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Buddy Gorman
Charles J. "Buddy" Gorman''Hollywood's Made-To-Order-Punks: The Complete Film History of the Dead End Kids, Little Tough Guys, East Side Kids, and Bowery Boys,'' Richard Roat, BearManor Media, 2010. (September 2, 1921 – April 1, 2010) was an American stage and movie actor who became famous for portraying a member of the comedy teams The East Side Kids and The Bowery Boys. Career Buddy was born and raised in the "Hell's Kitchen" area of New York. He left home after high school and hitchhiked to California in hopes of becoming an actor. He got a job in a studio mailroom and slept in a nearby used car lot until he was noticed and given small parts in movies. Although Gorman was then in his mid-twenties, his youthful appearance got him cast as streetwise teenagers. Producer Sam Katzman hired Gorman for Monogram's East Side Kids comedies with Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall, where he was billed as Bud Gorman. Away from the Gorcey-Hall gang, Gorman played bits in major feature films, alm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state of New York. Located near the southern tip of New York State, Manhattan is based in the Eastern Time Zone and constitutes both the geographical and demographic center of the Northeast megalopolis and the urban core of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. Over 58 million people live within 250 miles of Manhattan, which serves as New York City’s economic and administrative center, cultural identifier, and the city’s historical birthplace. Manhattan has been described as the cultural, financial, media, and entertainment capital of the world, is considered a safe haven for global real estate investors, and hosts the United Nations headquarters. New York City is the headquarters of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whistling In Brooklyn
''Whistling in Brooklyn'' is a 1943 film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, and Jean Rogers. It is the third and last film starring Skelton as radio personality and amateur detective Wally "The Fox" Benton, following ''Whistling in the Dark'' and ''Whistling in Dixie''. Leo Durocher, then-manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, made his screen debut, playing himself, while Dodgers "superfan" Hilda Chester also made a brief appearance, playing herself. Plot Wally prepares to marry his girlfriend, but gets sidetracked when he is mistaken for a serial killer. Cast * Red Skelton as Wally Benton * Ann Rutherford as Carol Lambert * Jean Rogers as Jean Pringle * Rags Ragland as Chester Conway * Ray Collins as Grover Kendall * Henry O'Neill as Inspector Holcomb * William Frawley as Detective Ramsey * Sam Levene as Creeper * Arthur Space as Detective MacKenzie * Robert Emmett O'Connor as Detective Leo Finnigan * Steve Geray as Whitey * Howard Freeman as Stev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thoroughbreds (1944 Film)
''Thoroughbreds'' is a 1944 American drama film directed by George Blair, written by Wellyn Totman and Franklin Coen, and starring Tom Neal, Adele Mara, Roger Pryor, Paul Harvey, Eugene Gericke and Doodles Weaver. It was released on December 23, 1944, by Republic Pictures. Plot Sgt. Rusty Curtis of the U.S. Cavalry division is unhappy about the Army's plan to replace horses with tanks. After a medical discharge, Rusty tries to buy his old military mount, Sireson, but wealthy socialite Sally Crandall outbids him. Sally is the fiancée of Rusty's old barracks mate, Jack Martin. Sally's father hires Rusty to train the horse for a big steeplechase race. A rivalry begins because Sally has a favorite horse of her own, but when hers is hurt, she and Rusty declare a truce and begin a romantic relationship. Jack returns and overhears a conversation leading him to believe Rusty intends to lose the race on purpose. The two men fight after Jack insists on riding the horse in the race, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowery Champs
''Bowery Champs'' is a 1944 American film directed by William Beaudine and starring the East Side Kids. Plot After she files for divorce from nightclub owner Tom Wilson, former Broadway star Gypsy Carmen demands that he return the securities that she owned before their marriage. When Wilson claims that the securities are missing, Gypsy pulls a gun from her purse and aims it at him. At that moment, a gun is fired through the window of his house. Tom falls dead and Gypsy flees in panic. At the time of the murder, Jim Lindsey, the star reporter of the American Express paper, is busily bidding on oriental rugs at an auction and consequently misses the story. Deciding to cover the murder for the absent Jim, Muggs McGinnis, who is working as a copy boy on the paper, asks Glimpy to drive him to the Wilson house in the paper's delivery car. At the house, Muggs and Glimpy sneak through an open window and listen as the police interrogate Wilson's mistress, Diane Gibson, an entertainer at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet Me In St
Meet may refer to: People with the name * Janek Meet (born 1974), Estonian footballer * Meet Mukhi (born 2005), Indian child actor Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Meet'' (TV series), an early Australian television series which aired on ABC during 1957 * Meet Bros, music director duo from Gwalior *Meet (2021 series),is an Indian Television Series broadcasting on ZeeTV in India * "Meet", an episode of '' Heartstopper'' Convention or meeting * Meet, a competitive event in track and field athletics ** All-comers track meet, usually small local track and field competitions * Swap meet (or flea market), a type of bazaar that rents or provides space to people who want to sell or barter merchandise * Train meet, a railroad term referring to the event of the meeting of two trains * Google Meet, a video communication service developed by Google Other uses * Meet (mathematics) In mathematics, specifically order theory, the join of a subset S of a partially ordered set P is the supre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Very Thought Of You (film)
''The Very Thought of You'' is a 1944 romantic drama film directed by Delmer Daves and starring Dennis Morgan, Eleanor Parker and Dane Clark. The screenplay focuses on a couple who knew each other when he was in college. They meet by chance, fall in love and marry while he is on a short Thanksgiving leave before starting special training. Except for the opening scene on Attu, the on-screen action stays on the homefront, showing how the years of war affect their lives and the lives of their friends, her troubled family, and others. Plot After three years at war, two of them in the Aleutian campaign and in “cold storage” on the island of Attu, Army Sergeants Dave (Dennis Morgan) and his buddy "Fixit" (Dane Clark) are sent back to the States. They spend a Thanksgiving pass in Pasadena and visit Dave's alma mater, Caltech, before being transferred elsewhere in the Pacific Theater. They meet two young women who work in a parachute factory. Cora (Faye Emerson) quickly catc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Till We Meet Again (1944 Film)
''Till We Meet Again'' is a 1944 American drama film directed by Frank Borzage, written by Lenore J. Coffee, and starring Ray Milland, Barbara Britton, Walter Slezak, Lucile Watson, Konstantin Shayne, Vladimir Sokoloff and Mona Freeman. It was released on August 30, 1944, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *Ray Milland as John * Barbara Britton as Sister Clothilde / Louise Dupree *Walter Slezak as Vitrey *Lucile Watson as Mother Superior *Konstantin Shayne as Major Krupp *Vladimir Sokoloff as Cabeau *Mona Freeman as Elise * William Edmunds as Henri Maret Radio adaptation ''Till We Meet Again'' was presented on the ''Kate Smith Hour'' September 24, 1944. Jeanne Cagney and Franchot Tone Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone (February 27, 1905 – September 18, 1968) was an American actor, producer, and director of stage, film and television. He was a leading man in the 1930s and early 1940s, and at the height of his career was known ... starred in the adaptation. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Love A Soldier
''I Love a Soldier'' is a 1944 American drama film directed by Mark Sandrich and written by Allan Scott (American screenwriter), Allan Scott. The film stars Paulette Goddard, Sonny Tufts, Beulah Bondi, Walter Sande, Mary Treen and Ann Doran. The film was released on August 15, 1944, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast *Paulette Goddard as Evelyn Connors *Sonny Tufts as Dan Kilgore *Beulah Bondi as Etta Lane *Walter Sande as Sgt. Lionel 'Stiff' Banks *Mary Treen as Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant *Ann Doran as Jenny Butler *Marie McDonald as Gracie *James Bell (actor), James Bell as Williams *Barry Fitzgerald as Murphy Reception T.M.P. of ''The New York Times'' said, "To the wheel of life has been given a full, mad twirl in ''I Love a Soldier'', which took up residence yesterday at the Paramount. And since life seldom moves along on a plane, maybe it would have been expecting too much for this particular film to maintain a perfect level. But the ups and downs and the fancy curves which the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Since You Went Away
''Since You Went Away'' is a 1944 American epic drama film directed by John Cromwell for Selznick International Pictures and distributed by United Artists. It is an epic about the American home front during World War II that was adapted and produced by David O. Selznick from the 1943 novel ''Since You Went Away: Letters to a Soldier from His Wife'' by Margaret Buell Wilder. The music score was by Max Steiner, and the cinematography by Stanley Cortez, Lee Garmes, George Barnes (uncredited), and Robert Bruce (uncredited). The film is set in a mid-sized American town, where people with loved ones in the Armed Forces try to cope with their changed circumstances and make their own contributions to the war effort. The town is near a military base, and some of the characters are troops serving Stateside. Though sentimental in places, ''Since You Went Away'' is somber at times about the effects of war on ordinary people. Some characters on the homefront are dealing with grief, lonel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Follow The Leader (1944 Film)
''Follow the Leader'' is a 1944 American film directed by William Beaudine featuring the East Side Kids. Plot As he and Glimpy Freedhoff anxiously anticipate their furlough home, Muggs McGinnis is summoned to the colonel's office and informed that he is to be honorably discharged because of poor eyesight. At home in the Bowery, Muggs is tearfully telling his proud mother about his discharge when Glimpy bursts into the apartment with the news that Danny has been jailed. Determined to exonerate their friend, Muggs and Glimpy proceed to the clubhouse and are welcomed by their pals. There they meet Spider, a new club member who was working with Danny at a warehouse when he was arrested. Muggs and Glimpy then go to the jailhouse to question Danny. Becoming suspicious when Danny tells them that soon after Spider arranged for him to work at the warehouse, he was charged with stealing alcohol earmarked for the Army, Muggs goes to the warehouse to investigate. After observing Fingers Belm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet The People
''Meet the People'' (1944) is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical comedy film made, and set, during World War II, and starring Lucille Ball and Dick Powell and featuring Virginia O'Brien, Bert Lahr, Rags Ragland and June Allyson. The film takes its title from a successful Los Angeles musical revue, which ran on Broadway from December 25, 1940 to May 10, 1941. Vaughn Monroe and his orchestra, Spike Jones and his City Slickers, and Virginia O'Brien were also in the original stage cast. O'Brien sings the hit song "Say That We're Sweethearts Again". Plot Welder William "Swanee" Swanson works at a shipyard in Morganville, Delaware. One day he sees the brightly shining Broadway star Julie Hampton speak in front of a crowd of workers at the yard, and he instantly falls in love with her. Luckily enough, Julie has promised to go on a date with the man who sells the most war bonds within a certain time limit. Swanee lies to Julie and tells her that he has $7,500 in pledges. He also tells the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
And The Angels Sing
''And the Angels Sing'' is a 1944 musical film directed by George Marshall and starring Dorothy Lamour, Fred MacMurray, and Betty Hutton. Released by Paramount Pictures, it is a classic example of a film written to capitalize on the title of a previously popular song, in this case Benny Goodman's 1939 number one hit, "And the Angels Sing" by Ziggy Elman and Johnny Mercer, sung by Martha Tilton, though the song is not actually in the film. The standout original songs in the musical were " It Could Happen To You", sung by Dorothy Lamour, which quickly became a pop standard, and "His Rocking Horse Ran Away", which became one of Betty Hutton's most popular numbers. The story is about a singing sister group, their exploitation by a bandleader, and their subsequent rise to fame. One of the sisters is portrayed by Mimi Chandler, daughter of former Kentucky governor and baseball commissioner Happy Chandler. "Happy" is also the name of Fred MacMurray's character in the story. ''Time'' m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
