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Malcolm Lee Beggs
Malcolm Lee Beggs (1907 – December 10, 1956) was an American stage, television and film actor. Biography The son of actor/director Lee Beggs and stage actress Doris Singleton, he began performing professionally on the stage at the age of 5. He made appearances in two silent films: ''The Silent Plea'' (1914) and ''In Bridal Attire'' (1915). In 1936 he made his Broadway debut as Don Abacchio in ''Bitter Stream''. He went on to appear in the original Broadway productions of ''Devils Galore'' (1945), ''Metropole'' (1949), '' Seventh Heaven'' (1955), and '' Mr. Wonderful'' (1956). He also starred as William M. Tweed in the 1947 Broadway revival of '' Up in Central Park''. On television, Beggs made guest appearances on '' Captain Video and His Video Rangers'' (1949), ''Lux Video Theatre'' (1951), ''Hopalong Cassidy'' (1952), three episodes of ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'' (1952–1953), four episodes of ''Kraft Theatre'' (1949–1953), ''Campbell Summer Soundstage'' (1954), ''Robert Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Orange, New Jersey
East Orange is a City (New Jersey), city in Essex County, New Jersey, Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 69,612. The city was List of municipalities in New Jersey, the state's 20th most-populous municipality in 2010, after having been the state's 14th most-populous municipality in 2000.The Counties and Most Populous Cities and Townships in 2010 in New Jersey: 2000 and 2010 New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed November 3, 2019. The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 68,903 in 2021, ranking the city the List of United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lux Video Theatre
''Lux Video Theatre'' is an American television anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1957. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays. Overview The ''Lux Video Theatre'' was a spin-off from the successful '' Lux Radio Theater'' series broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934–1935) and CBS (1935–1955). ''Lux Video Theatre'' began as a live 30-minute Monday evening CBS series on October 2, 1950, switching to Thursday nights during August, 1951. In September 1953, the show relocated from New York to Hollywood. On August 26, 1954, it debuted on NBC as an hour-long show on Thursday nights, telecast until September 12, 1957. With the introduction of the one-hour format and the move to Hollywood, abridged versions of popular films were often used as the basis for shows. To introduce each act and interview the stars at the conclusion, NBC added a series of regular hosts: James Mason (1954–55) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Press International
United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century. At its peak, it had more than 6,000 media subscribers. Since the first of several sales and staff cutbacks in 1982, and the 1999 sale of its broadcast client list to its main U.S. rival, the Associated Press, UPI has concentrated on smaller information-market niches. History Formally named United Press Associations for incorporation and legal purposes, but publicly known and identified as United Press or UP, the news agency was created by the 1907 uniting of three smaller news syndicates by the Midwest newspaper publisher E. W. Scripps. It was headed by Hugh Baillie (1890–1966) from 1935 to 1955. At the time of his retirement, UP had 2,900 clients in the United States, and 1,500 abroad. In 1958, it became United Press I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edge Of Fury
''Edge of Fury'' is a 1958 American drama film directed by Robert J. Gurney Jr. and Irving Lerner and written by Robert J. Gurney Jr.. The film stars Michael Higgins, Lois Holmes, Jean Allison, Doris Fesette and Malcolm Lee Beggs. The film was released in May 1958, by United Artists. The film was summarized in ''TV Guide'' as "sick low-budget grossness about a psychopathic young beachcomber, Higgins, who pretends to befriend a mother and two daughters living at their summer home. He talks the family into letting him rent the adjacent guest cottage, then he slaughters the whole family." Plot The film begins with a voice over by a psychiatrist discussing his patient: a young war veteran and struggling artist, Richard Barrie, who had asked to be confined but said that "society acts only after a crime has been committed." The opening scene shows Richard painting on the beach as police officers approach to arrest him. In flashback, a beachcombing Richard comes across a beach co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houdini (1953 Film)
''Houdini'' is a 1953 American Technicolor film biography from Paramount Pictures, produced by George Pal and Berman Swarttz, directed by George Marshall, that stars Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. The film's screenplay, based upon the life of magician and escape artist Harry Houdini, was written by Philip Yordan, based on the book ''Houdini'' by Harold Kellock. The film's music score was by Roy Webb and the cinematography by Ernest Laszlo. The art direction was by Albert Nozaki and Hal Pereira, and the costume design by Edith Head. The film's storyline is a fictionalized account of Houdini's life. It details his beginnings as a carnival performer, later as a worker in a safe factory, and finally his international success as a world-renowned escape artist and stage magician. Following the death of his mother, he exposes various fraudulent mediums in the spiritualist movement, while always hoping to make contact with her. The film also follows his love for his wife Bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botany Bay (film)
''Botany Bay'' is a 1953 American drama film directed by John Farrow and starring Alan Ladd, James Mason and Patricia Medina. It was based on a novel of the same name by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. While the story includes characters loosely based on real figures (Gilbert and Phillips) and the ship ''Charlotte'', it is a largely fictional telling of the First Fleet's arrival in Australia in 1788. Plot In 1787 a group of prisoners lodged in Newgate Jail receive notice that their death sentences are commuted to life imprisonment in New South Wales. They are boarded onto the and joined by a smaller group of female prisoners. Gilbert, the captain, offers one pretty female prisoner free run of the ship on certain conditions. One prisoner, Tallant, admits guilt but is expecting a pardon to arrive within hours. The captain declines to wait for word of the pardon and Tallant jumps overboard. When caught he is sentenced to 50 lashes with a cat-o-nine-tails. Recoverin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Grows On Trees
''It Grows on Trees'' is a 1952 fantasy comedy film directed by Arthur Lubin starring Irene Dunne in her final screen role. Plot The story is about a couple who discover two trees in their backyard that grow money. One morning a few days after Polly Baxter (Dunne) purchased a couple of trees and planted them in her backyard, a $5 bill floats in through an open window, spurring a curious turn of luck to her family's ongoing financial concerns. As she continues to collect more in the following days and weeks, Polly finds that the money is actually growing on the new trees that she planted and keeps that discovery from her husband Philip (Dean Jagger). Polly finds ways to use the money, while her husband wants it to be turned in to the police. The neighbors, the media, the bank, the I.R.S., and the U.S. Treasury all get involved. Comedy ensues as the Baxters struggle with newfound ethical dilemmas; e.g., is this money legal or counterfeit, and what happens when the money dries up li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Island (1952 Film)
''Love Island'' is a 1952 American film directed by Bud Pollard starring Paul Valentine and Eva Gabor. Originally released in Cinecolor, the film uses extensive footage taken in Bali used from the film '' Legong: Dance of the Virgins'' (1935). It was the final directorial effort of Bud Pollard who had previously directed several race films and exploitation films. Plot summary US Navigator Lt Taber relates the account of his parachuting from his damaged plane onto the island of Tuba Tara ("Love Island" in English). He falls in love with one of the local beauties and fights for her. Cast *Paul Valentine as Lt. Richard Taber *Eva Gabor as Sarna *Malcolm Lee Beggs as Uraka, Sarna's suitor * Frank McNellis as Aryuna, Sarna's father *Dean Norton as Tamor, Sarna's friend *Kathryn Chang as Klepon *Bruno Wick as Ninga * Richard W. Shankland as Fumanku, high priest *Howard Blaine as Capt. Blake *Vicki Marsden as Stewardess Soundtrack * ''Across the Sea'' Written by Jerry Bragin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Elgin Hour
''The Elgin Hour'' (also known as ''The Elgin TV Hour'') is a 60-minute live American anthology drama that aired from October 5, 1954 to June 14, 1955, on ABC, alternating with ''The U.S. Steel Hour''. A total of 19 episodes featured actors John Cassavetes, Boris Karloff, Roddy McDowall, Kim Stanley, Teresa Wright, Joanne Woodward, and Robert Preston, among dozens of others. Its directors included the later notable feature directors, Daniel Petrie and Sidney Lumet. One of its writers was Reginald Rose, famous for writing the film ''12 Angry Men''. It was produced by Herbert Brodkin, a pioneering producer of early drama series that touched on social issues. The program was sponsored by Elgin National Watch Company. Episodes *"Floodtide" – October 5, 1954 *"Family Crisis" – October 19, 1954 *"High Man" – November 2, 1954 *"Warm Clay" – November 16, 1954 *"Hearts and Hollywood" – November 30, 1954 *"Yesterday's Magic" – December 14, 1954 *"Falling Star" – December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponds Theater
''Pond's Theater'' is a 60-minute television anthology series sponsored by Pond's Creams that was produced by the J. Walter Thompson Agency on ABC-TV. Its original title was ''Kraft Television Theatre'', but when Kraft decided to drop the Thursday night version on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) Pond's took over the sponsorship and retitled the series ''Pond's Theater''. Twenty-five episodes aired on ABC from January 13, 1955 to July 7, 1955. The series had its origin in the second simultaneous series of ''Kraft Television Theatre'' begun October 1953, on ABC to promote Kraft's new Cheez Whiz product. When the sponsorship came to an end in January 1955, then Pond's picked up the second '' Kraft Theatre'' franchise, while the first '' Kraft Theatre'' continued to run on NBC-TV. Both series followed the sponsorship format also used by '' Ford Theatre'' and Eastman Kodak's ''Screen Directors Playhouse''. The series was produced by J. Walter Thompson at ABC. Directors inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Montgomery Presents
''Robert Montgomery Presents'' is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950, until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its eight-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, ''Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater'', ''....The Johnson's Wax Program'', and so on. Evolution Initially offering hour-long dramas adapted from successful Hollywood films, the series was hosted and produced by Robert Montgomery. His presence lent a degree of respectability to the new medium of television, and he was able to persuade many of his Hollywood associates to appear. Montgomery introduced each episode and also acted in many episodes. The program was noted for the high level of production values and the consistent attempt to present quality entertainment within the constraints of a live presentation. A drama built around the ''Hindenburg'' disaster, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campbell Summer Soundstage
''The Campbell Playhouse'' (also known as ''Campbell Soundstage'', ''TV Soundstage'', and ''Campbell Summer Soundstage'', (summer hiatus only, see ''below'')) was an American anthology series and television drama that originally aired on NBC from June 6, 1952 to May 28, 1954. The series was sponsored by the Campbell Soup Company. History Radio series The television series was based on the 1938–40 radio series of the same name. The radio version was originally aired on CBS as ''The Mercury Theatre on the Air'' beginning July 11, 1938. The series made its last broadcast under that title on December 4, 1938. After that, the Campbell Soup Company sponsored the radio drama and renamed it '' The Campbell Playhouse''. The Campbell Playhouse made its radio debut on December 9, 1938. Orson Welles served as the host of the program. The series offered 60-minute adaptations of famous novels and plays and, on certain occasions, adaptations of popular motion pictures of the time. The r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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