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Victor Sutherland
Victor Sutherland (February 28, 1889 – August 29, 1968) was an American stage, film, and television actor. Career Born in Paducah, Kentucky, Sutherland worked on stage and in motion pictures from the 1910s through the 1950s, when he also acted on television, including several episodes of ''Perry Mason''. He was also in the original cast of the 1939 hit play '' Arsenic and Old Lace''. At age 19, Sutherland acted in a production of ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' for 25 weeks. Sutherland made films for Fox Film Corporation, among other studios, and he acted in stock theater. Personal life On October 12, 1907, Sutherland married silent film star Pearl White in Oklahoma City. She sued for divorce in 1914. He married actress Faye Cusick on May 10, 1915, in Baltimore, Maryland. Cusick sued for divorce in 1923. He also married silent film actress Anne Hamilton, with whom he had a daughter, Anne Victoria Sutherland, in 1925, and actress Linda Barrett. Death Sutherland died on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Valentine
Grace Valentine (February 14, 1884 – November 12, 1964) was an American stage and film actress. Early years Valentine was born in Springfield, Ohio. Career She began her career in the theater in 1905 and toured in stock companies for the next several years. She began her film career in 1915, but never ventured too far away from the legitimate stage. Valentine's Broadway debut came in ''The Yellow Jacket'' (1915). Her final Broadway appearance was in ''Anna Christie'' (1952). In 1929, she appeared in her first talkie and had sporadic parts in films for the next three years whereupon which she returned to the theatre. Valentine portrayed Minnie Grady, the title character's landlady, on the radio series '' Stella Dallas''. She also was heard on ''Lone Journey'' on radio. In 1949, she made her first television appearance on '' Chevrolet Tele-Theater''. On August 1, 1950, Valentine appeared on television in "The Big Day", an episode of ''Armstrong Circle Theatre''. Perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bar Sinister
''The Bar Sinister'' is a lost 1917 silent film drama directed by Edgar Lewis. An independent film, it was released on a State Rights basis. Wayback) Story The film is about a white woman who is part black (or negro as it was called). The semi-derogatory term and now archaic "bar sinister" meant a person who was half-breed or half-caste particularly concerning the issue of black/and white.Cast *Preston Rollow - Col. George Stilliter *Mary Doyle - Annabel *William Anderson - Sam Davis *Florence St. Leonard - Lindy * |
Them!
''Them!'' is a 1954 American black-and-white science fiction film, science fiction monster film from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by David Weisbart, directed by Gordon Douglas (director), Gordon Douglas, and starring James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, and James Arness. The film is based on an original story treatment by George Worthing Yates, which was then developed into a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman and adaptation by Russell S. Hughes, Russell Hughes. ''Them!'' is one of the first of the 1950s "nuclear monster" films, and the first "arthropods in film, big bug" feature film to use insects as the monster. A nest of Enlargement (in fiction)#Excessive growth, gigantic irradiated ants is discovered in the New Mexico desert; they quickly become a national threat when it is discovered that two young queen ants and their consorts have escaped to establish new nests. The national search that follows finally culminates in a battle with ''Them'' in the concrete spillways a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powder River (film)
''Powder River'' is a 1953 American Western film directed by Louis King and starring Rory Calhoun, Corinne Calvet and Cameron Mitchell. at The screenplay was written by , who two years later was the story consultant on the / western |
Assignment – Paris!
''Assignment – Paris!'' is a 1952 American Cold War film noir directed by Robert Parrish and starring Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, George Sanders and Audrey Totter. Premise Paris-based ''New York Herald Tribune'' reporter Jimmy Race (Andrews) is sent by his boss (Sanders) behind the Iron Curtain in Budapest to investigate a meeting involving the Hungarian ambassador. While on assignment, Race is framed for espionage. Cast * Dana Andrews as Jimmy Race * Märta Torén as Jeanne Moray * George Sanders as Nicholas Strang * Audrey Totter as Sandy Tate * Sandro Giglio as Gabor Czeki alias Grisha * Donald Randolph as Anton Borvich * Herbert Berghof as Prime Minister Andreas Ordy * Ben Astar as Minister of Justice Vajos * Willis Bouchey as Biddle - Editor * Earl Lee as Dad Pelham * Pál Jávor as Laslo Boros * Georgiana Wulff as Gogo Czeki Production Phil Karlson was the original director, but was fired during filming. It was filmed on location in Paris and Budapest Bud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We're Not Married!
''We're Not Married!'' is a 1952 American anthology romantic comedy film directed by Edmund Goulding. It was released by 20th Century Fox. The screenplay was written by Nunnally Johnson Nunnally Hunter Johnson (December 5, 1897 – March 25, 1977) was an American screenwriter, film director, producer, and playwright. As a filmmaker, he wrote the screenplays to more than fifty films in a career that spanned from 1927 to 1967. He ..., while the story was adapted by Dwight Taylor from Gina Kaus's and Jay Dratler's unpublished work "If I Could Remarry". The film stars Victor Moore, Ginger Rogers, Fred Allen, Marilyn Monroe, David Wayne, Eve Arden, Paul Douglas (actor), Paul Douglas, Eddie Bracken, and Mitzi Gaynor. Co-stars include Louis Calhern, Zsa Zsa Gabor, James Gleason, Paul Stewart (actor), Paul Stewart, and Jane Darwell. Plot When elderly Mr. Bush (Victor Moore) is appointed justice of the peace, he starts marrying couples on Christmas Eve. However, his appointment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pride Of St
''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Captive City (1952 Film)
''The Captive City'' is a 1952 American film noir crime film directed by Robert Wise and starring John Forsythe. The screenplay is based on real life experiences of ''Time'' magazine reporter Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., who co-wrote the script. Plot Newspaper editor and co-owner Jim Austin and his wife are fleeing Kennington, where they live and work, so that he may testify before a U.S. Senate Special Committee investigating crime in interstate commerce. They are being pursued by the criminal element from their town and pull off the highway in a place called Warren, where they take refuge in a police station. Austin requests an escort to ensure they arrive safely at the committee location. He also gets permission to use the station's tape recorder, on which he chronicles the events which have brought him to this point. Austin began investigating bookmaking in town after the suspicious death of private detective Clyde Nelson, who discovered police complicity with illegal gambling w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Star (1952 Film)
''Lone Star'' is a 1952 American Western film starring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Broderick Crawford, Ed Begley, and Lionel Barrymore (in his final role) as President Andrew Jackson. The film also marks the first (uncredited) screen appearance by then-13-year-old George Hamilton, playing beside Barrymore in the role of Jackson's servant. The movie is considered both a Western and a romance, set in Texas shortly before statehood. Plot Devereaux Burke (Clark Gable) gets a personal request from former President Andrew Jackson ( Lionel Barrymore) to facilitate the annexation of Texas into the United States. Opposition to annexation is gaining favor because it is mistakenly believed that Texas pioneer Sam Houston (Moroni Olsen) opposes statehood. The opposition leader is wealthy rancher Thomas Craden ( Broderick Crawford), but when Craden is ambushed by Comanches, Dev comes to his rescue. Dev and Craden travel to Austin, where they meet Martha Ronda (Ava Gardner), who runs the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Whistle At Eaton Falls
''The Whistle at Eaton Falls'' (also known by the alternative title ''Richer Than the Earth'') is a 1951 American social drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Lloyd Bridges and Dorothy Gish. Plot A newly promoted plant supervisor finds himself in the position of having to announce a layoff of his fellow workers. Cast * Lloyd Bridges as Brad Adams * Dorothy Gish as Mrs. Doubleday * Carleton Carpenter as Eddie Talbot * Murray Hamilton as Al Webster * James Westerfield as Joe London * Lenore Lonergan as Abbie * Russell Hardie as Dwight Hawkins * Helen Shields as Miss Russell * Doro Merande as Miss Pringle * Diana Douglas as Ruth Adams * Anne Francis as Jean London * Anne Seymour as Mary London * Ernest Borgnine as Bill Street * Arthur O'Connell as Jim Brewster * Parker Fennelly Parker W. Fennelly (October 22, 1891 – January 22, 1988) was an American character actor who appeared in ten films, numerous television episodes and hundreds of radio programs. Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sleeping City
''The Sleeping City'' is a 1950 American film noir crime film in semidocumentary style that was set in and filmed at New York's Bellevue Hospital. Directed by George Sherman, it stars Richard Conte and Coleen Gray. The film is notable for its photography, and was one of the few motion pictures of the era to be shot entirely on location. The film begins with an unusual prologue, featuring Conte, to assure the audience that the story is "completely fictional" and did not take place at Bellevue or in New York City. The prologue was inserted at the insistence of New York mayor William O'Dwyer, who felt that the script besmirched the reputation of the city-run hospital. Plot An intern is shot mysteriously on an East River pier adjoining Bellevue Hospital. The chief investigating detective views this as a difficult case, so with the cooperation of the commissioner of hospitals, he assigns detective Fred Rowan, who had been a medical corpsman, to go undercover as intern Fred Gilbert. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House On 92nd Street
''The House on 92nd Street'' is a 1945 black-and-white American spy film directed by Henry Hathaway. The movie, shot mostly in New York City, was released shortly after the end of World War II. ''The House on 92nd Street'' was made with the full cooperation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), whose director, J. Edgar Hoover, appears during the introductory montage. The FBI agents shown in Washington, D.C. were played by actual agents. The film's semidocumentary style inspired other films, including ''The Naked City'' and ''Boomerang''. Plot In 1939, American standout university student, Bill Dietrich, is approached by Nazi recruiters because of his German heritage. He feigns interest, then notifies the FBI. Agent George Briggs encourages Dietrich to play along. Thus, Dietrich travels to Hamburg, Germany, where he undergoes six months of intensive training in espionage. The Germans then send him back to the United States to set up a radio station on Long Island to relay se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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