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Nocturne (1946 Film)
''Nocturne'' is a 1946 American film noir starring George Raft and Lynn Bari. The film was produced by longtime Alfred Hitchcock associate Joan Harrison, scripted by Jonathan Latimer, and directed by Edwin L. Marin. It was one of several medium budget thrillers Raft made in the late 1940s. Plot The film opens on Keith Vincent, a Hollywood composer, as he creates a new song called "Nocturne". As he plays his piano, a woman sits silently in the shadows and listens to the composer speak as he plays. But the mood changes a little when he says, "You're no longer the one," and encourages her to go away for a while. Moments later, as he alters the score with a pen, the composer is shot and killed. The police think it is suicide, but detective Joe Warne suspects murder. He encounters Vincent's housekeeper, Susan Flanders, who had been sleeping in the house but had been wearing ear-plugs because "she didn't like the music". They take her in for questioning. Warne begins looking for "Dol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Rose (illustrator)
William F. Rose (September 16, 1909– May 29, 1972) was an American illustrator and film poster artist active in the 1930s and 1940s. He is recognized as one of the most distinctive poster artists of the Classical Hollywood era, a time when most film posters featured painted illustrations rather than photography. Rose painted dozens of poster illustrations for RKO Radio Pictures and other studios. As one of the leading designers in RKO's art department, he helped to define the studio's bold visual aesthetic. Although he was prolific, only a fraction of his poster designs have been individually attributed to him. Most of his output remains unidentified. His artwork is prized by collectors, and original prints of his posters have fetched high prices at auction. One of his most iconic posters is the alternate "StyleB" design for '' Citizen Kane''(1941), which pitched the film as a more conventional romance than it actually was. The poster failed as a marketing ploy but, in hind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Ashley-Cooper
Edward Montague Hussey Cooper (August 12, 1906 – May 5, 2000) was an Australian born actor, later active in Britain and the United States. Known by his professional name of Edward Ashley (to avoid confusion with a fellow actor Edward Cooper), Cooper performed in 60 films for Metro Goldwyn Mayer including '' Pride and Prejudice'' (1940) where he played George Wickham. Origins Edward Montague Hussey Cooper was born on 12 August 1906 California, County of San Diego, Death Certificate #3 200037 007441; known as Edward A. Cooper aSocial Security Death Index site/ref> in Sydney, Australia, the Passenger Manifest, SS Mostun, Rotterdam – San Pedro, California, 29 August 1939 son of Edward Montague Hussey Cooper and Violet Coghill Maddrell. His father, Edward (known as Montague) was a Master Mariner and a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve, who worked as a second officer for the P&O Steam Navigation Company in Australia.''The Melbourne Argus'', 2 February 1927, page 18, Article: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benedict Bogeaus
Benedict Bogeaus (May 4, 1904, in Chicago – August 23, 1968, in Hollywood), was an independent film producer and former owner of General Service Studios. Biography and filmography Bogeaus' business career started when he was seventeen, working as an accountant in a junk yard. He bought into the yard, and used it to get a loan of $2,000 to build an apartment block. "Borrowing money then was as easy as buying a sandwich", he said. He became a property developer in Chicago, accumulating a fortune of $18 million, which he lost during the Great Depression. He went to Europe with what money had had left, looking for new opportunities. He produced a film in France, ''The Virgin Man'' (1932) with Fernandel and another in Germany, '' Daughter of the Regiment'' (1933) and later said both were "very bad". He settled down in Chicago again and in 1935 established the radio manufacturing company, the General Extolite Corporation. In 1939 he bought into the Zitpit Company in Belgium, but h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Angel
''Johnny Angel'' is a 1945 American film noir directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Steve Fisher (adapted by Frank Gruber) from the 1944 novel ''Mr. Angel Comes Aboard'' by Charles Gordon Booth. The movie stars George Raft, Claire Trevor and Signe Hasso, and features Hoagy Carmichael. Synopsis A merchant ship captain (George Raft) finds his father's ship – of the same line – derelict at sea, the entire crew having disappeared. From an unlisted passenger ( Signe Hasso), the only survivor of the hijacking of the ship, he learns of a plot involving secret gold, and searches New Orleans for his father's murderer. Cast * George Raft as Johnny Angel * Claire Trevor as Lilah "Lily" Gustafson * Signe Hasso as Paulette Girard * Lowell Gilmore as Sam Jewell * Hoagy Carmichael as Celestial O'Brien * Marvin Miller as George "Gusty" Gustafson * Margaret Wycherly as Miss Drumm * J. Farrell MacDonald as Capt. Angel * Mack Gray as Mack, the Bartender Production ''Mr Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Challee
William John Challee (April 6, 1904 – March 11, 1989) was an American actor. Biography Challee was born in Chicago and was a student at Lake View High School. Challee appeared on Broadway by 1926 and by 1931 in early Group Theatre productions. He married actress Ruth Nelson on August 2, 1931; they divorced on August 13, 1937. The two appeared in the 1947 film '' The Sea of Grass'', in supporting roles, after they were divorced. In 1937 Challee staged a suite of one-act plays at the Lafayette Theatre in Harlem, under the heading ''Plays of the Sea''. The suite consisted of the Eugene O'Neill plays ''Bound East for Cardiff'', ''In the Zone'', ''The Long Voyage Home'' and ''Moon of the Caribbees''. They were produced by the Federal Theatre Project of the WPA, running for 68 performances from October 29, 1937. Challee was living in Chicago by 1940. By the middle 1940s, Challee was working in films in California, mainly in supporting and uncredited roles. Challee married d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Forman
Carol Forman (19 June 1919, Epes, Alabama – 9 July 1997, Burbank, California) was an American actress best known for playing exotic villains in action serials, particularly Spider Lady in the 1948 Superman serial, as well as Sombra, the lead villainess in the 1947 Republic serial '' The Black Widow''.Cline, William C. "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. . Early life Born Maude Carolyn Sawls in Epes, Alabama on July 19, 1919 (some sources indicate 1918), the eldest of two children of Edward D. Sawls, a carpenter, and Annabelle Fleming, a homemaker. Her interest in acting began as a youngster. By the time she was six years old, she was starring in school plays. She would continuing acting throughout high school. As a teenager, she moved to Memphis. While in Memphis, she worked as a cosmetics salesperson. It was there that she met and married her first husband, Robert D. Forman in 1940. The marriage didn't last long. Career By the mid-19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greta Granstedt
Greta Granstedt (born Irene Louise Granstedt; July 13, 1907 – October 7, 1987) was an American film and television actress. Early life Irene "Greta" Granstedt was the second child of Theodore and Emma Granstedt, born in Scandia, Kansas. The Granstedt family was one of the five pioneer families from Sweden who settled in this north central Kansas community in 1867-68. The families left Sweden in response to the terrible conditions in the three years of misery in Sweden. Shooting of Harold Galloway Granstedt first gained notoriety and widespread media attention in April 1922 after she shot her 17-year-old boyfriend, Harold Galloway, with a pistol she borrowed from a friend. Granstedt, then only 14 years old, claimed in interviews that the shooting was accidental, a claim that coincided with Galloway's own story of the incident. That night I walked out to Busters house - it's a mile and a half out in the country. I took the gun with me because I guess I felt afraid to wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudy Robles
Rudy Robles (born Pastor Lluviosa Robles, 29 April 1910 – 11 August 1970) was a Filipino film and television actor. He was one of the first Filipino actors to appear in Hollywood movies. Career Robles was born in Tacloban, in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines, where he began his schooling before emigrating to the United States. He completed high school and college in California, where he excelled in debating and acting. Producer Samuel Goldwyn reportedly discovered and gave him the screen name Rudy Robles whilst he was working as a bellhop at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Hollywood. His credits include pre- and post-World War II films, such as Lt. Yabo in '' The Real Glory'' (1939) starring Gary Cooper and David Niven. HIs uncredited roles include appearances in ''The Adventures of Martin Eden'' (1942), ''Wake Island'' (1942), ''Manila Calling'' (1942), and he played a Filipino assassin in the 1942 film ''Across the Pacific''. During World War II, Robles entered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilian Bond
Lilian Bond (January 18, 1908 – January 25, 1991) was an English-American actress based in the United States. Life and career Bond was born in London and made her first professional stage appearance at the age of 14 in the pantomime ''Dick Whittington and His Cat''. Later she joined the chorus of ''Piccadilly Revels'' and continued on the stage when she relocated to the United States, where her performances included roles in ''The Earl Carroll Vanities'' and in various productions of the Ziegfeld Follies. Bond began working in films in 1929, initially in the drama ''No More Children'' for Cliff Broughton Productions. Between 1929 and 1931, she co-starred in eight additional films, most notably with Tom Tyler in the 1931 Western ''Rider of the Plains''. In 1932, she was named a WAMPAS Baby Star, along with Gloria Stuart, Ginger Rogers, and other young actresses rising in popularity with theater audiences. From 1932 to 1953, she had roles in 39 more films, ranging from l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mack Gray
Mack Gray (December 11, 1905, Brooklyn, New York – January 17, 1981, Beverly Hills, California) was an American actor who was the brother of Joe Gray (actor) and great-uncle of Jon Abrahams. He was given the nickname "Killer" by Carole Lombard due to his roles in films as a tough guy. Longtime friend and confidant of George Raft, Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra, who often cast him in their films.(1) (2). Gray was a close associate of Dean Martin for close to 35 years. (2) Nick Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams Doubleday Books 1992 Selected filmography * ''Applause'' (1929).... as Slim's Brother * ''Goin' to Town'' (1935).... as Croupier * ''The Glass Key'' (1935).... as Duke * ''The House Across the Bay'' (1940).... as Doorman/Lookout * '' Diamond Horseshoe'' (1945).... as Mack, the Waiter * '' Nocturne'' (1946) .... as Gratz * ''Race Street'' (1948) .... as Stringy * ''Take Me Out to the Ball Game'' (1949).... as Gangster Henchman * '' A Dangerous Professi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Keiley
Virginia Keiley (1918–1990) was a British actress. She began her career at Gainsborough Pictures appearing in a number of glamorous but small, sometimes uncredited roles in the studio's comedies and melodramas. After the Second World War she graduated to more substantial parts including playing the female lead in the 1951 Spanish comedy ''I Want to Marry You''.Lara & Rodríguez p.189 Her final screen appearance was in an episode of the British television series ''The Vise'' in 1959. Selected filmography * ''King Arthur Was a Gentleman'' (1942) * '' Rose of Tralee'' (1942) * ''Miss London Ltd.'' (1943) * ''It's That Man Again'' (1943) * ''Love Story'' (1944) * '' Fanny by Gaslight'' (1944) * ''Carnival'' (1946) * '' Nocturne'' (1946) * '' The Locket'' (1946) * ''If Winter Comes'' (1947) * '' Red, Hot and Blue'' (1949) * '' Fancy Pants'' (1950) * ''I Want to Marry You'' (1951) * '' The Night Is Ours'' (1953) * ''The Sparrows of Paris ''The Sparrows of Paris'' (French: ''Moine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queenie Smith
Queenie Smith (September 8, 1898 – August 5, 1978) was an American stage, television, and film actress. Life and career Smith was born in Texas. Her family moved from Texas to New York shortly before Smith began studying at the Metropolitan Opera's ballet school. She got an early start, being trained in ballet and dance and spent her teen years performing as a dancer with the Metropolitan Opera Company in operas such as ''Aida'', ''La Traviata'', and ''Faust''. By the 1920s she was appearing on Broadway in shows such as ''Helen of Troy, New York'' (1923), ''Sitting Pretty'' (1924), and ''The Street Singer'' (1929), and by the mid-1930s had made her way into films. She also appeared on Broadway in '' Tip-Toes'' (1925). She costarred in the 1936 Universal Pictures film version of Jerome Kern's '' Show Boat'', playing Ellie May Chipley. Smith replaced stage actress Eva Puck who had starred as Chipley in the 1927 premiere and 1932 revival of ''Show Boat''. In 1947 she appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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