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Kam Tong
Kam Tong (December 18, 1906 – November 8, 1969) was a Chinese-American actor. He was best known for his role as Hey Boy on the CBS television series '' Have Gun, Will Travel'' and as Dr. Li in the film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical ''Flower Drum Song''. Curiously, though appearing as a series regular on '' Have Gun, Will Travel'' he was never afforded a regular featured credit, always instead listed undistinguished from the support guest cast, perhaps an indication of inherent discrimination in that regard. Kam was also a regular on the short run CBS-TV series ''Mr. Garlund'' in 1960. He appeared in many movies, often as an uncredited Chinese, Japanese, or Filipino character. He appeared in many television shows, including ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', ''The Big Valley'', ''The Time Tunnel'', ''The Final War of Olly Winter'', and ''I Spy I spy is a guessing game where one player (the ''spy'' or ''it'') chooses an object within sight and announces to the other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Tang
Frank Tang (born Dai Jung Tong) was a Chinese-American character actor, filmmaker, community leader, and restaurateur who was best-known for directing the 1936 Cantonese-language film ''Sum Hun''. Biography Frank was born in San Francisco into a big Chinese-American family. His parents, Yee Tong and Wong Shee, were immigrants. His brother Kam Tong would also become an actor. He began his career in Hollywood in the late 1920s, and he got a rare chance to work as a director in 1936, when he teamed up with Bruce Wong and Esther Eng to make the Cantonese-language American film ''Sum Hun''. He'd appear in over a dozen films afterward in smaller roles, in addition to serving as a technical advisor. Later in life, he owned and operated a restaurant called Tang's in Los Angeles's Chinatown neighborhood. He died in 1968 at the age of 62 after an illness, and was survived by his wife, Birdie, and several siblings. Selected filmography As director: * ''Sum Hun'' (1936) As actor: * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drums Of Fu Manchu
''Drums of Fu Manchu'' (1940) is a 15-chapter Republic Pictures, Republic serial film based on the character created by Sax Rohmer. Though using the title of the ninth novel in the series, it actually is based on numerous elements from throughout the series to that point, cherry-picked by the writers. It starred Henry Brandon (actor), Henry Brandon, William Royle and Robert Kellard. It was directed by the legendary serial team of William Witney and John English (director), John English and is often considered one of the best serial films ever made. Plot Fu Manchu attempts to conquer the world by acquiring the sceptre of Genghis Khan, which will unite the people of Asia under his rule. Allan Parker allies himself with the traditional United Kingdom, British literary nemeses of Fu Manchu, Sir Denis Nayland Smith and his associate, Dr. Flinders Petrie after his father is kidnapped and killed by Fu Manchu's dacoits. Cast *Henry Brandon (actor), Henry Brandon as Fu Manchu *William Roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dishonored Lady
''Dishonored Lady'' (also known as ''Sins of Madeleine'') is a 1947 American crime film directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O'Keefe and John Loder. It is based on the 1930 play ''Dishonored Lady'' by Edward Sheldon and Margaret Ayer Barnes. Lamarr and Loder were married when they made the film, but they divorced later in 1947. The film was released by United Artists in the United States on May 16, 1947. Plot Madeleine Damien is the fashion editor of a slick Manhattan magazine called ''Boulevard''. Men are attracted to her, including boss Victor Kranish, wealthy advertiser Felix Courtland and former assistant, Jack Garet, who now works for Courtland and is blackmailing her about events from her past. Madeleine attempts suicide and is headed toward a breakdown. She crashes her car near the home of psychiatrist Dr. Richard Caleb, who discovers her unconscious and cares for her. With Dr. Caleb's help, she realizes that she has been running away from herse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salute To The Marines
''Salute to the Marines'' is a 1943 World War II propaganda war film drama in Technicolor from MGM, produced by John W. Considine Jr., directed by S. Sylvan Simon, and starring Wallace Beery. The film co-stars Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen, Ray Collins, Keye Luke, and Marilyn Maxwell. Beery's older brother Noah Beery, Sr. also appears in the film, which is set in the Philippines just prior to the beginning of the Pacific War. Plot Having been stationed in the Subic Bay Naval Base in the Philippines as a member of the United States Marine Corps, NCO Sgt. Maj. William Bailey (Beery) is retired after having served there for 30 years. This happens several months prior to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and their laying siege to large areas of the South Pacific. When the Japanese invade the Philippines, Bailey confronts and strangles a Nazi secret agent, who is now spreading anti-American, pro-Japanese propaganda among the native Filipinos. The spy had posed as a religious pacifis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Got Me Covered
''They Got Me Covered'', also known as ''Washington Story'' and ''The Washington Angle'', is a 1943 comedy film directed by David Butler and starring Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. Otto Preminger appears in a supporting role. Plot In mid 1941, acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper reporter Robert "Kit" Kittredge returns to the U.S. from his position as their Moscow correspondent. He is fired for his incompetency by his editor, Norman Mason, the minute he comes back, since he has neglected to report that Germany recently has invaded Russia. Kit goes to see his girlfriend, stenographer Christina Hill, at work in another newspaper in Washington, D.C. Their meeting is stopped when one of Kit's Romanian informers, Gregory Vanescu, claims to have a big scoop for Kit. Before he can tell Kit his story, he is shot at by Nazi spies and runs into hiding, telling Kit to send Christina to the Lincoln Memorial by midnight that night, wearing a red purse and a green umbrella. To get the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Girl (1942 Film)
''China Girl'' is a 1942 drama film which follows the exploits of an American newsreel photographer in China and Burma against the backdrop of World War II. The film stars Gene Tierney, George Montgomery, Lynn Bari and Victor McLaglen, and was directed by Henry Hathaway. It is also known as ''A Yank In China'', ''Burma Road'' and ''Over The Burma Road''. Plot summary In Luchow, China, news cameraman Johnny Williams ( George Montgomery) is taken into custody by the Japanese military. He is offered $20,000 to take pictures of the Burma Road, a vital link for Allied supply that had been built to support the Chinese war effort. He isn't interested. Johnny is put back into his cell, together with a Canadian, "Major" Bull Weed (Victor McLaglen), who claims to be serving as a Chinese irregular. His confederate, 'Captain' Fifi (Lynn Bari), smuggles a gun in during a faked tempestuous farewell, and the two men escape. They rendezvous with Fifi, who says she saw a plane nearby at an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hidden Hand (1942 Film)
''The Hidden Hand'' is a 1942 comedy horror film directed by Benjamin Stoloff, starring Craig Stevens, Elisabeth Fraser and Julie Bishop. Plot summary John Channing (Milton Parsons) is an insane-asylum escapee. In her efforts to protect her brother from the authorities, John's sister Lorinda (Cecil Cunningham) opens the door for a series of grisly murders. Peter Thorne ( Craig Stevens) and Mary Winfield (Elizabeth Fraser) try to stop John before he kills again. Cast * Craig Stevens as Peter Thorne * Elisabeth Fraser as Mary Winfield * Julie Bishop as Rita Channing * Willie Best as Eustis the Chauffeur * Frank Wilcox as Dr. Lawrence Channing * Cecil Cunningham as Lorinda Channing * Ruth Ford as Estelle Channing * Milton Parsons as John Channing * Roland Drew as Walter Channing * Tom Stevenson as Horace Channing * Marian Hall as Nurse Eleanor Stevens * Inez Gay as Hattie (as Inez Gary) * Kam Tong as Mallo Home video In 2010, the film was released as by Warner Archive The Warn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of The Mounties
''King of the Mounties'' is a 1942 Republic 12-chapter film serial, directed by William Witney. Allan Lane played Sgt. Dave King of the Mounties, with Peggy Drake as heroine Carol Brent, and Abner Biberman played the villainous Japanese admiral Yamata. Plot Canada is being bombed mercilessly by a mysterious plane, which is shaped like a boomerang, and is dubbed the ''Falcon''. The plane is under the command of Japanese admiral Yamata. The identity of the plane remains a mystery until Professor Marshall Brent and his daughter Carol arrive with a new type of airplane detector. The Axis forces are planning a Canadian invasion, and feeling that Professor Brent poses a threat to their plan, they kidnap him. RCMP Sergeant Dave King attempts a rescue, but the professor is killed when the plane in which he is held captive crashes into a riverboat. Carol Brent, determined to carry on her father's work, manages with Sergeant King's help to prevent the Axis spies from capturing the device ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Across The Pacific
''Across the Pacific'' is a 1942 American spy film set on the eve of the entry of the United States into World War II. It was directed first by John Huston, then by Vincent Sherman after Huston joined the United States Army Signal Corps. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, and Sydney Greenstreet. Despite the title, the action never progresses across the Pacific, concluding in Panama. The original script portrayed an attempt to avert a Japanese plan to invade Pearl Harbor. When the real-life attack on Pearl Harbor occurred, production was shut down for three months, resuming on March 2, 1942 with a revised script changing the target to Panama. The screenplay by Richard Macauley was an adaptation of a ''Saturday Evening Post'' serial by Robert Carson, “Aloha Means Goodbye”, published June 28–July 26, 1941. Warner Bros. used the same title for a 1926 silent adventure film starring Monte Blue, who has a small role in this picture. However, the plots of the two films have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Of Ozark
''Joan of Ozark'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Judy Canova, Joe E. Brown and Eddie Foy Jr. It was one of thirteen films Canova made with Republic Studios.Hurst p.233 It is also known by the alternative title ''The Queen of Spies''. Synopsis A hillbilly manages to foil a ring of Nazi spies operating in the United States. Cast * Judy Canova as Judy Hull * Joe E. Brown as Cliff Little * Eddie Foy Jr. as Eddie McCabe * Jerome Cowan as Phillip Munson * Alexander Granach as Guido * Anne Jeffreys as Marie Lamont * Otto Reichow as Otto * Donald Curtis as Leonard Jones * Wolfgang Zilzer as Kurt * Hans Heinrich von Twardowski as Hans * Harry Hayden as Mayor Fadden * Wilhelm von Brincken Wilhelm von Brincken (May 27, 1881 – January 18, 1946), also known as Wilhelm L. von Brincken, William Vaughn, William von Brinken, and William Vaughan, was a German diplomat and spy during World War I, who went on to become an American charac .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lure Of The Islands
''Lure of the Islands'' is a 1942 American adventure film directed by Jean Yarbrough and written by Edmond Kelso, George Bricker and Scott Littleton. The film stars Margie Hart, Robert Lowery, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Gale Storm, Ivan Lebedeff and Warren Hymer. The film was released on July 3, 1942, by Monogram Pictures. Plot In the South Pacific, undercover agents Wally and Jinx look for their local contact who was shot by the commandant, a Nazi, before he could pass details of a secret German/Japanese radio. Island girls under taboo, Tana and Maui, agree to help, but for a price – they want to get married! The Nazis kidnap the chief to force the natives to cut down trees to build an air field, but cutting the trees is forbidden. Wally and Jinx rescue the chief and a Japanese plane crashes in the trees that were never cut. The islanders are free from occupation, and the two couples leave with the help of a destroyer. Cast *Margie Hart as Tana O'Shaughnessy * R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubber Racketeers
''Rubber Racketeers'' is a 1942 American crime film directed by Harold Young and starring Ricardo Cortez and Rochelle Hudson. The film was inspired by tire rationing. Plot summary Gilin is a gangster who has just gotten out of prison. One night while driving home with his girlfriend Nikki, he collides with defense worker Bill Barry and his fiancé Mary Dale. Bill's tires are destroyed. When Gilin's insurance company is unable to replace them, Nikki convinces him to exchange Bill's car for the car of Gilin's Chinese servant Tom, who has enlisted in the Army. With government restrictions on rubber in place due to the war, Gilin goes into business stealing and re-selling good tires, then sells tires retreaded with cheap synthetic rubber to used-car lots. One of Gilin's retreads blows out and causes the death of Mary's brother. Bill and his co-workers become determined to find the culprit behind the shoddy tires. Gilin worries that his scheme will be discovered after Bill trac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
