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Nan Leslie
Nanette June Leslie (June 4, 1926 – July 30, 2000) was an American actress. She was known for playing Martha McGivern in the American Western (genre), western television series ''The Californians (TV series), The Californians''. Life and career Leslie was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Frank Leslie, a salesman, and his wife, Alma. Leslie attended University High School (Los Angeles, California), University High School. She began her career in 1945 in the film ''Under Western Skies (1945 film), Under Western Skies''. Leslie starred, co-starred and appeared in other films such as ''Guns of Hate'', ''The Devil Thumbs a Ride'', ''Under the Tonto Rim (1947 film), Under the Tonto Rim'', ''Sunset Pass (1946 film), Sunset Pass'', ''The Miracle of the Hills'', ''Western Heritage'', ''The Arizona Ranger'', ''Wild Horse Mesa (1947 film), Wild Horse Mesa'' and ''I'll Remember April (1945 film), I'll Remember April''. Between 1949 and 1955 Leslie appeared in eig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Californians (TV Series)
''The Californians'' is a half-hour American Westerns on television, Western television series, set during the California Gold Rush of the 1850s, which was broadcast by NBC from September 24, 1957, through August 27, 1959. Premise The series was set in San Francisco, with episodes focusing on "honest men trying to clean up a wild city overrun by criminals and con men". When episodes began, Sam Brennan owned a newspaper for which Dion Patrick worked as a reporter. Patrick also sought to maintain law and order as a member of a group of vigilantes headed by storekeeper Jack McGivern. Because the program's sponsors "were uneasy about glorifying vigilantes", the producers changed the characters and cast. In March 1958 Matthew Wayne came to San Francisco. He bought a saloon and soon was elected as the city's sheriff. Wayne became the main character, with McGivern and Patrick being phased out. The second season began with Wayne as the city marshal, whose efforts were supported by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'll Remember April (1945 Film)
''I'll Remember April'' is a 1945 American comedy film directed by Harold Young and written by M. Coates Webster. The film stars Gloria Jean, Kirby Grant, Milburn Stone, Edward Brophy, Samuel S. Hinds, Jacqueline deWit and Hobart Cavanaugh. The film was released on April 1, 1945, by Universal Pictures. The movie includes a performance of the popular song "I'll Remember April", which had debuted in the 1942 film "Ride 'Em Cowboy" and was already becoming a jazz standard by 1945. Plot Cast *Gloria Jean as April Garfield *Kirby Grant as Dave Ball *Milburn Stone as Willie Winchester *Edward Brophy as Shadow *Samuel S. Hinds as Garrett Garfield *Jacqueline deWit as Whisper *Hobart Cavanaugh as Joe Billings *Addison Richards as Inspector Pat Malloy *Pierre Watkin as Dr. Armitage * Clyde Fillmore as J.C. Cartwright *Mary Forbes as Mrs. Barrington *Morgan Wallace as Henry Childs *Paul Porcasi Paul Porcasi (1 January 1879 – 8 August 1946) was an Italian actor. He appe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1926 Births
In Turkey, the year technically contained only 352 days. As Friday, December 18, 1926 ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Saturday, January 1, 1927 '' (Gregorian Calendar)''. 13 days were dropped to make the switch. Turkey thus became the last country to officially adopt the Gregorian Calendar, which ended the 344-year calendrical switch around the world that took place in October, 1582 by virtue of the Papal Bull made by Pope Gregory XIII. Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Ibn Saud is crowned ruler of the Kingdom of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne as Bảo Đại, the last monarch of the Nguyễn dynasty of the Kingdom of Vietnam. * January 16 – A British Broadcasting Company radio play by Ronald Knox about workers' revolution in London causes a panic among those who have not heard the preliminary announcement that it is a satire on broadcasting. * January 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspapers
A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports, art, and science. They often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, Obituary, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of Subscription business model, subscription revenue, Newsagent's shop, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often Metonymy, metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published Printing, in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also Electronic publishing, published on webs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muncie, Indiana
Muncie ( ) is a city in Delaware County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. It is located in East Central Indiana about northeast of Indianapolis. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 65,195, down from 70,085 in the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Muncie metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Delaware County. The city is also included in the Indianapolis–Carmel–Muncie combined statistical area. The Lenape people, led by Buckongahelas, arrived in the area in the 1790s. They founded several villages, including one known as Munsee Town, along the White River. The trading post, renamed Muncietown, was selected as the Delaware County seat and platted in 1827. Its name was officially shortened to Muncie in 1845 and incorporated as a city in 1865. Muncie developed as a manufacturing and industrial center, especially after the Indiana gas boom of the 1880s. It is home to Ball State University. Muncie was also the subject of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Star Press
''The Star Press'' is a morning edition newspaper for Muncie, Indiana, and surrounding areas. History In 1860, Nathaniel Fuller Ethell founded the weekly newspaper ''Delaware County Times''. The paper sometime around 1865 was renamed to ''Muncie Daily Times.'' In 1869 the paper was sold to Thomas Brady. In 1900, the paper was renamed to the ''Muncie Evening Times.'' In 1875, the evening newspaper ''Muncie Daily Herald'' was founded and was merged in 1906 with ''Muncie Evening Times'' to form ''Muncie Evening Press''. In 1872, the morning newspaper ''Liberal'' was founded and was bought by Ethell a year later. He renamed it to ''Muncie Daily News'' and sold it in 1985 to Charles Neely, who later renamed it ''Muncie Morning News''. In 1899, George McCulloch launched the ''Muncie Morning Star.'' In 1901, McCulloch bought ''Muncie Morning News'' and absorbed it into his paper. In 1904, he sold his company to John C. Shaffer. After Shaffer died in 1944, the newspapers were sold t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an Inflammation, inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as Pulmonary alveolus, alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of Cough#Classification, productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and Shortness of breath, difficulty breathing. The severity of the condition is variable. Pneumonia is usually caused by infection with viruses or bacteria, and less commonly by other microorganisms. Identifying the responsible pathogen can be difficult. Diagnosis is often based on symptoms and physical examination. Chest X-rays, blood tests, and Microbiological culture, culture of the sputum may help confirm the diagnosis. The disease may be classified by where it was acquired, such as community- or hospital-acquired or healthcare-associated pneumonia. Risk factors for pneumonia include cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), sickle cell disease, asthma, diabetes, heart failure, a history of smoking, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bamboo Saucer
''The Bamboo Saucer'' is an independently made 1968 Cold War science fiction film drama about competing American and Russian teams that discover a flying saucer in Communist China. The film was re-released in 1969 under the title ''Collision Course'' with a reduced edited runtime of 90 minutes. This was the final film for both actors Dan Duryea and Nan Leslie. Plot Test pilot Fred Norwood is flying the experimental X-109 (actually an U.S. Airforce Lockheed F-104 Starfighter jet aircraft accompanied by a chase plane, another F-104). During the flight testing, Norwood finds himself pursued by a flying saucer and believes he has to engage in a series of tricky aerobatics to protect himself. The ace pilot amazingly pulls out of a dive at Mach 3.12 (2,320.00 MPH, 3,402 Ft. per Second from 30,000 Feet), and Fred and the "experimental" X-109 plane fortunately survive the wild flight. Once on the ground, Norwood is informed that the radar tracking his jet picked up no other aircraft n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cisco Kid
The Cisco Kid is a fictional character found in numerous film, radio, television and comic book series based on the fictional Western character created by O. Henry in his 1907 short story "The Caballero's Way", published in ''Everybody's Magazine'', vol. 17 (July 1907), as well as in the collection ''Heart of the West'' (1907). Originally a murderous criminal in O. Henry's story, the Kid was depicted as a heroic Mexican caballero in later film, radio, and television adaptations. "The Caballero's Way" (short story) In O. Henry's original story, the character is a 25-year-old desperado in the Texas–Mexico border country who bears little resemblance to later interpretations of the character. He kills for sport and is responsible for at least eighteen deaths. His real name is possibly Goodall ("This hombre they call the Kid—Goodall is his name, ain't it?"); no first name is given in the story. The Kid's mixed-ancestry girlfriend, Tonia Perez, both fears and loves him. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Kit Carson
''The Adventures of Kit Carson'' is an American Westerns on television, Western television series that aired from 1951 to 1955 and consisted of 104 episodes. While airing, the show was shown in over 130 markets and was sold to the Coca-Cola Bottling Company by MCA TV, MCA-TV. After airing, MCA-TV acquired Broadcast syndication, syndication rights to the show. In New York, the show aired on Tuesday evenings on WNBC, WNBT (TV) and ran for thirty-minutes. The show starred Bill Williams (actor), Bill Williams in the title role as frontier scout Kit Carson, Christopher "Kit" Carson, and Don Diamond co-starred as El Toro, Carson's Mexican companion. Though the show may have been inspired by the historic Kit Carson, it is not historically accurate. Premise The show is set in the American frontier, Wild West in the late 19th century. Carson and El Toro, his Mexican partner, travel around the American West helping people. Cast Main * Bill Williams (actor), Bill Williams as Kit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Oakley (TV Series)
''Annie Oakley'' is an American Westerns on television, Western television series that fictionalizes the life of the famous Annie Oakley. (Except for depicting the protagonist as a phenomenal sharpshooter of the period, the program entirely ignores the facts of the historical Oakley's life.) Featuring actress Gail Davis in the title role, the weekly program ran from January 1954 to February 1957 in Television syndication, syndication. A total of 81 black-and-white episodes were produced, with each installment running 25 minutes in length. American Broadcasting Company, ABC aired daytime reruns of the series on Saturdays and Sundays from 1959 to 1960 and then again from 1964 to 1965. Synopsis The series starred Gail Davis as Annie Oakley, with Brad Johnson (actor, born 1924), Brad Johnson as Deputy Sheriff Lofty Craig and Jimmy Hawkins as Annie's little brother, Tagg Oakley; Hawkins appeared in 80 of the series' 81 episodes. In the Television pilot, pilot episode, "Bull's Eye", Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gene Autry Show
''The Gene Autry Show'' is an American western/cowboy television series which aired for 91 episodes on CBS from July 23, 1950 until August 7, 1956, originally sponsored by Wrigley's Doublemint chewing gum. Overview Series star Gene Autry had already established his singing cowboy character on radio and films. Now he and his horse Champion were featured in a weekly television series of western adventures. Gene's role changed almost weekly from rancher, to ranch hand, to sheriff, to border agent, etc. Gene's usual comic relief and sidekick, Pat, was played by Pat Buttram. On September 12, 1950, Pat Buttram, Gene Autry's longtime sidekick, was seriously injured while filming an upcoming episode that went into production after "The Fight at Peaceful Mesa," called "The Peacemaker." A small prop antique cannon blew up when a powder charge prematurely exploded in the cabin where the scene was being shot on location in the high desert town of Pioneertown, California, where the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
