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Allene Roberts
Emma Allene Roberts (September 1, 1928 – May 9, 2019) was an American actress. Early years Born in Fairfield, Alabama, Roberts was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Roberts. In 1941, she won the "America's Most Charming Child" contest sponsored by the '' New York Daily Mirror'', receiving $1,000 in cash and a $1,000 contract with Warner Bros. studio. Career Roberts appeared in twelve movies between 1947 and 1954 and on TV in '' Four Star Playhouse'', '' Adventures of Superman'' and '' Dragnet''. Her first big picture was '' The Red House'' (1947) starring Rory Calhoun, Julie London and Edward G. Robinson. That movie was considered by the critics to be the " sleeper hit" of the year. Roberts' other films included the film noir pair, '' Knock on Any Door'', '' Union Station''Silver, p. 303. and ''Bomba on Panther Island''. Death On May 9, 2019, Roberts died in Huntsville, Alabama, at age 90. Filmography References External links *Allene Robertsat the American F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red House (film)
''The Red House'' is a 1947 American horror film directed by Delmer Daves, and starring Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCallister, Judith Anderson, Rory Calhoun, Allene Roberts, and Julie London. Its plot follows a young woman raised by a brother and sister who are concealing a secret involving an abandoned farmhouse located deep in the woods on their sprawling property. It is based on the 1945 novel of the same name by George Agnew Chamberlain (1879-1966). The screenplay is by director Delmer Daves and Albert Maltz, uncredited. Plot Handicapped farmer Pete Morgan and his sister Ellen live on an isolated farm with their adopted child, Meg. They keep to themselves and are viewed as mysterious by the nearby town. Now a teenager, Meg convinces Pete to hire one of her 12th-grade high school classmates, Nath Storm, to come help with chores on the farm. On the first evening, when it is time for him to go home, Nath says he is going to take a shortcut through the old woods, a part of Pete's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bomba On Panther Island
''Bomba on Panther Island'' is a 1949 American adventure film directed by Ford Beebe and starring Johnny Sheffield. It is the second in the 12-film ''Bomba'' series following ''Bomba the Jungle Boy'' (1949). Premise A developer brings his sister with him to Africa and plans to build a plantation. Commissioner Barnes and Eli appear to lend him a hand, but unfortunately for them (and Bomba's monkey friend) a rogue panther is on the loose. Bomba, with revenge on his mind, is hunting the panther when he comes upon the construction site. He gets sidetracked by the sister (Roberts) and her exotic traveling companion ( Lita Baron), but recovers in time to battle the panther. Cast * Johnny Sheffield as Bomba * Allene Roberts as Judy Maitland * Lita Baron as Losana * Harry Lewis as Comm. Andy Barnes * Charles Irwin as Robert Maitland * Smoki Whitfield Smoki Whitfield (born Robert Whitfield, and sometimes credited as Jordan Whitfield) was an African American actor, comedian, and musici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From Birmingham, Alabama
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album '' 63/19'' by Kool A.D. * '' Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album ''Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private funding and public membership fees. Leadership The institute is composed of leaders from the film, entertainment, business, and academic communities. The board of trustees is chaired by Kathleen Kennedy and the board of directors chaired by Robert A. Daly guide the organization, which is led by President and CEO, film historian Bob Gazzale. Prior leaders were founding director George Stevens Jr. (from the organization's inception in 1967 until 1980) and Jean Picker Firstenberg (from 1980 to 2007). History The American Film Institute was founded by a 1965 presidential mandate announced in the Rose Garden of the White House by Lyndon B. Johnson—to establish a national arts organization to preserve the legacy of American film heritage, educate the next generation of fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blazing Forest
''The Blazing Forest'' is a 1952 American lumberjack adventure film directed by Edward Ludwig and written by Lewis R. Foster and Winston Miller. The film stars John Payne, William Demarest, Agnes Moorehead, Richard Arlen, Susan Morrow, Roscoe Ates and Lynne Roberts. The film was released in December 1952, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Determined to keep her struggling Nevada timber business going, Jessie Crain borrows money from long-ago sweetheart Syd Jessup while also promising lumberman Kelly Hansen a quarter of her profits if he will become her foreman. Sharon Wilks, restless niece of Jessie who yearns to leave this region and move to the city, is attracted to Kelly immediately. Jessie's crew, meanwhile, resents Kelly's hard-driving ways, including making everyone work in a torrential rain to meet a lumber quota. A job is given to Jessie's brother, lumberjack Joe Morgan, whose embezzling has forced Jessie to pay his debts. Joe continues to create trouble for the lumberman as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunderbirds (1952 Film)
''Thunderbirds'' is a 1952 war film directed by John H. Auer and starring John Derek, John Drew Barrymore, Mona Freeman, Gene Evans, Eileen Christy and Ward Bond. It features the exploits of the 45th Infantry Division in the Italian campaign of World War II. The film was made by Republic Pictures with sequences filmed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Plot Close friends Gil Hackett and Tom McCreary both love and leave the same girl, Mary Caldwell, after they are called up to the Oklahoma National Guard and then on to the Army for wartime duty in 1940. A tough, stoic sergeant named Logan keeps an eye on them as the unit ships out to Europe following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. Tom speaks of his father, who supposedly died a hero's death in the First World War, but another soldier claims he's heard that Tom's father was disgraced and dishonorably discharged. Mary reveals that Tom is the one she loves. Gil finds solace in meeting Lt. Ellen Henderson, a nurse. The fighting continu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kid Monk Baroni
''Kid Monk Baroni'' is a 1952 American film noir sport film directed by Harold D. Schuster. It is also known as ''Young Paul Baroni'' in the United Kingdom. It features Leonard Nimoy, later in ''Star Trek'' as Spock, in his first lead role in a motion picture, as well as future Jimmy Olsen Jack Larson of television's original '' Superman'' series. This film was the first in producer Jack Broder's series of "The Billy Goat Gang" - the movie's opening titles are ''The Billy Goat Gang in Kid Monk Baroni'' - similar to other gang films series like The Bowery Boys and its antecedents. However, no further films were made. Plot A disfigured street kid (Leonard Nimoy), a member of the Billy Goat Gang, is shown how to box by a parish priest, Father Callahan ( Richard Rober), who also makes him part of the church choir. The priest introduces him to Emily. During a fight with the other members of the Billy Goats for ridiculing his church vestments, he accidentally knocks out Father C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hoodlum (1951 Film)
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The Hoodlum may refer to: * ''The Hoodlum'' (1919 film), a comedy starring Mary Pickford * ''The Hoodlum'' (1951 film), a crime film featuring Lawrence Tierney See also * ''Hoodlum'' (film), a 1997 crime film starring Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth and Vanessa Williams Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963) is an American singer, actress, and fashion designer. She gained recognition as the first African-American woman to receive the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984. She resigne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Fe (film)
''Santa Fe'' is a 1951 American Western film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Randolph Scott. The film is based on the novel ''Santa Fe'' by James Vance Marshall. Plot In the years following the Civil War, Britt Canfield, one of four ex- Confederate brothers, heads west for a new life. Britt accepts a job with the Santa Fe Railway, whilst his three brothers find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Britt is eventually obliged to bring his brothers to justice, but the real man behind their criminal activities is gambling boss Cole Sanders. Cast * Randolph Scott as Brit Canfield * Janis Carter as Judith Chandler * Jerome Courtland as Terry Canfield * Peter M. Thompson as Tom Canfield * John Archer as Clint Canfield * Warner Anderson as Dave Baxter * Roy Roberts as Cole Sanders * Billy House as Luke Plummer * Olin Howland as Dan Dugan * Allene Roberts as Ella Sue Canfield Director Pichel, himself an actor, also narrates the film. See also * List of Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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