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Kay Linaker
Mary Katherine Linaker (July 19, 1913 – April 18, 2008) was an American actress and screenwriter who appeared in many B movies during the 1930s and 1940s, most notably ''Kitty Foyle'' (1940). Linaker used her married name, Kate Phillips, as a screenwriter, notably for the cult film ''The Blob'' (1958). She is credited with coining the name "The Blob" for the movie, which was originally titled ''The Molten Meteor''. Biography Linaker was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and graduated from a private school in Connecticut and from New York University. She went on to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Linaker acted in supporting roles on Broadway before signing a film contract with Warner Bros. She was signed by the studio after a talent scout saw her in ''Jackson White'' at the Providencetown Theater. Her Broadway credits included ''Every Man for Himself'' (1940), and ''Yesterday's Orchids'' (1934). In 1935, she briefly changed her name to Lynn Acker "for screen purpose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Pine Bluff, officially the City of Pine Bluff, is the List of municipalities in Arkansas, tenth-most populous city in the U.S. state of Arkansas and the county seat of Jefferson County, Arkansas, Jefferson County. The population of the city was 41,253 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Pine Bluff is situated in the Southeast section of the Arkansas Delta and straddles the Arkansas Timberlands region to its west. Its topography is flat with wide expanses of farmland, similar to other places in the Delta Lowlands. Pine Bluff has numerous creeks, streams, and bayous, including Bayou Bartholomew, the longest bayou in the world and the second most ecologically diverse stream in the United States. Large bodies of water include Lake Pine Bluff, Lake Langhofer (Slack Water Harbor), and the Arkansas River. History Indigenous peoples, European settlement and Quapaw Cession The area along the Arkansas River had been inhabited for thousands of years by indigenous peoples of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twice Exceptional
The term twice-exceptional or 2e refers to individuals acknowledged as gifted and neurodivergent. As a literal interpretation implies, it means a person (usually a child or student) is simultaneously very strong or gifted at some task but also very weak or incapable of another task. Due to this duality of twice-exceptional people's cognitive profiles, their strengths, weaknesses, and struggles may remain unnoticed or unsupported. Because of the relative apparentness of precocious developments, such as hyperlexia, compared to subtler difficulties which can appear in day-to-day tasks, these people may frequently face seemingly contradictory situations which lead to disbelief, judgements, alienation, and other forms of epistemic injustice. Some related terms are "performance discrepancy", "cognitive discrepancy", "uneven cognitive profile", and "spikey profile". Due to simultaneous combination of abilities and inabilities, these people do not often fit into an ''age-appropriate'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Warning (1938 Film)
''The Last Warning'' is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Albert S. Rogell and written by Edmund Hartmann. It is based on the 1938 novel ''The Dead Don't Care'' by Jonathan Latimer. The film stars Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, Kay Linaker, E. E. Clive, Joyce Compton and Frances Robinson. The film was released on January 6, 1939, by Universal Pictures. Plot Detective Bill Crane and his sidekick Doc Williams are hired by John Essex who has been receiving threatening letters. They are sent to his uncle's country estate to investigate and soon his sister Linda is kidnapped. Cast Production In 1937, Universal Pictures made a deal with the Crime Club ''The Crime Club'' was an imprint of the Doubleday publishing company, which later spawned a 1946-47 anthology radio series, and a 1937-1939 film series. Literature Many classic and popular works of detective and mystery fiction had their f ..., who published whodunnits. Over the next few years, Universal released severa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Personal Secretary
''Personal Secretary'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Otis Garrett and written by Betty Laidlaw, Robert Lively and Charles Grayson. The film stars William Gargan, Joy Hodges, Andy Devine, Ruth Donnelly, Samuel S. Hinds and Frances Robinson. The film was released on September 9, 1938, by Universal Pictures. Plot Columnists from two rival newspapers go back and forth over whether or not a woman murdered her playboy husband. Cast *William Gargan as Marcus 'Mark' Farrell * Joy Hodges as Gale Rodgers *Andy Devine as 'Snoop' Lewis * Ruth Donnelly as Grumpy * Samuel S. Hinds as Alan Lemke * Frances Robinson as June Reese * Florence Roberts as Mrs. J. J. Farrell * Kay Linaker as Flo Sampson *Matty Fain as 'Slim' Logan *Selmer Jackson Selmer Adolf Jackson (May 7, 1888 – March 30, 1971) was an American stage film and television actor. He appeared in nearly 400 films between 1921 and 1963. His name was sometimes spelled Selmar Jackson. Jackson was born in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Chan At Monte Carlo
''Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo'' is a 1937 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Warner Oland, Keye Luke and Virginia Field. The main character is Charlie Chan, a Chinese-Hawaiian detective. This was the sixteenth and final Charlie Chan film with Oland portraying Chan. The film features Keye Luke as Charlie's son Lee and character actor Harold Huber as a French police inspector. It was produced and distributed by 20th Century-Fox. Warner Oland contracted bronchial pneumonia during his visit to Sweden and died there on August 6, 1938, at age 57. The series continued at Fox for another eleven entries with Sidney Toler. In 1942 Fox sold it to Monogram Pictures, and it continued on even after Toler's death in 1947 with Roland Winters in the role through six films into 1949. Keye Luke would also reprise his role as Lee Chan from the film in ''Mr. Moto's Gamble'' (1938), a film originally produced to be a ''Charlie Chan'' film prior to Oland's death. Plot summary A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Aces (film)
''Black Aces'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Buck Jones and written by Frances Guihan. The film stars Buck Jones, Kay Linaker, Robert Frazer, Raymond Brown, Fred MacKaye, Bob Kortman and Ben Corbett. The film was released on September 5, 1937, by Universal Pictures. Plot Rancher Ted Ames and the daughter of a rancher Sandy McKenzie get involved with the notorious blackmailing gang the Black Aces. Cast *Buck Jones as Ted Ames *Kay Linaker as Sandy McKenzie *Robert Frazer as Homer Truesdale *Raymond Brown as Henry Kline *Fred MacKaye as Len Stoddard *Bob Kortman as Wolf Whalen *Ben Corbett as Bridge Guard * W. E. Lawrence as Henchman Boyd Loomis *Frank Campeau as Cowhand Ike Bowlaigs * Robert McKenzie as Mailman Hank Farnum * Charles Le Moyne as Sheriff Joe Potter *Lee Shumway as Henchman *Arthur Van Slyke as Prospector Silver-Tip Joe * Charles King as Jess Walker *Barney Phillips Bernard Philip Ofner (October 20, 1913 – August 17, 1982), better ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outer Gate
''The Outer Gate'' is a 1937 American film directed by actor/screenwriter Raymond Cannon. The screenplay concerns a man who organizes a revenge plot after being sent to prison for a crime he did not commit. Plot summary Bob Terry works for John Borden, and has eyes for his daughter, but after he's accused of stealing and is sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit, he organizes a revenge plot. Cast *Ralph Morgan as John Borden * Kay Linaker as Lois Borden * Ben Alexander as Bob Terry * Eddie Acuff as Todd * Charles Brokaw as Gangster John Carmody *unbilled players include Robert Cummings Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings (June 9, 1910 – December 2, 1990) was an American film and television actor who appeared in roles in comedy films such as ''The Devil and Miss Jones'' (1941) and ''Princess O'Rourke'' (1943), and in d ... External links * * 1937 films American black-and-white films 1937 romantic drama films 1937 crime drama films Monogram Picture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crack-Up (1936 Film)
''Crack-Up'' is a 1936 in film, 1936 American film directed by Malcolm St. Clair (filmmaker), Malcolm St. Clair. Peter Lorre plays a harmless, half-addled aircraft enthusiast who is actually a ruthless spy desperate to get his hands on the blueprints for an experimental aircraft for a Transatlantic flight, trans-Atlantic flight. He faces off against Ace Martin, played by Brian Donlevy, the pilot of the aircraft, whose motives are spurred by feeling cheated by his own company. The supporting cast includes Helen Wood, Ralph Morgan and Thomas Beck (actor), Thomas Beck. Plot At the christening of the "Wild Goose," an experimental long-range aircraft designed for trans-Atlantic flights, a number of significant industry figures from the Fleming-Grant Airways Corporation are present. President John R. Fleming (Ralph Morgan) introduces the test pilots, Ace Martin (Brian Donlevy) and Joe Randall (Thomas Beck), along with Joe's fiancée, Ruth Franklin (Helen Wood). The eccentric Colonel Gim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Money (1936 Film)
''Easy Money'' is a 1936 American crime film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Onslow Stevens, Kay Linaker and Noel Madison.Pitts p.111 Plot Cast * Onslow Stevens as Dan Adams * Kay Linaker as Carol Carter * Noel Madison as 'Duke' Trotti * Allen Vincent as Eddie Adams * Barbara Barondess as Tonia * Wallis Clark as Mr. Curtis * Selmer Jackson as Mr. Harrison * Robert Homans as Sam Belden * Robert Graves as Sillsby * Robert Frazer as Lab Man * Broderick O'Farrell as Judge * Barbara Bedford (actress), Barbara Bedford as Mrs. Turner * Dickie Walters as Little Johnny * Betty Mack as Telephone Operator * Henry Herbert (actor), Henry Hebert as Elmer Johnson * John Kelly (actor, born 1901), John Kelly as Carney * Monte Vandergrift as Moxey * Allen Wood as Chick * John Dilson as Rusick References Bibliography * Michael R. Pitts. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005. Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road Gang
''Road Gang'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Louis King, written by Dalton Trumbo, produced by Bryan Foy, and starring Donald Woods and Kay Linaker. The film shows economic and social injustice due to political corruption. Plot The managing editor of a Chicago newspaper crusades for inmates in a Southern prison camp. Cast * Donald Woods as James "Jim" Larrabie * Kay Linaker as Barbara Winston * Carlyle Moore Jr. as Robert "Bob" Gordon * Joseph Crehan as Harry Shields * Henry O'Neill as George Winston * Joe King as J.W. Moett * Addison Richards as Warden Parmenter * Charles Middleton as Mine Warden Grayson * Olin Howland as Doctor * William B. Davidson as Atty. Gen. Marsden * Harry Cording as Sam Dawson * Mark Lawrence as Pete * Eddie Shubert as Buck Draper * Edward Van Sloan Edward Van Sloan (born Edward Paul Van Sloun; November 1, 1882 – March 6, 1964) was an American character actor best remembered for his roles in the Universal Studios horror films suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Murder Of Dr
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
"I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" is a popular song copyrighted in 1937 by its composer, Irving Berlin, and first recorded by (i) Ray Noble (January 5, 1937), Howard Barrie, vocalist; (ii) Red Norvo (January 8, 1937), Mildred Bailey, vocalist; (iii) and Billie Holiday with her orchestra (January 12, 1937). The song – sung by Dick Powell and Alice Faye – debuted on film February 12, 1937, in the musical, '' On the Avenue''. Background The Noble, Norvo, and film renditions were successful that year, as well as the other 1937 recordings that included Billie Holiday and Glen Gray (vocal by Kenny Sargent). Les Brown's instrumental version, arranged by Skip Martin and recorded in 1946 as Columbia #38324, became a million-seller and ''Billboard'' top ten song in 1949. Brown said that he got a call from Columbia Records after he performed the song telling him to record it, only to respond that he had recorded it three years earlier. That same year, vocal group The Mills Brother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
