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Bruce Manning
Bruce Manning (July 15, 1902 – August 3, 1965) was a Cuddebackville, New York-born Hollywood filmmaker/screenwriter who entered the movie business following the publication of several novels that he co-wrote with wife, Gwen Bristow. Their first joint novel, '' The Invisible Host'' (1930), was adapted to the screen in 1934 as '' The Ninth Guest''. He wrote the screenplay for Bristow's novel ''Jubilee Trail'' in 1954. In addition to his numerous scripts, beginning in the 1940s he served as a producer for several films, and in 1943 he directed his first and only feature, ''The Amazing Mrs. Holliday''. His career ended in 1957, eight years before his death. Henry Koster called him "the funniest man I ever met and the best comedy writer I ever met." Death Manning died in Encino, California in 1965 at the age of 63. Partial filmography :''As screenwriter unless otherwise noted.'' * '' The Ninth Guest'' (1934) * '' Party Wire'' (1935) (novel) * '' The Best Man Wins'' (1935) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuddebackville
Cuddebackville is a hamlet in Deerpark, New York, in Orange County, New York, United States. Taking US-209, its location is about north of Port Jervis. Cuddebackville is home of the Hamilton Bicentennial Elementary School, which is run by the Port Jervis City School District. This hamlet is also home of the Delaware and Hudson Railway Canal Park and the Neversink River Unique Area. The hamlet was named after William Cuddeback, a general from the War of 1812 and a descendant of the Cuddeback family, one of the first families to settle in the area. The Cuddebackville Dam was a dam that was located in Cuddebackville, which was built in the 1820s and expanded on in 1903. In October 2004, the dam was removed by the Army Corps of Engineers to help aquatic life in the area. According to the Census Bureau, the center of population in New York is located within the hamlet of Cuddebackville. Cuddebackville also is the home of the global headquarters of the Falun Gong movement and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Certain Age
''That Certain Age'' is a 1938 American musical film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Deanna Durbin and Melvyn Douglas. Based on a story by Aleen Leslie (Wetstein) that was adapted by F. Hugh Herbert, the film is about a dashing reporter who returns from covering the Spanish Civil War and is invited to spend time at his publisher's home, where his adolescent daughter develops a crush on him. The family does their best to sway the young girl's feelings away from the reporter, but it is a challenge, as she is at "that certain age". Distributed by Universal Pictures, the film received Academy Award nominations for Best Music and Best Sound Recording. Plot Alice Fullerton (Durbin) is the 15-year-old daughter of newspaper publisher Bill. She becomes involved with a group of boy scouts, who is led by Ken Warren (Cooper). Ken wants to put on a show to raise money in order to go to scout camp. Alice helps him out with giving him permission to use the family home to rehearse. She is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Payment On Demand
''Payment on Demand'' is a 1951 American Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Bette Davis and Barry Sullivan (actor), Barry Sullivan. The screenplay by Bernhardt and Bruce Manning chronicles a marriage from its idealistic early days to its dissolution. Plot In the opening scenes we meet San Francisco socialite Joyce Ramsey, her daughter Dee; Dee’s fiancée, a banker; Joyce’s husband, David; their daughter, Martha, a college student; Martha’s outspoken boyfriend, Phil Polanski, who is working his way through college to become an agricultural chemist. Joyce is concerned about Phil’s working-class background: His family is Czech and his father works as a taxi starter at the Union Terminal. Joyce is clearly accustomed to managing everything around her in order to maintain the position, family and success that she and David set out to achieve. David is preoccupied and unhappy, and while he is dressing for dinner, he suddenly asks fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Fury
''The Secret Fury'' is a 1950 American noirish psychological thriller starring Claudette Colbert and Robert Ryan. Directed by Mel Ferrer for RKO Radio Pictures, it also featured a rare screen appearance of Broadway legend Jane Cowl, with Paul Kelly also in support. Plot Wealthy touring classical pianist Ellen Ewing is standing at the altar with fiancé David McLean when an intruder stops the marriage ceremony and accuses her of already having wed a few months prior. The stranger claims that this can be verified by the registrar at the small seaside village of Fairview (where Ellen's family has a home, and she indeed had spent time overlapping the date of the alleged nuptial). A call is placed by the Ewing family's longtime lawyer, Gregory Kent, accompanied by the district attorney, Eric Lowell, a recent former suitor still smarting sharply from his jilting. A record of the vows is found. Not only are the wedding guests and groom shocked, so is Ellen. The couple temporarily cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bride For Sale
''Bride for Sale'' is a 1949 American romantic comedy film distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by William D. Russell, and starring Claudette Colbert, Robert Young and George Brent. The music score is by Frederick Hollander. Plot Nora Shelley is a tax expert for the accounting company which is led by Paul Martin. She thinks she can find a suitable husband by inspecting their clients' tax documents. Martin finds out and tries to dissuade her from this approach, later enlisting the help of his friend Steve Adams, who tries to woo Shelley. Cast *Claudette Colbert as Nora Shelley * Robert Young as Steve Adams * George Brent as Paul Martin * Max Baer as Litka *Gus Schilling August "Gus" Schilling (June 20, 1908 – June 16, 1957) was an American film actor who started in burlesque comedy and usually played nervous comic roles, often unbilled. A friend of Orson Welles, he appeared in five of the director's films � ... as Timothy * Charles Arnt as Dobbs * Mary Bear a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Midnight Kiss
''That Midnight Kiss'' is a 1949 Technicolor American musical romance film also starring Mario Lanza (in his first leading role) and Kathryn Grayson. Among the supporting cast were Ethel Barrymore, conductor/pianist Jose Iturbi (playing himself), Keenan Wynn, J. Carrol Naish, and Jules Munshin. The commercially popular film was directed by Norman Taurog, who the following year would again direct Lanza and Grayson in the even more successful '' The Toast of New Orleans''. Plot Abigail Trent Budell (Ethel Barrymore), a wealthy resident of Philadelphia and patron of the arts, supports her soprano granddaughter Prudence Budell (Kathryn Grayson), just returning from Europe after five years of vocal training. Prudence's grandmother sponsors an opera company run by the famous maestro Jose Iturbi (himself) to give her chance to lead an opera. They hire the also famous tenor Guido Russino Betelli (Thomas Gomez), but Prudence does not feel comfortable with him on the stage. Prudence hap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
So Goes My Love
''So Goes My Love'' (released as ''A Genius in the Family'' in the UK) is an American 1946 comedy-drama film, produced by Universal Pictures. It is based on a true story, ''A Genius in the Family'', the memoir of Hiram Percy Maxim, which focuses on the relationship between Maxim and his father, Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim. The film was Myrna Loy's first starring role as a freelance artist following her departure from M-G-M. Plot Farmer's daughter Jane Budden (Myrna Loy) sells her entire pig herd and moves to Brooklyn to find a husband. On the way to the home of her cousin, Garnet Allison (Molly Lamont), Jane runs into Hiram Maxim (Don Ameche), an eccentric inventor who is her cousin's neighbor. Jane scandalizes local society by saying she will not marry for love; she merely wants a rich husband who can give her the life of ease and culture she has long dreamed of. Amused by Jane's announcement, Hiram visits Jane and tells her she can forget about marrying him. Jane is attracted to H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guest Wife
''Guest Wife'' is a 1945 American comedy film directed by Sam Wood Samuel Grosvenor Wood (July 10, 1883 – September 22, 1949) was an American film director and producer who is best known for having directed such Hollywood hits as ''A Night at the Opera (film), A Night at the Opera'', ''A Day at the Races (fi ..., written by Bruce Manning and John Klorer, and starring Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, and Dick Foran. It is also known as ''What Every Woman Wants''. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture ( Daniele Amfitheatrof). Plot Banker Christopher Price from the humdrum town of Keetoosen, Ohio, is happily married to Mary, and the couple are just about to go to New York on their second honeymoon. However, Chris' old childhood friend Joe Parker, a known newspaper reporter who has been stationed abroad, sends him a message just before they begin their journey. Joe arrives in Keetoosen before the couple leaves, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway (1942 Film)
''Broadway'' is a 1942 crime drama musical film directed by William A. Seiter and starring George Raft as himself and Pat O'Brien as a detective. The supporting cast features Janet Blair and Broderick Crawford. Another fictionalized biographical movie based on Raft's life, ''The George Raft Story'' (1961), featured a different actor (Ray Danton) playing Raft. Plot George Raft, a Hollywood dancer, returns to Manhattan and recalls working in a nightclub with a bootlegger's girlfriend. Cast * George Raft as George Raft * Pat O'Brien as Dan McCorn * Janet Blair as Billie Moore * Broderick Crawford as Steve Crandall * Marjorie Rambeau as Lillian (Lil) Rice * Anne Gwynne as Pearl * S. Z. Sakall as Nick * Edward Brophy as Porky (as Edward S. Brophy) * Marie Wilson as Grace * Gus Schilling as Joe * Ralf Harolde as Dolph * Arthur Shields as Pete Dailey * Iris Adrian as Maisie * Janet Warren as Ruby (as Elaine Morey) * Dorothy Moore as Ann * Nestor Paiva as Rinalti * Abner Biberma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appointment For Love
''Appointment for Love'' is a 1941 American romantic comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Charles Boyer, Margaret Sullavan and Rita Johnson.Rinella p.166 It was made and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound, Recording for the work of Bernard B. Brown. Plot Playwright Andre Cassil meets physician Doctor Jane Alexander after she falls asleep during his play after working a long shift at the hospital. Romance quickly blossoms and they quickly get married. However, on their honeymoon they discover they have radically different views on marriage. The upshot is their relationship remains unconsummated and they continue to live separate lives in individual apartments in the same building. Cast * Charles Boyer as Andre 'Pappy' Cassil * Margaret Sullavan as Dr. Jane Alexander * Rita Johnson as Nancy Benson * Eugene Pallette as George Hastings * Ruth Terry as Edith Meredith * Reginald Denny as Michael Dailey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back Street (1941 Film)
''Back Street'' is a 1941 American drama film directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Charles Boyer, Margaret Sullavan and Richard Carlson. It is a remake of the 1932 film of the same name, also from Universal. The film is adapted from the 1931 Fannie Hurst novel and the 1932 film version which it follows very closely, in some cases recalling the earlier film scene-for-scene. It is a sympathetic tale of an adulterous couple. The 1941 version was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music (Score of a Dramatic Picture) (Frank Skinner). Margaret Sullavan so much wanted Charles Boyer to play her leading man, that she relinquished top billing in order to persuade him to appear in this unsympathetic role. Plot summary The film is set in the early 1900s. It tells the story of a pretty and independent young woman, Ray Smith, who lives in Cincinnati. She has many suitors, none of whom she takes seriously. One day she meets an extremely charming and handsome banker named W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring Parade
''Spring Parade'' is a 1940 American musical comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Deanna Durbin. It is a remake of the 1934 film. Plot Based on a story by Ernst Marischka, the film is about a Hungarian woman who attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller which says she will meet someone important and is destined for a happy marriage. Soon after the woman gets a job as a baker's assistant and meets a handsome army drummer who dreams of becoming a famous composer and conductor, but is held back by the military which discourages original music. Wanting to help the army drummer, the woman sends one of his waltzes to the Austrian Emperor with his weekly order of pastries, which leads to the tuneful and joyous fulfillment of the gypsy's prediction. Cast * Deanna Durbin as Ilonka Tolnay * Robert Cummings as Corporal Harry Marten * Mischa Auer as Gustav * Henry Stephenson as Emperor Franz Joseph * S. Z. Sakall as Laci Teschek - the Baker * Billy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
