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Just Off Broadway
''Just Off Broadway'' is a 1942 Drama (genre), Drama directed by Herbert I. Leeds, starring Lloyd Nolan and Marjorie Weaver. This is the sixth of a series of seven that Lloyd Nolan played Michael Shayne for Twentieth Century Fox films. Hugh Beaumont portrayed Shayne in five more films from Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot summary Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan), a private investigator, flees from jury duty to prove the defendant's guilt. He and Judy Taylor (Marjorie Weaver), a reporter, begin looking into the suspect's alibis and discover that in addition to the murder he stands trial for, the man has also killed two others. Afterward, the detective is jailed for 60 days for defecting from the jury. Cast * Lloyd Nolan as Michael Shayne * Marjorie Weaver as Judy Taylor * Phil Silvers as Roy Higgins * Janis Carter as Lillian Hubbard * Richard Derr as John Logan, Defense Attorney * Joan Valerie as Rita Darling * Don Costello as George Dolphin * Chester Clute as Sperty, Juror-R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Derr
Richard Derr (June 15, 1917 – May 8, 1992) was an American actor who worked on stage, screen, and television, performing in both starring and supporting roles. Early years Born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, Derr graduated from Norristown High School in 1933. While he worked as a bank clerk, he acted with a little theater group in Norristown. Stage A life member of The Actors Studio, Derr landed the majority of his leading roles on stage. In 1955, he sang in the lead role in the Broadway musical ''Plain and Fancy''. His other Broadway credits include ''Dial M for Murder'' (1952), ''Invitation to a March'' (1960), ''Maybe Tuesday'' (1957), ''A Phoenix Too Frequent'' (1949), and ''The Closing Door'' (1949). Film On the silver screen, Derr was primarily a character actor. He had a starring role in George Pal's 1951 science fiction film from Paramount Pictures, ''When Worlds Collide''. Derr later starred in the ''Invisible Avenger'' (1958), a film based on the radio show and pulp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Detective Films
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American Black-and-white Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1942 Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 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 * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus The Battle of Issus (also Issos) occurred in southern Anatolia, on November 5, 333 BC between the Hellenic League led by Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid Empire, led by Darius III. It was the second great battle of Alexander's conquest of ...: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 Roman legion, legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar O'Shea
Oscar O'Shea (8 October 1881 – 6 April 1960) was a Canadian-American character actor with over 100 film appearances from 1937 to 1953. Early years O'Shea was born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Acting O'Shea was a comic actor who earned a million dollars but lost it all in the Great Depression. His first straight role came in a Federal Theatre Project production of ''It Can't Happen Here'', a play based on the novel of the same name. O'Shea's first film was ''Captains Courageous'' (1937). Management Beginning in 1929, O'Shea operated the Oscar O'Shea Players repertory theater company in the Embassy Theatre in Ottawa, Canada. He eventually ended the enterprise "to seek a field where his art would be more widely appreciated." He then set up an operation in Chicago, "where he managed his own theatre and stock company during good and bad years." Death O'Shea died in Hollywood, California, in 1960 at age 78. Selected filmography * ''The Good Old Soak'' (1937) as Jake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leyland Hodgson
Leyland Hodgson (5 October 1892 – 16 March 1949), also known as Leland Hodgson, was an English-born American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in London on 5 October 1892, Hodgson entered the theater in 1898. In his early 20s, Hodgson was part of a touring theater company, spending his time in the British areas of the Far East, before entering the stage in Australia. In 1930 he would move to the United States, where he would make his film debut in the Oscar-nominated film, ''The Case of Sergeant Grischa'' in 1930. Over his almost twenty-year career, he would appear in over 130 films, mostly in supporting or smaller roles. He is best known for his work on the Sherlock Holmes franchise of the late 1930s and 1940s, beginning with 1939's '' The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes''. He would die of a heart attack on 16 March 1949, shortly after completing the filming of '' That Forsyte Woman'', which would be released later that year. He was interred at Grand View Memorial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Haade
William Haade (March 2, 1903 – November 15, 1966) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1937 and 1957. He was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles, California. Haade was a construction boss until he began acting, appearing in ''Iron Men'' (1936) on Broadway. A technical advisor to Norman Bel Geddes recommended Haade to his boss, who was seeking a fresh face for the play's lead. Selected filmography * ''Kid Galahad'' (1937) - Chuck McGraw * '' Telephone Operator'' (1937) - Heaver * ''Missing Witnesses'' (1937) - Emmet White * ''The Invisible Menace'' (1938) - Pvt. Ferris * ''Hollywood Stadium Mystery'' (1938) - Tommy Madison - the Champ * ''Bulldog Drummond's Peril'' (1938) - Botulian's Driver (uncredited) * ''He Couldn't Say No'' (1938) - Slug, a Gangster * '' Three Comrades'' (1938) - Younger Vogt Man at Wrecked Car Scene (uncredited) * ''My Bill'' (1938) - Piano Mover (uncredited) * ''The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse'' (1938) - Mrs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Lockwood
Alexander Lockwood (May 5, 1902 – January 25, 1990) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous films and television shows throughout the 1930s to the 1980s. Biography Lockwood was born in Slezská Ostrava, now Czech Republic, in 1902. Lockwood began his acting career in film in 1938, appearing in films like ''Just Off Broadway'', ''Sherlock Holmes in Washington'' and ''Jigsaw'' during the 1940s. During the 1950s and 1960s he appeared in films like ''The Wrong Man'' and ''The Invisible Boy'' with Richard Eyer. He also appeared in ''The Story of Mankind'' and ''Monster on the Campus''. He also acted in films like ''The Tarnished Angels'' and '' Edge of Eternity''with Cornel Wilde and Cary Grant during the late 1950s. During the 1960s he appeared in films like ''Beauty and the Beast'' with Joyce Taylor and Walk on the Wild Side with Laurence Harvey and The Monkey's Uncle with Tommy Kirk during the 1960s. During the 1970s he appeared in films like ''Duel'', '' Family Plo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George M
''George M!'' is a Broadway musical based on the life of George M. Cohan, the biggest Broadway star of his day who was known as "The Man Who Owned Broadway." The book for the musical was written by Michael Stewart, John Pascal, and Francine Pascal. Music and lyrics were by George M. Cohan himself, with revisions for the musical by Cohan's daughter, Mary Cohan. The story covers the period from the late 1880s until 1937 and focuses on Cohan's life and show business career from his early days in vaudeville with his parents and sister to his later success as a Broadway singer, dancer, composer, lyricist, theatre director and producer. The show includes such Cohan hit songs as "Give My Regards To Broadway", "You're a Grand Old Flag", and "Yankee Doodle Dandy." Productions The musical opened on Broadway at the Palace Theatre on April 10, 1968 and closed on April 26, 1969 after 433 performances and 8 previews. The show was produced by David Black and directed and choreographed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Richards (actor)
Grant Richards (December 21, 1911 – July 4, 1963) was an American actor and voice actor, who appeared mainly in movies in the late 1930s through to the late 1950s. Richards was born in New York City. He was married to actress Joan Valerie. In 1937, he became the first actor in the Federal Theatre Project to gain a film contract, signing with the Major Pictures company. His films include '' On Such a Night'' (1937) and '' Guns, Girls, and Gangsters'' (1959). Richards made three guest appearances on ''Perry Mason'': as Jerry Haywood in the 1958 episodes "The Case of the Haunted Husband," and as Captain Kennedy in "The Case of the Sardonic Sargeant"; followed by the role of murder victim George Sherwin in the 1961 episode, "The Case of the Missing Melody". He also appeared in several episodes of ABC's ''The Untouchables''. In 1958, he played the gunfighter and saloon owner Luke Short in an episode of western series, ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp''. In 1962 he played Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Pierlot
Francis Pierlot (July 15, 1875 – May 11, 1955) was a stage and film actor with over 90 film credits between 1914 and 1953. The Massachusetts-born actor's first film credit was in 1914, but he did not begin appearing in films full-time until 1940, when he was 63 years old. He specialized in playing grey-haired well dressed characters in small parts including judges, priests and lawyers. One of Pierlot's larger roles was as Jean Simmons' manservant in his final film, the biblical epic ''The Robe'' (1953). He died in Hollywood, California, at age 79. He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California. Partial filmography *''The Path Forbidden'' (1914) - Bug Hicks *''The Night Angel'' (1931) - Jan *''Escape to Glory'' (1940) - Professor Mudge *'' The Captain Is a Lady'' (1940) - Roger Bartlett *'' Strike Up the Band'' (1940) - Mr. Judd *'' Always a Bride'' (1940) - Pete Bond *''Victory'' (1940) - McKenzie (uncredited) *''The Trial of Mary Dugan'' (1941) - John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |