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Air Hawks
''Air Hawks'' is a 1935 American aviation-themed horror science fiction film based on Ben Pivar's "Air Fury", an unpublished story. Director Albert Rogell who had moved from shorts to B-films, was interested in aviation and had already helmed ''The Flying Marine'' (1929) and ''Air Hostess'' (1933). In ''Air Hawks'', the studio was able to add an A-list star, Ralph Bellamy, as well as exploiting the fame of record-setting pilot Wiley Post in his only feature film appearance. Although limited in budget and production values, the introduction of a "death ray" elevated the modest programmer into the science-fiction genre."Notes: 'Air Hawks'." ''Turner Classic Movies.'' Retrieved: March 20, 2013. Plot Pilot Barry Eldon ( |
Albert Rogell
Albert S. Rogell (August 21, 1901 – April 7, 1988) was an American film director who was born in Oklahoma City and died in Los Angeles. Rogell directed more than a hundred movies between 1921 and 1958. He was known for an aggressive directing style, shouting at his actors and crew. Biography Rogell began his career in Hollywood at age 16 as an assistant to director and producer George Loane Tucker. In 1923, he moved to directing with ''The Greatest Menace''. He worked as a director for Universal Pictures and then for First National Pictures. Later in his career, he worked for Columbia Pictures and made patriotic films for Republic Pictures during World War II. In 1950, his reputation was damaged when he joined a group of directors that campaigned to recall Joseph L. Mankiewicz as president of the Screen Director's Guild after Mankiewicz objected to instituting a loyalty oath. As a result, Rogell moved to television in the 1950s, directing episodes of '' Broken Arrow'' and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billie Seward
Billie Seward (born Rita Ann Seward; October 23, 1912 – March 20, 1982) was a 1930s motion picture actress from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Film actress Seward performed with Lou Holtz at The Beverly Wilshire Hotel Gold Room in December 1933. She obtained a contract with Columbia Pictures following a three-month stay in Hollywood. Seward starred with Richard Cromwell in the 1934 Columbia production of ''Among the Missing''. Wallace Ford joined Seward and Cromwell in ''Hot News'', which was eventually titled ''Men of the Hour'' (1935). She was in three western films written by Ford Beebe in 1935. The titles are ''Law Beyond the Range'', ''The Revenge Rider'', and ''Justice of the Range''. Colonel Tim McCoy, Ward Bond, and Ed LeSaint were among her fellow actors. In ''One Crowded Night'' (1940) Seward plays ''Gladys''. This RKO film is critiqued by Bosley Crowther who called it "a routine multi-plot melodrama, '' Grand Hotel'' reduced to a tourist camp." Marriag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin Parker
Franklin Parker (November 8, 1902 – June 12, 1962), also known as Frank Parker or Franklyn Parker, was an American character actor who appeared in over 100 films during his twenty-five year career. Born in Fillmore, Missouri on November 8, 1902, he began his show business career on the vaudeville and Broadway stages, where he proved himself an admirable singer. During those years he would often be billed as Pinky. His final screen performance was on television, on The Donna Reed Show in 1961, where he was credited as Franklin Pinky Parker. His film career included appearances in such classic films as ''They Were Expendable'', '' It's a Wonderful Life'', ''Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House'', '' Mighty Joe Young'', and ''Pat and Mike''. Occasionally he would have a larger role, such as the lead in the 1935 film, ''Sweet Surrender''. He died of a heart attack in Hollywood, California on June 12, 1962. Filmography (Per AFI database) *''Millie'' (1931) as Spring *'' Two Second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Hill (actor)
Al Hill (July 14, 1892 – July 14, 1954) was an American film character actor who appeared in over 320 films between 1927 and 1954, including the 1951 film '' The Girl on the Bridge''. Hill died in 1954 on his 62nd birthday. Partial filmography * '' Me, Gangster'' (1928) * ''Stool Pigeon'' (1928) * ''Alibi'' (1929) * '' The Racketeer'' (1929) * '' Little Caesar'' (1931) (uncredited) * '' Ten Cents a Dance'' (1931) * '' Corsair'' (1931) * '' A Fool's Advice'' (1932) * '' The Last Mile'' (1932) * '' Night After Night'' (1932) * '' The Death Kiss'' (1932) * '' She Done Him Wrong'' (1933) (uncredited) * '' Picture Brides'' (1933) * '' Punch Drunks'' (1934) * '' Against the Law'' (1934) * '' The Personality Kid'' (1934) * '' Name the Woman'' (1934) * '' Men of the Night'' (1934) * ''Buried Loot'' (1935) * '' The Payoff'' (1935) * '' Riffraff'' (1936) * '' The Border Patrolman'' (1936) * '' Motor Madness'' (1937) * ''Kid Galahad'' (1937) (uncredited) * '' The Big Shot'' (1937) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gino Corrado
Gino Corrado (born Gino Liserani; 9 February 1893 – 23 December 1982) was an Italian-born film actor."Obituaries." '' Variety'' (Archive: 1905–2000); Los Angeles. Vol. 309, Iss. 10, (5 January 1983): 78–79. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1916 and 1954, almost always in small roles as a character actor. From 1916 to 1923, he was known as Eugene Corey, which was an Anglicized version of his name. Career Born in Florence, Italy, Corrado is considered to have one of the most impressive filmographies of any actor; for example, he is the only actor to appear in ''Gone With The Wind'', ''Citizen Kane'' and ''Casablanca'', three of the leading films of Hollywood's Golden Age. He played Aramis in '' The Iron Mask'' (1929). He made his film debut in D. W. Griffith's ''Intolerance'' in 1916, and appeared in such other silent classics as '' The Ten Commandments'' and ''Sunrise''. By the time sound arrived, he had already been reduced to a bit player, but worked constan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Strang
Harry Strang (December 13, 1892 – April 10, 1972) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 500 films and television shows between 1929 and 1965. On Broadway, Strang appeared in ''The Girl in the Train'' (1910). Primarily a character actor, Strang often appeared in film roles that included clerks in stores, policemen on beats, and soldiers. He also was often seen in two-reel comedies made by RKO Radio Pictures. His work on television included appearances on '' Maverick'', ''One Step Beyond'', and '' Perry Mason''. Strang was a machine-gun instructor for recruits in the United States Marines. Partial filmography * '' The Greene Murder Case'' (1929) - Cop in House (uncredited) * ''Illusion'' (1929) - Military Man in Rifle Act (uncredited) * '' Around the Corner'' (1930) * '' The Last Parade'' (1931) * '' Hell Bound'' (1931) * '' The Widow in Scarlet'' (1932) * ''The Final Edition'' (1932) * '' Alias Mary Smith'' (1932) * ''King Kong'' (1933) - Policeman at Headquarte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Irving (actor)
William Irving (17 May 1893 – 25 December 1943) was a German-born American film actor. Biography The burly character actor appeared in more than 220 films between 1916 and 1941, often as a "comic heavy" in the ''Our Gang'' and Three Stooges comedy short films. Irving also appeared as a cowardly German army cook in '' All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1930). He played mostly supporting roles in the silent era, but after the introduction of sound films his appearances got noticeably smaller and he was often uncredited. On Christmas Day 1943, Irving was crossing the street at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles, California, when he was struck and killed by a hit and run driver. His remains were cremated at Pierce Brothers Hollywood. Irving was divorced from his wife, Mildred, at the time of his death. He was survived by a brother. Selected filmography * '' Whose Baby?'' (1917, Short) - Harold Scull - the Rival * '' Till I Come Back to Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roscoe Turner
Roscoe Turner (September 29, 1895 – June 23, 1970) was a record-breaking American aviator who was a three-time winner of the Thompson Trophy air race and widely recognized by his flamboyant style and his pet, Gilmore the lion, Gilmore the Lion. He also founded a US domestic airline, ultimately called Lake Central Airlines, that in 1968 merged into Allegheny Airlines, the predecessor to US Airways. Early life Roscoe Turner was born in Corinth, Mississippi, the eldest son of farmer Robert Lee Turner and his wife Mary Aquilla Derryberry Turner. From 1903 to 1910, he attended the Glover School in West Corinth, and his formal education reached the tenth grade, the highest available there. He came to realize that he did not want to be a farmer, and daydreamed of a future on the railroad that ran through the family farm. He developed interests and skills in repairing, constructing and experimenting with mechanical objects, including horse-drawn wagons, large kites, motorcycles, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Sauers
Joe Sawyer (born Joseph Sauers; August 29, 1906 – April 21, 1982) was a Canadian film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1927 and 1962, and was sometimes billed under his birth name. Early life Sawyer was born August 29, 1906, as ''Joseph Sauer'' in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. His parents were German. In his 20s he went to Los Angeles to pursue a career in films. Career Sawyer gained acting experience in the Pasadena Playhouse. Productions in which he performed there included '' Quinneys'', ''The Wolves'', and ''White Wings''. Popular roles that he portrayed included Sergeant Biff O'Hara in the ''Rin Tin Tin'' television program, a film, and on radio. On ''Stories of the Century'' in 1954, he portrayed Butch Cassidy, a role which he repeated in the 1958 episode "The Outlaw Legion" of the syndicated western series ''Frontier Doctor''. Sawyer also appeared on ABC's, '' Maverick'', ''Sugarfoot'', ''Peter Gunn'', and '' Surfside 6'' as well as NBC's ''Bat Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Flaherty (actor)
Edmund Joseph Flaherty (March 8, 1897 – December 2, 1970) was an American film actor who appeared in about 200 films. Biography Early life Flaherty was born Edmund Joseph Flaherty in Washington, D.C.; the son of Mary Rose Ella (née Wilson) and Michael Joseph Flaherty. He was the older brother of writer Vincent X. Flaherty. Flaherty had Irish ancestry. Pat attended Eastern High School, and Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts. After playing baseball, he attended Princeton University and graduated on January 26, 1918. Flaherty served in the U.S. Army during the Pancho Villa Expedition and then as an U.S. Army Air Service pilot in World War I. Early athletic career Flaherty was a popular Washington, D.C., athlete and coach, who went on to become a professional baseball and football player and was in the bullpen for John McGraw's New York Giants during the 1921 World Series, and punted for George Halas' Chicago Bears. After his professional athletic career ended, he went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne Edwards
Marianne Edwards (December 9, 1930 – November 8, 2013) was an American child actress who appeared in the ''Our Gang'' film series from 1934 to 1936. She also appeared in several feature films in the 1930s, including ''Gold Diggers Of 1933'', '' Babes In Toyland'', and ''Stand Up and Cheer!''. Edwards' most memorable ''Our Gang'' appearance was as the five-year-old Amateur Night contestant "Daisy Dimple, Dancer Par Excellence" suddenly stricken with stage fright in '' Beginner's Luck''. In the film George "Spanky" McFarland wins the prize money for her so she can buy her dancing costume ("Girlie, the dress is in the bag!"). In another classic installment, Edwards was wooed by Spanky and Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer in '' Sprucin' Up'', only to be won over by rich kid Jerry Tucker. Selected filmography *''Little Miss Thoroughbred'' (1938) *''Love Is on the Air'' (1937) (uncredited) *'' Hollywood Hotel'' (1937) *''Stand-In'' (1937) *'' The Lucky Corner'' (1936) *'' The Pinch Singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niles Welch
Niles Eugene Welch (July 29, 1888 – November 21, 1976) was an American performer on Broadway, and a leading man in a number of silent and early talking motion pictures from the early 1910s through the 1930s. Early life A native of Hartford, Connecticut, after graduating from ''St. Paul's School'', Welch attended Yale and Columbia University. Later he joined a stock company, and from there toured the U.S. in vaudeville. The first film he worked in was ''The Stranger in Grey'' with the Eastern Vitagraph Studios. Career After spending four years on the legitimate stage, Welch started his screen career appearing with World Film Corporation, Universal, Pathé Studios and Goldwyn Pictures. Among his earliest works were two Thomas Ince productions, ''Stepping Out'' and ''The Cup of Life'', followed in rapid succession by ''Miss George Washington,'' with Marguerite Clark; ''The Courage of Marge O'Doone,'' with Pauline Starke; and with Grace Darmond in '' The Gulf Between'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
