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Nancy Steele Is Missing!
''Nancy Steele Is Missing!'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by George Marshall and Otto Preminger and starring Victor McLaglen, Walter Connolly and Peter Lorre. It was produced and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox. The film's sets were designed by the British art director Hans Peters. It has been described as a precursor to film noir.Grant p.143-44 Plot Danny O'Neill ( Victor McLaglen) works for munitions manufacturer Michael Steele ( Walter Connolly) in the days leading up to World War I. O'Neill kidnaps Steele's infant daughter, hoping the drastic act will keep the country out of war. He leaves the baby with his sister and brother-in-law who believe the baby is his daughter. Soon after, O'Neill is arrested for a series of crimes and is sentenced to 20 years in prison. Once released, he returns to find the girl, now named Sheila, who believes O'Neill to be her father. O'Neill runs into Steele, who offers him a job on his estate. O'Neill has come to care for Shei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Marshall (director)
George E. Marshall (December 29, 1891 – February 17, 1975) was an American actor, screenwriter, Film producer, producer, Film director, film and television director, active through the first six decades of film history. Relatively few of Marshall's films are well-known today, with ''Destry Rides Again'' (1939), ''The Ghost Breakers'' (1940), ''The Blue Dahlia'' (1946), ''The Sheepman'' (1958), and ''How the West Was Won (film), How the West Was Won'' (1962) being the biggest exceptions. John Houseman called him "one of the old maestros of Hollywood ... he had never become one of the giants but he held a solid and honorable position in the industry." In the 1930s, he established a reputation for comedy, directing Laurel and Hardy in three classic films, and also working on a variety of comedies for 20th Century Fox, Fox, though many of his films at Fox were destroyed in a vault fire in 1937. Later in his career he was particularly sought after for comedies. He did around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Peters (art Director)
Hans Peters (23 July 1894 – 29 September 1976) was an English art director. He was nominated for five Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. In 1944 he joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and in 1959, he became assistant to George Davis, the studio's new supervising art director. Selected filmography * ''Nancy Steele Is Missing!'' (1937) * ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' (1945) * ''The Red Danube'' (1949) * ''Knights of the Round Table'' (1953) * '' Lust for Life'' (1956) * ''The Americanization of Emily ''The Americanization of Emily'' is a 1964 American black-and-white black comedy anti-war film directed by Arthur Hiller, written by Paddy Chayefsky, and starring James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas, James Coburn, Joyce Grenfell, a ...'' (1964) References External links * English art directors 1894 births 1976 deaths Artists from London {{artdirector-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DeWitt Jennings
DeWitt Clarke Jennings (June 21, 1871 – March 1, 1937) was an American film and stage actor. He appeared in 17 Broadway plays between 1906 and 1920, and in more than 150 films between 1915 and 1937. Biography He was born in Cameron, Missouri on June 21, 1871, to Georgia S. and Oliver A. Jennings. In 1935, Jennings played Sailing Master Fryer in ''Mutiny on the Bounty'' with Clark Gable and Charles Laughton. He died in Hollywood, California on March 1, 1937. Partial filmography * '' The Deep Purple'' (1915) - Gordon Laylock * '' The Warrens of Virginia'' (1915) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''At Bay'' (1915) - Judson Flagg * ''Sporting Blood'' (1916) - Dave Garrison * ''The Little American'' (1917) - English Barrister * '' The Hillcrest Mystery'' (1918) - Tom Cameron * '' Three Sevens'' (1921) - Samuel Green * '' The Greater Claim'' (1921) - Richard Everard Sr * '' The Golden Snare'' (1921) - 'Fighting' Fitzgerald * '' Beating the Game'' (1921) - G.B. Lawson * '' The Invisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Fielding
Margaret is a feminine given name, which means "pearl". It is of Latin origin, via Ancient Greek and ultimately from Old Iranian. It has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular throughout the Middle Ages. It became less popular between the 16th and 18th century, but became more common again after this period, becoming the second-most popular female name in the United States in 1903. Since this time, it has become less common, but was still the ninth-most common name for women of all ages in the United States as of the 1990 census. Margaret has many diminutive forms in many languages, including Daisy, Greta, Gretchen, Maggie, Madge, Maisie, Marge, Margie, Margo, Margot, Marnie, Meg, Megan, Molly, Peggy, and Rita. Etymology Margaret is derived via French () and Latin () from (), via Persian ''murwārīd'', meaning "pearl". Margarita (given name) traces the etymology further as مروارید, ''morvārīd'' in modern Persian, derived from S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kane Richmond
Kane Richmond (born Frederick William Bowditch, December 23, 1906 – March 22, 1973) was an American film actor of the 1930s and 1940s, mostly appearing in cliffhangers and serials. He is best known today for his portrayal of the character Lamont Cranston in ''The Shadow'' films in addition to his leading role in the successful serials '' Spy Smasher'' and '' Brick Bradford''. Early years Richmond was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Pearlie Watkins Bowditch and Mary Elizabeth (Waters) Bowditch. He had a sister, Marie, and a brother, Russell. He attended St. Thomas College and the University of Minnesota, playing football at both schools. He moved to Hollywood in the late 1920s to pursue a career in acting. Film Before becoming an actor, Richmond (then still known as Fred Bowditch) was a film salesman. In its entry on Richmond, ''The Film Encyclopedia'' relates: " was on a business trip to Hollywood when a Universal executive asked him to test for the lead in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Taylor (actor)
George Taylor may refer to: Military *George Taylor (Alamo defender) (c. 1816–1836), soldier in Texas army, died in the Battle of the Alamo * George Taylor (British Army officer) (1905–1994), served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Mau Mau campaign * George Taylor (Medal of Honor) (1830–1893), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient * George A. Taylor (1899–1969), American army officer at D-Day invasion, Battle of Normandy * George P. Taylor (born 1953), American Air Force Surgeon General * George W. Taylor (general) (1808–1862), American Civil War general, Army of the Potomac Politics *George Taylor (Canadian politician) (1840–1919), Canadian House of Commons member *George Taylor (Pennsylvania politician) (c. 1716–1781), signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence * George Taylor (New York Representative) (1820–1894), American congressman from New York * George Taylor (Connecticut politician) (1802–1881), politician and physician * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granville Bates
Granville Bates (January 7, 1882 – July 8, 1940) was an American character actor and bit player, appearing in over ninety films. Biography Bates was born in Chicago in 1882 to Granville Bates, Sr., a developer and builder, and Adaline Bates (née Gleason). He grew up in the Lakeview, Chicago, Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago on the southeast corner of Evanston (now Broadway (Chicago), Broadway) Ave. and Oakdale Ave. in a townhouse that his father later demolished, along with all of the others on the block, to redevelop as a four-story commercial building with apartments above. Bates began his film career in the 1910s with Essanay Studios of the Chicago film industry, and his World War I draft Registration Card listed him as a travelling actor for Francis Owen & Co. He appeared on Broadway in the late 1920s and early 1930s, notably in the original production of ''Merrily We Roll Along (play), Merrily We Roll Along'' (1934) by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. He was also the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Conroy (actor)
Frank Parish Conroy (14 October 1890 – 24 February 1964) was a British film and stage actor who appeared in many films, notably '' Grand Hotel'' (1932), '' The Little Minister'' (1934) and '' The Ox-Bow Incident'' (1943). Career Born in Derby, England, Conroy began acting on stage in 1908. He acted in Shakespearean plays in England from 1910 until he moved to the United States in 1915. He was responsible for building the Greenwich Village Theatre which opened in 1917, and he directed productions of the repertory theater there for three years. He appeared in more than 40 Broadway plays, beginning with ''The Passing Show of 1913'' (1913) and ending with ''Calculated Risk'' (1962). He won a Tony Award for best supporting actor for his performance in Graham Greene's '' The Potting Shed'' (1957). Conroy's work on television included appearances on ''Kraft Theater'' and ''The Play of the Week''. Personal life and death Conroy had a wife, Ruth, and a son, Richard. He died of hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Darwell
Jane Darwell (born Patti Woodard; October 15, 1879 – August 13, 1967) was an American actress of stage, film, and television. With appearances in more than 100 major movies spanning half a century, Darwell is perhaps best remembered for her poignant portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's '' The Grapes of Wrath'', for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Early life Born to William Robert Woodard, president of the Louisville Southern Railroad, and Ellen Booth Woodard in Palmyra, Missouri, Darwell originally intended to become a circus rider, then later an opera singer. Her father, however, objected to those career plans, so she compromised by becoming an actress, changing her name to Darwell to avoid sullying the family name. The Jane Darwell Birthplace was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Some sources give Darwell' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Carradine
John Carradine ( ; born Richmond Reed Carradine; February 5, 1906 – November 27, 1988) was an American actor, considered one of the greatest character actors in American cinema. He was a member of Cecil B. DeMille's stock company and later John Ford's company, known for his roles in horror films, Westerns, and Shakespearean theater, most notably portraying Count Dracula in '' House of Frankenstein'' (1944), '' House of Dracula'' (1945), '' Billy the Kid Versus Dracula'' (1966), and '' Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula'' (1979). Among his other notable roles was "Preacher Casy" in John Ford's ''The Grapes of Wrath''. In later decades of his career, he starred mostly in low-budget B-movies. In total, he holds 351 film and television credits, making him one of the most prolific English-speaking film and television actors of all time. Carradine was married four times, had five children, and was the patriarch of the Carradine family, including four sons and four grandchildren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Deane
Shirley Deane (born Shirley Deane Blattenberger; March 16, 1913 – April 26, 1983) was an American film actress. Early years Born in Fresno, California, to Jesse H. Blattenberger and his wife Zola (née Redden), she was raised by her maternal grandmother. Career Deane was best known as an actress for playing "Bonnie Jones" in 20th Century Fox's Jones Family series of films. She was under contract with 20th Century Fox, and she acted in '' Prairie Moon'' (1936), the ''Flash Gordon'' serial, and some of the Charlie Chan films. She was the original choice for the title role in the Blondie film series, a role that went to Penny Singleton after Deane was considered to be "too harsh when she nagged Dagwood", while Singleton came across as softer and sweeter. Deane also toured in revues, singing "some stirring patriotic and soft sentimental numbers". She was the headline attraction in ''Star Dust Revue'', a stage show that toured the southern United States in 1942, and she per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Kent (actor)
Robert Kent (born Douglas Blackley, Jr.; December 3, 1908 – May 4, 1955), was an American film actor. His career included starring roles in several film serials of the 1940s, including '' The Phantom Creeps'', '' Who's Guilty?'', and '' The Phantom Rider''. He also had a role in the 1938 film '' The Gladiator'' and was Virginia Vale's leading man in '' Blonde Comet'', a 1941 movie about a female racing driver. He married actress Astrid Allwyn in Tijuana, Mexico, on January 10, 1937, and they were divorced in 1941. He had three children: Kristina, Susan, and Kim Louise. He died in Los Angeles, California of a coronary occlusion due to coronary arteriosclerosis.Death certificate of Douglas Blackley, Jr. Partial filmography * '' One Hour Late'' (1934) as Soda Jerk (uncredited) * '' Car 99'' (1935) as Recruit Blatzky * '' Four Hours to Kill!'' (1935) as George Nelson * '' Love in Bloom'' (1935) as Man Who Buys Song (uncredited) * '' College Scandal'' (1935) as Dan Courtridge * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
