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Otto Brower
Otto Brower (December 2, 1890 – January 25, 1946) was an American film director. He directed more than 40 films between 1928 and 1946. He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack. Filmography *'' On the High Seas'' (1922) (actor) *''Avalanche'' (1928) *'' Sunset Pass'' (1929) * '' Stairs of Sand'' (1929) *'' The Light of Western Stars'' (1930) * '' Paramount on Parade'' (1930) co-director with ten other Paramount directors * '' The Border Legion'' (1930) *'' The Santa Fe Trail'' (1930) *''Clearing the Range'' (1931) *''Pleasure'' (1931) *'' Hard Hombre'' (1931) *'' Law of the Sea'' (1931) * '' Fighting Caravans'' (1931) *''The Local Bad Man'' (1932) *'' Spirit of the West'' (1932) *'' Fighting for Justice'' (1932) *''Gold'' (1932) * '' The Devil Horse'' (1932) *''Scarlet River'' (1933) *'' Cross Fire'' (1933) * '' Headline Shooter'' (1933) *'' Straightaway'' (1933) *'' Speed Wings'' (1934) *''I Can't Escape'' (1934) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids is a city and county seat of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,917 which ranks it as the second most-populated city in the state after Detroit. Grand Rapids is the central city of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area, which has a population of 1,087,592 and a combined statistical area population of 1,383,918. Situated along the Grand River approximately east of Lake Michigan, it is the economic and cultural hub of West Michigan, as well as one of the fastest-growing cities in the Midwest. A historic furniture manufacturing center, Grand Rapids is home to five of the world's leading office furniture companies and is nicknamed "Furniture City". Other nicknames include "River City" and more recently, "Beer City" (the latter given by ''USA Today'' and adopted by the city as a brand). The city and surrounding communities are economically diverse, based in the health care, information technology, aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Local Bad Man
''The Local Bad Man'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Otto Brower. Cast * Hoot Gibson as Jim Bonner * Sally Blane as Marion Meade * Hooper Atchley as Joe Murdock * Edward Hearn as Ben Murdock * Edward Peil Sr. as Sheriff Hickory * Milton Brown Milton Brown (September 8, 1903 – April 18, 1936) was an American band leader and vocalist who co-founded the genre of Western swing. His band was the first to fuse hillbilly hokum, jazz, and pop together into a unique, distinctly American hy ... as "Horsetail" Wright External links * * 1932 films 1932 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Otto Brower 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outlaw Deputy
''The Outlaw Deputy'' is a 1935 American Western film, directed by Otto Brower. It stars Tim McCoy, Nora Lane, and Hooper Atchley. References External links''The Outlaw Deputy''at the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... 1935 films American Western (genre) films 1935 Western (genre) films Films directed by Otto Brower American black-and-white films 1930s American films {{1930s-western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Phantom Empire
''The Phantom Empire'' is a 1935 American Western serial film directed by Otto Brower and B. Reeves Eason and starring Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, and Betsy King Ross.Magers 2007, p. 21. This 12-chapter Mascot Pictures serial combined the Western, musical and fantasy genres. The first episode is 30 minutes, the rest about 20 minutes. The serial film is about a singing cowboy who stumbles upon an ancient subterranean civilization living beneath his own ranch that becomes corrupted by unscrupulous greedy speculators from the surface. In 1940, a 70-minute feature film edited from the serial was released under the titles ''Radio Ranch'' or ''Men with Steel Faces''. This was Gene Autry's first starring role, playing himself as a singing cowboy.Magers 2007, p. 22. Plot Gene Autry ( Gene Autry) is a singing cowboy who runs Radio Ranch, a dude ranch from which he makes a daily live radio broadcast at 2:00 pm. Gene has two kid sidekicks, Frankie Baxter (Frankie Darro) and Betsy B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystery Mountain (serial)
''Mystery Mountain'' is a 1934 American Western serial film directed by Otto Brower and B. Reeves Eason and starring Ken Maynard, Verna Hillie, Syd Saylor, Edward Earle, and Hooper Atchley.Magers 2007, p. 19. Distributed by Mascot Pictures, ''Mystery Mountain'' features the second ever film appearance by Gene Autry. Plot Ken Williams (Ken Maynard) is determined to discover the identity of a mysterious killer who preys upon railroads and transportation companies like the ones owned by Jane Corwin (Verna Hillie). Her railroad worker father (Lafe McKee) was the first victim of the murderous fiend known as the Rattler, who is especially difficult to catch because he makes himself appear as other people with a collection of masks, or he effects a strange disguise with eyeglasses, a fake nose, and a crepe-hair mustache. The Rattler — also known as "the Menace of the Mountain" — attempts to control the mountain and its hidden gold from his secret cave filled with strange electro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Can't Escape
''I Can't Escape'' is a 1934 American film directed by Otto Brower. The film is also known as ''The Magic Vault'' (American alternative title). Cast *Onslow Stevens as Steve Nichols, alias Steve Cummings *Lila Lee as Mae Nichols *Russell Gleason as Tom Martin * William Desmond as Parole Officer Donovan *Hooper Atchley as Harley * Otis Harlan as Jim Bonn *Kane Richmond as Bob, college boy at club *Clara Kimball Young as Mrs. Wilson *Eddie Gribbon as Regan - Beat Cop *Nat Carr as Mr. Watson, clothier *Richard Cramer Richard Earl Cramer (July 3, 1889 – August 9, 1960) was an American actor in films from the late 1920s to the early 1950s. Burly, menacing and gravel-voiced, Cramer specialized in villainous roles in many low-budget westerns, but is today ... as Joe, bartender-pimp External links * * 1934 films 1934 crime drama films American black-and-white films American crime drama films Films directed by Otto Brower 1930s American films {{1930s-crime- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speed Wings
''Speed Wings'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code action film directed by Otto Brower and starring Tim McCoy, Evalyn Knapp, and William Bakewell. References External links''Speed Wings'' imdb.com 1934 films American action films 1930s action films Films directed by Otto Brower American black-and-white films Columbia Pictures films 1930s American films {{action-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Straightaway (film)
''Straightaway'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code crime drama film directed by Otto Brower and starring Tim McCoy, Sue Carol Sue Carol (born Evelyn Jean Lederer, October 30, 1906 – February 4, 1982) was an American actress and talent agent. Carol's film career lasted from the late 1920s into the 1930s; when it ended, she became a talent agent. The last of her f ..., and William Bakewell. References External links''Straightaway''at the Internet Movie Database 1933 films American auto racing films Films directed by Otto Brower 1933 crime drama films American crime drama films American black-and-white films Columbia Pictures films 1930s American films {{1930s-crime-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Headline Shooter
''Headline Shooter'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama about the life of a newsreel photographer. Director Otto Brower intertwined the screenplay written by Agnes Christine Johnston, Allen Rivkin, and Arthur Kober, with actual newsreel footage of natural and man-made disasters. The film starred William Gargan, Frances Dee, Ralph Bellamy, and Jack LaRue. Plot Bill Allen (William Gargan) and his friend, Mike (Wallace Ford) are newsreel photographers who have a friendly rivalry, each willing to do whatever it takes to get the better footage of a story. When covering a beauty contest, Bill plans to rig the results by bribing the judges, thus enabling him to get the scoop on his rival cameramen, and already have pictures of the winner. While covering the event, he meets a reporter, Jane Mallory (Frances Dee), who is a straight arrow, in contrast to the loose women that Bill seems to attract. A professional rivalry simmers between the two, and when they both cover an earthquake in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross Fire (film)
''Cross Fire'' is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film starring Tom Keene. It made a profit of $26,000. Cast * Tom Keene as Tom 'Jack' Allen * Betty Furness as Pat 'Mike' Plummer * Edgar Kennedy as Ed Wimpy * Eddie Phillips as Bert King * Stanley Blystone as Kreuger - Henchman * Lafe McKee as Daniel Plummer * Nick Cogley as Doc Milas P. Stiles * Murdock MacQuarrie as Sheriff Jim Wells * Tom Kennedy as French Bouncer References External links''Cross Fire''at TCMDB''Cross Fire''at IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... 1933 films Films directed by Otto Brower American Western (genre) films 1933 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarlet River
''Scarlet River'' is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Otto Brower, written by Harold Shumate, and starring Tom Keene, Dorothy Wilson, Roscoe Ates, Lon Chaney Jr. and Edgar Kennedy. It was released on March 10, 1933, by RKO Pictures. Plot Cast * Tom Keene as Tom Baxter * Dorothy Wilson as Judy Blake *Lon Chaney Jr. as Jeff Todd (billed as Creighton Chaney, his birth name *Roscoe Ates as Ulysses *Edgar Kennedy as Sam Gilroy *Hooper Atchley as 'Clink' McPherson *Betty Furness as Babe Jewel *Jack Raymond as Benny * James Mason as Dummy *Yakima Canutt as Yak Myrna Loy, Joel McCrea, Bruce Cabot and Rochelle Hudson have brief, uncredited cameos in an early scene at the film studio. The director of photography was Nicholas Musuraca, who later worked with Jacques Tourneur on '' Cat People'' and ''Out of the Past ''Out of the Past'' (billed in the United Kingdom as ''Build My Gallows High'') is a 1947 film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil Horse
''The Devil Horse'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code movie serial starring Harry Carey, Frankie Darro and Noah Beery, Sr. that was distributed by Mascot Pictures. This is regarded as the best of the three serials Harry Carey made in the early 1930s, the other two being ''Last of the Mohicans'' and '' The Vanishing Legion''. Frankie Darro had co-starred with Carey previously in ''The Vanishing Legion''. Lane Chandler played the murdered ranger Elliott Norton, uncredited. Plot Hank Canfield (Noah Beery), leader of a gang of horse thieves, attempts to steal a wild racehorse called El Diablo. The crooks bungle the job, but in making their escape, they kill a Ranger named Elliott Norton (Lane Chandler). The ranger's older brother Bob (Harry Carey) sets out to bring his brother's killers to justice, not realizing the apparently respectable Canfield is the guilty party. A young mute orphan referred to as the Wild Boy (Frankie Darro) is the only one in town who knows who the killer is, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
