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The Purple Gang (film)
''The Purple Gang'' is a 1960 American period crime film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Barry Sullivan, Robert Blake and Jody Lawrance. It portrays the activities of The Purple Gang bootlegging organization in Detroit in the 1920s Plot A fictionalized account of The Purple Gang as they smuggled liquor in 1920s Detroit, Michigan. Cast * Barry Sullivan as Police Lt. William P. Harley * Robert Blake as William Joseph 'Honeyboy' Willard * Elaine Edwards as Gladys Harley * Marc Cavell as Henry Abel 'Hank' Smith * Jody Lawrance as Joan MacNamara * Suzanne Ridgway as Daisy * Joe Turkel as Eddie Olsen * Victor Creatore as Al Olsen * Paul Dubov as Thomas Allen 'Killer' Burke * Ray Boyle as Tom Olsen * Kathleen Lockhart as Nun * Nestor Paiva as Laurence Orlofsky * Lou Krugman as Dr. Riordan * Robert Anderson as Police Commissioner * Mauritz Hugo as Licovetti * James Roosevelt as Himself in Prologue Production ''The Purple Gang'' was directed by Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank McDonald (director)
Frank Burgess McDonald (November 9, 1899 – March 8, 1980) was an American film and television director, active from 1935 to 1966. He directed more than 100 films, including many Westerns starring Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, and numerous TV show episodes. He is interred at Conejo Mountain Memorial Park in Camarillo, California. McDonald was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Samuel and Florence McDonald. His father was an employee of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Participation in amateur theatrical productions sparked an interest in performing, causing him to leave Baltimore City College to pursue a career in entertainment. McDonald's professional performing debut came in a vaudeville act in which he played a burglar. He also acted on Broadway, in ''Puppets'' (1925), ''The K Guy'' (1928), ''Just to Remind You'' (1931), and ''Bulls, Bears and Asses'' (1932). McDonald married actress and musician Goodee Montgomery in 1934. She died in 1978. He died in Oxnard, Californ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Cavell (actor)
Marc Edward Cavell (June 28, 1939 – February 29, 2004) was an American actor. He performed in eighteen films from 1952 to 1974. Television guest-credits include ''Peter Gunn'', ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', ''Gunsmoke'' and ''The Twilight Zone ''The Twilight Zone'' is an American media franchise based on the anthology television series created by Rod Serling. The episodes are in various genres, including fantasy, science fiction, absurdism, dystopian fiction, suspense, horror, su ...''. Early Years Cavell was born Maurice Edward Cavell, the son of Italian immigrant Rudolph Cavell, who had a career as a boxer and wrestler. His father emigrated to the United States from Italy as Rodolfo Cavazzale. Filmography References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cavell, Marc 1939 births 2004 deaths American male film actors American male television actors 20th-century American male actors American people of Italian descent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Erickson
Glenn Erickson is an American film editor and film critic. A graduate of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, he started in the film industry in 1975 as an editor of low-budget films and later worked in minor technical crew capacities for the major films ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' (1977) and '' 1941'' (1979). As an editor, his credits include supplemental documentary materials for DVD releases of films, including ''The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly'' (1966), '' Buckaroo Banzai'' (1985) and '' To Live and Die in L.A.'' (1985). He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2001 for his editing of the Jack Cardiff montage tribute screened at the 73rd Academy Awards presentation. In 1997, he produced the restoration of the original ending to ''Kiss Me Deadly'' (1955). Erickson is a member of the Online Film Critics Society The Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) is an international professional association of online film journalists, historians and scholars who pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Archive Collection
The Warner Archive Collection is a home video division for releasing classic and cult films from Warner Bros.' library. It started as a manufactured-on-demand (MOD) DVD series by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on March 23, 2009, with the intention of putting previously unreleased catalog films on DVD for the first time. In November 2012, Warner expanded the Archive Collection to include Blu-ray releases, Some Warner Archive releases, such as '' Wise Guys'', previously had a pressed DVD release but have lapsed out of print and have since been re-released as part of the Warner Archive collection. DVD-R recordable media are manufactured on-demand for the consumer and authorized distributors for online resale, rather than the traditional business model of pressing large batches of discs that ship to "brick and mortar" retailers. This saves on the costs of storing unsold stock in a warehouse and mitigates the risk of a retailer holding unsold merchandise, especially since the major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allied Artists International
Allied Artists International, Inc. (AAI) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment corporation headquartered in Glendale, California, United States, producing and distributing motion pictures, recorded music, broadcast television, online streaming, video games, and other media products. The company is the successor to Allied Artists Pictures Corporation (formerly known as Monogram Pictures Corporation). In the year 2000, AAI divided its media products into three distinct wholly owned divisions, Allied Artists Film Group (AAFG), Allied Artists Music Group (AAMG) and Allied Artists Music & Video Distribution (AAMVD). Then, around 2020, AAI reorganized itself into four divisions: Allied Artists Music Group, Allied Artists Film Group, Allied Artists Films & Monogram Pictures, & Allied Artists Broadcasting & Allied Artists Music & Video Distribution. Allied Artists Pictures (the flagship AAFG studio) is known for having produced and released such historic motion p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Community Newspapers In Hollywood, California
Community newspapers in Hollywood, California, have included the ''Hollywood Sentinel'' (1903 or before-1911), ''Hollywood Inquirer'' (unknown-1914), ''Hollywood Citizen'' (1905–1931), ''Hollywood News,'' (unknown-1931), and ''Hollywood Citizen-News'' (1931–1970). ''Sentinel'' In 1903, veteran publisher A.A. Bynon sold his interest in a newspaper called the ''Hollywood Sentinel'' to G.P. Sullivan, who became the paper's editor. The ''Sentinel'' received the Hollywood city contract for printing legal advertising in December 1903. In 1904 C.N. Whitaker, former editor of the ''Monrovia Messenger,'' bought the business, but on November 1 Morris & Ponay of Portland, Oregon, took it over. In 1905 Charles Mosteller of Los Angeles was the new owner of the ''Hollywood Sentinel.'' It was still being published in 1907 and 1909. In 1909 Mosteller, identified as the ''Sentinel's'' managing editor, said the newspaper would begin a daily edition in June, which would compete with the ''Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin D
Franklin may refer to: People * Franklin (given name) * Franklin (surname) * Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class Places Australia * Franklin, Tasmania, a township * Division of Franklin, federal electoral division in Tasmania * Division of Franklin (state), state electoral division in Tasmania * Franklin, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin * Franklin River, river of Tasmania * Franklin Sound, waterway of Tasmania Canada * District of Franklin, a former district of the Northwest Territories * Franklin, Quebec, a municipality in the Montérégie region * Rural Municipality of Franklin, Manitoba * Franklin, Manitoba, an unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Rosedale, Manitoba * Franklin Glacier Complex, a volcano in southwestern British Columbia * Franklin Range, a mountain range on Vancouver Island, British Columbia * Franklin River (Vancouver Island), British Columbia * Franklin Strai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Roosevelt
James Roosevelt II (December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991) was an American businessman, Marine, activist, and Democratic Party politician. The eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, he served as an official Secretary to the President for his father and was later elected to the United States House of Representatives representing California, serving 5 terms from 1955 to 1965. He received the Navy Cross while serving as a Marine Corps officer during World War II. Early life Roosevelt was born in New York City at 123 East 36th Street. He was named after his grandfather on his father's side James Roosevelt I. He attended the Potomac School and St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., and the Groton School in Massachusetts. At Groton, he rowed, played football, and was a prefect in his senior year. After graduating in 1926, he attended Harvard, where he rowed with the freshman and junior varsity crews. At Harvard, he followed family traditions in joinin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauritz Hugo
Mauritz Hugo (January 12, 1909 – June 16, 1974) was a Swedish-born American film and television actor. Selected filmography * ''Wanted by the Police'' (1938) * ''Criminal Investigator'' (1942) *''The Crime Smasher'' (1943) * ''Outlaws of Stampede Pass'' (1943) * ''Secrets of a Sorority Girl'' (1945) * '' Black Angel'' (1946) * ''Blonde for a Day'' (1946) * '' Renegades of Sonora'' (1948) * ''Death Valley Gunfighter'' (1949) * ''Search for Danger'' (1949) * ''The Dakota Kid'' (1951) * ''Pistol Harvest'' (1951) * ''Captive of Billy the Kid'' (1952) * '' Road Agent'' (1952) * '' Yukon Gold'' (1952) * ''Run for the Hills'' (1953) * ''Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock'' (1962) * ''Alvarez Kelly ''Alvarez Kelly'' is a 1966 American Western (genre), Western film set in the American Civil War directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring William Holden and Richard Widmark. The picture was based on the historic Beefsteak Raid of September 1864 ...'' (1966) References Bibliography * Pitts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nestor Paiva
Nestor Paiva (June 30, 1905 – September 9, 1966) was an American actor of Portuguese descent. He is most famous for his recurring role of Teo Gonzales the innkeeper in Walt Disney's Spanish Western series ''Zorro'' and its feature film ''The Sign of Zorro'', as well as Lucas the boat captain in ''Creature from the Black Lagoon'' and its sequel ''Revenge of the Creature''. Early years Paiva attended the University of California. During his senior year, he directed a production, ''The Youngest'', after the previous director resigned because of sickness. Career In the early 1930s, Paiva was director of the Eight o'Clock Players troupe at KLX radio in Oakland, California. Paiva also appeared in network radio programs, including the 07/18/1953 episode of Gunsmoke entitled "Wild West". Nestor appeared in motion pictures and television from the 1930s to the 1960s including such TV programs as ''The Lone Ranger '', ''Zorro'', ''Get Smart'', ''Bonanza'', ''I Spy'', ''Family Affair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Lockhart
Kathleen Lockhart (née Arthur; 9 August 1894 – 18 February 1978) was a prolific English-American actress during the early-mid 20th century. Early life Kathleen Arthur was born on August 9, 1894 in Southsea, Hampshire, England. Career Lockhart's entertainment career began on the stage in Britain. Lockhart appeared on stage and in Hollywood films for almost forty years. Lockhart has more than 30 film credits. Lockhart and her husband, Gene, occasionally starred opposite each other, most notably as Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cratchit in ''A Christmas Carol'' (1938). Lockhart's daughter, June also appeared with them in that film, portraying their daughter. After 1957, Lockhart retired from acting and made no more film appearances, except for a small role in ''The Purple Gang'' (1960). Lockhart has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6241 Hollywood Boulevard. Personal life In 1924, Lockhart immigrated to the United States. Lockhart's husband was Gene Lockhart (died 1957 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Boyle
Raymond Cornelius Boyle (June 28, 1923 – January 6, 2022), also known as Ray Boyle and Dirk London, was an American film and television actor. He was perhaps best known for playing Morgan Earp in the American western television series ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp''. Life and career Boyle was born in Lisbon, North Dakota, the son of Elma Mae Harrison and Cornelius Hugh Boyle. He had two sisters. Boyle served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. After working as a model, Boyle’s career as an actor started in 1952 with a role in the film ''Zombies of the Stratosphere''. He then made his television debut in the science fiction television series ''Captain Video and His Video Rangers'', where he made two appearances as Luny O'Brien. Boyle made an uncredited appearance in the 1953 film ''Bad for Each Other''. In 1954, he made a guest-starring appearance in the western television series ''Death Valley Days''. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
