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Barney Sarecky
Barney Sarecky (May 7, 1895 – August 10, 1968) was an American film producer and screenwriter, from the late 1930s into the 1950s. The younger brother of producer/screenwriter Louis Sarecky, he had a much more prolific career, writing or producing almost 75 films. Beginning as an associate producer, he would continue in that role until late in his career, when he would move up into the producer role, beginning with 1947's ''Trailing Danger''. In the early 1950s he would move from the big screen to the smaller screen, working as the associate producer on the highly successful television series, '' Adventures of Superman''. He worked on two small television movies in the mid-1960s, and he was an associate producer on the short-lived television series, ''The American West'', in 1968, shortly before his death on August 10. Filmography (Per AFI database) *'' Trouble at Midnight'' (1937) *'' Young Fugitives'' (1938) *'' Mars Attacks the World'' (1938) *'' The Missing Guest'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Corpse Vanishes
''The Corpse Vanishes'' is a 1942 American mystery horror film starring Bela Lugosi, directed by Wallace Fox, and written by Harvey Gates. Lugosi portrays a mad scientist who injects his aging wife (played by Elizabeth Russell) with fluids from virginal young brides in order to preserve her beauty. Luana Walters as a journalist and Tristram Coffin as a small-town doctor investigate and solve the disappearances of the brides. The film was produced and distributed by Monogram Pictures, and was reissued in 1949 by Favorite Films Corporation. Plot On the day of Alice Wentworth's wedding, mad scientist Dr. Lorenz sends the young bride an unusual orchid, the scent of which places the young woman in a state of suspended animation resembling death. He then spirits her body away to the basement laboratory of his isolated mansion and extracts glandular fluid from behind her ears to inject into his vain and aged wife in order to renew her youth and beauty, as well as to save her fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return Of The Ape Man
''Return of the Ape Man'' is a 1944 American film distributed by Monogram Pictures. It was directed by Philip Rosen with top-billed star Bela Lugosi and supporting actors John Carradine, George Zucco (see note in the Production section), Frank Moran, Judith Gibson and Michael Ames. Plot Two professors find a prehistoric caveman frozen in ice during an Arctic expedition. Professor Dexter (Bela Lugosi) and Professor John Gilmore (John Carradine) bring the frozen exhibit back home and soon devise a plan. They want to implant a more evolved brain into the caveman, with hopes of being able to control and utilize him. Cast * Bela Lugosi as Professor Dexter * John Carradine as Professor John Gilmore * George Zucco and Frank Moran as Ape Man * Judith Gibson as Anne * Michael Ames as Steve * Mary Currier as Mrs. Gilmore * Ed Chandler as Sergeant * Ernie Adams as Tramp :;Uncredited * George Eldredge as Patrolman on beat * Horace B. Carpenter as Theater watchman Production The wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Million Dollar Kid
''Million Dollar Kid'' is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Wallace Fox starring the East Side Kids. Plot In the East Side Kids' clubhouse, Muggs McGinnis laments the epidemic of mugging that has been plaguing their streets. While waiting outside a store that afternoon, the boys witness a man being attacked in the alley and come to his defense, chasing away his assailants. In gratitude, the man, millionaire John Cortland, hands Muggs his business card. When the cynical Muggs tosses the card in a garbage can, Glimpy McClosky digs it out and finds the man's cash-laden wallet in the trash. After the boys deliver the wallet to Capt. Mathews of the police department, the captain mistakes them for the thieves and arrests them. Cortland soon arrives at the police station to claim his wallet, however, and identifies the boys as his rescuers. Upon discovering that the boys long for a gymnasium, Cortland invites them to his house the next day. There, Cortland shows them his son John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Follow The Leader (1944 Film)
''Follow the Leader'' is a 1944 American film directed by William Beaudine featuring the East Side Kids. Plot As he and Glimpy Freedhoff anxiously anticipate their furlough home, Muggs McGinnis is summoned to the colonel's office and informed that he is to be honorably discharged because of poor eyesight. At home in the Bowery, Muggs is tearfully telling his proud mother about his discharge when Glimpy bursts into the apartment with the news that Danny has been jailed. Determined to exonerate their friend, Muggs and Glimpy proceed to the clubhouse and are welcomed by their pals. There they meet Spider, a new club member who was working with Danny at a warehouse when he was arrested. Muggs and Glimpy then go to the jailhouse to question Danny. Becoming suspicious when Danny tells them that soon after Spider arranged for him to work at the warehouse, he was charged with stealing alcohol earmarked for the Army, Muggs goes to the warehouse to investigate. After observing Fingers Belm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What A Man! (1944 Film)
''What a Man!'' is a 1944 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Johnny Downs, Wanda McKay and Robert Kent (actor), Robert Kent.Marshall p.326 Plot Cast * Johnny Downs as Henry M. Burrows * Wanda McKay as Joan Rankin * Robert Kent (actor), Robert Kent as Steven M. Anderson * Etta McDaniel as BlueBell * Harry Holman as Harold D. Prewitt * I. Stanford Jolley as Parsons * Wheeler Oakman as Tim - 1st Detective * Lillian Bronson as Constance Burrows * Jack Baxley as George Rankin - Joan's Father * John Ince (actor), John Ince as Doctor Williams * Betty Sinclair as Office Worker * Dick Rush as Dutch - 2nd Detective * James Farley (actor), James Farley as Roberts - Office Worker * Henry Hall (actor), Henry Hall as Andy Johnson * Ralph Cathey as Office Boy References Bibliography * Marshall, Wendy L. ''William Beaudine: From Silents to Television''. Scarecrow Press, 2005. External links * 1944 films 1944 comedy films 1940s En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ape Man
''The Ape Man'' is a 1943 American horror film directed by William Beaudine. The film is based on "They Creep in the Dark" by Karl Brown, which was published in ''The Saturday Evening Post''. It stars Bela Lugosi as Dr. James Brewster who is aided by his colleague Dr. Randall (Henry Hall). The doctor manages to transform himself into an ape man hybrid and desperately seeks a cure. Brewster believes that only the injection of human spinal fluid will prove effective as a cure. As Randall refuses to help him, Brewster and his captive gorilla seek involuntary donors. The film was announced in November 1942, began shooting in December and was released in March by Monogram Pictures Corp. The film received negative reviews from ''Variety'', ''The Hollywood Reporter'' and '' The Daily News''. An in-name-only sequel, ''Return of the Ape Man'', was released in 1944. Plot Dr. James Brewster and his colleague Dr. Randall are involved in a series of scientific experiments which have cau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spotlight Scandals
''Spotlight Scandals'' is a 1943 American musical comedy film directed by William Beaudine. It stars Billy Gilbert, Frank Fay, Bonnie Baker, and Harry Langdon. Plot Entertainer Frank Fay is stranded in a midwestern town, where local barber Billy Gilbert is stage-struck. Billy offers to pay Frank's railroad fare east, provided Frank will help Billy pursue a stage career in New York. Billy struggles through desperately comic songs, and Frank tries to help his friend by keeping up a running patter while Billy is on stage. A clever producer notices how well Frank's comments complement Gilbert's buffoonery, and compels them to become a comedy team. At the height of their success, Frank gets a lucrative offer to star on radio with Bonnie Baker, but he refuses to separate from Billy. Billy steps aside, feigning a desire to split the partnership; he sacrifices their friendship to give Frank his chance. Frank, now on his own, samples the high life and ultimately goes broke. When his bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kid Dynamite (film)
''Kid Dynamite'' is a 1943 American film directed by Wallace Fox and starring the East Side Kids. It was based on the 1942 short story ''The Old Gang'' by Paul Ernst and features additional dialogue by comedian Morey Amsterdam. The working title of this film was ''Little Mobsters''. Plot Muggs McGinnis practices for his boxing match the next night. In order to raise money, Muggs and the gang go to Nick's pool hall and challenge hall regular Harry Wycoff to a game of pool. Muggs has pre-arranged with gang member Danny to use special trick chalk for the pool cue so that Wycoff will lose, but Danny is so convinced of Muggs's talent that he does not use the chalk, and Muggs loses the match. When Wycoff insists that Muggs pay off his wager, Muggs hits him in the stomach and leaves without payi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghosts On The Loose
''Ghosts on the Loose'' is a 1943 American comedy horror film and the fourteenth film in the East Side Kids series, directed by William Beaudine. The picture co-stars horror film icon Bela Lugosi as well as Ava Gardner in one of her earliest roles. The film was released in the United Kingdom as ''Ghosts in the Night''. In the film, a newly married man has purchased the house next door to an alleged haunted house. The haunted house is actually used by a German spy ring, and the spies have access to the next door property through secret tunnels. The spy ring tries to acquire the property. Plot When Glimpy's sister, Betty, marries Jack, Muggs singlehandedly organizes the wedding. The gang provide a choral version of "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes" as well as organ music. Scruno, Stash, and Benny provide a floral centerpiece by "borrowing" a funeral wreath meant for a murdered gangster's funeral on the morrow. Danny and Rocky also borrow the deceased gangster's tuxedo prior to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clancy Street Boys
''Clancy Street Boys'' is a 1943 comedy Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greec ... film directed by William Beaudine and starring the East Side Kids. It is Beaudine's first film with the team; he would direct several more in the series and many in the Bowery Boys canon. Leo Gorcey married the female lead Amelita Ward. There is no mention of "Clancy Street" in the film, but a rival gang at Cherry Street appears at the beginning and climax of the film. Plot Much to the dismay of Mugs McGinnis, everyone in his East Side Kids gang (as well as the rival The Cherry Street Gang) gets to smack his rear end eighteen times in celebration of his eighteenth birthday. His mother Molly then becomes distraught when she gets a letter from his "uncle" Pete Monahan, a rancher friend of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smart Alecks
''Smart Alecks'' is a 1942 American film directed by Wallace Fox and starring the East Side Kids. Plot Hank Salko, a member of the Eastside youth gang in New York, is initiated into the world of adult crime when two gangsters, Mike and Butch Brocalli, hire him to stand watch while they rob a bank. When Hank tries to share some of his ill-gotten money with the East Side Kids, they suspend him from the club, and Hank is then arrested by Joe Reagan, the local policeman. While playing baseball in the street, the Kids accidentally send a ball crashing through the window of the apartment in which Butch and Mike are hiding. Butch emerges and refuses to give the ball back, so Danny runs after him. When Joe recognizes Butch, he chases him and Danny trips the criminal, who is then arrested along with Mike. Danny is awarded $200 for capturing the criminals and plans to buy baseball uniforms for his friends. They are unaware of his plans, however, and, thinking he is keeping the money to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
