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Think Fast, Mr Moto
''Think Fast, Mr. Moto'' is a 1937 film directed by Norman Foster and featuring a mysterious Japanese detective named Mr. Moto. It is the first of eight films in the Mr. Moto series, all based on the character Mr. Moto created by John P. Marquand. The film stars Peter Lorre as the title character, Virginia Field, Thomas Beck and Sig Ruman. Mr. Moto works to stop a secret smuggling operation. Plot The film opens with Mr. Moto in disguise as a street salesmen and selling goods to passers-by. He sees a man leaving a shop with a tattoo of the British Flag on his arm. Moto enters the shop to sell a rare diamond to the owner. However, Moto sees a body stuffed into a wicker basket in the store, and using his mastery of judo takes down the shopkeeper. Later, he reserves a berth on a freighter headed for Shanghai. Also on the freighter is Bob Hitchings Jr., son of the owner of the freighter. Before leaving, Hitchings Sr. gives his son a confidential letter for the head of the Shangh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Foster (director)
Norman Foster (born Norman Foster Hoeffer, December 13, 1903 – July 7, 1976) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed many Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto films as well as projects for Orson Welles and Walt Disney. As an actor he was a leading man in early talkies and also appeared in Welles' final film ''The Other Side of the Wind''. Life and career Norman Foster was born Norman Foster Hoeffer on December 13, 1903, in Richmond, Indiana. He became a cub reporter on a local newspaper in Indiana before going to New York in the hopes of getting a better newspaper job but there were no vacancies. He tried a number of theatrical agencies before getting stage work including ''The Barker'' (1927, New York; 1928, London) in which he appeared opposite Claudette Colbert.Amy Fine Collins (April 2000),A Perfect Star, ''Vanity Fair''. Accessed April 19, 2019. He later appeared on Broadway in the George S. Kaufman/Ring Lardner play ''June Moon'' in 1929. He began work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hangover
A hangover is the experience of various unpleasant physiological and psychological effects usually following the consumption of alcohol, such as wine, beer, and liquor. Hangovers can last for several hours or for more than 24 hours. Typical symptoms of a hangover may include headache, drowsiness, concentration problems, dry mouth, dizziness, fatigue, gastrointestinal distress (e.g., vomiting, diarrhea), absence of hunger, light sensitivity, depression, sweating, nausea, hyper-excitability, irritability, and anxiety. While the causes of a hangover are still poorly understood, several factors are known to be involved including acetaldehyde accumulation, changes in the immune system and glucose metabolism, dehydration, metabolic acidosis, disturbed prostaglandin synthesis, increased cardiac output, vasodilation, sleep deprivation, and malnutrition. Beverage-specific effects of additives or by-products such as congeners in alcoholic beverages also play an important role. The symptoms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Washington Post
''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large national audience. Daily broadsheet editions are printed for D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. The ''Post'' was founded in 1877. In its early years, it went through several owners and struggled both financially and editorially. Financier Eugene Meyer purchased it out of bankruptcy in 1933 and revived its health and reputation, work continued by his successors Katharine and Phil Graham (Meyer's daughter and son-in-law), who bought out several rival publications. The ''Post'' 1971 printing of the Pentagon Papers helped spur opposition to the Vietnam War. Subsequently, in the best-known episode in the newspaper's history, reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein led the American press's investigation into what became known as the Watergate scandal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
''Nancy Steele Is Missing!'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by George Marshall and Otto Preminger and starring Victor McLaglen, Walter Connolly and Peter Lorre.Thomas p.83 The film's sets were designed by the British art director Hans Peters. Partial cast * Victor McLaglen as Dannie O'Neill * Walter Connolly as Michael Steele * Peter Lorre as Prof. Sturm * June Lang as Sheila O'Neill - aka Nancy Steele * Robert Kent as Jimmie Wilson * Shirley Deane as Nancy * John Carradine as Harry Wilkins * Jane Darwell as Mrs. Mary Flaherty * Frank Conroy as Dan Mallon * Granville Bates as Joseph F.X. Flaherty * George Taylor as Gus Crowder * Kane Richmond as Tom - Steele's Chauffeur * Margaret Fielding as Miss Hunt * DeWitt Jennings as Doctor on Farm * George Chandler as Counter Clerk * George Humbert as Giuseppe Spano * Edgar Dearing Edgar Dearing (May 4, 1893 – August 17, 1974) was an American actor who became heavily type cast as a motorcyc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crack-Up (1936 Film)
''Crack-Up'' is a 1936 American film directed by Malcolm St. Clair. Peter Lorre plays a harmless, half-addled aircraft enthusiast who is actually a ruthless spy desperate to get his hands on the blueprints for an experimental aircraft. He faces off against Ace Martin, played by Brian Donlevy, the pilot of the aircraft, whose motives are spurred by feeling cheated by his own company. The supporting cast includes Helen Wood, Ralph Morgan and Thomas Beck. Plot At the christening of the "Wild Goose," an experimental aircraft designed for transatlantic flights, a number of significant industry figures from the Fleming-Grant Airways Corporation are present. President John R. Fleming (Ralph Morgan) introduces the test pilots, Ace Martin (Brian Donlevy) and Joe Randall (Thomas Beck), along with Joe's fiancée, Ruth Franklin (Helen Wood). The eccentric Colonel Gimpy (Peter Lorre) convinces company people that he loves aviation and joins the group. He is really Baron Rudolph Maximilian Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth MacGowan
Kenneth Macgowan (November 30, 1888 – April 27, 1963) was an American film producer. He won an Academy Award for Best Color Short Film for ''La Cucaracha'' (1934), the first live-action short film made in the three-color Technicolor process. Biography Born on November 30, 1888, in Winthrop, Massachusetts, Macgowan began his career as a drama critic. He wrote many books on modern theater, including ''The Theatre of Tomorrow'' (1921), ''Continental Stagecraft'' (1922) with Robert Edmond Jones, ''Masks and Demons'' (1923) with Herman Rosse, and ''Footlights Across America'' (1929). In 1922, he ran the Provincetown Playhouse as its producer, with Eugene O'Neill and Robert Edmond Jones as business partners. His close relationship with O'Neill lasted their lifetimes. In 1928, he moved to Hollywood, California to become a story editor for the newly formed RKO Radio Pictures and quickly became an assistant producer. By 1932, Macgowan had become a film producer for RKO, including ''Litt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Chan
Charlie Chan is a fictional Honolulu police detective created by author Earl Derr Biggers for a series of mystery novels. Biggers loosely based Chan on Hawaiian detective Chang Apana. The benevolent and heroic Chan was conceived as an alternative to Yellow Peril stereotypes and villains like Fu Manchu. Many stories feature Chan traveling the world beyond Hawaii as he investigates mysteries and solves crimes. Chan first appeared in Biggers' novels and then was featured in a number of media. Over four dozen films featuring Charlie Chan were made, beginning in 1926. The character, featured only as a supporting character, was first portrayed by East Asian actors, and the films met with little success. In 1931, for the first film centering on Chan, ''Charlie Chan Carries On'', the Fox Film Corporation cast Swedish actor Warner Oland; the film became popular, and Fox went on to produce 15 more Chan films with Oland in the title role. After Oland's death, American actor Sidney Tole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the United States. The publication has won more than 40 Pulitzer Prizes. It is owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by the Times Mirror Company. The newspaper’s coverage emphasizes California and especially Southern California stories. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to labor unions, the latter of which led to the bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. In recent decades the paper's readership has declined, and it has been beset by a series of ownership changes, staff reductions, and other controversies. In January 2018, the paper's staff voted to unionize and final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotus Long
Lotus may refer to: Plants *Lotus (plant), various botanical taxa commonly known as lotus, particularly: ** ''Lotus'' (genus), a genus of terrestrial plants in the family Fabaceae **Lotus flower, a symbolically important aquatic Asian plant also known as Indian or sacred lotus * Lotus tree, a plant in Greek and Roman mythology Places *Lotus, California, an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, United States * Lotus, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Union County, Indiana, United States * Lotus, Florida, a former village in Brevard County, Florida, United States * Lotus, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Bullitt County, Kentucky, United States Brands * Lotus Cars, a British motor vehicle manufacturer **Lotus F1 Team, a British Formula One team that started competing in the 2012 season **Team Lotus, a British Formula One racing team that competed between 1954 and 1994 ** Pacific Team Lotus, the successor team that resulted from a merger with Paci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Cooper (actor)
George Cooper Healey (December 12, 1892 – December 9, 1943) was an American actor of the silent film era. Cooper appeared on stage first, then in 210 films between 1911 and 1940. His son George Cooper Jr. (1920–2015) was also an actor who appeared in films from 1947 until 1954. Selected filmography * '' The Cross-Roads'' (1912, Short) as Kirke Dundee * ''Bianca'' (1913, Short) as Beppo aka Tony * ''The Night Riders of Petersham'' (1914) as Coke * ''The Tragedy of Whispering Creek'' (1914, Short) as The Kid * ''The Unlawful Trade'' (1914, Short) as Young Tate * ''The Hopes of Blind Alley'' (1914, Short) as The Little Janitor * ''Mother's Roses'' (1915) as Paul Hutchinson * '' The Wheels of Justice'' (1915) as 'Red' Hall, the Burglar * '' The Battle of Frenchman's Run'' (1915, Short) as John * ''Thou Art the Man'' (1916) as John MacDowell * ''A Night Out'' (1916) as Waldo Deacon * ''The Hunted Woman'' (1916) as Mortimer Fitzhugh * ''The Vital Question'' (1916) as Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rogers (actor)
John Rogers (28 August 1888 – 1 July 1963) was a British stage and film actor active in American cinema. A character actor, he played a number of supporting roles in the 1930s. These grew increasingly smaller during the 1940s were he was often uncredited. His final handful of appearances were in television during the 1950s. He was often cast in London-set productions, including '' Raffles'' and ''Charlie Chan in London''.McKay p.46 Selected filmography Film * ''Behind That Curtain'' (1929) * ''The Sea Wolf'' (1930) * '' Raffles'' (1930) * ''Old English'' (1930) * ''Charlie Chan Carries On'' (1931) * '' Limehouse Blues'' (1934) * ''Charlie Chan in London'' (1934) * ''Grand Canary'' (1934) * ''Jane Eyre'' (1934) * '' Long Lost Father'' (1934) * ''Wharf Angel'' (1934) * ''A Feather in Her Hat'' (1935) * ''People Will Talk'' (1935) * ''Charlie Chan at the Race Track'' (1936) * ''Klondike Annie'' (1936) * ''Love Before Breakfast'' (1936) * ''Think Fast, Mr. Moto'' (1937) * '' Bulldo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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