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Leander De Cordova
Leander de Cordova (5 December 1877 – 19 September 1969) was a Jamaican-born American actor and film director. He was the brother of Rudolph de Cordova. He was the son of Altamont de Cordova and Katherine Lewis. He was also the grandnephew of Jacob de Cordova. Selected filmography Acted * ''The Penal Code'' (1932) – Isaac Lewin * ''Dick Tracy'' (1937, Serial) – Stevens (uncredited) * ''The Emperor's Candlesticks'' (1937) – Bidder (uncredited) * ''Midnight'' (1939) – Footman (uncredited) * ''Torture Ship'' (1939) – Ezra Matthews * ''Zorro's Fighting Legion'' (1939, Serial) – Felipe * ''The Phantom Cowboy'' (1941) – Don Jose Toreno (uncredited) * ''Prairie Pioneers'' (1941) – Father Garcia (uncredited) * ''Mission to Moscow'' (1943) – Heckler (uncredited) * ''The Laramie Trail'' (1944) – Esteban * ''The Gay Senorita'' (1945) – Padre Anselmo (uncredited) * ''Yolanda and the Thief'' (1945) – Elderly Butler (uncredited) * ''Gilda'' (1946) – Servant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zorro's Fighting Legion
''Zorro's Fighting Legion'' is a 1939 Republic Pictures film serial consisting of twelve chapters starring Reed Hadley as Zorro and directed by William Witney and John English. The plot revolves around his alter-ego Don Diego's fight against the evil Don Del Oro. The serial is unusual in featuring a real historical personage, Mexican President Benito Juárez, as a minor character. It is the second in a series of five Zorro serials: ''Zorro Rides Again'' (1937), ''Zorro's Black Whip'' (1944), ''Son of Zorro'' (1947) and ''Ghost of Zorro'' (1949). Plot The mysterious Don Del Oro ("Lord of Gold"), an idol of the Yaqui, emerges and attacks the gold trade of the Republic of Mexico, intent on becoming Emperor. A man named Francisco is put in charge of a fighting legion to combat the Yaqui tribe and protect the gold; he is attacked by men working for Don Del Oro. Francisco's partner recognizes Zorro as the hidalgo Don Diego Vega. Francisco asks Diego, as Zorro, to take over the fight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolanda And The Thief
''Yolanda and the Thief'' is a 1945 American Technicolor MGM musical-comedy film set in a fictional Latin American country. It stars Fred Astaire, Lucille Bremer, Frank Morgan, and Mildred Natwick, with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Arthur Freed. The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli and produced by Arthur Freed. The film was a long-time pet project of Freed's to promote his lover Bremer's career, but fared disastrously at the box office. An attempt to create a whimsical fantasy, it ended up, in the words of critic John Mueller, as "egg-nog instead of the usual champagne". Despite admirable production values, it ruined Bremer's career and discouraged Astaire, who decided to retire after his next film, '' Blue Skies''. Perhaps it also vindicated Astaire's own horror of "inventing up to the arty"—his phrase for the approach of those who would set out to create art, whereas he believed artistic value could only emerge as an accidental and unpremeditated by-product of a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love, Honor And Obey
''Love, Honor and Obey'' is a 1920 American silent drama film. Directed by Leander de Cordova, the film stars Wilda Bennett, Claire Whitney, and Henry Harmon. It was released on September 6, 1920. Cast list * Wilda Bennett as Conscience Williams * Claire Whitney as Marion Holbury * Henry Harmon as William Williams * Kenneth Harlan as Stuart Emmett * George Cowl George Cowl (1878–1942) was a British film actor active in the United States.Solomon p.300 He also directed four films during the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Dan'' (1914) * ''The Rack'' (1916) * '' The Closed Road'' (1916) * '' The B ... as Eben Tollman * E. J. Radcliffe as Jack Holbury (credited as E. J. Ratcliffe) References External links * * American silent feature films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1920 drama films Metro Pictures films 1920s English-language films 1920 films Films based on American novels Films directed by Leander de Cordova 1920s America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polly With A Past (film)
''Polly with a Past'' is a 1920 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Metro Pictures and directed by Leander de Cordova. Based on a 1917 Broadway stage play of the same name, the film starred Ina Claire, reprising her stage role in the title role of Polly. Clifton Webb had an early unbilled screen appearance in this film. As with many Metro Pictures productions from the period from the late 1910s to the early 1920s, this film is presumed lost. Plot Minister's daughter Polly Shannon (Ina Claire), in order to earn money go to Paris and study opera, takes a job as a maid for Clay Cullum (Harry Benham) and Harry Richardson (Clifton Webb). Cullum and Richardson are friends with shy Rex Van Zile (Ralph Graves), whose love for do-gooder Myrtle Davis (Louiszita Valentine) is unrequited. The three friends and Polly come up with a scheme to get Myrtle to notice Rex. Polly poses as a French adventuress "with a past" who pursues Rex. Their plan is to inspire Myrtle to save ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Scream In The Night (1919 Film)
''A Scream in the Night'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Leander De Cordova and Burton L. King and starring Ruth Budd, Ralph Kellard and Edna Britton.Soister, Nicolella & Joyce p.506 Cast * Ruth Budd as Darwa * Ralph Kellard as Robert Hunter * Edna Britton as Vaneva Carter * John Webb Dillion as Prof. Silvio * Edward Roseman as Lotec * Stephen Grattan as Sen. Newcastle * Adelbert Hugo as Floris * Louis Stern Louis Stern (born January 7, 1945) is a Los Angeles art dealer and President of Louis Stern Fine Arts in West Hollywood, California. Stern deals in the secondary market for Impressionist and Modern works. His gallery’s program specializes primaril ... as Mr. Graham References Bibliography * Soister, John T., Nicolella, Henry & Joyce, Steve. ''American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929''. McFarland, 2014. External links * 1919 films 1919 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tough Assignment
''Tough Assignment'' is a 1949 American crime film directed by William Beaudine and starring Don Barry, Marjorie Steele and Steve Brodie. It is regarded as a film noir.Spicer p.421 Plot A Los Angeles reporter and his photographer wife investigate a criminal gang trying to establish a cartel over beef supplies to the city's butcher shops. Cast * Don Barry as Dan Reilly * Marjorie Steele as Margie Reilly * Steve Brodie as Boss Morgan * Marc Lawrence as Vince * Ben Welden as Sniffy * Sid Melton as Herman * John L. Cason as Joe * Frank Richards as Steve * Fred Kohler Jr. as Grant, Head Rancher * Michael Whalen as Hutchison * Edit Angold as Mrs. Schultz * Leander De Cordova as Mr. Schultz * Stanley Andrews as Chief Investigator Patterson * Stanley Price as Al Foster * Iris Adrian Iris Adrian Hostetter (May 29, 1912 – September 17, 1994) was an American stage, film actress and dancer. Life and career Adrian was an only child, born in Los Angeles, Californi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mysterious Desperado
''The Mysterious Desperado'' is a 1949 American Western film.Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, ''The RKO Story.'' New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982, p. 239. The ''Los Angeles Times'' reported that "Tim Holt Westerns have attained a good standard which is adequately maintained" in the film. Plot Tim Holt and his partner, Chito Rafferty, investigate when Rafferty's uncle is killed and his son disappears, leaving Rafferty the possible heir to the estate. Cast *Tim Holt as himself * Richard Martin as Chito Rafferty *Movita Castaneda as Luisa *Edward Norris Septimus Edward Norris (March 10, 1911 – December 18, 2002) was an American film actor. Early years Norris was born in 1911, the son of a prominent Philadelphia gynecologist, who was described in a newspaper article as "a famous surgeon and ... as Ramon References External links * 1949 films American Western (genre) films 1949 Western (genre) films RKO Pictures films American black-and-white films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casbah (film)
''Casbah'' is a 1948 American film noir crime musical film directed by John Berry starring Yvonne De Carlo, Tony Martin, Peter Lorre, and Märta Torén. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song "For Every Man There's a Woman". It is a musical remake of ''Algiers'' (1938), which was in turn an American remake of the French film ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937). Plot Pépé le Moko ( Tony Martin) leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah district of Algiers, where he has exiled himself to escape imprisonment in his native France. Inez (Yvonne De Carlo), his girl friend, is infuriated when Pépé flirts with Gaby (Märta Torén), a French visitor, but Pépé tells her to mind her own business. Detective Slimane (Peter Lorre) is trying to lure Pépé out of the Casbah so he can be jailed. Against Slimane's advice, Police Chief Louvain (Thomas Gomez) captures Pépé in a dragnet, but his followers free him. Inez realizes that Pépé has fallen in love wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albuquerque (film)
''Albuquerque'' is a 1948 American Cinecolor Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, George "Gabby" Hayes, and Lon Chaney, Jr. Based on the novel ''Dead Freight for Piute'' by Luke Short, with a screenplay by Gene Lewis and Clarence Upson Young, the film is about a man who is recruited by his corrupt uncle to inherit his freight-hauling empire in the southwest, and who eventually defects to his uncle's honest business rival. Plot During a stagecoach holdup, Celia Wallace is robbed of $10,000 and little Myrtle Walton is saved from the runaway horses by a passenger, Cole Armin. Celia is grateful until she learns Cole is coming to Albuquerque to work for his uncle, John Armin, a ruthless freight-line owner who stops at nothing to put competitors Celia and her brother Ted out of business. Concluding that his uncle was even behind the robbery, Cole switches sides to work for the Wallaces. Armin uses a woman, Letty Tyler, to spy on his adve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Double Life (1947 Film)
''A Double Life'' is a 1947 American film noir which tells the story of an actor whose mind becomes affected by the character he portrays. It stars Ronald Colman and Signe Hasso. It is directed by George Cukor, with screenplay by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin. Ronald Colman won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in this film. Plot Celebrated stage actor Anthony "Tony" John, riding high on the success of his current comedy "A Gentleman's Gentleman", is offered the lead in a new production of Shakespeare's Othello by theatrical producer Max Lasker. Lasker also wants Tony's ex-wife, Brita, to co-star as Desdemona. Tony initially declines the offer to the relief of director Victor Donlan, who knows that Tony becomes overly involved in his roles. Brita agrees with Donlan and warns press agent Bill Friend that although Tony's mood is delightful when appearing in a comedy, he is terrifying when appearing in a drama. She warns Friend that Tony becomes so immersed in roles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danger Street (1947 Film)
''Danger Street'' is a 1947 American mystery film directed by Lew Landers and written by Winston Miller, Kae Salkow and Maxwell Shane. The film stars Jane Withers, Robert Lowery, Bill Edwards, Elaine Riley, Audrey Young and Lyle Talbot. It was released on June 20, 1947 by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *Jane Withers as Pat Marvin * Robert Lowery as Larry Burke * Bill Edwards as Sandy Evans *Elaine Riley as Cynthia Van Loan *Audrey Young as Dolores Johnson *Lyle Talbot as Charles Johnson *Charles Quigley as Carl Pauling *Lucia Carroll as Smitty *Nina Mae McKinney as Veronica *Vera Marshe as Amanda Matthews *Roy Gordon as John Matthews *Paul Harvey Paul Harvey Aurandt (September 4, 1918 – February 28, 2009) was an American radio broadcaster for ABC News Radio. He broadcast ''News and Comment'' on mornings and mid-days on weekdays and at noon on Saturdays and also his famous '' The Rest ... as Turlock References External links * 1947 films Paramount Pictur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |