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Barton Yarborough
William Barton Yarborough (October 2, 1900 – December 19, 1951) was an American actor who worked extensively in radio drama, primarily on the NBC Radio Network. He is famous for his roles in the Carlton E. Morse productions '' I Love a Mystery'', where he played Doc Long, and ''One Man's Family'', where he spent 19 years portraying Clifford Barbour. In addition, Yarborough spent three years as Sgt. Ben Romero on Jack Webb's '' Dragnet''. Early years He was born in Goldthwaite, Texas.DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . p. 290. As a youth, Yarborough ran away from home, attracted by the vaudeville stages, and he first worked in radio during the 1920s. After joining a touring musical comedy show, he progressed from bit parts to leading man as the troupe played in various places in Oklahoma and Texas. He attended college at the University of Nevada, Reno, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Go Collegiate
''Let's Go Collegiate'' is a 1941 American musical comedy film directed by Jean Yarbrough and produced by Monogram Pictures. It was released as ''Farewell to Fame'' in the United Kingdom. Plot summary Frankie (Frankie Darro) is the coxswain on the rowing team at Rawley University. His friend Tad (Jackie Moran) is a stroke on the crew, president of the Kappa Psi Delta fraternity, and leader of the campus swing band. Rawley's administrators are eagerly awaiting the arrival of renowned athletic star Bob Terry. Tad learns that Terry has been drafted to the army and will not be joining the crew, nor will he be attending the party welcoming him. Frankie and Tad don't have the hearts to tell their girlfriends Midge ( Gale Storm) and Bess (Marcia Mae Jones), who have worked hard to prepare the party, and instead look for a replacement for Bob for the evening. They find truck driver Hercules "Herk" Bevans ( Frank Sully) loading a safe onto his truck singlehanded. After some convincing, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phi Sigma Kappa
Phi Sigma Kappa (), colloquially known as Phi Sig or PSK, is a men's social and academic Fraternities and sororities, fraternity with approximately 74 List of Phi Sigma Kappa chapters#List of Chapters, active chapters and provisional chapters in North America. Most of its first two dozen chapters were granted to schools in New England and Pennsylvania; therefore its early development was strongly Eastern in character, eventually operating chapters at six of the eight Ivy League schools as well as more egalitarian state schools. It later expanded to the South and West. According to its Constitution, Phi Sigma Kappa is devoted to the promotion of its three Cardinal Principles: the "Promotion of Brotherhood", the "Stimulation of Scholarship", and the "Development of Character". Phi Sigma Kappa began on March 15, 1873 at Massachusetts Agricultural College in Amherst, Massachusetts, Amherst (now the University of Massachusetts Amherst) by six sophomores (referred to as The Founders). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragnet (radio Series)
''Dragnet'' was an American radio series, enacting the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show took its name from the police term " dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects. ''Dragnet'' is perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural drama in media history. The series gave audience members a feel for the boredom and drudgery, as well as the danger and heroism, of police work. ''Dragnet'' earned praise for improving the public opinion of police officers. Actor and producer Jack Webb's aims in ''Dragnet'' were for realism and unpretentious acting. He achieved both goals, and ''Dragnet'' remains a key influence on subsequent police dramas in many media. The show's cultural impact is such that after seven decades, elements of ''Dragnet'' are familiar to those who have never seen or heard the program. The ominous, four-note introduction to the brass and tympa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart Attack
A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which may travel into the shoulder, arm, back, neck or jaw. Often it occurs in the center or left side of the chest and lasts for more than a few minutes. The discomfort may occasionally feel like heartburn. Other symptoms may include shortness of breath, nausea, feeling faint, a cold sweat or feeling tired. About 30% of people have atypical symptoms. Women more often present without chest pain and instead have neck pain, arm pain or feel tired. Among those over 75 years old, about 5% have had an MI with little or no history of symptoms. An MI may cause heart failure, an irregular heartbeat, cardiogenic shock or cardiac arrest. Most MIs occur due to coronary artery disease. Risk factors include high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes, la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unknown (1946 Film)
''The Unknown'' is a 1946 American mystery film directed by Henry Levin made by Columbia Pictures as the third and final part of its '' I Love a Mystery'' series based on the popular radio program. The previous films were '' I Love a Mystery'' (1945) and '' The Devil's Mask'' (1946). It was a loose adaptation of the I Love a Mystery radio episode ''Faith, Hope, and Charity, Sisters'', which was remade in a later version of the radio series, in '49, as ''The Thing That Cries in the Night'', starring Russell Thorson, Jim Boles, and Tony Randall as the private detectives, and Mercedes MacCambridge as the stewardess and Cherry (Charity). It was known as ''The Coffin''. Cast Critical reception ''TV Guide TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news. The company sold its print magazine division, TV Guide Magazine LLC, in 2008. Corpora ...'' gave the film two out of f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil's Mask
''The Devil's Mask'' is a 1946 American crime film directed by Henry Levin and starring Anita Louise, Jim Bannon and Michael Duane. The film was the second of three B pictures based on the popular radio series '' I Love a Mystery''. As well as its crime theme, the film also incorporates elements of horror. Synopsis Two private detectives are asked to go to a museum to meet a woman who claims she is about to be murdered by her stepdaughter. The case becomes linked to a plane crash, a shrunken head just sent to the museum, and a scientist who disappeared during an expedition to South America. Cast * Anita Louise as Janet Mitchell * Jim Bannon as Jack Packard * Michael Duane as Rex Kennedy * Mona Barrie as Louise Mitchell * Barton Yarborough as Doc Long * Ludwig Donath as Dr. Karger * Paul E. Burns as Leon Hartman * Frank Wilcox as Prof. Arthur Logan * Bud Averill as Museum Guard * Edward Earle as E.R. Willard * John Elliott as John the Butler * Fred Godoy as M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Love A Mystery (film)
''I Love a Mystery'' is a 1945 American mystery film directed by Henry Levin and starring Jim Bannon, Nina Foch, George Macready, and Barton Yarborough. Based on Carlton E. Morse's popular radio serial of the same name, ''I Love a Mystery'' was the first of three Columbia "B" pictures inspired by the radio series and the only one actually based on a script written by Morse for the radio series. ''The Devil's Mask'' and '' The Unknown'' followed in 1946. Plot Two private detectives, Jim Packard (Jim Bannon) and Doc Long (Barton Yarborough), make the uneasy acquaintance of Jefferson Monk (George Macready) at a nightclub. When a flaming dessert is nearly spilled onto the trio, Monk reveals it was meant for him. He explains that, according to a prophecy, he is to die in three days. Upon learning their profession, Monk hires the two for protection, particularly from a hideous, peg-legged horror who stalks the streets, toting a valise, supposedly to use in transporting Monk's severed ... [...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, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventures By Morse
''Adventures by Morse'' is a syndicated adventure series produced, written and directed by Carlton E. MorseTerrace, Vincent (1999). ''Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 9. in the mid-1940s, shortly after NBC canceled his ''I Love a Mystery'' series. Morse produced 52 episodes of the program, each 30 minutes long. Characters and stories Captain Bart Friday was a globe-trotting San Francisco-based private investigator, portrayed during the series by Elliott Lewis, David Ellis and Russell Thorson. Friday's sidekick from Texas, Skip Turner, was played mostly by Jack Edwards and occasionally by Barton Yarborough. The tales covered such areas as espionage, kidnapping and murder, along with secret Nazi bases, snake worshipers and voodoo. Dating problem and episode order The 52 30-minute episodes (and two sales pitches) were produced in the mid-1940s. Dates of production and the earliest broadcasts are uncertain. Several In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hashknife Hartley
''Hashknife Hartley'' is an American old-time radio Western program. It was broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System from July 2, 1950, until December 30, 1951. Schedule ''Hashknife Hartley'' began as a summer replacement series, filling the time slot of ''Juvenile Jury''. Paired with '' Hopalong Cassidy'' in the following half-hour, the substitution gave Mutual a one-hour Western block on Sunday afternoons. In September 1950, the block was extended to 90 minutes when '' Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders'' was added in the half-hour before ''Hashknife Hartley''. Format The program featured the adventures of Hashknife Hartley and Sleepy Stevens, characters created by W.C. Tuttle, who served as narrator. Hartley was a western detective, and Stevens was his sidekick; the pair traveled around the old West, solving crimes in various towns. ''Hashknife'' The word "hashknife" has two meanings in the context of western adventures. A hashknife was a tool that camp cooks used to sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawk Durango
''Hawk Larabee'' is an American old-time radio western. It was broadcast on CBS from July 5, 1946, until February 7, 1948. Format In his book, ''On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio'', radio historian John Dunning described ''Hawk Larabee'' as "radio's first half-hearted attempt at an adult western drama, a concept that was not fully realized until the arrival of ''Gunsmoke'' five years later." Although adults listened to earlier radio westerns, such as ''The Lone Ranger'' and ''Red Ryder'', the main audience for those programs was children. Another radio historian, Jim Cox, wrote in his book, ''Say Goodnight, Gracie: The Last Years of Network Radio'', that ''Hawk Larabee'' "fell short in providing the stark realism of a grown-up narrative." A summer replacement for '' The Adventures of Maisie'', the program began as ''Hawk Durango'', with the main character having that name. Those episodes focused on the adventures of Durango and his partner, Brazos John. After six w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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