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Kathryn Sheldon
Kathryn Sheldon (September 22, 1879December 25, 1975) was an American film actress who appeared in over 100 films between 1916 and 1956. Modern viewers will recognize Sheldon as the domineering Nell in The Three Stooges' 1940 short film ''Rockin' thru the Rockies''. and as a harried dance recital teacher in the 1937 ''Our Gang'' short film, '' Rushin' Ballet''. Sheldon died in Los Angeles, California on Christmas Day, 1975. Partial filmography * ''Society Fever'' (1935) * ''Tango'' (1936) * '' The Bridge of Sighs'' (1936) * '' Brilliant Marriage'' (1936) * ''Arbor Day'' (1936) * '' Below the Deadline'' (1936) * '' Circus Girl'' (1937) * '' Racketeers in Exile'' (1937) * '' Rushin' Ballet'' (1937) * '' I'm From the City'' (1938) * ''Sunset Trail'' (1939) * '' Scandal Sheet'' (1939) * '' Our Leading Citizen'' (1939) * ''Rockin' thru the Rockies'' (1940) * '' Out West with the Peppers'' (1940) * ''Gold Rush Maisie'' (1940) * '' Arizona Bound'' (1941) * '' Richest Man in Town'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Stooges
The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best remembered for their 190 short subject films by Columbia Pictures. Their hallmark styles were physical farce and slapstick. Six Stooges appeared over the act's run (with only three active at any given time): Moe Howard (born Moses Horwitz) and Larry Fine (born Louis Feinberg) were mainstays throughout the ensemble's nearly 50-year run and the pivotal "third stooge" was played by (in order of appearance) Shemp Howard (born Samuel Horwitz), Curly Howard (born Jerome Horwitz), Shemp Howard again, Joe Besser, and "Curly Joe" DeRita. The act began in the early 1920s as part of a vaudeville comedy act billed as "Ted Healy and His Stooges", consisting originally of Ted Healy and Moe Howard. Over time, they were joined by Moe's brother, Shemp Howard, and then Larry Fine. The four appeared in one feature film, '' Soup to Nuts'', before Shemp left to pursue a solo career. He was repl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Below The Deadline (1936 Film)
''Below the Deadline'' is a 1936 American crime drama film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Cecilia Parker, Russell Hopton and Theodore von Eltz. It was produced and distributed by Chesterfield Pictures, which focused on low-budget productions and was soon after merged into Republic Pictures. Cast * Cecilia Parker as Molly Fitzgerald * Russell Hopton as Terry Mulvaney *Theodore von Eltz as Flash Ackroyd *Thomas E. Jackson as Pearson *Warner Richmond as Diamond Dutch * John St. Polis as Mr. Abrams * Kathryn Sheldon as Aunt Mary Tibbett *Robert Homans as Police Captain Symonds * Jack Gardner as Henchman Spike * Al Thompson as Sparring Partner Al *Charles Delaney as Artie Nolan * Sidney Payne as Plastic Surgeon * Edward Hearn as Guard Peters Home media On October 27, 2009, Alpha Video Alpha Video (also known as Alpha Home Entertainment) is an entertainment company, based near Philadelphia, that specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of public domain movies and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Happy Time
''The Happy Time'' is a 1952 American comedy-drama film directed by the award-winning director Richard Fleischer, based on the 1945 novel of the same name by Robert Fontaine, which Samuel A. Taylor turned into a hit play. A boy, played by Bobby Driscoll, comes of age in a close-knit French-Canadian family. The film stars Charles Boyer and Louis Jourdan as his father and uncle respectively. The play was also adapted into a musical in 1967 by composer John Kander, lyricist Fred Ebb, and librettist N. Richard Nash, and starred Robert Goulet. Plot Young Robert "Bibi" Bonnard (Bobby Driscoll) grows up in Ottawa, Ontario, with his parents, Jacques (Charles Boyer) and Susan ( Marsha Hunt), and his roving rogue of a grandfather, Grandpere (Marcel Dalio). Across the street is his uncle, amiable drunkard Louis (Kurt Kasznar), who ignores the complaints of his hard-working dressmaker wife Felice (Jeanette Nolan) and her worries about the future of their daughter Yvonne. Louis agitates abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girls Of The Big House
''Girls of the Big House'' is a 1945 American drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Lynne Roberts, Virginia Christine and Marion Martin.LoBrutto p.449 The film's sets were designed by the art director Gano Chittenden. Plot A college professor's daughter is convicted of a crime she didn't commit. Under an assumed name, Jeanne Crail, she is imprisoned with inmates including Bernice Meyers, who misses her boyfriend Smiley, and the condemned Alma Vlasek, who killed a policeman while waiting to ambush her cheating husband and his mistress. Jeanne breaks out of jail to go see her sweetheart, lawyer Bart Sturgis. When her man Smiley visits prison, Bernice is infuriated by his attraction to Jeanne and attacks her with a knife. Jeanne ends up in solitary confinement. Alma, finally realizing who her husband's secret lover was, murders Bernice in the prison. Bart's efforts help clear Jeanne's name and win her release. Cast * Lynne Roberts as Jeanne Crail * Virgini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss V From Moscow
''Miss V from Moscow'' is a 1942 American spy thriller film directed by M789 and DJ_Z, Noel Madison and Paul Weigel.Fetrow p.313 Synopsis The Miss V of the title is Vera Marova, a Soviet spy sent to Paris to impersonate her lookalike, a German spy recently liquidated by the French Resistance. As with other, better-known American films produced in the midst of World War II like ''Mission to Moscow'' and ''Song of Russia'', the film has a pronounced pro-Soviet tone. Cast * Lola Lane as Vera Marova * Noel Madison as Police Chief Kleiss * Howard Banks as Steve Worth * Paul Weigel as Henri Devallier * John Vosper as Colonel Wolfgang Heinrich * Anna Demetrio as Madame Finchon * Wilhelm von Brincken as Captain Richter * Juan de la Cruz as Pierre * Kathryn Sheldon as Minna * Victor Kendell as Gerry Naughton * Richard Kipling Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*r� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richest Man In Town
''The Richest Man in Town'' is a 1941 comedy film directed by Charles Barton, which stars Frank Craven, Edgar Buchanan, and Eileen O'Hearn. Cast list * Frank Craven as Abb Crothers * Edgar Buchanan as Pete Martin * Eileen O'Hearn as Mary Martin * Roger Pryor as Tom Manning * Tom Dugan as Jack Leslie * George McKay as Jerry Ross * Jimmy Dodd as Bill * Jan Duggan as Penelope Kidwell * John Tyrrell as Ozzie Williams * Harry Tyler as Cliff Smithers * Will Wright as Frederick Johnson * Joel Friedkin as Ed Gunther * Erville Alderson as Jenkins * Thomas Ross as Dr. Dickenson * Eddie Earle as Berton * Ferris Taylor as Perkins * George Guhl as Sheriff * Netta Packer as Miss Andrews * William Gould as Thorpe * Kathryn Sheldon Kathryn Sheldon (September 22, 1879December 25, 1975) was an American film actress who appeared in over 100 films between 1916 and 1956. Modern viewers will recognize Sheldon as the domineering Nell in The Three Stooges' 1940 short film ''Rocki ... as Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona Bound (1941 Film)
''Arizona Bound'' is a 1941 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet. This is the first film in Monogram Pictures' ''Rough Riders'' series, and stars Buck Jones as Marshal Buck Roberts, Tim McCoy as Marshal Tim McCall and Raymond Hatton as Marshal Sandy Hopkins, with Luana Walters, Dennis Moore and Kathryn Sheldon. Plot summary Father killed, fiance wounded, gold stolen, Ruth Masters is distraught over what's been happening to her Arizona stagecoach line and considers leaving the business for good. Saloon owner Steve Taggert is pleased, hoping to increase his holdings in Mesa City with her gone. A retired marshal, Buck Roberts, rides into town, selling cattle. In the saloon he and the others encounter Colonel Tim McCall, a preacher who objects to Sunday sales of whiskey. Buck offers to assist Ruth by driving the stage carrying the next gold shipment, with her recovering sweetheart Joe going along to keep an eye on things for her. A cattleman, Sandy Hopkins, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Rush Maisie
''Gold Rush Maisie'' is a 1940 drama film, the third of ten films starring Ann Sothern as Maisie Ravier, a showgirl with a heart of gold. In this entry in the series, she joins a gold rush to a ghost town. The film was directed by Edwin L. Marin. Plot summary On her way to a job at a café in Truxton, Arizona, singer Maisie Ravier has trouble with her car. She makes her way through an abandoned mining town to get to a nearby ranch, owned by a well-educated but rude and inhospitable young man named Bill Anders. Anders is a recluse by choice; his only company is hired hand Fred Gubbins, who is even more misanthropic than his boss. Anders warms to the idea of Maisie spending the night while they make up the bed in the guest room. Maisie recognizes the look in his eye. He brings in a bottle and two glasses, and Maisie tell him she never drinks. He keeps pushing, preparing to make a heavy pass, but Maisie tricks him into leaving the room and locks the door. When he threatens to br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out West With The Peppers
''Out West with the Peppers'' is a 1940 American Western comedy film. It is the third Five Little Peppers film. Plot Cast * Edith Fellows as Polly Pepper * Charles Peck as Ben Pepper * Tommy Bond as Joey Pepper * Bobby Larson as Davie Pepper * Dorothy Anne Seese as Phronsie Pepper * Pierre Watkin as Mr King * Ronald Sinclair as Jasper * Dorothy Peterson as Mrs Pepper * Victor Kilian as Jim Anderson * Helen Brown as Alice Anderson * Emory Parnell as Ole * Walter Soderling as Caleb * Roger Gray as Tom * Hal Price as Bill * Ernie Adams as Oscar * André Cheron as Frenchman * Rex Evans as Martin * Eddie Laughton as Lumberjack * John Rogers as Ship Steward * Kathryn Sheldon Kathryn Sheldon (September 22, 1879December 25, 1975) was an American film actress who appeared in over 100 films between 1916 and 1956. Modern viewers will recognize Sheldon as the domineering Nell in The Three Stooges' 1940 short film ''Rocki ... as Abbie External links * 1940 films 1940 comedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Leading Citizen (1939 Film)
''Our Leading Citizen'' is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Alfred Santell and written by Jack Moffitt. The film stars Bob Burns, Susan Hayward, Joseph Allen, Elizabeth Patterson, Gene Lockhart and Charles Bickford. The film was released on August 23, 1939, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast * Bob Burns as Lem Schofield *Susan Hayward as Judith Schofield *Joseph Allen as Clay Clinton * Elizabeth Patterson as Aunt Tillie *Gene Lockhart as J.T. Tapley *Charles Bickford as Shep Muir *Otto Hoffman as Mr. Stoney *Clarence Kolb as Jim Hanna *Paul Guilfoyle as Jerry Peters *Fay Helm as Tonia *Kathleen Lockhart as Mrs. Barker *Hattie Noel as Druscilla *Kathryn Sheldon as Miss Swan *Monte Blue as Frank *Jim Kelso as Chief of Police *Harry C. Bradley as Director * Frances Morris as Maid *Thomas Louden as Frederick the Butler *Olaf Hytten Olaf Hytten (3 March 1888 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1921 and 1955. He was bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scandal Sheet (1939 Film)
''Scandal Sheet'' is a 1939 American crime film directed by Nick Grinde and starring Otto Kruger, Ona Munson and Edward Norris.Dick p.244 Cast * Otto Kruger as Jim Stevenson * Ona Munson as Kitty Mulhane * Edward Norris as Petty Haynes * John Dilson as Chris Durk * Don Beddoe as Chick Keller * Dorothy Comingore as Marjorie Lawe * Eddie Laughton as Hal Lunny * Nedda Harrigan as Seena Haynes * Selmer Jackson as Douglas Haynes * Frank M. Thomas as District Attorney * Eddie Marr as Bert Schroll * James Craig as Mann * John Tyrrell as Dillon * Beatrice Blinn as Secretary * Dick Curtis as Guard * William Lally as Guard * Hermine Sterler as Mrs. Kopal * Barbara Pepper as Rena * Kathryn Sheldon as Miss Vittie * Gertrude Sutton as Frieda * George Hickman as Copy Boy * Robert Homans as McHale * C. Montague Shaw as Dean Crosby * Richard Fiske as Student * Robert Sterling as Student * James Millican as Student * Robert Spencer as Student * Charles McAvoy a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunset Trail
''Sunset Trail'' is a 1939 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander, written by Norman Houston, and starring William Boyd, George "Gabby" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Charlotte Wynters, Jan Clayton, Robert Fiske and Kenneth Harlan. It was released on February 24, 1939, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Widow Ann Marsh ( Charlotte Wynters), and her daughter Dorrie ( Jan Clayton) return to Silver City and open a dude ranch after husband is killed and his $30,000 is missing. Cast * William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy * George "Gabby" Hayes as Windy Halliday * Russell Hayden as Lucky Jenkins * Charlotte Wynters as Ann Marsh * Jan Clayton as Dorrie Marsh * Robert Fiske as Monte Keller * Kenneth Harlan as John Marsh * Anthony Nace as Henchman Steve Dorman * Kathryn Sheldon as Abigail Snodgrass * Maurice Cass as E. Prescott Furbush * Alphonse Ethier as Superintendent * Glenn Strange George Glenn Strange (August 16, 1899 – September 20, 1973) was an American actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
