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Charles O'Neal
Charles Eldridge O'Neal (January 6, 1904 – August 29, 1996) was an American film and television screenwriter and novelist. Life and career Charles Eldridge O'Neal was born in Raeford, North Carolina, the son of Elizabeth Maude (née Belton) of English descent, and Charles Samuel O'Neal of Irish descent. He attended the University of Iowa, then moved to San Diego, where he joined an acting troupe that included his future wife, Patricia O'Callaghan. After publishing a short story in ''Esquire'', he decided to forgo performing and turned to screenwriting mostly B-movies, among them ''The Seventh Victim'', ''Cry of the Werewolf'', ''The Missing Juror'', ''I Love a Mystery'', ''Montana'', and '' Golden Girl''. O'Neal's television credits include ''The 20th Century Fox Hour'' and ''The Untouchables''. Together with Abe Burrows, O'Neal adapted his 1949 novel ''The Three Wishes of Jamie McRuin'' for the short-lived 1952 musical '' Three Wishes for Jamie''. The production ran on Broad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raeford, North Carolina
Raeford is a city in Hoke County, North Carolina, United States. Its population was 4,559 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Hoke County. History John McRae and A.A. Williford operated a turpentine distillery and general store, respectively. Each took a syllable from his name and came up with the name Raeford for the post office they established. The McRae family, who lived at the "ford of the creek", was at one time made up primarily of old Highland Scot families. Likewise, the Upper Cape Fear Valley of North Carolina was, in the 18th and 19th centuries, the largest settlement of Gaelic-speaking Highland Scots in North America. Today, many of these old families continue to live in the area, though their presence is noticeably diminished by the great numbers of newcomers to the area as a result of Fort Bragg. Since World War II, many Lumbee Indian families have moved northward from Robeson County and now constitute a significant element of the population that is oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Love A Mystery (film)
''I Love a Mystery'' is a 1945 American mystery film directed by Henry Levin and starring Jim Bannon, Nina Foch, George Macready, and Barton Yarborough. Based on Carlton E. Morse's popular radio serial of the same name, ''I Love a Mystery'' was the first of three Columbia "B" pictures inspired by the radio series and the only one actually based on a script written by Morse for the radio series. ''The Devil's Mask'' and '' The Unknown'' followed in 1946. Plot Two private detectives, Jim Packard (Jim Bannon) and Doc Long (Barton Yarborough), make the uneasy acquaintance of Jefferson Monk (George Macready) at a nightclub. When a flaming dessert is nearly spilled onto the trio, Monk reveals it was meant for him. He explains that, according to a prophecy, he is to die in three days. Upon learning their profession, Monk hires the two for protection, particularly from a hideous, peg-legged horror who stalks the streets, toting a valise, supposedly to use in transporting Monk's severed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil's Mask
''The Devil's Mask'' is a 1946 American crime film directed by Henry Levin and starring Anita Louise, Jim Bannon and Michael Duane.The film was the second of three B pictures based on the popular radio series '' I Love a Mystery''. As well as its crime theme, the film also incorporates elements of horror. It was preceded by '' I Love a Mystery'', and followed by '' The Unknown''. Plot Two private detectives are asked to go to a museum to meet a woman who claims she is about to be murdered by her stepdaughter. The case becomes linked to a plane crash, a shrunken head just sent to the museum, and a scientist who disappeared during an expedition to South America. Cast * Anita Louise as Janet Mitchell * Jim Bannon as Jack Packard * Michael Duane as Rex Kennedy * Mona Barrie as Louise Mitchell * Barton Yarborough as Doc Long * Ludwig Donath as Dr. Karger * Paul E. Burns as Leon Hartman * Frank Wilcox as Prof. Arthur Logan * Bud Averill as Museum Guard * Edward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unknown (1946 Film)
''The Unknown'' is a 1946 American mystery film directed by Henry Levin made by Columbia Pictures as the third and final part of its ''I Love a Mystery'' series based on the popular radio program. The previous films were ''I Love a Mystery'' (1945) and ''The Devil's Mask'' (1946). The film is a loose adaptation of the I Love a Mystery radio episode ''Faith, Hope, and Charity, Sisters'', which was remade in a later version of the radio series, in '49, as ''The Thing That Cries in the Night'', starring Russell Thorson, Jim Boles, and Tony Randall as the private detectives, and Mercedes MacCambridge as the stewardess and Cherry (Charity). It is also known as ''The Coffin''. Plot Cast Critical reception ''TV Guide TV Guide is an American digital media In mass communication, digital media is any media (communication), communication media that operates in conjunction with various encoded machine-readable data formats. Digital content can be created, vi ...'' gave the fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Falcon's Alibi
''The Falcon's Alibi'' is a 1946 American mystery film directed by Ray McCarey and starring Tom Conway, Rita Corday and Vince Barnett. It was the ninth film featuring Conway as The Falcon. After the following film, '' The Falcon's Adventure'', the series was ended due to declining popularity.Mayer p.140 Plot After attending a birthday party for the wealthy Gloria Peabody, The Falcon is employed by her secretary to find some missing jewels which she fears she will be blamed for. Before long, a man is murdered, bringing unwelcome police involvement in the case. Cast * Tom Conway as Tom Lawrence * Rita Corday as Joan Meredith * Vince Barnett as Goldie Locke * Jane Greer as Lola Carpenter * Elisha Cook Jr. as Nick * Emory Parnell as Metcalf * Al Bridge as Police Inspector Blake * Esther Howard as Gloria Peabody * Jean Brooks as Baroness Lena * Paul Brooks as Alex Olmsted * Jason Robards Sr. as Harvey Beaumont * Morgan Wallace Morgan Wallace (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The American Film Institute Catalog Of Motion Pictures
The ''AFI Catalog of Feature Films'', also known as the ''AFI Catalog'', is an ongoing project by the American Film Institute (AFI) to catalog all commercially-made and theatrically exhibited American motion pictures from the birth of cinema in 1893 to the present. It began as a series of hardcover books known as ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures'', and subsequently became an exclusively online film database. Each entry in the catalog typically includes the film's title, physical description, production and distribution companies, production and release dates, cast and production credits, a plot summary, song titles, and notes on the film's history. The films are indexed by personal credits, production and distribution companies, year of release, and major and minor plot subjects. To qualify for the "Feature Films" volumes, a film must have been commercially produced either on American soil or by an American company. In accordance with the Internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senses Of Cinema
''Senses of Cinema'' is a quarterly online film magazine founded in 1999 by filmmaker Bill Mousoulis. Based in Melbourne, Australia, ''Senses of Cinema'' publishes work by film critics from all over the world, including critical essays, career overviews of the works of key directors, and coverage of many international festivals. Its contributors have included Raphaël Bassan, Salvador Carrasco, Barbara Creed, Wheeler Winston Dixon, David Ehrenstein, Thomas Elsaesser, Valie Export, Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, Dušan Makavejev, Edgar Morin, Joseph Natoli, Murray Pomerance, Berenice Reynaud, Jonathan Rosenbaum, David Sanjek, Sally Shafto, David Sterritt, Robert Dassanowsky, and Viviane Vagh. The magazine's current editors are Amanda Barbour, Tara Judah, Abel Muñoz-Hénonin and Fiona Villella. Format Every issue of ''Senses of Cinema'' follows roughly the same format: about a dozen "featured articles," often related to a unifying theme, a special dossier often devot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Brady (writer)
Frank Brady (born March 15, 1934, in Brooklyn, New York), is an American writer, editor, biographer and educator. Former chairman of the Department of Mass Communications, Journalism, Television and Film at St. John's University, New York, he is founding editor of ''Chess Life'' magazine. Biography Brady was chairman of the Department of Mass Communications, Journalism, Television and Film at St. John's University, New York. He was professor of communication arts and journalism at that university. He was also an adjunct professor of journalism for many years at Barnard College of Columbia University. He has a Bachelor of Science, State University of New York at Albany; Master of Fine Arts, Columbia University; Master of Arts, Ph.D., New York University. In 1960, Brady was the founding editor of ''Chess Life'' as a magazine. (Previously, it had been a newspaper). He was later editor of ''Chessworld Magazine'' and he still later worked as an editor for Ralph Ginzburg and Hugh He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hearts Of Age
''The Hearts of Age'' is an early film made by Orson Welles. The film is an eight-minute short that he co-directed with friend William Vance in 1934. The film stars Welles's first wife, Virginia Nicolson, and Welles himself. He made the film at his former school, the Todd School for Boys in Woodstock, Illinois, at the age of 19. Plot An elderly woman sits on a bell as it rocks back and forth, while a servant in blackface pulls at a rope. A dandified gentleman appears at the top of a stairway and doffs his hat to the lady; he smiles and courts her attention. She does not respond, but the servant hangs himself. The scene changes to a darkened interior: the gentleman sits at a grand piano and plays, but something is wrong. He opens the piano's lid and finds the woman lying inside, dead. He leafs through a number of tombstone-shaped cards with different inscriptions - "Sleeping", "At Rest", "With The Lord" - and finally chooses one that says "The End". Cast *Orson Welles as Dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abe Burrows
Abe Burrows (born Abram Solman Borowitz; December 18, 1910 – May 17, 1985) was an American writer, composer, humorist, director for radio and the stage, and librettist for Broadway musicals. His versatile career in radio, Broadway, and television spanned many decades. He is best known for co-writing the book to the award-winning musicals '' Guys and Dolls'' and '' How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying''. Early years Born Abram Solman Borowitz in New York City, Burrows graduated from New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn and later attended City College and New York University. While at NYU, he began working as a runner on Wall Street. Eventually he quit college and devoted himself full time to Wall Street where he remained five years in a variety of clerical jobs. Throughout most of the 1930s, Burrows struggled to earn a living. He worked in an accounting firm, sold maple syrup, and took a job in his father's wallpaper-and-paint business. His entry into the entertainme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Untouchables (1959 TV Series)
''The Untouchables'' is an American crime drama produced by Desilu Productions that ran from 1959 to 1963 on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network. Based on the The Untouchables (1957 book), memoir of the same name by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley, it fictionalizes the experiences of Ness as a Bureau of Prohibition, Prohibition agent fighting crime in Chicago in the 1930s with the help of a special team of agents handpicked for their courage, moral character and incorruptibility, nicknamed the Untouchables (law enforcement), the Untouchables. The book was later made into The Untouchables (film), a celebrated film in 1987 and a second, less-successful The Untouchables (1993 TV series), TV series in 1993. A dynamic, hard-hitting action drama and a landmark television crime series, ''The Untouchables'' won series star Robert Stack the Emmy Award for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Best Actor in a Dramatic Series in 1960. Series ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
