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Pan-Americana
''Pan-Americana'' is a 1945 American romantic comedy film produced and directed by John H. Auer, from a screenplay by Lawrence Kimble, based on a story by Auer and Frederick Kohner. RKO released the film on March 22, 1945, and the picture stars Phillip Terry, Audrey Long, Robert Benchley, Eve Arden, Ernest Truex, Marc Cramer, and Jane Greer (uncredited) in her feature film debut. The film was an example of the Good Neighbor policy encouraging Americans to travel to South America for holidays and the last of a film genre.p. 64 Melgosa, Adrián Pérez ''Cinema and Inter-American Relations: Tracking Transnational Affect'' Routledge, 2012 Premise American journalist Jo Anne Benson travels with photographer Dan Jordan to a trip to Mexico, Cuba and Brazil for a magazine story encountering a variety of South American entertainers. Cast *Phillip Terry ... Dan Jordan * Audrey Long ... Jo Anne Benson *Robert Benchley ... Charlie Corker *Eve Arden ... Helen 'Hoppy' Hopkins *Ernest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillip Terry
Phillip Terry (born Frederick Henry Kormann, March 7, 1909 – February 23, 1993) was an American actor. Early years Terry was born in San Francisco, California, the only child of German Americans, Frederick Andrew Kormann and Ida Ruth Voll. His father was a chemical engineer in the oil fields who moved often. To ensure he received a stable education, his parents sent him to live with relatives in New Jersey and attend school while they travelled. He attended grade school in Glendale, California. (A 1945 newspaper item reported that Terry "had elementary education in various schools in the oil country around Texas and Oklahoma.") He attended Iona High School in New York and Sacred Heart College in San Francisco. During the holidays, he would return to his parents in such places as Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Burkburnett, Texas. When he completed high school, he rejoined them for good. He worked for a time in the oil fields as a roustabout, then a tool pusher and rig builder. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lita Baron
Lita Baron (born Isabel Castro; August 11, 1923 – December 16, 2015) was a Spanish-born American actress and singer who appeared in movies and television shows for over 30 years. Early life Baron was born Isabel Castro in Almería, Spain, on August 11, 1923, and emigrated to United States with her family in 1928. Her parents were Pedro and Francesca Castro. After moving, the family lived in River Rouge, Michigan, where she attended River Rouge High School. Career Baron started her career in show business as a singer and dancer with Xavier Cugat's orchestra. Billed as Isabelita, she also had her own act in nightclubs in Hollywood. Starting in 1944, she appeared in several Hollywood films and television series. Her last screen role came in the 1979 film ''Bitter Heritage'', in which her then ex-husband Rory Calhoun starred. She later worked in radio and real estate. Personal life In 1948, Baron married Hollywood actor Rory Calhoun. The couple had three daughters: Cin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eve Arden
Eve Arden (born Eunice Mary Quedens, April 30, 1908 – November 12, 1990) was an American film, radio, stage and television actress. She performed in leading and supporting roles for nearly six decades. Beginning her film career in 1929 and on Broadway in the early 1930s, Arden's first major role was in the RKO Radio Pictures drama '' Stage Door'' (1937) opposite Katharine Hepburn, followed by roles in the comedies '' Having Wonderful Time'' (1938) and the Marx Brothers' '' At the Circus'' (1939). She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in '' Mildred Pierce'' (1945). Somewhat surprisingly for an actress of Arden's refinement and wit, she appeared to good effect in a number of films noir, some exceptionally high-profile, including ''Mildred Pierce'', '' The Unfaithful'' (1947), '' The Arnelo Affair'' (1947), '' Whiplash'' (1948), and '' Anatomy of a Murder'' (1959). Later in her career, Arden moved to television, playing a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Marker
Harry Marker (October 7, 1899 – October 18, 1990) was an American Oscar-nominated film editor, who also worked in the television medium. Over the course of his 45-year career, he worked on more than 100 films and television shows. In 1946 he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Film Editing for ''The Bells of St. Mary's''. Life and career Born William Harry Marker Jr. on October 7, 1899 in Tipton, Indiana, he entered the film industry at the age of 17, as an editor on the 1918 silent film, '' Selfish Yates''. During the silent film era, he would edit 15 films, including such notable movies as: ''The Jailbird'' (1920), directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Douglas MacLean; the 1920 comedy ''Silk Hosiery'', directed by Fred Niblo and starring Enid Bennett; '' The Rookie's Return'' (1920), a comedy directed by Jack Nelson and starring Douglas MacLean; the 1928 Western, '' The Border Patrol'', starring Harry Carey and directed by James P. Hogan; and '' Burning Bridges'' (1928) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Redman
Frank Redman (August 1901 – March 1966) was an American cinematographer (director of photography) from the end of the silent era through the 1960s. During his almost 40-year career, he shot over 60 feature films, as well as several film shorts and serials. In the 1950s, he transitioned to the smaller screen, where he was most well known for his work on the iconic television show, '' Perry Mason'' from the end of the 1950s through 1965. Career Early career Redman began his career in film as the cinematographer for the 1927 Pathé Exchange serial, '' Hawk of the Hills'', starring Allene Ray and Walter Miller, and directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet. In 1929, Redman shot another serial western, ''A Final Reckoning'', directed by Ray Taylor, this time at Universal Pictures. 1929 also saw Redman's first feature length credit, when the ten episode serial, ''Hawk of the Hills'', was re-edited and re-issued. During his early years, he was sometimes assisted by another pioneering ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Greer
Jane Greer (born Bettejane Greer; September 9, 1924 – August 24, 2001) was an American film and television actress best known for her role as ''femme fatale'' Kathie Moffat in the 1947 film noir '' Out of the Past''. In 2009, ''The Guardian'' named her one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. Early life Greer was born in Washington, DC, the daughter of Charles Durell McClellan Greer, Jr., and his wife, Bettie. In 1940, at age 15, Greer suffered from a facial palsy, which paralyzed the left side of her face. She recovered, but the condition may have contributed to her "patented look" and "a calm, quizzical gaze and an enigmatic expression that would later lead RKO to promote her as 'The Woman with the Mona Lisa smile'." She claimed that the facial exercises used to overcome the paralysis taught her the importance of facial expression in conveying human emotion. On December 4, 1945, Greer had her name legally changed to Jane Greer by a court i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Truex
Ernest Truex (September 19, 1889 – June 26, 1973) was an American actor of stage, film, and television. Career Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Truex learned acting at an early age after his father, a doctor, treated actor Edwin Melvin, who paid his bill by giving the son elocution lessons. He started acting at age five and toured through Missouri at age nine as "The Child Wonder in Scenes from Shakespeare". His Broadway debut came in ''Wildfire'' (1908), and he performed in several David Belasco plays and portrayed the title role in the 1915 musical '' Very Good Eddie''. Truex played the lead role in the disastrous 1923 premiere of F. Scott Fitzgerald's ''The Vegetable''. In 1927, he created the role of Bill Paradene in ''Good Morning, Bill'', which was based on an original play by Ladislas Fodor and adapted by P.G. Wodehouse. In 1926, he performed for the first time in London's West End. He played a leading role in '' The Fall Guy'' at the Apollo Theatre. He continued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Corday
Rita Corday (born Jeanne Paule Teipo-Ite-Marma Croset; October 20, 1920 – November 23, 1992) was an American actress. She appeared in 30 films during the 1940s and 1950s. She was sometimes billed as Paula Corday or Paule Croset. Biography Rita Corday was born Jeanne Paule Teipo-Ite-Marma Croset in Tahiti, where her Swiss parents were diplomats. She received theatrical training in Switzerland, Paris and Shanghai. In 1942, RKO Pictures signed Corday to a long-term contract. She made her first film appearance in January 1943, in '' Hitler's Children''. During her career in Hollywood, she appeared mostly in second feature A B movie or B film is a low-budget commercial motion picture. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified films intended for distribution as the less-publicized bottom half of a double featur ...s. In her later films she was billed as Paula Corday or Paule Croset. Personal life In 1943, Corday anno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Rivero
Julian Rivero (July 25, 1890 – February 24, 1976) was an American actor whose career spanned seven decades. He made his film debut in the 1923 silent melodrama, '' The Bright Shawl'', which starred Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Gish, William Powell, Mary Astor, and Edward G. Robinson. Over the next 50 years, Rivero would appear in well over 200 films and television shows. He only made a handful of appearances in silent films. With the advent of sound films, he would appear in both English language films, as well as the Spanish language versions of English films, such as ''Así es la vida'', which was Spanish version of the 1930 film, '' What a Man''. Life and career Born on July 25, 1890, in San Francisco, California, Rivero did not enter the film industry until he was in his 30s. Before making his start in films, Rivero studied to become a Shakespearean actor with the famous stage actor Robert B. Mantell. His first appearance was in a small role in the 1923 film, ''The Brigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audrey Long
Audrey Gwendoline Long (April 14, 1922 – September 19, 2014) was an American stage and screen actress of English descent, who performed mainly in low-budget films in the 1940s and early 1950s. Some of her more notable film performances are in '' Tall in the Saddle'' (1944) opposite John Wayne, '' Wanderer of the Wasteland'' (1945), ''Born to Kill'' (1947), and '' Desperate'' (1947). Early life and education Audrey Gwendoline Long was born on April 14, 1922, in Orlando, Florida, the first-born child of English parents. Her father, Christopher Stanley Long, was an Episcopal minister, a naturalized American citizen who served as a chaplain with the United States Navy; her mother Ellen Gwendoline Erskine. She spent some time in Hawaii where her younger brother John Stanley Long was born. She was educated at St. Margaret's School in Tappahannock, Virginia, Los Gatos High School in Los Gatos, California, and Disputanta High School, Virginia. She worked as a model before becoming an ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Kimble
Lawrence Edwin Kimble (September 21, 1904 – September 3, 1977) was an American screenwriter. Early life and career On September 21, 1904, Kimble was born in Bakersfield, California, one of five children born to Sarah Elizabeth Stanley and Arthur William Kimble. Beginning in 1924, Kimble worked for several years as a reporter with ''The Bakersfield Californian'' before making his screenwriting debut in 1936 with '' All American Chump''. He was a charter member of the Screen Writers Guild. Personal life On June 1, 1935, Kimble married Marjorie Hedrick. Death On September 3, 1977, Kimble died of a heart attack at Valley Presbyterian Hospital. He was survived by a son and a granddaughter. ''The Hollywood Reporter''. September 8, 1977. p. 13. Retrieved March 23, 2022. Selected film ...
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Harold Liebman
Harold may refer to: People * Harold (given name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Harold (surname), surname in the English language * András Arató, known in meme culture as "Hide the Pain Harold" Arts and entertainment * ''Harold'' (film), a 2008 comedy film * ''Harold'', an 1876 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson * ''Harold, the Last of the Saxons'', an 1848 book by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton * ''Harold or the Norman Conquest'', an opera by Frederic Cowen * ''Harold'', an 1885 opera by Eduard Nápravník * Harold, a character from the cartoon ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' *Harold & Kumar, a US movie; Harold/Harry is the main actor in the show. Places ;In the United States * Alpine, Los Angeles County, California, an erstwhile settlement that was also known as Harold * Harold, Florida, an unincorporated community * Harold, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Harold, Missouri, an unincorporated community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
