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Rosella Towne
Rosella Towne (January 20, 1918 – August 29, 2014) was an American film actress. She was born in Youngstown, Ohio. Her film career began in 1937, after making a screen test for Warner Bros. and signing a contract for the studio. At first she made minor appearances in motion pictures such as ''Varsity Show'', ''It's Love I'm After'' and '' Submarine D-1''. In 1939, she got her first leading role when she was chosen to play the part of comic-strip character Jane Arden in a film adaption. While touted by critics as a future star, Towne retired from showbusiness after marrying Harry Kronman, a Hollywood producer, in 1942. She died on August 29, 2014, aged 96. Towne was cremated. Filmography *''Varsity Show'' (1937) as passerby *''It's Love I'm After'' (1937) as autograph seeker *'' Submarine D-1'' (1937) as Mary *''Expensive Husbands'' (1937) as Brenner's receptionist *''Hollywood Hotel'' (1937) as secretary *'' Sergeant Murphy'' (1938) as Alice Valentine *'' The Patient in Room 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the largest city and county seat of Mahoning County, Ohio, Mahoning County. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Youngstown had a city population of 60,068. It is a principal city of the Mahoning Valley, Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area, which had a population of 541,243 in 2020, making it the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 107th-largest metropolitan area in the United States and Ohio statistical areas, seventh-largest metro area in Ohio. Youngstown is situated on the Mahoning River, southeast of Cleveland and northwest of Pittsburgh. In addition to having its own media market, Youngstown is also part of the larger Northeast Ohio region. Youngstown is midway between Chicago and New York City via Interstate 80. The city was named for John Young (pioneer), John Young, an early settler from Whitestown, New York, who established the community's first sawmill and gristmill. Youngstown is a midwestern city, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boy Meets Girl (1938 Film)
''Boy Meets Girl'' is a 1938 American screwball comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. The supporting cast features Marie Wilson, Ralph Bellamy, Frank McHugh, Dick Foran and Ronald Reagan. The screenplay by Bella and Sam Spewack is based on their 1935 stage play of the same name, which ran for 669 performances on Broadway. The two zany screenwriters played by Cagney and O'Brien were based on Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, while Ralph Bellamy's part as the producer was based on Darryl Zanuck of 20th Century Fox. Plot Two screenwriters, Law and Benson (James Cagney and Pat O'Brien), are in need of a story for cowboy star Larry Toms (Dick Foran). When studio waitress Susie Seabrook ( Marie Wilson) faints in the office of producer C.F. Friday (Ralph Bellamy) because she is pregnant, the writers get an idea for a story about a cowboy and a baby, and cast Susie's unborn baby Happy in the part. The story will be the classic Hollywood tale: Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flight Angels
''Flight Angels'' is a 1940 commercial aviation film from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by Edmund Grainger and directed by Lewis Seiler, from an original story by Jerry Wald and Richard Macaulay. The film stars Virginia Bruce, Dennis Morgan, Wayne Morris, and Ralph Bellamy as airline employees, flying Douglas DST airliners. The basic premise of the film follows the operational conditions of a commercial airline, while also following its stewardesses and pilots as they go through their daily routines, punctuated with the details of their personal lives. Plot "Ace" commercial airline pilot Chick Faber (Dennis Morgan) is grounded by Flight Superintendent Bill Graves (Ralph Bellamy) when a flight physical reveals that his eyesight is failing. Aided by stewardess Mary Norvell (Virginia Bruce) and her friend, Nan Hudson (Jane Wyman), Graves persuades Chick to take a job as teacher in the school for stewardesses. While he remains at the airline, along with engineer, Artie Dixon (Way ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex
''The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex'' is a 1939 American historical romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, and Olivia de Havilland. Based on the play '' Elizabeth the Queen'' by Maxwell Anderson—which had a successful run on Broadway with Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt in the lead roles—the film fictionalizes the historical relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex. The screenplay was written by Norman Reilly Raine and Aeneas MacKenzie. It was the fifth of nine films that Flynn and de Havilland starred in, while it was the second of his three with Davis. The supporting cast included Donald Crisp, Henry Daniell, Henry Stephenson, and Vincent Price. The score was composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, who later used a theme from the film in his Symphony in F sharp major. The Technicolor cinematography was by Sol Polito, and the elaborate costumes were designed by Orry-Kelly. The film was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Code Of The Secret Service
''Code of the Secret Service'' is a 1939 film directed by Noel M. Smith and starring Ronald Reagan. It is the second of four films in the U.S. Secret Service Agent Brass Bancroft series, having been preceded by ''Secret Service of the Air'' (1939) and followed by ''Smashing the Money Ring'' (1939) and ''Murder in the Air'' (1940). The series was part of a late 1930s effort by Warner Bros. to produce films depicting law enforcement in a positive light under pressure from Homer Stille Cummings (Franklin D. Roosevelt's Attorney General) and Will H. Hays (creator of the Motion Picture Production Code, the film industry's censorship guidelines), due to the studio's part in producing early 1930s films glamorizing gangsters. The series also enabled Warner Bros. to create Reagan's screen persona, with Reagan even showing up to the set of ''Code of the Secret Service'' and asking director Noel M. Smith, "When do I fight and whom?" Plot United States Secret Service Lieutenant Brass Bancr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Victory
''Dark Victory'' is a 1939 American melodrama film directed by Edmund Goulding, starring Bette Davis, and featuring George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers, and Cora Witherspoon. The screenplay by Casey Robinson was based on the 1934 play of the same title by George Brewer and Bertram Bloch, starring Tallulah Bankhead. Plot Judith "Judy" Traherne (Bette Davis), is a young, carefree, hedonistic Long Island socialite and heiress with a passion for horses, fast cars, and too much smoking and drinking. She initially ignores severe headaches and brief episodes of dizziness and double vision, but when she uncharacteristically takes a spill while riding and then tumbles down a flight of stairs, her secretary and best friend Ann King insists she see the family doctor, who refers her to a specialist. Dr. Frederick Steele, (George Brent), is closing his New York City office in preparation for a move to Brattleboro, Vermont, where he plans to d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women In The Wind
''Women in the Wind'' is a 1939 film directed by John Farrow and starring Kay Francis, William Gargan and Victor Jory. The plot concerns women pilots competing in the so-called "Powder Puff Derby", an annual transcontinental air race solely for women. Plot The women's air derby from Los Angeles to Cleveland means a lot to young aviator Janet Steele ( Kay Francis), who uses every trick in the book to try to persuade record-setting pilot Ace Boreman (William Gargan) to lend her his very fast aircraft. Ace is reluctant, but Janet steals his craft to demonstrate her skill. He also learns that she is the sister of Bill Steele (Charles Anthony Hughes), a pilot friend of his who crashed and is bedridden. When Ace discovers that Janet needs the money to pay for an operation for Bill, he has no further objections to Janet flying his airplane. Complications ensue when Ace's estranged ex-wife Frieda (Sheila Bromley) notifies him their Mexican divorce is not legal. The airplane remains h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Jane Arden
''The Adventures of Jane Arden'' is a 1939 American crime film directed by Terry O. Morse and written by Vincent Sherman, Lawrence Kimble, and Charles W. Curran. The film stars Rosella Towne, William Gargan, James Stephenson, Benny Rubin, Dennie Moore and Peggy Shannon. The film was released by Warner Bros. on March 18, 1939. Plot A girl is killed by a criminal gang. Reporter Arden refuses to write the story, since she does not believe the police have found the real culprit, and gets fired for it. Apparently, the firing is fake, and she goes undercover to catch the real killers with stolen jewelry supplied by the investigator. Cast * Rosella Towne as Jane Arden *William Gargan as Ed Towers * James Stephenson as Dr. George Vanders *Benny Rubin as Marvin Piermont *Dennie Moore as Teenie Moore *Peggy Shannon as Lola Martin *Edgar Edwards as William 'Bill' Clifton *Hobart Cavanaugh as Suspect 'Killer' * Pierre Watkin as Albert Thayer * Maris Wrixon as Martha Blanton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Service Of The Air
''Secret Service of the Air'' (also known as ''Murder Plane'') is a 1939 American adventure film directed by Noel M. Smith and starring Ronald Reagan. This film was the first in Warner Bros.' Secret Service series. The series consisted of four films, all starring Ronald Reagan as Lieutenant "Brass" Bancroft of the U.S. Secret Service and Eddie Foy, Jr. as his sidekick "Gabby." It was followed up by ''Code of the Secret Service'', '' Smashing the Money Ring'' (both 1939), and '' Murder in the Air'' (1940), the last film in the series.Nixon, Rob"Articles: Secret Service of the Air".''Turner Classic Movies.'' Retrieved: July 8, 2014. Reagan was just starting out his film career and commented later that during that period, he was a B movie "Errol Flynn". Plot An undercover Secret Service agent stumbles upon a smuggling ring illegally transporting Mexicans into the United States by air. When he pulls a gun on the pilot on one such trip, the pilot sends the aircraft into a sudde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yes, My Darling Daughter (film)
''Yes, My Darling Daughter'' is a 1939 American screwball comedy film directed by William Keighley and starring Priscilla Lane. Ellen Murray (Priscilla Lane) is a young woman determined to spend a weekend with her lover, Douglas Hall (Jeffrey Lynn) before he takes off to Europe for his new job. Plot summary Cast * Priscilla Lane as Ellen Murray * Jeffrey Lynn as Douglas 'Doug' Hall * Roland Young as Titus 'Jay' Jaywood * Fay Bainter as Ann 'Annie' Murray * May Robson as Granny Whitman * Genevieve Tobin as Aunt Connie Nevins * Ian Hunter as Lewis Murray * Robert Homans as Police Sergeant Murphy * Edward Gargan as Dayfield Motorcycle Policeman * Spencer Charters as Angus Dibble * Lottie Williams as Martha, the Maid * Paul Panzer as Peter (scenes deleted) * George Tobias as Dock Worker (uncredited) * Clem Bevans as Henry (baggage man) (uncredited) * John Harron as Belga Line Steward (uncredited) * Vera Lewis as Mrs. Dibble (uncredited) * Jack Richardson as Husband Leaving Trai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Going Places (1938 Film)
''Going Places'' is a 1938 American musical comedy film directed by Ray Enright. Dick Powell plays a sporting goods salesman who is forced to pose as a famous horseman as part of his scheme to boost sales and gets entangled in his lies. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song " Jeepers Creepers", premiered in this movie by Louis Armstrong, who sings it to a horse. Two earlier films, both entitled ''The Hottentot'' (1929) and ''The Hottentot'' (1922 silent version), were based on the same source. Plot A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for. Cast * Dick Powell as Peter Mason * Anita Louise as Ellen Parker * Allen Jenkins as "Droopy" * Ronald Reagan as Jack Withering * Walter Catlett as Franklin Dexter * Harold Huber as Maxie Miller * Larry Williams as Frank Kendall * Thurston Hall as Col. Harvey Withering * Minna Gombell as Cora Withering * Joyce Compton as The Colonel' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Declaration Of Independence (film)
Declaration of Independence is a 1938 American short film, short drama film directed by Crane Wilbur. It won an Academy Award at the 11th Academy Awards in 1939 for Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, Best Short Subject (Two-Reel), and has been credited as being one of the few films relating to the American Revolution to win this award. ''Declaration of Independence'' was part of Warner Bros., Warner Bros.'s ''Old Glory'' series, which consisted of several short films that covered American history. Cast * John Litel as Thomas Jefferson * Ted Osborne as Caesar Rodney * Rosella Towne as Betsy Kramer * Richard Bond as Thomas Lynch Jr. * Owen King as Edward Rutledge * Henry Hall as John Hancock * Walter Walker (actor), Walter Walker as Benjamin Franklin * Ferris Taylor as John Adams References External links * * * 1938 films 1938 drama films 1938 short films American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Crane Wilbur Live Action Short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
