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Mala Powers
Mary Ellen "Mala" Powers (December 20, 1931 – June 11, 2007) was an American actress. Early life Powers was born in San Francisco, California, and raised in Los Angeles. Her father was a United Press International, United Press executive, while her mother was a minister. Powers later told a reporter, "I've worked in show business since I've been seven." Powers attended the Max Reinhardt Junior Workshop, where she played her first role in a play before a live audience. She continued with her drama lessons, and a year later, aged 10, she auditioned and won a part in the 1942 Little Tough Guys film ''Tough as They Come''. Career At the age of 16, Powers began working in radio drama, before becoming a film actress in 1950. Her first movie roles were in ''Outrage (1950 film), Outrage'' and ''Edge of Doom'' in 1950. That same year, Stanley Kramer signed Powers to star opposite José Ferrer in what may be her most-remembered role, as Roxane in ''Cyrano de Bergerac (1950 film), Cyra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of California cities by population, fourth most populous in California and List of United States cities by population, 17th most populous in the United States, with 815,201 residents as of 2021. It covers a land area of , at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City, and the County statistics of the United States, fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income (at $160,749) and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include ''SF'', ''San Fran'', ''The '', ''Frisco'', and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloromycetin
Chloramphenicol is an antibiotic useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. This includes use as an eye ointment to treat conjunctivitis. By mouth or by injection into a vein, it is used to treat meningitis, plague, cholera, and typhoid fever. Its use by mouth or by injection is only recommended when safer antibiotics cannot be used. Monitoring both blood levels of the medication and blood cell levels every two days is recommended during treatment. Common side effects include bone marrow suppression, nausea, and diarrhea. The bone marrow suppression may result in death. To reduce the risk of side effects treatment duration should be as short as possible. People with liver or kidney problems may need lower doses. In young children a condition known as gray baby syndrome may occur which results in a swollen stomach and low blood pressure. Its use near the end of pregnancy and during breastfeeding is typically not recommended. Chloramphenicol is a broad-spectrum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Colossus Of New York
''The Colossus of New York'' is a 1958 science fiction film from Paramount Pictures, produced by William Alland, directed by Eugène Lourié, that stars Ross Martin, Otto Kruger, John Baragrey, Mala Powers, Robert Hutton, and Charles Herbert. The screenplay was written by Thelma Schnee, the maiden name of Thelma Moss, who later became a famous parapsychologist. The film's storyline is credited to Willis Goldbeck, while John P. Fulton handled the special photographic effects, and Wally Westmore handled the makeup. Paramount Pictures theatrically released ''Colossus'' in June 1958 as a double feature with ''The Space Children''. (Note: Certainly not in Los Angeles, where this film opened on November 19, 1958, as the bottom half of a double bill - top half was ''From the Earth to the Moon''.) Following an accident, Jeremy Spensser's brain is transplanted by his scientist father into the huge body of an unattractive, frightening cyborg, to save his brilliant son's mind so that it can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unknown Terror
''The Unknown Terror'' is a 1957 widescreen American horror film, horror science fiction film directed by Charles Marquis Warren and starring John Howard (American actor), John Howard, Mala Powers, Paul Richards (actor), Paul Richards and May Wynn. It was produced by Robert Stabler. The narrative follows a group of explorers who, while searching for a missing man, come across the "Cave of the Dead", filled with parasitic fungi and inhabited by foamy, fungus-covered monster men. The film was released theatrically in the US in August 1957 on a double bill with ''Back from the Dead (film), Back from the Dead''. Plot The mysterious disappearance of Jim Wheatley (Charles H. Gray, Charles Gray) while exploring the legendary "Cave of the Dead" brings his sister Gina Matthews (Mala Powers) and her husband Dan (John Howard) to what Dan calls the "shores of the Caribbean." But at a pre-expedition party, Gina is taken aback when Pete Morgan (Paul Richards) arrives uninvited. Pete, Gina and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra Baron
''Sierra Baron'' is a 1958 American Western CinemaScope color film directed by James B. Clark and starring Brian Keith, Rick Jason and Rita Gam, from the novel by Thomas W. Blackburn. Plot summary In 1848, a rancher, Miguel Delmonte (Rick Jason) tries to protect his ''Princessa'' Spanish land grant, from American landgrabbers after his father is killed. Real estate agent Rufus Bynum ( Steve Brodie), hires a Texas gunfighter Jack McCracken (Brian Keith) to kill the man. The gunfighter ends up falling in love with the rancher's sister Felicia (Rita Gam). Cast * Brian Keith as Jack McCracken * Rick Jason as Miguel Delmonte * Rita Gam as Felicia Delmonte * Mala Powers as Sue Russell * Lewis Allan as Hank Moe * Pedro Galván as Judson Jeffers * Fernando Wagner as Grandall * Steve Brodie as Rufus Bynum * Carlos Múzquiz as Andrews * Lee Morgan as Frank Goheen * Enrique Lucero as Anselmo * Alberto Mariscal as Lopez * Lynne Ehrlich as Vicky Russell * Michae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Storm Rider
''The Storm Rider'' is a 1957 American Western film directed by Edward Bernds, written by Edward Bernds and Don Martin, and starring Scott Brady, Mala Powers, Bill Williams, John Goddard, William Fawcett and Roy Engel. It is based on the short story "Longrider Jones" by L. L. Foreman, from the book ''Rider's West''. The film was released in March 1957, by 20th Century Fox. Plot It was a dark & stormy night , when Bad Matt walked his 8-hand roan out into the desert night, , THE end. Cast *Scott Brady as Bart Jones *Mala Powers as Tay Rorick * Bill Williams as Sheriff Pete Colton *John Goddard as Harry Rorick *William Fawcett as Captain Cruickshank *Roy Engel as Major Bonnard *George Keymas as Apache Kid *Olin Howland as Will Collins *Bud Osborne as Toby *James Dobson as Frank Cooper *Rocky Lundy as Bud Cooper *Hank Patterson as Tom Milstead *Wayne Mallory as Hanks *Court Shepard as Brass Flood * Frank Richards as Will Feylan *Tom London Tom London (born Leonard T. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rage At Dawn
''Rage at Dawn'' is a 1955 American Technicolor Western film directed by Tim Whelan, and starring Randolph Scott, Forrest Tucker, Mala Powers, and J. Carrol Naish. It purports to tell the true story of the Reno Brothers, an outlaw gang which terrorized the American Midwest, particularly Southern Indiana, in the period immediately following the American Civil War. A more successful version of the Reno brothers' story was released the following year as ''Love Me Tender (film), Love Me Tender'', starring Elvis Presley as Clint Reno. Plot Four of the Reno Brothers are corrupt robbery, robbers and killers while a fifth, Clint, is a respected Indiana farming, farmer. A sister, Laura, who has inherited the family home, serves as a housekeeper and cook to the brothers. Some of them served in the Civil War, which has given them a hardened attitude toward violence. One brother is killed when they go after a banking, bank in a nearby town, leading them to draw the conclusion that someone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westerns
The Western is a genre set in the American frontier and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. It is commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West" and depicted in Western media as a hostile, sparsely populated frontier in a state of near-total lawlessness patrolled by outlaws, sheriffs, and numerous other stock "gunslinger" characters. Western narratives often concern the gradual attempts to tame the crime-ridden American West using wider themes of justice, freedom, rugged individualism, Manifest Destiny, and the national history and identity of the United States. History The first films that belong to the Western genre are a series of short single reel silents made in 1894 by Edison Studios at their Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey. These featured veterans of ''Buffalo Bill's Wild West'' show exhibiting skills acquired by living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B-movie
A B movie or B film is a low-budget commercial motion picture. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified films intended for distribution as the less-publicized bottom half of a double feature (akin to B-sides for recorded music). However, the U.S. production of films intended as second features largely ceased by the end of the 1950s. With the emergence of commercial television at that time, film studio B movie production departments changed into television film production divisions. They created much of the same type of content in low budget films and series. The term ''B movie'' continues to be used in its broader sense to this day. In its post-Golden Age usage, B movies can range from lurid exploitation films to independent arthouse films. In either usage, most B movies represent a particular genre—the Western was a Golden Age B movie staple, while low-budget science-fiction and horror films became more popular in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengazi (film)
''Bengazi'' is a 1955 American drama film directed by John Brahm and starring Richard Conte, Victor McLaglen, and Richard Carlson. Several adventurers hunt for treasure in the desert near the Libyan town of Benghazi. Cast See also *List of American films of 1955 A list of American films released in 1955. The United Artists film '' Marty'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture for 1955. A–B C–D E–H I–L M–R S–Z See also * 1955 in the United States External links 1955 filmsat ... References External links *http://bengazi.pro 1955 films 1950s adventure drama films American adventure drama films Films directed by John Brahm Films scored by Roy Webb Films set in Libya RKO Pictures films 1955 drama films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films American black-and-white films {{1950s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City That Never Sleeps
''City That Never Sleeps'' is a 1953 American film noir crime film directed by John H. Auer and starring Gig Young, Mala Powers, William Talman, Edward Arnold, Chill Wills, Marie Windsor, and Paula Raymond, with cinematography by John L. Russell. Plot The story begins with a voice-over by the "Voice of Chicago" introducing the world and the main characters of the film. There is Sally "Angel Face" Connors (Mala Powers), an exotic dancer in a nightclub; Gregg Warren (Wally Cassell), a former actor working as a performance artist in the nightclub window, a "Mechanical Man"; Johnny Kelly (Gig Young) a cop having an affair with Angel Face and struggling with his conscience whether to leave his wife; Penrod Biddel ( Edward Arnold), a successful and smooth crooked attorney; Hayes Stewart ( William Talman), a magician who has turned to making a career as a pickpocket and then as a thief. Officer Johnny Kelly is disillusioned with his job which he took to please his father, and write ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
