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Jerry Bresler (film Producer)
Jerry Bresler (''Jerome S. Bresler'': April 13, 1908 in Denver, Colorado – August 23, 1977 in Los Angeles) was an American film producer. He won an Oscar in 1944 as co-producer for '' Heavenly Music'' (Best Short Subject, Two-reel) and in 1945 for ''Stairway to Light'' (Best Short Subject, one-reel). He began his film career as a production supervisor. In the late 1930s, he joined MGM as a unit manager and worked on the ''Dr. Kildare'' series and other films. After his success with short films (the two Academy Awards, and three other nominations), he began to work on features, producing such films as Richard Fleischer's movie '' The Vikings'' in 1958, Sam Peckinpah's ''Major Dundee'' (1965) and the James Bond spoof '' Casino Royale'' in 1967, and his final film, ''Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You''. It was the post-production interference at Columbia Pictures on ''Major Dundee'' which for a time gave Bresler a reputation as a studio hatchet-man. The more complicated history of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denver, Colorado
Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the United States and the fifth most populous state capital. It is the principal city of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the first city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. Denver is located in the Western United States, in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Its downtown district is immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River, approximately east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It is named after James W. Denver, a governor of the Kansas Territory. It is nicknamed the ''Mile High City'' because its official elevation is exactly one mile () above sea level. The 105th meridian we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Main Street After Dark
''Main Street After Dark'' is a 1945 American drama film directed by Edward L. Cahn and written by John C. Higgins and Karl Kamb. The film stars Edward Arnold (actor), Edward Arnold, Selena Royle, Tom Trout, Audrey Totter, Dan Duryea, Hume Cronyn and Dorothy Morris. The film was released on January 12, 1945, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Lt. Lorrigan has his hands full with the Dibson criminal family. Ma Dibson's thieving son Lefty is about to get out of prison. Her daughter Rosalie and Lefty's wife Jessie Belle pick up military servicemen in bars and steal from them. Lorrigan keeps an eye on all. He frisks Lefty's brother Posey, warning the Dibsons to keep out of trouble. Lefty immediately plans to rob McBain, owner of the bar where Rosalie and Jessie Belle fleece the servicemen. Using guns from pawnbroker Keller, expressly against Ma's wishes, Lefty falls into Lt. Lorrigan's trap, with undercover cops disguised as soldiers. In the struggle, Posey is accidentally shot. Lefty, Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assignment – Paris!
''Assignment – Paris!'' is a 1952 American Cold War film noir directed by Robert Parrish and starring Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, George Sanders and Audrey Totter. Premise Paris-based ''New York Herald Tribune'' reporter Jimmy Race (Andrews) is sent by his boss (Sanders) behind the Iron Curtain in Budapest to investigate a meeting involving the Hungarian ambassador. While on assignment, Race is framed for espionage. Cast * Dana Andrews as Jimmy Race * Märta Torén as Jeanne Moray * George Sanders as Nicholas Strang * Audrey Totter as Sandy Tate * Sandro Giglio as Gabor Czeki alias Grisha * Donald Randolph as Anton Borvich * Herbert Berghof as Prime Minister Andreas Ordy * Ben Astar as Minister of Justice Vajos * Willis Bouchey as Biddle - Editor * Earl Lee as Dad Pelham * Pál Jávor as Laslo Boros * Georgiana Wulff as Gogo Czeki Production Phil Karlson was the original director, but was fired during filming. It was filmed on location in Paris and Budapest Bud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mob (film)
''The Mob'' is a 1951 American film noir Film noir (; ) is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and motivations. The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the "classic period" of American ' ... crime film, crime-thriller film, thriller produced by Columbia Pictures, directed by Robert Parrish, and starring Broderick Crawford. The screenplay, which was written by William Bowers, is based on the novel ''Waterfront'' by Ferguson Findley. Plot Johnny Damico, a detective going home on a rainy night, finds himself just a few feet from a shooting on a dark street. The gunman claims to be a detective from another precinct, flashing a real badge, and then slipping away. Damico discovers that the victim of the shooting was a witness who was to have appeared before a grand jury investigating waterfront crime, and that the same man who shot him also murdered the chief investigator on the case ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flying Missile
''The Flying Missile'' is a 1950 black-and-white Cold War era Columbia Pictures film starring Glenn Ford and Viveca Lindfors. Made with the cooperation of the US Navy,Ford 2011, p. 111. it tells a fictionalized story of the then recently revealed story of the US Navy's first mounting and firing submarine-launched cruise missiles such as the Republic-Ford JB-2 Loon off the deck of submarines. Plot Decorated US Navy submarine commander Commander William Talbot's (Glenn Ford) boat USS ''Bluefin'' (actually ) is on manoeuvres with the goal of simulating sinking the aircraft carrier . ''Midway'' is carrying a US Senator to view the test firing of a V-2 rocket from its flight deck. Sighting the carrier, ''Bluefin'' attempts a simulated torpedo attack but is detected and "sunk" by a simulated depth charge attack from a destroyer. After viewing the successful launching of the V-2 from the surface, Talbot attempts to convince his commanding officer that if his submarine had a guided missi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convicted (1950 Film)
''Convicted'' is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Henry Levin and starring Glenn Ford and Broderick Crawford. It was the third Columbia Pictures film adaptation of the 1929 stage play ''The Criminal Code'' by Martin Flavin, following Howard Hawks's ''The Criminal Code'' (1931) and John Brahm's ''Penitentiary'' (1938). Plot This prison drama is the story of Joe Hufford (Glenn Ford), a man convicted of manslaughter. George Knowland ( Broderick Crawford) is the warden who understands Hufford, helps him adjust to prison life and recognize that he has a future after release. Hufford witnesses the murder of an informer by another convict, Malloby (Millard Mitchell), but he sticks to the prison's "silent code" and refuses to talk, even though it means he will be accused of the killing. He is locked in solitary confinement. In the end, the real murderer confesses and Hufford escapes the electric chair. He obtains his release and, having fallen in love with the warden's daug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abandoned (1949 Film)
''Abandoned'' is a 1949 American crime film noir directed by Joseph M. Newman and starring Dennis O'Keefe, Gale Storm and Jeff Chandler. It is also known as ''Abandoned Women'' and ''Not Wanted''. Plot After her sister goes missing in Los Angeles, a woman tries to find information about the disappearance at city hall. The police are not helpful, but she does get support from a local crime reporter. As the two investigate the disappearance together, they are led to a shady detective and a black-market baby ring. Cast * Dennis O'Keefe as Mark Sitko * Gale Storm as Paula Considine * Jeff Chandler as Chief MacRae * Meg Randall as Dottie Jensen * Raymond Burr as Kerric * Marjorie Rambeau as Mrs. Donner * Jeanette Nolan as Major Ross * Mike Mazurki as Hoppe * Will Kuluva as "Little Guy" Decola * David Clarke as Harry * William Frambes as Scoop (as William Page) * Sid Tomack as Mr. Humes * Perc Launders as Dowd * Steve Darrell as Brenn * Clifton Young as Eddie * Ruth Sanderson a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Act Of Murder
''An Act of Murder'' (also known as ''Live Today for Tomorrow'' and ''I Stand Accused'') is a 1948 American film noir directed by Michael Gordon and starring Fredric March, Edmond O'Brien, Florence Eldridge, and Geraldine Brooks. It was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Calvin Cooke, a principled but stubborn judge, presides over a murder case in which lawyer David Douglas is unsuccessful in proving that his client's state of mind was a mitigating factor. Cooke's daughter Ellie complains to her mother Cathy about how unyielding her father can be; Cathy insists that he is a loving husband. Anyway, it is their 20th wedding anniversary and she is planning to celebrate with friends at their house. Cooke does not know that Ellie (herself a law student) and Douglas are romantically involved until Douglas arrives during the party to take her on a date. Cooke and Douglas exchange sharp words of disagreement about their philosophies of the law. At the party, Cathy tal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Another Part Of The Forest
''Another Part of the Forest'' is a 1946 play by Lillian Hellman, a prequel to her 1939 drama ''The Little Foxes''. Plot synopsis Set in the fictional town of Bowden, Alabama, in June 1880, the plot focuses on the wealthy, ruthless, and innately evil Hubbard family and their rise to prominence. Patriarch Marcus Hubbard was born into poverty and toiled at menial labor while teaching himself Greek philosophy and the basics of business acumen. He ultimately made his fortune by exploiting his fellow Southerners during the American Civil War. He treats his good-hearted but slightly eccentric Bible-quoting wife Lavinia in a way designed to undermine both her self-confidence and sense of reality; she is no help to her children and wants nothing more than to join a religious retreat so she can expiate her sins. Shrewd, amoral elder son Benjamin is plotting to usurp his father's power and steal his money, and the younger Oscar lusts for "cooch dancer" (as she's described by Regina) Lauret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore (1947 Film)
''Singapore'' is a 1947 American film noir crime film, crime romance film directed by John Brahm and starring Fred MacMurray and Ava Gardner. The film was remade as ''Istanbul (film), Istanbul'' (1957) with the location moved to Turkey, and Errol Flynn and Cornell Borchers in the starring roles. Plot Pearl smuggler Matt Gordon (Fred MacMurray) finds romance with Linda Grahame (Ava Gardner) just before the start of World War II. He proposes to her, and she accepts. However, when the Battle of Singapore, Japanese attack Singapore, the church where she is waiting to marry him is bombed; Gordon searches frantically in the wreckage, but cannot find her. He is forced to sail away on his schooner. With the end of the war, Gordon returns after five years, and is met by Deputy Commissioner Hewitt (Richard Haydn), who is convinced he has returned for a hidden cache of pearls. So are Gordon's old criminal associates, Mr. Mauribus (Thomas Gomez) and his underling Sascha Barda (George Lloyd ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Web (film)
''The Web'' is a 1947 American film noir crime film directed by Michael Gordon and starring Ella Raines, Edmond O'Brien, William Bendix and Vincent Price. Plot Leopold Kroner (Fritz Leiber, Sr.), formerly of Colby Enterprises, is released after five years in prison for embezzlement. Andrew Colby (Price), claiming that Kroner has threatened him, hires lawyer Bob Regan (Edmond O'Brien) as a personal bodyguard. That evening, Regan hears a gunshot from Colby's study and finds Kroner there, apparently trying to kill Colby. Regan kills Kroner when he turns around, pointing the gun at him. Regan believes Colby's explanation that Kroner had become delusional and threatening, until Regan's police buddy Damico (William Bendix) lets on that he's suspicious that Regan murdered Kroner. Kroner's daughter Martha Kroner (Maria Palmer) shows up at Regan's apartment and tries, but fails, to murder him. She reveals that Colby had invited Kroner to the house that night and Kroner was of sound mind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Arnelo Affair
''The Arnelo Affair'' is a 1947 American film noir starring John Hodiak, George Murphy, Frances Gifford, and Dean Stockwell, and co-written and directed by Arch Oboler. Plot A lawyer's wife, Anne Parkson (Frances Gifford) is bored and neglected. She begins meeting with one of her husband's clients, nightclub owner Tony Arnelo (John Hodiak), for interior design work. There develops an awareness between them that an affair is a possibility. One afternoon she arrives at Tony's, and soon after his girlfriend shows up. The girlfriend is upset by Anne being there and starts making a fuss. Tony arrives, hits his girlfriend, and Parkson runs out. Police find the girlfriend murdered, Anne's unique compact near the body. Tony planted the compact, in order to blackmail and implicate Anne in the killing. He is in love with Anne and attempts to force her into leaving her husband. A homicide detective soon figures out the facts and confronts Tony. When Tony is made to realize that his lies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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