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Kit Guard
Kit Guard (born Christen Klitgaard May 5, 1894 - July 18, 1961) was a Danish-American actor whose career started in the 1920s. Guard left his birthplace of Hals, Denmark, around the turn of the 20th century, one of five brothers to do so. He moved to San Francisco, and in 1913 he became assistant stage manager and actor at the Alcazar Theatre there. He later acted on stage at the Wigwam Theatre in San Francisco. In World War I, he entertained overseas and later served in the Rainbow Division of the U. S. Army. Guard was a prolific performer, appearing in over 400 films. He appeared with Al Cooke as a comic duo in a number of films from 1923 to 1927. His other film appearances range from ''The Racketeer'' in 1929 to ''The Joker Is Wild'' in 1957, with a number of subsequent uncredited appearances. Guard died of cancer at the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills on July 18, 1961, aged 67. Selected filmography * ''The Patent Leather Pug'' (1925) * '' Two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hals, Denmark
Hals is a harbour and tourist town with a population of 2,521 (1 January 2022)BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from in 's Aalborg Municipality on the east coast of the peninsula in northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Man (1932 Film)
''The Last Man'' is a 1932 American mystery film directed by Howard Higgin and starring Charles Bickford, Constance Cummings and Alec B. Francis.Fetrow p.346 Cast * Charles Bickford as Bannister * Constance Cummings as Marian * Alec B. Francis as Mr. Wingate * Alan Roscoe as Marsden * Robert Ellis as English Charlie * James Wang as Won-Le-Ton * William A. Williams a s. Gibbs * Jack Carlyle as 1st Mate of the Glencoe * John Eberts as Egyptian Spy * Kit Guard as 1st Mate of the Ballentyne * Edward LeSaint as Captain of the Glencoe * George Magrill as 2nd Mate of the Ballentyne * Hal Price as Captain of the Ballentyne * Jack Richardson as Doctor * Albert J. Smith as Halborn * Robert St. Angelo as Joe * William Sundholm William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Emigrants To The United States
Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ancestral or ethnic identity * A member of the Danes, a Germanic tribe * Danish (name), a male given name and surname Language * Danish language, a North Germanic language used mostly in Denmark and Northern Germany * Danish tongue or Old Norse, the parent language of all North Germanic languages Food * Danish cuisine * Danish pastry, often simply called a "Danish" See also * Dane (other) * * Gdańsk * List of Danes * Languages of Denmark The Kingdom of Denmark has only one official language, Danish, the national language of the Danish people, but there are several minority languages spoken, namely Faroese, German, and Greenlandic. A large majority (about 86%) of Danes also s ... {{disambiguation Language a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Deaths
Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Finnair, Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the Captain (civil aviation), captain and First officer (civil aviation), first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti marches into the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ** After the 1960 Turkish coup d'état, 1960 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1894 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United States. * January 9 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard, in Lexington, Massachusetts Lexington is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is 10 miles (16 km) from Downtown Boston. The population was 34,454 as of the 2020 census. The area was originally inhabited by Native Americans, and was firs .... * February 12 ** French anarchist Émile Henry (anarchist), Émile Henry sets off a bomb in a Paris café, killing one person and wounding twenty. ** The barque ''Elisabeth Rickmers'' of Bremerhaven is wrecked at Haurvig, Denmark, but all crew and passengers are saved. * February 15 ** In Korea, peasant unrest erupts in the Donghak Peasant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frontiers Of '49
''Frontiers of '49'' is a 1939 American Western film directed by Joseph Levering and starring Wild Bill Elliott, Luana Alcañiz and Charles King.Blottner p.53 Cast * Wild Bill Elliott as Major John Freeman * Luana Alcañiz as Dolores de Cervantes * Charles King as Howard Brunton * Hal Taliaferro as Kit * Slim Whitaker as Deputy Sheriff Brad * Octavio Giraud as Don Miguel Cervantes * Carlos Villarías as Padre * Joe De La Cruz as Ramon Romero * Jack Walters as Pete Martin - Auctioneer * Al Ferguson as Red - Henchman * Buzz Barton as Auctioneer's Assistant * Kit Guard as Bert - Brunton's Clerk * Jack Ingram as Captain Beatty * Bud Osborne as Judge Scott * Lee Shumway Lee Shumway (March 4, 1884 – January 4, 1959), born Leonard Charles Shumway, was an American actor. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1909 and 1953. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and died in Los Angeles, California. Select ... as Bidding Rancher References Bibliography * Blottner, Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paroled From The Big House
''Paroled from the Big House'' is a 1938 American crime film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Jean Carmen, Ted Adams and George Eldredge. It was produced as a second feature on Poverty Row.Pitts p.196 It was later reissued under the alternative title ''Main Street Girl''. Synopsis A district attorney opposes the leniency of the parole board. In particular a cop killer, 'Slicker' Nixon is released from prison and immediately sets up a new racket. Pat Mallory's father is a store owner who is killed by Nixon's gang and seeks revenge by plotting to kill the gangster. Cast * Jean Carmen as Pat Mallory * Ted Adams as H.S. 'Slicker' Nixon * George Eldredge as 'Red' Herron * Milburn Stone as Commissioner Downey * Walter Anthony as Joe 'Killer' Britt * Ole Olsen as Torchy * Gwen Lee as Binnie Bell * Earl Douglas as Huke 'The Dude' Curtis * Eleanor DeVan as Rita * Edward Kaye as 'Gunner' Garson * Joe Devlin as Jed Cross * Allan Cavan as Chief of Police * Kit Guard Kit Gua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rip Roaring Riley
''Rip Roaring Riley'' is a 1935 American action film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Elmer Clifton and starring Lloyd Hughes, Marion Burns and Grant Withers.Langman p.127 The film's sets were designed by the art director Vin Taylor. A second feature, it was released in America by Puritan Pictures and in Britain by Pathé Pictures under the alternative title ''The Mystery of Diamond Island''. Synopsis A federal agent manages to crash land on Diamond Island, where the government suspects that Major Gray is developing a new poison gas, by forcing Professor Baker and his daughter Anne to work for him. Cast * Lloyd Hughes as Ted 'Rip-Roaring' Riley * Marion Burns as Anne Baker * Grant Withers as Major Gray * John Cowell as Professor Baker * Paul Ellis as Franko - Henchman * Eddie Gribbon as Sparko - Henchman * Kit Guard as Bruno - Henchman * Joe Hirakawa as Lun - Houseboy * Wilfred Lucas Wilfred Van Norman Lucas (January 30, 1871 – December 13, 1940) was a Canadian Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Before Midnight (1933 Film)
''Before Midnight'' is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery crime film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Ralph Bellamy, June Collyer and Claude Gillingwater. Produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, it was the first in a series of four films featuring Inspector Steve Trent of the NYPD.Backer, p. 195 Bellamy featured in all three sequels ''One Is Guilty'', ''The Crime of Helen Stanley'' and ''Girl in Danger''. Synopsis NYC Police Inspector Steve Trent is called to the estate of wealthy Edward Arnold around sixty miles outside NYC on a stormy night. Arnold has had a premonition that he is going to be murdered that night. Cast * Ralph Bellamy as Police Inspector Steve Trent * June Collyer as Janet Holt * Claude Gillingwater as John Fry * Bradley Page as Howard B. Smith * Betty Blythe as Mavis Fry * Arthur Pierson as Dr. David R. Marsh * George Cooper as Stubby * William Jeffrey as Edward Arnold * Joseph Crehan as Police Capt. Frank Flynn * Otto Yamaoka as Kono * Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Forgotten Past
''Her Forgotten Past'' is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Wesley Ford and starring Monte Blue, Barbara Kent and Henry B. Walthall.Pitts p. 253 Synopsis Without telling her wealthy father, Doris Maynard marries the family chauffeur. When he finds out the couple leave together, but after a few months she discovers that her husband is a reckless gambler, who with a warrant out for his arrest goes on the run. Doris returns home and sometime later is courted by a district attorney In the United States, a district attorney (DA), county attorney, state's attorney, prosecuting attorney, commonwealth's attorney, or state attorney is the chief prosecutor and/or chief law enforcement officer representing a U.S. state in a l ..., but on her father's advice declines to tell him about her recent marriage as it is believed her husband is now dead in an automobile accident. Cast References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940''. McFarland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Final Edition
''The Final Edition'' is a 1932 American crime drama film directed by Howard Higgin and starring Pat O'Brien, Mae Clark and Morgan Wallace. Made by Columbia Pictures, it is based on a story by Roy Chanslor.Langman p.127 Synopsis The squabbling city editor and a hotshot female reporter eventually join forces to try and bring down a major crime syndicate, responsible for the murder of the new police commissioner. Cast * Pat O'Brien as Sam 'Brad' Bradshaw * Mae Clarke as Ann Woodman * Morgan Wallace as Neil Selby * Bradley Page as Sid Malvern * Mary Doran as Patsy King * James Donlan as Freddie * Phil Tead as Dan Cameron - Reporter * Robert Emmett O'Connor as Police Lieutenant Daniels * Bertha Mann as Jane Conroy * Wallis Clark as Police Commissioner Jim Conroy * Lydia Knott as Jim Conroy's Mother * Bill Elliott as Reporter * Harry Holman as Harry - Newspaperman * Hal Price as Dave - Bradshaw's Assistant * Harry Strang as First Selby Hood * Kit Guard Kit Guard (born Christen Kl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
