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Allen Jung
Allen Jung (August 8, 1909 – September 12, 1982) was an American film and television actor who was active in Hollywood from the 1930s through the 1970s. Biography Allen was born in Oakland, California. He attended the University of California, where he learned how to speak Japanese. He credited his education for preparing him to play Japanese roles. He also earned his pilot's license around this time. He began his career as an actor in the early 1930s; he was a member of the Chinese Cinema Players, an organization in Los Angeles. During World War II, he joined the U.S. Navy. He was married to Japanese actress Toshia Mori; he later married Helen Yu-Ling Wong in Shanghai. Selected filmography * ''Star Spangled Girl'' (1971) * ''The Love Bug'' (1968) * '' The Party'' (1968) * '' Hillbillys in a Haunted House'' (1967) * '' The Last of the Secret Agents?'' (1966) * ''Kentucky Jones'' (TV series, episode "Ike′s Song," 1964) * '' Blood and Steel'' (1959) * '' The Purple Hear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshia Mori
Toshia Mori (トシア・モリ) (January 1, 1912–November 26, 1995) was a Japanese-born American actress who had a brief Hollywood film career during the late 1920s and 1930s. Born as Toshiye Ichioka (市岡俊恵) in Kyoto, Mori moved to the United States when she was 10. Early life and career Mori began her film career in silent films in the late 1920s. In '' Mr. Wu'' (1927) she was credited as Toshia Ichioka. In '' Streets of Shanghai'' (1927), she was credited as Toshiye Ichioka. In ''The Man Without a Face'', she was also credited as Toshiye Ichioka, her birth name. (The film is presumed lost.) Finally, she entered the sound era as Toshia Mori. Mori played Miss Ling in ''The Hatchet Man'' (1932). In the same year, she played another Chinese character, "Butterfly", in ''Roar of the Dragon'', an action-melodrama produced by David O. Selznick. The storyline consisted of a group of Occidentals turning to an alcoholic riverboat captain Chauncey Carson (Richard Dix) for help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mission To Moscow
Mission (from Latin 'the act of sending out'), Missions or The Mission may refer to: Geography Australia *Mission River (Queensland) Canada * Mission, British Columbia, a district municipality * Mission, Calgary, Alberta, a neighbourhood * Okanagan Mission, a neighbourhood in Kelowna, British Columbia, commonly called "the Mission" *Mission River, a short river located at the delta of the Kaministiquia River of northern Ontario, Canada * Mission Ridge (British Columbia), a ridge in BC * Mission Ridge Ski Area, a Ski Area near the ridge in BC * Mission Lake, a lake in Saskatchewan United States * Mission, Delaware, an unincorporated community * Mission, Kansas, a city * Mission, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Mission, Minnesota, an unincorporated community * Mission, Oregon, an unincorporated community and census-designated place * Mission, South Dakota, a city * Mission, Texas, a city * Mission District, San Francisco, a neighborhood in San Francisco, Cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Film Actors
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., United States, then falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 people. * January 14–17, 2022 North American winter storm, January 14 – An Ethiopian Air Force Antonov An-26 with an unknown registration crashed near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing all 73 occupants on board. * January 18 – 1982 Thunderbirds Indian Springs Diamond Crash: Four Northrop T-38 aircraft of the United States Air Force crash at Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, Nevada, killing all 4 pilots. * January 26 – Mauno Koivisto is elected President of Finland. * January 27 – The government of Garret FitzGerald in Republic of Ireland, Ireland is defeated 82–81 on its budget; the 22nd Dáil is dissolved. * January 30 – The first computer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1909 Births
Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escapes death by fleeing across drift ice, ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * January 9 – The British Nimrod Expedition, ''Nimrod'' Expedition to the South Pole, led by Ernest Shackleton, arrives at the Farthest South, farthest south reached by any prior expedition, at 88°23' S, prior to turning back due to diminishing supplies. * January 11 – The International Joint Commission on US-Canada boundary waters is established. * January 16 – Members of the ''Nimrod'' Expedition claim to have found the magnetic South Pole (but the location recorded may be incorrect). * January 24 – The White Star Liner RMS Republic (1903), RMS ''Republic'' sinks the day after a collision with ''SS Florida'' off Nantucket. Almost all of the 1,500 passengers are rescued. * January 28 – The last United States t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mask Of Fu Manchu
''The Mask of Fu Manchu'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code film directed by Charles Brabin. Written by Irene Kuhn, Edgar Allan Woolf and John Willard (playwright), John Willard, it was based on the List of works by Sax Rohmer, 1932 novel of the same name by Sax Rohmer. The film, featuring Boris Karloff as Fu Manchu and Myrna Loy as his daughter, revolves around Fu Manchu's quest for the golden sword and mask of Genghis Khan. Lewis Stone played his nemesis. The film was made following Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's box office failure of ''Freaks (1932 film), Freaks'' (1932). Karloff, who was fresh off his role in ''Frankenstein (1931 film), Frankenstein'' (1931) for Universal, found the film did not have a completed script and was given his lines during and after his daily preparation in the makeup chair. Following a difficult production, it was a financial success for the studio despite generally negative reviews. On the film's theatrical re-release in 1972, the Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Learned About Sailors
''She Learned About Sailors'' is a 1934 American musical comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Alice Faye, Lew Ayres and Frank Mitchell.Bradley p.236 It was produced and distributed by Fox Film. Songs for the film were written by Richard A. Whiting and Sidney Clare. Plot A nightclub singer in Shanghai falls in love with an American sailor. Cast * Lew Ayres as Larry Wilson * Alice Faye as Jean Legoi * Harry Green as Jose Pedro Alesandro Lopez Rubinstein * Frank Mitchell as Peanuts * Jack Durant as Eddie * Russ Clark as Jack - Marine * Edward LeSaint as Justice of the Peace * Jimmy Conlin as Irate Neighbor * Al Hill as Departing Sailor *Susan Fleming as Departing Sailor's Girlfriend * June Lang as Girl at Dance Hall * Eddie Lee as Rickshaw Driver * Allen Jung as Rickshaw Driver * Charles Sullivan as Sailor * Gay Seabrook Gay Seabrook (born Gladys Johnson; April 1, 1901 – April 18, 1970) was an American film, Broadway and radio actress. Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder By Television
''Murder by Television'' (1935) is an American mystery film starring Bela Lugosi, June Collyer, and Huntley Gordon. The film is also known as ''The Houghland Murder Case''. The cast also includes Hattie McDaniel. Plot James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world, refuses to sell the process to television companies, who then send agents to acquire the invention any way they can. On the night of his initial broadcast Houghland is mysteriously murdered in the middle of his demonstration and it falls to Police Chief Nelson to determine who the murderer is from the many suspects present. Houghland's assistant, Arthur Perry, has apparently accepted a bribe of $100,000.00 to be a personal spy for a large industrial company. Richard Grayson is supposedly an industrial spy on a similar mission, and has apparently gotten in romantic good with Professor Houghland's daughter June. After the murder, these two are the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry And The Pirates (serial)
Terry is a unisex diminutive nickname for the given names Teresa or Theresa (feminine) or Terence, Terrance (masculine). People Male * Terry A. Canales, American politician * Terry A. Doughty (born 1959), American district judge * Terry A. D. Strickland (born 1992), American convicted murderer * Terry A. Osborn, American academic and professor of education * Terry A. Simmons (1946–2020), Canadian-American lawyer and cultural geographer * Terry A. White (born 1959), American prelate * Terry A. Willkom (born 1943), American former politician * Terry A. Yonkers (born 1949), American former Air Force civilian * Terry Ablade (born 2001), Ghanaian-born Finnish professional footballer * Terry Abram (born 1947), American retired ice hockey player and coach * Terry Acox (born 1969), American former professional basketball player * Terry Adail, birth name of Doc Terry (1921–2001), American blues musician * Terry Adams, several people * Terry Adamson (born 1948), Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Yank On The Burma Road
''A Yank on the Burma Road'' is a 1942 drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Laraine Day, Barry Nelson and Keye Luke. It is also known as ''China Caravan'' and ''Yanks on the Burma Road''. It was produced as part of a cluster of Hollywood films set during the Burma campaign of World War II. Although released shortly after America's entry into the conflict, it was largely produced before the Attack on Pearl Harbor.Loukides & Fuller p.69 The film's sets were designed by the art director Edwin B. Willis. Plot A New York City taxi driver Joe Tracey attracts public attention by capturing the Spinaldi brothers, two notorious killers, and handing them over to the police. He is then hired by Chinese representatives who want him to take a valuable convoy of medical supplies on the Burma Road from Rangoon to the Republic of China's capital at Chungking. There he meets fellow American Gail Farwood who has been denied permission to travel to Chungking because the British aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Submarine Raider
'' Submarine Raider'' is a 1942 American war film directed by Lew Landers and starring John Howard. Plot A Japanese aircraft carrier is heading to Hawaii, it sinks a civilian yacht. An American submarine receives their distress call. Three of the crew escape to a life boat but are shot at by a Japanese zero. Only a single female survives. She is rescued by a US submarine but they can’t send out the carrier’s position as all signals are being jammed by the Japanese aircraft carrier. The Japanese intercept the messages and realize one person survived. The sub surfaces and detects a Japanese plane, sent to attack them. They manage to hit the pilot and then crash dive. The plane continues to drop bombs on them, damaging the radio transmitter. The pilot then crashes into the ocean. The sub tries to contact Pearl Harbor to warn them that an attack is imminent but are unable to reach them. The carrier continues on its way, opting to not rescue the pilot. An American naval officer (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somewhere I'll Find You
''Somewhere I'll Find You'' is a 1942 film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Clark Gable and Lana Turner, released by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. The film took almost two years to complete and was the last film Gable starred in before he enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces for World War II. His next film was the post-war ''Adventure'' (1945). Plot In October 1941, war correspondents and brothers "Jonny" (Clark Gable) and Kirk Davis (Robert Sterling) return to the still-neutral United States after being kicked out of Germany. Jonny's boss, isolationist ''New York Daily Chronicle'' publisher George L. Stafford ( Charles Dingle), refuses to print his story about Japan and Germany's plans for the world, but Jonny tricks him into doing so, and gets fired for his trouble. When Jonny goes to reclaim his old room from friends and landlords "Evie" ( Lee Patrick) and Willie Manning (Reginald Owen), he is annoyed (despite having been away for years) to find they have rented it out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
