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Russell Kimball
Russell Kimball (November 1, 1903 – June 29, 1979) was an American art director who worked on more than a hundred and fifty films and television series during his career.Darby p.267 Selected filmography * '' In Old California'' (1942) * ''The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine'' (1942) * ''The Girl from Alaska'' (1942) * ''Moonlight Masquerade'' (1942) * '' The Queen of Spies'' (1942) * ''Outlaws of Pine Ridge'' (1942) * ''Perils of Nyoka'' (1942) * '' Call of the Canyon'' (1942) * ''Hit Parade of 1943'' (1943) * ''London Blackout Murders'' (1943) * ''The Purple V'' (1943) * ''Hit Parade of 1943'' (1943) * '' The Attorney's Dilemma'' (1943) * ''Whispering Footsteps'' (1943) * '' Man from Music Mountain'' (1943) * ''Mystery Broadcast'' (1943) * ''Tahiti Honey'' (1943) * ''Days of Old Cheyenne'' (1943) * ''The Man from Thunder River'' (1943) * ''Black Hills Express'' (1943) * ''Rosie the Riveter'' (1944) * ''Storm Over Lisbon'' (1944) * '' Stagecoach to Monterey'' (1944) * ''Brazil'' (1944 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to intensive agriculture; deciduous forests in the southeast, now partially cleared, farmed, and settled; and the less populated North Woods, used for mining, forestry, and recreation. Roughly a third of the state is covered in forests, and it is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" for having over 14,000 bodies of fresh water of at least ten acres. More than 60% of Minnesotans live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, known as the "Twin Cities", the state's main political, economic, and cultural hub. With a population of about 3.7 million, the Twin Cities is the 16th largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Other minor metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas in the state include Duluth, Mankato, Moorhead, Rochester, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man From Music Mountain (1943 Film)
The Man from Music Mountain may refer to: * ''Man from Music Mountain'' (1938 film), American western film starring Gene Autry * ''The Man from Music Mountain'' (1943 film), American western film starring Roy Rogers and Trigger {{DEFAULTSORT:Man from Music Mountain, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder In The Music Hall
''Murder in the Music Hall'' is a 1946 American musical mystery film directed by John English and starring Vera Ralston, William Marshall and Helen Walker.McCarty p.464 The film involves a murder in Radio City Music Hall with The Rockettes as suspects. The film's sets were designed by the art director Russell Kimball. It was re-released in 1951. Plot Lila Laughton is a Rockette figure skater at Radio City Music Hall in New York. She's dating orchestra conductor Don Jordan. Her ex-flame, producer Carl Lang, gets out of jail and visits her. Lang plays a song he wrote just for Lila, and demands that she appear in his new show or he'll tell the world that she poisoned her ex-lover Douglas five years ago. Frightened, Lila tells fellow performers Diane and Millicent and understudy Gracie about Lang's return. They sympathize, as all of them worked for him before. When Lila and Don return to Lang's apartment to retrieve Lila's purse, they find him dead and a woman's glove on the fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Sporting Chance (1945 Film)
''A Sporting Chance'' is a 1945 American comedy film directed by George Blair and starring Jane Randolph, John O'Malley and Steve Barclay.Martin 191 The screenplay concerns a spoiled young woman who has to get and keep a job before she is entitled to claim her inheritance. The film's sets were designed by the art director Russell Kimball. Cast * Jane Randolph as Pamela Herrick * John O'Malley as Steve Walker * Steve Barclay as Ted Cummings * Edward Gargan as Mike Ryan * Isabel Withers as Susan Bailey * Maxine Semon as Gert * Selmer Jackson as John Smalley * Robert Middlemass as William Reardon * Kenne Duncan as Boarder * Janet Martin Janet Martin was an American film actress and singer. She appeared in a number of Republic Pictures' films during the 1940s. Early years Martin was born Valya Valentina Tetiacov Terry, the daughter of Alexandria Myra Tetiacov Terry (also known ... as Specialty References Bibliography * Len D. Martin. ''The Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Carroll Vanities
''Earl Carroll Vanities'' is a 1945 American musical film directed by Joseph Santley and written by Frank Gill Jr. The film stars Dennis O'Keefe, Constance Moore, Eve Arden, Otto Kruger, Alan Mowbray and Stephanie Bachelor. It was released on April 5, 1945 by Republic Pictures. The film's title refers to the real-life revue ''The Earl Carroll Vanities'', but the film is not related to ''Earl Carroll Sketchbook'', a film that would be released the following year. Plot Princess Drina returns to America where she was educated. She is traveling with her betrothed, the usually inebriated Grand Duke Paul, and with Queen Mother Elena, who wants Drina to secure a bank loan that will sustain their small republic economically. Drina encounters Tex Donnelly, an American woman who runs a nightclub, and confides that her secret wish is to sing and dance. Tex's business partner and songwriter Danny Baldwin needs a replacement when the club's star entertainer, his girlfriend Claire Elliott, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Placid Serenade
''Lake Placid Serenade'' is a 1944 American musical romance film directed by Steve Sekely and starring Vera Ralston, Eugene Pallette and Barbara Jo Allen.Martin p.103 Following the German invasion of Czechoslovakia a Czech ice-skating champion goes to stay with her Uncle in the United States. It was made by Republic Pictures as a slightly higher-budget production than most of the studios' B Movies. The film's sets were designed by the art director Russell Kimball. Plot Vera Haschek (Vera Ralston), training for the Czechoslovak national figure skating championship, is given a pair of hand-made skates by her Grandfather (Lloyd Corrigan). She wins the contest, impressing the Countess (Barbara Jo Allen), an ice show impresario. She tries to sign Vera to a long-term contract, but Vera resists. The Countess puts Vera in a show at the Ice Carnival in Lake Placid, New York, and Vera becomes an audience favourite. When Vera learns that Nazi Germany has invaded Czechoslovakia, she is wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil (1944 Film)
''Brazil'' (also known as ''Stars and Guitars'') is a 1944 American musical comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Tito Guízar, Virginia Bruce and Edward Everett Horton. It is set in Brazil, and involves a composer masquerading as twins, trying to win the hand of an anti-Latin novelist. The film also features Brazilian singer Aurora Miranda, as well as American singing cowboy Roy Rogers in a cameo appearance as himself. Cast * Tito Guízar as Miguel Soares * Virginia Bruce as Nicky Henderson * Edward Everett Horton as Everett St. John Everett * Robert Livingston as Rod Walker * Veloz and Yolanda as themselves * Fortunio Bonanova as Senhor Renaldo Da Silva * Richard Lane as Edward Graham * Frank Puglia as Senhor Machado * Aurora Miranda as Bailarina, Specialty Dancer * Alfredo DeSa as Master of Ceremonies (as Alfred de Sa) * Henry De Silva as Comerciante * Rico De Montez as Airport Official * Leonardo Scavino as Reporter (as Leon Lenoir) * Roy Rogers as Himself, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stagecoach To Monterey
''Stagecoach to Monterey'' is a 1944 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander, written by Norman S. Hall, and starring Allan Lane, Peggy Stewart, Wally Vernon, Twinkle Watts, Tom London and LeRoy Mason. It was released on September 15, 1944, by Republic Pictures. Plot Cast *Allan Lane as Bruce Redmond posing as Chick Weaver * Peggy Stewart as Jessie Wade *Wally Vernon as Throckmorton 'Other-Hand' Snodgrass *Twinkle Watts as Inky Wade *Tom London as Chester Wade *LeRoy Mason as Black Jack Barstow *Roy Barcroft as J. Rodney Stevens *Kenne Duncan as Henchman Joe *Bud Geary as Henchman Gans *Carl Sepulveda as Henchman Roy *Jack Kirk Jack Kirk (February 19, 1895 – September 13, 1948) was an American film actor from Missoula, Montana who had roles in over 300 films, mostly B-westerns, from 1926 and 1954. Selected filmography * ''The Stolen Ranch'' (1926) * ''Dames Ahoy!' ... as Bartender Fred * Fred Graham as Henchman Mac References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storm Over Lisbon
''Storm Over Lisbon'' is a 1944 American thriller film produced and directed by George Sherman and starring Vera Ralston. The screenplay concerns a nightclub owner who attempts to gain secret information. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gano Chittenden. Plot During World War II, the owner of a Lisbon nightclub attempts to gain secret information to sell to the Japanese. Cast * Vera Hruba Ralston as Maria Mazarek * Richard Arlen as John Craig * Erich von Stroheim as Deresco * Otto Kruger as Alexis Vanderlyn * Eduardo Ciannelli as Blanco * Robert Livingston as Bill Flanagan * Mona Barrie as Evelyn * Frank Orth as Mutgatroyd * Sarah Edwards as Maude Perry-Tonides * Alice Fleming as Agatha Sanford-Richards * Kenne Duncan as Paul * Leon Belasco as Fabo Singer * The Aida Broadbent Girls as Dancers Restoration A new restoration of ''Storm Over Lisbon'' by Paramount Pictures, The Film Foundation, and Martin Scorsese was screened at the Museum of Modern Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosie The Riveter (film)
''Rosie the Riveter'' is a 1944 American musical film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Jane Frazee, Frank Albertson and Barbara Jo Allen.Hurst p.202 It is inspired by the iconic character of the same name. Plot Cast * Jane Frazee as Rosalind "Rosie" Warren * Frank Albertson as Charlie Doran * Barbara Jo Allen as Vera Watson * Frank Jenks as Kelly Kennedy * Lloyd Corrigan as Clem Prouty * Frank Fenton as Wayne Calhoun * Maude Eburne Maude Eburne (born Maud Eburne Riggs, November 10, 1875 – October 15, 1960) was a Canadian character actress of stage and screen, known for playing eccentric roles. Early years Eburne was born the daughter of John and Mary Riggs, in Bront ... as Granma Quill * Carl Switzer as Buzz Prouty * Louise Erickson as Mabel Prouty * Ellen Lowe as Stella Prouty * Arthur Loft as Sergeant Montgomery References Bibliography * Hurst, Richard M. ''Republic Studios: Beyond Poverty Row and the Majors''. Scarecrow Press, 2007. External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Hills Express
''Black Hills Express'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by John English and starring Don 'Red' Barry, Wally Vernon and Ariel Heath.Martin p.306 The film's art direction was by Russell Kimball. Partial cast * Don 'Red' Barry as Lon Walker * Wally Vernon as Deputy Deadeye * Ariel Heath as Gale Southern * George J. Lewis as Henchman Vic Fowler * William Halligan as Marshal Harvey Dorman * Hooper Atchley as Jason Phelps * Charles Miller as Raymond Harper * Pierce Lyden as Henchman Carl * Jack Rockwell as Sheriff * Bob Kortman Robert F. Kortman (December 24, 1887 – March 13, 1967) was an American film actor mostly associated with westerns, though he also appeared in a number of Laurel and Hardy comedies. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1914 and 1952. ... as Henchman Dutch * Al Taylor as Henchman Denver aka Stoner References Bibliography * Len D. Martin. ''The Republic Pictures Checklist: Features, Serials, Cartoons, Short S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man From Thunder River
''The Man from Thunder River'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by John English and written by J. Benton Cheney. The film stars Wild Bill Elliott, George "Gabby" Hayes, Anne Jeffreys, Ian Keith, John James and Georgie Cooper. The film was released on June 11, 1943, by Republic Pictures. Plot Cast *Wild Bill Elliott as Wild Bill Elliott *George "Gabby" Hayes as Gabby Whittaker *Anne Jeffreys as Nancy Ferguson *Ian Keith as Henry Stevens *John James as Jack Ferguson *Georgie Cooper as Bess Ferguson *Jack Ingram as Les *Eddie Lee as Wong * Charles King as Henchman *Jack Rockwell Jack Rockwell Trowbridge (October 6, 1890 – November 10, 1947) was an American film actor who was born in Mexico. He appeared in over 250 movies, mostly Westerns, between 1927 and 1947. Rockwell's older brother was character actor Charles ... as Sheriff References External links * 1943 films American Western (genre) films 1943 Western (genre) films Republic Pictures fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
