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Howard Jackson (composer)
Howard Jackson (born Howard Manucey Jackson 8 February 1900 in St. Augustine, Florida – 4 August 1966 in Florida) was an American film composer of feature movies and industry documentaries. He was often uncredited. Biography Jackson began scoring films and writing cues for Universal Pictures from 1929, with his first total film score being ''Broadway'' (1929). He later moved to Paramount Pictures and scored several early films for Frank Capra, ''The Three Stooges'' and other works for Columbia Pictures often without credit. He scored 150 feature films and 250 short subjects. He finished his career at Warner Bros. pp. 356-361 Hischak, Thomas S. ''The Encyclopedia of Film Composers'' Rowman & Littlefield, 16 Apr 2015 Partial filmography * ''Broadway'' (1929) * ''Young Eagles'' (1930) * '' Playboy of Paris'' (1930) * '' I'm No Angel'' (1933) * ''Goldie Gets Along'' (1933) * ''Lady for a day'' (1933) * ''It Happened One Night'' (1934) * ''Thirty-Day Princess'' (1934) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an American film production and distribution company owned by Comcast through the NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment division of NBCUniversal. Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane, and Jules Brulatour, Universal is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States; the world's fifth oldest after Gaumont, Pathé, Titanus, and Nordisk Film; and the oldest member of Hollywood's "Big Five" studios in terms of the overall film market. Its studios are located in Universal City, California, and its corporate offices are located in New York City. In 1962, the studio was acquired by MCA, which was re-launched as NBCUniversal in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Night Of Love
''One Night of Love'' is a 1934 American Columbia Pictures romantic musical film set in the opera world, starring Grace Moore and Tullio Carminati. The film was directed by Victor Schertzinger and adapted from the story ''Don't Fall in Love'', by Charles Beahan and Dorothy Speare. In the relatively new use of sound recordings for film, ''One Night of Love'' was noted at the time for its innovative use of vertical cut recording, for which Columbia Pictures received an Academy Scientific and Technical Award. It also won the Academy's first Award for Best Original Score. Plot Opera singer Mary Barrett (Grace Moore) leaves to study music in Milan, Italy to the disappointment of her family in New York City. Mary gets a job at the Cafe Roma, where Giulio Monteverdi (Tullio Carminati), a famous vocal coach, hears her sing. Giulio promises to make Mary a star if she will allow him to control her life. He also tells her that there cannot be any romance between the two of them, as that wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kid Nightingale
''Kid Nightingale'' is a 1939 American musical comedy film directed by George Amy and written by Charles Belden and Raymond L. Schrock. The film stars John Payne, Jane Wyman, Walter Catlett, Edward Brophy, Charles D. Brown, Max Hoffman Jr., and John Ridgely. The film was released by Warner Bros. on November 4, 1939. Plot Singing waiter Steve Nelson flattens a customer who heckles him. Skip Davis, a trainer of prizefighters, witnesses this and proposes a new career to Steve, who agrees on the condition voice coach Rudolfo Terrassi is hired to help train him as a singer as well. Women flock to ringside to watch the handsome Steve, dubbed "Kid Nightingale" for his singing talents. Steve is unaware that Skip and promoter Charles Paxton have fixed a number of fights, planning to bet on Steve to lose when he is pitted against a genuine opponent. Judy Craig, the fighter's fiancée, recognizes Terrassi to be an impostor, actually wrestler Strangler Colombo in disguise. She brings t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talent Scout (film)
In professional sports, scouts are experienced talent evaluators who travel extensively for the purposes of watching athletes play their chosen sports and determining whether their set of skills and talents represent what is needed by the scout's organization. Some scouts are interested primarily in the selection of ''prospects'', younger players who may require further development by the acquiring team but who are judged to be worthy of that effort and expense for the potential future payoff that it could bring, while others concentrate on players who are already polished professionals whose rights may be available soon, either through free agency or trading, and who are seen as filling a team's specific need at a certain position. ''Advance scouts'' watch the teams that their teams are going to play in order to help determine strategy. Many scouts are former coaches or retired players, while others have made a career just of being scouts. Skilled scouts who help to determine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Is On The Air
''Love is on the Air'' is a 1937 American film directed by Nick Grinde, and starring Ronald Reagan (in his film debut), June Travis, Eddie Acuff, Robert Barrat, Raymond Hatton and Willard Parker. It was the first of three remakes of the 1933 Paul Muni picture ''Hi, Nellie''. (The later ones were ''You Can't Escape Forever'' (1942), with George Brent, and ''House Across the Street'' (1949), with Wayne Morris.) It was ironic that, in his first movie, Reagan starred as a radio announcer, as he had just moved from Des Moines Iowa where for almost 5 years after graduating college, as a sports radio announcer he broadcast games for the Chicago Cubs, Big Ten football games and title fights from a play-by-play telegraph wire. Plot summary Reckless radio commentator Andy McCaine ( Ronald Reagan) gets into trouble when he attacks a corrupt city government, and his boss forces him to host an innocuous kiddie program. Cast * Ronald Reagan as Andy McCaine * June Travis as Jo Hopkins * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isle Of Fury
''Isle of Fury'' is a 1936 American adventure film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Humphrey Bogart, Margaret Lindsay, and Donald Woods. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The film was adapted by Robert Hardy Andrews and William Jacobs from the 1932 novel '' The Narrow Corner'' by W. Somerset Maugham.Nixon, Rob"Isle of Fury" (article) CM.com. Accessed: April 2, 2016 Warners had filmed the tale under its original title just three years earlier. It was directed by the prolific B movie director McDonald and is one of Bogart's first leading roles. It was released on October 10, 1936. Plot On the island of Tankana in the South Pacific, a violent storm rages while wedding vows are being exchanged between Val Stevens and Lucille Gordon in a small home ceremony. The Proceedings are interrupted by word that a ship is sinking on an offshore reef. Val hurries through the vows then rushes into the churning surf. Only two survivors pulled from the sea, the ship’ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengal Tiger (1936 Film)
''Bengal Tiger'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Louis King and starring Barton MacLane, June Travis and Warren Hull.Miller p.64 The plot closely resembles that of the 1932 film ''Tiger Shark''. The film's sets were designed by the art director Esdras Hartley. Plot summary Cliff Ballenger tries to train a tiger named "Satan" for the circus who is more dangerous than he seems. Cast * Barton MacLane as Cliff Ballenger * June Travis as Laura Homan Ballenger * Warren Hull as Joe Larson * Paul Graetz as Carl Homan * Joseph Crehan as Bill Hinsdale * Dick Purcell as Nick DeLargo * Carlyle Moore Jr. as Ambulance Driver * John Aasen as Giant * Richard Alexander as Strong Man * Don Barclay as Bit Part * Joseph Belmont as Bit Part * Glen Cavender as Roustabout * Jack A. Goodrich as Jake * Sol Gorss as Caster * Willard Hall as Announcer * Gordon Hart as Hospital Superintendent * Jolly Lee Harvey as Fat Woman * Jack Holmes as Doctor * Stuart H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counterfeit (1936 Film)
''Counterfeit'' is a 1936 American crime film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Chester Morris, Marian Marsh, Margot Grahame and Lloyd Nolan.Schlossheimer p.300 Synopsis A treasury department agent goes undercover to infiltrate a gang who have kidnapped an employee of the department and are forcing him to produce counterfeit notes. Cast * Chester Morris as John Joseph Madden * Marian Marsh as Verna Maxwell * Margot Grahame as Aimee Maxwell * Lloyd Nolan as Capper Stevens * Claude Gillingwater as Tom Perkins * George McKay as Angel White * John Gallaudet as Pete Dailey * Gene Morgan Gene Morgan (March 12, 1893 – August 13, 1940) was an American actor. He appeared in 111 films between 1926 and 1941. He was born in Racine, Wisconsin, United States, and died in Santa Monica, California. Selected filmography * ''Rogu ... as Gus * Pierre Watkin as Matt McDonald * Marc Lawrence as Dint Coleman References Bibliography * Michael Schlossheimer. ''Gunme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet Nero Wolfe
''Meet Nero Wolfe'' is a 1936 mystery film based on the 1934 novel '' Fer-de-Lance'', written by Rex Stout. Set in New York, the story introduced the detective genius Nero Wolfe ( Edward Arnold) and his assistant Archie Goodwin (Lionel Stander). The partnership endured through 33 novels and 39 short stories written by Stout, but continued in only one more film for Columbia Pictures. Wolfe's client is portrayed by Rita Hayworth, then billed as Rita Cansino, in an early performance. The titles of the film begin with the November 1934 issue of ''The American Magazine'' — in which the abridged version of ''Fer-de-Lance'' appeared — lying on a table. The magazine is taken from the table and opened to an illustrated spread that reads, "Edward Arnold in ''Meet Nero Wolfe''." Plot At the West Hills Golf Club in Westchester, E.J. Kimball (Walter Kingsford) and his son Manuel (Russell Hardie) are welcomed into the party of elderly Professor Barstow (Boyd Irwin Sr.) and his prospec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil's Squadron
''Devil's Squadron'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Richard Dix, Karen Morley and Lloyd Nolan. The following written prologue appears after the opening credits: "This picture is dedicated to the test pilots....those men who knowingly face death every time they leave the ground in an untried airplane. We never hear of these men, yet on their courage depends the future of aviation." "Notes: 'Devil's Squadron'." ''TCM'', 2019. Retrieved: June 30, 2019. Plot Test pilot Paul Redmond () was dishonorably discharged from the United States Marines, and needed a second chance. When he encounters Martha Dawson ( |
The Music Goes 'Round
''The Music Goes 'Round'' is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Harry Richman, Rochelle Hudson and Walter Connolly Walter Connolly (April 8, 1887 – May 28, 1940) was an American character actor who appeared in almost 50 films between 1914 and 1939. His best known film is ''It Happened One Night'' (1934). Early years Connolly attended St. Xavier Coll ....Monaco p.559 Plot Partial cast References Bibliography * James Monaco. ''The Encyclopedia of Film''. Perigee Books, 1991. External links * 1936 films 1936 musical comedy films American musical comedy films Films directed by Victor Schertzinger Films with screenplays by Jo Swerling Columbia Pictures films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{musical-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lone Wolf Returns (1935 Film)
''The Lone Wolf Returns'' is a 1935 American crime film starring Melvyn Douglas as jewel thief Michael Lanyard, aka the Lone Wolf. Retired, the Lone Wolf is forced back into crime, but turns the tables on his enemies. It is based on the 1923 Louis Joseph Vance novel ''The Lone Wolf Returns'', which had previously been made into a 1926 film of the same name. Cast * Melvyn Douglas as Michael Lanyard * Gail Patrick as Marcia Stewart * Tala Birell as Liane Mallison * Henry Mollison as "Mal" Mallison * Thurston Hall as Inspector Crane * Raymond Walburn as Jenkins * Douglass Dumbrille as Morphew * Nana Bryant as Aunt Julie Stewart * Robert Middlemass as Chief of Detectives McGowan * Robert Emmett O'Connor as Detective Benson Reception ''The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
