Supreme Pictures Corporation

	Supreme Pictures Corporation Supreme Pictures Corporation was a film production company in the United States. It produced dozens of Western genre films. It was run by Sam Katzman and A. W. Hackel. It made Westerns starring Johnny Mack Brown as well as Bob Steele. The company also produced the film ''Am I Guilty?'' starring Ralph Cooper and an African American cast. Filmography '' The Crooked Trail'' (1936) ''The Kid Ranger'' (1936) '' Last of the Warrens'' (1936) ''Rogue of the Range'' (1936) '' Brand of the Outlaws'' (1936) '' Undercover Man'' (1936) ''Am I Guilty? ''Am I Guilty?'' Is an American film released in 1940 directed by Samuel Neufeld for the Supreme Pictures Corporation. A. W. Hackel was the film's producer.; his Supreme Pictures, which had produced dozens of Western films, planned a series of fi ...'' (1940) References Film production companies of the United States {{US-film-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sam Katzman Sam Katzman (July 7, 1901 – August 4, 1973) was an American film producer and director. Katzman produced low-budget genre films, including serials, which had disproportionately high returns for the studios and his financial backers. Early career Sam was born to a Jewish family; his father Abe Katzman was a violinist. He and Sam's mother Rebecca (née Sugarman) were from Kishinev, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire (now Chisinău, Moldova). Katzman went to work as a stage laborer at the age of 13 in the fledgling East Coast film industry and moved from prop boy to assistant director at Fox Films. He would learn all aspects of filmmaking and was a Hollywood producer for more than 40 years. Katzman worked as an assistant to Norman Taurog and got married on the set of ''The Diplomats'' in 1928 at Fox. In October 1927 he signed with comic Joe Russo to make a series of two-reel comedies. Screencraft Pictures Katzman was a production supervisor at Showmen's Pictures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Johnny Mack Brown John Brown (September 1, 1904 – November 14, 1974) was an American college football player and film actor billed as John Mack Brown at the height of his screen career. He acted and starred mainly in Western (genre), Western films. Early life Born and raised in Dothan, Alabama, Brown was the son of Ed and Mattie Brown, one of eight siblings. His parents were shopkeepers. He was a star of the high school football team, earning a football scholarship to the University of Alabama. His little brother Tolbert Brown, Tolbert "Red" Brown played with "Mack" in 1925 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, 1925. After he finished college, he sold insurance and later coached the freshman running backs on the University of Alabama's football team. University of Alabama While at the University of Alabama, Brown became an initiated member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. Football Brown was a prominent halfback (American football), halfback on his university's Alabama Crimson Tide football, Crimso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bob Steele (actor) Bob Steele (born Robert Adrian Bradbury; January 23, 1907 – December 21, 1988) was an American actor. He also was billed as Bob Bradbury Jr.. Early life Steele was born in Portland, Oregon, into a vaudeville family. His parents were Robert North Bradbury and the former Nieta Quinn. He had a twin brother, Bill, also an actor. After years of touring, the family settled in Hollywood in the late 1910s, where his father soon found work in the movies, first as an actor, later as a director. By 1920, Robert Bradbury hired his son Bob and Bob's twin brother, Bill (1907–1971), as juvenile leads for a series of adventure movies titled ''The Adventures of Bill and Bob''. Steele attended Glendale High School but left before graduation. Career Steele's career began to take off in 1927, when he was hired by production company Film Booking Offices of America (FBO) to star in a series of Westerns. Renamed Bob Steele at FBO, he soon made a name for himself, and in the late 1920s, 1930s an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Am I Guilty? ''Am I Guilty?'' Is an American film released in 1940 directed by Samuel Neufeld for the Supreme Pictures Corporation. A. W. Hackel was the film's producer.; his Supreme Pictures, which had produced dozens of Western films, planned a series of films featuring African American casts but this was the only one to make it to release. Toddy Pictures re-released the film as Racket Doctor in 1945. A Toddy Pictures poster for the film was appraised on an episode of the PBS show ''Antiques Roadshow''. ''The Pittsburgh Courier'' described a gala opening at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. In the film's storyline, extraordinary measures are resorted to in order to help the poor as a young doctor sets up a free clinic in Harlem. Advertisements for the film, including a lobby card, remain in existence. Cast Ralph Cooper as Dr. James Dunbar Sybil Lewis as Joan Freeman * Sam McDaniel as John D. Jones Lawrence Criner as "Trigger" Bennett Marcella Moreland as Marcella Monte Hawley Pigme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ralph Cooper Ralph Cooper (January 16, 1908 – August 4, 1992), was an American actor, screenwriter, dancer and choreographer. Cooper is best known as the original master of ceremonies and founder of amateur night at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York City in 1935. He wrote, produced, directed and acted in ten motion pictures. Titles include, ''The Duke Is Tops'', ''Dark Manhattan'', '' Gangsters on the Loose'' and '' Gang War''. Because of his debonair good looks, he was known as "dark Gable" in the 1930s. Biography Cooper was born on January 16, 1908 in Harlem, New York City. He worked as a dancer in small downtown clubs near New York University, which he attended with plans of becoming a medical doctor. In July 1935, Cooper began the Apollo's Amateur Night which ran every Wednesday night. In 1937, Cooper formed Cooper-Randol Productions with black actor George Randol and soon afterwards Million Dollar Productions with white producers Harry Popkin and his brother Leo Popkin to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Crooked Trail ''The Crooked Trail'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby. Plot Cast Johnny Mack Brown as Jim Blake Lucile Browne as Helen Carter John Merton as Harve Tarlton Charles King as Lanning * Ted Adams as Estaban Solano John Van Pelt as Tex, a Miner Ed Cassidy as Grimby, a Miner Horace Murphy Horace Murphy (June 3, 1880 – January 20, 1975) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1931 and 1953. Early years Born in Osceola, Arkansas, Murphy was playing cornet by age 11, and six years later led the ... as Carter External links * 1936 films 1936 Western (genre) films 1930s English-language films American black-and-white films American Western (genre) films Films directed by S. Roy Luby Films with screenplays by George H. Plympton 1930s American films {{1930s-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Kid Ranger ''The Kid Ranger'' is a 1936 American Western film starring Bob Steele. It was done for Supreme Pictures and was produced by A. W. Hackel. Cast * Bob Steele as Ray Burton * William Farnum as Bill Mason * Joan Barclay as Mary Brokaw * Earl Dwire Earl Dwire (October 3, 1883 – January 16, 1940), born Earl Dean Dwire, was an American character actor who appeared in more than 150 movies between 1921 and his death in 1940. Dwire acted for three years in stock theater with companies i ... as Steve Brent References External links The Kid Rangerat Letterbox DVD 1936 films 1936 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Robert N. Bradbury 1930s American films {{1930s-western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Last Of The Warrens ''Last of the Warrens'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury. Cast * Bob Steele as Ted Warren Margaret Marquis as Mary Burns Charles King as Kent, aka Shelby Horace Murphy as Grizzly Lafe McKee as Sheriff Bates Charles K. French as Bruce Warren Blackie Whiteford as Slippery Gerns Steve Clark as Henchman Spike See also Bob Steele filmography American actor Bob Steele (Robert North Bradbury Jr. January 23, 1907December 21, 1988), and his twin brother Bill were the sons of film director Robert N. Bradbury. The twins began their acting career in the silent film ''The Adventures of Bill ... External links * * 1936 films American black-and-white films 1936 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Robert N. Bradbury 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rogue Of The Range ''Rogue of the Range'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby and starring Johnny Mack Brown and Lois January. The picture is also known as ''Spider and the Fly'' in the United Kingdom. Cast Johnny Mack Brown as Dan Doran Lois January as Stella Lamb * Stephen Chase as Lige Branscomb * Phyllis Hume as Tess * George Ball as Jim Mitchell Jack Rockwell as Henchman Sloan Horace Murphy as Sheriff Tom * Frank Ball as John (express agent) Oscar Gahan Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to: People Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name also used in other languages; the article includes the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms. * Oscar (Irish mythology) ... as Stage guard External links * * 1936 films 1936 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by S. Roy Luby 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Brand Of The Outlaws ''Brand of the Outlaws'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury for A. W. Hackel's Supreme Pictures.p. 43 Pitts, Michael R, ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films'' ‎ McFarland; 2nd edition (January 1, 2013) Plot A Sheriff and his posse split up to pursue a group of rustlers. Seeing the sheriff alone, the gang shoots him, leaving him for dead. He's found by drifter Gary Grey who treats his wound and takes him to medical attention in town. With his business done Gray leaves and sees the rustler's placing their brand on their stolen cattle. Believing them to be ranch hands, Gary asks them for a job, that their leader Rufe Matlock obliges. When the posse catches up with them, they escape leaving Gray. Deputy Ben Holt decides to handcuff, then brand Gray. The Sheriff fires Holt for his cruelty, but Holt is actually a member of the gang of rustlers. Cast * Bob Steele as Gary Gray Margaret Marquis as Verna Matlock Jack Rockwell as Deputy Ben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Undercover Man (1936 Film) ''Undercover Man'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Albert Ray, written by Andrew Bennison, and starring Johnny Mack Brown, Suzanne Kaaren, Ted Adams, Frank Darien, Horace Murphy and Lloyd Ingraham. It was released on September 24, 1936, by Republic Pictures. Plot Cast Johnny Mack Brown as Steve McLain Suzanne Kaaren as Linda Forbes * Ted Adams as Ace Pringle Frank Darien as Dizzy Slocum Horace Murphy as Sheriff Lloyd Ingraham Lloyd Chauncey Ingraham (November 30, 1874 – April 4, 1956) was an American film actor and director. Biography Born in Rochelle, Illinois, Ingraham appeared in more than 280 films between 1912 and 1950, as well as directing more than 100 f ... as Judge Forbes Dick Morehead as Deputy Rusty Ed Cassidy as Henchman Slim References External links 1936 films American Western (genre) films 1936 Western (genre) films Republic Pictures films Films directed by Albert Ray American black-and-white films 1930s English-la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

	Supreme Pictures Corporation Supreme Pictures Corporation was a film production company in the United States. It produced dozens of Western genre films. It was run by Sam Katzman and A. W. Hackel. It made Westerns starring Johnny Mack Brown as well as Bob Steele. The company also produced the film ''Am I Guilty?'' starring Ralph Cooper and an African American cast. Filmography '' The Crooked Trail'' (1936) ''The Kid Ranger'' (1936) '' Last of the Warrens'' (1936) ''Rogue of the Range'' (1936) '' Brand of the Outlaws'' (1936) '' Undercover Man'' (1936) ''Am I Guilty? ''Am I Guilty?'' Is an American film released in 1940 directed by Samuel Neufeld for the Supreme Pictures Corporation. A. W. Hackel was the film's producer.; his Supreme Pictures, which had produced dozens of Western films, planned a series of fi ...'' (1940) References Film production companies of the United States {{US-film-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sam Katzman Sam Katzman (July 7, 1901 – August 4, 1973) was an American film producer and director. Katzman produced low-budget genre films, including serials, which had disproportionately high returns for the studios and his financial backers. Early career Sam was born to a Jewish family; his father Abe Katzman was a violinist. He and Sam's mother Rebecca (née Sugarman) were from Kishinev, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire (now Chisinău, Moldova). Katzman went to work as a stage laborer at the age of 13 in the fledgling East Coast film industry and moved from prop boy to assistant director at Fox Films. He would learn all aspects of filmmaking and was a Hollywood producer for more than 40 years. Katzman worked as an assistant to Norman Taurog and got married on the set of ''The Diplomats'' in 1928 at Fox. In October 1927 he signed with comic Joe Russo to make a series of two-reel comedies. Screencraft Pictures Katzman was a production supervisor at Showmen's Pictures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Johnny Mack Brown John Brown (September 1, 1904 – November 14, 1974) was an American college football player and film actor billed as John Mack Brown at the height of his screen career. He acted and starred mainly in Western (genre), Western films. Early life Born and raised in Dothan, Alabama, Brown was the son of Ed and Mattie Brown, one of eight siblings. His parents were shopkeepers. He was a star of the high school football team, earning a football scholarship to the University of Alabama. His little brother Tolbert Brown, Tolbert "Red" Brown played with "Mack" in 1925 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, 1925. After he finished college, he sold insurance and later coached the freshman running backs on the University of Alabama's football team. University of Alabama While at the University of Alabama, Brown became an initiated member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. Football Brown was a prominent halfback (American football), halfback on his university's Alabama Crimson Tide football, Crimso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bob Steele (actor) Bob Steele (born Robert Adrian Bradbury; January 23, 1907 – December 21, 1988) was an American actor. He also was billed as Bob Bradbury Jr.. Early life Steele was born in Portland, Oregon, into a vaudeville family. His parents were Robert North Bradbury and the former Nieta Quinn. He had a twin brother, Bill, also an actor. After years of touring, the family settled in Hollywood in the late 1910s, where his father soon found work in the movies, first as an actor, later as a director. By 1920, Robert Bradbury hired his son Bob and Bob's twin brother, Bill (1907–1971), as juvenile leads for a series of adventure movies titled ''The Adventures of Bill and Bob''. Steele attended Glendale High School but left before graduation. Career Steele's career began to take off in 1927, when he was hired by production company Film Booking Offices of America (FBO) to star in a series of Westerns. Renamed Bob Steele at FBO, he soon made a name for himself, and in the late 1920s, 1930s an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Am I Guilty? ''Am I Guilty?'' Is an American film released in 1940 directed by Samuel Neufeld for the Supreme Pictures Corporation. A. W. Hackel was the film's producer.; his Supreme Pictures, which had produced dozens of Western films, planned a series of films featuring African American casts but this was the only one to make it to release. Toddy Pictures re-released the film as Racket Doctor in 1945. A Toddy Pictures poster for the film was appraised on an episode of the PBS show ''Antiques Roadshow''. ''The Pittsburgh Courier'' described a gala opening at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. In the film's storyline, extraordinary measures are resorted to in order to help the poor as a young doctor sets up a free clinic in Harlem. Advertisements for the film, including a lobby card, remain in existence. Cast Ralph Cooper as Dr. James Dunbar Sybil Lewis as Joan Freeman * Sam McDaniel as John D. Jones Lawrence Criner as "Trigger" Bennett Marcella Moreland as Marcella Monte Hawley Pigme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ralph Cooper Ralph Cooper (January 16, 1908 – August 4, 1992), was an American actor, screenwriter, dancer and choreographer. Cooper is best known as the original master of ceremonies and founder of amateur night at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York City in 1935. He wrote, produced, directed and acted in ten motion pictures. Titles include, ''The Duke Is Tops'', ''Dark Manhattan'', '' Gangsters on the Loose'' and '' Gang War''. Because of his debonair good looks, he was known as "dark Gable" in the 1930s. Biography Cooper was born on January 16, 1908 in Harlem, New York City. He worked as a dancer in small downtown clubs near New York University, which he attended with plans of becoming a medical doctor. In July 1935, Cooper began the Apollo's Amateur Night which ran every Wednesday night. In 1937, Cooper formed Cooper-Randol Productions with black actor George Randol and soon afterwards Million Dollar Productions with white producers Harry Popkin and his brother Leo Popkin to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Crooked Trail ''The Crooked Trail'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby. Plot Cast Johnny Mack Brown as Jim Blake Lucile Browne as Helen Carter John Merton as Harve Tarlton Charles King as Lanning * Ted Adams as Estaban Solano John Van Pelt as Tex, a Miner Ed Cassidy as Grimby, a Miner Horace Murphy Horace Murphy (June 3, 1880 – January 20, 1975) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1931 and 1953. Early years Born in Osceola, Arkansas, Murphy was playing cornet by age 11, and six years later led the ... as Carter External links * 1936 films 1936 Western (genre) films 1930s English-language films American black-and-white films American Western (genre) films Films directed by S. Roy Luby Films with screenplays by George H. Plympton 1930s American films {{1930s-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Kid Ranger ''The Kid Ranger'' is a 1936 American Western film starring Bob Steele. It was done for Supreme Pictures and was produced by A. W. Hackel. Cast * Bob Steele as Ray Burton * William Farnum as Bill Mason * Joan Barclay as Mary Brokaw * Earl Dwire Earl Dwire (October 3, 1883 – January 16, 1940), born Earl Dean Dwire, was an American character actor who appeared in more than 150 movies between 1921 and his death in 1940. Dwire acted for three years in stock theater with companies i ... as Steve Brent References External links The Kid Rangerat Letterbox DVD 1936 films 1936 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Robert N. Bradbury 1930s American films {{1930s-western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Last Of The Warrens ''Last of the Warrens'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury. Cast * Bob Steele as Ted Warren Margaret Marquis as Mary Burns Charles King as Kent, aka Shelby Horace Murphy as Grizzly Lafe McKee as Sheriff Bates Charles K. French as Bruce Warren Blackie Whiteford as Slippery Gerns Steve Clark as Henchman Spike See also Bob Steele filmography American actor Bob Steele (Robert North Bradbury Jr. January 23, 1907December 21, 1988), and his twin brother Bill were the sons of film director Robert N. Bradbury. The twins began their acting career in the silent film ''The Adventures of Bill ... External links * * 1936 films American black-and-white films 1936 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Robert N. Bradbury 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rogue Of The Range ''Rogue of the Range'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby and starring Johnny Mack Brown and Lois January. The picture is also known as ''Spider and the Fly'' in the United Kingdom. Cast Johnny Mack Brown as Dan Doran Lois January as Stella Lamb * Stephen Chase as Lige Branscomb * Phyllis Hume as Tess * George Ball as Jim Mitchell Jack Rockwell as Henchman Sloan Horace Murphy as Sheriff Tom * Frank Ball as John (express agent) Oscar Gahan Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to: People Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name also used in other languages; the article includes the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms. * Oscar (Irish mythology) ... as Stage guard External links * * 1936 films 1936 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by S. Roy Luby 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Brand Of The Outlaws ''Brand of the Outlaws'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury for A. W. Hackel's Supreme Pictures.p. 43 Pitts, Michael R, ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films'' ‎ McFarland; 2nd edition (January 1, 2013) Plot A Sheriff and his posse split up to pursue a group of rustlers. Seeing the sheriff alone, the gang shoots him, leaving him for dead. He's found by drifter Gary Grey who treats his wound and takes him to medical attention in town. With his business done Gray leaves and sees the rustler's placing their brand on their stolen cattle. Believing them to be ranch hands, Gary asks them for a job, that their leader Rufe Matlock obliges. When the posse catches up with them, they escape leaving Gray. Deputy Ben Holt decides to handcuff, then brand Gray. The Sheriff fires Holt for his cruelty, but Holt is actually a member of the gang of rustlers. Cast * Bob Steele as Gary Gray Margaret Marquis as Verna Matlock Jack Rockwell as Deputy Ben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Undercover Man (1936 Film) ''Undercover Man'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Albert Ray, written by Andrew Bennison, and starring Johnny Mack Brown, Suzanne Kaaren, Ted Adams, Frank Darien, Horace Murphy and Lloyd Ingraham. It was released on September 24, 1936, by Republic Pictures. Plot Cast Johnny Mack Brown as Steve McLain Suzanne Kaaren as Linda Forbes * Ted Adams as Ace Pringle Frank Darien as Dizzy Slocum Horace Murphy as Sheriff Lloyd Ingraham Lloyd Chauncey Ingraham (November 30, 1874 – April 4, 1956) was an American film actor and director. Biography Born in Rochelle, Illinois, Ingraham appeared in more than 280 films between 1912 and 1950, as well as directing more than 100 f ... as Judge Forbes Dick Morehead as Deputy Rusty Ed Cassidy as Henchman Slim References External links 1936 films American Western (genre) films 1936 Western (genre) films Republic Pictures films Films directed by Albert Ray American black-and-white films 1930s English-la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]