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Convicted (1950 Film)
''Convicted'' is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Henry Levin and starring Glenn Ford and Broderick Crawford. It was the third Columbia Pictures film adaptation of the 1929 stage play ''The Criminal Code'' by Martin Flavin, following Howard Hawks's ''The Criminal Code'' (1931) and John Brahm's ''Penitentiary'' (1938). Plot Joe Hufford is arrested after a fistfight in which a man is killed. District attorney George Knowland knows that Hufford did not intend to kill the man and offers his attorney a viable line of defense, but the attorney refuses to listen and Hufford is convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to prison. Several years into Hufford's sentence, Knowland is appointed as the prison's new warden and gives Hufford a highly desirable job as his personal chauffeur, which mostly involves driving Knowland's pretty daughter Kay around town. Hufford dreams of a life with Kay, who has become his greatest advocate. Following a failed escape attempt by other inmates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Levin (film Director)
Henry Levin (5 June 1909 – 1 May 1980) was an American film director. He helmed over 50 feature films between 1944 and 1980, with his best known works including ''Jolson Sings Again'' (1949), ''Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film), Journey to the Center of the Earth'' (1959) and ''Where the Boys Are'' (1960). Biography Acting Levin began as an actor. He was on Broadway in ''Somewhere in France'' (1941) and appeared in summer stock in ''Cuckoos on the Hearth'' (1941). He worked for Brock Pemberton stage productions. Columbia Pictures Dialogue Director In May 1943 Levin signed a contract to work at Columbia Pictures. He was one of three stage director recruited by the studio – the others were William Castle and Leslie Urbach. Levin's job was to work with the younger Columbia actors. In April Levin was hired to work as dialogue director on ''The Clock Struck Twelve'' (later titled ''Passport to Suez'') with Warren William, one of the Lone Wolf (fictional detective), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Trade name, doing business as Columbia Pictures, is an American film Production company, production and Film distributor, distribution company that is the flagship unit of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Entertainment's Sony Pictures, which is one of the Major film studios, "Big Five" film studios and a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony, Sony Group Corporation. On June 19, 1918, brothers Jack Cohn, Jack and Harry Cohn and their business partner Joe Brandt founded the studio as CBC Film Sales Corporation, Cohn-Brandt-Cohn (CBC) Film Sales Corporation. It adopted the Columbia Pictures name on January 10, 1924 (operating as Columbia Pictures Corporation until December 23, 1968), went public two years later, and eventually began to use the image of Columbia (personification), Columbia, the female personification of the United States, as its logo. In its early years, Columbia was a minor player in Hollywood, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Kennedy (actor)
Douglas Richards Kennedy (September 14, 1915 – August 10, 1973) was an American actor who appeared in more than 190 films from 1935 to 1973. Early years Kennedy was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dion W. Kennedy. He served in the U. S. Army from 1940 to 1945. Career Kennedy was a character player and occasional leading man in Hollywood. Making his debut in 1935, he played a significant number of supporting roles and was able to secure contract-player status, first at Paramount Pictures and later at Warner Brothers. His acting career was interrupted by World War II service as a major in the Signal Corps with the Office of Strategic Services and Army Intelligence. After the military, he returned to films and played character roles, often western villains or territorial marshals, as well as isolated leads in low-budget pictures. Kennedy had a starring role in the series '' Steve Donovan, Western Marshal'', with Eddy Waller as his sidekick Rusty Lee. He was also one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry O'Neill
Henry O'Neill (August 10, 1891 – May 18, 1961) was an American actor known for playing gray-haired fathers, lawyers, and similarly dignified roles on film during the 1930s and 1940s. Early life Henry O'Neill was born in Orange, New Jersey on August 10, 1891 where he grew up before moving to Los Angeles, California. Career O'Neill began his acting career on the stage, after dropping out of college to join a traveling theater company. He served in the Navy in World War I, after which he worked at several jobs, including being an usher in a funeral home. Eventually, he returned to the stage. His Broadway debut came in ''The Spring'' (1921), and his final Broadway appearance was in ''Shooting Star'' (1933). He also acted with the Provincetown Players and the Celtic Players. In the early 1930s he began appearing in films, including ''The Big Shakedown'' (1934), the Western ''Santa Fe Trail'' (1940), the musical '' Anchors Aweigh'' (1945), '' The Green Years'' (1946), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Stewart (actor)
Martha Ruth Stewart Shelley ( Haworth; October 7, 1922 – February 17, 2021), better known as Martha Stewart, was an American actress. She was noted for playing Mildred Atkinson in '' In a Lonely Place'' (1950) alongside Humphrey Bogart. Early life Stewart was born in Bardwell, Kentucky, on October 7, 1922. Her family relocated to Brooklyn during her childhood. She attended New Utrecht High School, graduating in 1939. As a construction engineer, her father moved from one city to another when new projects arose, so that the family had "a relatively nomadic existence" during Stewart's younger days. Career Stewart's professional career began at age 16 when she was a swing singer at a club on 52nd Street in New York City for $35 per week. (She lied about her age to get the job.) That opportunity ended with an automobile accident that broke her nose and injured her face so badly that only after 10 weeks were doctors sure that she would not be permanently disfigured. Still wearing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solitary Confinement
Solitary confinement (also shortened to solitary) is a form of imprisonment in which an incarcerated person lives in a single Prison cell, cell with little or no contact with other people. It is a punitive tool used within the prison system to discipline or separate incarcerated individuals who are considered to be security risks to other incarcerated individuals or prison staff, as well as those who violate facility rules or are deemed disruptive. However, it can also be used as protective custody for incarcerated individuals whose safety is threatened by other prisoners. This is employed to separate them from the general prison population and prevent injury or death. A robust body of research has shown that solitary confinement has profound negative psychological, physical, and neurological effects on those who experience it, often lasting well beyond one's time in solitary. While corrections officials have stated that solitary confinement is a necessary tool for maintaining t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manslaughter
Manslaughter is a common law legal term for homicide considered by law as less culpable than murder. The distinction between murder and manslaughter is sometimes said to have first been made by the ancient Athenian lawmaker Draco in the 7th century BC. The definition of manslaughter differs among legal jurisdictions. Types Voluntary For voluntary manslaughter, the offender had intent to kill or seriously harm, but acted "in the moment" under circumstances that could cause a reasonable person to become emotionally or mentally disturbed. There are mitigating circumstances that reduce culpability, such as when the defendant kills only with an intent to cause serious bodily harm. Voluntary manslaughter in some jurisdictions is a lesser included offense of murder. The traditional mitigating factor was provocation; however, others have been added in various jurisdictions. The most common type of voluntary manslaughter occurs when a defendant is provoked to commit homicide. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penitentiary (1938 Film)
''Penitentiary'' is a 1938 American crime film directed by John Brahm starring Walter Connolly, John Howard, Jean Parker and Robert Barrat. It was the second Columbia Pictures film adaptation of the 1929 stage play ''The Criminal Code'' by Martin Flavin, after Howard Hawk's ''The Criminal Code'' (1931) and followed by Henry Levin's ''Convicted'' (1950). Plot William Jordan (Howard) is befriended by the man who sent him to prison on a manslaughter charge, former DA (District attorney) now prison warden Matthews (Connolly). In order to give Jordan the opportunity to rehabilitate himself Matthews allows him to work as chauffeur to his daughter Elizabeth (Parker), though he's a bit uncomfortable when Elizabeth falls in love with the young convict. All of this extra effort goes out the window when Jordan, adhering to the "criminal code" of never snitching on a fellow con, allows himself to be implicated in the murder of another convict. Jordan is saved from the death penalty by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Brahm
John Brahm (August 17, 1893 – October 12, 1982) was a German film and television director. His films include ''The Undying Monster'' (1942), ''The Lodger (1944 film), The Lodger'' (1944), ''Hangover Square (film), Hangover Square'' (1945), ''The Locket (1946 film), The Locket'' (1946), ''The Brasher Doubloon'' (1947), and the 3-D film, 3D horror film ''The Mad Magician'' (1954). Early life Brahm was born Hans Brahm in Hamburg, the son of actor Ludwig Brahm and his wife. His family was involved in theater; his paternal uncle was the theatrical impresario Otto Brahm. Career Brahm started his career in the theatre as an actor. After serving as an infantryman in the Imperial German Army on both the Western Front (World War I), Western and Eastern Front (World War I), Russian Fronts during World War I, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Criminal Code
''The Criminal Code'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code Romance film, romantic Crime film, crime Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Walter Huston and Phillips Holmes. The screenplay, based on a 1929 play of the same name by Martin Flavin, was written by Fred Niblo Jr. and Seton I. Miller, who were nominated for Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Adaptation at the 4th Academy Awards but the award went to Howard Estabrook for Cimarron (1931 film), Cimarron. The film is the first of three film adaptations of the play released by Columbia Pictures. It was followed by ''Penitentiary (1938 film), Penitentiary'' (1938) and ''Convicted (1950 film), Convicted'' (1950). Plot Six years of hard labor in the prison jute mill has taken its toll on young Graham, convicted of manslaughter after a drunken brawl. The penitentiary's Physician, doctor and psychiatrist recommends that he be offered a change of duties before psych ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Hawks
Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896December 26, 1977) was an American film director, Film producer, producer, and screenwriter of the Classical Hollywood cinema, classic Hollywood era. Critic Leonard Maltin called him "the greatest American director who is not a household name." Roger Ebert called Hawks "one of the greatest American directors of pure movies, and a hero of Auteur Theory, auteur critics because he found his own laconic values in so many different kinds of genre material." He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for ''Sergeant York (film), Sergeant York'' (1941) and earned the Honorary Academy Award in 1974. A versatile director, Hawks explored many genres such as comedies, dramas, gangster films, science fiction, film noir, war films and Westerns. His most popular films include ''Scarface (1932 film), Scarface'' (1932), ''Bringing Up Baby'' (1938), ''Only Angels Have Wings'' (1939), ''His Girl Friday'' (1940), ''To Have and Have Not (film), To H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1929. Events *January 10 – ''The Adventures of Tintin'' begin with the first appearance of Hergé's Belgian comic book hero in ''Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (Les Aventures de Tintin, reporter..., au pays des Soviets)'', serialized in the children's newspaper supplement ''Le Petit Vingtième''. *February–August – Voltaire's ''Candide'' ( 1759) is held to be obscene by the United States Customs Service in Boston. *February – The first of Margery Allingham's crime novels to feature Albert Campion, '' The Crime at Black Dudley'' (U.S. title: ''The Black Dudley Murder''), is published in the UK. *March – Norah C. James's first novel, ''Sleeveless Errand'', is held to be obscene on publication in London, for its portrayal of the city's bohemian life. An edition appears later in Paris from Jack Kahane's Obelisk Press. *April 1 – The Faber and Faber publishing company is founded in Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
