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The Spanish Cape Mystery (film)
''The Spanish Cape Mystery'' is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Donald Cook, Helen Twelvetrees and Berton Churchill. It is based on the novel of the same name featuring the detective Ellery Queen Ellery Queen is a pseudonym created in 1929 by American crime fiction writers Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee and the name of their main fictional character, a mystery writer in New York City who helps his police inspector father solve ....Goble p.379 Cast References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1935 films 1935 mystery films 1930s English-language films American mystery films Films directed by Lewis D. Collins Republic Pictures films American black-and-white films Films based on American novels 1930s American films Ellery Queen films {{mystery-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis D
Lewis may refer to: Names * Lewis (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Lewis (surname), including a list of people with the surname Music * Lewis (musician), Canadian singer * "Lewis (Mistreated)", a song by Radiohead from ''My Iron Lung'' Places * Lewis (crater), a crater on the far side of the Moon * Isle of Lewis, the northern part of Lewis and Harris, Western Isles, Scotland United States * Lewis, Colorado * Lewis, Indiana * Lewis, Iowa * Lewis, Kansas * Lewis Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts * Lewis, Missouri * Lewis, Essex County, New York * Lewis, Lewis County, New York * Lewis, North Carolina * Lewis, Vermont * Lewis, Wisconsin Ships * USS Lewis (1861), USS ''Lewis'' (1861), a sailing ship * USS Lewis (DE-535), USS ''Lewis'' (DE-535), a destroyer escort in commission from 1944 to 1946 Science * Lewis structure, a diagram of a molecule that shows the bonding between the atoms * Lewis acids and bases * Lewis antigen, Lewis antigen system, a human b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Usher
James Guy Usher (May 9, 1883 – June 16, 1944) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films between 1932 and 1943. Born in Mason City, Iowa, Usher acted on stage before venturing into films. Billed as James Guy Usher, he often worked with the Echkhardt Players. In films, Usher often portrayed characters in business or industry. Usher died of a heart attack in San Diego, California, at age 61. Selected filmography * ''The Penguin Pool Murder'' (1932) * ''Face in the Sky'' (1933) * ''Fast Workers'' (1933) * ''Hell Bent for Love'' (1934) * ''Flirting with Danger'' (1934) * '' Little Big Shot'' (1935) * ''Grand Exit'' (1935) * ''Justice of the Range'' (1935) * '' Make a Million'' (1935) * '' The Mystery Man'' (1935) * ''Charlie Chan at the Opera'' (1936) as Inspector Regan * ''The President's Mystery'' (1936) * ''Postal Inspector'' (1936) * ''Counsel for Crime'' (1937) * ''Marked Woman'' (1937) as Detective Ferguson (uncredited) * '' Crashing Through Dange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Cleveland
George Alan Cleveland (September 17, 1885 – July 15, 1957) was a Canadian film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1930 and 1954. Career Cleveland was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. His first appearance on the stage was in ''The Octaroon'' as a teenager. Cleveland was active as a Vaudevillian before moving to Hollywood in 1936 where he worked in films via acting, producing and directing. Although Cleveland played in more than 150 films during his 58-year career in show business, he acknowledged that he was most well-known for his role as George "Gramps" Miller in the early years of the long running American television series ''Lassie''. Cleveland appeared in the first three seasons (1954–1956) and in the first 12 episodes of the fourth season (1957). His death in July 1957 was written into the 13th episode of the fourth season (1957) and became the storyline motive for the selling of the farm and the departure of the Millers for Capito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Prather (actor)
Henry Lee Prather (October 10, 1886 – September 23, 1964) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at the Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute for one season in 1912, compiling a record of 3–4. He is best known, however, for his tenures as the head football and men's basketball coach at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Prather coached the Demons' football team between 1913 and 1917, and again from 1919 through 1933. The 1918 season was canceled because of World War I. In 20 seasons as coach at NSU, Prather compiled an overall record of 80–55–15. Including his one season at SLII, his overall football record was 83–45–15. As the head basketball coach at NSU, Prather's tenure was very interrupted. He was the on-again, off-again coach seven different times. Basketball had not quite become as established as a sport as football in the United States, so he alternated many of the years with having no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Kerr (actor)
Donald MacLean Kerr, Jr. (born April 8, 1939) served as the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence from 2007 to 2009. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday, October 4, 2007. In March 2009, he received the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal. From 2005 to 2007, he was the director of the National Reconnaissance Office and served as the Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force for Intelligence Space Technology. He was sworn into that position in July 2005 by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte. Prior to his position at the NRO, he was Deputy Director of Science and Technology at the Central Intelligence Agency from 2001 to 2005. Prior to that, he was an assistant director of the FBI in charge of the Laboratory Division from 1997 to 2001. His earlier government service was with the Department of Energy (DOE), first in Las Vegas as deputy manager of Nevada Operations and subsequently in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Gray
Arnold may refer to: People * Arnold (given name), a masculine given name * Arnold (surname), a German and English surname Places Australia * Arnold, Victoria, a small town in the Australian state of Victoria Canada * Arnold, Nova Scotia United Kingdom * Arnold, East Riding of Yorkshire * Arnold, Nottinghamshire United States * Arnold, California, in Calaveras County * Arnold, Carroll County, Illinois * Arnold, Morgan County, Illinois * Arnold, Iowa * Arnold, Kansas * Arnold, Maryland * Arnold, Mendocino County, California * Arnold, Michigan * Arnold, Minnesota * Arnold, Missouri * Arnold, Nebraska * Arnold, Ohio * Arnold, Pennsylvania * Arnold, Texas * Arnold, Brooke County, West Virginia * Arnold, Lewis County, West Virginia * Arnold, Wisconsin * Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Massachusetts * Arnold Township, Custer County, Nebraska Other uses * Arnold (automobile), a short-lived English car * Arnold of Manchester, a former English coachbuilder * Arnold (band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Morrow
Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Christian era it came to be associated with the Greek adjective (), meaning "pure", leading to the alternative spellings ''Katharine'' and ''Katherine''. The former spelling, with a middle ''a'', was more common in the past and is currently more popular in the United States than in Britain. ''Katherine'', with a middle ''e'', was first recorded in England in 1196 after being brought back from the Crusades. Popularity and variations English In Britain and the U.S., ''Catherine'' and its variants have been among the 100 most popular names since 1880. The most common variants are ''Katherine,'' ''Kathryn,'' and ''Katharine''. The spelling ''Catherine'' is common in both English and French. Less-common variants in English include ''Katheryn'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Baxter (actor)
George Baxter may refer to: * George Baxter (printer) (1804–1867), English artist and printer based in London * George Baxter (cricketer) (fl. 1792–1830), English cricketer * George A. Baxter (1771–1841), American educator and college president * George W. Baxter (1855–1929), American politician and territorial governor of Wyoming * Sir George Baxter, 1st Baronet (1853–1926) of the Baxter baronets * George Robert Wythen Baxter (1815–1854), Welsh writer * George Baxter (actor) (1905–1976), French-American actor in films such as ''Thirty-Day Princess ''Thirty Day Princess'' is a 1934 pre-Code comedy film directed by Marion Gering and starring Sylvia Sidney, Cary Grant and Edward Arnold. The film was based on a story of the same name by Clarence Budington Kelland (which appeared in ''Ladies ...'' * George Baxter, one of the main characters of the television series ''Hazel'' See also * Baxter (name) {{hndis, Baxter, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Bedford (actress)
Barbara Bedford (born Violet May Rose; July 19, 1903 – October 25, 1981) was an American actress who appeared in dozens of silent movies. Her career declined after the introduction of sound, but she continued to appear in small roles until 1945. Early life Barbara Bedford was born Violet May Rose on July 19, 1903, the first child to Robert William Rose, a Scottish-American interior decorator, and Barbara Rose (née Fish), who was a first generation Czech-American. She had a brother, William Rose. The 1910 census lists the family as living in Denver, Colorado. She was educated in Chicago and attended Lake View High School. According to Bedford, prior to becoming an actress, she taught swimming, dancing, and gymnastics and worked as an accountant. Career Film Bedford dropped out of high school after completing 10th grade to pursue a career in film. She, alongside her family, relocated to Los Angeles. She had written many fan letters to actor William S. Hart, and he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Leigh
Frank Leigh (18 April 1876 – 9 May 1948) was a British stage and film actor.Goble p. 232 Biography Born in London in 1876, Leigh settled in Hollywood and became a leading man during the silent era. Following the introduction of sound, his roles were much less significant. By the late 1930s all his screen appearances were uncredited. He died in Los Angeles in 1948. Selected filmography * ''On Dangerous Ground'' (1917) * '' Life's Whirlpool'' (1917) * '' Stolen Orders'' (1918) * ''Crown Jewels'' (1918) * '' All of a Sudden Norma'' (1919) * '' The Homebreaker'' (1919) * ''Common Property'' (1919) * ''Her Buckskin Knight'' (1919) * '' Lord and Lady Algy'' (1919) * '' A Regular Fellow'' (1919) * ''Dangerous Days'' (1920) * '' The Cup of Fury'' (1920) * ''The Mother of His Children'' (1920) * ''Nurse Marjorie'' (1920) * ''Help Wanted - Male'' (1920) * ''Pilgrims of the Night'' (1921) * ''The Light in the Clearing'' (1921) * ''Out of the Silent North'' (1922) * '' Truxton King'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Gillette
Ruth Gillette (August 16, 1906 – May 13, 1994) was an American actress. She appeared in numerous films, TV series and theatrical productions from the 1920s to the 1980s. Early life Gillette was born in Chicago in 1906, the daughter of Millard and Goldena Gillette. Career Gillette started her career in 1925, acting mainly in musical comedy, debuting in the Broadway musical Gay Paree. During the 1930s she appeared in films like '' Stage Mother'', ''Frontier Marshal (1939 film)'', ''David Harum'', '' Three on a Honeymoon'', ''Wild Gold'', ''Convention Girl'', '' Off to the Races'', ''This Is My Affair'', '' Saratoga'' and during the 1940s and 1950s she also appeared in films like ''The Postman Didn't Ring'', ''Coney Island'', ''Nob Hill'' and ''In a Lonely Place''. She also appeared in the Broadway productions '' Babes in Toyland'', ''The Pajama Game'', ''The Gazebo'', and ''70, Girls, 70''. She subsequently appeared in TV series like ''The Partridge Family'', ''Madame's P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olaf Hytten
Olaf Hytten (3 March 1888 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1921 and 1955. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and died in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack, while sitting in his car in the parking lot at 20th Century Fox Studios. His remains are interred an unmarked crypt, located in Santa Monica's Woodlawn Cemetery. Filmography * ''Demos'' (1921) - Daniel Dabbs (film debut) * ''Money'' (1921) - Henry Graves * '' The Knave of Diamonds'' (1921) - Sir Giles Carfax * ''Sonia'' (1921) - Fatty Webster * ''The Knight Errant'' (1922) - Hernando Perez * ''Trapped by the Mormons'' (1922) - Elder Marz * '' The Wonderful Story'' (1922) - Jimmy Martin * ''The Crimson Circle'' (1922) * ''The Missioner'' (1922) - Stephen Hurd * '' His Wife's Husband'' (1922) - Fred Pearson * ''A Gamble with Hearts'' (1923) - Dallas Jr. * ''The Little Door Into the World'' (1923) - Mountebank * '' Out to Win'' (1923) - Cumberston * ''Chu-Chin-Cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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