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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 Film)
''The Postman Always Rings Twice'' is a 1946 American film noir based on the 1934 novel of the same name by James M. Cain. This adaptation of the novel features Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames, and Audrey Totter. It was directed by Tay Garnett. The musical score was written by George Bassman and Erich Zeisl (the latter uncredited). This version was the third filming of ''The Postman Always Rings Twice'', but the first under the novel's original title and the first in English. Previously, the novel had been filmed as ''Le Dernier Tournant'' (''The Last Turning'') in France in 1939 and as ''Ossessione'' (''Obsession'') in Italy in 1943. Plot Frank Chambers is an amiable, restless drifter who has hitched a ride with local District Attorney Kyle Sackett. He drops Frank off at a rural diner/service station named "Twin Oaks", which is on a highway in the hills outside Los Angeles. Frank begins working there. The diner is operated by the stodgy N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tay Garnett
William Taylor "Tay" Garnett (June 13, 1894 – October 3, 1977) was an American film director and writer. Biography Early life Born in Los Angeles, Garnett attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and served as a naval aviator in World War I. Mack Sennett He entered the film industry as a screenwriter in 1920, writing for Mack Sennett. His credits included ''The Quack Doctor'' (1920). He wrote the feature '' Broken Chains'' (1922) for Sam Goldwyn and ''The Hottentot'' (1920) for Thomas Ince. Comedy shorts Garnett went to work for Hal Roach for whom he wrote ''Don't Park There'' (1924). He did some with Stan Laurel: ''A Mandarin Mixup'' (1924), and '' Detained'' (1924). He wrote ''Galloping Bungalows'' (1924) for Billy Bevan and Mac Sennett, ''Off His Trolley'' (1924) for Sennett, '' West of Hot Dog'' (1924) with Laurel and Hardy, and ''The Plumber'' (1924) for Sennett. Garnett directed some shorts, such as ''Fast Black'' (1924), ''Riders of the Kitchen Range'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Dernier Tournant
''The Last Turning'' (French: ''Le Dernier tournant'') is a 1939 French drama film directed by Pierre Chenal, written by Charles Spaak and Henri Torrès, based on the 1934 novel '' The Postman Always Rings Twice'' by James M. Cain. Cast *Fernand Gravey as Frank *Michel Simon as Nick Marino *Corinne Luchaire as Cora Marino *Marcel Vallée as Le juge *Robert Le Vigan as Le cousin maître-chanteur * Etienne Decroux as Le patron du bistrot *Florence Marly Florence Marly (2 June 1919 – 9 November 1978) was a Czech-born French film actress. During World War II, Marly moved to neutral Argentina with her Jewish husband, film director Pierre Chenal, where she appeared in several films. She also acted ... as Madge, la dompteuse External links * * *''Le Dernier tournant''at filmsdefrance.com 1939 films Adultery in films Films based on works by James M. Cain Films directed by Pierre Chenal Films based on crime novels Films based on American novels French black-and-white films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production studio that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Sony. On June 19, 1918, brothers Jack and Harry Cohn and their business partner Joe Brandt founded Cohn-Brandt-Cohn (CBC) Film Sales Corporation, which would eventually become Columbia Pictures. It adopted the Columbia Pictures name on January 10, 1924 (operating as Columbia Pictures Corporation until December 23, 1968) went public two years later and eventually began to use the image of Columbia, the female personification of the United States, as its logo. In its early years, Columbia was a minor player in Hollywood, but began to grow in the late 1920s, spurred by a successful association with director Frank Capra. With Capra and others such as the most successful two reel comedy series The Three Stooges, Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motion Picture Production Code
The Motion Picture Production Code was a set of industry guidelines for the self-censorship of content that was applied to most motion pictures released by major studios in the United States from 1934 to 1968. It is also popularly known as the Hays Code, after Will H. Hays, president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) from 1922 to 1945. Under Hays's leadership, the MPPDA, later the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Motion Picture Association (MPA), adopted the Production Code in 1930 and began rigidly enforcing it in 1934. The Production Code spelled out acceptable and unacceptable content for motion pictures produced for a public audience in the United States. From 1934 to 1954, the code was closely identified with Joseph Breen, the administrator appointed by Hays to enforce the code in Hollywood. The film industry followed the guidelines set by the code well into the late 1950s, but it began to weaken, owing to the combined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Production Code Administration
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) is an American trade association representing the Major film studios#Present, five major film studios of the United States, as well as the video streaming service Netflix. Founded in 1922 as the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) and known as the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) from 1945 until September 2019, its original goal was to ensure the viability of the American film industry. In addition, the MPA established guidelines for film content which resulted in the creation of the Motion Picture Production Code in 1930. This code, also known as the Hays Code, was replaced by a voluntary Motion Picture Association of America film rating system, film rating system in 1968, which is managed by the Classification and Rating Administration (CARA). The MPA has advocated for the motion picture and television industry, with the goals of promoting effective copyright protection, reducing Copyright infringement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merian C
Merian may refer to People with the surname * Merian family, Swiss patrician family from Basel * Matthäus Merian the Elder (1593–1650), Swiss-German engraver and publisher * Matthäus Merian the Younger (1621–1687), Swiss painter * Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717), naturalist and scientific illustrator * Johann Bernhard Merian (1723–1807), Swiss philosopher * Christoph Merian (1800–1858), Swiss banker, businessman and rentier * Merian C. Cooper (1893—1973), American aviator and writer, director of ''King Kong'' * Charles Merian Cooper (1856–1923), American congressman from Florida * Leon Merian (born Leon Megerdichian) (1923-2007), American jazz trumpeter Other * ''Merian'' (magazine), a German travel magazine * Plan de Mérian, a map of Paris, France created in 1615 * Villa Merian, a Villa in Münchenstein, Switzerland * Christoph Merian Stiftung, a non-profit-making public utility institution in Basel, Switzerland * 48458 Merian, a minor planet named after Matth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Mayo (actor)
Frank Lorimer Mayo (June 28, 1889 – July 9, 1963) was an American actor. He appeared in 310 films between 1911 and 1949. Biography He was born in New York City, the son of actor Frank M. Mayo, and he died in Laguna Beach, California, from a heart attack. He was married to actress Dagmar Godowsky from 1921 to 1926. The marriage was annulled in August 1926 on the ground that Mayo had another wife. Mayo was buried at the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles. Selected filmography * '' The Red Circle'' (1915) * ''Shadows'' (1916) * ''Sold at Auction'' (1917) * ''The Bronze Bride'' (1917) * '' Easy Money'' (1917) * ''Betsy Ross'' (1917) * '' The Burglar'' (1917) * ''The Purple Lily'' (1918) * ''The Interloper'' (1918) * ''Tinsel'' (1918) * ''Lasca'' (1919) * '' The Rough Neck'' (1919) * ''The Girl in Number 29'' (1920) * '' Hitchin' Posts'' (1920) * '' Burnt Wings'' (1920) * '' Through Eyes of Men'' (1920) * ''Colorado'' (1921) * ''The Fighting Lover'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byron Foulger
Byron Kay Foulger (August 27, 1898 – April 4, 1970) was an American character actor who over a 50-year career performed in hundreds of stage, film, and television productions. Early years Born in Ogden, Utah, Byron was the second of four children of Annie Elizabeth (née Ingebertsen) of Norway and Arthur Kay Foulger, a native of Utah who worked as a carpenter for the region's railroad company."Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910Population", image of original enumeration page for Ogden City, Weber County, Utah, April 26, 1910, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.; "Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920Population", Ogden City, Weber County, Utah, January 13, 1920. Retrieved via online FamilySearch archives, August 22, 2022."The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census Records (Worldwide), 19141960", database, household of Arthur Kay Foulger, 1914; FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, Retrieved August 22, 2022. Byron complete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morris Ankrum
Morris Ankrum (born Morris Nussbaum; August 28, 1897 – September 2, 1964) was an American radio, television, and film character actor. Early life Born in Danville, Illinois, Danville in Vermilion County, Illinois, Vermilion County in eastern Illinois, Ankrum originally began a career in academics. After graduating from University of Southern California, The University of Southern California with a law degree, he went on to an associate professorship in economics at the University of California, Berkeley. While at Berkeley he became involved in the drama department and eventually began teaching drama and directing at the Pasadena Playhouse. From 1923 to 1939 he acted in several Broadway (theatre), Broadway stage productions, including ''Gods of the Lightning'', ''The Big Blow'', and ''Within the Gates''. Film career Before signing with Paramount Pictures in the 1930s, Nussbaum had already changed his last name to Ankrum. Upon signing with the studio, he chose to use the name " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff York
Jeff York (March 23, 1912 – October 11, 1995) was an American film and television actor who began his career in the late 1930s using his given name, Granville Owen Scofield. He was also sometimes credited as Jeff Yorke. Career York served in the United States Army during World War II. During his early career, the tall, dark-haired actor played characters such as Pat Ryan in the 1940 serial ''Terry and the Pirates'' and was given the lead in the 1940 film ''Li'l Abner''. However, he is perhaps most remembered for his role as Bud Searcy in Disney's classic ''Old Yeller'' and its 1963 sequel '' Savage Sam''. Beverly Washburn played Lisbeth Searcy, Bud's daughter. York also appeared in ''The Great Locomotive Chase'', ''Westward Ho, the Wagons!'', and ''Johnny Tremain'' which were all Walt Disney's productions. York attracted considerable attention in the mid 1950s with his television portrayal of Mike Fink, the flamboyant keelboat operator in two episodes of Disney's hugely popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Reed
Alan Reed (born Herbert Theodore Bergman; August 20, 1907 – June 14, 1977) was an American actor, best known as the original voice of Fred Flintstone on ''The Flintstones'' and various spinoff series. He also appeared in many films, including ''Days of Glory (1944 film), Days of Glory'', ''The Tarnished Angels'', ''Breakfast at Tiffany's (film), Breakfast at Tiffany's'', ''Viva Zapata!'' (as Pancho Villa), and ''Nob Hill (1945 film), Nob Hill'', and various television and radio series. Early years Alan Reed was born Herbert Theodore Bergman on August 20, 1907, in New York City to Jewish parents. His father was a Lithuanian-Jewish immigrant and his mother was born in the United States to Ukrainian-Jewish parents from Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia."Fred Flintsto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kugluktuk
Kugluktuk (, ; Inuktitut syllabics: ; ), formerly known as Coppermine until 1 January 1996, is a hamlet located at the mouth of the Coppermine River in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada, on Coronation Gulf, southwest of Victoria Island. It is the westernmost community in Nunavut, near the border with the Northwest Territories. The traditional language of the area is Inuinnaqtun and is written using the Latin alphabet, rather than the syllabics of the Inuktitut writing system. Like Cambridge Bay, Bathurst Inlet, and Umingmaktok, syllabics are rarely seen and are used mainly by the Government of Nunavut. History In 1982, a division plebiscite was held. While approximately 80% of the population in what is now Nunavut voted in favour of division, Coppermine was one of only two communities to vote against division. Cambridge Bay was the other. In June 2004, a fuel line broke in the centre of Kugluktuk, spilling of diesel fuel. Geography Kugluktuk is located on the shore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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