''I Ring Doorbells'' is a 1946 American
comedy-drama film
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directed by
Frank Strayer
Frank Raymond Strayer (September 21, 1891 – February 3, 1964) was an actor, film writer, director and producer. He was active from the mid-1920s until the early 1950s. He directed a series of 14 '' Blondie!'' (1938) movies as well.
Biography
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, which stars
Anne Gwynne
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,
Robert Shayne
Robert Shayne (born Robert Shaen Dawe, October 4, 1900 – November 29, 1992) was an American actor whose career lasted for over 60 years. He was best known for portraying Inspector Bill Henderson in the American television series '' Adven ...
, and
Roscoe Karns
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* ...
. The story was adapted by
Dick Irving Hyland and
Raymond L. Schrock
Raymond L. Schrock (February 2, 1892 – December 12, 1950) was an American screenwriter. He worked on more than 150 films between 1915 and 1950. He was born in Goshen, Indiana, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack.
Parti ...
from the book of the same name by
Russell Birdwell
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, and Hyland wrote the screenplay. The picture was produced and distributed by
Producers Releasing Corporation
Producers Releasing Corporation was the smallest and least prestigious of the Hollywood film studios of the 1940s. It was considered a prime example of what was called "Poverty Row": a low-rent stretch of Gower Street in Hollywood where shoest ...
, which released it on February 25, 1946.
Plot
Cast
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Anne Gwynne
Anne Gwynne (born Marguerite Gwynne Trice; December 10, 1918 – March 31, 2003) was an American actress who was known as one of the first scream queens because of her numerous appearances in horror films. Gwynne was also one of the most popula ...
as Brooke Peters
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Robert Shayne
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as Dick Meadows
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Roscoe Karns
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People
* Roscoe (name)
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* Roscoe, California (disambiguation)
*Roscoe Township (disambiguation)
* Roscoe, Georgia, an unincorporated community
*Roscoe, Illinois, a village
* ...
as Stubby
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Pierre Watkin
Pierre Frank Watkin (December 29, 1887 – February 3, 1960) was an American character actor best known for playing distinguished authority figures throughout the Golden Age of Hollywood. He is best remembered for his roles of Mr. Skinner the b ...
as G. B. Barton
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Harry Shannon as Shannon
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John Eldredge
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Life and work
Eldregde received his undergraduate degree in theater from ...
as Ransome
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Harry Tyler as Tippy Miller
* Doria Caron as Yvette
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Jan Wiley
Jan Wiley (February 21, 1916 – May 26, 1993) was an American film actress.
Early years
Wiley was born Jan Harriet Wiley in Marion, Indiana and early in her career was billed as Harriet Brandon.
Film
Beginning in 1937 with ''New Faces of ...
as Helen Carter
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as Clyde Barton
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Charles Wilson as The Inspector
*
Hank Patterson
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as Bradley
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Eugene Stutenroth as O'Halloran
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Roy Darmour
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as Willie
References
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1946 comedy-drama films
1946 films
American comedy-drama films
American black-and-white films
Producers Releasing Corporation films
Films directed by Frank R. Strayer
1940s American films
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