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John Arledge
Johnson Lundy Arledge (March 12, 1907 – May 15, 1947) was an American film and stage actor. Biography He played dozens of supporting roles in the Hollywood movies of the 1930s–1940s, including the tractor driver who destroys a house in ''The Grapes of Wrath''. Arledge pursued engineering as a major in college, but eventually his work with a little theatre turned his interest to acting. He performed in vaudeville before taking on his first film role in 1931. Filmography This filmography is believed to be complete. * '' King of Jazz'' (1930) - First Pianist at Giant Piano ('Rhapsody in Blue') / Quartet Member ('Nellie') (as Johnson Arledge) * '' Young Sinners'' (1931) – Jimmy * '' Daddy Long Legs'' (1931) – Jimmy McBride * ''The Spider'' (1931) – Tommy * '' Heartbreak'' (1931) – Jerry Sommers * ''After Tomorrow'' (1932) – Office Worker / Wedding Rehearsal Guest (uncredited) * ''Disorderly Conduct'' (1932) – Driver with Flat Tire (uncredited) * ''Careless Lady'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crockett, Texas
Crockett is a city and the county seat of Houston County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 6,332. Houston County is the oldest county and Crockett the fifth-oldest city in Texas. History The town was named after Davy Crockett, who had camped nearby on his way to the Alamo; the site was very near the Old San Antonio Road. Andrew Edwards Gossett, a Texas Revolution soldier from Maury, Tennessee, along with his father and brother, donated the land for the town in 1836, and named it after Crockett, whom they had previously known. The town was incorporated in 1837, and a post office was granted the following year. Crockett was connected to Nacogdoches by stage service. In 1839 raids by the Alabama-Coushatta and Cherokee Indians forced the town's residents to take shelter in the fortified log courthouse. Crockett was a training center for Confederate conscripts during the Civil War. The railroad came through in 1872, enabling Crockett to exploit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy And Sally
''Jimmy and Sally'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by James Tinling and written by Paul Schofield and Marguerite Roberts with additional dialogue by William Conselman. Starring James Dunn, Claire Trevor, Harvey Stephens, Lya Lys, and Jed Prouty, the story concerns a self-centered publicist who relies on his secretary's creativity but takes her affection for him for granted. After a series of publicity blunders and being fired several times, he humbly acknowledges that he is the one responsible for letting their relationship collapse. Though she has accepted a marriage proposal from another publicist in his absence, the girl still loves him, and ultimately chooses him. Plot Jimmy O'Connor works as a publicist for the Marlowe Meat Packing Company. He relies heavily on the creativity of his secretary, Sally Johnson, to come up with good slogans. Sally lives across the hall of the same apartment house as Jimmy and she likes him, although he is rather self-ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Game (1936 Film)
''The Big Game'' is a 1936 American sports drama film directed by George Nicholls, Jr. and produced by RKO Radio Pictures, which released the film on October 9, 1936. The screenplay was written by Irwin Shaw, adapted from the 1936 novel of the same name by Francis Wallace. The film stars Philip Huston, James Gleason, June Travis, Bruce Cabot and Andy Devine. Huston (1908-1980) was a respected New York stage actor, who also had prominent roles in a number of motion pictures and, later, acted in television productions, as well. Plot Clark Jenkins is the star quarterback of Atlantic's college football team. He falls in love with classmate Margaret Anthony, whose father, Brad, is a newspaper sports columnist who disapproves of their romance. A gambler and school booster, George Scott, has been discreetly giving money to Clark, as he has in the past for players like Pop, who could not have afforded to go to college otherwise. Clark's roommate and teammate, Cal Calhoun, snitches o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Turn 'Em Loose
''Don't Turn 'Em Loose'' is a 1936 American crime drama film directed by Ben Stoloff and produced by RKO Radio Pictures, who released the film on September 18, 1936. Written by Harry Segall and Ferdinand Reyher, the production’s screenplay is at least partially based on "Homecoming" by Thomas Walsh, a short story published in ''Collier's'' magazine in March 1936. The film costars Lewis Stone, James Gleason, Bruce Cabot, Louise Latimer (actress), Louise Latimer and Betty Grable. Plot Bob Webster, aka Bat Williams, is a career criminal who keeps his parents and siblings in the dark about his chosen career by pretending to be an engineer who is often away in different parts of the world on assignments. He uses this ploy not only to disguise when he is out of town engaged in criminal activities, but also to cover the times he has been sentenced to prison. After receiving a parole from prison, he rejoins his gang, including his gangster girlfriend, Grace Forbes in robbing a creamery. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder On A Bridle Path
''Murder on a Bridle Path'' is a 1936 mystery film directed by William Hamilton and Edward Killy, starring James Gleason and Helen Broderick. This film was the fourth production in the Hildegarde Withers series, and the only one in which Broderick played Hildegarde Withers. Plot An apparent accident involving a horse in Central Park leads a police inspector to join forces with a brash amateur detective (Hildegarde Withers, played by Helen Broderick) to solve a woman's death. Cast * James Gleason as Police Inspector Oscar Piper * Helen Broderick as Hildegarde Withers * Sheila Terry as Violet Feverel * Louise Latimer as Barbara Foley, Violet's sister * Owen Davis Jr. as Eddie Fryi * John Arledge as Joey Thomas * John Carroll as Latigo Wells * Leslie Fenton as Don Gregg * Christian Rub as Chris Thomas * Willie Best as High Pockets * John Miltern as Pat Gregg * Spencer Charters as Warden Sylvester Mahoney * James Donlan as Detective Kane * Gustav von Seyffertitz as Doctor Bloom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two In Revolt
''Two in Revolt'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Glenn Tryon. Released on April 3, 1936, by RKO Radio Pictures, the film stars John Arledge, Louise Latimer, and Moroni Olsen, and features Lightning the dog and Warrior the horse. Production The working title for the film was ''Thoroughbreds All''. Portions of the film were shot on location in the mountains near Sedona, Arizona. Dog trainer Earl Johnson wrapped his German Shepherd Lightning in four blankets at night, with just his nose exposed, when temperatures fell to 30 degrees below zero and water froze indoors. Cast * John Arledge as John Woods * Louise Latimer as Gloria Benton * Moroni Olsen as Cyrus Benton * Harry Jans as Crane * Willie Best as Eph * Murray Alper as Andy * Ethan Laidlaw as Bill Donlan * Emmett Vogan as Mason * Max Wagner as Davis * Lightning the Dog as Himself * Warrior the Horse as Himself References External links * Lightningin ''Two in Revolt'' (Margaret Herrick Library Digital Collections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You May Be Next
''You May Be Next'' is a 1936 American crime film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Ann Sothern, Lloyd Nolan and Douglass Dumbrille.Schlossheimer p.300 The film's sets were designed by the art director Stephen Goosson. Cast * Ann Sothern as Fay Stevens * Lloyd Nolan as Neil Bennett * Douglass Dumbrille as Beau Gardner * John Arledge as Eddie House * Berton Churchill as J.J. Held * Nana Bryant as Miss Abbott * Robert Middlemass as Dan McMahon * George McKay as Mitch Cook * Gene Morgan Gene Morgan (March 12, 1893 – August 13, 1940) was an American actor. He appeared in 111 films between 1926 and 1941. He was born in Racine, Wisconsin, United States, and died in Santa Monica, California. Selected filmography * ''Rogu ... as Ted Lene * Clyde Dilson as Nick Barrow References Bibliography * Michael Schlossheimer. ''Gunmen and Gangsters: Profiles of Nine Actors Who Portrayed Memorable Screen Tough Guys''. McFarland, 2001. External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shipmates Forever
''Shipmates Forever'' is a 1935 American musical film directed by Frank Borzage and written by Delmer Daves. Set at the United States Naval Academy, the film stars Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Lewis Stone, Ross Alexander, John Arledge, Eddie Acuff, and Dick Foran. The film was released by Warner Bros. on October 12, 1935. Powell, Keeler, Alexander and Arledge combined previously with Borzage and Daves under similar circumstances of plot and character in '' Flirtation Walk'', a film about the United States Military Academy, the year before. The U.S. Navy provided technical assistance for the filming. Locations shots were made at the Naval Academy and a portion of the story's "final cruise" included footage of the battleship USS (BB-33), which conducted midshipmen cruises for the Navy in the 1930s. Rare footage of the Martin P3M flying boat is also featured. Plot Dick Melville (Powell) and June Blackburn (Keeler) meet during a naval review in New York Harbor. Though both come from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Farmer Takes A Wife (1935 Film)
''The Farmer Takes a Wife'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Victor Fleming, written by Edwin J. Burke, and starring Janet Gaynor, Henry Fonda (in his screen debut) and Charles Bickford. It is based on the 1934 Broadway play '' The Farmer Takes a Wife'' by Marc Connelly and Frank B. Elser, with Fonda reprising his stage role as the farmer. The film was released on August 2, 1935, by 20th Century-Fox. Plot Dan Harrow goes to work as a driver for Samson Weaver on the Erie Canal, but his heart is set on buying a farm and settling down, even though his father was a canal man. This ambition and his distaste for fighting puzzle Molly Larkins, the girlfriend and cook of Jotham Klore, but she develops a liking for him anyway. When Samson wins $5000 in a lottery, he gives Dan a half share of his boat. This prompts Dan to propose to Molly, but she wants to stay on the Erie Canal, not live on a farm, so she will only go work for him, much to Jotham's displeasure. Jotham arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Man Rhythm
''Old Man Rhythm'' is a 1935 American musical film directed by Edward Ludwig from a screenplay by Sig Herzig and Ernest Pagano, based on a story by Herzig, Lewis Gensler, and Don Hartman. The musical director was Roy Webb, with music composed by Lewis Gensler and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The film stars Charles "Buddy" Rogers, George Barbier, Barbara Kent, and Grace Bradley. Cast *Charles "Buddy" Rogers - Johnny Roberts * George Barbier - John Roberts, Sr. *Barbara Kent - Edith Warren *Grace Bradley - Marion Beecher *Betty Grable - Sylvia *Eric Blore - 'Phil' Phillips *Bess Flowers - Miss Martin * Erik Rhodes - Frank Rochet *Ronald Graham Ronald Lewis Graham (October 31, 1935July 6, 2020) was an American mathematician credited by the American Mathematical Society as "one of the principal architects of the rapid development worldwide of discrete mathematics in recent years". He ... - Ronald References External links * * 1935 films RKO Pictures films Films direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Jane's Pa
''Mary Jane's Pa'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by William Keighley and written by Tom Reed and Peter Milne. The film stars Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee, Tom Brown, Robert McWade, Minor Watson, and Nan Grey. The film was released by Warner Bros. on April 27, 1935.- - Plot Cast * Aline MacMahon as Ellen Preston * Guy Kibbee as Sam Preston * Tom Brown as King Wagner * Robert McWade as John Wagner * Minor Watson as Kenneth Marvin * Nan Grey as Lucille Preston * John Arledge as Linc Overman * Robert Light as Fred * Betty Jean Hainey as Mary Jane Preston * Oscar Apfel as Chief Bailey * DeWitt Jennings as Sheriff * Carl Stockdale Carl Stockdale also known as Carlton Stockdale (February 19, 1874 – March 15, 1953) was one of the longest-working Hollywood veteran actors, with a career dating from the early 1910s. He also made the difficult transition from silent fi ... as Gene * Louis Mason as Jones * Jack Kennedy as Watchman References External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil Dogs Of The Air
''Devil Dogs of the Air'' (a.k.a. ''Flying Marines'') is a 1935 Warner Bros. film, directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien, playing similar roles as close friends after making their debut as a "buddy team" in ''Here Comes the Navy''. ''Devil Dogs of the Air'' was the second of nine features that James Cagney and Pat O'Brien made together. The film's storyline was adapted from a novel by John Monk Saunders. Plot Lieut. Bill Brannigan (Pat O'Brien) learns friend and hotshot pilot Thomas Jefferson "Tommy" O'Toole ( James Cagney), the self-styled "world's greatest aviator", is joining the USMC Reserve Aviator training program. O'Toole arrives at San Diego and promptly starts to move in on Brannigan's love interest, Betty Roberts (Margaret Lindsay), the daughter of the owner of the nearby Happy Landings Cafe. In typical cocky fashion, O'Toole antagonizes nearly everyone else. Although not temperamentally suited for the military, Tommy completes primary tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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