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Russell Harlan
Russell B. Harlan, A.S.C. (September 16, 1903 – February 28, 1974) was an American cinematographer. Biography Born in Los Angeles, California, Russell Harlan witnessed the city's development from the construction of its first film studio to being the center for motion picture production in the United States. Harlan embarked on a career in film as an actor and stuntman but by the early 1930s was pursuing his interest behind the camera as an assistant. He performed as the cinematographer for the first time in 1937 on a ''Hopalong Cassidy'' western film that led to a career spanning more than thirty years. He received six nominations for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, including two in 1962 alone when he worked on ''Hatari!'' and ''To Kill a Mockingbird (film), To Kill a Mockingbird''. Russell Harlan died in 1974 in Newport Beach, California and was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Sel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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American Empire may refer to: * ''American Empire'' (film), a 1942 Western * ''American Empire'' (series), a series of novels by Harry Turtledove * American Empire Project, a nonfiction book series * American Empire style, a style of furniture and decoration * American Empire, a fictional country in the ''Ghost in the Shell'' series See also * * Aerican Empire, a micronation name derived from ''American Empire'' * American imperialism American imperialism refers to the expansion of American political, economic, cultural, and media influence beyond the boundaries of the United States. Depending on the commentator, it may include imperialism through outright military conquest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heritage Of The Desert (1939 Film)
''Heritage of the Desert'' is a 1939 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Norman Houston and Harrison Jacobs. The film stars Donald Woods, Evelyn Venable, Russell Hayden, Robert Barrat, Sidney Toler, C. Henry Gordon and Willard Robertson. It is based on the novel '' The Heritage of the Desert'' by Zane Grey. The film was released on June 23, 1939, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *Donald Woods as John Abbott *Evelyn Venable as Miriam Naab *Russell Hayden as David Naab *Robert Barrat as Andrew Naab *Sidney Toler as Nosey * C. Henry Gordon as Henry Holderness *Willard Robertson as Henchman Nebraska *Paul Guilfoyle as Snap Thornton * Paul Fix as Henchman Chick Chance *John 'Skins' Miller as Postmaster John Twerk *Reginald Barlow Reginald Harry Barlow (June 17, 1866 – July 6, 1943) was an American stage and screen character actor, author, and film director. He was a busy performer in Hollywood films of the 1930s. Early life A native ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thing From Another World
''The Thing from Another World'', sometimes referred to as just ''The Thing'', is a 1951 American black-and-white science fiction-horror film, directed by Christian Nyby, produced by Edward Lasker for Howard Hawks' Winchester Pictures Corporation, and released by RKO Pictures. The film stars Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite, and Douglas Spencer. James Arness plays The Thing; he is difficult to recognize in costume and makeup due to both low lighting and other effects used to obscure his features. ''The Thing from Another World'' is based on the 1938 novella "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell (writing under the pseudonym of Don A. Stuart).Warren 1982, pp. 151–163. The film's storyline concerns a U.S. Air Force crew and scientists who find, frozen in the Arctic ice, a crashed flying saucer and a humanoid body nearby. Returning to their remote research outpost with the body still in a block of ice, they are forced to defend themselves against the still al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilty Bystander
''Guilty Bystander'' is a 1950 American crime drama directed by Joseph Lerner, and starring Zachary Scott and Faye Emerson. The film was shot on location entirely in New York City. It also marked the last motion picture screen appearances for character actors Mary Boland and J. Edward Bromberg. Until recently, ''Guilty Bystander'' was considered a lost film. Plot Max Thursday is an ex-cop and an alcoholic. The only job he can find is house detective at his pal Smitty's rundown hotel. Ex-wife Georgia comes to him in a panic. Their young son Jeff is missing and so is her brother Fred Mace. She didn't report it, after being warned not to go to the police by Dr. Elder, who is a business acquaintance of Fred's. The drunken Max confronts pistol packing Dr. Elder, looking for answers regarding his missing son, but the doctor knocks him out cold from behind. Max wakes up and is taken to police headquarters for questioning. He soon learns that Dr. Elder has been killed and he becomes t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gun Crazy
''Gun Crazy'' (also known as ''Deadly Is the Female'') is a 1950 American crime film noir starring Peggy Cummins and John Dall in a story about the crime-spree of a gun-toting husband and wife. It was directed by Joseph H. Lewis, and produced by Frank and Maurice King. The screenplay by blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo—credited to Millard Kaufman because of the blacklist—and by MacKinlay Kantor was based upon a short story by Kantor published in 1940 in ''The Saturday Evening Post''. In 1998, ''Gun Crazy'' was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Plot Teenager Barton "Bart" Tare gets caught breaking a hardware store window to steal a gun. He is sent to reform school for four years despite the supportive testimony of his friends Dave and Clyde, his older sister Ruby and others. They claim he would never kill any living creature, even though he has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red River (1948 Film)
''Red River'' is a 1948 American Western film, directed and produced by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift. It gives a fictional account of the first cattle drive from Texas to Kansas along the Chisholm Trail. The dramatic tension stems from a growing feud over the management of the drive between the Texas rancher who initiated it (Wayne) and his adopted adult son (Clift). The film's supporting cast features Walter Brennan, Joanne Dru, Coleen Gray, Harry Carey, John Ireland, Hank Worden, Noah Beery Jr., Harry Carey Jr. and Paul Fix. Borden Chase and Charles Schnee wrote the screenplay based on Chase's original story (which was first serialized in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' in 1946 as "Blazing Guns on the Chisholm Trail"). Upon its release, ''Red River'' was both a commercial and a critical success and was nominated for two Academy Awards. In 1990, ''Red River'' was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramrod (film)
''Ramrod'' is a 1947 American Western film directed by Andre DeToth and starring Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Preston Foster and Don DeFore. This cowboy drama from Hungarian director DeToth was the first of several films based on the stories of Western author Luke Short. DeToth's first Western is often compared to films noir released around the same time. Leading lady Veronica Lake was then married to director DeToth. The supporting cast features Donald Crisp, Charles Ruggles, Lloyd Bridges and Ray Teal. Plot Connie Dickason is the strong-willed daughter of a ranch owner who is under the control of powerful local cattleman Frank Ivey, a man her father once wanted Connie to marry. Instead, Connie takes up with a sheep rancher who is run out of town by Ivey, leaving behind a note that he is handing the title of his ranch over to Connie. The conniving and manipulative Connie persuades ranch hand Dave Nash to be her "ramrod," or ranch foreman. He recruits an old pal, Bill Schell, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Walk In The Sun (1945 Film)
''A Walk in the Sun'' is a 1945 American war film based on the novel by Harry Brown, who was a writer for ''Yank, the Army Weekly'' based in England. The book was serialized in ''Liberty Magazine'' in October 1944. The film was directed by Lewis Milestone, stars Dana Andrews and features Richard Conte, George Tyne, John Ireland, Lloyd Bridges, Sterling Holloway, Norman Lloyd, Herbert Rudley and Richard Benedict, with narration by Burgess Meredith. In 2016, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress, and selected for preservation in its National Film Registry. Plot In September 1943, the diverse group of fifty-three soldiers comprising a lead Platoon of the Texas Division anxiously await their upcoming Allied invasion of Italy on a beach near Salerno, Italy. A landing barge carries them to their objective during the pre-dawn hours, and the increasing danger of their situation is demonstrated whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystery Man (1944 Film)
''Mystery Man'' is a 1944 American Western film directed by George Archainbaud and written by J. Benton Cheney. The film stars William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jimmy Rogers, Don Costello, Eleanor Stewart and Francis McDonald. The film was released on May 31, 1944, by United Artists. Plot Hoppy, California & Jimmy Rogers set out to stop a gang of bank robbers led by a man pretending to be respectable citizen.Pitts, Michael R., Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2nd Ed.,McFarland, Incorporated (e-book), page 221, 2012 Cast * William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy *Andy Clyde as California Carlson *Jimmy Rogers as Jimmy Rogers *Don Costello as Bud Trilling *Eleanor Stewart as Diane Newhall *Francis McDonald as Henchman Bert Rogan *Forrest Taylor as Sheriff Sam Newhall *Jack Rockwell as Marshal Ted Blane *John Merton as Henchman Bill *Pierce Lyden Pierce W. Lyden (January 8, 1908 – October 10, 1998) was an American actor best known for his work in television and film Wester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
False Colors (1943 Film)
''False Colors'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by George Archainbaud and written by Morton Grant, Michael Wilson and Norman Houston. The film stars William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jimmy Rogers, Douglass Dumbrille, Tom Seidel, Claudia Drake and Robert Mitchum. The film was released on November 5, 1943, by United Artists. Plot A Bar 20 cowboy is killed soon after inheriting a ranch. Hopalong Cassidy goes to look over the land and help the murdered man’s sister. Hoppy discovers that a crooked banker is out to steal the ranch.Pitts, Michael R., Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2nd Ed.,McFarland, Incorporated (e-book), page 102, 2012 Cast * William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy * Andy Clyde as California Carlson *Jimmy Rogers as Jimmy Rogers *Douglass Dumbrille as Mark Foster *Tom Seidel as Bud Lawton / Kit Moyer *Claudia Drake as Faith Lawton *Robert Mitchum as Henchman Rip Austin * Glenn Strange as Henchman Sonora *Pierce Lyden as Henchman Lefty *Roy Barcro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoppy Serves A Writ
''Hoppy Serves a Writ'' is a 1943 Western (genre), Western film directed by George Archainbaud and starring William Boyd (actor), William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy, the 43rd of 66 Cassidy features. The supporting cast features his regular sidekicks Andy Clyde and Jay Kirby, as well as Victor Jory and George Reeves. The film remains noteworthy today as one of the earliest performances (his 2nd) of unshaven newcomer Robert Mitchum, who made an impression upon the studio by generating a surprising fan mail response exactly as Clark Gable had after playing an extremely similar unshaven role in ''The Painted Desert'', a Western starring William Boyd produced a dozen years earlier. Plot Cattle rustler and stagecoach hold-up man Tom Jordan and his gang have been terrorizing the ranchers and other citizens of Mason City. Sheriff Hoppy is implored to bring them to justice, but their hideout is across the border in Oklahoma, outside his jurisdiction. With somewhat questionable help from si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Empire (film)
''American Empire'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by William C. McGann. The film was released in the United Kingdom as ''My Son Alone''. Plot Three Civil War vets head to Texas and build a cattle empire, and battle rustlers, bad weather and each other. The first man abandons ship, and he is soon followed by the second partner. That leaves the "good guy" to defend his property from the vengeful traitors. Cast * Richard Dix as Dan Taylor * Leo Carrillo as Dominique Beauchard * Preston Foster as Paxton Bryce * Frances Gifford as Abigail 'Abby' Taylor, Dan's Sister * Robert Barrat as Crowder, Small Rancher * Jack La Rue as Pierre, Beauchard Henchman * Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Sailaway * Cliff Edwards as Runty * Merrill Rodin as Paxton Bryce Jr. * Chris-Pin Martin as Augustin, Beauchard Henchman * Richard Webb as Crane (small rancher) * William Farnum as Louisiana Judge * Etta McDaniel as Willa May, Bryce's Maid * Hal Taliaferro Floyd Taliaferro Alderson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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