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Larry Thor
Larry Thor (August 27, 1916 – March 15, 1976) was a radio newscaster and announcer, an actor in film and radio, and a university professor. He "was noted for his distinctive voice ... his rich resonant tones." Early professional life A native of Lundar, Manitoba, Canada, Thor was a soldier, a construction worker, a farmer, and a rancher before he went into broadcasting. His first experience in radio came in 1937 as an unpaid singer at CFAR in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada. He soon became the writer for CFAR, a job he held for three years. From there he went to CKGB in Timmins as an announcer. Later, he moved to CKCL in Toronto as a newscaster. In 1946, he moved to the United States, joining the staff of KFAC in Los Angeles. Following that, Thor worked at KMPC, in Hollywood, California, as a newscaster and writer. In 1948, he left KMPC and went to KNX in Hollywood as an announcer. Radio drama Thor's involvement with drama on radio began in Canada. In addition to his work as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lundar, Manitoba
Lundar is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district situated in Manitoba, Canada. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Coldwell, in Manitoba's Interlake Region, 99 km north of Winnipeg on Hwy 6. Nearby attractions are Lake Manitoba and its beaches, and the Lundar Provincial Park. Lundar is home to a Canada goose refuge, and a large statue of a Canada goose is located in the community. Lundar was founded by Icelandic settlers. Toponymy ''Lundar'' is the nominative plural indefinite of ''lundur'' "wood, grove" in Icelandic, from Old Norse ''lundr'', same thing. This place-name is related through Old Norman to the Canadian Patronymic Lalonde, which is from the Norman surnames Lalonde or Delalonde, themselves from place-names in Normandy called la Londe "the grove, the wood" (''Lunda'' in ancient documents). Climate Lundar experiences a humid continental climate (Köppen ''Dfb'') with warm to hot summers and cold winters. There are two weather s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mississippi Gambler (1953 Film)
''The Mississippi Gambler'' is a 1953 American Western film directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Tyrone Power. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Sound Recording ( Leslie I. Carey). This film was the third Universal Studios film to bear this title—though with a different plot each time, the others being '' The Mississippi Gambler'' (1929) and '' Mississippi Gambler'' (1942). Plot Mark Fallon persuades professional gambler "Kansas John" Polly to teach him the trade. As they board a riverboat bound for New Orleans, Kansas John advises him to be wary of F. Montague Caldwell, an unscrupulous riverboat gambler. Mark makes the acquaintance of two fellow passengers, attractive Angelique Dureau and her brother Laurent. Laurent loses a great deal of money at cards. He gives Mark a valuable diamond necklace to redeem his gambling IOUs. When Mark learns that it is Angelique's, he offers it back to her, but she angrily declines. Caldwell hires some men to ambush and rob Mark, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarawa Beachhead
''Tarawa Beachhead'' is a 1958 war film directed by Paul Wendkos. It stars Columbia Pictures contract star Kerwin Mathews in his first leading role and the husband and wife team of Ray Danton and Julie Adams. The working title of the film was ''Flag over Tarawa'' and was originally to have starred Ronald Reagan. Plot Sgt. Tom Sloan sees his Lieutenant Joel Brady kill one of their own Marines, Johnny Campbell on Guadalcanal after Brady led a disastrous suicidal attack against Japanese entrenched in caves. As the only survivors of the debacle, Sloan does not turn Brady in as he assumes that no one will believe his word against an officer's. With Brady's recommendation, Sloan is later commissioned and assigned as an aide to a general (Onslow Stevens) back in the 2nd Marine Division headquarters in New Zealand. Lt. Sloan meets Campbell's widow, Ruth (Julie Adams) to bring her letters written by Johnny. However he meets Brady who is keeping company with Ruth's sister (Karen Sharpe) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gun Runners
''The Gun Runners'' is a 1958 American film noir crime film directed by Don Siegel, is the third adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's 1937 novel ''To Have and Have Not'', and starring Audie Murphy. Everett Sloane essays the part of the alcoholic sidekick originally played by Walter Brennan in the film's first adaptation, although Sloane's interpretation is less overtly comic. Eddie Albert delivers a bravura performance as a charismatic villain; other cast members include Jack Elam and Richard Jaeckel. Gita Hall, "Miss Stockholm of 1953", made her Hollywood film debut as Albert's girlfriend Eva. The earlier remake, titled '' The Breaking Point'' (1950), was directed by Michael Curtiz and starred John Garfield. Plot Sam Martin (Audie Murphy) runs a charter boat with his alcoholic first mate Harvey (Everett Sloane). He is forced by financial necessity to run guns for the Cuban Revolution but his employer seeks to maximise his profit. Cast * Audie Murphy as Sam Martin * Eddie Albert as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hunters (1958 Film)
''The Hunters'' is a 1958 American CinemaScope war film adapted from the novel, '' The Hunters'' by James Salter. The picture was produced and directed by Dick Powell and starring Robert Mitchum and Robert Wagner as two very different United States Air Force fighter pilots during the Korean War. The cast also features Richard Egan and May Britt. Plot During the Korean War, Major Cleve "Iceman" Saville, a veteran World War II ace, returns to combat, eager to fly the F-86 Sabre jet fighter. His commanding officer, Colonel "Dutch" Imil, assigns him command of a flight. Among his pilots is a new replacement, talented but brash Lieutenant Ed Pell. On his first mission, Pell abandons his element leader to go after a group of MiG-15s, and the other pilot is killed. As a result, Saville wants Pell assigned to someone else, but Imil overrules him. Pell was top of his class in flight school and Imil sees him as a younger version of Saville. If anyone can get Pell to grow up, it is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machine-Gun Kelly (film)
''Machine-Gun Kelly'' is a 1958 film noir directed by Roger Corman, chronicling the criminal activities of the real-life George "Machine Gun" Kelly. The film was considered low budget, but received good critical reviews. It was the first lead role for actor Charles Bronson. Corman called it "a major turning point in my career" because it was from this film he began to get serious critical attention. American International Pictures released the film as a double feature with 1958's ''The Bonnie Parker Story''. In September 1958, Nicholson and Arkoff of AIP said this was their favorite double feature to date. Plot George Kelly ( Charles Bronson), dubbed "Machine Gun" by his partner in crime Flo Becker ( Susan Cabot) because of his obsession with Thompson submachine guns, pulls off a bank robbery and eventually becomes Public Enemy #1. Discord grows among his inner circle and Kelly, deathly afraid of being jailed or killed, is dominated and ridiculed by the tough-talking Flo. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The True Story Of Lynn Stuart
''The True Story of Lynn Stuart'' (originally titled ''The Other Life of Lynn Stuart'') is a 1958 American biographical crime drama film starring Betsy Palmer, Jack Lord, Barry Atwater and released by Columbia Pictures. Marking the final directorial effort of Lewis Seiler, it dramatizes the true story of a young Santa Ana, California, housewife who became a volunteer undercover narcotics agent in the 1950s. The woman, known publicly only by the pseudonym Lynn Stuart to protect her from possible reprisals, served in that capacity for six years and provided information which ultimately led to approximately 30 drug-related convictions.(1957, August 29). Coats, Paul V.Confidential file ''Los Angeles Mirror-News'' Plot In a prologue, Edmund "Pat" Brown, who was the California Attorney General at the time of the film's production, makes a statement directly to the viewer, attesting to the veracity of the film's story and to the societal scourge presented by drug trafficking. The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zero Hour!
''Zero Hour!'' is a 1957 drama film directed by Hall Bartlett from a screenplay by Bartlett, Arthur Hailey, and John Champion. It stars Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, and Sterling Hayden and features Peggy King, Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch, Geoffrey Toone, and Jerry Paris in supporting roles. It was released by Paramount Pictures. ''Zero Hour!'' was a remake of the Canadian television play ''Flight into Danger'', and was in turn used as the basis for the parody film ''Airplane!'' Plot During the closing days of the Second World War, six members of the Royal Canadian Air Force fighter squadron led by pilot Ted Stryker are killed because of a command decision he made. Years later, in civilian life in Winnipeg, Manitoba, a guilt-stricken Stryker goes through many jobs, and his marriage is in trouble. Stryker finds a note at home: his wife Ellen has taken their young son Joey and is leaving him, flying to Vancouver. He rushes to Winnipeg Airport to board the same flight, Cross-Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Amazing Colossal Man
''The Amazing Colossal Man'' (also known as ''The Colossal Man'') is a 1957 American black-and-white science fiction film from American International Pictures. Produced and directed by Bert I. Gordon, it stars Glenn Langan, Cathy Downs, William Hudson, and Larry Thor. It is an uncredited adaptation of Homer Eon Flint's 1928 short science fiction novel ''The Nth Man''. AIP theatrically released it as a double feature with ''Cat Girl''. The film's storyline concerns a U.S. Army Lt. Colonel who survives a plutonium explosion and grows 8 to 10 feet a day, ultimately reaching 60 feet tall, but loses his mind in the process. During the 1960s, American International Television syndicated the film to television. It and its sequel, ''War of the Colossal Beast'' (1958), were mocked on '' Mystery Science Theater 3000''. Plot A military site in Desert Rock, Nevada, plans a test explosion of the first atomic plutonium bomb. When it doesn't detonate as expected, Lt. Colonel Glenn Mannin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hell Bound (1957 Film)
''Hell Bound'' is a 1957 American crime film directed by William J. Hole Jr. and written by Richard H. Landau. The film stars John Russell, June Blair, Stuart Whitman, Margo Woode and George E. Mather. The film was released in October 1957, by United Artists. Plot A Los Angeles criminal plots the robbery of a ship carrying $2 million worth of surplus narcotics left over from World War II. His plan goes awry when his backer's girlfriend, drafted into a key role in the plan to keep an eye on the bigwig's up-front investment, falls for an ambulance attendant who is an unsuspecting pawn in the scheme. The climax was filmed at Terminal Island Terminal Island, historically known as Isla Raza de Buena Gente, is a largely artificial island located in Los Angeles County, California, between the neighborhoods of Wilmington and San Pedro in the city of Los Angeles, and the city of Long Be ..., where hundreds of obsolete "Red Car" inter-urban electric trolleys were stacked awaiting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland Exposé
''Portland Exposé'' is a 1957 American film noir directed by Harold Schuster and starring Edward Binns and Carolyn Craig. The plot follows a tavern owner in Portland, Oregon who is involved in a struggle for power between two gangs attempting to control the unions. The film was inspired by crime boss Jim Elkins and the McClellan Committee's investigation into Portland's underground criminal ventures in the 1940s and 1950s, which were the subject of an extensive article published in ''Life'' magazine in March 1957. The film was distributed theatrically by Allied Artists in August 1957, though it was banned by local agencies from being screened within a radius of Portland. Plot In 1940s Portland, Oregon, tavern proprietor George Madison resides with his wife Clara and their two children, teenage Ruth and young Jimmy. Pressured by salesman Spud Lennox, George agrees to place pinball machines in his business. Meanwhile, syndicate thugs Larry and Joe are attempting to start a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Guns West
''Five Guns West'' is a 1955 Western film set during the American Civil War directed by Roger Corman. It was Corman's first film as director although he had already made two as producer. It was the second film released by the American Releasing Company, which later became American International Pictures.SIRK WILL DIRECT UNIVERSAL MOVIE: Lot Again Signs Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson to Co-Star in 'All That Heaven Allows' By THOMAS M. PRYOR Special to The New York Times.28 Oct 1954: 47. The film stars Dorothy Malone, John Lund and Mike Connors. The cast also includes R. Wright Campbell, who wrote the screenplay. He is billed as "Bob Campbell" in the credits as an actor but as "R. Wright Campbell" as screenwriter. Plot Five men, due to be hanged, accept pardons on condition that they join the Confederate army due to the army being desperate for men during the last days of the American Civil War. Their given task is to go after a traitor and a shipment of stolen gold. They end up ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
