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Lewis R. Foster
Lewis Ransom Foster (August 5, 1898 – June 10, 1974) was an American screenwriter, film/television director, and film/television producer. He directed and wrote over one hundred films and television series between 1926 and 1960. Selected filmography Director * '' Double Whoopee'' (1929) * ''Berth Marks'' (1929) * '' Angora Love'' (1929) * ''Dizzy Dates'' (1930) * ''Blondes Prefer Bonds'' (1931) * ''Love Letters of a Star'' (1936) * '' The Man Who Cried Wolf'' (1937) * ''El Paso'' (1949) * '' The Lucky Stiff'' (1949) * '' Manhandled'' (1949) * '' Captain China'' (1950) * ''Passage West'' (1951) * ''Hong Kong'' (1952) * ''Tropic Zone'' (1953) * ''Those Redheads From Seattle'' (1953) filmed in 3-D * ''Four Star Playhouse'' (1 episode, 1954) * ''Crashout'' (1955) * ''The Bold and the Brave'' (1956) * ''Cavalcade of America'' (2 episodes, 1955–1956) * ''The Adventures of Jim Bowie'' (21 episodes, 1956–1957) * ''Tonka'' (1958) * ''The Wonderful World of Disney'' (8 episodes, 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brookfield, Missouri
Brookfield is a city in Linn County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,111 at the 2020 census. History Brookfield was surveyed in 1859 by John Wood Brooks, a native of Boston. John Wood Brooks is further remembered by the names of four Brookfield streets: John, Wood, Brooks, and Boston streets. A post office called Brookfield has been in operation since 1860. Geography Brookfield is located at (39.783155, -93.073871). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 4,542 people, 1,892 households, and 1,146 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 2,280 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 95.4% White, 1.3% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.6% from other races, and 2.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.0% of the population. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bold And The Brave
''The Bold and the Brave'' is a 1956 American World War II film written by Robert Lewin (screenwriter), Robert Lewin in his first screenplay based on some of his Italian Campaign (World War II), Italian Campaign experiences. It was directed by Lewis R. Foster and stars Wendell Corey, Mickey Rooney, and Don Taylor (actor), Don Taylor. The film was produced by Filmmakers Production Organization and released by RKO. The title song for was cowritten by Mickey Rooney and Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., Ross Bagdasarian, the creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks. Plot The film traces the destinies of three American soldiers stationed in Italy during World War II. Fairchild (Corey) is an idealist who doesn't believe in killing. Preacher (Taylor) is a religious zealot, who can't see anything in terms other than Good and Evil. Dooley (Rooney), an inveterate gambler who runs a floating crap game up and down the Italian front. A gambler and a World War II veteran himself, Rooney claimed to have adli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Gloves (1940 Film)
''Golden Gloves'' is a 1940 American crime film directed by Edward Dmytryk. Plot During an amateur boxing prizefight a young boy, Joey Parker, is beaten to death, and there is no acceptable official reason for why it happened. Because of this his sister, Mary Parker, becomes a strong opponent of boxing and all it stands for. A newspaper refuses to print the truth of what lies behind the Parker boy's tragic death, so sportswriter Wally Matson resigns in protest. The truth is that Parker was only one of many boys unscrupulously used by a boxing promoter, Joe Taggerty, who has paid off Wally's editor at the newspaper for his silence. Wally vows to clean up the amateur boxing scene by exposing the corruption. He lands a job at a small newspaper and persuades the publisher to sponsor a legitimate tournament. Wally personally invites amateur Billy Crane to participate in the tournament's opening match. Billy is in love with Parker's sister Mary, so out of consideration for her, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Million Dollar Legs (1939 Film)
''Million Dollar Legs'' is a 1939 American comedy film starring Betty Grable, Jackie Coogan, John Hartley and Donald O'Connor. The film has no relation to the W. C. Fields movie from seven years earlier also entitled '' Million Dollar Legs''. Plot summary Cast * Betty Grable as Carol Parker * John Hartley as Greg Melton Jr. * Buster Crabbe as Coach Jordan (as Larry Crabbe) * Donald O'Connor as Sticky Boone * Jackie Coogan as Russ Simpson * Dorothea Kent as Susie Quinn * Joyce Mathews as Bunny Maxwell * Peter Lind Hayes as Freddie 'Ten-Percent' Fry (as Peter Hayes) * Richard Denning as Hunk Jordan * Phil Warren as Buck Hogan * Edward Arnold Jr. as Blimp Garrett * Thurston Hall as Gregory Melton Sr. * Roy Gordon as Dean Wixby * Matty Kemp as Ed Riggs * William Tracy as Egghead Jackson * William Holden as Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited) Production Betty Grable and Jackie Coogan were married at the time and had appeared together the previous year playing support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Sawyer, Detective
''Tom Sawyer, Detective'' is an 1896 novel by Mark Twain. It is a sequel to ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876), ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1884), and ''Tom Sawyer Abroad'' (1894). Tom Sawyer attempts to solve a mysterious murder in this burlesque of the immensely popular detective novels of the time. Like ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'', the story is told using the first-person narrative voice of Huck Finn. Film adaptations *In 1938, the novel was made into a film directed by Louis King, starring Billy Cook as Tom and Donald O'Connor as Huckleberry Finn. *A similar incarnation of Tom Sawyer appeared in the film version of ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'', set three years after the publication of this novel. In this film, Tom works for the United States Secret Service, and in the novelization of the film, Sawyer mentions that he once worked as a detective. Controversy In 1909, Danish schoolmaster Valdemar Thoresen claimed, in an article in the magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magnificent Brute (1936 Film)
''The Magnificent Brute'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Victor McLaglen, Binnie Barnes and Jean Dixon.Freese p.18 It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by Albert S. D'Agostino and Jack Otterson. Synopsis Steve Andrews gets himself at a steel mill but soon makes an enemy of fellow worker Bill Morgan by winning a competition as the most productive worker and then beating him at arm wrestling. He wins the admiration of the landlady A landlord is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, land, or real estate which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called a tenant (also a ''lessee'' or ''renter''). When a juristic person is in this position, the t ... of the boarding house and her ten-year old son but then disappoints them both by moving to another lodging and taking up with Della, the girlfriend of his rival worker. Eventually he is able to redeem himself. Cast References Biblio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two In A Crowd
''Two in a Crowd'' is a 1936 romantic comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Joan Bennett and Joel McCrea. It was released by Universal Pictures. The screenplay was written by Lewis R. Foster, Doris Malloy, and Earle Snell, based on story by Lewis R. Foster. Plot Larry Stevens is about to be evicted by landlady Lillie for not paying his rent. He happens to be passing by, as does Julia Wayne, when two halves of a ripped $1,000 bill float down to the street. Up above, gangster Bonelli has been handing out thousands to his girls. One who's angry with him has torn it and tossed it out the window. Skeeter, a jockey, joins up with Julia and Larry as they discuss what to do with the money. Julia has a $500 debt she needs to repay. Larry wants to use it to enter his horse Hector's Pal in a big race. The money was stolen from a bank where Larry takes the torn $1,000 bill. A suspicious detective, Flynn, begins to follow Larry, who also attracts the attention of unemploye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolen Harmony
''Stolen Harmony'' is a 1935 American crime film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring George Raft, Ben Bernie and Grace Bradley. It is a semi-musical, featuring Big Band numbers. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Plot A saxophone-player/dancer ( George Raft) joins a Big Band upon his release from jail. The film climaxes with a car chase.Everett Aaker, ''The Films of George Raft'', McFarland & Company, 2013 p 57 Cast * George Raft as Ray Angelo *Ben Bernie as Jack Conrad *Grace Bradley as Jean Loring * Iris Adrian as Sunny Verne *Lloyd Nolan as Chesty Burrage * Goodee Montgomery as Lil Davis * Charles Arnt as Clem Walters *Purv Pullen as Little Nell (uncredited) *Ruth Clifford As Nurse (uncredited) *Jane Wyman as Chorus Girl (uncredited) *Bess Flowers as Musician (uncredited) * Carol Holloway As 6 Children members (uncredited) *Fred Toones as Henry (uncredited) *William Cagney as "Schoolboy" (lookalike brother of James Cagney James Francis Cagne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheating Blondes
''Cheating Blondes'' is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Joseph Levering and starring Thelma Todd, Ralf Harolde and Inez Courtney.Handzo, p. 52 Cast * Thelma Todd as Anne Merrick / Elaine Manners * Ralf Harolde as Lawson Rolt * Inez Courtney as Polly * Milton Wallis as Mike Goldfish * Mae Busch as Mrs. Jennie Carter * Earl McCarthy as Gilbert Frayle * William Humphrey as Jim - City Editor * Dorothy Gulliver as Lita * Brooks Benedict as Jim Carter * Eddie Fetherston as Mitch * Ben Savage as Ferdie * Edna Murphy Edna Murphy (November 17, 1899 – August 3, 1974) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 80 films between 1918 and 1933. Murphy was voted "Most Photographed Movie Star of 1925" by '' ScreenLand Magazine''. For part of ... as Girl References Bibliography * Stephen Handzo. ''Hollywood and the Female Body: A History of Idolization and Objectification''. McFarland, 2020. External links * 1933 films 1933 mystery films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Eagles
''Air Eagles'' is a 1931 American pre-Code action film starring Lloyd Hughes, Norman Kerry, and Shirley Grey.Pitts, p. 134 Cast * Lloyd Hughes as Bill Ramsey * Norman Kerry as Otto Schumann * Shirley Grey as Eve * Berton Churchill as Windy J. Bailey * Matty Kemp as Eddie Ramsey * Otis Harlan as Mr. Ramsey * Kathrin Clare Ward as Mrs. Ramsey * Eddie Fetherston as Pickpocket * Olin Francis as Guard * John Ince as Doctor * Lew Meehan James Lew Meehan (September 7, 1890 – August 10, 1951) was an American film actor. Meehan appeared in more than 200 films between 1921 and 1947. He was often the main villain in silent Westerns, but in sound films he was usually an "anon ... as Guard * George Morrell as Onlooker References Bibliography * Michael R. Pitts. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005. External links * 1931 films 1931 crime films Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrong Again
''Wrong Again'' is a 1929 American two-reel silent comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Laurel and Hardy. It was filmed in October and November 1928, and released February 23, 1929, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Although a silent film, it was released with a synchronized music and sound-effects track in theaters equipped for sound. Plot Stable grooms Laurel and Hardy overhear news of a $5,000 reward for the return of the stolen painting ''The Blue Boy'', but think the reward is for the horse at their barn named Blue Boy. The police eventually recover the Blue Boy painting and are making plans to return it. When the grooms bring the horse to the painting's owner, he speaks to them from an upstairs window where he can't see the steed; he tells them to bring Blue Boy into the house. The three come clumping through the front door while the millionaire upstairs takes a bath. Ollie has an altercation with a nude statue, which snaps into three pieces after the two tumble to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Disney Anthology Television Series
The Walt Disney Company has produced an anthology television series since 1954 under several titles and formats. The program's current title, ''The Wonderful World of Disney'', was used from 1969 to 1979 and again from 1991 to the present. The program moved among the Big Three television networks in its first four decades, but has aired on ABC since 1997 and Disney+ since 2020. The original version of the series premiered on ABC in 1954. The show was broadcast weekly on one of the Big Three television networks until 1990, a 36-year span with only a two-year hiatus in 1984–85. The series was broadcast on Sunday for 25 of those years. From 1991 until 1997, the series aired infrequently. The program resumed a regular schedule in 1997 on the ABC fall schedule, coinciding with Disney's purchase of the network in 1996. From 1997 to 2008, the program aired regularly on ABC. Since then, ABC has continued the series as an occasional special presentation from 2008 onward, the most recen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |