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The Wolf Hunters (1949 Film)
''The Wolf Hunters'' is a 1949 American Northern film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Kirby Grant, Jan Clayton and Edward Norris. It was based on the novel of the same title by James Oliver Curwood, which had previously been adapted in 1926 as '' The Wolf Hunters'' and in 1934 as ''The Trail Beyond'' starring John Wayne, Noah Beery, Sr. and Noah Beery, Jr. The film was the second in a series of ten films featuring Kirby Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Drew, p. 225. Cast * Kirby Grant as RCMP Corporal Rod Webb * Jan Clayton as Renée * Edward Norris as Paul Lautrec * Helen Parrish as Marcia Cameron * Charles Lang as J. L. McTavish * Ted Hecht as Muskoka * Luther Crockett as Supt. Edward Cameron * Elizabeth Root as Minnetaki * Chinook as Chinook, Webb's dog Production Budd Boetticher later recalled, "Monogram! That was really second rate! ''Wolf Hunters'' was an outdoor picture, kind of an "in the snow" thing, and I put all my friends in it who were out of work. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budd Boetticher
Oscar "Budd" Boetticher Jr. ( ; July 29, 1916 – November 29, 2001) was an American film director. He is best remembered for a series of low-budget Westerns he made in the late 1950s starring Randolph Scott. Early life Boetticher was born in Chicago. His mother died in childbirth and his father was killed in an accident shortly afterwards. He was adopted by a wealthy couple Oscar Boetticher Sr. (1867–1953) and Georgia Naas Boetticher (1888–1955) and was raised in Evansville, Indiana, along with his younger brother Henry Edward Boetticher (1924–2004). He attended Culver Military Academy where he became friends with Hal Roach Jr. He was a star athlete at Ohio State University, until an injury ended his sports career. In 1939 he traveled to Mexico, where he learned bullfighting under Don Lorenzo Garza, Fermin Espinoza and Carlos Arruza. Career Early films Boetticher worked as a crew member on ''Of Mice and Men'' (1939) and ''A Chump at Oxford'' (1940). A chance encount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wayne
Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed The Duke or Duke Wayne, was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films made during Hollywood's Golden Age, especially in Western and war movies. His career flourished from the silent era of the 1920s through the American New Wave, as he appeared in a total of 179 film and television productions. He was among the top box-office draws for three decades, and he appeared with many other important Hollywood stars of his era. In 1999, the American Film Institute selected Wayne as one of the greatest male stars of classic American cinema. Wayne was born in Winterset, Iowa, but grew up in Southern California. After losing his football scholarship to the University of Southern California from a bodysurfing accident, he began working for the Fox Film Corporation. He appeared mostly in small parts, but his first leading role came in Raoul Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukon Manhunt
''Yukon Manhunt'' is a 1951 American Northern film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Kirby Grant, Gail Davis and Margaret Field. The film was the sixth in the series of ten films featuring Kirby Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Drew, p. 225. Plot Cast * Kirby Grant as Corporal Rod Webb * Gail Davis as Jane Kenmore * Margaret Field as Polly Kaufman * Rand Brooks as Len Kaufman * Nelson Leigh as Kenmore * John Doucette as Charles Benson * Paul McGuire as Le Clerque * Dennis Moore as Henchman See also * ''Trail of the Yukon'' (1949) * '' The Wolf Hunters'' (1949) * ''Snow Dog'' (1950) * ''Call of the Klondike'' (1950) * ''Northwest Territory'' (1951) * '' Yukon Gold'' (1952) * ''Fangs of the Arctic'' (1953) * ''Northern Patrol'' (1953) * ''Yukon Vengeance ''Yukon Vengeance'' is a 1954 American Northern film directed by William Beaudine and starring Kirby Grant, Monte Hale and Mary Ellen Kay.Marshall p. 346 It was the tenth and final film featuring Grant a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northwest Territory (film)
''Northwest Territory'' is a 1951 American Northern film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Kirby Grant, Gloria Saunders and Warren Douglas. The film is the fifth in the series of ten films featuring Kirby Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Drew, p. 225. Plot Cast * Kirby Grant as Corporal Rod Webb * Gloria Saunders as Anne DuMere * Warren Douglas as Dan Morgan * Pat Mitchell as Billy Kellogg * Tristram Coffin as Kincaid * John Crawford as LeBeau * Duke York as Dawson * Don C. Harvey as Barton * Sam Flint as Pop Kellogg * Chinook as Chinook, Webb's dog See also * ''Trail of the Yukon'' (1949) * '' The Wolf Hunters'' (1949) * ''Snow Dog'' (1950) * ''Call of the Klondike'' (1950) * ''Yukon Manhunt'' (1951) * '' Yukon Gold'' (1952) * ''Fangs of the Arctic'' (1953) * ''Northern Patrol'' (1953) * ''Yukon Vengeance ''Yukon Vengeance'' is a 1954 American Northern film directed by William Beaudine and starring Kirby Grant, Monte Hale and Mary Ellen Kay.Marshall p. 346 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Of The Klondike
''Call of the Klondike'' is a 1950 American Northern film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Kirby Grant, Anne Gwynne, and Lynne Roberts. The film was the fourth in the series of ten films featuring Kirby Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Drew p.225 Plot Cast * Kirby Grant as Corporal Rod Webb * Anne Gwynne as Nancy Craig * Lynne Roberts as Emily Mallory * Tom Neal as Tom Mallory * Russell Simpson as Andy McKay * Marc Krah as Mencheck * Paul Bryar as Henchman Fred Foley * Pat Gleason as Billy * Duke York as Henchman Luke * Roy Gordon as Major Robertson * Chinook as Chinook, Webb's Dog See also Kirby Grant as Robb Webb Mountie Series * ''Trail of the Yukon'' (1949) * '' The Wolf Hunters'' (1949) * ''Snow Dog'' (1950) * ''Call of the Klondike'' (1950) * ''Northwest Territory'' (1951) * ''Yukon Manhunt'' (1951) * '' Yukon Gold'' (1952) * ''Fangs of the Arctic'' (1953) * ''Northern Patrol'' (1953) * ''Yukon Vengeance ''Yukon Vengeance'' is a 1954 American No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snow Dog
''Snow Dog'' is a 1950 American Northern film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Kirby Grant, Elena Verdugo and Rick Vallin. It was the third of a series of ten films featuring Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Drew, p. 225. Plot Cast * Kirby Grant as Corporal Rod McDonald – RCMP * Elena Verdugo as Andrée Blanchard * Rick Vallin as Louis Blanchard * Milburn Stone as Dr. F. J. McKenzie * Richard Karlan as Biroff * Jane Adrian as Red Feather * Hal Gerard as Henchman Antoine * Richard Avonde as Henchman Phillippe * Duke York as Henchman Duprez * Guy Zanette as Henchman Baptiste * Chinook as Chinook, Webb's Dog See also * ''Trail of the Yukon'' (1949) * '' The Wolf Hunters'' (1949) * ''Call of the Klondike'' (1950) * ''Northwest Territory'' (1951) * ''Yukon Manhunt'' (1951) * '' Yukon Gold'' (1952) * ''Fangs of the Arctic'' (1953) * ''Northern Patrol'' (1953) * ''Yukon Vengeance ''Yukon Vengeance'' is a 1954 American Northern film directed by William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trail Of The Yukon
''Trail of the Yukon'' is a 1949 American Northern film directed by William Beaudine and starring Kirby Grant, Suzanne Dalbert and Bill Edwards. It was based on a novel by James Oliver Curwood about a North-West Mounted Police officer and his faithful German Shepherd dog Chinook. It is part of the Northern genre. The film was popular, and inspired Monogram to make a series of nine further films starring Grant and Chinook. Plot Cast * Kirby Grant as Bob McDonald – Royal NW Mounted * Suzanne Dalbert as Marie Laroux * Bill Edwards as Jim Blaine * Iris Adrian as Paula * Dan Seymour as Tom Laroux * William Forrest as Banker John Dawson * Anthony Warde as Muskeg Joe * Maynard Holmes as Henchman Buck * Peter Mamakos as Henchman Rand * Guy Beach as Matt Blaine * Stanley Andrews as Rogers * Dick Elliott as Editor Sullivan * Jay Silverheels as Poleon * Bill Kennedy as Constable, RCMP * Harrison Hearne as Bank Teller Frank Reception A ''Variety'' review noted tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Root
Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * ''Elisabeth'' (schooner), several ships * ''Elizabeth'' (freighter), an American freighter that was wrecked off New York harbor in 1850; see Places Australia * City of Elizabeth ** Elizabeth, South Australia * Elizabeth Reef, a coral reef in the Tasman Sea United States * Elizabeth, Arkansas * Elizabeth, Colorado * Elizabeth, Georgia * Elizabeth, Illinois * Elizabeth, Indiana * Hopkinsville, Kentucky, originally known as Elizabeth * Elizabeth, Louisiana * Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts * Elizabeth, Minnesota * Elizabeth, New Jersey, largest city with the name in the U.S. * Elizabeth City, North Carolina * Elizabeth (Charlotte neighborhood), North Carolina * Elizabeth, Pennsylvania * Elizabeth Township, Pennsylvania (other) * Elizabeth, West Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luther Crockett
Luther may refer to: People * Martin Luther (1483–1546), German monk credited with initiating the Protestant Reformation * Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), American minister and leader in the American civil rights movement * Luther (given name) * Luther (surname) Places * Luther (crater), a lunar crater named after astronomer Robert Luther * Luther, Indiana, an unincorporated community in the United States * Luther, Iowa, a town in Boone County, Iowa, United States * Luther, Michigan, a village in Lake County, United States * Luther, Montana, an unincorporated community in Carbon County, United States * Luther, Oklahoma, a town in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Luther, a character from ''The Adventures of Luther Arkwright'' limited comic book series * Luther, a gang member in ''The Warriors'' (1979) American cult film * Luther Bentley, the villain of ''Adventures of Captain Marvel'' (1941) * Luther Sti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Hecht
TED may refer to: Economics and finance * TED spread between U.S. Treasuries and Eurodollar Education * ''Türk Eğitim Derneği'', the Turkish Education Association ** TED Ankara College Foundation Schools, Turkey ** Transvaal Education Department (TED) Entertainment and media * TED (conference) (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) * ''Tenders Electronic Daily'', a journal on government procurement in the European Union * Turner Field (The Ted), of the Atlanta Braves until 2017 Technology and computing * MOS Technology TED, an integrated circuit * TED Notepad, a freeware portable plain-text editor * Television Electronic Disc, an early Telefunken video disc * Transferred electron device or Gunn diode * TransLattice Elastic Database, a NewSQL database Transport * Teddington railway station, London, National Rail station code Other uses * Thyroid eye disease, aka Graves' ophthalmopathy * Tooheys Extra Dry, Australian beer * Turtle excluder device, for letting sea turtles es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lang (actor)
Charles Bryant Lang Jr., A.S.C. (March 27, 1902, Bluff, Utah – April 3, 1998, Santa Monica, California''In Memoriam'' from the website) was an American . Career Early in his career, he worked with the Akeley camera, a gyroscope-mounted "pancake" camera designed by for outdoor action shots. Lang's first credit ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountie
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; french: Gendarmerie royale du Canada; french: GRC, label=none), commonly known in English as the Mounties (and colloquially in French as ) is the federal police, federal and national police service of Canada. As police services are the constitutional responsibility of provinces and territories of Canada, the RCMP's primary responsibility is the enforcement of federal criminal law, and sworn members of the RCMP have jurisdiction as a Law enforcement officer, peace officer in all provinces and territories of Canada.Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act', RSC 1985, c R-10, s 11.1. However, the service also provides police services under contract to eight of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada#Provinces, provinces (all except Ontario and Quebec), all three of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territories, more than 150 municipalities, and 600 Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous communities. In addition to en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
