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Milton R. Krasner
Milton R. Krasner, A.S.C. (February 17, 1904 – July 17, 1988) was an American cinematographer who won an Academy Award for '' Three Coins in the Fountain'' (1954). Career Working in films since the 1930s, Krasner is remembered for his work in the 1950s at 20th Century-Fox, where he photographed many of the studio's technicolor films, including ''Demetrius and the Gladiators'' (1954), '' Désirée'' (1954), ''The Rains of Ranchipur'' (1955), and others. His last film was ''Beneath the Planet of the Apes'' (1970). Some of his memorable films include '' A Double Life'', '' The Set-Up'', ''All About Eve'' and ''The Seven Year Itch.'' Filmography * ''I Love That Man'' (1933) * ''Sitting Pretty'' (1933) * ''Golden Harvest'' (1933) * ''Strictly Personal'' (1933) * ''Paris Interlude'' (1934) * ''Death on the Diamond'' (1934) * ''Here Comes the Groom'' (1934) * ''Private Scandal'' (1934) * ''The Great Flirtation'' (1934) * ''She Made Her Bed'' (1934) * '' Murder in the Fleet'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Egg And I (film)
''The Egg and I'' is a 1947 American romantic comedy film directed by Chester Erskine, who co-wrote the screenplay with Fred F. Finklehoffe, based on the book of the same name by Betty MacDonald and starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, with Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride as Ma and Pa Kettle. The box office success of ''The Egg and I'' influenced the production of Universal-International's ''Ma and Pa Kettle'' series, which consists of nine feature films most of which star Main and Kilbride together. At the 20th Academy Awards, Main was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Plot The film tells the story of a young married couple who become chicken farmers. Betty follows her husband Bob to the countryside where his dream is to be a successful chicken farmer. The problem is, their home is old and needs to be repaired and the baby chicks need constant care. When a rich single woman with a new house and new farm equipment flirts with Bob, Betty questions the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women Must Dress
Women Must Dress is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Minna Gombell and Gavin Gordon. It was produced and co-written by the former silent film actress Dorothy Davenport Fannie Dorothy Davenport (March 13, 1895 – October 12, 1977) was an American actress, screenwriter, film director, and producer. Born into a family of film performers, Davenport had her own independent career before her marriage to the film a ..., who had been working as a producer since the death of her husband Wallace Reid in 1923. The film was a rare leading role for Gombell, and marked the film debut of Jon Hall, albeit under his birth name Charles Locher. Premise Linda Howard discovers that her husband is having an affair and takes their young adult daughter Janet away to start a new life. Linda becomes a successful fashion designer but begins to re-examine her own life choices when Janet forsakes her successful-but-bland doctor boyfriend for a faster, more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House Of Fear (1939 Film)
''The House of Fear'' is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Joe May and starring William Gargan, Irene Hervey and Dorothy Arnold. After an actor is killed during the middle of a play the theatre is closed. A year later a young producer re-assembles the cast and re-opens the theatre, intending to the stage the same play performed on the night of the murder. Originally set for a filming schedule of 10 days and $10,000, the film went over budget and over schedule. On its release, it received positive reviews from ''Variety'', ''The Hollywood Reporter'' and ''The New York Daily News''. Main cast Production ''The House of Fear'' began production on March 16, 1939, with a budget just over $100,000. The film entered production under the title ''Backstage Phantom'', the title of the source novel by Wadsworth Camp the film was adapted from and was based on the story and play "The Last Warning" by Thomas F. Fallon. The film was part of the Crime Club mystery series. 11 films were m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missing Evidence
''Missing Evidence'' is a 1939 American drama film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Preston Foster, Irene Hervey, and Inez Courtney, and was released on December 15, 1939. Cast list * Preston Foster as Bill Collins * Irene Hervey as Linda Parker * Inez Courtney as Nellie Conrad * Chick Chandler as Jerry Howard * Noel Madison as Paul Duncan * Joseph Downing as Marty Peters * Oscar O'Shea as Pop Andrews * Tom Dugan as Binky Cullen * Ray Walker as McBride * Cliff Clark Cliff Clark (June 10, 1889 – February 8, 1953) was an American actor. He entered the film business in 1937 after a substantial stage career and appeared in over 200 Hollywood films. In the last years of his life, he also played in a numb ... as Allen Jennings References External links * * * {{Phil Rosen Universal Pictures films Films directed by Phil Rosen 1939 drama films 1939 films American drama films American black-and-white films Lottery fraud in fiction 1930s American films [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil's Party
''The Devil's Party'' is a 1938 American crime film directed by Ray McCarey based on the Borden Chase novel ''Hell's Kitchen Has a Pantry''. Plot Marty Malone is a member of a street gang called the "Death Avenue Cowboys", consisting of poor children in Hell's Kitchen, New York. As the gang try to steal fruit from a fruit warehouse, Marty starts a fire to distract the watchmen, unfortunately it turns into a real blaze and he is caught by the police. Even though the police give him a rough time in questioning, he refuses to say the names of any other gang members, thus saving his friends and accomplices from capture. Marty is sent to a reformatory for delinquents. Many years go by after that, and now Marty is the proud owner of the Cigarette Club, which is a cabaret and casino in Manhattan. In tending to his business, he sends men to strong-arm a customer reluctant to pay a gambling debt. The goons, Sam and Frank Diamond, beat the customer up, accidentally killing him. They try ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newsboys' Home
''Newsboys' Home'' is a 1938 crime film that starred Jackie Cooper and ''Little Tough Guys, The Little Tough Guys''. Plot When his father, a small town sheriff, is slain by a big city gangster, "Rifle" Edwards becomes a homeless vagabond, drifting from town to town. Arriving broke and hungry in a large metropolis, he seeks food and shelter at the Newsboys' Home, where the kids force him to fight an amateur bout with the champ, Danny Shay, before he can eat. When Rifle knocks Danny out, the country boy is accepted into the gang of newsies. He goes to work selling the ''Globe'', which is published by Howard Price Dutton, the founder and benefactor of the home. When Dutton dies, his daughter Gwen becomes the new publisher. ''Globe'' reporter Perry Warner is in love with Gwen, but they quarrel over her ideas about turning the ''Globe'' into a highbrow paper. Perry warns Gwen that she will ruin the paper, but she is stubborn and refuses to listen. Meanwhile, Tom Davenport, a crooked po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Missing Guest
''The Missing Guest'' is a 1938 American mystery-comedy film directed by John Rawlins. It is a remake of the 1933 film ''Secret of the Blue Room''. Synopsis A newspaper reporter is sent by his editor to spend a night in a country house where a notorious murder had been committed exactly twenty years before. Cast Production ''The Missing Guest'' was the first of two remakes of the 1933 film ''Secret of the Blue Room''. The film was budgeted at $80,400 and was completed under budget, at $72,000. Music in ''The Missing Guest'' is recycled from previous films including ''Werewolf of London'' and ''Dracula's Daughter''. Release ''The Missing Guest'' was distributed by Universal Pictures on August 12, 1938. Reception From contemporary reviews, "Hobe." of ''Variety'' referred to the film as a "feeble whodunnit for bottom billing" and that "Every outdated aunted housesituation and piece of business is included - not only included, but embarrassingly highlighted." ''The New York W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prescription For Romance
''Prescription for Romance'' is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by S. Sylvan Simon for Universal Pictures. It stars Wendy Barrie, Kent Taylor, and Frank Jenks. Plot Cast * Wendy Barrie as Valarie Barry * Kent Taylor as Steve Macy * Frank Jenks as Smitty * Mischa Auer as Count Sandor * Gregory Gaye as Dr. Paul Azarny * Dorothea Kent as Lola Kent * Henry Hunter as Kenneth Barton * Samuel S. Hinds as Major Goddard * Frank Reicher as Jozeph * Ted Osborne as Corney * Bert Roach as Police Sergeant * Christian Rub as Conductor * George Cleveland as Cab Driver (uncredited) * Franco Corsaro as Headwaiter Franz (uncredited) * Joe Cunningham as Farrell (uncredited) * Sidney D'Albrook as Cab Driver (uncredited) * Robert Fischer as Veterinary (uncredited) * Otto Fries as Police Sergeant (uncredited) * Frederick Giermann as Ambulance Driver (uncredited) * William Gould as Doorman (uncredited) * Dorothy Granger as Cashier (uncredited) * Elsa Janssen as Elsa (uncredited) * Jimmie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
There Goes The Groom (film)
''There Goes the Groom'' is a 1937 screwball comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Ann Sothern and Burgess Meredith. It was Burgess Meredith's second film and his first screen comedy; his first film, Winterset (1936), was a serious romantic drama."Notes" Plot Dick Matthews (), just out of college, heads for the gold fields of Alaska to find his fortune. When he returns to marry his girl friend Janet Russell ( Louise Henry[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight Intruder
''Midnight Intruder'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Arthur Lubin starring Louis Hayward, Eric Linden, J.C. Nugent and Barbara Read. Plot After losing all his money gambling on horses, former newspaper reporter Barry Gilbert and "Doc" Norton break into a vacant mansion belonging to the Reitters for shelter from the rain. Just as the pair are settling in, Willetts and three other servants arrive. Willetts, the butler, does not know what the long-absent, but expected John Clark Reitter Jr. looks like, so he assumes that Barry is him. Barry decides to impersonate young Reitter, the black sheep son of a wealthy New York newspaper publisher, for a while when he learns the family will be away for weeks. A neighbor, Patricia Hammond, develops an interest in Barry, while a showgirl, Peggy, wife of the real John Reitter Jr. (under the name Jay Rogers), shows up and tells him her husband is being framed for the murder of a political bigshot. Barry agrees to try to clear him in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl On The Front Page
''The Girl on the Front Page'' is a 1936 American comedy crime film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Edmund Lowe, Gloria Stuart and Reginald Owen.Gates p.106-7 It was produced and distributed by Hollywood major Universal Pictures. Synopsis After inheriting a newspaper from her father, the socialite Joan Langford clashes with the managing editor Hank Gilman. He is a hard-bitten newsman who resents her interference in the running of the paper. Disguising herself as an aspiring young journalist, she gets a job at the paper. Although Gilman is in fact well aware of who she is and assigns her to very difficult assignments to convince her that the newspaper business is not for her. However she eventually gains his respect, and together they thwart an attempt at blackmail by Langford's British butler who is revealed to be the head of a society of criminal servants. Main cast * Edmund Lowe as Hank Gilman * Gloria Stuart as Joan Langford * Reginald Owen as Archie Biddle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arbor Day (film)
''Arbor Day'' is a 1936 '' Our Gang'' short comedy film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer. It was the 145th ''Our Gang'' short that was released. Plot Spanky attempts to hide from the truant officer and avoid going to school, where he is being forced to participate in the Green Street Grammar School's annual Arbor Day show. Alfalfa tries to talk him out of his fears, but truant officer Smithers happens along to personally usher both children to school himself. Meanwhile, a husband and wife midget pair (George and Olive Brasno) walk out on their circus sideshow jobs. They disguise themselves as children to enjoy a day about town, but Smithers mistakes them for actual children and takes them to school. At school, the kids trudge through their Arbor Day recitals and songs (Alfalfa contributes a squeaky rendition of Joyce Kilmer's "Trees" set to music by Oscar Rasbach. When the midgets-in-disguise offer to join in the show, they contribute a shimmy routine which shocks the entire audie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |