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Knight Of The Plains
''Knight of the Plains'' is a 1938 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Fred Myton. The film stars Fred Leedon Scott, Fred Scott, Al St. John, Marion Weldon, John Merton, Richard Cramer, Frank LaRue and Lafe McKee. The film was released on May 7, 1938, by Spectrum Pictures. Plot Cast *Fred Leedon Scott, Fred Scott as Fred Brent *Al St. John as Fuzzy *Marion Weldon as Gale Rand *John Merton as Carson / Pedro de Cordoba *Richard Cramer as Clem Peterson *Frank LaRue as J.C. Rand *Lafe McKee as John Lane *Emma Tansey as Martha Lane *Steve Clark as Sheriff Dykes *Jimmy Aubrey as Henchman *James Sheridan as Henchman *Budd Buster as Manuel References External links * {{Sam Newfield 1938 films 1930s English-language films American Western (genre) films 1938 Western (genre) films Films directed by Sam Newfield American black-and-white films 1930s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Newfield
Sam Newfield, born Samuel Neufeld, (December 6, 1899 - November 10, 1964), also known as Sherman Scott or Peter Stewart, was an American B-movie Film director, director, one of the most prolific in American film history—he is credited with directing over 250 feature films in a career which began during the silent era and ended in 1958. In addition to his staggering feature output, he also directed one -and two-reel comedy Short film, shorts, training films, industrial films, TV episodes and pretty much anything anyone would pay him for. Because of this massive output—he would sometimes direct more than 20 films in a single year—he has been called the most prolific director of the sound era. Many of Newfield's films were made for Producers Releasing Corporation, PRC Pictures. This was a film production company headed by his brother Sigmund Neufeld. The films PRC produced were low-budget productions, the majority being Western (genre), westerns, with an occasional horror fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Aubrey
Jimmy Aubrey (23 October 1887 – 2 September 1983) was an English actor who worked with both Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy, having gone with Fred Karno's theatrical company to America in 1908. However he left to start on his own in vaudeville Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition .... He started in comedies, then went on to comedic roles in drama. He appeared in 419 films between 1915 and 1953. Selected filmography External links * 1887 births 1983 deaths Hal Roach Studios actors English male film actors English male silent film actors People from Bolton 20th-century English male actors 20th-century English comedians British expatriate male actors in the United States {{England-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Sam Newfield
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 Western (genre) Films
Events January * January 1 ** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the authoritarian regime. ** state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Safinaz Zulficar, who becomes Farida of Egypt, Queen Farida, in Cairo. * January 27 – The Honeymoon Bridge (Niagara Falls), Honeymoon Bridge at Niagara Falls, New York, collapses as a result of an ice jam. February * February 4 ** Adolf Hitler abolishes the War Ministry and creates the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces), giving him direct control of the German military. In addition, he dismisses political and military leaders considered unsympathetic to his philosophy or policies. Gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Western (genre) 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] |
1930s English-language Films
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 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 * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 Films
Events January * January 1 ** The new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the authoritarian regime. ** State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Safinaz Zulficar, who becomes Queen Farida, in Cairo. * January 27 – The Honeymoon Bridge at Niagara Falls, New York, collapses as a result of an ice jam. February * February 4 ** Adolf Hitler abolishes the War Ministry and creates the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces), giving him direct control of the German military. In addition, he dismisses political and military leaders considered unsympathetic to his philosophy or policies. General Werner von Fritsch is forced to resign as Commander of Chief of the German Army following accusations of homosexuality, and replaced by General Walther von ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budd Buster
Budd Leland Buster (June 14, 1891 – December 22, 1965), usually credited as Budd Buster (and sometimes Bud Buster), was an American actor known for B western films. He sometimes was credited as George Selk in his later work. Early life Buster was born either Budd Leland Buster or Leland Buster near Colorado Springs, Colorado on June 14, 1891. His parents were John M. Buster and Anna (Annie) Moore Buster, both from Missouri. According to the 1900 census, the family resided in Colorado Springs, and included Buster's one year younger sister, Demple, and his paternal grandmother. By 1920, Buster was part-owner with his father of Colorado Springs Auto and Carriage Livery Company, lived in Ivywild, Colorado, and had two children, Mary Jane (4 years) and John (1 year) with his wife, Mary. Buster had experience in vaudeville. Vaudeville provided experience with makeup, enabling Buster to appear as a wide variety of characters. Silent films From 1909 to 1915, Buster acted in le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre Setting (narrative), set in the American frontier and commonly associated with Americana (culture), folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. It is commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West" and depicted in Western media as a hostile, sparsely populated frontier in a state of near-total lawlessness patrolled by outlaws, sheriffs, and numerous other Stock character, stock "gunslinger" characters. Western narratives often concern the gradual attempts to tame the crime-ridden American West using wider themes of justice, freedom, rugged individualism, Manifest Destiny, and the national history and identity of the United States. History The first films that belong to the Western genre are a series of short single reel silents made in 1894 by Edison Studios at their Edison's Black Maria, Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey. These featured vet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jed Buell
Jed Buell (May 21, 1897 - September 29, 1961) was an American film producer, director, and screenwriter who specialized in low-budget B pictures in a variety of subjects including singing cowboy films featuring midgets and black actors. Career Buell, born in Denver, Colorado to Dora Phelps and William J. Buell, was educated at the Corona School and North Denver High School. He began his film career as treasurer of the Denver Orpheum Theatre and Denham Theatre as well as the business manager of Denver's Elitch Theatre. In 1928 he became general manager of California Universal Chair Theaters. He joined Mack Sennett as a publicist and in 1930 was made director of all publicity at the Mack Sennett Studios in Hollywood. Buell made his first venture into singing-cowboy films by bringing them into the race film genre by producing '' Harlem on the Prairie'' (1937) with singer Herb Jeffries who had seen ''The Terror of Tiny Town''. and approached Buell to feature him as a black singing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mack Stengler
Macklyn Stengler (July 31, 1895 – May 27, 1962) was an American cinematographer whose Hollywood cinema and television career spanned 40 years. Partial filmography * ''That Model from Paris'' (1926) * '' College Days'' (1926) * ''The Millionaire Policeman'' (1926) * ''Sin Cargo'' (1926) * '' Out of the Storm'' (1926) * ''One Hour of Love'' (1927) * ''The First Night'' (1927) * ''Silver Comes Through'' (1927) * ''Hired Wife'' (1934) * ''Chloe, Love Is Calling You'' (1934) * ''We're in the Legion Now!'' (1936) * '' The Devil on Horseback'' (1936) * ''King of the Zombies'' (1941) * ''Gambling Daughters'' (1941) * ''Let's Go Collegiate'' (1941) * '' Reg'lar Fellers'' (1941) * '' Duke of the Navy'' (1942) * ''Campus Rhythm'' (1943) * ''Ghosts on the Loose'' (1943) *''The Crime Smasher'' (1943) * '' Adventures of Kitty O'Day'' (1945) * ''Fall Guy'' (1947) * ''Jens Mansson in America ''Jens Mansson in America'' (Swedish: ''Jens Månsson i Amerika'') is a 1947 Swedish comedy film d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lafe McKee
Lafayette S. "Lafe" McKee (January 23, 1872 – August 10, 1959) was an American actor who appeared in more than 400 films from 1912 to 1948. Part of his career was spent with Art Mix Productions. McKee also worked as a stage actor from 1910 until at least 1932, and began working in show business in 1893. Selected filmography * ''The Adventures of Kathlyn'' (1913) * '' The City of Purple Dreams'' (1918) * ''In the Days of Buffalo Bill'' (1922) * '' Blazing Arrows'' (1922) * '' Silver Spurs'' (1922) * '' Blood Test'' (1923) * ''The Eagle's Claw'' (1924) * ''Bringin' Home the Bacon'' (1924) * ''The Terror of Pueblo'' (1924) * ''Thundering Romance'' (1924) * '' Full Speed'' (1925) * '' On the Go'' (1925) * ''Double Action Daniels'' (1925) * ''The Saddle Cyclone'' (1925) * '' The Human Tornado'' (1925) * '' The Sporting Life'' (1925) * ''The Bandit Buster'' (1926) * ''The Bonanza Buckaroo'' (1926) * ''The Man from Oklahoma'' (1926) * ''Fort Frayne'' (1926) * ''Officer 444'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
