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Marlin Skiles
Marlin Skiles (1906–1981) was an American composer of film and television scores.Gevinson p.350 Partial filmography * ''Tahiti Honey'' (1943) * ''Call of the South Seas'' (1944) * ''The Lady and the Monster'' (1944) * ''A Thousand and One Nights (1945 film), A Thousand and One Nights'' (1945) * ''She Wouldn't Say Yes'' (1945) * ''Rough, Tough and Ready'' (1945) * ''Over 21'' (1945) * ''Gilda'' (1946) * ''The Walls Came Tumbling Down (film), The Walls Came Tumbling Down'' (1946) * ''Gallant Journey'' (1946) * ''Dead Reckoning (1947 film), Dead Reckoning'' (1947) * ''The Doolins of Oklahoma'' (1949) (uncredited) * ''The Boy from Indiana'' (1950) * ''Flat Top (film), Flat Top'' (1952) * ''Fort Osage (film), Fort Osage'' (1952) * ''The Rose Bowl Story'' (1952) * ''Rodeo (1952 film), Rodeo'' (1952) * ''Wild Stallion'' (1952) * ''Wagons West'' (1952) * ''Pride of the Blue Grass (1954 film), Pride of the Blue Grass'' (1954) * ''Sudden Danger'' (1955) * ''Canyon River (film), Canyon Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 50,135 as of the 2021 census, Harrisburg is the 9th largest city and 15th largest municipality in Pennsylvania. Harrisburg is situated on the east bank of the Susquehanna River. It is the larger principal city of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area, also known as the Susquehanna Valley, which had a population of 591,712 as of 2020, making it the fourth most populous metropolitan area in Pennsylvania after the Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Lehigh Valley metropolitan areas. Harrisburg played a role in American history during the Westward Migration, the American Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. During part of the 19th century, the building of the Pennsylvania Canal and later the Pennsylvania Railroad allowed Harrisburg to develop into one of the most industrialized cities in the Northeastern United States. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flat Top (film)
''Flat Top'' (also released as ''Eagles of the Fleet'') is a 1952 American drama war film filmed in Cinecolor, directed by Lesley Selander and starring Sterling Hayden, with early appearances from Phyllis Coates, Jack Larson, Richard Carlson, and William Schallert. The film earned William Austin an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing in 1953. Plot The film begins on board an aircraft carrier off from the coast of Korea during the Korean War. Commander Collier ( Hayden) is the Commander Air Group (CAG), or Air Boss, in charge of air operations on the carrier, or 'flat top'. When asked about how he first handled his job, he goes back to the time of World War II, where the rest of the film takes place. Told in flashback form, Collier recounts the war in the Pacific, working flight ops on the same carrier as the Fighter Squadron Commander with a new Executive Officer, LT Joe Rogers ( Carlson), and getting a group of fighter pilots ready for the tough fight to come again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man From God's Country
''Man from God's Country'' is a 1958 American CinemaScope Western film. It was written by George Waggner (credited as "george waGGner"), directed by Paul Landres and starred George Montgomery and Randy Stuart. at Plot Dan Beattie gives up his job to move further west and rejoin his old war buddy Curt Warren in the town of Sundown. At first mistaken for a railroad agent by Beau Santee, a Sundown businessman who wants to keep the railroad away from his town, Dan is nearly killed by Santee's henchman, Mark Faber. Dan discovers that his old pal Curt works for Santee. Even after learning Dan's true identity, Santee considers him trouble and plots to get rid of him. W ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Disembodied (film)
''The Disembodied'' is an American 1957 horror film directed by Walter Grauman and starring Paul Burke (actor), Paul Burke, Allison Hayes, John Wengraf, Eugenia Paul, and Robert Christopher. It was released by Allied Artists Pictures Corporation, Allied Artists on a double bill with ''From Hell It Came''. The film is the Grauman's first directing job. Plot Searching for adventures, a photographer visits a remote tropical village where he meets a local married couple in the person of Dr. Metz and his strange native wife, Tonda, who is fond of Voodoo rituals and turns out to be a dark cult leader. Cast *Paul Burke (actor), Paul Burke as Tom Maxwell *Allison Hayes as Tonda Metz *John Wengraf as Dr. Carl Metz *Eugenia Paul as Mara, wife of Suba *Joel Marston as Norman Adams *Robert Christopher as Joe Lawson *Dean Fredericks as Suba *A.E. Ukonu as Lead Voodoo Drummer *Paul Thompson as Gogi *Otis Greene as Kabar References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Disembodied, The 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Gun Is Quick (film)
''My Gun Is Quick'' is a 1957 American film noir crime film directed by George White and Victor Saville (as Phil Victor) and starring Robert Bray. Plot Private investigator Mike Hammer, by assisting a prostitute being assaulted, cannot help noticing a unique ring on her finger. Later, when she is found murdered that ring is nowhere to be found. From here the story moves to a cache of jewelry stolen by the Nazis during World War II and smuggled out of France after the war by an American army colonel, who, together with Mike Hammer, tries to find the ring and recover all the other jewels. However, many parties are on the lookout and the private eye runs into big trouble. Cast * Robert Bray as Mike Hammer * Whitney Blake as Nancy Williams * Donald Randolph as Colonel Holloway (as Don Randolph) * Richard Garland as Louis * Fred Essler as Ludwig Teller * Booth Colman as Capt. Pat Chambers * Pamela Duncan as Velda * Genie Coree as Maria (as Gina Coré) * Patricia Donahue as Dione * Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calling Homicide
''Calling Homicide'' is a 1956 American police drama film directed by Edward Bernds and starring Bill Elliott, Don Haggerty and Kathleen Case. The picture was the third of five films in the Lt. Andy Doyle series, all starring Elliott. Plot When a policeman is murdered by a car bomb, Lt. Andy Doyle is given the case to investigate. On the victim he finds the name of a woman, Francine Norman, who is murdered shortly thereafter, strangled and mutilated. Doyle determines that there is a connection between the two deaths. Norman was a former actress who owned a modeling agency that is now run by Darlene Adams. Doyle finds many suspects, as Norman was universally hated. He uncovers that the agency was being used as a front for a blackmailing racket most likely run by Norman's love interest Jim Haddix, the owner of a local construction company. However, all the evidence of the blackmail ring is destroyed when the modeling school is destroyed by fire, with the janitor as the main susp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Young Guns (film)
''The Young Guns'' is a 1956 American Western film directed by Albert Band and written by Louis A. Garfinkle. The film stars Russ Tamblyn, Gloria Talbott, Perry Lopez, Scott Marlowe, Wright King and Walter Coy. The film was released on September 12, 1956, by Allied Artists Pictures. Plot Cast *Russ Tamblyn as Tully Rice *Gloria Talbott as Nora Bawdre *Perry Lopez as San Antone *Scott Marlowe as Knox Cutler *Wright King as Jonesy *Walter Coy as Sheriff Jim Peyton *Chubby Johnson as Rongo Jones / Grandpa *Myron Healey as Deputy Nix *Jim Goodwin as Georgie Briggs *Rayford Barnes as Kid Cutler * I. Stanford Jolley as Felix Briggs *Emory Parnell as Padgett • Tom London Tom London (born Leonard T. Clapman; August 24, 1889 – December 5, 1963) was an American actor who played frequently in B-Westerns. According to ''The Guinness Book of Movie Records'', London is credited with appearing in the most films in ... as Lookout (uncredited) Production The film was based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canyon River (film)
''Canyon River'' is a 1956 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Harmon Jones and starring George Montgomery. It is a remake of the 1951 film ''The Longhorn''. Plot summary A cattleman (George Montgomery actor) goes south to pick up breeding stock that he can cross-breed to withstand his Wyoming ranch's winters, but his foreman (Peter Graves) is in cahoots with a crooked businessman from the ranch's hometown in Wyoming. They plan to buy up ranchland in that area, do away with the cattleman (George Montgomery) and steal his herd he's driving in from Oregon or elsewhere. Near the end of the movie and before they reach a planned 'stampede to steal the cattle', Montgomery likes Graves and offers him a share of his 6,000 acre ranch and also some cattle. Graves decides this would be a great deal and tries to call off the 'crooked deal' he made with the crooked investor and his hired guns, but the cattle do stampede anyway and Graves is critically injured trying to stop them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudden Danger
''Sudden Danger'' is a 1955 American film noir crime drama directed by Hubert Cornfield and starring Bill Elliott, Beverly Garland, and Tom Drake.. Plot Police detective Doyle (Elliott) is investigating the alleged suicide of a woman who heads a clothing manufacturing company. He suspects that the victim was murdered, and that the perpetrator was her son, Curtis (Drake), who was blinded by her in an accident several years before. Hoping to clear himself, Curtis begins searching for clues on his own. By fadeout time he and Doyle have cornered the actual killer. Cast * Bill Elliott as Lt. Andy Doyle * Tom Drake as Wallace Curtis * Beverly Garland as Phyllis Baxter * Dayton Lummis as Raymond Wilkins * Helene Stanton as Vera * Lucien Littlefield as Dave Glennon * Lyle Talbot as Harry Woodruff * Minerva Urecal as Mrs. Kelly * Frank Jenks as Kenny, the bartender * Pierre Watkin as George Caldwell See also *''Dial Red O'' (1955) *''Calling Homicide'' (1956) *''Chain of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pride Of The Blue Grass (1954 Film)
''Pride of the Blue Grass'' is a 1954 American drama film directed by William Beaudine and starring Lloyd Bridges, Vera Miles and Margaret Sheridan. It is also known by the alternative title ''Prince of the Blue Grass''. Plot Jim Nolan owns a stable of thoroughbred racehorses and employs Pop Wilson, a long-ago trainer, as a groom. Pop has a son, Danny, whose ambition is to become a jockey. One day, Linda Mason brings her horse Gypsy Prince to the Nolan stable and ends up boarding him there, although Jim is convinced that the horse does not have the making of a champion. Linda takes a job as a waitress at the track restaurant to pay for her horse's keep. Pop and Danny put long hours into training and riding Gypsy Prince, but just as he is about to win his first race, a bandage on the horse's leg comes loose and it stumbles before the finish line. Danny is injured and a doctor intends to euthanize the horse, but Linda talks him out of it. After going to work for wealthy stable ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wagons West
''Wagons West'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Ford Beebe and starring Rod Cameron, Noah Beery Jr., and Peggie Castle. Plot Cast * Rod Cameron as Jeff Curtis * Noah Beery Jr. as Arch Lawrence * Peggie Castle as Ann Wilkins * Michael Chapin as Ben Wilkins * Henry Brandon as Clay Cook * Sara Haden as Mrs. Elizabeth Cook * Frank Ferguson as Cyrus Cook * Anne Kimbell as Alice Lawrence * Wheaton Chambers James Wheaton Chambers (October 13, 1887 – January 31, 1958) was an American actor during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. He appeared in more than 200 films and television series during his career. Early years Chambers was born on October 13, 18 ... as Sam Wilkins * Riley Hill as Gaylord Cook * Effie Laird as Emma * I. Stanford Jolley as Slocum * Almira Sessions as Ada * Harry Tyler as Old man References External links 1952 films 1952 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Ford Beebe Allied Artists films Cinecolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Stallion
''Wild Stallion'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Ben Johnson, Edgar Buchanan and Martha Hyer. The film's sets were designed by the art director Martin Obzina. Cast *Ben Johnson as Dan Light *Edgar Buchanan as John Wintergreen *Martha Hyer as Caroline Cullen *Hayden Rorke as Maj. Cullen *Hugh Beaumont as Capt. Wilmurt *Orley Lindgren as Young Dan Light *Don Haggerty as Sgt. Keach *Susan Odin as Caroline - as a child * I. Stanford Jolley as Bill Cole *Barbara Wooddell as Abigail Light *John Halloran as John Light *Don Garner as Cpl. Thompson * John Hart as cavalry corporal *Perc Launders as army doctor * William Newell as Sergeant *Bob Peoples as cavalryman *Stanley Price as cavalry sentry *Lee Roberts Lee Roberts (June 17, 1913 – April 24, 1989) was a film actor during the Hollywood Golden Age. Sometimes he is credited as Robert Allen or Lee J. Roberts. Career Little is known about this man who appeared in over 100 films betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
