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Oscar Boetticher
Oscar "Budd" Boetticher Jr. ( ; July 29, 1916 – November 29, 2001) was an American film director. He is best remembered for a series of low-budget Westerns he made in the late 1950s starring Randolph Scott. Early life Boetticher was born in Chicago. His mother died in childbirth and his father was killed in an accident shortly afterwards. He was adopted by a wealthy couple Oscar Boetticher Sr. (1867–1953) and Georgia Naas Boetticher (1888–1955) and was raised in Evansville, Indiana, along with his younger brother Henry Edward Boetticher (1924–2004). He attended Culver Military Academy where he became friends with Hal Roach Jr. He was a star athlete at Ohio State University, until an injury ended his sports career. In 1939 he traveled to Mexico, where he learned bullfighting under Don Lorenzo Garza, Fermin Espinoza and Carlos Arruza. Career Early films Boetticher worked as a crew member on ''Of Mice and Men'' (1939) and ''A Chump at Oxford'' (1940). A chance encounte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago
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Hal Roach Studios
Hal Roach Studios was an American motion picture and television production studio. Known as ''The Laugh Factory to the World'', it was founded by producer Hal Roach and business partners Dan Linthicum and I.H. Nance as the Rolin Film Company on July 23, 1914. The studio lot, at 8822 Washington Boulevard in Culver City, California, United States, was built in 1920, at which time Rolin was renamed to ''Hal E. Roach Studios''. History Roach saw significant success in the 1920s with series of short comedy films featuring stars such as Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, and the ''Our Gang'' kids. The studio produced both short films and features for distribution through Pathé Exchange until 1927, when it signed a new distribution deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. By the early 1930s, the studio had entered a golden age, with a line-up of many of film's most popular comedians, including Laurel and Hardy, Charley Chase, ''Our Gang'', Thelma Todd, and Zasu Pitts. As movie theaters began to favor d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape In The Fog
''Escape in the Fog'' is a 1945 American film noir crime film directed by Budd Boetticher (as Oscar Boetticher Jr.) and starring Otto Kruger, Nina Foch and William Wright (actor), William Wright. Boetticher called it a "nothing" picture, though he enjoyed working with Nina Foch and Otto Kruger.Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Iss. 3, (Spring 2002): 52-0_3. Plot During World War II, a San Francisco nurse dreams of a murder and then meets the "victim" in real life. What she saw in the dream helps her in an effort to thwart enemy spies. Cast * Otto Kruger as Paul Devon * Nina Foch as Eileen Carr * William Wright (actor), William Wright as Barry Malcolm * Konstantin Shayne as Schiller * Ivan Triesault as Hausmer, Schiller's henchman * Ernie Adams (actor), Ernie Adams as George Smith * Heinie Conklin as Witness (uncredited) * Frank Mayo (actor), Frank Mayo as Bartender (uncredited) Reception Film critic Jeremy Arnold ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Guy, A Gal And A Pal
''A Guy, a Gal and a Pal'' is a 1945 American comedy-drama romance film directed by Budd Boetticher (as Oscar Boetticher Jr.) and starring Ross Hunter and Lynn Merrick.Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Iss. 3, (Spring 2002): 52-0_3. Plot A young woman devises a clever scheme to secure a train reservation by pretending to be married to a stranger. Cast * Ross Hunter as Jimmy Jones * Lynn Merrick as Helen Carter * Ted Donaldson as Butch * George Meeker as Granville Breckenridge * Jack Norton as Norton * Will Stanton as Barclay See also * List of American films of 1945 References External links *''A Guy a Gal and a Pal''at TCMDB Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in 1994, Turner Classic Movies is headquartered at Turner's Techwood broadcasting campus in the Midtown business district of Atl ... 1945 films American comedy-drama f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth On Trial
''Youth on Trial'' is a 1945 American crime drama film noir mystery film directed by Budd Boetticher (as Oscar Boetticher Jr.) and starring Cora Sue Collins, David Reed, Eric Sinclair, Georgia Bayes and Robert B. Williams.Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Iss. 3, (Spring 2002): 52-0_3. Plot A female juvenile court judge learns that her own daughter is one of the town delinquents in this minor low-budget potboiler. Cast * Cora Sue Collins as Cam Chandler * David Reed as Tom Lowry * Eric Sinclair as Denny Moore * Georgia Bayes as Meg Chandler * Robert B. Williams as Officer Ken Moore (as Robert Williams) * Mary Currier as Judge Julia Chandler * John Calvert as Jud Lowry See also * List of American films of 1945 References External links *''Youth on Trial''at TCMDB Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in 1994, Turner Classic Mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Missing Juror
''The Missing Juror'' is a 1944 American film noir mystery film directed by Budd Boetticher (as Oscar Boetticher Jr.) and starring Jim Bannon, Janis Carter, George Macready and Jean Stevens.Missing Juror, The Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 12, Iss. 133, (Jan 1, 1945): 36.Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Iss. 3, (Spring 2002): 52-0_3. Plot A reporter tries to stop whoever is murdering the jurors on a notorious murder case. Cast * Jim Bannon as Joe Keats * Janis Carter as Alice Hill * George Macready as Harry Wharton/ Jerome K. Bentley * Jean Stevens as Tex Tuttle * Joseph Crehan as Willard Apple aka Falstaff See also * List of American films of 1944 Below is a list of American films released in 1944. ''Going My Way'' won Best Picture at the 17th Academy Awards. The remaining four nominees were '' Double Indemnity'', ''Gaslight'', ''Since You Went Away'' and '' Wilson''. A B C D E-F ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Mysterious Night
''One Mysterious Night'' is a 1944 crime film, the seventh in a Columbia Pictures series of fourteen starring Chester Morris as reformed crook Boston Blackie. It was preceded by '' The Chance of a Lifetime'' and followed by ''Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion''. Blackie is called upon to recover a stolen diamond. The film is noteworthy as the directorial debut of Budd Boetticher, though he is credited under his real name, Oscar Boetticher, Jr. He had been working at Columbia as an assistant director on such films as '' The Desperadoes'' and ''Cover Girl''. He had been called in to help complete films but called this his "first real picture".Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Iss. 3, (Spring 2002): 52-0_3. He helmed four more B-pictures before leaving the studio in 1945. Plot The Blue Star of the Nile is stolen from an exhibition guarded by the police under Inspector Farraday. Under intense pressure from the police c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Blackie
Boston Blackie is a fictional character created by author Jack Boyle (1881–1928). Blackie, a jewel thief and safecracker in Boyle's stories, became a detective in adaptations for films, radio and television—an "enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend." Actor Chester Morris played the character in 14 Columbia Pictures films (1941–1949) and in a 1944 NBC radio series. Literature Writer Jack Boyle grew up in Chicago, Illinois. While working as a newspaper reporter in San Francisco, he became an opium addict, was drawn into crime, and was jailed for writing bad checks. Later convicted of robbery, Boyle was serving a term in San Quentin when he created the character of Boston Blackie. The first four stories appeared in ''The American Magazine'' in 1914, with Boyle writing under the pen name "No. 6066". From 1917 to 1919, Boston Blackie stories appeared in '' The Red Book'' magazine, and from 1918 they were adapted for motion pictures. When Bost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cover Girl (film)
''Cover Girl'' is a 1944 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly. The film tells the story of a chorus girl given a chance at stardom when she is offered an opportunity to be a highly paid cover girl. It was one of the most popular musicals of the war years. Primarily a showcase for Hayworth, the film has lavish modern and 1890s costumes, eight dance routines for Hayworth, and songs by Jerome Kern and Ira Gershwin, including "Long Ago (and Far Away)". Plot Rusty is a very lovely and beautiful chorus girl at a Brooklyn nightclub run by her boyfriend Danny McGuire. Fellow showgirl Maurine Martin enters a contest to be on the cover of ''Vanity'' magazine, so Rusty tries out as well. When Maurine is given a lukewarm evaluation by Cornelia Jackson, she sabotages Rusty's chances, giving her terrible advice on how to act toward Cornelia. Cornelia's boss, magazine editor John Coudair, decides to check out Maurine at Danny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
U-Boat Prisoner
''U-Boat Prisoner'', also known as ''Dangerous Mists'', is a 1944 American film. Direction was credited to Lew Landers. The script was written by Aubrey Wisberg. Cast *Bruce Bennett as Archie Gibbs *Erik Rolf as Capt. Ganz *John Abbott as Alfonse Lamont *John Wengraf as Gunther Rudehoff Production Budd Boetticher said that the film was "an eight day picture". He claims that he was called in to help finish it, as he had with Landers' '' Submarine Raider''.Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Iss. 3, (Spring 2002): 52-0_3. Boetticher called Landers "a no-talent guy. They called him the "D" director there at Columbia; he just wasn't any good. Whenever they had a picture they didn't really care about, they'd give it to Landers." References External links *''U Boat Prisoner''at TCMDB Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in 1994, Turner C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destroyer (1943 Film)
''Destroyer'' is a 1943 American war film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Edward G. Robinson. Plot Steve "Boley" Boleslavski is working a shipyard on the Pacific coast building a new destroyer to serve in the Second World War: the John Paul Jones. He served as bosun on the ship of the same name in the First World War. Finding that one of his former crew is to command the ship he determines to serve on the ship despite having retired from the Navy. He is at first rejected but uses his connections to obtain a post as Bosun, replacing Mickey Donohue who is justifiably unhappy with the change, having to serve as Chief Bosun's Mate instead. However, Boley alienates the crew, before the ship encounters a Japanese submarine off Alaska. Boley is made Chief Bosun's Mate demoting the originally appointed Chief, Mickey, to his assistant. However after a number of arguments and technical problems affecting the ship, Boley punches Mickey and is demoted to Bosun's Mate with Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Desperadoes
''The Desperadoes'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor, Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes and Edgar Buchanan. Based on a story by Max Brand, the film is about a wanted outlaw who arrives in town to rob a bank that has already been held up. His past and his friendship with the sheriff land them both in trouble. ''The Desperadoes'' was the first Columbia Pictures production to be released in Technicolor. Plot In 1863, Sheriff Steve Upton tries to keep the law in Red Valley, a small town in Utah. While he's away, the bank is robbed. The holdup was secretly masterminded by corrupt banker Stanley Clanton and the livery stable's boss, "Uncle Willie" McLeod, with the help of ruthless gunman Jack Lester, who shoots three innocent men. Cheyenne Rogers rides to town. At the stable, Allison McLeod, daughter of Uncle Willie, recognizes the horse as one belonging to Steve. As the stranger goes to the saloon for a drink, Allison rid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
