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Frank Fenton (actor)
Frank Fenton Moran (April 9, 1906 – July 24, 1957), known as Frank Fenton, was an American stage, film and television actor. Early years Fenton''Los Angeles Times'', January 5, 1937, Pg. 15 graduated from Georgetown University, where he lettered as a tackle on the school's football team. He also was active in Georgetown's undergraduate dramatic club, for which he directed and wrote plays. Career Fenton started his career on stage in New York, acting on Broadway in ''An American Tragedy'' (1926) billed as Frank Moran. As Frank Fenton, he starred in the Broadway versions of '' Susan and God'' with Gertrude Lawrence and as George Kittredge in '' The Philadelphia Story'' (1939) alongside Katharine Hepburn. His other Broadway credits include ''Stork Mad'', ''O Evening Star'', ''Dead End'', and ''The O'Flynn''. He also appeared on stage in London, and toured with Katherine Cornell in '' Romeo & Juliet'' and other plays. Fenton's film debut came in '' The Navy Comes Through'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Of Burlesque
''Lady of Burlesque'' (also known as ''The G-String Murders'' and in the UK, ''Striptease Lady'') is a 1943 American musical comedy mystery film directed by William A. Wellman, produced by Hunt Stromberg, and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Michael O'Shea. It is a faithful, if sanitized, adaptation of the 1941 novel '' The G-String Murders'' by burlesque performer and stripper Gypsy Rose Lee. Plot A significant portion of the film is taken up with onstage performances, including comic bits and toned-down striptease acts. There is also a lot of backstage action not directly related to the evolving murder mystery but highlighting the characters and lifestyles of the performers and crew. At a New York City burlesque theatre, performer Dixie Daisy (the stage name of Deborah Hoople) is becoming an audience favorite with her singing and striptease act. Backstage she has mixed interactions with other performers, some of whom are catty and jealous while others are quite friendly, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCLA Medical Center
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (also commonly referred to as UCLA Medical Center, RRMC or Ronald Reagan) is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, United States. It is currently ranked by '' U.S. News & World Report'', as the best in California and the West Coast (tied with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, also in Los Angeles). The hospital provides tertiary care to Los Angeles and the surrounding communities. UCLA Medical Center has research centers covering nearly all major specialties of medicine and nursing as well as dentistry and is the primary teaching hospital for the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the UCLA School of Nursing. The hospital's emergency department is a certified Level I trauma center for both adult and pediatric patients. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is a constituent part of UCLA Health, a comprehensive consortium of research hospitals and medical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Havana
''Club Havana'' is a 1945 American film drama directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. It was produced and released by independent film company Producers Releasing Corporation. It has been compared to the 1933 film '' Grand Hotel''. Plot Rosalind (Margaret Lindsay) returns to her Miami home following a divorce to see her boyfriend Johnny Norton ( Don Douglas). They visit nightclub Club Havana, where Johnny tells Rosalind that he has fallen in love with another woman. Saddened, Rosalind tries to kill herself, but Bill Porter (Tom Neal) prevents her from doing so. Meanwhile, Jimmy (Eric Sinclair) has discovered that Joe Reed (Marc Lawrence), who murdered club performer Julia Dumont, has been released as the police believe there is not enough evidence that Joe killed her. Although Jimmy witnessed the killing, he is afraid to see police, fearing that Joe will go after his girlfriend Isabelita ( Lita Baron). Jimmy instead decides to phone the police, but Myrtle (Sonia Sorel) listens in on the phon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hold That Blonde
''Hold That Blonde!'' is a 1945 American comedy crime film directed by George Marshall and starring Eddie Bracken, Veronica Lake and Albert Dekker. Plot Bracken plays a kleptomaniac who unwittingly becomes involved with a gang of jewel thieves, including a beautiful woman, Sally, whom he promptly falls in love with, initially unaware of her true occupation. Cast *Eddie Bracken as Ogden Spencer Trulow III *Veronica Lake as Sally Martin *Albert Dekker as Insp Callahan * Frank Fenton as Mr. Phillips *George Zucco as Dr. Paval Storasky *Donald MacBride as Mr. Kratz * Lewis Russell as Henry Carteret *Norma Varden as Mrs. Carteret *Willie Best as Willie *Jack Norton as the drunk *Lyle Latell as Tony Production The film was originally known as ''Good Intentions''. Officially it is a remake of '' Paths to Paradise'', a 1925 silent comedy starring Raymond Griffith, inasmuch as both are based on the same play, ''The Heart of a Thief'' by Paul Armstrong. However, the storyline was almost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Man's Navy
''This Man's Navy'' (aka ''Airship Squadron No. 4.'' and ''Lighter Than Air'') is a 1945 World War II film about U.S. Navy blimps directed by William A. Wellman and starring Wallace Beery, Tom Drake, Jan Clayton and James Gleason. The supporting cast features Selena Royle and Beery's brother Noah Beery Sr., and presents a rare opportunity to see both Beery brothers work together in their later years. The picture is also one of the very few films, other than training films, to depict U.S. Navy airship operations.Hardwick and Schnepf 1989, p. 62. Plot During World War II, Chief Aviation Pilot Ned Trumpet (Wallace Beery) is the commander of a U.S. Navy K class blimp at Lakehurst, New Jersey naval base. "Old Gas Bag", who has a reputation for telling tall tales, brags about his fictional son to his skeptical friend Jimmy Shannon ( James Gleason) and, then realizes that he will need to find someone to impersonate his "son". By chance, Trumpet soon meets Jess Weaver ( Tom Drake) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destiny (1944 Film)
''Destiny'' is a 1944 American drama film noir directed by Reginald Le Borg and starring Gloria Jean, Alan Curtis, Frank Craven, and Grace McDonald. Plot Cliff Banks is a hard-luck drifter, wanted by the police after becoming an unwitting accomplice in a bank robbery. He encounters a succession of women: a showgirl who steals his money; a librarian who listens to his story sympathetically but is left stranded when Cliff takes off with her car; a roadhouse proprietor who tries to turn Cliff in for a reward; and finally Jane Broderick, a blind girl who lives with her father at a secluded farmhouse. Cliff intends to rob the farmer and move on, but Jane discovers the theft and compels him to stay. When the bank robber confesses, Cliff is exonerated and begins a new life with Jane. Cast * Gloria Jean as Jane Broderick * Alan Curtis as Cliff Banks * Frank Craven as Clem Broderick * Grace McDonald as Betty * Vivian Austin as Phyllis Prager * Frank Fenton as Sam Baker * Minna Gombe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Noise (1944 Film)
Big Noise or The Big Noise may refer to: Comics *''Superman/Batman: Big Noise'', a comic book by Joe Casey Film and TV * ''The Big Noise'' (1928 film), an American comedy film directed by Allan Dwan * ''The Big Noise'' (1936 American film), a 1936 United States film directed by Frank McDonald * ''The Big Noise'' (1936 British film), a British comedy film directed by Alex Bryce * ''The Big Noise'' (1944 film), a 1944 American comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy * ''The Big Noise'' (2012 film), an Australian film Music Albums *''Big Noise'', album by Man from Delmonte (band) 2000 *''Big Noise'', album by Eddie from Ohio 1997 *'' Wynonna & the Big Noise'', by Wynonna Judd 2016 * ''Big Noise'' (Tiny Masters of Today EP), a 2006 EP by Tiny Masters of Today *''Big Noise from Winnetka'', album by Bob Haggart Robert Sherwood Haggart (March 13, 1914 – December 2, 1998) was an American dixieland jazz double bass player, composer, and arranger. Although he is associated w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Command
''Secret Command'' is a 1944 American drama war film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Pat O'Brien and Carole Landis. It was nominated for the Oscar for Best Effects ( David Allen, Ray Cory, Robert Wright, Russell Malmgren, Harry Kusnick) in 1945. Plot Sam Gallagher lands a job at a shipyard during World War II with the reluctant help of his brother Jeff. Unbeknownst to Jeff, Sam is actually an undercover intelligence officer looking for saboteurs among the workers. Jeff is Sam's boss at work. Their relationship is strained; Sam did not reply or come home when Jeff sent him a letter telling him their mother was dying. Another complication is the fact that Jeff's girlfriend Lea used to be Sam's. Lea is at first glad to see Sam, until she learns that he is "married", with two children. Thane, Sam's superior, assigns him Jill McGann to pretend to be his wife, and refugee orphans Joan and Paul his children. Miller is another of Thane's agents; he is in fact a doub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buffalo Bill (1944 Film)
''Buffalo Bill'' is a 1944 American Western film about the life of the frontiersman Buffalo Bill Cody, directed by William A. Wellman and starring Joel McCrea and Maureen O'Hara with Linda Darnell, Thomas Mitchell (as Ned Buntline), Edgar Buchanan and Anthony Quinn in supporting roles. Plot A fictionalized account of the life of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, a hunter and Army Scout who rescues a US Senator and his beautiful daughter, Louisa Frederici; Frederici eventually becomes his devoted wife. Cody is portrayed as someone who admires and respects the Indians. He is a good friend of Yellow Hand, who will eventually become Chief of the Cheyenne The Cheyenne ( ) are an Indigenous people of the Great Plains. The Cheyenne comprise two Native American tribes, the Só'taeo'o or Só'taétaneo'o (more commonly spelled as Suhtai or Sutaio) and the (also spelled Tsitsistas, The term for th .... Public opinion is against the Indians, and military leaders, politicians a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosie The Riveter (film) as Sergeant Montgomery
''Rosie the Riveter'' is a 1944 American musical film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Jane Frazee, Frank Albertson and Barbara Jo Allen.Hurst p.202 It is inspired by the iconic character of the same name. Plot Cast * Jane Frazee as Rosalind "Rosie" Warren * Frank Albertson as Charlie Doran * Barbara Jo Allen as Vera Watson * Frank Jenks as Kelly Kennedy * Lloyd Corrigan as Clem Prouty * Frank Fenton as Wayne Calhoun * Maude Eburne as Granma Quill * Carl Switzer as Buzz Prouty * Louise Erickson as Mabel Prouty * Ellen Lowe as Stella Prouty * Arthur Loft Arthur Loft (born Hans Peter Loft;"Obituary: Arthur Loft" ''The Los ... References Bibliography * Hurst, Richard M. ''Republic Studios: Beyond Poverty Row a ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hi, Good Lookin'!
''Hi, Good Lookin'!'' is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Edward C. Lilley and written by Paul Gerard Smith, Bradford Ropes and Eugene Conrad. The film stars Harriet Nelson, Eddie Quillan, Kirby Grant, Betty Kean, Roscoe Karns, Vivian Austin, Marjorie Gateson and Fuzzy Knight. The film was released on March 22, 1944, by Universal Pictures. Plot In an effort to help a pretty girl realize her dreams as a singer, a radio station usher impersonates a station executive. Cast *Harriet Nelson as Kelly Clark *Eddie Quillan as Dynamo Carson *Kirby Grant as King Castle *Betty Kean as Peggy *Roscoe Karns as Archie *Vivian Austin as Phyllis *Marjorie Gateson as Mrs. Clara Hardacre *Fuzzy Knight as Joe Smedley *Milburn Stone as Bill Eaton *Frank Fenton (actor), Frank Fenton as Gib Dickson *Robert Emmett Keane as Homer Hardacre *Ozzie Nelson as himself *Jack Teagarden as himself *The Delta Rhythm Boys as Themselves *Tip, Tap and Toe References External links * {{IMDb tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minesweeper (film)
''Minesweeper'' is a 1943 American black-and-white World War II film, produced by William H. Pine and William C. Thomas, directed by William A. Berke, that stars Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, and Russell Hayden. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures. A former navy deserter returns to duty after the attack on Pearl Harbor under an assumed name as a sailor aboard a minesweeper. Plot Lieutenant Richard Houston is an officer in the U.S. Navy who deserted during peacetime service to escape gambling debts, and took up life as a hobo. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor spurs him to rejoin the Navy under the assumed name of Jim "Tennessee" Smith. Houston is assigned to serve aboard a minesweeper, where he carries out numerous successful efforts to defuse mines in the San Diego harbor while struggling to keep his identity secret. Complicating matters, Houston gets involved in a love triangle, competing with Seaman Elliot Nash for the affections of Mary Smith, niece of Chief Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |