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Remains To Be Seen (film)
''Remains to Be Seen'' is a 1953 crime musical comedy film directed by Don Weis and starring June Allyson, Van Johnson and Louis Calhern. It is based on the 1951 Broadway play ''Remains to Be Seen'' by Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay. Plot A girl vocalist and her apartment manager get mixed up in a creepy Park Avenue murder and find themselves facing danger at every turn. Cast * June Allyson as Jody Revere * Van Johnson as Waldo Williams * Louis Calhern as Benjamin Goodman * Angela Lansbury as Valeska Chauvel * John Beal as Dr. Glenson * Dorothy Dandridge as herself * Barry Kelley as Lt. O'Flair * Sammy White as Ben * Kathryn Card as Mrs. West * Paul Harvey as Mr. Bennett * Helene Millard as Mrs. Bennett * Peter Chong as Ling Tan * Charles Lane as Delapp, examiner * Larry J. Blake as Detective Minetti * Morgan Farley as Kyle Manning * Howard Freeman as Clark * Frank Nelson as Fleming * Robert Foulk as Officer Miller * Stuart Holmes as Travis Revercombe * Er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Weis
Don Weis (May 13, 1922 – July 26, 2000) was an American film and television director. Biography Weis was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Emma (née Wiener; 1889–1971) and Meyer Weis (1886-1942). He graduated from the University of Southern California where he studied film. During World War II, Weis served in the Air Force as a film technician. After the war, he began working at MGM directing such films as ''Bannerline'' (1951), ''Just This Once'' (1952), ''You for Me'' (1952) and ''The Affairs of Dobie Gillis'' (1953). Weis began directing for television in 1954 and worked on such series as ''M*A*S*H'', '' Ironside'', '' It Takes a Thief'', '' Twilight Zone'', ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' (1955), ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''Happy Days'', ''Starsky and Hutch'', ''CHiPs'', '' The Courtship of Eddie's Father'', '' Hawaii Five-O'', '' The Andros Targets'', and '' The San Pedro Beach Bums'', among others. Weis won two Directors Guild of America Awards for television directi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Theatre
Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), 130 of the 144 extant and extinct Broadway venues use (used) the spelling ''Theatre'' as the proper noun in their names (12 others used neither), with many performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations also using the spelling ''theatre''. or Broadway, are the theatrical performances presented in the 41 professional theatres, each with 500 or more seats, located in the Theater District and the Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Broadway and London's West End together represent the highest commercial level of live theater in the English-speaking world. While the thoroughfare is eponymous with the district and its collection of 41 theaters, and it is also closely identified with Times Square, only three of the theaters are located on Broadway itself (namely the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Nelson (actor)
Frank Brandon Nelson (May 6, 1911 – September 12, 1986) was an American comedic actor best known for playing put-upon foils on radio and television, and especially for his "EEE-Yeeeeeeeeesssss?" catchphrase. He made numerous guest appearances on television shows, including ''The Jack Benny Program'', ''I Love Lucy'', ''The Real McCoys'', ''The Addams Family'', ''Alice'', and ''Sanford and Son''. He also provided voices for animated series such as ''The Flintstones'', '' Mister Magoo'', ''The Jetsons'', '' Dinky Dog'', and '' The Snorks''. Career Radio Nelson began his entertainment career in radio, and later moved into television and movies. In 1926, at age 15, Nelson played the role of a 30-year-old man in a series broadcast from KOA in Denver, Colorado. In 1929, Nelson moved to Hollywood, California, and worked in local dramatic broadcasts, usually playing the leading man. The first sponsored program in which he appeared that reached a national market was '' Flywheel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Freeman
Howard Freeman (December 9, 1899 – December 11, 1967) was an American actor of the early 20th century, and film and television actor of the 1940s through the 1960s. Biography Freeman was born in Helena, Montana, and began working as a stage actor in his 20s. He did not enter the film industry until he was over 40, in 1942, when he played a small uncredited role in ''Inflation''. Despite his late start in film acting, Freeman would build himself a fairly substantial career in that field that would last over twenty three years. From 1943 onward he worked on a regular basis, sometimes in uncredited roles, but more often than not in small but credited bit or supporting parts. He appeared in ten films in 1943, and another eighteen from 1944 through 1945. In 1946 Freeman would appear in twelve films, the most notable of which was his first film of that year, ''Abilene Town'', starring Randolph Scott and Lloyd Bridges, and ''California'', starring Barbara Stanwyck and Ray Mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan Farley
Francis Morgan Farley (October 3, 1898 – October 11, 1988) was an American actor on the stage and in films and television. Career His theatrical career began in 1918 in the stage adaptation of Booth Tarkington's '' Seventeen''. He recreated the role of Joe Bullitt in Orson Welles's '' Mercury Theatre on the Air'' adaptation of the story that aired October 16, 1938. He gained a whole new generation of followers as a result of his guest spots on the original ''Star Trek'' series in the 1960s in the episodes "The Return of the Archons" and "The Omega Glory". In 1967 he appeared as Paco on the TV western series '' The Big Valley'' in the episode titled "Days of Grace." Morgan Farley also appeared in Barnaby Jones; episode titled, "See Some Evil...Do Some Evil" (4/8/1973). Farley played a large number of mostly small parts in movies, television and Broadway, including the church minister in ''High Noon''. He also served in World War II. He was an out actor and was an acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry J
Larry is a masculine given name in English, derived from Lawrence or Laurence. It can be a shortened form of those names. Larry may refer to the following: People Arts and entertainment *Larry D. Alexander, American artist/writer *Larry Boone, American country singer * Larry Collins, American musician, member of the rockabilly sibling duo The Collins Kids *Larry David (born 1947), Emmy-winning American actor, writer, comedian, producer and film director *Larry Emdur, Australian TV host * Larry Feign, American cartoonist working in Hong Kong *Larry Fine, of the Three Stooges * Larry Gates, American actor *Larry Gatlin, American country singer *Larry Gelbart (1928–2009), American screenwriter, playwright, director and author *Larry Graham, founder of American funk band Graham Central Station *Larry Hagman, American actor, best known for the TV series ''I Dream of Jeannie'' and ''Dallas'' * Larry Henley (1937–2014), American singer and songwriter, member of The Newbeats * La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lane (actor)
Charles Lane (born Charles Gerstle Levison; January 26, 1905 – July 9, 2007) was an American character actor and centenarian whose career spanned 72 years. Lane gave his last performance at the age of 101 as a narrator in 2006. Lane appeared in many Frank Capra films, including '' Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'' (1936), '' You Can't Take It with You'' (1938), ''Mr. Smith Goes to Washington'' (1939), '' Arsenic and Old Lace'' (1944), ''It's a Wonderful Life'' (1946) and '' Riding High'' (1950). Lucille Ball frequently cast Lane as a no-nonsense authority figure and comedic foe of her scatterbrained TV character on her TV series ''I Love Lucy'', '' The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour'' and ''The Lucy Show''. His first film role, of more than 250, was as a hotel clerk in '' Smart Money'' (1931) starring Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney. Early life Lane's father, an executive at the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, was instrumental in rebuilding San Francisco after the 1906 earthqua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Chong (actor)
Peter Chong (born John Kohnie Kuh, and sometimes credited as Goo Chong or Peter Chong Goe; December 2, 1898 – January 13, 1985) was a Chinese-American character actor who worked in Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s. Biography Origins Chong was born in 1898 at Honolulu, Hawaii. He attended Oberlin College; he eventually earned a master's degree and a PhD. Acting career He appeared in a number of Broadway productions and had a vaudeville act before going to Hollywood to work in film. When he arrived in Los Angeles, he was under contract at Warner Brothers. He also worked part-time as an interpreter for the Los Angeles Police Department. For much of his career, he was cast in Japanese, Indonesian, and Hawaiian roles — he didn't play a Chinese role until 1953. Personal life He and his first wife, Ah He "Soo" Young, had a vaudeville act together. His second marriage was to Eileen Loh, a schoolteacher; they had a daughter together named Molly. Partial filmography *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helene Millard
Helene Millard (September 30, 1905 – September 20, 1974) was an American supporting actress of the 1930s and 1940s. Millard began acting on stage in Los Angeles when she was in the seventh grade. Millard left the Pasadena Players in July 1926 to go to Denver, where she had a one-year contract to perform with the Wilkes Stock Company. In 1928–29, Millard acted for six months with the Henry Duffy Players in the northwestern United States, after which she went to Los Angeles to co-star in ''The Hottentot''. On Broadway, Millard portrayed Sybil Weyman in ''A Roman Servant'' (1934). She started her film career in a featured role in 1929's '' The Thirteenth Chair''. During the 1930s, she appeared in 18 films, mostly in supporting or featured roles, but her roles diminished near the end of the decade. She made six films at the beginning of the 1940s, all in supporting roles, after which she left the film industry in 1942. She returned to films briefly in 1952–53, when she made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Harvey (actor)
Roy Paul Harvey (September 10, 1882 – December 5, 1955) was a prolific American character actor who appeared in at least 177 films. Biography Primarily a character actor, Harvey began his career on stage and in silent films. He appeared in the Broadway and original film versions of '' The Awful Truth'', then had supporting roles in many Hollywood films, often portraying dignified executives or pompous authority figures. He was a vacationing businessman whose car is commandeered by fugitive killer Humphrey Bogart in the 1936 crime drama '' The Petrified Forest'' and the minister who marries Spencer Tracy's daughter Elizabeth Taylor in the 1950 comedy '' Father of the Bride'' and baptizes her baby in its sequel. In the thriller '' Side Street'', Harvey played a married man forced to pay $30,000 in blackmail money after having an affair. Besides his numerous films, Harvey appeared in 1950s television series such as ''I Love Lucy'', '' December Bride'', '' My Little Margi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathryn Card
Kathryn Card (October 4, 1892 – March 1, 1964) was an American radio, television, and film actress who may be best remembered for her role as Mrs. McGillicuddy, Lucy's mother on ''I Love Lucy''. Radio Born in Butte, Montana one of the four children Richard Sheehan and Esther McCurdy, both from Ireland, as Catherine Rose Sheehan, Card did radio roles in the late 1930s, notably ''Uncle Walter's Doghouse'', broadcast on NBC from 1939 to 1942. She played Grandma Barton in ''The Bartons'' from December 25, 1939 to September 11, 1942, and played three roles (Carrie, Sue, and Bess) on ''Just Neighbors'' May 30-September 23, 1938.Cox, Jim (2005). ''Historical Dictionary of American Radio Soap Operas''. Scarecrow Press, Inc. . Pp. 39, 117. In 1943, she was a cast member of ''Helpmate'', a daytime serial on NBC. In the late 1930s, she also was in that network's ''Story of Mary Marlin.'' She was also a member of the casts of ''Girl Alone'' and ''The Woman in White''.Sies, Luther F. (2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy White (actor)
Sammy White ''(né'' Samuel Kwait; 28 May 1894 Providence, Rhode Island – 3 March 1960 Beverly Hills, California) was an American vaudeville song-and-dance comedian who appeared in a few films. He appeared with Lew Clayton, as Clayton and White, in the Broadway show ''Schubert Gaieties of 1919''. Career With his first wife, Eva Puck, White appeared in vaudeville as Puck and White. They starred in the original Broadway stage version of the classic musical ''Show Boat'' (1927). In ''Show Boat'', he played the role of comic dancer Frank Schultz, and Puck played the role of Ellie May Chipley, who eventually marries Frank. In 1932, they reprised their roles in the first Broadway revival of the show. However, by the time the Universal Pictures film version was made in 1936, White and Puck had divorced, so the role of Ellie went to Queenie Smith, with White repeating his performance as Frank in the film. White later married Broadway actress Beatrice Curtis (1906–1963), the daugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
