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Ralph Murphy
Ralph Murphy (May 1, 1895 – February 10, 1967) was an American film and television director. Born in Rockville, Connecticut, Murphy was active in films from 1931 through 1962, with some work in television. From 1941 to 1944 he was married to Gloria Dickson, whom he directed in ''I Want a Divorce''. His films include: * ''The Big Shot (1931 film), The Big Shot'' (1931) * ''Girl Without a Room'' (1933) * ''Golden Harvest (film), Golden Harvest'' (1933) * ''Song of the Eagle (1933) * ''She Made Her Bed'' (1934) * ''The Notorious Sophie Lang'' (1934) * ''Men Without Names'' (1935) * ''The Man I Marry'' (1936) * ''Top of the Town (film), Top of the Town'' (1937) * ''Our Neighbors - The Carters'' (1939) * ''I Want a Divorce'' (1940) * ''Pacific Blackout'' (1941) * ''Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942 film), Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch'' (1942) * ''Night Plane from Chungking'' (1943) * ''The Town Went Wild'' (1944) * ''The Man in Half Moon Street'' (1945) * ''How Doooo You Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockville, Connecticut
Rockville is a census-designated place and a village of the town of Vernon in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 7,474 at the 2010 census. Incorporated as a city in 1889, it has been consolidated with the town of Vernon since 1965. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (1.70%) is water. History Early settlement In 1726, Samuel Grant traded his farm in Bolton for in the northern part of Bolton. This included the area which is now known as "Rockville" and for about the next century it was a nameless village. A prominent feature of the area is the Shenipsit Lake, or "The Snip" as it is currently affectionately called by the residents. The Snip feeds the Hockanum River which cascades 254 feet over . The river was used by the farmers for a grist mill, a saw mill, an oil mill and even a distillery starting . Rock Mill In 1821, Colonel Francis McLean built the first textile mill in w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Plane From Chungking
''Night Plane from Chungking'' (also known as ''China Pass'' and ''Sky Over China'') is a 1943 American war film released by Paramount Pictures, directed by Ralph Murphy, and produced by Michael Kraike and Walter MacEwen from a screenplay by Lester Cole, Earl Fenton and Theodore Reeves, adapted by Sidney Biddell from the 1931 story by Harry Hervey. The film stars Robert Preston and Ellen Drew, with Otto Kruger and Stephen Geray. ''Night Plane from Chungking'' was a remake of Paramount's earlier film '' Shanghai Express'' (1932). The film was remade as ''Peking Express'' (1951). Plot In 1942, during the Japanese invasion of China, due to the carelessness of one of the passengers, Albert Pasavy (Otto Kruger), draws attention from Japanese bombers overhead, to a bus travelling to India along a muddy road. The Japanese bomb the road, hitting a munitions truck carrying Chinese troops. The Chinese officer in charge, demands his wounded be put on the bus and brought to a secret air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and commercial relations (not diplomatic ones). ** Charlie Chaplin launches his last film, ''A Countess from Hong Kong'', in the UK. * January 6 – Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch '' Operation Deckhouse Five'' in the Mekong Delta. * January 8 – Vietnam War: Operation Cedar Falls starts. * January 13 – A military coup occurs in Togo under the leadership of Étienne Eyadema. * January 14 – The Human Be-In takes place in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco; the event sets the stage for the Summer of Love. * January 15 ** Louis Leakey announces the discovery of pre-human fossils in Kenya; he names the species '' Kenyapithecus africanus''. ** American football: The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10 in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1895 Births
Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty is founded in England by Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley. * January 13 – First Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Coatit – Italian forces defeat the Ethiopians. * January 17 – Félix Faure is elected President of the French Republic, after the resignation of Jean Casimir-Perier. * February 9 – Mintonette, later known as volleyball, is created by William G. Morgan at Holyoke, Massachusetts. * February 11 – The lowest ever UK temperature of is recorded at Braemar, in Aberdeenshire. This record is equalled in 1982, and again in 1995. * February 14 – Oscar Wilde's last play, the comedy ''The Importance of Being Earnest'', is first shown at St Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Pirate
''Captain Pirate'' is a 1952 American adventure film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Louis Hayward. The swashbuckler was based on the 1931 Rafael Sabatini novel '' Captain Blood Returns''. This was the final film directed by Murphy. Plot Captain Blood is pardoned by the Crown for his crimes against Spain on the Spanish Main. By 1690 he is living in the West Indies on his plantation where he practices medicine and is to be married to Isabella. His new life is put in danger when he is arrested on a piracy charge after somebody raids the island making him look guilty. To prove otherwise he has to sail again. Cast * Louis Hayward as Captain Peter Blood * Patricia Medina as Dona Isabella * John Sutton as Hilary Evans * Charles Irwin as Angus McVickers * Ted de Corsia as Captain Easterling * Rex Evans as Governor Henry Carlyle * Malú Gatica as Amanda * George Givot as Tomas Velasquez * Robert McNeeley as Manuelito * Nina Koshetz as Madame Duval * Lester Matthews as Col. Ramsey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady In The Iron Mask
''Lady in the Iron Mask'' is a 1952 American adventure film at directed by , produced by and starring as and |
Dick Turpin's Ride
''Dick Turpin's Ride'' (reissued as ''The Lady and the Bandit'') is a 1951 American adventure film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Louis Hayward. It follows the career of the eighteenth century highwaymen Dick Turpin. It is based on the poem ''Dick Turpin's Ride'' by Alfred Noyes. Plot Highwayman Dick Turpin rides 200 miles to save his wife from the gallows in 18th-century England. Cast * Louis Hayward as Dick Turpin * Patricia Medina as Joyce Greene * Suzanne Dalbert as Cecile * Tom Tully as Tom King * John Williams (actor), John Williams as Archbald Puffin * Malú Gatica as Baroness Margaret * Alan Mowbray as Lord Charles Willoughby * Lumsden Hare as Sir Robert Walpole * Barbara Brown as Lady Greene * Malcolm Keen as Sir Thomas de Veil * Stapleton Kent as John Ratchett * Sheldon Jett as Ramsey Jostin References External links * 1951 films American historical adventure films 1950s historical adventure films 1950s English-language films Films scored by George Duning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Stallion In The Rockies
''Red Stallion in the Rockies'' is a 1949 American Cinecolor Western film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Arthur Franz Plot Stranded circus men save a mare-happy trick horse hunted by Colorado ranchers. Cast * Arthur Franz as Thad Avery * Jean Heather as Cynthia "Cindy" Smith * Jim Davis as Dave Ryder * Ray Collins as Matthew "Matt" Simpson * Wallace Ford as "Talky" Carson * Leatrice Joy Leatrice Joy (born Leatrice Johanna Zeidler; November 7, 1893 – May 13, 1985) was an American actress most prolific during the silent film era. Early life Joy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to dentist Edward Joseph Zeidler, who was o ... as Martha Simpson * James Kirkwood as Judge Hardy * Dynamite as The Red Stallion External links * p 1949 films 1949 Western (genre) films Films directed by Ralph Murphy Eagle-Lion Films films Cinecolor films Films about horses American Western (genre) films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{1940s- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickey (1948 Film)
''Mickey'' is a 1948 American coming-of-age comedy drama film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Lois Butler, Bill Goodwin, Skip Homeier and Academy Award-winning actress Hattie McDaniel. The film was based on the novel ''Clementine'' by Peggy Goodin and was filmed in Cinecolor. The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vis ... Edward L. Ilou. Plot The plotline involves a young tomboy named Mickey (Butler) with a beautiful singing voice, who is torn between singing and playing on her baseball team. Meanwhile, Mickey is trying to make her widowed father fall in love with her neighbor's aunt, Louise (Hervey), a woman who is helping Mickey try to be more ladylike so she can become her best friend's love interest. Cast Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How Doooo You Do!!!
''How Doooo You Do!!!'' is a 1945 American comedy film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by Harry Sauber and Joseph Carole. The film stars Bert Gordon, Harry von Zell, Cheryl Walker, Ella Mae Morse, Frank Albertson and Claire Windsor. The film was released on December 24, 1945, by Producers Releasing Corporation. Murder occurs when several of the most popular radio personalities of the '40s converge on a desert resort. Cast * Bert Gordon as Himself *Harry von Zell as Himself *Cheryl Walker as Herself *Ella Mae Morse as Herself *Frank Albertson as Tom Brandon *Claire Windsor as Herself * Charles Middleton as Sheriff Hayworth *Matt McHugh as Deputy McNiel *Francis Pierlot as Proprietor *Sidney Marion as Dr. Kolmar *Keye Luke as Himself *Thomas E. Jackson as Himself * James Burke as Himself *Fred Kelsey as Himself *Leslie Denison as Himself *Eddie Kane Eddie Kane (August 12, 1889 – April 30, 1969) was an American actor who appeared in over 250 productions from 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man In Half Moon Street
''The Man in Half Moon Street'' is a 1945 science fiction romantic melodrama dealing with a man who retains his youth and cannot die, living throughout the ages. The plot is similar to Oscar Wilde's '' Picture of Dorian Gray'', except that there are more logical explanations for the eternal youth of the main character. The film is based on a 1939 West End play of the same title by Barré Lyndon, and stars Nils Asther and Helen Walker with direction by Ralph Murphy. Plot A scientist, Dr. Karell (Asther), has discovered a treatment that can indefinitely prolong his life, using glands stolen from human victims. Having kept his achievement secret for over a century of continuous youth, Karell now has to contend with the curiosity of his new girlfriend Eve (Walker), the increasing guilt of his colleague Dr. Van Bruecken (Schünzel), and a police investigation of his most recent murder. Above all, he needs a renewal of his treatment, or else the mortality he has been evading will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Town Went Wild
''The Town Went Wild'' is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Freddie Bartholomew and Edward Everett Horton Plot Like Romeo and Juliet, next door neighbours David Conway and Carol Harrison are deeply in love with each other though their fathers have been feuding for a lifetime. With David due to go to the Alaskan Territory for engineering work for the United States Government, the pair decide to elope. David gets his best friend, Carol's brother Bob to witness their wedding at a Justice of the Peace in a neighbouring town using Millie, who has an infatuation with Bob to drive them to the town in her car and act as another witness. Arriving at the Justice of the Peace, their wedding has to be delayed as state law requires the couple to post banns of marriage in the local newspaper for three days prior to the wedding. Returning to their own town, David prepares the banns to be published as soon as possible and goes to the local town hall to obta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
