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Lust For Gold
''Lust for Gold'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Ida Lupino and Glenn Ford. The film is about the legendary Lost Dutchman gold mine, starring Ford as the "Dutchman" and Lupino as the woman he loves. The historical events are seen through a framing device set in the contemporary 1940s. It was based on the book ''Thunder God's Gold'' by Barry Storm. Part of the film was shot on location in Arizona's Superstition Mountains. Plot In modern times, a newspaper reports that "noted explorer and writer" Floyd Buckley claims to have discovered the location of the Lost Dutchman gold mine. He is approached by Barry Storm, who believes he has some claim to it, as the Dutchman was his grandfather. Buckley brushes him off, but when he heads into the Superstition Mountains, Storm secretly follows him. However, an unseen killer shoots Buckley, making him the fourth recent murder victim. Storm notifies Sheriff Early and his deputy Covin. Covin te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Sherdeman
Ted Sherdeman (21 June 1909 – 22 August 1987) was an American radio producer, television writer and screenwriter. He was known for the films ''The Eddie Cantor Story'' (1953), '' Away All Boats'' (1956), ''St. Louis Blues'' (1958), '' A Dog of Flanders'' (1960) and ''Misty'' (1961); and the TV series ''Wagon Train'' (1958–1965), ''Hazel'' (1963–1966), ''My Favorite Martian'' (1964), ''The Flying Nun'' (1968), ''Bewitched'' (1965). He died on 22 August 1987 in Santa Ana, California at age 78. With director James Clark, with whom worked together on ''Dog of Flanders'' for Associated Producers Inc, later formed their own company, Gemtaur Productions. They also worked together in ''The Big Show'', which was made with API. ''Songs by Sinatra'' (1945–1947) was a 30-minute program aired on CBS on 12 September 1945, at 9 p.m, featuring Frank Sinatra. In December 1946 the director of the programm Mann Holiner was succeeded by Sherdeman. Filmography Screenwriter Producer * ''R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Prince (actor)
William Leroy PrinceAaker, Everett (2006). Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters : All Regular Cast Members in American Crime and Mystery Series, 1948-1959'. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 447. . (January 26, 1913 – October 8, 1996) was an American actor who appeared in numerous soap operas and made dozens of guest appearances on primetime series as well as playing villains in movies like '' The Gauntlet'', '' The Cat from Outer Space'' and ''Spontaneous Combustion''. Early life Prince was born in Nichols, New York. When Prince was a senior at Cornell University, he left to act ''in The Taming of the Shrew'' as part of a Federal Theatre tour. He gained additional experience with the Barter Theater in Abingdon, Virginia, including a trip to New York for a 1937 production. He also performed in Shakespeare's plays in a company headed by Maurice Evans. Career Early in Prince's career, he supplemented his limited income from acting in summer stock prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Black-and-white Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949 Films
Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. * January 11 – The first "networked" television broadcasts take place, as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, goes on the air, connecting east coast and mid-west programming in the United States. * January 16 – Şemsettin Günaltay forms the new government of Turkey. It is the 18th government, last One-party state, single party government of the Republican People's Party. * January 17 – The first Volkswagen Beetle, VW Type 1 to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York City, New York by Dutch businessman Ben Pon Sr., Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (film)
''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' is a 1948 American Contemporary Western, neo-western film written and directed by John Huston. Based on the 1927 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, novel of the same name by B. Traven, the film stars Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, and Bruce Bennett. The narrative follows two down-on-their-luck Americans who team up with an experienced prospector in search of gold in the mountains of Mexico. The film was released theatrically in the United States by Warner Bros. on January 14, 1948, following a delayed production that began after the success of The Maltese Falcon (1941 film), ''The Maltese Falcon'' (1941) but was postponed due to World War II and Huston’s military service. It was one of the earliest major Hollywood films to be shot extensively on location outside the United States, with filming taking place in Mexico. A critical and commercial success, ''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' received three awards at the 21st Academy Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Cording
Hector William "Harry" Cording (26 April 1891 – 1 September 1954) was an English-American actor. He is perhaps best remembered for his roles in the films '' The Black Cat'' (1934) and ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' (1938). Life and career Cording was born Hector William Cording on 26 April 1891 in Wellington, Somerset. He was brought up and was educated at Rugby, and he was a member of the British Army in World War I. In 1919, he became steward for a British steamship line whose ships, such as the ''Vauban'' and the ''Calamares'', which he had worked on, frequently called at the Port of New York. After a number of trips, he resigned and decided to stay in the United States. He later settled permanently in Los Angeles, where he began a film career. His first role was as a henchman in ''The Knockout'' (1925), followed by similar roles over the next few years. Cording appeared in many Hollywood films from the 1920s to the 1950s. With an imposing six-foot height, stocky build ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Hunnicutt
Arthur Lee Hunnicutt (February 17, 1910 – September 26, 1979) was an American actor known for his portrayal of old, wise, grizzled rural characters. He received an Academy Awards, Academy Award nomination for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor for his performance in ''The Big Sky (film), The Big Sky'' (1952). He was also known for his role in the Western television series ''Sugarfoot'' (1957–1961). Early life On February 17, 1910, Hunnicutt was born in Gravelly, Arkansas. He attended the University of Central Arkansas and Arkansas State Teachers College, but dropped out when he ran out of money. Career Hunnicutt gained early acting experience in Repertory theatre, stock theatre and entertained in traveling shows. An article in the September 22, 1940, issue of the ''Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn Daily Eagle'' reported "There isn't a decent sized medicine show traveling through Kentucky, Illinois, Georgia, Indiana or Mississippi, nor a stock company to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrna Dell
Myrna Dell (born Marilyn Adele Dunlap; March 5, 1924 – February 11, 2011) was an American actress, model, and writer who appeared in numerous motion pictures and television programs over four decades. A Hollywood glamour girl in the early part of her career, she is best known today for her work in B-pictures, particularly film noir thrillers and Westerns. Early life and career Dell's mother was silent-film actress Carol Price. Dell entered show business when she was 16 as a dancer with the Earl Carroll Revue in New York. Her film debut came in ''A Night at Earl Carroll's'' (1940), after which she appeared in ''Ziegfeld Girl (film), Ziegfeld Girl'' (1941), ''Raiders of Red Gap'' (1943), and ''Up in Arms'' (1943). She found work at Monogram Pictures, a "budget" studio specializing in inexpensive entertainments for double-feature theaters. She appeared as an ingenue in a B-western, ''Arizona Whirlwind'' (1944), with silent-screen veterans Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, and Bob St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Silverheels
Jay Silverheels (born Harold Jay Smith; May 26, 1912 – March 5, 1980) was a First Nations in Canada, First Nations and Mohawk people, Mohawk actor and athlete, descended from three Iroquois nations. He was well known for his role as Tonto, the Native Americans in the United States, Native American companion of the Lone Ranger in the American Western (genre), Western television series The Lone Ranger (TV series), ''The Lone Ranger''. Early life Silverheels was born Harold Jay Smith in Canada, on the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve, near Hagersville, Ontario. He was a grandson of Mohawk people, Mohawk Chief A. G. Smith and Mary Wedge, and one of the 11 children of Captain Alexander George Edwin Smith, Military Cross, MC, Cayuga people, Cayuga, and his wife Mabel Phoebe Dockstater, maternal Mohawk, and paternal Seneca people, Seneca. His father was wounded and decorated for service at the battles of Battle of the Somme, Somme and Ypres during World War I (Jay would have bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Helton
Percy Alfred Helton (January 31, 1894 – September 11, 1971) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He was one of the most familiar faces and voices in Hollywood of the 1950s. Career Helton was born in Manhattan. He began acting at the age of two, appearing in vaudeville acts with his British-born father William Alfred "Alf" Helton.https://www.familysearch.org/search/ark:/61903/1:1:2W9T-X41 He was a cast member in the Broadway production of ''Julie BonBon'' (1906). Helton performed in stock theater and the Broadway plays ''The Poor Nut'' and ''To the Ladies!'' Helton joined the United States Army in World War I. Deployed to Europe with the American Expeditionary Forces, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his duty with the 77th Infantry Division's 305th Field Artillery. During his time in the Army he was a member of the Argonne Players, a company of actors in the 77th Division who entertained other soldiers. A change in his voice altere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayden Rorke
William Henry Rorke (October 23, 1910 – August 19, 1987), known professionally as Hayden Rorke, was an American actor best known for playing Colonel Alfred E. Bellows on the 1960s American sitcom ''I Dream of Jeannie''. Early life Rorke was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1910. He was the son of screen and stage actress Margaret Hayden Rorke,Rorke's obituary in the ''Los Angeles Times'' says, "His mother ... was a longtime textile industry figure and created colors used in the inaugural ball gowns of both Eleanor Roosevelt and Mamie Eisenhower." and he took his stage name from her maiden name. Rorke attended Brooklyn Preparatory School, a Jesuit school, where he served as president of the Dramatics Society and the Student Government, and was a member of the Omega Gamma Delta Fraternity. He continued his education at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and began his stage career in the 1930s with the Hampden Theatrical Company. During World War II, he enlisted in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
