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Joe Downing
Joe Downing (June 26, 1903 in New York City, New York – October 16, 1975 in Canoga Park, California) was an American stage, TV and B-movie actor who made more than 70 appearances. Downing's early acting experience included work with the Theatre Guild, particularly dancing in '' The Garrick Gaieties''. His Broadway credits include ''Ramshackle Inn'' (1944), ''Cross-town'' (1937), ''Dead End'' (1935), ''Ceiling Zero'' (1935), ''Page Miss Glory'' (1934), ''The Drums Begin'' (1933), ''Heat Lightning'' (1933), ''Shooting Star'' (1933), and ''A Farewell to Arms'' (1930). Downing's film debut came in ''Doctor Socrates''. Often cast as gangsters, his film credits include '' A Slight Case of Murder'', ''Danger on the Air'', '' Racket Busters'', ''Each Dawn I Die'' and '' The Big Shot''. His television credits include three appearances on ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' from 1956 to 1958, as well as other anthology series popular during the era. Partial filmography *''The Case of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City, New York
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil's Party
''The Devil's Party'' is a 1938 American crime film directed by Ray McCarey based on the Borden Chase novel ''Hell's Kitchen Has a Pantry''. Plot Marty Malone is a member of a street gang called the "Death Avenue Cowboys", consisting of poor children in Hell's Kitchen, New York. As the gang try to steal fruit from a fruit warehouse, Marty starts a fire to distract the watchmen, unfortunately it turns into a real blaze and he is caught by the police. Even though the police give him a rough time in questioning, he refuses to say the names of any other gang members, thus saving his friends and accomplices from capture. Marty is sent to a reformatory for delinquents. Many years go by after that, and now Marty is the proud owner of the Cigarette Club, which is a cabaret and casino in Manhattan. In tending to his business, he sends men to strong-arm a customer reluctant to pay a gambling debt. The goons, Sam and Frank Diamond, beat the customer up, accidentally killing him. They try ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh Johnny, How You Can Love
''Oh Johnny, How You Can Love'' is a 1940 American film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Tom Brown and Peggy Moran. It was an early appearance of Laird Cregar. The film cost $100,000. Plot Kelly Archer, an heiress trying to escape her controlling father and elope with an archeologist, runs into the truck of traveling salesman Johnny Sandham. She hitches a ride with Johnny. A bank robber known as The Weasel commandeers the truck and takes the two hostage. That night, stopping to have the truck's brakes fixed, Johnny dupes the Weasel into helping him win over Kelly: Johnny pretends to be gangster "Jersey Joe", and says they should kidnap Kelly for ransom. Kelly overhears their plan, and helps innkeeper Thistlebottom subdue both men. Kelly's father arrives to take his daughter home, but she rides off with Johnny. References External links *''Oh Johnny How You Can Love''at TCMDB Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network owned by Warner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invisible Stripes
''Invisible Stripes'' is a 1939 Warner Bros. crime film starring George Raft as a gangster unable to go straight after returning home from prison. The movie was directed by Lloyd Bacon and also features William Holden, Jane Bryan and Humphrey Bogart. The screenplay by Warren Duff was based on the novel of the same name by Warden Lewis E. Lawes, a fervent crusader for prison reform, as adapted by Jonathan Finn. Plot Cliff Taylor is an ex-con who wants to go straight, but since being released from prison on parole, he finds it hard to find and hold a job due to his criminal past. Cliff's younger brother Tim is worried and increasingly disillusioned because he cannot afford to marry his girlfriend Peggy and fears he will not be able to honestly find a position for himself in the world. Afraid that Tim might end up leading a life of crime like himself, Cliff decides to help him find the money to settle down. He tells his family he has found a job as a salesman, but in reality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Another Thin Man
''Another Thin Man'' is a 1939 American detective film directed by W. S. Van Dyke, the third of six in the ''Thin Man'' series. It again stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles and is based on Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op story "The Farewell Murder." The Charles' son Nicky Jr. is introduced for the first time. The cast includes their terrier Asta, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger, C. Aubrey Smith, Ruth Hussey, Nat Pendleton, Patric Knowles, Sheldon Leonard, Tom Neal, Phyllis Gordon and Marjorie Main. Shemp Howard appears in an uncredited role as Wacky. The film was unable to be called ''Return of the Thin Man'' because The Thin Man from the original film was "completely dead" according to newspapers in 1939. It was followed by ''Shadow of the Thin Man'' (1941). Plot Nick and Nora Charles are back in New York with Asta and their son Nicky Jr. They are invited by Colonel Burr MacFay to spend the weekend at his house on Long Island. MacFay, the form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missing Evidence
''Missing Evidence'' is a 1939 American drama film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Preston Foster, Irene Hervey, and Inez Courtney, and was released on December 15, 1939. Cast list * Preston Foster as Bill Collins * Irene Hervey as Linda Parker * Inez Courtney as Nellie Conrad * Chick Chandler as Jerry Howard * Noel Madison as Paul Duncan * Joseph Downing as Marty Peters * Oscar O'Shea as Pop Andrews * Tom Dugan as Binky Cullen * Ray Walker as McBride * Cliff Clark Cliff Clark (June 10, 1889 – February 8, 1953) was an American actor. He entered the film business in 1937 after a substantial stage career and appeared in over 200 Hollywood films. In the last years of his life, he also played in a numb ... as Allen Jennings References External links * * * {{Phil Rosen Universal Pictures films Films directed by Phil Rosen 1939 drama films 1939 films American drama films American black-and-white films Lottery fraud in fiction 1930s American films [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beware Spooks!
''Beware Spooks!'' is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Joe E. Brown, Mary Carlisle and Clarence Kolb.Gehring p.100 Synopsis Rookie cop Roy L. Gifford is kicked off the force after he accidentally assists a bank robbery and then lets a killer escape. Attempting to restore his reputation he tracks down the criminals to a haunted fun house where, with his wife's assistance, he tries to bring the murderer to justice. Cast * Joe E. Brown as Roy L. Gifford * Mary Carlisle as Betty Lou Winters Gifford * Clarence Kolb as Commissioner Lester Lewis * Marc Lawrence as Slick Eastman * Don Beddoe as Nick Bruno * George J. Lewis as Danny Emmett * Howard Hickman as Judge Roth * Eddie Laughton as Dr. Johnson * Frank M. Thomas as Capt. Wood * Iris Meredith as Babe, Spook House Ticket Seller * Ethelreda Leopold as Pretty Girl * Ralph Dunn as Police Sergeant * Robert Sterling as Bellboy * Byron Foulger Byron Kay Foulger (August 27, 1898 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smashing The Money Ring
''Smashing the Money Ring'' is a 1939 American adventure film directed by Terry O. Morse, written by Anthony Coldeway and Raymond L. Schrock, and starring Ronald Reagan, Margot Stevenson, Eddie Foy, Jr., Joe Downing, Charles D. Brown and Joe King. It was released by Warner Bros. on October 21, 1939. Plot A counterfeit money ring is being run from prison by a gangster, Dice Matthews, and a casino owner, Steve Parker, who is behind bars for slugging a cop. U.S. Secret Service agent Brass Bancroft goes undercover as a convict, getting help on the outside from his right-hand man, Gabby, while infiltrating the counterfeiting ring. Parker's daughter, Peggy, becomes involved, identifying a guard who's also in on the scheme after her father is murdered. Bancroft and Matthews make a break for it, but although the guard shoots both, Bancroft recovers and sees that justice is done. Cast * Ronald Reagan as Lt. Brass Bancroft *Margot Stevenson as Peggy * Eddie Foy, Jr. as Gabby *J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Forgotten Woman (1939 Film)
''The Forgotten Woman'' is a 1939 American drama film directed by Harold Young and written by Lionel Houser and Harold Buchman. The film stars Sigrid Gurie, William Lundigan, Eve Arden, Donald Briggs, Donnie Dunagan and Elisabeth Risdon. The film was released on July 7, 1939, by Universal Pictures. Plot Cast *Sigrid Gurie as Anne Kennedy *William Lundigan as Terrence Kennedy *Eve Arden as Carrie Ashburn *Donald Briggs as Dist. Atty. Burke * Donnie Dunagan as Terry Kennedy Jr. *Elisabeth Risdon as Margaret Burke *Paul Harvey as Charles Courtenay * Ray Walker as Marty Larkin *Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Kimball * Joe Downing as Johnny Bradshaw *Norman Willis as Stu Mantle *George Walcott George Walcott (October 15, 1914 – August 18, 1964), also known as The Most Stylish Man in Hollywood, was an American actor. He was best known for playing the role of Tom in the 1936 film '' Fury''. Early life Born in Los Angeles, Califo ... as Frank Lockridge * John Hamilton as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torchy Runs For Mayor
''Torchy Runs for Mayor'' is a 1939 American drama-comedy film directed by Ray McCarey. It is the eighth film in the Torchy Blane film series by Warner Bros., and the last film starring Glenda Farrell and Barton MacLane as Torchy Blane and Steve McBride. It was released on May 13, 1939. The film is followed by '' Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite'' (1939). Plot Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell) writes a series of articles criticizing the mayor John Saunders, accusing him of colluding with local crime boss Dr. Jerry Dolan (John Miljan) and Dolan's illegal activities. Torchy is getting all her information straight from the mayor's office, using a listening device. Torchy's boyfriend, detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is concerned about the articles, believing that they are placing her in danger. Dolan asks his allies to withdraw advertising from Torchy's newspaper and pressure her editor into canceling her articles. Torchy is determined to prove that her articles are correct. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Can't Get Away With Murder
''You Can't Get Away with Murder'' is a 1939 crime drama directed by Lewis Seiler, starring Humphrey Bogart and Gale Page, and featuring " Dead End Kid" leader Billy Halop. The film is from Bogart's period of being cast in B pictures by Warner Bros., before his breakthrough as a leading man in '' High Sierra'' two years later. The film is based on the play "Chalked Out" by Lewis E. Lawes. Plot In New York's Hell's Kitchen, young Johnny Stone goes against the advice of his sister Madge and hooks up with mobster Frank Wilson. First, Johnny and Frank steal a car, and then hold up a gas station. Later, Johnny takes a gun belonging to Madge's fiancé Fred Burke and lends it to Frank to use in a pawnshop robbery. This time the owner resists and sounds an alarm; Frank kills him and leaves the gun there, so Johnny cannot return it to Fred's room as he intended. After finding his gun at the scene, the authorities do not believe Fred's alibi and he is arrested and convicted of murder. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Of Shanghai
''North of Shanghai'' is a 1939 American drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman. Cast * James Craig as Jed Howard * Betty Furness as Helen Warner * Keye Luke as Jimmy Riley * Morgan Conway as Bob Laird * Joe Downing as Chandler (as Joseph Downing) * Russell Hicks as Rowley * Dorothy Gulliver as Sue * Honorable Wu as Ming * Dick Curtis as Creighton * E. Alyn Warren as Leader * Richard Loo Richard Loo (October 1, 1903 – November 20, 1983) was an American film actor who was one of the most familiar Asian character actors in American films of the 1930s and 1940s. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1931 and 1982. Early lif ... as Jed's Pilot References External links * 1939 films 1939 drama films American drama films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films Films directed by D. Ross Lederman Columbia Pictures films 1930s American films {{1930s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
