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Max Alexander (producer)
Arthur Alexander (1909–1989) was an American independent film producer. He worked with his brother Max and produced.films through.various studios including their own Beacon Productions, Colony Pictures, and Max Alexander Productions. Biography Alexander was born in Germany. He began his Hollywood career in 1934 and produced about 50 films through 1949, many westerns, all with low budgets and with no connection to the established Hollywood studios (other than the fact that his uncle was Carl Laemmle, long-time head of Universal Pictures). With his brother Max, Alexander founded Beacon Productions, Colony Pictures, and Max Alexander Productions. He was active as producer at the short-lived Grand National Pictures from 1936 through 1939, and released through Producers Releasing Corporation afterward. Much of his work is in public domain today and accessible online. Partial filmography * '' Thunder Over Texas'' (1934) * ''Cowboy Holiday'' (1934) * ''Gun Play'' (1935) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Film
An independent film, independent movie, indie film, or indie movie is a feature film or short film that is produced outside the major film studio system, in addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies (or, in some cases, distributed by major companies). Independent films are sometimes distinguishable by their content and style and the way in which the filmmakers' personal artistic vision is realized. Usually, but not always, independent films are made with considerably lower budgets than major studio films. It is not unusual for well-known actors who are cast in independent features to take substantial pay cuts for a variety of reasons: if they truly believe in the message of the film; they feel indebted to filmmaker for a career break; their career is otherwise stalled or they feel unable to manage a larger commitment to a studio film; the film offers an opportunity to showcase a talent that hasn't gained traction in the studio system; or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Rides The Range
''Death Rides the Range'' is a 1939 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Sam Newfield. It was a Colony Pictures film. Plot A group of international scientists are after helium used for airships of a foreign power. FBI Special Agent Ken Baxter, "from nowhere and going the same place" and his sidekicks Pancho and Panhandle stop them. Cast *Ken Maynard as Ken Baxter *Fay McKenzie as Letty Morgan *Ralph Peters (actor), Ralph Peters as Panhandle *Julian Rivero as Pancho *Charles King (character actor), Charles King as Joe Larkin *John Elliott (actor), John Elliott as Hiram Crabtree *Willy Castello as Dr. Flotow *Sven Hugo Borg as Baron Strakoff *Michael Vallon as Dr. Wahl *Julian Madison as Jim Morgan *Kenneth Rhodes as Slim *Tarzan as Tarzan, Ken's Horse Soundtrack *Kenneth Rhodes - "Get Along My Pal" (Written by Colin MacDonald (writer), Colin MacDonald) References External links * * 1939 films American Western (genre) films American black-and-white f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterfront (1944 Film)
''Waterfront'' is a 1944 American film from PRC Pictures directed by Steve Sekely. Plot In San Francisco during World War II, Dr. Carl Decker ( J. Carrol Naish) is a local Nazi spy leader undercover as an optometrist. While he is walking on the San Francisco waterfront at night, his decoder book and list of West Coast spies are stolen by the waterfront thug, Adolph Mertz. Victor Marlow comes to town, contacts Decker for his next assignment but the message he has is undecipherable without the book. It is a race to recover the book by two opposing teams: Decker and Marlow, and Zimmerman and Kramer; and a race to find a serial murderer. Cast *John Carradine as Victor Marlow * J. Carrol Naish as Dr. Carl Decker * Maris Wrixon as Freda Hauser, daughter * Edwin Maxwell as Max Kramer *Terry Frost as Jerry Donovan, Freda's boyfriend) *John Bleifer as Oscar Zimmerman, owner—Anchor Cafe *Marten Lamont A marten is a weasel-like mammal in the genus ''Martes'' within the subfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Doors To Death
''Seven Doors to Death'' (also known as ''Vanishing Corpses'' in its American reissue title) is a 1944 American film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Chick Chandler, June Clyde and George Meeker. The film is a comedy/mystery film that was written by Clifton, a prolific independent film director of the era.Dixon and Fraser 1990, p. 10. Plot At the Hamilton Court shops in Los Angeles, a shot rings out in a darkened apartment. A woman (June Clyde) screams and flees, seeing a car driven by architect Jimmy McMillan (Chick Chandler). She orders him at gunpoint to speed away, in the rush to get away. The car crashes, but the woman disappears. After returning to the scene, McMillan finds a corpse and calls Capt. William Jaffe (Michael Raffetto). By the time the police arrive, the corpse has mysteriously changed to that of a different victim. The Police Captain recognizes the dead man as Mary Rawling's lawyer. Summoning Rawlings, the owner of the Hamilton Court, McMillan immediately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brand Of The Devil
''Brand of the Devil'' is a 1944 American Western film written by Elmer Clifton and directed by Harry L. Fraser. The film stars Dave O'Brien, James Newill and Guy Wilkerson, with Ellen Hall, I. Stanford Jolley and Charles King. The film was released on July 30, 1944, by Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot The plot concerns a female ranch owner who is losing cattle to a gang of rustlers called The Devil's Brand. She turns to the Texas Rangers for help, and they send in three Rangers undercover to bring the rustlers to justice. Cast * Dave O'Brien as Tex Wyatt *James Newill as Jim Steel *Guy Wilkerson as Panhandle, alias Brand McGee *Ellen Hall as Molly Dawson * I. Stanford Jolley as Jack Varno (owner, Golden Ace) * Charles King as Bucko Lynn – Devil's Brand Gang *Reed Howes as Duke Cutter – Devil's Brand Gang *Budd Buster as Henry Wilburn – Molly's Foreman *Karl Hackett as Jeff Palin (Sheriff in credits) *Kermit Maynard as Gripper Joe – Devil's Brand Gang *Ed Cassi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangsters Of The Frontier
''Gangsters of the Frontier'' (also known as ''Raiders of the Frontier'' in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...) is a 1944 American Western (genre), Western film written and directed by Elmer Clifton. The film stars Dave O'Brien (actor), Dave O'Brien, Tex Ritter and Guy Wilkerson, with Patti McCarty, Harry Harvey (actor), Harry Harvey and Betty Miles. The film was released on 22 September 1944, by Producers Releasing Corporation. The fifteenth of the ''Texas Rangers'' film series, the film is regarded as a metaphor for World War II as a fascist-type gang enslaves a town.Loy, R. Philip ''Soldiers in Stetsons: B-Westerns Go to War'' pp.197-205 ''Journal of Popular Film and Television'' Volume 30, Issue 4, 2003 This film was the first of the "Texas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spook Town
''Spook Town'' is a 1944 American Western film written and directed by Elmer Clifton. The film stars Dave O'Brien, James Newill and Guy Wilkerson, with Mady Lawrence, Dick Curtis and Harry Harvey. The film was released on 3 June 1944, by Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot The Texas Rangers investigate a town that's being terrorized by ghosts. Cast * Dave O'Brien as Texas Ranger Tex *James Newill as Texas Ranger Jim *Guy Wilkerson as Texas Ranger Panhandle *Mady Lawrence as Lucy Warren *Dick Curtis as Sam Benson * Harry Harvey as Drywash Thompson *Ed Cassidy as Ranger Capt. Wyatt * Charles King as Trigger *Robert Barron as Kurt Fabian * Richard Alexander as Henchman Soundtrack *James Newill - "Sleepy Hollow" (Written by Dave O'Brien and James Newill) *James Newill - "El Lobo" (Written by Dave O'Brien and James Newill) See also The Texas Rangers series: # The Rangers Take Over (1942) # Bad Men of Thunder Gap (1943) # West of Texas (1943) # Border Buckaroos (1943) # Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Underdog (1943 Film)
''The Underdog'' is a 1943 American drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Barton MacLane, Jan Wiley and Charlotte Wynters.Parish & Pitts p.294 Synopsis After losing his farm, a man moves to a small town in World War II. His elder son is away serving in the army, while his younger boy struggles to fit in and clashes with a neighbourhood gang. Cast * Barton MacLane as John Tate * Bobby Larson as Henry Tate * Jan Wiley as Ämy Tate * Charlotte Wynters as Mrs. Bailey * Conrad Binyon a Spike * Elizabeth Valentine as Mrs. Connors * Kenneth Harlan as Eddie Mohr * George Anderson as Kraeger * Jack Kennedy as Officer O'Toole * Frank Ellis as Old Timer * I. Stanford Jolley as Friendly Soldier * Jack Rockwell Jack Rockwell Trowbridge (October 6, 1890 – November 10, 1947) was an American film actor who was born in Mexico. He appeared in over 250 movies, mostly Westerns, between 1927 and 1947. Rockwell's older brother was character actor Charles ... as Fireman Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ghost And The Guest
''The Ghost and the Guest'' is a 1943 American black-and-white comedy-mystery film directed by William Nigh and starring James Dunn, Florence Rice, Robert Dudley, and Sam McDaniel. The plot finds a newlywed couple honeymooning in a house they think is haunted but which is really overrun by a gang of criminals trying to recover stolen loot. Based on an original story by American animator Milt Gross, the screenplay was the first film script by comedian Morey Amsterdam. Plot Webster Frye is looking forward to honeymooning with his new wife Jackie in California, but Jackie has her own ideas. She cancels their airplane tickets and arranges for Harmony, their chauffeur, to drive them to an old house in the country which her father has purchased for her. Outside the rundown property they meet Ben Bowron, a professional hangman who says the last criminal he executed, a jewel thief named Honeyboy, willed this house to him. Jackie ignores him and goes inside to investigate the house, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dawn Express
''The Dawn Express'' (aka ''Dawn Express'' and ''Nazi Spy Ring'' (working title) is a 1942 American film directed by Albert Herman. The film stars Michael Whalen, Anne Nagel, William Bakewell and Constance Worth. Plot In the middle of World War II, Nazi Capt. Gemmler is in need of a powerful chemical formula to improve the energy output of ordinary gasoline. In his quest for this formula he finds two individuals that he thinks will be of use and who are already involved in such a project. Using his secret agents, Gemmler has them kidnapped and then murdered when they cannot help him. Next he targets two others more closely involved: the chemist and playboy Tom Fielding and his co-worker, Robert Norton, who is engaged to Tom's sister Nancy. The unsuspecting Tom goes to a nearby tavern one night, where he meets a Polish refugee named Linda Pavlo and strikes up a conversation with her. The following morning Tom is late for work and Robert warns him to be careful of such encounters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Today I Hang
Today (archaically to-day) may refer to: * Day of the present, the time that is perceived directly, often called ''now'' * Current era, present * The current calendar date Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Today'' (1930 film), a 1930 American drama film directed by William Nigh * ''Today'' (2012 film) or ''Aujourd'hui'', a 2012 French film * ''Today'' (2014 film), a 2014 Iranian film * '' To-Day'', a 1917 silent drama film Music Groups * Today (group), an American R&B vocal group * TODAY (production duo), a Canadian record producer team Albums * ''Today'' (Angela Aki album), or the title song, 2007 * ''Today'' (Elvis Presley album), 1975 * ''Today'' (Galaxie 500 album), 1988 * ''Today!'' (Herbie Mann album), or the title song, 1966 * ''Today'' (Johnny Hartman album), 1972 * ''Today'' (Junkie XL album), or the title song, 2006 * ''Today'' (Marty Robbins album), 1971 * ''Today!'' (Mississippi John Hurt album), 1966 * ''Today'' (Perry Como album), 1987 * ''To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
