adams) who is actually Pop Whittaker a rancher. Colt joins Wolf’s outlaw gang for two years. Wolf disbands the gang and He and Colt ride to his ranch. Pop deeds the ranch to Colt and rides off. Colt meets his neighbor Beth Lorimer (Jean Carmen) and her uncle Dan (Frank Ball). Colt learns that Wolf may be back to outlawing and together with the town sheriff (Steve Clark) and posse shoot it out with the gang. Afterward, Grizzly (Ernie Adams) hands Colt a note to visit Wolf in jail. Wolf tells Colt that it was he who killed Durkin and Farley. Colt tells governor Gray ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunsmoke Ranch
''Gunsmoke Ranch'' is a 1937 American Western " Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by Joseph Kane. Plot Cast * Robert Livingston as Stony Brooke *Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Tucson Smith *Max Terhune as Lullaby Joslin *Kenneth Harlan as Phineas T. Flagg *Jean Carmen as Marion Warren *Sammy McKim as Jimmy Warren *Ed 'Oscar' Platt as Oscar (as Oscar) *Lou Fulton as Elmer Twiddlebaum *Burr Caruth as Judge Jonathan Warren *Allen Connor as Henchman Reggie Allen *Yakima Canutt as Henchman Spider *Horace B. Carpenter as Joe Larkin *Jane Keckley as Mathilda Larkin *Robert D. Walker as Seth Williams (as Robert Walker) *Jack Ingram as Cowhand Jed *Jack Kirk as Sheriff *Loren Riebe as Henchman Hank *Vinegar Roan as Henchman Zeke *Wes Warner as Settler *Jack Padjan as Henchman Charles 'Duke' Madden Soundtrack *Ranchers on the bus - "I Wandered Today to the Hills, Maggie" *Max Terhune - "Oh! Susanna"(Written by Stephen Foster Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826January 13, 1864), known a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Cracks Down
''Bill Cracks Down'' is a 1937 American action romantic drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Grant Withers, Beatrice Roberts, Ranny Weeks and Judith Allen. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures. The film was released under the alternative title ''Men of Steel'' in the United Kingdom.p. 19 Martin, Len D. ''The Republic Pictures Checklist: Features, Serials, Cartoons, Short Subjects and Training Films of Republic Pictures Corporation, 1935-1959'' McFarland; 2nd edition (5 May 2006) Plot Bill Reardon runs a steel mill and is the idol of his workers; he'll forego his board meetings to challenge his workers in coal shoveling contests. His heart eventually gives out, but prior to his death he makes his will out with some unusual provisos. His playboy artist son Bill Junior returns from Paris to discover that in order to receive his inheritance he must work in the steel mill for one year with a false name, with the foreman "Tons" Walker being in charge of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Born To Battle (1935 Film)
''Born to Battle'' is a 1935 American Western film produced by Bernard B. Ray and Harry S. Webb and directed by Webb for Reliable Pictures. Plot "Cyclone" Tom Saunders, a free-spirited cowboy, is hired by a ranchers' association to look into a series of cattle thefts, for which they suspect a pair of "nesters". When Saunders discovers that the nesters are an old man and his pretty young daughter and could not be the rustlers, he begins to suspect that Nate Lenox, a bullying ranch foreman, might have something to do with it. Cast *Tom Tyler as "Cyclone" Tom Saunders *Jean Carmen as Betty Powell *Earl Dwire as George Powell *Julian Rivero as Pablo Carranza *Nelson McDowell as Lem "Blinky" Holt * William Desmond as John Brownell * Richard Alexander as Nate Lenox * Charles King as Jim Larmer * Ralph Lewis as Justice Hiram McClump *Ben Corbett Ben Corbett (February 6, 1892 – May 19, 1961) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1915 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
