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Mona McKinnon
Mona McKinnon was a Hollywood film actress and model mostly active in the 1950s. Selected filmography *''Mesa of Lost Women'' (1953) as Lost Woman *'' Jail Bait'' (1954) as Miss Willis *''Teenage Thunder'' (1958) as Betty's sister *''Unwed Mother'' (1958) *''Plan 9 From Outer Space'' (1959) as Paula Trent *''Night of the Ghouls ''Night of the Ghouls'' is an American horror film written and directed by Ed Wood, and shot between April and May 1958. The film features some reoccurring cast members and characters from the 1955 Wood-directed film '' Bride of the Monster'', i ...'' (1959) as Juvenile Delinquent Girl References {{DEFAULTSORT:Quinn, Tandra 1929 births 1990 deaths 20th-century American actresses American film actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plan 9 From Outer Space
''Plan 9 from Outer Space'' is a 1957 American Independent film, independent science fiction film, science fiction-horror film produced, written, directed, and edited by Ed Wood. The film was shot in black-and-white in November 1956 and had a preview screening on March 15, 1957, at the Carlton Theatre in Los Angeles under the title ''Grave Robbers from Outer Space''. Retitled ''Plan 9 from Outer Space'', it went into general release in July 1958 in Virginia, Texas, and several other Southern states, before being sold to television in 1961.Rudolph Grey, ''Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr.'' (1992). pg. 197. ISBN 978-0-922915-24-8. The film stars Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Tor Johnson, and "Vampira" (Maila Nurmi), and is narrated by The Amazing Criswell, Criswell. It also posthumously bills Bela Lugosi (before Lugosi's death in August 1956, Wood had shot silent footage of Lugosi for another, unfinished film, which was inserted into ''Plan 9''). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee
Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to the southwest, and Missouri to the northwest. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 15th-most populous of the 50 states. According to the United States Census Bureau, the state's estimated population as of 2024 is 7.22 million. Tennessee is geographically, culturally, and legally divided into three Grand Divisions of Tennessee, Grand Divisions of East Tennessee, East, Middle Tennessee, Middle, and West Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville is the state's capital and largest city, and anchors its largest metropolitan area. Tennessee has dive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McFarland & Company
McFarland & Company, Inc., is an American independent book publisher based in Jefferson, North Carolina, that specializes in academic An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ... and reference works, as well as general-interest adult nonfiction. Its president is Rhonda Herman. Its current Editor-in-Chief is Steve Wilson. Its former president and current President Emeritus is Robert Franklin, who founded the company in 1979. McFarland employs a staff of about 50, and had published 7,800 titles. McFarland's initial print runs average 600 copies per book. Subject matter McFarland & Company focuses mainly on selling to libraries. It also utilizes direct mailing to connect with enthusiasts in niche categories. The company is known for its sports literature, especially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesa Of Lost Women
''Mesa of Lost Women'' is a 1953 American low-budget black-and-white science fiction horror film directed by Herbert Tevos and Ron Ormond from a screenplay and original story created by Tevos and Orville H. Hampton, who is given on-screen credit only for dialogue supervision. Critical response to the film was overwhelmingly negative. Plot A man and woman are found wandering the Muerto Desert on the US–Mexico border, suffering from extreme dehydration and exposure, and taken to an oil company field hospital. As he begins to recover, Grand Phillips excitedly asks for oil trucks to burn up "super bugs" from a secret underground laboratory on the isolated Zarpa Mesa. While he begins to tell his story from the beginning, a narrator speaks over him and shifts focus to his rescuer, Pepe, drawing attention to what the Mexicans know but the Americans would not believe. A flashback to a year earlier shows famous scientist Leeland Masterson arrive at Zarpa Mesa at the invitation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jail Bait (1954 Film)
''Jail Bait'' (also known as ''Hidden Face'') is a 1954 American film noir directed by Ed Wood, with a screenplay by Wood and Alex Gordon. The film stars Clancy Malone as the delinquent son of a famous doctor, and his involvement with a dangerous criminal. Famed bodybuilder Steve Reeves made his first major screen appearance in the film, and it was one of the few films he made using his own voice (most of the films he made thereafter in Italy were dubbed in post production using other actors' voices). The film belongs to the film noir genre, and contains themes typical of it such as plastic surgery and identity theft.Park (2011), p. 152 Plot At a police station, Marilyn Gregor meets Inspector Johns and Lieutenant Bob Lawrence, as her brother Don Gregor had been arrested for carrying an unlicensed handgun. After posting bail for him, he is released but they refuse Don's request to return his handgun. Johns suspects the young man is an associate of gangster Vic Brady. The Gregor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowman & Littlefield
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an American independent academic publishing company founded in 1949. Under several imprints, the company offers scholarly books for the academic market, as well as trade books. The company also owns the book distributing company National Book Network based in Lanham, Maryland. History The current company took shape when the University Press of America acquired Rowman & Littlefield in 1988 and took the Rowman & Littlefield name for the parent company. Since 2013, there has also been an affiliated company based in London called Rowman & Littlefield International. It is editorially independent and publishes only academic books in Philosophy, Politics & International Relations and Cultural Studies. The company sponsors the Rowman & Littlefield Award in Innovative Teaching, the only national teaching award in political science given in the United States. It is awarded annually by the American Political Science Association for people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teenage Thunder
''Teenage Thunder'' is a 1957 American black-and-white teenaged drama film directed by Paul Helmick. The film stars Chuck Courtney, Melinda Byron, Robert Fuller, Tyler McVey, and Paul Bryar. The opening theme song, "Teenage Kisses", is performed by country music singer David Houston. Plot summary Johnnie Simpson, 18 years old, lives with his father and Aunt Martha, after his mother died when he was three. His dad is strict with Johnnie and is constantly criticizing him. Johnnie has a girlfriend, Betty Palmer, who works as a waitress at the local drive-in. Maurie Weston, the town bully, owns a fancy hot rod and teases Johnny about him not being allowed to have a car. One night at the drive-in, Maurie makes a move on Betty, but she rebuffs his advances, and ends up letting Johnnie drive her home in her brother's car. On the way there, Johnnie gets stopped by the police for speeding and driving recklessly. The police drive him home and give his dad a summons to appear in court w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unwed Mother (film)
''Unwed Mother'' is a 1958 American drama film directed by Walter A. Doniger and starring Norma Moore, Robert Vaughn, Billie Bird, Diana Darrin and Jeanne Cooper. Plot The plot concerns Betty Miller (Norma Moore), a shy country girl who moves from a farming community to Los Angeles. She falls in love with a smooth-talking grifter, Don Bigelow (Robert Vaughn), who involves her in a robbery, gets her pregnant, then abandons her. In jail on remand she is cruised by an elder cell mate and befriended by a strip club manageress (Billie Bird). After visiting a drunken, backyard abortionist (Timothy Carey), Betty is confined in a home for unwed mothers and decides to give the baby up for adoption. But eventually she comes to regret that decision and pursues the foster parents who adopted her child. Cast * Norma Moore as Betty Miller * Robert Vaughn as Don Bigelow * Diana Darrin as Mousie * Billie Bird as Gertie * Jeanne Cooper as Mrs. Horton * Ron Hargrave as Ben * Kathleen Hughes as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballantine Books
Ballantine Books is a major American book publisher that is a subsidiary of German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. Ballantine was founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. Ballantine was acquired by Random House in 1973, which in turn was acquired by Bertelsmann in 1998 and remains part of that company. Ballantine's original logo was a pair of mirrored letter Bs back to back, later changing to two Bs stacked to form an elaborate gate. The firm's early editors were Stanley Kauffmann and Bernard Shir-Cliff. History Following Fawcett Publications' controversial 1950 introduction of Gold Medal paperback originals rather than reprints, Lion Books, Avon and Ace also decided to publish originals. In 1952, Ian Ballantine, a founder of Bantam Books, announced that he would "offer trade publishers a plan for simultaneous publishing of original titles in two editions, a hardcover 'regular' edition for bookstore sale, and a paper-cover, 'newsstand' size, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Of The Ghouls
''Night of the Ghouls'' is an American horror film written and directed by Ed Wood, and shot between April and May 1958. The film features some reoccurring cast members and characters from the 1955 Wood-directed film '' Bride of the Monster'', including Tor Johnson reprising his role of Lobo and Paul Marco again playing the character of Kelton the cop, while the Amazing Criswell plays himself in the film's frame story.Craig (2009), p. 178-199 Another returning character is Police Captain Robbins of Homicide, although the character was played by Harvey B. Dunn in ''Bride of the Monster'', and by Johnny Carpenter in ''Night of the Ghouls''. Following a preview screening held in 1959 at the Vista Theatre in Los Angeles, Wood felt that ''Night of the Ghouls'' required further editing. Correspondence between Wood and associate producer Anthony Cardoza indicates that Wood had plans to re-edit ''Night of the Ghouls'', but was unable to do so because of unpaid bills owed to the fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 Births
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic Counter-revolutionary, counter-revolution in Mexico. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, a British high court, ruled that Canadian women are persons in the ''Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General)'' case. The 1st Academy Awards for film were held in Los Angeles, while the Museum of Modern Art opened in New York City. The Peruvian Air Force was created. In Asia, the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Soviet Union engaged in a Sino-Soviet conflict (1929), minor conflict after the Chinese seized full control of the Manchurian Chinese Eastern Railway, which ended with a resumption of joint administration. In the Soviet Union, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, General Secretary Joseph S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
