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Rian James
Rian James ''(né'' Julian Herbert Rothschild; October 3, 1899 – April 26, 1953) was an American screenwriter and author. He wrote for more than 30 films between 1932 and 1947. Career A " Jack of all trades", James was a columnist covering arts and entertainment for the '' Brooklyn Eagle'' from about 1928 to 1935. He later was a foreign correspondent, parachute jumper, stunt man, airmail pilot, Air Force lieutenant, vaudeville actor, and finally, writer, director and producer. Selected works * ''Dining in New York'' (2nd ed.), John Day Company (1931); * ''Love is a Racket'', Alfred H. King (1931); * ''42nd Street'' (screenplay); * ''Helldorado'' * ''Not Made In Heaven'', Julian Messner (1936) * ''Broadway Limited'' (1941) Selected filmography ; As story writer * ''Love Is a Racket'' (1932) * '' Parachute Jumper'' (1933) * ''Down Argentine Way'' (1940) * '' Eve Knew Her Apples'' (1945) ; As screenwriter * '' 42nd Street'' (1933) * '' Mary Stevens, M.D.'' (1933) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan, New York
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state of New York. Located near the southern tip of New York State, Manhattan is based in the Eastern Time Zone and constitutes both the geographical and demographic center of the Northeast megalopolis and the urban core of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. Over 58 million people live within 250 miles of Manhattan, which serves as New York City’s economic and administrative center, cultural identifier, and the city’s historical birthplace. Manhattan has been described as the cultural, financial, media, and entertainment capital of the world, is considered a safe haven for global real estate investors, and hosts the United Nations headquarters. New York City is the headquarters of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internes Can't Take Money
''Internes Can't Take Money'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by Alfred Santell and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Lloyd Nolan and Stanley Ridges. McCrea portrays Dr. Kildare in the character's first screen appearance. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer continued the Dr. Kildare series with ''Young Dr. Kildare'' (1938) starring Lew Ayres as Kildare and Laraine Day as a nurse in love with Kildare. The film was released in the United Kingdom as ''You Can't Take Money''. Plot Dr. Kildare helps young female ex-convict Janet Haley locate her child. Cast * Barbara Stanwyck as Janet Haley * Joel McCrea as Dr. Kildare * Lloyd Nolan as Hanlon * Stanley Ridges as Dan Innes * Lee Bowman as Jim Weeks * Barry Macollum as Stooly Martin * Irving Bacon as Jeff McGuire * Steve Pendleton as Dr. Jones (billed as Gaylord Pendleton) * Pierre Watkin as Dr. Henry J. Fearson * Charles Lane as Grote * Ellen Drew as Nurse (uncredited) Reception In a contemporary review for ''The New York Times ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fitzroy Dearborn
Fitzroy Dearborn was an American publisher of academic library reference titles with offices in London and Chicago. It was acquired by Taylor & Francis as an imprint of Routledge Reference in 2002, before Taylor & Francis merged with Informa. At the time of its sale, the company had a backlist of 350 titles. History Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers was founded in 1994 by Daniel Kirkpatrick and George Walsh. The company was a publisher of academic library reference titles with offices in London and Chicago. It was acquired by the UK-based Taylor & Francis Group as an imprint of Routledge Reference in 2002. Taylor & Francis itself subsequently merged with Informa. At the time of its sale, the company had a backlist of 350 titles, many of them award-winning. Name The name of the company was derived from the districts of London and Chicago in which its offices were located, Fitzrovia and Dearborn respectively. Titles Fitzroy Dearborn's titles included: *''Dictionary of Artists' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FamilySearch
FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization and website offering genealogical records, education, and software. It is operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and is closely connected with the church's Family History Department. The Family History Department was originally established in 1894 as the Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU) and is the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch maintains a collection of records, resources, and services designed to help people learn more about their family history. Facilitating the performance of LDS ordinances for deceased relatives is another major aim of the organization. Although it requires user account registration, it offers free access to its resources and service online at FamilySearch.org. In addition, FamilySearch offers personal assistance at more than 5,100 family history centers in 140 countries, including the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Family Tree secti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eagle Pass, Texas
Eagle Pass is a city in and the county seat of Maverick County in the U.S. state of Texas. Its population was 28,130 as of the 2020 census. Eagle Pass borders the city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, which is to the southwest and across the Rio Grande. The Eagle Pass-Piedras Negras metropolitan area (EP-PN) is one of six binational metropolitan areas along the United States-Mexican border. As of January 2008, according to the US census, the EPPN's population was 48,401 people, and the Piedras Negras metropolitan area's population was 169,771. History Eagle Pass was the first American settlement on the Rio Grande. Originally known as Camp Eagle Pass, it served as a temporary outpost for the Texas militia, which had been ordered to stop illegal trade with Mexico during the Mexican–American War.Texas Transportation Commission, ''Texas State Travel Guide, 2008'', p. 232 Eagle Pass is so named because the contour of the hills through which the Rio Grande flows bore a fancied r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dragon Murder Case (film)
''The Dragon Murder Case'' is a 1934 mystery film adaptation of the novel of the same name by S. S. Van Dine, starring Warren William as private detective Philo Vance. Plot The film features a large dragon illustration behind the opening and closing credits. Monty Montague disappears after diving into a natural pool of water on an estate. Several people dive in, but there is no trace of him. Philo Vance and the District Attorney come to investigate and decide to drain the pool. They are told that there are potholes near the pool, and Montague's body is found at the bottom of a very deep pothole. His body has claw marks on it, consistent with the superstition that a dragon inhabits the pool. Cast *Warren William as Philo Vance *Margaret Lindsay as Bernice *Lyle Talbot as Leland *Eugene Pallette as Sgt. Heath *Helen Lowell as Mrs. Stamm *Robert McWade as Markham *Robert Barrat as Stamm *Dorothy Tree as Ruby *George E. Stone as Tatum *Etienne Girardot as Dr. Doremus *George Meeker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Parade
''The White Parade'' is a 1934 film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Loretta Young and John Boles. It was written by Rian James, Jesse Lasky Jr., Sonya Levien and Ernest Pascal, from the novel by Rian James. Dedicated to "the memory of Florence Nightingale", the plot concerns the travails and romances of young women as they study to become nurses. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The only surviving print is located at the UCLA film archive. The print is in rough shape; several frames are out of alignment, at times, while the whole picture looks bleached out and very fuzzy. As well, near the end of the film, a sign pops up indicating "reel 7". Cast *Loretta Young as June Arden * John Boles as Ronald Hall III * Dorothy Wilson as Zita Scofield *Muriel Kirkland as Glenda Farley *Astrid Allwyn as Gertrude Mack * Frank Conroy as Dr. Thorne *Jane Darwell as Miss 'Sailor' Roberts *Sara Haden as Miss Harrington *Joyce Compton as Una Mellon *June Git ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Forteresse (film)
''Whispering City'' (also known as ''Crime City'') is a 1947 black-and-white film noir directed by Fedor Ozep and starring Paul Lukas, Mary Anderson, and Helmut Dantine.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 239. It was filmed on location in Quebec City and Montmorency Falls, Quebec, Canada in both English and French. A French language version entitled ''La Forteresse'', with different actors, was made simultaneously. Plot Taking place in Quebec City, the film tells the story of a lawyer and a patron of the arts, Albert Frédéric, who, earlier in life, caused a murder and made it look like an accident for financial gain. Later in life, a dying woman tells a reporter the tale of how she thinks the accident was actually murder. The young American reporter, Mary Roberts, begins investigating the case, unaware that the charming lawyer may be behind it all. Meanwhile, Michel Lacoste, a classical composer, who is supported by Frédéric, is havi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whispering City
''Whispering City'' (also known as ''Crime City'') is a 1947 black-and-white film noir directed by Fedor Ozep and starring Paul Lukas, Mary Anderson, and Helmut Dantine.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 239. It was filmed on location in Quebec City and Montmorency Falls, Quebec, Canada in both English and French. A French language version entitled ''La Forteresse'', with different actors, was made simultaneously. Plot Taking place in Quebec City, the film tells the story of a lawyer and a patron of the arts, Albert Frédéric, who, earlier in life, caused a murder and made it look like an accident for financial gain. Later in life, a dying woman tells a reporter the tale of how she thinks the accident was actually murder. The young American reporter, Mary Roberts, begins investigating the case, unaware that the charming lawyer may be behind it all. Meanwhile, Michel Lacoste, a classical composer, who is supported by Frédéric, is havi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Ringer (1964 Film)
''Dead Ringer'' (also known as ''Who Is Buried in My Grave?'') is a 1964 American horror film made by Warner Bros. It was directed by Paul Henreid from a screenplay by Oscar Millard and Albert Beich from the story ''La Otra'' by Rian James, previously filmed in a Mexican version starring Dolores del Río. The music score was by André Previn and the cinematography by Ernest Haller. The film stars Bette Davis, Karl Malden and Peter Lawford with Philip Carey, Jean Hagen, George Macready, Estelle Winwood, George Chandler and Cyril Delevanti. The film marks the second time Davis played twin sisters, the first being in the 1946 film '' A Stolen Life''. Plot For almost 20 years, twin sisters Margaret and Edith have been at odds. It all started when Margaret faked her own pregnancy to "steal" Edith's fiancé, Robert DeLorca, a rich American military officer both sisters dated during World War II. Now, Robert has passed away, mourned by both sisters. Margaret will be secure for the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Otra (film)
''La Otra'' ("The Other" (feminine)), sometimes screened with the title ''The Other One'', is a 1945 Mexican drama film directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring Dolores del Río. The film was remade in 1964 as '' Dead Ringer'', with Bette Davis. Plot At a Christmas party, María Méndez ( Dolores del Río) learns that Magdalena, her twin sister, has a comfortable lifestyle. Maria kills her sister and assumes her identity and lifestyle. However, her life becomes complicated by her late sister's sleazy boyfriend Fernando (Víctor Junco), and by Roberto (Agustín Irusta), who loved the "dead" María. Production It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The 96-page script was originally titled "The Other Woman" by José Revueltas, Jack Wagner and Roberto Gavaldón from a story by Ryan James. The Paul Kohler Agency represented the screenwriters. Cast * Dolores del Río as María and Magdalena Méndez * Víctor Junco Fernando * Agustín Irusta as Roberto Gonzalez * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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