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Charles D. Brown
Charles D. Brown (July 1, 1887 – November 25, 1948) was an American stage and film actor. Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Brown wrote and directed a single short film in 1914. As an actor, he appeared in more than 100 films, stretching from 1921 through his death in 1948. His parallel career on the Broadway stage spanned 1911 through 1937. Death On November 25, 1948, Brown died at the age of 61 in Hollywood, California. He is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood.Resting Places: The Burial Places of 14,000 Famous Persons, by Scott Wilson Partial filmography * '' A Man of Stone'' (1921) - Lord Reggie * '' The Way of a Maid'' (1921) - Gordon Witherspoon * '' Dangerous Curves'' (1929) - Spider * '' The Dance of Life'' (1929) - Lefty Miller * '' Murder by the Clock'' (1931) - Officer O'Brien (uncredited) * '' The Secret Call'' (1931) - Bob Barnes * '' The Road to Reno'' (1931) - Jim - Bartender at Pussy-Willow Cafe (uncredited) * '' 24 Hours'' (193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algiers (1938 Film)
''Algiers'' is a 1938 American Crime film, crime drama film directed by John Cromwell (director), John Cromwell, written by John Howard Lawson and starring Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie and Hedy Lamarr. The plot concerns a French jewel thief hiding in Algiers who meets a beautiful French tourist. The Walter Wanger production (originally distributed by United Artists) was a remake of the successful 1937 French film ''Pépé le Moko'', which derived its plot from the Henri La Barthe novel of the same name. ''Algiers'' became a sensation because it was Lamarr's Hollywood debut. The film is notable as a source of inspiration to the screenwriters of the 1942 Warner Bros. film ''Casablanca (film), Casablanca'', who wrote the later film with Lamarr in mind as the original female lead. Boyer's depiction of Pepe le Moko inspired the Warner Bros. animated character Pepé Le Pew. In 1966, the film entered the List of films in the public domain in the United States, public domain in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Diggers Of 1937
''Gold Diggers of 1937'' is a Warner Bros. movie musical directed by Lloyd Bacon with musical numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley. The film stars Dick Powell and Joan Blondell, who were married at the time, with Glenda Farrell and Victor Moore. The film features songs by the teams of Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, and Harry Warren and Al Dubin. It was based on the play ''Sweet Mystery of Life'' by Richard Maibaum, Michael Wallach and George Haight, which ran briefly on Broadway in 1935. Warren Duff wrote the screenplay with the assistance of Tom Reed, who was billed as "Screenplay constructor". This is the fifth movie in Warner Bros.' series of ''Gold Digger'' films, following the now lost films '' The Gold Diggers'' (1923), a silent film, and the partially lost sound film '' Gold Diggers of Broadway'' (1929), as well as ''Gold Diggers of 1933'' – a remake of ''The Gold Diggers'' and the first to feature Busby Berkeley's extravagant production numbers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disbarred (film)
''Disbarred'' is a 1939 American crime film about a crooked lawyer starring Gail Patrick and Robert Preston (actor), Robert Preston.Gates, Phillippa (2011)''Detecting Women: Gender and the Hollywood Detective Film'' p. 355. State University of New York Press. The supporting cast includes Otto Kruger, Virginia Vale and Sidney Toler. The movie was directed by film noir specialist Robert Florey. Plot Tyler Craden is disbarred by the legal profession after destroying evidence against his client, gangster Mardeen, following the murder of a cop. While on vacation, Craden ends up in a town in which a murder trial is taking place. He is impressed by defense attorney Joan Carroll and gets her a job with a firm run by Roberts, a corrupt pal. Bradley Kent, an honest prosecutor, is a rival and a suitor to Joan. She rejects marriage proposals from Kent and Craden but joins the district attorney's office to fight crime. Mardeen turns up and tries to blackmail Craden, who shoots him. The dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Duke Of West Point
''The Duke of West Point'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Louis Hayward, Joan Fontaine and Tom Brown. It was described as "'' A Yank at Oxford'' in reverse". Plot An American diplomat's son, Steven Early, having been educated in England, comes to West Point and enrolls, nicknamed "The Duke" by the others because of his background and bearing. Steve becomes a scholar and athlete, excelling in ice hockey. His roommates and friends are cadets Sonny Drew and Jack West, and he develops a romantic interest in Ann Porter, angering another cadet who loves her. When word reaches him that Jack's mother is having trouble with the business and needs help, Steve sneaks off campus after Taps to wire money to her, so that Jack will not have to give up West Point, making her promise not to tell who sent it but to tell Jack that all is well. Caught upon his return, Steve lies as to where he went so that his friend will not find out about the money. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up The River (1938 Film)
''Up the River'' is a 1938 American prison comedy film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Preston Foster and Arthur Treacher and featuring Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. The film is a remake of a 1930 film with the same name directed by John Ford and starring Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart in the roles subsequently played by Foster and Tony Martin. The remake changed the sport that the plot revolves around from baseball to football.Wood & Pincus p.149 Plot A passenger on a luxury liner ends up in a card game with men who take him for more than $20,000. After docking and graciously offering them a ride in a limousine, the man reveals his real name, Willis, and real identity, police officer, to the two men who swindled him, Chipper Morgan and Darby Randall. Morgan and Randall are sent to prison, where, to their amazement, Willis is the new warden. Their young cellmate Tommy Grant is on the prison's football team while Tommy's sweetheart Helen Lindsey awaits his parole. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exposed (1938 Film)
''Exposed'' is a 1938 American drama film starring Glenda Farrell, Otto Kruger and Herbert Mundin. The film was directed by Harold D. Schuster and is based on George R. Bilson's unpublished story "Candid Camera Girl". It was released by Universal Pictures on November 4, 1938. A magazine photo-newswoman tried to make amends after exposing a lawyer and complication ensues when they fall in love. Plot Click Stewart is a magazine photographer. She is told by her editor Steve Conway to find an exclusive story for the magazine. Click discovers that a former lawyer William Reardon who disappeared several years before is now living on the street. When the story and her photos are published, William Reardon sued the magazine. Click decides to meet with William and asks him to dismiss the lawsuit. William explains to Click that he quit his law practice after convicting an innocent man and sending him to the electric chair. William agrees to drop the lawsuit when Click offers to find the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Of A Kind
Five of a kind may refer to: * Five of a kind (poker), a type of poker hand Film and television * ''Five of a Kind'', a 1938 American comedy film Television episodes * "Five of a Kind", Power Rangers in Space#ep284, ''Power Rangers in Space'' episode 34 (1998) * "Five of a Kind", Five of a Kind (Roseanne), ''Roseanne'', season 2, episode 6 (1989) See also * One of a Kind (other), One of a Kind * Two of a Kind (other), Two of a Kind * Three of a Kind (other), Three of a Kind * Four of a kind (other), Four of a kind {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flight To Fame
''Flight to Fame'' is a 1938 American action film directed by Charles C. Coleman. It stars Charles Farrell, Julie Bishop, and Hugh Sothern. Plot Cast * Charles Farrell as Capt. Robert Lawrence * Julie Bishop as Barbara Fiske (credited as Jacqueline Wells) * Hugh Sothern as Dr. Harlan Fiske * Alexander D'Arcy as Perez * Jason Robards Sr. as Muller (credited as Jason Robards) * Charles D. Brown as Maj. Loy * Addison Richards as Col. King * Frederick Burton as Gen. Darrow * Selmer Jackson as Jules Peabody * Reed Howes as Roy Curran * Dutch Hendrian as Sound Sergeant (uncredited) * Eddie Kane as Officer (uncredited) * Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart as Page Boy (uncredited) * James Millican as Pilot (uncredited) * Lee Prather as Officer (uncredited) * Edwin Stanley as Minor Role (uncredited) * Vernon Steele Vernon Steele (born Arturo Romeo Antonietti; 18 September 1882 – 23 July 1955) was a Chilean-born British actor known for his appearances on the Broadway stage and in American fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Out For Murder
Time is the continuous progression of existence that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to compare the duration of events (or the intervals between them), and to quantify rates of change of quantities in material reality or in the conscious experience. Time is often referred to as a fourth dimension, along with three spatial dimensions. Time is one of the seven fundamental physical quantities in both the International System of Units (SI) and International System of Quantities. The SI base unit of time is the second, which is defined by measuring the electronic transition frequency of caesium atoms. General relativity is the primary framework for understanding how spacetime works. Through advances in both theoretical and experimental investigations of spacetime, it has been shown that time can be distorted and dilated, particular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crowd Roars (1938 Film)
''The Crowd Roars'' is a 1938 American sports drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Taylor as a boxer who gets entangled in the seamier side of the sport. It was remade in 1947 as '' Killer McCoy'', featuring Mickey Rooney in the title role. This film was not a remake of the 1932 film of the same name starring James Cagney. The supporting cast for the 1938 version features Edward Arnold, Frank Morgan, Lionel Stander, and Jane Wyman. Plot Tommy McCoy becomes a boxer, not for love of the sport but for the money. He has to put up with his alcoholic, gambling father Brian. Just before his first major fight, Tommy learns that his opponent has been injured and has been replaced at the last minute by Tommy's good friend, former world champion Johnny, trying to make a comeback. During the bout, Tommy kills Johnny and is named "Killer McCoy" in the newspapers. He then comes under the control of powerful bookmaker Jim Cain. While training, Tommy meets and falls in lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barefoot Boy (film)
''Barefoot Boy'' is a 1938 American children's adventure film, directed by Karl Brown, and "suggested" by the poem of the same name by American writer John Greenleaf Whittier. Text from the original poem is recited after the titles. Plot Kenneth Hale, a pampered, snobbish young boy is sent by his father, John Hale, who has served time in prison for a crime he did not commit, down to the country farm of an old friend, Calvin Whittaker. The barefooted, honest and plucky Billy Whittaker, his girlfriend Julia Blaine, her older sister Pige, and punky Kenneth get involved with a "haunted" house and a gang of crooks, while Billy helps make a "better man" out of Kenneth. Cast * Jackie Moran as Billy Whittaker * Marcia Mae Jones as Pige Blaine * Bradley Metcalfe as Kenneth Hale * Johnnie Morris as Jeff Blaine * Marilyn Knowlden as Julia Blaine * Terry as herself * Ralph Morgan as John Hale * Claire Windsor as Valerie Hale * Helen MacKellar as Martha Whittaker * Matty Fain as Blake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shopworn Angel
''The Shopworn Angel'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by H. C. Potter and starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart and Walter Pidgeon. The MGM release featured the second screen pairing of Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart following their successful teaming in the Universal Pictures production '' Next Time We Love'' two years earlier. The screenplay by Waldo Salt is the third feature film adaptation of a Dana Burnet short story, "Private Pettigrew's Girl", originally published in the ''Saturday Evening Post'' in 1918. The first version was '' Pettigrew's Girl'', a silent film released in 1919, and the second was '' The Shopworn Angel'' (1928), a part-talkie released by Paramount Pictures starring Nancy Carroll, Gary Cooper, and Paul Lukas. Plot After the United States enters World War I in 1917, the limousine carrying Daisy Heath, a sophisticated Broadway musical theatre star, knocks down Bill Pettigrew, a naive young soldier from Texas. A policeman orders th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
