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Nedrick Young
Nedrick Young (March 23, 1914 – September 16, 1968), also known by the pseudonym Nathan E. Douglas, was an American actor and screenwriter often Hollywood blacklist, blacklisted during the 1950s and 1960s for refusing to confirm or deny membership of the Communist Party before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA). He is credited with writing the screenplay for ''Jailhouse Rock (film), Jailhouse Rock'' in 1957, which starred Elvis Presley. Young was born in Philadelphia. In addition to screenwriting, he also took acting roles in various feature-length films during the period 1943–1966. Recognition ''The Defiant Ones'' received an Academy Awards, Oscar for the "best screenplay written directly for the screen" in 1958. For the same film, Young and co-writer Harold Jacob Smith won a 1959 Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay, from the Mystery Writers of America. ''Inherit the Wind'' was also nominated for, but did not win, an Academy Award in 1960 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Scarlett
''Captain Scarlett'' is a 1953 American adventure film directed by Thomas Carr (director), Thomas Carr, that was shot in Mexico. The film is set in France following the fall of Napoleon, stars Richard Greene in the title role as a Robin Hood-type avenger and the Brazilian actress Leonora Amar in her final screen role. Plot In post-Napoleonic France, the Duke of Corlaine reprimands Count Villiers because his Spanish fiancée, Princess Maria, has run away. When Maria's carriage is accosted by highwaymen, Captain Scarlett, a Frenchman returning from England, fends off the attackers. Villiers arrives shortly after and arrests the remaining highwayman, but is ungrateful to Scarlett. Scarlett later meets with his old friend the Friar, who warns him that the duke is appropriating property and ordering his guards to terrorize residents, who are imprisoned if they resist. Scarlett is uninterested until he learns that his own estate now belongs to Villiers. Scarlett later slips into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inside Straight (film)
''Inside Straight'' is a 1951 American Western film directed by Gerald Mayer and starring David Brian, Arlene Dahl, Barry Sullivan, Mercedes McCambridge and Paula Raymond. Plot In San Francisco in 1870, Ada Stritch owns a bank, but there is a run on it. She needs $3 million to keep it open. In desperation, she turns to Rip MacCool, a wealthy man whom she despises. Also in need of Rip's help are newspaperman Johnny Sanderson and an old acquaintance, Flutey. They and Ada each have an issue with Rip from their past. Rip offers to deal a hand of poker, and if Ada wins, he will give her the $3 million. If not, he gets the bank. Everyone recalls how they first met. Fifteen years before, Ada, a widow, had a small hotel that she wanted to sell. Rip and his pal Shocker were guests there. Rip wooed her romantically, then offered her $3,000 cash plus shares in the Mona Lisa gold mine. Ada accepted, only to learn later that the stock was worthless. Johnny was a prizefighter. After a def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Lady Without Passport
''A Lady Without Passport'' is a 1950 American film noir film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Hedy Lamarr and John Hodiak. Written by Howard Dimsdale, the film is about a beautiful concentration-camp refugee who has taken up residence in Cuba while awaiting permission to enter the United States. An undercover immigration agent decides to use her as an informant to entrap the leader of an alien-smuggling ring. This film marked the feature film debut of actor Steven Hill. Plot After World War II, immigrants in Cuba who are refused visas for various reasons try to sneak into the U.S. illegally with the help of a human smuggling ring run by Palinov (George Macready), a Levantine café owner. Following the death of one immigrant, U.S. Immigration operative Pete Karczag (John Hodiak) is sent to Havana, where he poses as a Hungarian in need of Palinov's services. During his dangerous undercover investigation, Pete meets Marianne Lorress (Hedy Lamarr), a penniless Austrian refuge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love That Brute
''Love That Brute'' is a 1950 American comedy film, comedy crime film directed by Alexander Hall and starring Paul Douglas (actor), Paul Douglas and Jean Peters. The film is a remake of ''Tall, Dark and Handsome'', a 1941 film also distributed by 20th Century Fox. Plot In 1928 Chicago, two gangsters kill a store owner. Mobster Big Ed (Paul Douglas (actor), Paul Douglas) sends top henchman Bugsy Welch (Keenan Wynn) to place a white carnation—his trademark—on the corpses, to suggest that he is responsible. The police rush to arrest Big Ed, only to find out that he has an alibi. He has been in the park, where Big Ed encounters Ruth Manning (Jean Peters), a country girl who came to Chicago to be a singer, but is now a children's governess. Big Ed falls in love with the woman—in his opinion, she has class—and is determined to court her. He poses as a widowed father and asks her to take care of his child, with the promise of tripling her salary. When she accepts, he sends Bugs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gun Crazy
''Gun Crazy'' (also known as ''Deadly Is the Female'') is a 1950 American crime film noir starring Peggy Cummins and John Dall in a story about the crime-spree of a gun-toting husband and wife. It was directed by Joseph H. Lewis, and produced by Frank and Maurice King. The screenplay by blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo—credited to Millard Kaufman because of the blacklist—and by MacKinlay Kantor was based upon a short story by Kantor published in 1940 in ''The Saturday Evening Post''. In 1998, ''Gun Crazy'' was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Plot Teenager Barton "Bart" Tare gets caught breaking a hardware store window to steal a gun. He is sent to reform school for four years despite the supportive testimony of his friends Dave and Clyde, his older sister Ruby and others. They claim he would never kill any living creature, even though he has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Border Incident
''Border Incident'' is a 1949 film noir featuring Ricardo Montalbán, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva. Directed by Anthony Mann, the MGM production was written by John C. Higgins and George Zuckerman. The film was shot by cinematographer John Alton, who used shadows and lighting effects to involve an audience despite the fact that the film was shot on a low budget. Premise The story concerns two agents, one Mexican ( PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggling of Mexican migrant workers across the border to California. The two agents go undercover, one as a poor migrant. Cast * Ricardo Montalbán as Pablo Rodriguez * George Murphy as Jack Bearnes * Howard Da Silva as Owen Parkson * James Mitchell as Juan Garcia * Arnold Moss as Zopilote * Alfonso Bedoya as Cuchillo * Teresa Celli as Maria Garcia * Charles McGraw as Jeff Amboy * José Torvay as Pocoloco * John Ridgely as Mr. Neley * Arthur Hunnicutt as Clayton Nordell * Sig Ruman as Hugo Wolfgang Ulrich * Jack L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamity Jane And Sam Bass
''Calamity Jane and Sam Bass'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Yvonne de Carlo, Howard Duff and Dorothy Hart. Plot Sheriff Will Egan doesn't want any gamblers in Denton, Texas and is suspicious when stranger Sam Bass arrives in town. The sheriff's sister Kathy likes the newcomer, though, while Calamity Jane is impressed with Sam's way with horses, even more so when Sam spots a poorly shod favorite in a horse race and bets against him, winning a tidy sum. Sam buys the losing horse with his wager winnings and intends to race him. But when a hired guy poisons the horse, Sam shoots him. Sam tries to turn himself in, but feels he can't get a fair trial and busts out. Sam becomes an outlaw, robbing banks. He believes Kathy has tricked him and turns to Jane. He ends up shot, dying in Jane's arms, yet seemingly in love with Kathy. Cast * Yvonne de Carlo as Calamity Jane * Howard Duff as Sam Bass * Dorothy Hart as Kathy Egan * Willard Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gallant Blade
''The Gallant Blade'' is a 1948 American Cinecolor adventure film directed by Henry Levin and starring Larry Parks as a peasant hero of France in the 17th century after the Thirty Years' War. Cast *Larry Parks as Lt. David Picard *Marguerite Chapman as Nanon de Lartigues *Victor Jory as Marshall Mordore *George Macready as General Cadeau *Edith King as Madame Chauvignac *Michael Duane as Paul Brissac *Onslow Stevens as General de la Garance *Peter Brocco as Sgt. Jacques *Tim Huntley as Mayor Lanier *Ross Ford as Henri Production Columbia announced in 1945 they would make ''The Gallant Blade'' based on a short story by Alexander Dumas. It was to be a follow up to ''The Fighting Guardsman''. It was part of a boom in swashbuckling pictures in 1945. The film was not made immediately. In 1947 Irving Starr was announced as producer and Charles Vidor as director. Then Vidor was replaced by Henry Levin. Larry Parks Samuel Lawrence Klausman Parks (December 13, 1914 – April 13, 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Swordsman (1948 Film)
''The Swordsman'' is a 1948 American swashbuckler film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Larry Parks. Plot In 18th-century in Scotland, the McArden and Glowan clans stand a violent and long hostility. Alexander, an attractive member of the McArdens clan, falls in love with the beautiful Barbara Glowan. Quickly, their relationship awakens anger of Barbara's cousin, Robert Glowan, who tries to destroy the enemy family forever. The boyfriend, anxious to marry his lover, intends that the two clans live in peace. Cast * Larry Parks as Alexander MacArden aka Donald Frazer * Ellen Drew as Barbara Glowan * George Macready as Robert Glowan * Edgar Buchanan as Angus MacArden * Ray Collins as MacIan, a MacArden * Marc Platt as Murdoch Glowan * Michael Duane as Colin Glowan * Holmes Herbert as Lord Glowan * Nedrick Young as Bruce Glowan * Robert Shayne as Ronald MacArden * Billy Bevan as Old Andrew Production The film was based on an original script by Wilfrid Pitit. It was origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unexpected Guest (film)
''Unexpected Guest'' is a 1947 American Western film directed by George Archainbaud and starring William Boyd. The film is a serial Western and part of the Hopalong Cassidy series. It is the 57th entry in a series of 66 films. Plot Cast * William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy * Andy Clyde as California Carson * Rand Brooks as Lucky Jenkins * Una O'Connor as Matilda Hackett * John Parrish as David J. Potter * Patricia Tate as Ruth Baxter * Nedrick Young as Ralph Baxter * Earle Hodgins as Joshua Colter * Joel Friedkin as Phineas Phipps * Robert Williams as Matt Ogden * William Ruhl William Harris Ruhl (October 25, 1901 – March 12, 1956) was an American character actor of the 1930s, 1940s, and early 1950s. Early life Born on October 25, 1901, in Colfax, Washington, Ruhl entered films in the small role of a shopper i ... as Sheriff References External links * * * * 1947 films 1947 Western (genre) films United Artists films American black-and-white films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil's Playground (1946 Film)
''The Devil's Playground'' is a 1946 American Western film directed by George Archainbaud and written by Ted Wilson. The film stars William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Elaine Riley and Robert Elliott. The film was released on November 15, 1946, by United Artists. Plot Hoppy finds a wounded girl and later finds Judge Morton who claims the girl is his daughter and he is looking for her. But Hoppy soon learns the girl is looking for stolen gold she wants to return and the Judge in not her father but only wants the gold. Hoppy and the girl find the gold but the Judge and his men find Hoppy and the boys and trap them in a cabin. Cast * William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy * Andy Clyde as California Carlson * Rand Brooks as Lucky Jenkins * Elaine Riley as Mrs. Evans * Robert Elliott as Judge Morton * Joseph J. Greene as Sheriff Porky * Francis McDonald as Henchman Roberts * Nedrick Young as Curly Evans * Earle Hodgins as Deputy Daniel * George Eldredge George Edwin Eldred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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