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Dayton Lummis
Dayton Lummis (August 8, 1903 – March 23, 1988) was an American film, television and theatre actor. He was perhaps best known for playing the role of General Douglas MacArthur in the 1955 film '' The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell''. Lummis died in March 1988 in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 84. Partial filmography *'' Red Planet Mars'' (1952) - Radio Commentator (uncredited) *'' The Winning Team'' (1952) - Graham McNamee (uncredited) *'' Breakdown'' (1952) - Prison Warden (uncredited) *''Les Misérables'' (1952) - Defense Lawyer (uncredited) *'' Something for the Birds'' (1952) - Speaker of the House (uncredited) *'' Operation Secret'' (1952) - French Radio Broadcaster (Voice, uncredited) *'' Bloodhounds of Broadway'' (1952) - Chairman (uncredited) *'' Because of You'' (1952) - Philip Arnold (uncredited) *'' Ruby Gentry'' (1952) - Ruby's Attorney (uncredited) *'' The Mississippi Gambler'' (1953) - John Sanford (uncredited) *'' Tangier Incident'' (1953) - Henry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summit, New Jersey
Summit is the northernmost City (New Jersey), city of Union County, New Jersey, Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located within the New York metropolitan area. Situated on a ridge in north Jersey, northern–central Jersey, central New Jersey, the city is located within the Raritan River, Raritan Valley and Rahway River, Rahway Valley regions, and also borders both Essex County, New Jersey, Essex and Morris County, New Jersey, Morris counties in the Passaic River, Passaic Valley region. Summit is a commercial hub and commuter town for New York City. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 22,719, an increase of 1,262 (+5.9%) from the 2010 United States census, 2010 census count of 21,457, which in turn reflected an increase of 326 (+1.5%) from the 21,131 counted in the 2000 United States census, 2000 census. Originally incorporated as Summit Township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 23, 1869, from portions of New Providence To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Because Of You (1952 Film)
''Because of You'' is a 1952 American drama romance film noir directed by Joseph Pevney and starred Loretta Young and Jeff Chandler. This film was surprising in that it showed a provocative "sexy side" of Miss Young, quite different from her usual dignified brunette "nice girl" part. In late 1954, Jeff Chandler said this was his favorite among the films he had made. Plot Christine Carroll is preparing to marry her boyfriend. She finds out too late that her fiancé Mike is a gangster and, once he slips stolen merchandise into her purse, she becomes his unwitting accessory. Though she goes to jail, she is innocent of the crime. Through the kindness of prison psychiatrist Dr. Breen, Christine turns her life around in prison, becoming a nurse's aide in the infirmary. Upon her release, Christine gets a job at a hospital, where she falls in love with wounded combat pilot Steve Kimberly, an architect from a good family. Christine's probation officer encourages her to tell him the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Venture
''China Venture'' is a 1953 American adventure war film directed by Don Siegel and starring Edmond O'Brien, Barry Sullivan and Jocelyn Brando. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The plot concerns an American patrol sent into South China during World War II to rescue an important prisoner held by Chinese guerrillas. Plot In 1945, during World War II, a Japanese admiral is severely injured in an airplane crash in a remote jungle. He possesses vital intelligence that may affect the course of the war. A joint American team of Marines and Navy personnel are deployed to locate the admiral and interrogate him before he dies from his wounds. The mission is plagued by both the Japanese occupiers and Chinese guerilla forces. Captain Matt Reardon and Commander Bert Thompson clash initially, but grow to respect one another before Thompson is murdered at the hands of Wu King. The Japanese prisoner is successfully delivered to a US submarine, and his interrogation reveals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Golden Blade
''The Golden Blade'' is a 1953 American adventure film directed by Nathan Juran and starring Rock Hudson as Harun Al-Rashid and Piper Laurie as Princess Khairuzan. It is set in ancient Bagdad and borrows from the Arabic fairy tales of ''One Thousand and One Nights'' as well as the myth of King Arthur and the Sword in the Stone. Plot During a raging desert battle between the cities of Basra and Baghdad, soldier Basran is fatally wounded. Before dying, Basran takes a medallion from his killer's neck and gives it to his son Harun, urging him to somehow end the senseless killings. Harun rides to Baghdad and meets shopkeeper Barcus. Harun strikes a deal in which, for ten dinars, he can pick any item in Barcus' shop. Under a pile of rags, he finds a magical golden sword that allows him to cut through solid metal. The sword will only manifest its powers when Harun wields it. Barcus warns him to be careful until they can translate the inscriptions on the blade. Meanwhile, Vizier Jafar u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All I Desire
''All I Desire'' is a 1953 American drama film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Lyle Bettger, Marcia Henderson, Lori Nelson, and Maureen O'Sullivan. It is based on Carol Ryrie Brink's 1951 novel ''Stopover''. Plot In about 1910, Naomi Murdoch, who has not been back to see her husband or children in the small town of Riverdale, Wisconsin, since she abandoned them at the turn of the 20th century to become a stage actress, is struggling near the bottom of the bill in a traveling vaudeville show. One day, she receives a letter from her daughter Lily, inviting her to come home to attend Lily's acting debut in the high school senior play. A fellow vaudeville actress convinces Naomi to return to her family and pretend to be the successful international stage actress she told them she has become. Naomi's arrival in Riverdale does not go unnoticed, and Clem, the town gossip, starts spreading the word. The first person he tells is Dutch Heineman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The President's Lady
''The President's Lady'' is a 1953 biopic by 20th Century Fox directed by Henry Levin. The screenplay by John Patrick was adapted from the eponymous 1951 novel by Irving Stone, based on the life of American president Andrew Jackson and his marriage to Rachel Donelson Robards. Sol C. Siegel produced the film with Levin as associate producer. The musical score is by Alfred Newman and the cinematography by Leo Tover. The film stars Susan Hayward and Charlton Heston with John McIntire and Fay Bainter. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, Leland Fuller and Paul S. Fox and for Best Costume Design: Charles LeMaire and Renié. Andrew Jackson IV, a great-grandson of Andrew Jackson, lived in Los Angeles and played a U.S. Senator in the background of an inauguration scene. Charlton Heston played Andrew Jackson once again in '' The Buccaneer'' (1958). Plot In 1789, Rachel Donelson Robards meets Tennessee's attorney general, Andrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Caesar (1953 Film)
''Julius Caesar'' (billed on-screen as ''William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar'') is a 1953 American film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play ''Julius Caesar'', directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by John Houseman for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It stars Marlon Brando as Mark Antony, James Mason as Marcus Junius Brutus, Louis Calhern as Julius Caesar, John Gielgud as Gaius Cassius Longinus, Edmond O'Brien as Publius Servilius Casca, Greer Garson as Calpurnia, and Deborah Kerr as Portia. It opened to positive reviews, and was nominated in five categories at the 26th Academy Awards (including Best Picture and Best Actor for Brando), winning Best Art Direction - Black-and-White. Brando and Gielgud both won BAFTA Awards, Brando for Best Foreign Actor and Gielgud for Best British Actor. Plot It is a largely-faithful adaptation of Shakespeare's play, with no significant cuts or alterations to the original text. The only notable exception is the Messenger's text reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Sinister
''Port Sinister'' (a.k.a., ''Beast of Paradise Isle'' in the UK) is an American independently made black-and-white adventure science fiction film produced by Jack Pollexfen and Albert Zugsmith and directed by Harold Daniels. It was released in 1953. The film was written by Jack Pollexfen and Aubrey Wisberg and stars James Warren, Lynne Roberts, and Paul Cavanagh. ''Port Sinister'' was theatrically distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. The film's storyline involves the 17th-century Caribbean city Port Royal in the mid-20th century. The city sunk beneath the waves due to a 1907 earthquake. A scientist believes that portions of the city will soon resurface due to volcanic activity. Thugs attack him and steal his research material, eager to search for rumored pirate gold in the city. Two different groups of treasure hunters fight over the treasure in the city's ruins, before being attacked by giant crabs. Everyone involved then tries to flee a volcanic eruption. Plot The sunke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spokane, Washington
Spokane ( ) is the most populous city in eastern Washington and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It lies along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south of the Canada–United States border, Canadian border, west of the Washington–Idaho border, and east of Seattle, along Interstate 90 in Washington, Interstate 90. Spokane is the economic and cultural center of the Spokane metropolitan area, the Spokane–Coeur d'Alene combined statistical area, and the Inland Northwest. It is known as the birthplace of Father's Day (United States), Father's Day, and locally by the nickname of "Lilac City". Officially, Spokane goes by the nickname of ''Hooptown USA'', due to Spokane's annual hosting of the Spokane Hoopfest, the world's largest basketball tournament. The city and the wider Inland Northwest area are served by Spokane International Airport, west of Downtown Spokane, which is located near a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spokesman-Review
''The Spokesman-Review'' is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Spokane, Washington, the city's sole remaining daily publication. It has the third-highest readership among daily newspapers in the state, with most of its readership base in eastern Washington and northern Idaho. History ''The Spokesman-Review'' was formed from the merger of the ''Spokane Falls Review'' (1883–1894) and the ''Spokesman'' (1890–1893) in 1893 and first published under the present name on June 29, 1894. The ''Spokane Falls Review'' was a joint venture between local businessman, A.M. Cannon and Henry Pittock and Harvey W. Scott of '' The Oregonian''. ''The Spokesman-Review'' later absorbed its competing sister publication, the afternoon '' Spokane Daily Chronicle''. Long co-owned, the two combined their sports departments in late 1981 and news staffs in early 1983. The middle name "Daily" was dropped in January 1982, and its final edition was printed on Friday, July 31, 1992. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man In The Dark
''Man in the Dark'' is a 1953 film noir drama 3-D film directed by Lew Landers and starring Edmond O'Brien, Audrey Totter and Ted de Corsia. It is a remake of the 1936 Ralph Bellamy film '' The Man Who Lived Twice''. It was the first Columbia Pictures film released in 3-D. Plot Steve Rawley is serving a 10-year prison sentence for a Christmas Eve factory robbery that netted $130,000 which he hid somewhere. He agrees to experimental brain surgery which is meant to remove the 'criminal element' from him. He is paroled into the custody of Dr. Marsden, who performs this operation. Insurance investigator Jawald, having learned about this situation from a police acquaintance, visits Marsden. Jawald is determined to find out from Steve where the money is hidden, but the doctor informs him that, if the surgery is successful, Steve will have amnesia; he will know nothing about his past, and will believe he lost his memory in a car accident. After a polygraph and other tests, Marsden is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
