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William Ching
William Brooks Ching (October 2, 1913 – July 1, 1989) was an American character actor who appeared in numerous films and on television during the later 1940s and 1950s. Ching may be best known for his supporting role in Rudolph Maté's 1950 film noir, '' D.O.A.'' along with his role as the overbearing boyfriend of Katharine Hepburn's character in George Cukor's 1952 comedy '' Pat and Mike''. Early years Ching was born in St. Louis and raised in New Orleans. During World War II, he served in the Coast Guard. Career Ching began his career as a professional singer, starring in a summer series at the Memphis Open Air Theater. He appeared in musical comedies such as Rodgers and Hammerstein's ''Allegro'' (1947). His first film role was in 1946. He signed with Republic Pictures in 1947, and for the next dozen years, acted mostly in Westerns and dramas. Ching declined to change his name at the time of his move to films, though it might give the mistaken impression that he was of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodgers And Hammerstein
Rodgers and Hammerstein was a theater-writing team of composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and lyricist-dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960), who together created a series of innovative and influential American musicals. Their popular Broadway productions in the 1940s and 1950s initiated what is considered the "golden age" of musical theater. Gordon, John Steele''Oklahoma'!'. Retrieved June 13, 2010 Five of their Broadway shows, ''Oklahoma!'', '' Carousel'', '' South Pacific'', ''The King and I'' and ''The Sound of Music'', were outstanding successes, as was the television broadcast of ''Cinderella'' (1957). Of the other four shows that the team produced on Broadway during their lifetimes, ''Flower Drum Song'' was well-received, and none was an outright flop. Most of their shows have received frequent revivals around the world, both professional and amateur. Among the many accolades their shows (and film versions) garnered were thirty-four Tony Awards, fifteen Academ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry Mason (1957 TV Series)
''Perry Mason'' is an American legal drama series originally broadcast on CBS television from September 21, 1957, to May 22, 1966. The title character, portrayed by Raymond Burr, is a Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner. Many episodes are based on stories written by Gardner. ''Perry Mason'' was one of Hollywood's first weekly one-hour series filmed for television, and remains one of the longest-running and most successful legal-themed television series. During its first season, it received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Dramatic Series, and it became one of the five most popular shows on television. Burr received two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, and Barbara Hale received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Mason's confidential secretary Della Street. ''Perry Mason'' and Burr were honored as Favorite Series and F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh! Susanna (film)
''Oh! Susanna'' is a 1951 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and written by Charles Marquis Warren. The film stars Rod Cameron, Lorna Gray, Forrest Tucker, Chill Wills, William Ching, Jim Davis, and Wally Cassell. The film was released on March 3, 1951, by Republic Pictures. Plot Cavalry officers clash over a saloon singer and an Indian treaty in the gold-rush Dakota. Cast * Rod Cameron as Captain Webb Calhoun *Lorna Gray as Lia Wilson *Forrest Tucker as Lieutenant Colonel Unger *Chill Wills as Sergeant Barhydt *William Ching as Corporal Donlin * Jim Davis as Ira Jordan *Wally Cassell as Trooper Muro *Jimmy Lydon as Trumpeter Benton * Douglas Kennedy as Trooper Emers *William Haade as Trooper Riorty *John Compton as Lieutenant Cutter *James Flavin as Captain Worth * Charles Stevens as Charlie Grass *Al Bridge as Jake Ledbetter *Marion Randolph as Mrs. Worth *Marshall Reed as Trooper Murray * John Pickard as Rennie *Ruth Brennan as Young wife *Louise Kane as Mary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belle Le Grand
''Belle Le Grand'' is a 1951 American Western film directed by Allan Dwan and written by D.D. Beauchamp. The film stars Vera Ralston, John Carroll, William Ching, Hope Emerson, Grant Withers, Stephen Chase, John Qualen and Harry Morgan. The film was released on January 27, 1951, by Republic Pictures. Plot In 1850, in Natchez, Mississippi, Sally Sinclair ( Vera Ralston) is sentenced to prison as an accessory to murder. Upon her release five years later, she vows to get the money to take care of her young sister, Nan, and by the 1860s, has used her skill at gambling to amass a fortune. Soon she is a successful casino owner in San Francisco and using the name Belle Le Grand. Belle becomes involved in a silver mine intrigue between rivals Lucky John Kilton (John Carroll) and Montgomery Crane (Stephen Chase), a longtime nemesis of Belle's. When Nan Henshaw (Muriel Lawrence), now a trained and talented opera singer thanks to lessons paid for by Belle, gives a concert in San Franci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surrender (1950 Film)
''Surrender'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Allan Dwan, written by James Edward Grant and Sloan Nibley, and starring Vera Ralston, John Carroll, Walter Brennan, Francis Lederer, William Ching, Maria Palmer and Jane Darwell. It was released on September 15, 1950, by Republic Pictures. Plot With her husband Henry Vaan in a Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ... jail, sultry Violet Barton joins her sister Janet in a border town called La Mirada, where she seduces wealthy newspaperman Johnny Hale into marrying her. Johnny is unaware Violet is a bigamist or that Janet was in love with him. Johnny's best friend, gambler Gregg Delaney, had been the object of Violet's affections at first before she discovered Johnny was rich. Vaan gets out of jail and trac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Showdown (1950 Film)
''The Showdown'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan and starring Wild Bill Elliott, Walter Brennan and Marie Windsor. Plot A former Texas lawman. Shadrach Jones ( William Elliott) sets out to discover who killed his brother and stole their combined savings. While at the saloon run by the beautiful Adelaide (Marie Windsor), Jones becomes convinced that the thieving murderer is one of a group of cowboys on a cattle drive led by Captain MacKellar (Walter Brennan). Determined to find justice, Jones joins the cattle drive and slowly gets closer to uncovering the identity of the killer. Cast * Wild Bill Elliott as Shadrach Jones (as William Elliott) * Walter Brennan as Cap MacKellar * Marie Windsor as Adelaide * Harry Morgan as Rod Main (as Henry Morgan) * Rhys Williams as Chokecherry * Jim Davis as Cochran * William Ching as Mike Shattay * Nacho Galindo as Gonzales * Leif Erickson as Big Mart * Henry Rowland as Dutch * Charles Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In A Lonely Place
''In a Lonely Place'' is a 1950 American film noir directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame, produced for Bogart's Santana Productions. The script was written by Andrew P. Solt from Edmund H. North's adaptation of Dorothy B. Hughes' 1947 novel of the same name. Bogart stars as Dixon (Dix) Steele, a troubled, violence-prone screenwriter suspected of murder. Grahame co-stars as Laurel Gray, a lonely neighbor who falls under his spell. Beyond its surface plot of confused identity and tormented love, the story is a mordant comment on Hollywood mores and the pitfalls of celebrity and near-celebrity, similar to two other American films released that same year, Billy Wilder's ''Sunset Boulevard'' and Joseph L. Mankiewicz's ''All About Eve''. Although less famous than his other work, Bogart's performance is considered by many critics to be among his finest and the film's reputation has grown over time, along with Ray's. It is now considered one of the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wistful Widow Of Wagon Gap
''The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap'' is a 1947 black-and-white comedy Western film directed by Charles Barton and starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. It was released on October 8 and distributed by Universal-International. Plot Chester Wooley and Duke Egan are traveling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while en-route to California. During the stopover, a notorious criminal, Fred Hawkins, is murdered, and the two are charged with the crime. They are quickly tried, convicted, and sentenced to die by hanging. The head of the local citizen's committee, Jim Simpson, recalls a law whereby the survivor of a gun duel must take responsibility for the deceased's debts and family. The law spares the two from execution, but Chester is now responsible for the widow Hawkins and her seven children. They go to her farm, where Chester is worked by Mrs. Hawkins from dawn to dusk. To make matters worse, Chester must work at the saloon at night to repay Hawkin's debt to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something In The Wind
''Something in the Wind'' is a 1947 American musical comedy film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Deanna Durbin, Donald O'Connor, and John Dall. Durbin's third husband Charles David said she "hated" making her last three films and that she would watch all her old movies except those three. Plot The film is about the grandson of a recently deceased millionaire who mistakes a beautiful female disc jockey for her aunt, who once dated his grandfather. It was O'Connor's first film after he returned from military service in World War II. The film includes the famous "I Love a Mystery" number performed by O'Connor. Cast * Deanna Durbin as Mary Collins * Donald O'Connor as Charlie Read * John Dall as Donald Read * Charles Winninger as Uncle Chester Read * Helena Carter as Clarissa Prentice * Margaret Wycherly as Grandma Read * Jean Adair as Aunt Mary Collins * The Williams Brothers as Singing Quartet * Jacqueline deWit as Fashion Show Saleslady * Jan Peerce as Tony, the Policema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buck Privates Come Home
''Buck Privates Come Home'' is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Charles Barton and starring the team of Abbott and Costello. It was released by Universal-International and is a sequel to their earlier film ''Buck Privates'' (1941). This film marks the final role of veteran actor Nat Pendleton and the film debut of Russ Conway (in the role of an unnamed medic). Plot After serving in Europe during World War II, Herbie Brown and Slicker Smith return to the United States aboard a troop ship. Also on board is their old nemesis, Sgt. Collins. As the ship nears New York, Collins and his superiors search the men's belongings for contraband. Herbie accidentally activates a time bomb, made to look like a camera, that he picked up as a souvenir and has to throw it out the porthole. A six-year-old French orphan, Evey, whom Herbie and Slicker befriended, is found in Herbie's duffle bag. She is handed over to Lt. Sylvia Hunter, who delivers her to immigration officials in New York. Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Of Scheherazade
''Song of Scheherazade'' is a 1947 American musical film directed by Walter Reisch. It tells the story of an imaginary episode in the life of the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Jean-Pierre Aumont), in 1865, when he was a young naval officer on shore leave in Morocco. It also features Yvonne De Carlo as a Spanish dancer named Cara de Talavera, Eve Arden as her mother, and Brian Donlevy as the ship's captain. Charles Kullman (credited as Charles Kullmann), a tenor with the Metropolitan Opera, plays the ship's doctor, Klin, who sings two of Rimsky-Korsakov's melodies. Plot Rimsky-Korsakov, a midshipman in the Imperial Russian Navy, secretly yearns to be a composer, but naval regulations prevent him from doing so. He uses a stopover in Tangiers to work on his next composition, ''Scheherazade'' (which is actually a symphonic suite but in the film is a ballet), with the tacit support of his captain. There he meets Cara de Talavera and her mother, and romantic events ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Michigan Kid
''The Michigan Kid'' is a 1947 American Cinecolor Western film directed by Ray Taylor and starring Jon Hall, Victor McLaglen, Rita Johnson, and Andy Devine. It was Hall's first film after getting out of the army and filming began 15 April 1946.Schallert, E. (1946, Apr 08)"Jon Hall in field anew; story deal sensational"''Los Angeles Times'' Plot A former U.S. marshal ( Jon Hall) rescues an instant heiress (Rita Johnson) from an outlaw's (Victor McLaglen) gang. Cast * Jon Hall as Michigan Kid / Jim Rowen * Victor McLaglen as Curley Davis * Rita Johnson as Sue Dawson * Andy Devine as Buster * Joan Shawlee as Soubrette * William Ching as Steve Randolph Prescott (as William Brooks) * Stanley Andrews as Sheriff of Rawhide * Byron Foulger as Mr. Porter * Milburn Stone as Lanny Slade * Leonard East as Dave Boyd * Charles Trowbridge as Banker John Nash * Griff Barnett as Prentiss Dawson * Dewey Robinson as Bartender * Ray Teal as Sergeant References External links *''The Michi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
