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Lindsley Parsons
Lindsley Parsons (1905–1992) was an American film producer and screenwriter. He worked throughout his career at the low-budget Monogram Pictures and its successor, Allied Artists. He generally produced cheap gangster, action and Western films.Ashdown & Caudill p.180-81 He was the father of film producer Lindsley Parsons Jr. Selected filmography Producer * '' Frontier Town'' (1938) * '' The Gang's All Here'' (1941) * ''King of the Zombies'' (1941) * ''Campus Rhythm'' (1943) *''The Crime Smasher'' (1943) * ''Detective Kitty O'Day'' (1944) * '' Adventures of Kitty O'Day'' (1945) * '' South of the Rio Grande'' (1945) * '' The Lonesome Trail'' (1945) *''Ginger'' (1946) * ''Louisiana'' (1947) * '' Tuna Clipper'' (1949) * '' The Wolf Hunters'' (1949) * ''Trail of the Yukon'' (1949) * ''Call of the Klondike'' (1950) * ''Snow Dog'' (1950) * ''Yukon Manhunt'' (1951) * ''Northwest Territory'' (1951) * ''Fangs of the Arctic'' (1953) * '' Tangier Incident'' (1953) * ''Mexican Manhunt'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma ( ) is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, Washington, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The city's population was 219,346 at the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Tacoma is the second-largest city in the Puget Sound area and the List of municipalities in Washington, third-largest in the state. Tacoma also serves as the center of business activity for the South Sound region, which has a population of about 1 million. Tacoma adopted its name after the nearby Mount Rainier, called wikt:Tacoma, təˡqʷuʔbəʔ in the Lushootseed, Puget Sound Salish dialect. It is locally known as the "City of Destiny" because the area was chosen to be the western terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad in the late 19th century. The decision of the railroad was influenced by Tacoma's neighboring deep-wat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Of The Rio Grande (1945 Film)
''South of the Rio Grande'' is a 1945 American western film. Released on September 15, it was the third of three Cisco Kid films made that year with Duncan Renaldo as Cisco and Martin Garralaga as Pancho. Unusual as a Cisco Kid film, this one is a quasi-musical and opens with Cisco serenading a girlfriend. The Guadalajara Trio are featured as themselves. In this release, Cisco's real name is Juan Francisco Hernandez. Bandits Cisco and Pancho travel to a Mexican town to battle corrupt official Miguel Sanchez (Lewis) whose girlfriend Pepita (Armida) sings at a cantina. Dolores Gonzales (Molleri) is abducted and forced to sing in the cantina. When Cisco and Pancho go undercover at the Sanchez hacienda, Sanchez is eventually killed by Cisco and the town is rid of the corruption. The film was preceded by the April 3 release of ''The Cisco Kid Returns'', which revealed Cisco's name to be Juan Francisco Hernandez, and ''In Old New Mexico'' on May 15, with Cisco's name changed to Jua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexican Manhunt
''Mexican Manhunt'' is a 1953 American crime film directed by Rex Bailey and starring George Brent, Hillary Brooke and Morris Ankrum.Fetrow p.273 The screenplay concerns a Los Angeles-based author who travels to Mexico to search for a celebrated journalist who disappeared there many years before. Plot Tip Morgan's teenaged daughter Linda is upset because her alcoholic father is drinking inside a bar and has a heart condition. Tip, a widower and a former newspaper crime reporter, moved to Mexico many years ago without explanation. Trying to make amends for his behavior, Tip gets in touch with Dave Brady, a crime novelist he admires. Dave explains to his best friend, Los Angeles district attorney Dan McCracken, that he intends to travel to Mexico to see Tip in person. McCracken is aware of the circumstances, that Tip was a suspect in a murder case but skipped the country instead. Tip explains to Dave that he was about to expose the killers' identities 15 years ago when gangsters C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tangier Incident (film)
''Tangier Incident'' is a 1953 American thriller film directed by Lew Landers and starring George Brent, Mari Aldon and Dorothy Patrick. It was one of several Hollywood films set in Tangier during the International Zone period.Edwards p.122 Plot Cast * George Brent as Steve Gordon * Mari Aldon as Millicent * Dorothy Patrick as Nadine * Bert Freed as Kozad * Dan Seymour as Police Inspector Rabat * Alix Talton as Olga * John Harmon as Tony * Richard Karlan as Rosnov * Shepard Menken as Kravich * Benny Rubin as Blalu * Michael Ross as Ivan * Dayton Lummis Dayton Lummis (August 8, 1903 – March 23, 1988) was an American film, television and theatre actor. He was perhaps best known for playing the role of General Douglas MacArthur in the 1955 film ''The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell''. Lummis d ... as Henry Morrison References Bibliography * Edwards, Brian. ''Morocco Bound: Disorienting America’s Maghreb, from Casablanca to the Marrakech Express ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fangs Of The Arctic
''Fangs of the Arctic'' is a 1953 American Northern film directed by Rex Bailey and starring Kirby Grant, Lorna Hanson and Warren Douglas. The film was the eighth in the series of ten films featuring Kirby Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Drew, p. 225. Cast * Kirby Grant as RCMP Corporal Rod Webb * Lorna Hanson as Sandra Dubois * Warren Douglas as Matt Oliver * Leonard Penn as Henchman Morgan * Richard Avonde as Henchman Cheval * Robert Sherman as RCMP Constable Mike Kelly * John Close as Henchman Howell * Phil Tead as MacGregor, Trading Post Owner * Roy Gordon as Briggs * Kit Carson (actor) as Andrews * Chinook as Chinook, Webb's dog See also * ''Trail of the Yukon'' (1949) * '' The Wolf Hunters'' (1949) * ''Snow Dog'' (1950) * ''Call of the Klondike'' (1950) * ''Northwest Territory'' (1951) * ''Yukon Manhunt'' (1951) * '' Yukon Gold'' (1952) * ''Northern Patrol'' (1953) * ''Yukon Vengeance ''Yukon Vengeance'' is a 1954 American Northern film directed by Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northwest Territory (film)
''Northwest Territory'' is a 1951 American Northern film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Kirby Grant, Gloria Saunders and Warren Douglas. The film is the fifth in the series of ten films featuring Kirby Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Drew, p. 225. Plot Cast * Kirby Grant as Corporal Rod Webb * Gloria Saunders as Anne DuMere * Warren Douglas as Dan Morgan * Pat Mitchell as Billy Kellogg * Tristram Coffin as Kincaid * John Crawford as LeBeau * Duke York as Dawson * Don C. Harvey as Barton * Sam Flint as Pop Kellogg * Chinook as Chinook, Webb's dog See also * ''Trail of the Yukon'' (1949) * '' The Wolf Hunters'' (1949) * ''Snow Dog'' (1950) * ''Call of the Klondike'' (1950) * ''Yukon Manhunt'' (1951) * '' Yukon Gold'' (1952) * ''Fangs of the Arctic'' (1953) * ''Northern Patrol'' (1953) * ''Yukon Vengeance ''Yukon Vengeance'' is a 1954 American Northern film directed by William Beaudine and starring Kirby Grant, Monte Hale and Mary Ellen Kay.Marshall p. 346 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukon Manhunt
''Yukon Manhunt'' is a 1951 American Northern film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Kirby Grant, Gail Davis and Margaret Field. The film was the sixth in the series of ten films featuring Kirby Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Drew, p. 225. Plot Cast * Kirby Grant as Corporal Rod Webb * Gail Davis as Jane Kenmore * Margaret Field as Polly Kaufman * Rand Brooks as Len Kaufman * Nelson Leigh as Kenmore * John Doucette as Charles Benson * Paul McGuire as Le Clerque * Dennis Moore as Henchman See also * ''Trail of the Yukon'' (1949) * '' The Wolf Hunters'' (1949) * ''Snow Dog'' (1950) * ''Call of the Klondike'' (1950) * ''Northwest Territory'' (1951) * '' Yukon Gold'' (1952) * ''Fangs of the Arctic'' (1953) * ''Northern Patrol'' (1953) * ''Yukon Vengeance ''Yukon Vengeance'' is a 1954 American Northern film directed by William Beaudine and starring Kirby Grant, Monte Hale and Mary Ellen Kay.Marshall p. 346 It was the tenth and final film featuring Grant a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snow Dog
''Snow Dog'' is a 1950 American Northern film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Kirby Grant, Elena Verdugo and Rick Vallin. It was the third of a series of ten films featuring Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Drew, p. 225. Plot Cast * Kirby Grant as Corporal Rod McDonald – RCMP * Elena Verdugo as Andrée Blanchard * Rick Vallin as Louis Blanchard * Milburn Stone as Dr. F. J. McKenzie * Richard Karlan as Biroff * Jane Adrian as Red Feather * Hal Gerard as Henchman Antoine * Richard Avonde as Henchman Phillippe * Duke York as Henchman Duprez * Guy Zanette as Henchman Baptiste * Chinook as Chinook, Webb's Dog See also * ''Trail of the Yukon'' (1949) * '' The Wolf Hunters'' (1949) * ''Call of the Klondike'' (1950) * ''Northwest Territory'' (1951) * ''Yukon Manhunt'' (1951) * '' Yukon Gold'' (1952) * ''Fangs of the Arctic'' (1953) * ''Northern Patrol'' (1953) * ''Yukon Vengeance ''Yukon Vengeance'' is a 1954 American Northern film directed by William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Of The Klondike
''Call of the Klondike'' is a 1950 American Northern film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Kirby Grant, Anne Gwynne, and Lynne Roberts. The film was the fourth in the series of ten films featuring Kirby Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Drew p.225 Plot Cast * Kirby Grant as Corporal Rod Webb * Anne Gwynne as Nancy Craig * Lynne Roberts as Emily Mallory * Tom Neal as Tom Mallory * Russell Simpson as Andy McKay * Marc Krah as Mencheck * Paul Bryar as Henchman Fred Foley * Pat Gleason as Billy * Duke York as Henchman Luke * Roy Gordon as Major Robertson * Chinook as Chinook, Webb's Dog See also Kirby Grant as Robb Webb Mountie Series * ''Trail of the Yukon'' (1949) * '' The Wolf Hunters'' (1949) * ''Snow Dog'' (1950) * ''Call of the Klondike'' (1950) * ''Northwest Territory'' (1951) * ''Yukon Manhunt'' (1951) * '' Yukon Gold'' (1952) * ''Fangs of the Arctic'' (1953) * ''Northern Patrol'' (1953) * ''Yukon Vengeance ''Yukon Vengeance'' is a 1954 American No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trail Of The Yukon
''Trail of the Yukon'' is a 1949 American Northern film directed by William Beaudine and starring Kirby Grant, Suzanne Dalbert and Bill Edwards. It was based on a novel by James Oliver Curwood about a North-West Mounted Police officer and his faithful German Shepherd dog Chinook. It is part of the Northern genre. The film was popular, and inspired Monogram to make a series of nine further films starring Grant and Chinook. Plot Cast * Kirby Grant as Bob McDonald – Royal NW Mounted * Suzanne Dalbert as Marie Laroux * Bill Edwards as Jim Blaine * Iris Adrian as Paula * Dan Seymour as Tom Laroux * William Forrest as Banker John Dawson * Anthony Warde as Muskeg Joe * Maynard Holmes as Henchman Buck * Peter Mamakos as Henchman Rand * Guy Beach as Matt Blaine * Stanley Andrews as Rogers * Dick Elliott as Editor Sullivan * Jay Silverheels as Poleon * Bill Kennedy as Constable, RCMP * Harrison Hearne as Bank Teller Frank Reception A ''Variety'' review noted tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wolf Hunters (1949 Film)
''The Wolf Hunters'' is a 1949 American Northern film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Kirby Grant, Jan Clayton and Edward Norris. It was based on the novel of the same title by James Oliver Curwood, which had previously been adapted in 1926 as '' The Wolf Hunters'' and in 1934 as ''The Trail Beyond'' starring John Wayne, Noah Beery, Sr. and Noah Beery, Jr. The film was the second in a series of ten films featuring Kirby Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Drew, p. 225. Cast * Kirby Grant as RCMP Corporal Rod Webb * Jan Clayton as Renée * Edward Norris as Paul Lautrec * Helen Parrish as Marcia Cameron * Charles Lang as J. L. McTavish * Ted Hecht as Muskoka * Luther Crockett as Supt. Edward Cameron * Elizabeth Root as Minnetaki * Chinook as Chinook, Webb's dog Production Budd Boetticher later recalled, "Monogram! That was really second rate! ''Wolf Hunters'' was an outdoor picture, kind of an "in the snow" thing, and I put all my friends in it who were out of work. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuna Clipper
''Tuna Clipper'' is a 1949 American drama film directed by William Beaudine and starring Roddy McDowall, Elena Verdugo and Roland Winters. It was one of a series of films McDowall made for Monogram. Plot A young man goes to work on a tuna boat to earn money to pay off debts. When his friend Frankie Pereira fails to place the wager of a ruffian named Ransom at the racetrack and the 10-to-1 longshot wins, Alec MacLennan is left holding the bag after Frankie flees. Forced to pay off the debt, Alec takes a job on the Pereira family's tuna fishing boat. Frankie's tough brother Silvestre objects to Alec's presence and bullies him. After a while, their sister Bianca notices that the hard-working Alec never has any of his salary. She finds out how he is being extorted by Ransom, who is doing likewise to her brother after finding Frankie working as a stable boy at the track. Ransom's chicanery discovered, Alec is forgiven by all. Cast * Roddy McDowall as Alec MacLennan * Elena Verdugo as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
