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Smoke Tree Range
''Smoke Tree Range'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Frances Guihan. The film stars Buck Jones, Muriel Evans, John Elliott, Dick Jones, Donald Kirke, Ted Adams and Ben Hall. The film was released on June 6, 1937, by Universal Pictures. Plot Cast *Buck Jones as Lee Cary *Muriel Evans as Nan Page * John Elliott as Jim Cary * Dick Jones as Teddy Page *Donald Kirke as Wirt Stoner * Ted Adams as Gil Hawkins * Ben Hall as Pete *Mabel Colcord as Ma Kelly *Earle Hodgins as Sheriff Day *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 Paso Wells * Edmund Cobb as Sandy * Eddie Phillips as Sandy's friend * Robert McKenzie as Storekeeper Dick * Slim Whitaker as Henchman Ferguson *Silver Jr. as Silver Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Selander
Lesley Selander (May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979) was an American film director of Westerns and adventure movies. His career as director, spanning 127 feature films and dozens of TV episodes, lasted from 1936 to 1968. Before that, Selander was assistant director on films such as '' The Cat and the Fiddle'' (1934), '' A Night at the Opera'' (1935), and Fritz Lang's '' Fury'' (1936). To this day Selander remains one of the most prolific directors of feature Westerns in cinema history, having taken the helm for 107 Westerns between his first directorial feature in 1936 and 1967. Lesley Selander at IMDb. In 1956 he was nominated for the award for Outstanding Direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earle Hodgins
Earle Hodgins (October 6, 1893 – April 14, 1964) was an American actor. Career Early in his career, Hodgins was active in stock theater, including working in the Ralph Cloninger troupe of Salt Lake City, Utah, and the Siegel Stock company of Seattle, Washington. He appeared in more than 330 films and television shows between 1932 and 1963. He specialized in playing fast-talking con men—often in westerns, such as ''The Lone Ranger'', '' Judge Roy Bean'', '' The Cisco Kid'', '' The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok'', '' Rawhide'', ''Maverick'' (in the episode " Shady Deal at Sunny Acres" with James Garner and Jack Kelly), '' Lawman'', ''The Rifleman'', ''Cheyenne'', ''Have Gun – Will Travel'', ''Gunsmoke'' (Title role in “Uncle Oliver”, where he ambushes and shoots “Chester”), and ''Hopalong Cassidy''. In 1959 Hodgins appeared as Mr. Fane on '' Lawman'' in the episode "The Outsider." In the 1960–1961 season, he appeared in three episodes of Joanne Dru's ABC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Lesley Selander
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Pictures Films
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1937 Western (genre) Films
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 20 – Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first time that the United States presidential inauguration occurs on this date; the change is due to the ratification in 1933 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Western (genre) Films
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1930s English-language Films
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Films
The year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first American full-length animated film, ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1937 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 29 – '' The Good Earth'' premieres in the U.S. * April 16 – '' Way Out West'' premieres in the US. * May 7 – ''Shall We Dance'' premieres in the US. * May 11 – ''Captains Courageous'' premieres in New York. The film is released nationwide on June 25. * Monogram Pictures, who had merged with Republic Pictures two years earlier, decide to separate and distribute their own films again. * June 7 – Jean Harlow, one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the decade, dies aged 26 at Good Samaratan Hospital in Los Angeles. The official cause of death is listed as cerebral edema, a complication of kidney failure. * June 11 – '' A Day at the Races'' premieres in the U.S. * Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slim Whitaker
Charles Orbie "Slim" Whitaker (July 29, 1893 – June 27, 1960) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 340 films between 1914 and 1949. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and died in Los Angeles, California, from a heart attack. Partial filmography * ''The Man from Bitter Roots'' (1916) * '' Eyes of Youth'' (1919) * '' The Radio King'' (1922) * '' Full Speed'' (1925) * ''On the Go'' (1925) * ''A Streak of Luck'' (1925) * '' Galloping On'' (1925) * '' The Bandit Buster'' (1926) * '' The Bonanza Buckaroo'' (1926) * '' The Fighting Cheat'' (1926) * '' Double Daring'' (1926) * '' The Stolen Ranch'' (1926) * ''The Ramblin' Galoot'' (1926) * ''Crossed Signals'' (1926) * '' Bucking the Truth'' (1926) * '' Ace of Action'' (1926) * '' The Twin Triggers'' (1926) * '' Rawhide'' (1926) * ''Vanishing Hoofs'' (1926) * '' The Phantom Buster'' (1927) * '' The Obligin' Buckaroo'' (1927) * ''Soda Water Cowboy'' (1927) * '' The Ridin' Rowdy'' (1927) * '' The Desert of the Los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob McKenzie (actor)
Robert McKenzie (September 22, 1880 – July 8, 1949) was an Irish-born American film actor. He appeared in more than 310 films between 1915 and 1946. McKenzie was married to the actress Eva McKenzie until his death from a heart attack in 1949. The two appeared as husband and wife in The Three Stooges' film ''The Yoke's on Me''. He and Eva were the parents of actress daughters Fay McKenzie, Ida Mae McKenzie and Ella McKenzie. Selected filmography * ''Shoulder Arms'' (1918) * ''Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande'' (1923) * ''Where is This West?'' (1923) * '' The Covered Trail'' (1924) * ''Bad Man's Bluff'' (1926) * '' Set Free'' (1927) * ''The White Outlaw'' (1929) * ''See America Thirst'' (1930) * '' Hook, Line and Sinker'' (1930) * '' Cimarron'' (1931) * '' Guilty Hands'' (1931) * ''The Half-Naked Truth'' (1932) * ''I'm No Angel'' (1933) * ''Tillie and Gus'' (1933) * ''Broadway Bill'' (1934) * '' The Little Minister'' (1934) * '' The Witching Hour'' (1934) * '' The Old Fashio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Phillips (actor)
Eddie Phillips (August 14, 1899 – February 22, 1965) was an American actor. He appeared in 180 films between 1913 and 1952. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in a traffic accident in Hollywood, California. He started as a child actor and during his career also amassed an extensive list of Broadway and television musical credits; once performing in the Soviet Union. Phillips is prominently featured on the 1960 revival cast recording of ''Oh, Kay!'' in the title song and "Fidgety Feet." He was father to the Broadway performer Eddie Phillips, Jr. Partial filmography * ''The Love Light'' (1921) * ''The Scarab Ring'' (1921) * '' Just Around the Corner'' (1921) * ''The Nth Commandment'' (1923) * '' Lost in a Big City'' (1923) * '' The Fog'' (1923) * '' On the Stroke of Three'' (1924) * '' Through the Dark'' (1924) * ''Flapper Wives'' (1924) * '' Virtue's Revolt'' (1924) * '' On Probation'' (1924) * ''Women Who Give'' (1924) * '' The Plunderer'' (1924) * ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Cobb
Edmund Fessenden Cobb (June 23, 1892 – August 15, 1974) was an American actor who appeared in more than 620 films between 1912 and 1966. Biography Cobb was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the son of William Henry Cobb and Eddie (Edmundie) Ross. His maternal grandfather, Edmund G. Ross, was a newspaper editor, a governor of the New Mexico territory, a senator from Kansas, and a leader in the abolitionist movement in the United States. Despite his grandfather's efforts to lead Cobb into a career in politics, an initial effort in acting in a locally produced play turned him in that direction for a career. When he was 18, he worked for the St. Louis Motion Picture Company when it made a film in Albuquerque. Other roles with other companies followed. One of his earliest roles was a bit part in the Essanay Studios film ''A Pueblo Legend'' (1912). Much of Cobb's work in films came after he signed with Universal in 1925. He continued to act after sound came into films, but in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
