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Lorraine Miller (actress)
Lorraine Miller (January 5, 1922 – February 6, 1978 ) was an American actress. She is best known for appearing in the film ''The White Gorilla'' (1945). Miller was the daughter of Charles W. Miller, an electrical engineer. She attended Michigan State College before she became an actress. In 1944, a photograph of Miller that was printed on postcards resulted in a lawsuit. She sued Photo Specialty Company, Samuel Goldwyn, and others for $50,000, saying that the widely distributed postcards harmed her career, reduced her earning power, and embarrassed her. Taken when Miller worked for Goldwyn, the photograph showed Miller in black lingerie on a white fur rug and had the caption "Samuel Goldwyn's Most Cuddlesome Blonde". The lawsuit said that Miller had not given her consent for use of the image. In 1945 she was a dancer at Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe. On Broadway, Miller appeared in ''Happy Birthday'' (1946) and ''Magdalena'' (1948). She married American film actor a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hi Diddle Diddle
''Hi Diddle Diddle'' is a 1943 American comedy film made in directed by Andrew L. Stone and starring Adolphe Menjou, Martha Scott, Dennis O'Keefe, June Havoc, Billie Burke, and Pola Negri. The title is a play on the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle" and the use of diddle as a word for confidence trick. The film features animated portions from Leon Schlesinger's studio with the fast moving screenplay frequently breaking the fourth wall. This film is in the public domain. It's also known as ''Diamonds and Crime'' (American reissue title). Leslie Halliwell in the seventh edition, (page 463), of 'Halliwell's Film Guide' says it was "AKA 'Try and Find It' ". Plot summary Young Janie Prescott is about to be married to her sailor sweetheart, Sonny Phyffe, but the wedding is delayed because the ship hasn't arrived to its dock. The wedding ceremony has to be pushed forward, and is combined with a christening ceremony that is to be performed by the same pastor. Sonny's ship eventually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riding High (1943 Film)
''Riding High'' (also known as ''Melody Inn'') is a 1943 American comedy film starring Dorothy Lamour and Dick Powell, made in Technicolor, and released by Paramount Pictures. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Sound Recording Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical, mechanical, electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording ... ( Loren L. Ryder). Plot A city girl goes out West to star in a nightclub act and meets a gold prospector. Cast References External links * * * * 1943 films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by George Marshall Films scored by Victor Young 1943 musical comedy films American musical comedy films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{musical-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lonesome Trail (1945 Film)
''The Lonesome Trail'' is a 1945 American Western film directed by Oliver Drake and Lindsley Parsons, starring Jimmy Wakely, Lee "Lasses" White, and John James. It premiered in New York City on December 8, 1945. Plot Cast * Jimmy Wakely as Jimmy Wakely * Lee "Lasses" White as Lasses White * John James as Dusty James * Iris Clive as Rita Kelly * Horace Murphy as Judge Melford * Lorraine Miller as Elsie Melford * Eddie Majors as Pete Jones * Zon Murray as Vincent Worth * Roy Butler as Pop * Jasper Palmer as Billy * Frank McCarroll Frank or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a medieval Germanic people * Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang Curr ... as Spike Brown * Jack Hendricks as Henchie * Jack Pitts as Citizen * Billy Hammond as Stagecoach driver * Frank Neill as Dr. O'Neill * Dee Cooper as Rancher * The Sunshine Girls * Arthur B. Smith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexicana (film)
''Mexicana'' is a 1945 American musical film directed by Alfred Santell and starring Tito Guízar, Constance Moore and Leo Carrillo. The film was one of three made by Republic Pictures in line with the American government's Good Neighbor policy towards Latin America. Its plot is almost identical to that of another Guízar vehicle ''Brazil'' (1944).Affron & Affron p.69-70 Plot A crooner and heartthrob in Mexico, "Pepe" Luis Almarena Villarreal (Tito Guízar), grows tired of being mobbed by his young female fans. With the help of his manager, Esteban Guzman (Leo Carrillo) they plan to enlist the help of someone to play Villarreal's faux-wife. Enter Alison Calvert (Constance Moore), an American star in her own right, who first declines the offer, but eventually agrees to playing the trophy wife. Villarreal and Calvert butt heads often, and become upset over the competition from his fans. The pretend couple hatch a plan but become aware that they both have a love of family. Trick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Border Badmen
''Border Badmen'' is a 1945 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Milton Raison. The film stars Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Lorraine Miller, Charles King (character actor), Charles King, Ray Bennett and Arch Hall Sr. The film was released on October 10, 1945, by Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot Cast *Buster Crabbe as Billy Carson *Al St. John as Fuzzy Q. Jones *Lorraine Miller as Helen Stockton *Charles King (character actor), Charles King as Merritt *Ray Bennett as Deputy Spencer *Arch Hall Sr. as Gillan *Budd Buster as Peter Evans *Marilyn Gladstone as Roxie *Marin Sais as Mrs. Bentley See also The "Billy the Kid" films starring Buster Crabbe: * ''Billy the Kid Wanted'' (1941) * ''Billy the Kid's Round-Up'' (1941) * ''Billy the Kid Trapped'' (1942) * ''Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns'' (1942) * ''Law and Order (1942 film), Law and Order'' (1942) * ''Sheriff of Sage Valley'' (1942) * ''The Mysterious Rider (1942 film) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men In Her Diary
''Men in Her Diary'' is a 1945 American comedy film. It stars Peggy Ryan and Jon Hall and was written by Lester Cole and directed by Charles Barton. It followed from the success of ''San Diego, I Love You''. Cast *Jon Hall *Peggy Ryan *Louise Allbritton Louise Allbritton (July 3, 1920 – February 16, 1979) was an American film and stage actress born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her name was sometimes seen as Louise Albritton. She played in such films as ''Pittsburgh'' (1942), '' Who Done It?'' ... Production It was filmed in February 1945. Reception The ''New York Times'' called it "as substantial as the froth on schooner of beer and just about as effective."THE SCREEN: At the Ambassador New York Times 24 Sep 1945: 16. References External links * * 1945 films American comedy films 1945 comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by Charles Barton 1940s American films {{1940s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frontier Fugitives
''Frontier Fugitives'' is a 1945 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and written by Elmer Clifton. The film stars Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Lorraine Miller, I. Stanford Jolley and Jack Ingram. The film was released on September 1, 1945, by Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot Cast *Tex Ritter as Tex Haines * Dave O'Brien as Dave Wyatt *Guy Wilkerson as Panhandle Perkins *Lorraine Miller as Ellen Williams * I. Stanford Jolley as Frank Sneed *Jack Ingram as Allen Fain * Frank Ellis as Mert Donner *Jack Hendricks as Jim Gar See also The Texas Rangers series: # The Rangers Take Over (1942) # Bad Men of Thunder Gap (1943) # West of Texas (1943) # Border Buckaroos (1943) # Fighting Valley (1943) # Trail of Terror (1943) # The Return of the Rangers (1943) # Boss of Rawhide (1943) # Outlaw Roundup (1944) # Guns of the Law (1944) # The Pinto Bandit (1944) # Spook Town (1944) # Brand of the Devil (1944) # Gunsmoke Mesa (1944) # Gangsters of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ziegfeld Follies (film)
''Ziegfeld Follies'' is a 1945 American musical comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, primarily directed by Vincente Minnelli, with segments directed by Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, Robert Lewis, and George Sidney, the film's original director before Minnelli took over. Other directors that are claimed to have made uncredited contributions to the film are Merrill Pye, Norman Taurog, and Charles Walters. It stars many MGM leading talents, including Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Lucille Bremer, Fanny Brice (the only member of the ensemble who was a star of the original Follies), Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly, James Melton, Victor Moore, William Powell, Red Skelton, and Esther Williams. Producer Arthur Freed wanted to create a film along the lines of the Ziegfeld Follies Broadway shows, and so, the film is composed of a sequence of unrelated lavish musical numbers and comedy sketches. Some of them, such as '' Pay the Two Dollars'', originated in ''Geor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three In The Saddle
''Three in the Saddle'' is a 1945 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and written by Elmer Clifton. The film stars Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Lorraine Miller, Charles King and Edward Howard. The film was released on July 26, 1945, by Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot Cowboy Tex Haines is forced to escape bad-guys Bart Rawlins and his gang try to accost him for trespassing while Haines is rounding up some horses on Peggy Barlow's (his boss), land. Rawlins claims the land belongs to John Rankin's stage line, and tries to punctuate that with his six-shooter. Haines is aided in his escape by Dave Wyatt, and eventually Wyatt's partner, Panhandle Perkins. Haines offers Wyatt and "Panhandle" a job at Barlow's ranch, the Tin Cup, after explaining how Rawlins and Rankin have been strong-arming local ranchers by violently claiming land for the stage line. Back at the Tin Cup ranch Rankin is bullying Barlow by claiming that a state-sanction gives him le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Between Two Women (1945 Film)
''Between Two Women'', made in 1945, was the sixteenth film in the Dr Kildare series. This was the fourteenth of fifteen in which Lionel Barrymore starred as Dr. Leonard B. Gillespie. The film following was ''Dark Delusion'' (1947), which was the last in the Dr. Kildare series released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). This was the last of Van Johnson's character, Dr. Randall 'Red' Adams, also seen in three previous Kildare films. Plot This episode in the series should have been called ''Between Three Women'', because there are plot strands involving three, not two, women. Dr. Gillespie's ( Lionel Barrymore) assistant, Dr. Red Adams (Van Johnson), is still fending off the romantic advances of beautiful blond socialite and social worker Ruth Edley (Marilyn Maxwell), who finally succeeds in winning Red's heart. The second woman is a pretty night club singer Edna (Gloria DeHaven), who collapses suddenly one night after a show and cannot understand why she is no longer able to eat. Red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Picture Of Dorian Gray (1945 Film)
''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' is a 1945 American horror-drama film based on Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel of the same name. Released in June 1945 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film was directed by Albert Lewin, and stars George Sanders as Lord Henry Wotton and Hurd Hatfield as Dorian Gray. Shot primarily in black-and-white, the film features four colour inserts in three-strip Technicolor of Dorian's portrait; these are a special effect, the first two inserts picturing a youthful Dorian and the second two a degenerate one. Plot While posing for a painting by his friend Basil Hallward, handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray meets Hallward's friend Lord Henry Wotton. Wotton persuades Gray the only worthwhile life is dedicated to pleasure, because "what the gods give they quickly take away." Contemplating this, Gray wishes his portrait could age instead of him. He makes this wish in the presence of an Egyptian cat statue with supposed magical powers. After callously breaking off his eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music For Millions
''Music for Millions'' is a 1944 musical film, musical comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Margaret O'Brien, José Iturbi, Jimmy Durante, June Allyson, Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1917), Marsha Hunt, Hugh Herbert, Harry Davenport (actor), Harry Davenport, and Marie Wilson (American actress), Marie Wilson. It was nominated for an Academy Awards, Oscar for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay in 1946. Plot "Mike", age 6, arrives in New York to stay with her pregnant older sister Barbara Ainsworth, who lives together with a group of young women, her co-players in a symphony orchestra. As the orchestra prepares to go on a tour of army camps, a telegram is received informing them of the death of Barbara's soldier husband in the Pacific war theater. The girls decide to keep the tragic news from her until after her baby is born. The orchestra is shown playing several classical standards before various military audiences. The talented Iturbi va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
