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John T. Neville
John T. Neville (1886–1970) was an American screenwriter.Pitts p.34 Selected filmography * ''Her Mad Night'' (1932) *''Behind Jury Doors'' (1932) * ''Malay Nights'' (1932) * ''Sister to Judas'' (1932) * ''Revenge at Monte Carlo'' (1933) * ''Alimony Madness'' (1933) *''Her Resale Value'' (1933) * ''Ticket to a Crime'' (1934) * ''Rebellion'' (1936) * '' Ridin' On'' (1936) * '' The Lion's Den'' (1936) * ''Battle of Greed'' (1937) * ''Drums of Destiny'' (1937) * ''Raw Timber'' (1937) * ''County Fair'' (1937) * ''My Old Kentucky Home'' (1938) * ''Numbered Woman'' (1938) * ''Never Give a Sucker an Even Break'' (1941) * ''Shake Hands with Murder ''Shake Hands with Murder'' is a 1944 American comedy mystery film directed by Albert Herman and starring Iris Adrian, Frank Jenks and Douglas Fowley. The film is a B movie released by the low-budget distributor Producers Releasing Corporation.Dix ...'' (1944) References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrisonville, Missouri
Harrisonville is a town in Cass County, Missouri, Cass County, Missouri, United States. The population was 10,121 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the county seat of Cass County. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. History Harrisonville was founded in 1837 upon land donated to Cass County by Congress for county purposes, and was named for Congressman Albert G. Harrison, who was instrumental in obtaining the land grant. The area suffered greatly during the American Civil War, though Harrisonville was one of the few places exempted in Union General Thomas Ewing's General Order No. 11 (1863), which ordered the depopulation of three entire Missouri counties and part of a fourth. In 1972, Harrisonville was the site of escalating tensions between a handful of mostly Vietnam veterans and town elders, which culminated in a brief rampage by 25-year-old Charlie "Ootney" Simpson. In the town square, in plain view of onlookers, he killed two police officers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lion's Den (1936 Film)
''The Lion's Den'' is a 1936 American western film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Tim McCoy, Joan Woodbury and Don Barclay.Pitts p.191 Main cast * Tim McCoy as Tim Barton * Joan Woodbury as Ann Mervin * Don Barclay as Paddy Callahan * J. Frank Glendon as Nate Welsh * John Merton as Single-Shot Smith * Arthur Millett as Newt Mervin * Jack Rockwell as Texas Ranger * Dick Curtis Richard Dye (May 11, 1902January 3, 1952), known professionally as Dick Curtis, was an American actor who made over 230 film and television appearances during his career. Early years Curtis was born in Newport, Kentucky, the son of Frank Dye ... as Slim Burtis - Henchman References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012. External links * 1936 films 1936 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films 1930s English-language films Films directed by Sam Newfield 1930s American films {{1930s-western-fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Harrisonville, Missouri
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Deaths
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1886 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is published in New York and London. * January 16 – A resolution is passed in the German Parliament to condemn the Prussian deportations, the politically motivated mass expulsion of ethnic Poles and Jews from Prussia, initiated by Otto von Bismarck. * January 18 – Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. * January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen (built in 1885). * February 6– 9 – Seattle riot of 1886: Anti-Chinese sentiments result in riots in Seattle, Washington. * February 8 – The West End Riots following a popular meeting in Trafalgar Square, London. * F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shake Hands With Murder
''Shake Hands with Murder'' is a 1944 American comedy mystery film directed by Albert Herman and starring Iris Adrian, Frank Jenks and Douglas Fowley. The film is a B movie released by the low-budget distributor Producers Releasing Corporation.Dixon p.55 Plot Patsy Brent runs a small bail bond company. Her ambitious but dull-witted partner Eddie Jones secures bail for Steve Morgan, a man accused of embezzling $100,000 from his bank. Brent is furious and is forced to track Morgan before he can skip the country. When the president of the bank is found murdered, she also suspects that Morgan may even be a killer as well. However he is trying to prove his innocence of the charge, and Brent is persuaded to assist him in finding the real culprit. Cast * Iris Adrian as Patsy Brent * Frank Jenks as Eddie Jones * Douglas Fowley as Steve Morgan * Jack Raymond as Joe Blake * Claire Rochelle as Miss Johnson, Secretary * Herbert Rawlinson as John Clark * Juan de la Cruz as Mr. Stant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never Give A Sucker An Even Break
''Never Give a Sucker an Even Break'' (known in some international releases as ''What a Man!'') is a 1941 Universal Pictures comedy film starring W. C. Fields. Fields also wrote the original story, under the pseudonym "Otis Criblecoblis." Fields plays himself, promoting an extravagant screenplay he has written. As he describes the script to a skeptical producer, the often surreal scenes are shown. The title is derived from lines from two earlier films. In ''Poppy'' (1936), he tells his daughter, "If we should ever separate, my little plum, I want to give you just one bit of fatherly advice: Never give a sucker an even break!" In ''You Can't Cheat an Honest Man'' (1939), he tells a customer that his grandfather's last words, "just before they sprung the trap", were, "You can't cheat an honest man; never give a sucker an even break, or smarten up a chump." Fields fought with studio producers, directors, and writers over the content of his films. He was determined to make a movie hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Numbered Woman
''Numbered Woman'' is a 1938 American drama film. Directed by Karl Brown, the film stars Sally Blane, Lloyd Hughes, Mayo Methot, and Clay Clement. It was released on May 22, 1938. Its working title during production was ''Private Nurse''. Cast list * Sally Blane as Linda Morgan * Lloyd Hughes as Dr. Steven Russell * Mayo Methot as Vicki * Clay Clement as Lew Adams * J. Farrell MacDonald as Captain Ryan * Mary Lawrence (actress) as Margie (as Mary Lender) * John Arledge as Tommy Morgan * Ward Bond as Detective * Morgan Wallace Morgan Wallace (born Maier Weill, July 26, 1881 – December 12, 1953) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1914 and 1946, including W.C. Fields' '' It's a Gift'' (1934) Introduction by Arthur Knight where he p ... as Blake * Robert Fiske as Ferguson * Ralph Dunn as Red References External links * * 1938 drama films American drama films American black-and-white films 1938 films Monogram Pictures films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Old Kentucky Home (1938 Film)
''My Old Kentucky Home'' is a 1938 American romantic drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Evelyn Venable, Grant Richards and Clara Blandick.Kleber p.316 It takes its title from the song "My Old Kentucky Home". It was distributed by Monogram Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Frank Dexter. Plot Larry Blair is engaged to Lisbeth, but is tempted by the attractions of a female singer. When Larry suffers an accident and risks losing his sight, it is Lisbeth who nurses him back to health. Cast * Evelyn Venable as Lisbeth Calvert * Grant Richards as Larry Blair * Clara Blandick as Julia 'Granny' Blair * Bernadene Hayes as Gail Burke * J. Farrell MacDonald as Mayor Jim Hopkins * Margaret Marquis as Lucy Belle * Cornelius Keefe as Trent Burke * Kitty McHugh as Peggy Price * Raquel Davidovich as Babette * Paul White as Scipio-Singer * Mildred Gover as Callio * Hall Johnson Francis Hall Johnson (March 12, 1888 – April 30, 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Fair (1937 Film)
''County Fair'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring John Arledge, Mary Lawrence and J. Farrell MacDonald. It was a remake of the 1932 film '' The County Fair''.Langman & Ebner p.178 Cast * John Arledge as John Hope * Mary Lawrence as Julie Williams * J. Farrell MacDonald as Calvin Williams, Julie's Father * Fuzzy Knight as Whitey the Trainer * Jimmy Butler as Buddy Williams, Julie's Brother * Harry Worth as Turner the Gambler * Matty Roubert as Snipe, Turner's Jockey * William Hunter as Dutch, Turner Henchman * Henry Hall as Commissioner * Edwin Mordant Edwin Mordant (December 22, 1868 - February 16, 1942) was an actor on stage and in films in the United States. He appeared in numerous shows between 1901 and the later 1920s. He was married to Ola Humphrey. They divorced. The ‘’New York Dram ... as Mr. Brooks, Moon Glow's Owner References Bibliography * Langman, Larry & Ebner, David. ''Hollywood's Image of the South: A Cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raw Timber
''Raw Timber'' is a 1937 American lumberjack Western film directed by Ray Taylor and starring Tom Keene, Kathryn Keys and Budd Buster.Pitts p.169 The film's sets were designed by the art director Frank Dexter. Cast * Tom Keene as Tom Corbin * Kathryn Keys as Dale McFarland * Budd Buster as Kentuck * Robert Fiske as Bart Williams * Lee Phelps as Goss 'Bull' Riley * Jack Rutherford as Supervisor Lane * Ray Bennett as Insp. Joe Hanlon * Bartlett A. Carre as The Coroner * Fred Parker as Frank * Dorothy Vernon as Housekeeper * Slim Whitaker Charles Orbie "Slim" Whitaker (July 29, 1893 – June 27, 1960) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 340 films between 1914 and 1949. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and died in Los Angeles, California, from a heart at ... as Sheriff References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012. External links * 1937 films 1937 W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drums Of Destiny
''Drums of Destiny'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and starring Tom Keene, Edna Lawrence and Budd Buster.Gevinson p.736 Following the War of 1812 a force of American troops are raised to combat Spanish-led Indian attacks from Spanish Florida. It sometimes confused with the 1937 film ''Old Louisiana'' also made by Crescent and starring Keene, which was originally known by this title. The film's sets were designed by the art director Frank Dexter. Cast * Tom Keene as Capt. Jerry Crawford * Edna Lawrence as Rosa Maria Dominguez * Budd Buster as Kentuck * Ray Bennett as Jenkins * Robert Fiske as Bill Holston * Carlos De Valdez as Don Salvador Dominguez * David Sharp as Lt. Bill Crawford * John Merton as Toby Simmons * Chief Flying Cloud as Indian * Henry Hall as Pa Green * Chief Many Treaties as Indian * Aurora Navarro as Rosa Maria's Duenna * Artie Ortego as Indian * Marin Sais as Ma Green * Charles Unger as Johnny Green S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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