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Robert Patten (actor)
Robert Fitz Randolph Patten (October 11, 1925 – December 29, 2001) was an American film and television actor. He was perhaps best known for playing Lieutenant Jesse Bishop in the 1949 film ''Twelve O'Clock High''. Patten died in December 2001 of cancer at his home in Malibu, California, at the age of 76. Partial filmography *'' Black Gold'' (1947) - Jockey (uncredited) *''The Street with No Name'' (1948) - Robert Danker (uncredited) *''Apartment for Peggy'' (1948) - Student (uncredited) *'' When My Baby Smiles at Me'' (1948) - Sailor (uncredited) *''Mother Is a Freshman'' (1949) - Young Man (uncredited) *''Mr. Belvedere Goes to College'' (1949) - Joe Fisher *''It Happens Every Spring'' (1949) - Cab Driver (uncredited) *''Sand'' (1949) - Boyd *''Slattery's Hurricane'' (1949) - Lieutenant at Desk (uncredited) *''I Was a Male War Bride'' (1949) - Interne (uncredited) *''Father Was a Fullback'' (1949) - Manager (uncredited) *''Twelve O'Clock High'' (1949) - Lieutenant Jesse Bish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Beaumont
Eugene Hugh Beaumont (February 16, 1909 – May 14, 1982) was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Ward Cleaver on the television series '' Leave It to Beaver'', originally broadcast from 1957 to 1963; and as private detective Michael Shayne in a series of low-budget crime films in 1946 and 1947. Early life Beaumont was born in Lawrence, Kansas, to Ethel Adaline Whitney and Edward H. Beaumont, a traveling salesman whose profession kept the family on the move. After graduating from the Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the class of 1930, he attended the University of Chattanooga, where he played football. He later studied at the University of Southern California and graduated with a master of theology degree in 1946. Career Beaumont began his career in show business in 1931 by performing in theaters, nightclubs, and radio. He began acting in motion pictures in 1940, appearing in over three dozen films. Many of those roles were bit parts and minor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Happens Every Spring
''It Happens Every Spring'' is a 1949 American comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Ray Milland, Jean Peters and Paul Douglas. Plot A college professor is working on a long-term scientific experiment when a baseball comes through the window, destroying all of his glassware and spilling the fluids that the flasks and test tubes contained. The pooled fluids combine to form the chemical " methylethylpropylbutyl," which then covers a large portion of the baseball. The professor soon discovers that the fluid, along with any object with which it makes contact, is repelled by wood (cf. Alexander Fleming's serendipitous discovery of penicillin). Suddenly, he realizes the possibilities and takes a leave of absence to go to St. Louis to pitch in the big leagues, where he becomes a star and propels his team to the World Series. Cast * Ray Milland as Prof. Vernon K. Simpson / King Kelly (not based on the 19th-century ball player Mike "King" Kelly) * Jean Peters as Deborah Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bells Are Ringing (film)
''Bells Are Ringing'' is a 1960 American romantic comedy- musical film directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Judy Holliday and Dean Martin. Based on the successful 1956 Broadway production of the same name by Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Jule Styne, the film focuses on Ella Peterson, based on the life of Mary Printz, who works in the basement office of a telephone answering service. Plot Ella Peterson works as a switchboard operator at the Susanswerphone answering service. She can't help breaking the rules by becoming overly involved in the lives of the subscribers. Some of the more peculiar ones include a dentist who exuberantly composes song lyrics on an air hose, an actor who emulates Marlon Brando and a little boy for whom she pretends to be Santa Claus. Ella has a secret crush on the voice of subscriber Jeffrey Moss, a playwright for whom she plays a comforting motherly character. She finally meets him in person when she brings him a message under a false name, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D-Day The Sixth Of June
''D-Day the Sixth of June'' is a DeLuxe Color 1956 CinemaScope romance war film made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Henry Koster and produced by Charles Brackett from a screenplay by Ivan Moffat and Harry Brown, based on the 1955 novel, ''The Sixth of June'' by Lionel Shapiro. The film stars Robert Taylor, Richard Todd (who participated in the Normandy landings in real life), Dana Wynter, and Edmond O'Brien. Plot A few hours before D-Day, Special Force Six, a joint American-British-Canadian commando unit, embarks to destroy an especially well-defended German coastal gun emplacement on the Normandy coast. As the landing ship steams towards it, its commander, an Englishman, and one of his subordinates, an American, reflect on their love for the same woman. Captain Brad Parker, an American paratrooper invalided out because of a broken leg suffered during a parachute jump, is posted to the headquarters of the European Theatre of Operations in London. At the Red Cross club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unchained (film)
''Unchained'' is a 1955 prison film written, produced and directed by Hall Bartlett (the first film directed by Bartlett) and starring Elroy Hirsch, Barbara Hale, Chester Morris, Todd Duncan, and Johnnie Johnston, Johnny Johnston. Based on the non-fiction book ''Prisoners are People'' by Kenyon J. Scudder, it is most remembered for its theme song, "Unchained Melody". Plot Steve Davitt is held in a medium security prison and is struggling with a choice between two options: serving his full sentence (law), sentence and returning legitimately to his wife and family, or escaping and ending up on the run. Having received what he considers to be an unjust recommendation from the Adult Authority Board, he decides to escape. However, he is surprised by a trustee-inmate whom he has befriended, and a fist-fight ensues. Davitt wins the fight, and heading for the barbed-wire fence starts to climb. He hesitates twice, and looking back to see his friend on the ground decides against escaping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return From The Sea
''Return from the Sea'' is a 1954 American drama film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Jan Sterling, Neville Brand and John Doucette. It was based on a novelette ''No Home of His Own'' by Jacland Marmur that appeared in ''Saturday Evening Post'' in 1952. Filming took place in San Diego and on the . The film's sets were designed by the art director Dave Milton. It was distributed by Allied Artists Pictures. Synopsis Chuck MacLish (Neville Brand) is a hardened career naval Chief Petty Officer, who is a boisterous, love 'em and leave 'em type — until he meets a lonely, widowed waitress named Frieda (Jan Sterling). Cast * Jan Sterling as Frieda - Waitress * Neville Brand as CPO Chuck 'Soup Bowl' MacLish * John Doucette as Jimmy * Paul Langton as Lt. Manley * John Pickard as Spike * Don Haggerty as Tompkins * Alvy Moore as Smitty * Robert Arthur as Porter * Lloyd Corrigan as Pinky * Lee Roberts as Doctor * Ward Wood as Clarke * Robert Patten as Welch * James Best as Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riot In Cell Block 11
''Riot in Cell Block 11'' is a 1954 American film noir crime film directed by Don Siegel and starring Neville Brand, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen, Leo Gordon and Robert Osterloh. Quentin Tarantino called it "the best prison film ever made." Plot One night, several prison inmates take guards prisoner to protest brutal conditions in their prison. They then make their demands known to prison warden Reynolds (Emile Meyer), a liberal-minded administrator who has complained for many years about the same conditions. James V. Dunn (Neville Brand), the prisoners' leader, meets the press outside the cell block and makes demands that they will no longer tolerate the brutal guards, substandard food, overcrowding, and barely livable conditions. The next day inmates from two other blocks start a riot but they are forced back into the cell blocks by the state police. Negotiations between the inmates and prison officials are stymied by the state politicians who do not want to make any concessions. ... [...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] |
American Guerrilla In The Philippines
''American Guerrilla in the Philippines'' (released as ''I Shall Return'' in the UK) is a 1950 American war film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Tyrone Power as a U.S. Navy ensign stranded by the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in World War II. Based on the 1945 book of the same name by Ira Wolfert, it was filmed on location. Plot In April 1942 in the Philippines, an American motor torpedo boat is destroyed by Japanese planes. The survivors, among them Ensign Chuck Palmer (Tyrone Power), make their way ashore on Cebu. Their commander orders them to split up. Chuck pairs up with Jim Mitchell (Tom Ewell) and reaches Colonel Benson on Leyte, only to be told that he has been ordered by General Douglas MacArthur to surrender his forces soon. Chuck helps Jeanne Martinez (Micheline Presle), a Frenchwoman married to a Filipino planter, get medical assistance for a pregnant woman. Jeanne pleads with Chuck to stay and fight, but he buys an outrigger canoe and recruits a crew of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where The Sidewalk Ends (film)
''Where the Sidewalk Ends'' is a 1950 American film noir directed and produced by Otto Preminger. The screenplay for the film was written by Ben Hecht, and adapted by Robert E. Kent, Frank P. Rosenberg, and Victor Trivas. The screenplay and adaptations were based on the novel ''Night Cry'' by William L. Stuart. The film stars Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney. Andrews plays Mark Dixon, a ruthless and cynical metropolitan police detective who despises all criminals because his father was one. Considered a classic of the genre, the film displays a brand of violence "lurking below urban society" considered an important noir motif. Plot Mark Dixon is a police detective who was just demoted over his too-frequent use of violence. Because his own father was a criminal, he hates them even more than is acceptable to the force. At a floating crap game in New York City run by gangster Tommy Scalise, the beautiful Morgan Taylor decides to leave for the night, with or without the man, Ken Paine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When Willie Comes Marching Home
''When Willie Comes Marching Home'' is a 1950 World War II comedy film directed by John Ford and starring Dan Dailey and Corinne Calvet. It is based on the 1945 short story "When Leo Comes Marching Home" by Sy Gomberg. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival. Sy Gomberg also received an Oscar nomination for Best Motion Picture Story at the 23rd Academy Awards in 1951 but was edged out for the award by Edna Anhalt and Edward Anhalt for '' Panic in the Streets''. The film was referred to in M*A*S*H (1970), directed by Robert Altman. Plot William "Bill" Kluggs (Dan Dailey) is the first in his hometown of Punxsatawney, West Virginia, to enlist in the Army Air Forces after the attack on Pearl Harbor, making his father Herman (William Demarest), mother Gertrude (Evelyn Varden) and girlfriend Marge Fettles (Colleen Townsend) proud. The whole town sees him off. Willie tries to become a pilot but washes out, although he proves to be so proficient at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father Was A Fullback
''Father Was a Fullback'' is a 1949 black-and-white film from 20th Century Fox based on a comedy by Clifford Goldsmith. The film is about a college American football star and his woes. The film stars Fred MacMurray, Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood, and Betty Lynn. Plot State College football coach George Cooper has more than enough problems on the job without his teenage daughter Connie complicating his life at home. She has written a story but no one has agreed to publish it yet. Furthermore she is convinced that she is unattractive to the opposite sex and wallows in frustrated self-pity. Resigning herself to a loveless existence, she decides to make literature her life. When she gets a check for $180 for a fictional article she pens about a teenage bubble dancer that recently appeared in a confessions magazine, the boys come calling. The young author dates a high school football star from across town who chooses to attend State College (rather than Notre Dame University) to be n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
