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Charles Russell (actor)
Charles Russell (March 31, 1918 – January 18, 1985) was an American movie and radio actor who appeared in 17 movies between 1943 and 1950. He was also a television producer who worked in Hollywood and Australia. Acting career Born in New York City, Russell made his debut in an uncredited part as a ball player in ''Ladies' Day'' (1943). His last film was ''Chinatown at Midnight'' (1949). He originated the role of insurance investigator Johnny Dollar in the CBS Radio series ''Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar'' in 1949, playing the role until being replaced by Edmond O'Brien in 1950. Russell married fellow 20th Century-Fox contract player Nancy Guild in 1947, and they had one child, a daughter, Elizabeth, in 1949. They divorced in 1950. Producer Russell moved into television producing working on shows such as ''The Untouchables'' and ''Naked City''. He worked for a number of years in Australia at the ABC. John Cameron, head of drama at the ABC in the 1970s, said Russell "was a man of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Anderson (actress, Born 1918)
Mary Bebe Anderson (April 3, 1918 – April 6, 2014) was an American actress, who appeared in 31 films and 22 television productions between 1939 and 1965. She was best known for her small supporting role in the film ''Gone with the Wind (film), Gone With the Wind'' as well as one of the main characters in Alfred Hitchcock's 1944 film ''Lifeboat (1944 film), Lifeboat''. Early life Anderson's younger brother James Anderson (American actor), James Anderson (1921–1969) was also an actor, best known as List of To Kill a Mockingbird characters#Bob Ewell, Bob Ewell in ''To Kill a Mockingbird (film), To Kill a Mockingbird'' (1962). They appeared in one film together, 1951's ''Hunt the Man Down''. Career After two uncredited roles, she made her first important screen appearance in ''Gone with the Wind (film), Gone With the Wind'' (1939). After auditioning as one of the 1,400 actresses involved in the Scarlett O'Hara#Searching for Scarlett, search for Scarlett, she received the supp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canon City (film)
''Canon City'' is a 1948 American film noir crime film written and directed by Crane Wilbur. The drama features Scott Brady, Jeff Corey, and Whit Bissell, along with prison warden Roy Best playing himself. The film takes its name from Canon City, Colorado. Plot This account of a violent prison break is a semi-documentary that opens with a newsreel-type tour of the prison. Led by Carl Schwartzmiller (Jeff Corey), 12 convicts plan their escape but prisoner Jim Sherbondy ( Scott Brady) is reluctant to go along with the group. Cast * Scott Brady as Sherbondy * Jeff Corey as Schwartzmiller * Whit Bissell as Heilman * Stanley Clements as New * Charles Russell as Tolley * DeForest Kelley as Smalley * Ralph Byrd as Officer Gray * Mabel Paige as Mrs. Oliver * Roy Best as himself (as Warden Roy Best) * Virginia Mullen as Mrs. Smith Background The film is based on a prison break that occurred at the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility at Canon City, Colorado, on 30 Dece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Games For Parents And Other Children
''Games for Parents and Other Children'' is a 1975 Australian TV movie.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p66 Premise Two boys, Joe and Howie, discover their mother Maggie having an affair and run away to join the circus. Cast * John Clayton * Colleen Fitzpatrick * Vincent Ball * Garry McDonald * Melissa Jaffer Melissa Jaffer (born 1 December 1936) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her stage and television roles, but has also appeared in many films. Career Jaffer started her career in theatre productions in the mid 1950s, and has made m ... References External links * 1975 television films 1975 films Australian drama television films 1970s English-language films 1970s Australian films {{1970s-Australia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Little Australians (TV Series)
''Seven Little Australians'' was a 10-part TV series that aired on ABC Television (Australian TV network), ABC Television in 1973. The mini-series was based on Ethel Turner's best-selling novel, ''Seven Little Australians''. The series was largely faithful to the book; differences include the fact that Judy was thin and waiflike in the book, she is more solidly built in the series. Meg's hair was long and dark, but in the book her hair is long and blonde. Premise Captain Woolcot is a widower with seven children. He marries again and his new wife takes on all the trials of bringing up seven spirited children. Cast Production The project had been in development at the ABC for a number of years. Head of television drama, John Cameron, praised the contribution of American Charles Russell in working on the script. Cameron wrote, "For the adaptation to work, Charles insisted that the story had to be built around the father and his inability to express his deep love for his children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Survivor (Keneally Novel)
''The Survivor'' is a 1969 novel by Australian author Thomas Keneally. Premise Alec Ramsey talks about a mission to Antarctica in the 1920s of which he was a survivor. He feels guilt over the death of the expedition leader, Leeming. Ramsey had an affair with Leeming's wife and is torn with guilt over it. Background The book was originally called ''On Ice''. Keneally's research included travelling to Antarctica on a US Navy ship. It was also based on his experience of being a university lecturer in Armidale. The book was dedicated to W. H. Crook. Reception ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' called it "this rich, indigestible plumb of a book." ''The Canberra Times'' said "the book is immensely entertaining. It has a pleasantly intriguing story to tell, with plenty of suspense and much highly diverting academic comedy." Awards and nominations Captain Cook Bicentenary Awards, Novel Section, 1970: joint winner with Barry Oakley's ''Let's Hear it for Predergast''. Reviews "Souther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devlin (TV Play)
Devlin may refer to: * Devlin (surname) * Devlin (given name) * Devlin (rapper), a British rapper * ''Devlin'' (TV series), a 1974 animated TV series by Hanna-Barbera * ''Devlin'', a 1988 novel by Roderick Thorp * ''The Devil and Max Devlin ''The Devil and Max Devlin'' is a 1981 American fantasy–comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions, directed by Steven Hilliard Stern and starring Elliott Gould, Bill Cosby and Susan Anspach. The film was considered to be controversial ...'', a 1981 American film starring Elliott Gould and Bill Cosby * Devlin, a character in Harold Pinter's 1996 play ''Ashes to Ashes'' * ''Devlin'' (album), a compilation album by American guitarist Tony Rice, released in 1987 * Devlin (Lord) See also * * {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judd For The Defense
''Judd, for the Defense'' is an American legal drama originally broadcast on the ABC network on Friday nights from September 8, 1967, to March 21, 1969. Judd was a shortened surname from Juddinski. Synopsis The show stars Carl Betz, who had previously spent eight years in the role of Dr. Alex Stone, husband of Donna Reed in ABC's ''The Donna Reed Show''. In his new role, reportedly based on high-profile lawyers such as F. Lee Bailey and Percy Foreman, Betz played Clinton Judd, a flamboyant attorney based in Houston, who often took on controversial cases across the country. Playing his top assistant Ben Caldwell was Stephen Young. Foreman threatened a lawsuit before the show premiered by saying that the program was "appropriating for commercial purposes my career as a lawyer." Throughout the course of the show's two-year run, there were never enough viewers to establish Foreman's claim, although critics gave it positive reviews. Undoubtedly, the skittishness of viewers was a res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naked City (TV Series)
''Naked City'' is an American police procedural television series from Screen Gems that aired on ABC from 1958 to 1963. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture '' The Naked City'' and mimics its dramatic "semi-documentary" format. As in the film, each episode concluded with a narrator intoning the iconic line: "There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them." The ''Naked City'' episode "Four Sweet Corners" (1959) inspired the series '' Route 66'', created by Stirling Silliphant. ''Route 66'' was broadcast by CBS from 1960 to 1964, and, like ''Naked City'', followed the "semi-anthology" format of building the stories around the guest actors, rather than the regular cast. In 1997, the episode "Sweet Prince of Delancey Street" (1961) was ranked number 93 on ''TV Guide'' " 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time" list. Synopsis Filmed on location in New York City, the series concerned the detectives of NYPD's 65th Precinct (changed from the film's 10th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, airing on CBS and NBC, alternately, between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Between 1962 and 1965, it was renamed ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour''. Hitchcock himself directed only 17 episodes during its run. By the time the show premiered on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades. In the 21st century, ''Time'' magazine named ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' as one of "The 100 Best TV Shows of All Time". The Writers Guild of America ranked it #79 on their list of the 101 Best-Written TV Series, tying it with ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'', '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. In 2021, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it 18th on its list of 30 Best Horror TV Shows of All Time. History ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' is well known for its title sequence. The camera fades in on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breakthrough (1950 Film)
Breakthrough or break through may refer to: Arts Books * ''Break Through'' (book), a 2007 book about environmentalism by Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger * ''Break Through'' (play), a 2011 episodic play portraying scenes from LGBT life * '' The Breakthrough: Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer'', a 2018 book by Charles Graeber * '' The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama'', a 2009 book by journalist Gwen Ifill * "The Breakthrough" (story), a 1971 short story by Daphne du Maurier Film and television * Break-through (1944 film), a Canadian documentary film * ''Breakthrough'' (1950 film), an American war film featuring John Agar * ''Breakthrough'' (1986 film), a Soviet disaster film * ''Breakthrough'' (1979 film), a West German war film, sequel to ''Cross of Iron'' * '' Break Through!'', a 2005 Japanese film directed by Kazuyuki Izutsu * Break-through (2006 film), a Russian drama film * ''Breakthrough'' (2019 film), an American Christian film * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinatown At Midnight
''Chinatown at Midnight'' is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Seymour Friedman and starring Hurd Hatfield, Jean Willes and Tom Powers. Plot After a jade vase is mentioned to him by Lisa Marcel, an interior designer, Clifford Ward steals it from a Chinatown shop. He shoots and kills shopkeeper Joe Wong, who triggered the burglar alarm, and when employee Betty Chang telephones for help, Ward shoots her as well. Ward, fluent in Chinese, speaks to the police on the phone. Telephone operator Hazel Fong becomes the only hope police have of identifying the voice. Lisa sees a photo of the stolen vase in the newspaper and immediately suspects Ward, who then adds her to his murder victims. When he falls ill and phones a neighborhood pharmacy, the call is once again placed by Hazel, who recognizes his voice. Ward attempts to flee, but the police gun him down. Cast * Hurd Hatfield as Clifford Ward * Jean Willes as Alice * Tom Powers as Capt. Howard Brown * Ray Walker as S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Ryan, Detective
''Mary Ryan, Detective'' is a 1949 American crime drama, directed by Abby Berlin, which stars Marsha Hunt, John Litel, and June Vincent. Plot Two female thieves exploit the naivety of one's young daughter to steal valuables from jewelry stores. Detective Mary Ryan discovers this criminal ruse. The two thieves are then arrested and incarcerated. At the suggestion of her superiors, Detective Ryan is trained as a pickpocket and thief. She is then ordered to go undercover. She poses as a hardened thief and is then assigned to the same jail cell as one of the thieves. In time, Ryan discovers the network of fences the two criminal women relied on, thus becoming involved inside an intricate and risky chain of events that nearly leads to her own demise. Cast * Marsha Hunt as Mary Ryan, also known as Mae Smith * John Litel as Captain Billings * June Vincent as Estelle Byron * Harry Shannon as Sawyer * Wm. "Bill" Phillips as Joey Gurney * Katherine Warren as Mrs. Sawyer * Victoria Horne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
