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Let's Face It (film)
''Let's Face It'' is a 1943 American musical comedy film directed by Sidney Lanfield and written by Harry Tugend, adapted from the musical of the same name. The film stars Bob Hope, Betty Hutton, ZaSu Pitts, Phyllis Povah, Dave Willock, Eve Arden, and Cully Richards. The film was released on August 5, 1943, by Paramount Pictures. A ''New York Times'' critic at the time of its release wrote, "Strictly as hot-weather fare, ''Let's Face It'', now at the Paramount, is an acceptable bit of monkeyshines, but not much more. As a vehicle for Bob Hope it is a rather feeble and outdated contraption, and if it weren't for Mr. Hope himself ''Let's Face It'' would be a very sad affair indeed."Briefly, but well-discussed in Hal Erickson, ''Military Comedy Films: A Critical Survey and Filmography of Hollywood Releases Since 1918'' (Jefferson NC: McFarland, 2012), 60-61. ; and James Neibaur, ''The Bob Hope Films'' (Jefferson NC: McFarland, 2005), 55-57. Plot U.S. Army private Jerry Walker is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Lanfield
Sidney Ivanovich Lanfield (April 20, 1898 – June 20, 1972) was an American film director known for directing romances and light comedy films and later television programs. The one-time jazz musician and vaudevillian star started his first directing job for the Fox Film Corporation in 1930; he went on to direct a number of films for 20th Century Fox. In 1941, he directed the Fred Astaire film ''You'll Never Get Rich'' for Columbia Pictures, then moved to Paramount Pictures. There Lanfield worked on a number of film comedies. He is probably best remembered for directing actor Bob Hope in a number of films including ''My Favorite Blonde'' (1942), ''Let's Face It (film), Let's Face It'' (1943), ''Where There's Life'' (1947), and ''The Lemon Drop Kid'' (1951). Lanfield's most profitable film, however, was the first teaming of Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in 1939's ''The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film), The Hound of the Baskervilles''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cully Richards
Cully Richards (October 31, 1908–June 17, 1978) was an American singer, and film and television actor. He had a recurring role as First Sergeant Stanley Wozniak on the 1962–1963 situation comedy ''Don't Call Me Charlie!''. Death Richards died, in Los Angeles, aged 69, on June 17, 1978. He is interred in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition. Selected filmography * ''Sing, Baby, Sing'' (1936) * ''Pick a Star'' (1937) * ''Something to Sing About (1937 film), Something to Sing About'' (1937) * ''Here's Flash Casey'' (1938) * ''Swing It, Sailor!'' (1938) * ''Let's Face It (film), Let's Face It'' (1943) * ''Race Street'' (1948) References Bibliography * Everett Aaker. ''George Raft: The Films''. McFarland, 2013. External links * 1908 births 1978 deaths American male television actors America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Black-and-white Films
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1943 Musical Comedy Films
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1943 Films
The year 1943 in film featured various significant events for the film industry. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1943 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 23 – The film ''Casablanca'' is released nationally in the United States and becomes one of the top-grossing pictures of 1943. It goes on to win the Best Picture and Best Director awards at the 16th Academy Awards. * February 20 – American film studio executives agree to allow the United States Office of War Information to censor films. * June 1 – Veteran English stage and screen actor Leslie Howard dies at the age of 50 in the crash of BOAC Flight 777 off the coast of Galicia, Spain. While best remembered for his role as Ashley Wilkes in ''Gone with the Wind'', Howard had roles in many other notable films and was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. * December 31 – New York City's Times Square greets Frank Sinatra at Paramount Theatre. Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emory Parnell
Emory Parnell (December 29, 1892 – June 22, 1979) was an American vaudeville performer and actor who appeared in over 250 films in his 36-year career. Early years Parnell was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He spent eight months in the Arctic in 1929, looking for gold in that area's wastelands. He also worked as a telegrapher. Music Parnell spent his early years as a concert violinist. He performed on the Chautauqua and Lyceum circuits until 1930, when he relocated to Detroit, Michigan, to narrate and act in commercial and industrial films. A 1923 newspaper article described an upcoming Lyceum performance of "Emory Parnell, the one man band," saying that Parnell "plays an accordion, the snare drum and base icdrum, all at the same time." During part of the Chautauqua years, Parnell had a family act that included his wife. In 1970, she recalled, " covered every state as well as Canada, Alaska and New Zealand." The Parnells resumed the act during the Korean War, doing "thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Hayle
Grace Hayle (July 24, 1888 – March 20, 1963) was an American actress who appeared in more than 300 films. In the fall of 1917, Hayle was the "new leading woman" with the Knickerbocker Players at the Knickerbocker Theatre in Philadelphia. She portrayed Laura Murdock in ''The Easiest Way'' a 1917 production with that group. On Broadway, she acted in ''Double Exposure'' (1918) and ''The Duchess Misbehaves'' (1946). Hayle died on March 20, 1963, in Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital, aged 74. Selected filmography *'' Back Street'' (1932) - Lady in Street (uncredited) *'' Evenings for Sale'' (1932) - Pink Elephant Lady (uncredited) *'' The Death Kiss'' (1932) - Chalmer's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited) *'' Hard to Handle'' (1933) - Fat Lady with Vanishing Cream (uncredited) *'' The Intruder'' (1933) - Ship Passenger (uncredited) *'' The Mind Reader'' (1933) - Shill (uncredited) *'' Diplomaniacs'' (1933) - Dowager on Boat (uncredited) *''Gold Diggers of 1933'' (1933) - Society Reporter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Sawyer
Joe Sawyer (born Joseph Sauers; August 29, 1906 – April 21, 1982) was a Canadian film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1927 and 1962, and was sometimes billed under his birth name. Early life Sawyer was born August 29, 1906, as ''Joseph Sauer'' in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. His parents were German. In his 20s he went to Los Angeles to pursue a career in films. Career Sawyer gained acting experience in the Pasadena Playhouse. Productions in which he performed there included '' Quinneys'', ''The Wolves'', and ''White Wings''. Popular roles that he portrayed included Sergeant Biff O'Hara in the '' Rin Tin Tin'' television program, a film, and on radio. On ''Stories of the Century'' in 1954, he portrayed Butch Cassidy, a role which he repeated in the 1958 episode "The Outlaw Legion" of the syndicated western series '' Frontier Doctor''. Sawyer also appeared on ABC's, '' Maverick'', '' Sugarfoot'', ''Peter Gunn'', and '' Surfside 6'' as well as NBC's '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Loft
Arthur Loft (born Hans Peter Loft;"Obituary: Arthur Loft" ''The Los Angeles Times''. January 4, 1947. p. 8. Retrieved November 14, 2024. May 25, 1897 – January 1, 1947) was an American film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 220 films between 1932 and 1947. Biography He was born in and died in . He is interred at Glendale's[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Tombes
Andrew Tombes (29 June 1885 – 17 March 1976) was an American comedian and character actor. Biography The son of a grocer, originally from Ashtabula, Ohio, Tombes was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy. Early in his career, he worked as a vaudeville comic. By December 1914 he had appeared in the headlining act for the opening of the Kansas City Orpheum Theatre. He successfully ascended to Broadway comedies beginning in 1917, in the revue '' Miss 1917'', and appeared there consistently through the 1920s, for instance in '' Poor Little Ritz Girl'' in 1920, '' Tip-Toes'' in 1925, and the Ziegfeld Follies of 1922 and 1927. Tombes' first film appearances were in 1933, as he was already approaching 50 years old. He made a total of about 150 films for various studios. Selected filmography * '' The Bowery'' (1933) - Shill (uncredited) * '' Broadway Through a Keyhole'' (1933) - Sidney - Columnist (uncredited) * ''Moulin Rouge'' (1934) - McBride * ''Doubting Thomas'' (1935) - Huxl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Walburn
Raymond Walburn (September 9, 1887 – July 26, 1969) was an American character actor of stage and screen who appeared in dozens of Hollywood movie comedies and an occasional dramatic role during the 1930s and 1940s. Life and career Born in Plymouth, Indiana, Walburn in the early 1900s moved to Oakland, California, following high school with his mother and began acting on stage, which was also his mother's profession. There he was placed in an acting school associated with the Liberty Theatre, the principal stock company in Oakland, and made his professional stage debut at the age of 18, playing the Second Witch in "MacBeth." Following extensive touring in stock shows, he took his first Broadway bow in the opening of the most popular and successful "The Greyhound" in 1912. After a long period of struggle and a number of theater misfires, his career was interrupted by military service in the United States Army in 1917-1918 where he served in a heavy artillery corps in Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dona Drake
Dona Drake ( ; November 15, 1914 – June 20, 1989) was an American singer, dancer, and film actress in the 1930s and 1940s. She was typically cast in ethnic roles including Latin American and Middle Easterners. Drake often presented herself as Mexican and went by the names Una Novella and Rita Novella. As Rita Rio, she led a touring all-girl orchestra in the early 1940s, also known as "Dona Drake and her Girl Band", among other names for her musical and dance acts. Early life Drake was born Eunice Westmoreland in Miami, Florida on November 15, 1914 to Joseph Andrew Westmoreland, Sr. and Novella (née Smith). She had four siblings. Ethnicity The 1910 United States census, taken in Florida, lists her father as black and her mother, taken in Alabama, as black. The 1920 United States census, taken in Florida, records her and her parents as being mulatto. The 1930 United States census, taken in Pennsylvania, records her and her parents as being negro. The 1950 United States ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
