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Joseph Kaufman (producer)
Joseph Kaufman (sometimes given as Kaufmann) (1911–1961) was an American film producer. He began his career at Monogram Pictures, then working for Roy Del Ruth before moving into independent production. Biography Kaufman attended the University of Chicago and worked in film as a salesman and broker. He became head buyer for the Balaban and Katz theatre chain in Chicago. In 1944 he joined Monogram Pictures as a producer. Katz formed his own production company in 1949 and had a bit-hit with ''Sudden Fear''. In 1953 Katz made a film and TV series in Australia about Long John Silver, giving an early role to Rod Taylor -- who Kafuman put under contract reportedly to make ''Come Away Pearler'' and Captain Henry Morgan -- neither of which were ever made. In 1957 Katz bought the rights to more than 300 Grand Guignol plays. In 1958, Katz made '' Another Time Another Place'' with Lana Turner in England. Katz died of a heart attack in 1961 and was survived by his widow Doris -- whom h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Producer
A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, directing, editing, and arranging financing. The producer is responsible for finding and selecting promising material for development. Unless the film is based on an existing script, the producer hires a screenwriter and oversees the script's development. These activities culminate with the pitch, led by the producer, to secure the financial backing that enables production to begin. If all succeeds, the project is "greenlighted". The producer also supervises the pre-production, principal photography and post-production stages of filmmaking. A producer is also responsible for hiring a director for the film, as well as other key crew members. Whereas the director makes the creative decisions during the production, the producer typically ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sensation Hunters (1945 Film)
''Sensation Hunters'', also known as ''Club Paradise'', is a 1945 American film directed by Christy Cabanne. Cast * Robert Lowery as Danny Burke *Doris Merrick as Julie Rogers *Eddie Quillan as Ray Lawson *Constance Worth as Irene *Isabel Jewell as Mae *Wanda McKay as Helen *Nestor Paiva as Lew Davis *Byron Foulger as Mark Rogers *Vince Barnett as Agent *Minerva Urecal as Edna Rogers * Janet Shaw as Katie Rogers *The Rubenettes as Dancing Ensemble *Lyle Talbot as Randall (scenes deleted) *Johnson Brothers as Themselves *Bobby Barber as Waiter * John Hamilton as Night Court Judge *Dewey Robinson Dewey Robinson (August 17, 1898 – December 11, 1950) was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 250 films made between 1931 and 1952. Career Dewey Robinson was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1898, and made his B ... as Stony, Bartender at Paradise Club References External links * * (as ''Club Paradise'') 1945 films American black-and-wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1911 Births
A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 moment magnitude strikes near Almaty in Russian Turkestan, killing 450 or more people. ** Siege of Sidney Street in London: Two Latvian anarchists die, after a seven-hour siege against a combined police and military force. Home Secretary Winston Churchill arrives to oversee events. * January 5 – Egypt's Zamalek SC is founded as a general sports and Association football club by Belgian lawyer George Merzbach as Qasr El Nile Club. * January 14 – Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall, on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. * January 18 – Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS ''Pennsylvania'' stationed in San Francisco harbor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Tights
''Black Tights'' (''1-2-3-4 ou Les Collants noirs'') is a 1961 French anthology film featuring four ballet segments shot in Technirama and directed by Terence Young. The dances in the film were abridged versions of ballets created for the stage by the dancer and choreographer Roland Petit, who appears in the three of the four sequences along with his wife, the ballerina Zizi Jeanmarie. The film is also known as ''Un deux trois quatre!'' in France (short title). Plot summary The four independent stories are performed in the form of ballet, interspersed with introductions by Maurice Chevalier. In two of them (Cyrano de Bergerac and Carmen), he periodically explains events as the story progresses. La Croqueuse de diamants translates as "The Gold Digger", or more literally as "the diamond cruncher". (Twice during the story, the title character swallows a diamond, with a crunching sound.) The story, a romantic comedy, opens in Les Halles. Amid the hubbub of street activity, a gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Long John Silver
''The Adventures of Long John Silver'' is a TV series about the Long John Silver character from Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel ''Treasure Island''. It was made in 1954 in colour in Australia for the American and British markets before the development of Australian television. Cast and characters * Robert Newton as Long John Silver * Connie Gilchrist as Purity Pinker * Kit Taylor as Jim Hawkins * Grant Taylor as Patch * Eric Reiman as Trip Fenner * John Brunskill as Old Stingley * Harry Hambleton as Big Eric Newton and several of the other actors had the same roles as in the 1954 film ''Long John Silver'', also shot in Australia. Broadcast history The series was shown in the United States from September 22, 1955, and in the UK on ITV in 1957. It was shown in Australia on the ABC in 1958, in the afternoon Children's TV Club. It was also shown on commercial regional TV in the mid to late 70s in Australia. In 1985 the series was repeated in the United Kingdom in a Saturd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long John Silver (film)
''Long John Silver'', also known as ''Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island'', is a 1954 American-Australian adventure film about the eponymous pirate Long John Silver, with Robert Newton repeating his starring role from Walt Disney's 1950 feature ''Treasure Island''. Newton's billing in the opening credits states, "Robert Newton as Robert Louis Stevenson's immortal", followed by the title ''Long John Silver''. Kit Taylor plays Jim Hawkins, Connie Gilchrist is Purity Pinker, Lloyd Berrell is Capt. Mendoza, Kit Taylor's father Grant Taylor plays Patch and 24-year-old Rod Taylor, credited under his early stage name, Rodney Taylor, has the showy role of the blind bearded pirate Israel Hands who murderously pursues Jim. The film was shot in CinemaScope and color at Sydney's Pagewood Studios and the same company went on to make ''The Adventures of Long John Silver'', a 26-episode TV series with the same actors. The director, Byron Haskin, also directed the 1950 Disney film an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pandora And The Flying Dutchman
''Pandora and the Flying Dutchman'' is a 1951 British Technicolor romantic fantasy drama film directed by Albert Lewin and produced by Lewin and Joseph Kaufman from Lewin's own screenplay, based on the legend of the ''Flying Dutchman''. It was filmed mainly in Tossa de Mar, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. The land record speed scenes were shot at Pendine Sands in Wales. The film stars James Mason and Ava Gardner, with Nigel Patrick, Sheila Sim, Harold Warrender, Mario Cabré and Marius Goring in supporting roles. In Tossa de Mar, a statue of Gardner was erected in 1996 on the hill overlooking the town's main beach. In the United States, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) delayed its release until Gardner's star-making performance in ''Show Boat'' (1951) could be seen. The tactic worked, and this film solidified her status as a rapidly rising star. The film is mostly spoken in English, but some characters speak Catalan (the local fishermen at the beginning of the film) and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Nick Cain
''I'll Get You for This'' (released in the US as ''Lucky Nick Cain'') is a 1951 British thriller film by Joseph M. Newman starring George Raft, Coleen Gray, and Enzo Staiola. It was made from an adaptation by George Callahan and William Rose of James Hadley Chase's 1946 book of the same name.Everett Aaker, ''The Films of George Raft'', McFarland & Company, 2013 p 146-147 The setting was shifted from Las Vegas in the novel to an Italian gambling resort. It was one of the first productions by Romulus Films. Production was completed in 1950 but the film was not released until the following year. The sets were designed by the art director Ralph W. Brinton. Established actresses Greta Gynt and Margot Grahame and future Irish star Constance Smith all make brief appearances. Plot American gambler Nick Cain (Raft) arrives at the town of San Paola, and befriends shoe-shine boy Toni (Staiola). He discovers he has been framed for the murder of an American Treasury agent. He escapes w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Light (film)
''Red Light'' is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed and produced by Roy Del Ruth, starring George Raft and Virginia Mayo, and based on the story "This Guy Gideon" by Don "Red" Barry, featuring strong religious overtones. It was one of several thrillers Raft made in the late 1940s. Plot Bookkeeper Nick Cherney is sent to jail for embezzling from Johnny Torno's trucking company. One week before getting out, he sees a newsreel showing Johnny welcoming home his brother Jess, a heroic Catholic chaplain just returned from a World War II prisoner-of-war camp. Nick decides to get back at Johnny and hires Rocky (a fellow-inmate being released ahead of Nick) to murder Jess. Jess is staying in a local hotel room, about to depart for his first parish in another city. Johnny arrives not long after his brother has been shot by Rocky. Knowing that he is about to die, Jess indicates that a clue can be found in the room's Gideon Bible. However, the book is not there. Johnny invest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Babe Ruth Story
''The Babe Ruth Story'' is a 1948 biographical film of Babe Ruth, the famed New York Yankees slugger. It stars William Bendix (New York Yankee batboy in the 1920s) as the ballplayer and Claire Trevor as his wife Claire Merritt Hodgson. Critics faulted the film's heavy-handedness and direction, and it is said by many to be one of the List of films considered the worst#The Babe Ruth Story (1948), worst films ever made. Plot The film begins in 1906 at the Baltimore Waterfront, where 11-year-old George Herman Ruth Jr. is taken away by Brother Matthias from George's abusive father to St. Mary's. When George is 18, his incredible baseball talent gets him hired to play for the Baltimore Orioles (minor league), Baltimore Orioles, and during the interview, he gets his "Babe" nickname. Babe becomes a successful baseball player and is soon sold off to play for the Boston Red Sox. After a bad game, Babe wonders what went wrong at a bar, until he is told by Claire Hogsdon that when he pitches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Happened On Fifth Avenue
''It Happened on 5th Avenue'' is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Victor Moore, Ann Harding, Don DeFore, Charles Ruggles and Gale Storm. Herbert Clyde Lewis and Frederick Stephani were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story, losing to Valentine Davies for another Christmas-themed story, ''Miracle on 34th Street''. Plot Aloysius T. McKeever (Victor Moore), a hobo, makes his home in a seasonally boarded-up Fifth Avenue mansion, each time its owner—Michael J. O'Connor (Charles Ruggles), the second richest man in the world—winters at his Virginia estate. McKeever winds up taking in ex-G.I. Jim Bullock (Don DeFore), who has been evicted from an apartment building O'Connor is tearing down for a new skyscraper, and later 18-year-old Trudy "Smith" (Gale Storm), who is actually O'Connor's runaway daughter. Jim soon invites war buddies Whitey (Alan Hale, Jr.), Hank (Edward Ryan) and their families to share the vast mansion when they are unable t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
