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Russell Wade
Russell Wade (June 22, 1917 – December 9, 2006) was an American actor. Life and career Russell Wade was born on June 21, 1917, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. He signed an RKO contract in 1942. Having appeared in 80 films, his last one was ''Beyond Glory'' in 1948. With a boost from actor Pat O'Brien, Wade moved up from being an extra to having a role that was "expanded and tailored" for him in ''The Iron Major'' (1943). Death On December 9, 2006, Wade died in Palm Springs, California, at age 89. Selected filmography * '' The Wrecker'' (1933) - Chuck Regan (first appearance) * ''Fighting Youth'' (1935) - Buck's Roommate * ''The House of a Thousand Candles'' (1936) - Young Man (uncredited) * '' We Went to College'' (1936) - Student (uncredited) * ''Postal Inspector'' (1936) - Man (uncredited) * ''My Man Godfrey'' (1936) - Socialite at Scavenger Hunt (uncredited) * ''Yellowstone'' (1936) - Bellboy (uncredited) * ''The Girl on the Front Page'' (1936) - Elevator Operator (uncre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, it ranks 20th among United States cities in population, and is the 8th largest city in the Southern United States. The population grew following the 2010 census and reached 687,725 in the 2020 census. The Oklahoma City metropolitan area had a population of 1,396,445, and the Oklahoma City–Shawnee Combined Statistical Area had a population of 1,469,124, making it Oklahoma's largest municipality and metropolitan area by population. Oklahoma City's city limits extend somewhat into Canadian, Cleveland, and Pottawatomie counties, though much of those areas outside the core Oklahoma County area are suburban tracts or protected rural zones ( watershed). The city is the eighth-largest in the United States by area including consolidated city-counties; it is the second-largest, after Houston, not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Lucky Star (1938 Film)
''My Lucky Star'' is a 1938 romantic comedy film. This was Norwegian ice-skating Olympic champion Sonja Henie's fourth film. Plot George Cabot Jr. (Cesar Romero), the son of a department store owner, enrolls the store's sports clerk Krista Nielsen (Sonja Henie) at a university to use her as an advertisement for their fashion department. George is trying to pay off cabaret singer Marcelle La Verne, who wants to annul their brief elopement. Marcelle threatens to name Krista as a co-respondent in her lawsuit. Krista has fallen for Larry Taylor at the college, where a skating exhibition lands her on the cover of ''Life'' magazine. Cast * Sonja Henie as Krista Nielsen * Richard Greene as Larry Taylor * Joan Davis as Mary Dwight * Cesar Romero as George Cabot Jr * Buddy Ebsen as Buddy * Arthur Treacher as Whipple * George Barbier as George Cabot Sr * Gypsy Rose Lee as Marcelle La Verne (as Louise Hovick) * Billy Gilbert as Nick * Patricia Wilder as Dorothy * Pau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Loves Has Nancy
''Three Loves Has Nancy'' is a 1938 romantic comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Janet Gaynor, Robert Montgomery and Franchot Tone. It is set in New York City. Plot The seduction plans of novelist Malcolm Niles go awry when actress Vivian Herford brings along her mother to a candlelight dinner in his New York apartment. When they talk of marriage, Malcolm decides to make a tour promoting his new book, and in a small southern town meets Nancy Briggs at an autographing session at the local bookstore. Nancy is getting married that night, but her fiancé, working in New York, doesn't come back for the wedding, so her family gives her the fare to go to New York to find him. At the same time, Malcolm gets a wire from his publisher and friend, Robert Hanson, telling him to come home because Vivian has left town. Traveling to New York on the same train, Nancy proves to be a pest who Malcolm hopes to avoid once they arrive, but when Nancy can't find her fiancé, she goes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letter Of Introduction
''Letter of Introduction'' is a 1938 American comedy-drama film directed by John M. Stahl. In 1966, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication. Plot An aging actor, John Mannering, is surprised when his estranged daughter, Kay Martin, shows up. She is an actress trying to succeed on Broadway. He is persuaded to perform on Broadway for the first time in twelve years in a play with her. He is anxious about his performance, so turns to alcohol to overcome his self-doubt. He tries to re-establish his relationship with his daughter while trying to hide from the press that she is his daughter. Cast *Adolphe Menjou as John Mannering *Andrea Leeds as Katherine "Kay" Martin *George Murphy as Barry Paige * Edgar Bergen as himself *Rita Johnson as Honey * Ann Sheridan as Lydia Hoyt *Ernest Cossart as Andrews, the Butler *Frank Jenks as Joe, theatre prompter *Eve Arden as Cora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Blind Mice (1938 Film)
''Three Blind Mice'' is a 1938 American romantic comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Loretta Young, Joel McCrea, and David Niven that was based upon a play by Stephen Powys. Plot Three Kansas sisters, owners of a chicken farm, dream of a different life. Pamela (Loretta Young) pretends to be a rich lady, Moira (Marjorie Weaver) her personal maid and Elizabeth (Pauline Moore) her personal secretary. When they inherit $5872, Pam decides to head to California in search of a rich husband, which will make it much easier for her sisters to do the same. Moira and Liz do not like the idea, but Pam talks them into it. When they check into a Santa Barbara hotel under their rehearsed roles, Steve Harrington (David Niven), who is taking a call at the front desk, is enchanted, but Pam thinks he is a gold digger, so she gives him a chilly reception. Later, Mike Brophy (Stuart Erwin), a hotel waiter, proves most informative about who is wealthy and who is not. Steve is. When ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentucky Moonshine
''Kentucky Moonshine'' is a 1938 American comedy musical film directed by David Butler and released by 20th Century Fox. Plot Radio star Jerry Wade's program ratings are falling and he suggests to his sponsors a show that is different and he goes to Kentucky to find an idea. Caroline, a Kentucky girl in New York trying to crash into radio, learns of Wade's quest and takes her three friends, Harry, Jimmy and Al Ritz, also aspiring to show-business fame, to Kentucky with her, where Wade discovers them in beards, guns, feuds, moonshine and every cliché that fits the hillbillies lifestyle. He stages a broadcast from the hills, which is not heard because of technical difficulties. He takes the whole troupe back to New York with him. Cast * Ritz Brothers as Themselves * Tony Martin as Jerry Wade * Marjorie Weaver as Caroline * Slim Summerville as Hank Hatfield * John Carradine as Reef Hatfield * Wally Vernon as Gus Bryce * Berton Churchill as J.B. * Eddie Collins as 'Spats' Swens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hold That Kiss
''Hold That Kiss'' (1938) is a romantic comedy film starring Maureen O'Sullivan and Dennis O'Keefe. Plot Travel agency clerk Tommy Bradford (Dennis O'Keefe) delivers tickets to wealthy J. Westley Piermont ( George Barbier) at the lavish wedding of his daughter. Piermont introduces him to model June Evans (Maureen O'Sullivan), but neglects to mention neither one is a guest. June is there to help the daughter with her wedding dress. Both pretend to be rich. Tommy gives June his telephone number, but neither expects anything to come of their momentary attraction to each other. That night, after she tells her family about her adventure, her obnoxious, younger, musician brother Chick (Mickey Rooney) phones Tommy, pretending to be June's servant, and forces his sister to continue the charade. Tommy is pressured to maintain the masquerade as well by his roommate Al (Edward Brophy), an insurance salesman who dreams of making contacts in New York high society. They begin seeing each othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivacious Lady
''Vivacious Lady'' is a 1938 American black-and-white romantic comedy film directed by George Stevens and starring Ginger Rogers and James Stewart. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures. The screenplay was written by P.J. Wolfson and Ernest Pagano and adapted from a short story by I. A. R. Wylie. The music score was by Roy Webb and the cinematography by Robert De Grasse. The film is a story of love at first sight between a young botany professor and a nightclub singer. The film's comedic elements include repeatedly frustrated attempts by the newlywed couple to find a moment alone with each other. Among the supporting players are James Ellison, Frances Mercer, Beulah Bondi, Franklin Pangborn, and Charles Coburn, as well as an uncredited appearance by Hattie McDaniel. Plot Botany professor Peter Morgan Jr. ( Stewart) is sent to Manhattan to retrieve his playboy cousin Keith (Ellison) and immediately falls in love with nightclub singer Francey (Rogers). After a whirlwind one-day c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under Western Stars
'' Under Western Stars'' is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hughes, and the Maple City Four. Written by Dorrell McGowan, Stuart E. McGowan, and Betty Burbridge, the film is about a populist singing cowboy who decides to run for Congress in order to seek federal assistance to help small ranchers regain their water rights during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. His campaign comes into conflict with greedy water company executives. The film was the first starring role for Rogers, made under contract to Republic Pictures during a walkout by the studio's singing cowboy Gene Autry. The picture was filmed on location in the Alabama Hills of Lone Pine, California. The film's song "Dust", written by Johnny Marvin, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song. In 2009, ''Under Western Stars'' was selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" sign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Goldwyn Follies
''The Goldwyn Follies'' is a 1938 Technicolor film written by Ben Hecht, Sid Kuller, Sam Perrin and Arthur Phillips, with music by George Gershwin, Vernon Duke, and Ray Golden, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Sid Kuller. Some sources credit Kurt Weill as one of the composers, but this is apparently incorrect. ''The Goldwyn Follies'' was the first Technicolor film produced by Samuel Goldwyn. The movie, which features Adolphe Menjou, Vera Zorina, Edgar Bergen (with Charlie McCarthy (ventriloquist), Charlie McCarthy), Andrea Leeds, Kenny Baker (American performer), Kenny Baker, Ella Logan, Helen Jepson, Bobby Clark (comedy actor), Bobby Clark and the Ritz Brothers, depicts a movie producer who chooses a simple girl to be "Miss Humanity" and to critically evaluate his movies from the point of view of the ordinary person. The style of the film is very similar to other musical film, musicals of its era, including the "Gold Diggers" series and others. The film is an effective satire on Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitting A New High
''Hitting a New High'' is a 1937 comedy film directed by Raoul Walsh. It stars Lily Pons and Jack Oakie. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1938 in the category Best Sound Recording ( John O. Aalberg). Plot Corny Davis, a press agent of an American entertainment mogul based out of Paris, France is looking for new work. After the mogul, Lucius B Blynn, faces a series of embrassments, his press agent tries to sign an opera singer for him. He finds an opera singer named Suzette (Lily Pons), Suzette is furious with her current agent and boyfriend (Jimmy James, played by John Howard) who wants her to sing cabaret instead of opera, so she walks out on him, where Corny is waiting. However, Davis's boss is already on a quest to rebuild his reputation by going on safari in French Equatorial Africa. Therefore, he has the opera singer (played by Lily Pons) go to the French Congo and pretend to be a "bird woman", something akin to Tarzan but having been raised amongst the birds. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
