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Tom Brown (actor)
Thomas Edward Brown (January 6, 1913 – June 3, 1990) was an American actor and model. Biography Brown was born in New York City, the son of William Harold "Harry" Brown and Marie Francis Brown. As a child model from the age of two years, Brown posed as Buster Brown, the Arrow Collar Boy and the Buick boy. Brown was educated at the New York Professional Children's School. He was carried on stage in his mother's arms when he was only six months old. As an actor, he is probably best remembered for playing the title role in ''The Adventures of Smilin' Jack'' and as Gilbert Blythe in ''Anne of Green Gables'' (1934). Later he appeared on the television shows ''Gunsmoke'', '' Mr. Adams and Eve'', ''General Hospital'' and ''Days of Our Lives''. He also had a recurring role as Lt. Rovacs in '' Mr. Lucky''. He enlisted in the United States Army in World War II where in three years he rose from private to lieutenant serving in France as a paratrooper where he was awarded a French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judge Priest
''Judge Priest'' is a 1934 American comedy film starring Will Rogers. The film was directed by John Ford, produced by Sol M. Wurtzel in association with Fox Film, and based on humorist Irvin S. Cobb's character Judge Priest. The picture is set in post-reconstruction Kentucky and the supporting cast features Henry B. Walthall, Hattie McDaniel and Stepin Fetchit. It was remade by Ford in 1953 as ''The Sun Shines Bright''. Plot Personable Judge Priest (Will Rogers), known to his contemporaries as "Billy", presides over court in Fairfield, Kentucky in 1890, Jeff Poindexter is accused of chicken theft. Senator Horace Maydew, a rival in an election bid to the judge's seat, as well as the prosecuting attorney in Jeff's case, who after some distraction by Priest and the court onlookers, is found innocent. Priest befriends Jeff and goes fishing with him after court and hires him in his household. Priest's nephew, Jerome "Rome" Priest has just returned home after studying law and passing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence. Sometimes, the term 'half-colonel' is used in casual conversation in the British Army. In the United States Air Force, the term 'light bird' or 'light bird colonel' (as opposed to a 'full bird colonel') is an acceptable casual reference to the rank but is never used directly towards the rank holder. A lieutenant colonel is typically in charge of a battalion or regiment in the army. The following articles deal with the rank of lieutenant colonel: * Lieutenant-colonel (Canada) * Lieutenant colonel (Eastern Europe) * Lieutenant colonel (Turkey) * Lieutenant colonel (Sri Lanka) * Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hell's Highway (1932 Film)
''Hell's Highway'' is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Rowland Brown. Plot The film centers around brutal conditions in a prison of the Southern United States. Chain gang prisoners forced to construct a "liberty highway" for their overseer chasten under his brutal stewardship. Duke Ellis is the most influential inmate among them. He soon discovers his younger brother has also been incarcerated and joined the chain gang. Soon enough Duke will mastermind a mass riot. Cast * Richard Dix as Frank "Duke" Ellis * Tom Brown as John "Johnny" Ellis * Rochelle Hudson as Mary Ellen * C. Henry Gordon as "Blacksnake Skinner" * Oscar Apfel as William Billings * Stanley Fields as F.E. Whiteside * John Arledge as Joe Carter * Warner Richmond as "Captain Pop-Eye Jackson" * Charles B. Middleton as "Matthew The Hermit" * Louise Carter as Mrs. Ellis * Clarence Muse as Rascal * Fuzzy Knight John Forrest "Fuzzy" Knight (May 9, 1901 – February 23, 1976) was an American film an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Brown Of Culver
''Tom Brown of Culver'' is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by William Wyler. culver.lib.in.us; accessed August 5, 2015. Plot A young man attends . He is the only son of a deceased soldier who won the Congressional Medal of Honor.References External links ''Tom Brown of Culver'' at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast Companions
''Fast Companions'' is a 1932 American pre-Code sports drama film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Tom Brown, Maureen O'Sullivan and James Gleason.Quinlan p. 382 Cast * Tom Brown as Marty Black * Maureen O'Sullivan as Sally * James Gleason as Silk Henley * Andy Devine as Information Kid * Mickey Rooney as Midge * Morgan Wallace as Cueball Kelly * Berton Churchill as committee chairman * Edgar Kennedy as cop * Russell Hopton as unidentified character * Arletta Duncan Arletta Duncan (31 December 1914 – 28 October 1985), was an American actress. After being selected from a photo contest, she attended Universal Pictures' "little red school house," a film school for aspiring actors and actresses. She was de ... as unidentified character References Bibliography * Quinlan, David. ''The Film Lover's Companion: An A to Z Guide to 2,000 Stars and the Movies They Made''. Carol Publishing Group, 1997. External links * 1932 films 1930s sports films A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Famous Ferguson Case
''The Famous Ferguson Case'' is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Joan Blondell, Grant Mitchell and Vivienne Osborne.Louis Pizzitola. ''Hearst Over Hollywood: Power, Passion, and Propaganda in the Movies''. Columbia University Press, (2002), p. 479 The film's sets were designed by the art director Jack Okey. Cast * Joan Blondell as Maizie Dickson * Grant Mitchell as Martin Collins * Vivienne Osborne as Mrs. Marcia Ferguson * Adrienne Dore as Antoinette 'Toni' Martin * Tom Brown as Bruce Foster * Kenneth Thomson as Bob Parks * Leslie Fenton as Perrin * Oscar Apfel as Mr. Brooks * Walter Miller as Cedric Works * Purnell Pratt as George M. Ferguson * Willard Robertson as Sheriff * George Meeker as Jigger Bolton * Russell Hopton as Rusty Callahan * George 'Spanky' McFarland as Newsboy * Leon Ames as Judd Brooks * J. Carrol Naish as Claude Wright * William Burress as Dad Sipes * Clarence Wilson as County Attorney * Russell Simpson as Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen High
''Queen High'' is the title of an American pre-Code musical comedy film, produced by Paramount Pictures in 1930. Based upon the 1926 stage musical ''Queen High'' that Buddy DeSylva, Lewis Gensler, and Laurence Schwab had adapted from Edward Peple's 1914 farce '' A Pair of Sixes''. The storyline loosely concerns a rivalry between two businessmen that results in a game of poker. Whoever loses the game becomes the winner's servant for a year. The film stars Charlie Ruggles, Frank Morgan, and Ginger Rogers in one of her earliest film appearances. Making her first film appearance in an uncredited bit part is famed tap dancer Eleanor Powell, whose career in musicals would not take off for another five years. Powell was appearing on Broadway in a show entitled ''Follow Thru'' at the time, and a segment of the show was filmed for the movie. Both Rogers and Powell were still in their teens. Cast * Charles Ruggles as T. Boggs Johns *Frank Morgan as Mr. Nettleton *Ginger Rogers as Poll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lady Lies (film)
''The Lady Lies'' is a 1929 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Hobart Henley, and starring Walter Huston, Claudette Colbert and Charles Ruggles. As was common during the early sound era, multiple-language versions were shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris for release in their respective markets including a Swedish version ''The Two of Us''. Plot Children of a widower who is having an affair with a salesgirl try to break it up but are won over by the girl. Cast *Walter Huston as Robert Rossiter *Claudette Colbert as Joyce Roamer *Charles Ruggles as Charlie Tayler * Tom Brown as Bob Rossiter *Betty Garde as Hilda Pearson *Jean Dixon as Ann Gardner * Duncan Penwarden as Henry Tuttle *Virginia True Boardman as Amelia Tuttle Filming locations Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syncopation (1929 Film)
''Syncopation'' is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film directed by Bert Glennon and starring Barbara Bennett, Bobby Watson, and Ian Hunter (although top billing went to Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians). It was the second film produced by RKO Radio Pictures and the first to be released by the studio; the company's first produced film, '' Street Girl'', was not released until August 1929. The film was made at the company's New York City studios and is based on the novel ''Stepping High'' by Gene Markey. The film was heavily marketed on its release, being the first film to be broadcast over the radio, as well as RKO's first sound musical, and was a significant success. This film was the first made in the RCA Photophone sound-on-film process, and was an important test for Radio Corporation of America, which had invested heavily in the newly-created RKO. Plot Benny and Flo are a husband and wife dance team, traveling around the country as part of a revue. The revue ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wrongdoers
''The Wrongdoers'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Hugh Dierker and starring Lionel Barrymore, Anne Cornwall, and Henry Hull Henry Watterson Hull (October 3, 1890 – March 8, 1977) was an American character actor perhaps best known for playing the lead in Universal Pictures's ''Werewolf of London'' (1935). For most of his career, he was a lead actor on stage and a c .... Plot As described in a film magazine review, a druggist who is philanthropic but poor, heads a robber gang that steals from the rich to aid the poor. His son, who is in love with the daughter of the woman his father befriended, foils a robbery planned by his father. The father and the man who was to have been robbed are killed. The son and the young woman are married. Cast References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White (1997). ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press. External links * 1925 fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1924 Film)
''The Hoosier Schoolmaster'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Oliver L. Sellers and starring Henry Hull, Jane Thomas, and Frank Dane. It is an adaptation of the novel '' The Hoosier Schoolmaster'' by Edward Eggleston. The film was remade as a post-Civil War talkie in 1935. Plot As described in a film magazine review, during pre-Civil War days, Ralph Hartsook is the headmaster in the Flat Creek School District of Indiana. Hannah Thompson works for the family where Ralph boards. They fall in love. An epidemic of night robberies breaks out and Ralph is suspected of being the criminal. After a variety of adventures and with the aid of Bud Means, Ralph establishes his innocence, confounds his enemies, and weds Hannah. Cast Preservation A print of ''The Hoosier Schoolmaster'' with one reel missing is held at the UCLA Film and Television Archive and Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vine Street
Vine Street is a street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California that runs north–south between Franklin Avenue and Melrose Avenue. The intersection with Hollywood Boulevard was once a symbol of Hollywood itself. The famed intersection fell into disrepair during the 1970s but has since begun gentrification and renewal with several high valued projects currently in progress. Three blocks of the Hollywood Walk of Fame lie along this street with names such as John Lennon, Johnny Carson, and Audrey Hepburn. South of Melrose Avenue, Vine turns into Rossmore Avenue, a residential Hancock Park thoroughfare that ends at Wilshire Boulevard. Radio Row In contrast to other American cities, where it referred to a concentration of radio stores, in Los Angeles, Radio Row was understood in the 1940s and 1950s as the area around the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, where the broadcasting facilities of all four major radio networks were located. The last radio station t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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