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Trapped (1937 Film)
''Trapped'' is a 1937 American western film directed by Leon Barsha and starring Charles Starrett, Peggy Stratford and Robert Middlemass. Fetrow p.700 It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Cast * Charles Starrett as Ted Haley * Peggy Stratford as Adele Rothert * Robert Middlemass as Sol Rothert * Allan Sears as Cal * Ted Oliver as Ike Britt * Lew Meehan as 'Moose' Nelson * Edward Peil Sr. as Bill Ashley * Jack Rockwell as Tom Haggard * Edward LeSaint as Doctor * Francis Sayles Francis Sayles (November 22, 1891 – March 19, 1944) was an American character actor at the beginning of the sound film era. In the short dozen years of his career he appeared in over 100 films, most of them features. While he was normally ... as Chong References Bibliography * Fetrow, Alan G. . ''Sound films, 1927-1939: a United States Filmography''. McFarland, 1992. * Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012. External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Barsha
Leon Barsha (December 26, 1905 November 13, 1964) was an American film producer, editor and director. As a producer and director he was best known for making films in the Western genre. In his later years he concentrated especially on editing. Personal Barsha was born in Manhattan, New York and died in California. He was married to Helen Barsha. They had a son, Tony, who became a playwright. Granddaughter Lili Barsha is an actor and writer. The North Hollywood home of the Barshas was designed by the architect Richard Neutra in 1937. The house has been restored twice and moved at least once, changing owners several times. Filmography As producer * '' The Taming of the West'' (1939) * '' Prairie Schooners'' (1940) * ''The Wildcat of Tucson'' (1940) * ''Beyond the Sacramento'' (1940) * ''Roaring Frontiers'' (1941) * ''Hands Across the Rockies'' (1941) * ''Bullets for Bandits'' (1942) As editor * ''Broadway Scandals'' (1929) * ''Sudden Fear'' (1952) * ''A Bullet for Joey'' (1955) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Oliver
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Films Directed By Leon Barsha
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American Western (genre) Films
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1930s English-language Films
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1937 Western (genre) Films
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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. * July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Sayles
Francis Sayles (November 22, 1891 – March 19, 1944) was an American character actor at the beginning of the sound film era. In the short dozen years of his career he appeared in over 100 films, most of them features. While he was normally cast in small uncredited parts, he was occasionally cast in featured roles, as in the role of Dickman in the 1934 film, ''One in a Million'', starring Dorothy Wilson and Charles Starrett. Life and career Sayles was born on November 22, 1891, in Buffalo, New York. His film debut occurred in a small role of a detective in '' Strangers of the Evening'' (1932), starring ZaSu Pitts. Other notable films in which Sayles appears include: the featured role of Charlie Blaine in 1932's ''Blonde Venus'', starring Marlene Dietrich and Cary Grant; a small role in '' The Gay Deception'' (1935), starring Francis Lederer and Frances Dee; a bit part as a waiter in the 1936 romantic comedy ''More Than a Secretary'', starring Jean Arthur, George Brent, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward LeSaint
Edward LeSaint (January 1, 1871 – September 10, 1940) was an American stage and film actor and director whose career began in the silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when .... He acted in over 300 films and directed more than 90. He was sometimes credited as Edward J. Le Saint.Edward J. Le Saint at IBDB Early years LeSaint was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, of French ancestry. His schooling also was in Cincinnati. Before venturing into entertainment, he worked in a railroad's auditing office.Career [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Rockwell
Jack Rockwell Trowbridge (October 6, 1890 – November 10, 1947) was an American film actor who was born in Mexico. He appeared in over 250 movies, mostly Westerns, between 1927 and 1947. Rockwell's older brother was character actor Charles Trowbridge. In the 1920s, prior to embarking on a professional career as actor, he worked as a fireman. His death in 1947 was due to hypostatic pneumonia, not a "nervous breakdown" as claimed on IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, .... Selected filmography References External links * * 1890 births 1947 deaths American male film actors Male actors from Veracruz Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) 20th-century American male actors Male Western (genre) film actors Mexican emigrants to the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Peil Sr
Edward J. Peil Sr. (January 18, 1883 – December 29, 1958) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 370 films between 1913 and 1951. Biography Peil was born in Racine, Wisconsin, one of 10 children of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Pell. He attended Racine High School and the University of Notre Dame, studying dramatics, which led to his acting on stage and later in films. His first film was ''Charley's Aunt'' (1906). He had the lead in the first five-reel film, ''Through Fire to Fortune'' (1910). He also acted in the first film that used artificial illumination outdoors at night, the first three-reel color film, and the first Technicolor film. Peil's wife, Henrietta, was an actress. They were married in 1916 in Wabash, Indiana, while both were touring with the Chicago Majestic Theater Stock Company. Peil died in Hollywood, California. His son, Edward Peil Jr., and his daughter, Virginia, also acted in films. Selected filmography * ''The Living Death'' (1915) * ''Unto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lew Meehan
James Lew Meehan (September 7, 1890 – August 10, 1951) was an American film actor. Meehan appeared in more than 200 films between 1921 and 1947. He was often the main villain in silent Westerns, but in sound films he was usually an "anonymous henchman". Meehan was born in Minnesota and died in Los Angeles, California. Meehan's daughter, Jean Stratton, was an actress. Selected filmography * ''Crossing Trails'' (1921) * ''By Right of Birth'' (1921) * '' Blazing Arrows'' (1922) * ''The Radio King'' (1922) * '' Silver Spurs'' (1922) * '' Daring Danger'' (1922) * ''Back Fire'' (1922) * ''The Greatest Menace'' (1923) * ''Ridgeway of Montana'' (1924) * ''Thundering Romance'' (1924) * ''Walloping Wallace'' (1924) * ''The Eagle's Claw'' (1924) * '' West of Hot Dog'' (1924) * '' Full Speed'' (1925) * ''The Empty Saddle'' (1925) * ''Red Blood'' (1925) * ''Fighting Luck'' (1925) * '' White Thunder'' (1925) * ''Lord Jim'' (1925) * '' Beyond All Odds'' (1926) * '' The Road Agent'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
