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Russell Hardie
William Russell Hardie (May 20, 1904 – July 21, 1973) was an American film actor. He appeared in ''The Costello Case'', '' Broadway to Hollywood'', '' Stage Mother'', ''Christopher Bean'', '' As the Earth Turns'', '' Men in White'', ''Operator 13'', ''Murder in the Private Car'', ''Pursued'', ''Hell in the Heavens'', ''The Band Plays On'', '' Sequoia'', ''West Point of the Air'', '' Speed Devils'', '' In Old Kentucky'', ''The Harvester'', ''Down to the Sea'', ''Meet Nero Wolfe'', '' Killer at Large'', '' Camille'', ''The Frogmen'', ''The Whistle at Eaton Falls'', ''Cop Hater'', ''Fail Safe'' and ''The Group''. He died on July 21, 1973, in Clarence, New York Clarence is a town located in the northeastern part of Erie County, New York, United States, northeast of Buffalo. The population was 32,950 according to the 2020 census estimate. This represents an increase of 7.4% from the 2010 census figure. ... at age 69. Filmography References External links * * 1904 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway To Hollywood (film)
''Broadway to Hollywood'' is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film directed by Willard Mack, produced by Harry Rapf, cinematography by Norbert Brodine and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film features many of MGM's stars of the time, including Frank Morgan, Alice Brady, May Robson, Madge Evans, Jimmy Durante, Mickey Rooney, and Jackie Cooper. Brothers Moe Howard and Curly Howard of The Three Stooges appear—without Ted Healy and without Larry Fine—almost unrecognizably, as Otto and Fritz, two clowns in makeup. It was the first film to feature Nelson Eddy. Plot Ted and Lulu Hackett are vaudeville's The Hacketts, a fairly successful song-and-dance team. They bring their son Ted Jr. up in the business and he soon eclipses them. When the son is offered a starring role on Broadway, he arranges for his parents to join him in the show, but Ted Sr. is embarrassed to learn that he and Lulu are there purely in order to keep their son happy. They return to vaudeville, only to find ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Old Kentucky (1935 Film)
''In Old Kentucky'' is a 1935 American comedy film starring Will Rogers, Dorothy Wilson and Russell Hardie. Two feuding families decide to settle a dispute with a horse race. It was Rogers' last film and was released posthumously, after he was killed in a plane crash on August 15, 1935. The picture's supporting cast features Bill "Bojangles" Robinson as Wash Jackson. It was filmed on-location on two sites in Thousand Oaks, California: Deerwood Stock Farm and Borchard Ranch.Maulhardt, Jeffrey Wayne (2010). ''Conejo Valley''. Arcadia Publishing. Page 94. . Cast * Will Rogers as Steve Tapley * Dorothy Wilson as Nancy Martingale * Russell Hardie as Dr. Lee Andrews * Charles Sellon as Ezra Martingale * Louise Henry as Arlene Shattuck * Esther Dale as Dolly Breckenridge * Alan Dinehart as Slick Doherty * Charles Richman as Pole Shattuck * Etienne Girardot as Pluvius J. Aspinwall * John Ince as Sheriff * Bill Robinson Bill Robinson, nicknamed Bojangles (born Luther Robinson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Deaths
Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. * January 17 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President for Life of the Philippines. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. Nixon is the only person to have been sworn in twice as President ( 1969, 1973) and Vice President of the United States ( 1953, 1957). * January 22 ** George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier to win the heavyweight world boxing championship. ** A Royal Jordanian Boeing 707 flight from Jeddah crashes in Kano, Nigeria; 176 people are killed. * January 27 – U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. February * February 8 – A militar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1904 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Group (film)
''The Group'' is a 1966 American ensemble film directed by Sidney Lumet based on the 1963 The Group (novel), novel of the same name by Mary McCarthy (author), Mary McCarthy about the lives of a group of eight female graduates from Vassar College, Vassar from 1933 to 1940. The cast of this social satire includes Candice Bergen, Joan Hackett, Elizabeth Hartman, Shirley Knight, Jessica Walter, Kathleen Widdoes, and Joanna Pettet. The film also features small roles for Hal Holbrook, Carrie Nye, James Broderick, Larry Hagman and Richard Mulligan. The film touched on controversial topics for its time: free love, contraception, abortion, lesbianism, and mental illness. Plot After their days at a prestigious Eastern university, eight devoted women friends go their separate ways. Wealthy and very beautiful Lakey, always regarded as their leader, leaves for Europe to begin a new life on her own. The domestic lives of the others go mainly awry. Priss marries an overbearing, controlling doct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fail Safe (1964 Film)
''Fail Safe'' is a 1964 Cold War thriller film directed by Sidney Lumet, based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. The film follows a crisis caused by a critical error that sends a group of U.S. bombers to destroy Moscow, and the ensuing attempts to stop the bomber group before it can deploy a nuclear first strike. The film features performances by actors Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Larry Hagman, Fritz Weaver, Dana Elcar, Dom DeLuise and Sorrell Booke. In Fail Safe (2000 film), 2000, the novel was adapted again as a television play, televised play starring George Clooney, Richard Dreyfuss and Noah Wyle, and broadcast live in black and white on CBS. Plot United States Air Force General Black has been having recurring dreams in which a Spanish Bullfighter, matador kills a bull before a cheering crowd. Black flies to Washington, D.C. to attend a conference led by Dr. Groeteschele, a political scientist renowned for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cop Hater (film)
''Cop Hater'' is a 1958 American crime film noir police procedural film, based on the 1956 novel ''Cop Hater'' by Ed McBain, the first in a series of books about the 87th Precinct in New York City. The film was produced and directed by William Berke, written by Henry Kane, and stars Robert Loggia and Gerald O'Loughlin. Plot During an intense summer heat wave in New York City, two cops are murdered and it's up to the detectives of the 87th Precinct to find the killer. Steve Carella (Robert Loggia Salvatore "Robert" Loggia ( , ; January 3, 1930 – December 4, 2015) was an American actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for '' Jagged Edge'' (1985) and won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for ...) and Mike Maguire ( Gerald O'Loughlin) are the lead investigators on the case, but they can't seem to make any progress, and their work is made more difficult by a reporter, Hank Miller (Gene Miller), who keeps sticking his nose in. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Whistle At Eaton Falls
''The Whistle at Eaton Falls'' (also known by the alternative title ''Richer Than the Earth'') is a 1951 American social drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Lloyd Bridges and Dorothy Gish. Plot A newly promoted plant supervisor finds himself in the position of having to announce a layoff of his fellow workers. Cast * Lloyd Bridges as Brad Adams * Dorothy Gish as Mrs. Doubleday * Carleton Carpenter as Eddie Talbot * Murray Hamilton as Al Webster * James Westerfield as Joe London * Lenore Lonergan as Abbie * Russell Hardie as Dwight Hawkins * Helen Shields as Miss Russell * Doro Merande as Miss Pringle * Diana Douglas as Ruth Adams * Anne Francis as Jean London * Anne Seymour as Mary London * Ernest Borgnine as Bill Street * Arthur O'Connell as Jim Brewster * Parker Fennelly Parker W. Fennelly (October 22, 1891 – January 22, 1988) was an American character actor who appeared in ten films, numerous television episodes and hundreds of radio programs. Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Frogmen
''The Frogmen'' is a 1951 American black-and-white World War II drama film from Twentieth Century Fox, produced by Samuel G. Engel, directed by Lloyd Bacon, that stars Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews, and Gary Merrill. The film's storyline is based on operations by United States Navy Underwater Demolition Teams, popularly known as "frogmen", against the Japanese Army and naval forces. It was the first such film about scuba diving and became a popular cultural hit. Following the opening credits, ''The Frogmen'' has an on-screen written statement: "This is a true story based on incidents which occurred in the latter part of World War II. It deals with one of the most hazardous and unique branches of the Armed Forces ... the Underwater Demolition Teams. This film could not have been produced without the active cooperation of the Department of Defense and the United States Navy". Underwater Demolition Teams have been used since World War II for reconnaissance duties, clearing underw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille (1936 Film)
''Camille'' is a 1936 American romantic drama film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer directed by George Cukor, and produced by Irving Thalberg and Bernard H. Hyman, from a screenplay by James Hilton (novelist), James Hilton, Zoë Akins, and Frances Marion. The picture is based on the 1848 novel and 1852 play ''The Lady of the Camellias, La dame aux camélias'' by Alexandre Dumas, fils, Alexandre Dumas. The film stars Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor (American actor), Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph, Henry Daniell, and Laura Hope Crews. It grossed $2,842,000. ''Camille'' was included in ''Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Movies'' in 2005. It was also included at #33 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions. Plot Beautiful Marguerite Gautier (Greta Garbo) is a well-known courtesan, living in the Demimonde, demi-monde of mid-19th century Paris. Marguerite's dressmaker and procuress, Prudence Duvernoy (Laura Hope Crews), arranges an assignation at the theatre with a fabulously ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killer At Large (1936 Film)
''Killer at Large'' is a 1936 American mystery film directed by David Selman from a script by Harold Shumate, which stars Mary Brian, Russell Hardie, and George McKay. Plot Cast list * Mary Brian as Linda Allen * Russell Hardie as Tommy Braddock * George McKay as Sergeant Kelly * Thurston Hall as Inspector O'Hara * Henry Brandon as Mr. Zero * Betty Compson as Kate * Harry Hayden as William Bentley * Boyd Irwin as Whitley * Charles R. Moore as Highpockets * Harry Bernard as Sexton * Edward LeSaint as Landlord * Alma Chester as Old lady * Rolf Ernest as Messenger * Lee Shumway as Police captain * William Arnold as Police operator * Beatrice Curtis as Shop girl * Brady Kline as Lieutenant * James Millican as Hotel clerk * Charles Dorety as Stunt driver * Roger Gray as Coffin man * Lon Chaney Jr. as Coffin man (Cast list as per AFI AFI may refer to: * ''Address-family identifier'', a 16 bit field of the Routing Information Protocol * Ashton Fletcher Irwin, an Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet Nero Wolfe
''Meet Nero Wolfe'' is a 1936 mystery film based on the 1934 novel '' Fer-de-Lance'', written by Rex Stout. Set in New York, the story introduced the detective genius Nero Wolfe ( Edward Arnold) and his assistant Archie Goodwin (Lionel Stander). The partnership endured through 33 novels and 39 short stories written by Stout, but continued in only one more film for Columbia Pictures. Wolfe's client is portrayed by Rita Hayworth, then billed as Rita Cansino, in an early performance. The titles of the film begin with the November 1934 issue of ''The American Magazine'' — in which the abridged version of ''Fer-de-Lance'' appeared — lying on a table. The magazine is taken from the table and opened to an illustrated spread that reads, "Edward Arnold in ''Meet Nero Wolfe''." Plot At the West Hills Golf Club in Westchester, E.J. Kimball (Walter Kingsford) and his son Manuel (Russell Hardie) are welcomed into the party of elderly Professor Barstow (Boyd Irwin Sr.) and his prospec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
