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Richard Davies (American Actor)
Richard Davies (1915–1994) was an American actor. Davies was born in Provo, Utah. His first films date from 1941, and he was active through the early 1960s, ranging from lead roles to small bit and character parts. Filmography * ''San Antonio Rose'' (1941) - Eddie * '' Unfinished Business'' (1941) - Richard * '' Road Agent'' (1941) - Tom Martin * '' Don't Get Personal'' (1942) - John Stowe * ''The Mad Doctor of Market Street'' (1942) - Jim * ''Gang Busters'' (1942, serial) - Happy Haskins * ''Private Buckaroo'' (1942) - Lt. Howard Mason * '' Top Sergeant'' (1942) - Phil * ''Eagle Squadron'' (1942) - White, RAF pilot * ''Give Out, Sisters'' (1942) - Kendall * '' Strictly in the Groove'' (1942) - Bob Saunders * '' Behind the Eight Ball'' (1942) - Clay Martin * ''When Johnny Comes Marching Home'' (1942) - Lt. Tommy Bridges * '' The Amazing Mrs. Holliday'' (1943) - Reporter (uncredited) (unbilled) * ''Hi'ya, Chum'' (1943) - Worker (uncredited) (unbilled) * '' The Sky's the Limi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provo, Utah
Provo ( ) is the fourth-largest city in Utah, United States. It is south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the largest city and county seat of Utah County and is home to Brigham Young University (BYU). Provo lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south. With a population at the 2020 census of 115,162. Provo is the principal city in the Provo-Orem metropolitan area, which had a population of 526,810 at the 2010 census. It is Utah's second-largest metropolitan area after Salt Lake City. Provo is the home to Brigham Young University, a private higher education institution operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Provo also has the LDS Church's largest Missionary Training Center (MTC). The city is a focus area for technology development in Utah, with several billion-dollar startups. The city's Peaks Ice Arena was a venue for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002. Sundance Resort is northeas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Falcon In Danger
''The Falcon in Danger'' is a 1943 American mystery film directed by William Clemens and starring Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Amelita Ward and Elaine Shepard.Jewell and Harbin 1982, p. 185. The film was the sixth of thirteen The Falcon detective films produced by RKO, all starring Conway. Plot At a New York airport, a passenger aircraft coming in from Washington D.C., crash-lands at a crowded airport, however nobody is on board the plane. The aircraft had been hijacked at its previous stop with all but the pilot and two leading industrialists left behind. In addition to the three men, $100,000 worth of securities is also missing. Although he promised his "fiancée" from Texas, Bonnie Caldwell (Amelita Ward), that he will give up solving crime, Tom Lawrence (Tom Conway), aka The Falcon, can't resist the lure of a fresh mystery. When she receives a ransom note, Nancy Palmer (Elaine Shepard) asks for his help in locating her father (Clarence Kolb), one of the missing industrialist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kisses For My President
''Kisses for My President'' is a 1964 comedy film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Fred MacMurray and Polly Bergen. Leslie McCloud (Bergen) makes history when she is elected the first female president of the United States. However, her husband Thad McCloud (MacMurray) is less enthusiastic. The picture's supporting cast features Eli Wallach, Arlene Dahl, Edward Andrews, and Donald May. ''Kisses for My President'' was the last theatrical film directed by Bernhardt, whose career stretched back to the silent era. Plot summary The United States elects its first female president, Leslie Harrison McCloud (Polly Bergen). She and her husband (he is never called "first gentleman"; he is called "first lady" a few times early in the film, but typically "president's husband") Thad (Fred MacMurray) move into the White House with their daughter Gloria (Ahna Capri) and son Peter (Ronnie Dapo). Immediately, the new president is too busy for her husband and family as she deals with power ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wall Of Noise
A wall is a structure and a surface that defines an area; carries a load; provides security, shelter, or soundproofing; or, is decorative. There are many kinds of walls, including: * Walls in buildings that form a fundamental part of the superstructure or separate interior rooms, sometimes for fire safety *Glass walls (a wall in which the primary structure is made of glass; does not include openings within walls that have glass coverings: these are windows) * Border barriers between countries * Brick walls * Defensive walls in fortifications * Permanent, solid fences * Retaining walls, which hold back dirt, stone, water, or noise sound * Stone walls * Walls that protect from oceans (seawalls) or rivers (levees) Etymology The term ''wall'' comes from Latin ''vallum'' meaning "...an earthen wall or rampart set with palisades, a row or line of stakes, a wall, a rampart, fortification..." while the Latin word ''murus'' means a defensive stone wall. English uses the same word to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Married Too Young
Married Too Young is an American film released in 1962. It was directed by George Moskov George G. Moskov, last name sometimes spelled Moscov, (1893–1970), was a unit production manager, production manager, producer, director, and writer of films in the U.S. He wrote ''Three Blondes in His Life'' (1961), directed ''Married Too Young .... The storyline involves two teenagers who elope and get in trouble. The film was "long been believed to have been either written or co written by Ed Wood, Edward D. Wood, Jr", although "screenwriter Nathaniel Tanchuck's daughter, Heather Tanchuck, has stated that Wood had absolutely nothing to do with the film". However, in 2013 documents were found showing that Wood had contracted to rewrite the film, and had gone so far as to sue for nonpayment on the contract. The film was the first feature film to present Harold Lloyd Jr. in a leading role.Dave McIntyre, "Harold Lloyd Jr. Dislikes Posters on His 1st Movie", ''Monrovia Daily News-Post'' (Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Couch (film)
''The Couch'' is a 1962 American psychological horror film Psychological horror is a subgenre of horror and psychological fiction with a particular focus on mental, emotional, and psychological states to frighten, disturb, or unsettle its audience. The subgenre frequently overlaps with the related subgen ... directed by Owen Crump from a screenplay by Robert Bloch and a story by Blake Edwards and Owen Crump. The film stars Grant Williams (actor), Grant Williams, Shirley Knight, and Onslow Stevens. The film was released by Warner Bros. on February 21, 1962. Plot A man phones the police and announces that a murder will be committed at seven o'clock. At the stroke of 7:00 p.m., he stabbing, stabs a stranger on the streets with an icepick; escaping, he then reports to Dr. Janz for his daily psychiatry, psychiatric session. Although it is after 7:00, the young man tells the waiting receptionist, Terry, that it is exactly 7:00 – she has mislaid her watch and is unaware of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cimarron (1960 Film)
''Cimarron'' is a 1960 American Western film based on the Edna Ferber novel '' Cimarron''. The film stars Glenn Ford and Maria Schell and was directed by Anthony Mann and Charles Walters, though Walters is not credited onscreen. Ferber's novel was previously adapted as a film in 1931; that version won three Academy Awards. ''Cimarron'' was the first of three epics (along with ''El Cid'' and ''The Fall of the Roman Empire'') that Mann directed. Despite high production costs and an experienced cast of western veterans, stage actors and future stars, the film was released with little fanfare. Plot Sabra Cravat joins her new husband, lawyer Yancey "Cimarron" Cravat, during the Oklahoma land rush of 1889. They encounter Yancey's old friend William "The Kid" Hardy and his buddies Wes Jennings and Hoss Barry. On the trail, Yancey helps Tom and Sarah Wyatt and their eight children, taking them aboard their wagons. It seems to Sabra that her husband knows everyone in Oklahoma. A small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Party Crashers
''The Party Crashers'' is a 1958 American drama film directed by Bernard Girard and written by Bernard Girard and Dan Lundberg. The film stars Mark Damon, Bobby Driscoll (in his last feature film role), Connie Stevens, Frances Farmer (in her last feature film role), Doris Dowling, and Gary Gray. The film was released in September 1958, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Barbara Nickerson and her upper-class boyfriend Josh Bickford are surprised at friend Stan Osgood's house when Twig Webster and his ill-mannered friends crash a private party there. Josh is appalled by Twig's behavior, but Barbara seems attracted to his animal magnetism. John's conservative parents are concerned over his future. Twig, meanwhile, has an alcoholic mother, Hazel, who is abusive toward his father. At a party for adults, Twig finds his mother in a compromising position with another man. When they argue, she falls down a flight of stairs. Twig becomes out of control, beating up Barbara, then also striking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arson, Inc
''Arson, Inc.'' is a 1949 American film noir directed by William Berke. It is also known as ''Firebug Squad'' and ''Three Alarm Fire''. Plot Joe Martin is a fire fighter in Los Angeles who is assigned by his department chief to the Arson Detail. His first assignment is to investigate a suspicious fur store fire that seems to be set by the store owner himself, Thomas Peyson. The reason why Joe Martin gets the assignment is because his predecessor in the Arson Detail was killed when inspecting the very same fire site. The predecessor's file with his findings wasn't found on his body and hasn't been recovered. This is just one of many equally suspicious fires in the last few years, where the insurance claims following the fires has been filed by the same agent, Frederick P. Fender. There is suspicion that Fender is somehow involved in the disappearance of all the destroyed stores' goods as well. Joe begins with Peyson, the store owner, and visits his apartment that was also raged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swingin' On A Rainbow
''Swingin' on a Rainbow'' is a 1945 American film directed by William Beaudine and starring Jane Frazee. It includes the final film appearance of Harry Langdon. Plot At a radio station run by Thomas Marsden, a songwriter, Jimmy Rhodes, skips town without fulfilling a contractual obligation, so amateur songstress Lynn Bird is hired to replace him, Marsden mistakenly believing her to be Rhodes's partner. Bird composes and writes a few songs, with help from Marsden's assistant, Chester Willoughby, and her success helps save the station. Cast * Jane Frazee as Lynn Bird * Paul Harvey as Marsden * Richard Davies as Jimmy Rhodes * Minna Gombell as Minnie * Harry Langdon as Willoughby * Amelita Ward as Barbara * Helen Talbot Helen Talbot (April 7, 1924 January 29, 2010) was a motion picture actor, actress and pin-up girl in the United States. She was born Helen Darling in Concordia, Kansas and lived there until 1941 when she moved to live with her brother in Wes ... as Myr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Step Lively (1944 Film)
''Step Lively'' is a 1944 American musical film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Frank Sinatra. ''Step Lively'' was based on the 1937 play ''Room Service'', by Allen Boretz and John Murray. It was a remake of the 1938 RKO film ''Room Service'', starring the Marx Brothers, Lucille Ball, and Ann Miller. Plot Theatrical producer Gordon Miller is keeping his fingers crossed that his newest play will be a success so that he can pay off his massive hotel bill. Miller and his entire cast can live at the hotel on credit thanks to the generosity of the hotel manager, Joe Gribble, who is Miller's brother-in-law. Wagner, a company auditor, arrives unexpectedly, as does playwright Glenn Russell, who has left his small town hoping to collect a large amount of (non-existent) royalties on his play. Russell ends up taking a lead musical role in his own production. Miller suddenly has mixed feelings about his own play, as his girlfriend Christine Marlowe has fallen head-over-heels for pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marine Raiders (film)
''Marine Raiders'' is a 1944 RKO war film showing a fictional depiction of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion and 1st Marine Parachute Battalion on Guadalcanal, R&R in Australia, retraining in Camp Elliott (where much of the film was made) and a fictional attack in the Solomon Islands. Produced by Robert Fellows, and directed by Harold D. Schuster, it stars Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan, and Ruth Hussey. The film depicts fictionalized accounts of the Guadalcanal Campaign (1942-1943), the Battle of Edson's Ridge (1942), and the Bougainville Campaign (1943-1945). The Western Desert Campaign (1940-1943) is mentioned as a concurrent event, but not actually depicted on-screen. Plot Major Steve Lockhart, commander of a Marine Raider battalion and Captain Dan Craig, commander of the Paramarines are together on Guadalcanal facing a Japanese assault that became the Battle of Edson's Ridge. When Captain Craig discovers the body of one of his lieutenants who had been tortured and executed by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
