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Elizabeth Harrower (actress)
Elizabeth Louise Harrower (May 28, 1918 – December 10, 2003) was an American actress and television writer. Early years Harrower was born during World War I in Alameda, California, during the Great Influenza, great flu epidemic. Career Harrower went on to find success in television, including ten appearances on ''Dennis the Menace (1959 TV series), Dennis the Menace'' (mostly as Dennis' teacher, Miss Perkins), four appearances on ''Perry Mason (1957 TV series), Perry Mason'' (The Case of the Waylaid Wolf, The Case of the Lurid Letter), and two appearances on ''Gunsmoke'' as Mrs. O'Roarke, among many other shows up until 1974. She made her film debut in ''Becky Sharp (film), Becky Sharp'' (1935). She also appeared in other movies, including 1969's ''True Grit (1969 film), True Grit'' and ''The Sterile Cuckoo''. In the late 1970s, she served as head writer for the daytime soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'', where her daughter Susan was a cast member. She also wrote for ''The ... [...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] |
Pico-Union, Los Angeles
Pico-Union is a neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, California. The name "Pico-Union" refers to the neighborhood that surrounds the intersection of Pico Boulevard and Union Avenue. Located immediately west of Downtown Los Angeles, it is home to over 40,000 residents. The neighborhood contains two historic districts, both listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It has five public schools as well as a public library. Geography Google Maps Google Maps draws the following boundaries for Pico-Union: Olympic Boulevard on the north, the Harbor Freeway on the east, the Santa Monica Freeway on the south and Hoover St. on the west. Mapping L.A. Project According to the ''Los Angeles Times Mapping L.A. project, Pico-Union is bounded by Olympic Boulevard on the north, the Harbor Freeway on the east, the Santa Monica Freeway on the south and Normandie Avenue on the west. It also includes the California Highway Patrol station beneath the Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Memorial I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zebra In The Kitchen
''Zebra in the Kitchen'' is a 1965 American children's film produced and directed by Ivan Tors and starring Jay North in his first leading feature-film role. It also stars Martin Milner and Andy Devine, with costars Joyce Meadows and Jim Davis. The film tells the story of a boy who, when forced to give his pet mountain lion to the local zoo, becomes upset at the living conditions of the animals there and attempts to free them. Originally released by MGM as a children's matinee feature, the film has subsequently been released on home video by Warner Bros.' family-entertainment division. Plot In a frame story, Branch Hawksbill, assistant director of a city zoo, is visited by a father and son who have a bear cub they found during a camping trip. The father tries to convince his son, Tim, that the bear should be donated to the zoo. Tim refuses, equating the zoo to a prison. Branch proceeds to tell Tim about another boy who faced a similar decision. Chris Carlyle lives in the countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wild Westerners
''The Wild Westerners'' is a 1962 American Western film directed by Oscar Rudolph and starring James Philbrook, Nancy Kovack, Duane Eddy and Guy Mitchell.WILD WESTERNERS, The Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 29, Iss. 336, (Jan 1, 1962): 158. Plot A U.S. marshal investigates when a sheriff named Plummer is suspected of involvement in a string of robberies. It becomes personal when the marshal's wife is taken captive by the outlaws. Cast * James Philbrook as Marshal Jim McDowell * Nancy Kovack as Rose Sharon * Duane Eddy as Deputy Marshal Clint Fallon * Guy Mitchell as Deputy Johnny Silver * Hugh Sanders as Chief Marshal Reuben Bernard * Elizabeth MacRae as Crystal Plummer * Marshall Reed as Sheriff Plummer * Nestor Paiva as Governor John Bullard * Harry Lauter as Jud Gotch * Bob Steele as Deputy Marshal Casey Bannen * Lisa Burkett as Yellow Moon * Terry Frost as Ashley Cartwright * Hans Wedemeyer as Wasna * Don Harvey as Hanna * Elizabeth Harrower as Martha Bernard S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Knock The Twist
''Don't Knock the Twist'' is a 1962 comedy musical film starring Lang Jeffries, directed by Oscar Rudolph and produced by Sam Katzman for release by Columbia Pictures. It is a sequel to the 1961 film '' Twist Around the Clock'', featuring musical artists including Chubby Checker. Plot summary A large group of twist dancers meet in preparation for a television variety show called ''The Twist''. While the program is still in its production stages, jealousy leads to problems. Cast * Chubby Checker as Chubby Checker * Gene Chandler as the Duke of Earl * Vic Dana as Vic Dana * Linda Scott as Linda Scott * The Dovells as the Dovells * Len Barry as Len Barry (of the Dovells) * Mike Dennis as Mike Dennis (of the Dovells) * Arnie Satin as Arnie Satin (of the Dovells) * Jerry Summers as Jerry Summers (of the Dovells) * The Carroll Brothers as the Carroll Brothers * Lang Jeffries as Ted Haver * Mari Blanchard as Dulcie Corbin * Georgine Darcy as Madge Albright * Stephen Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Women
''House of Women'' is a 1962 American crime drama directed by Crane Wilbur, starring Shirley Knight and Andrew Duggan. Walter Doniger, who was hired to direct the film, was fired and replaced by Wilbur 10 days into shooting. Plot Erica Hayden (Knight) is a young expectant mother wrongly implicated in a crime and sent to prison for five years. Erica learns that she must find a guardian for her daughter or her daughter will become a ward of the state. Frank Cole, the warden, becomes infatuated with Erica and effectively blocks her chances for parole. When another inmate's child dies, the woman becomes deranged. Erica prevents a tragedy and earns the right to be freed to be with her daughter, and Warden Cole's unethical methods come to light. Cast * Shirley Knight as Erica Hayden * Andrew Duggan as Warden Frank Cole * Constance Ford as Sophie Brice * Barbara Nichols as Candy Kane * Margaret Hayes as Zoe Stoughton * Jeanne Cooper as Helen Jennings * Virginia Gregg as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse (film)
''The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'' is a 1962 American drama film directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Glenn Ford, Ingrid Thulin, Charles Boyer, Lee J. Cobb, Paul Lukas, Yvette Mimieux, Karl Boehm and Paul Henreid. It is loosely based on the 1916 novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, which had been filmed in 1921 with Rudolph Valentino. Unlike the first film, it was a critical and commercial disaster, which contributed greatly to the financial problems of MGM. It was one of several very expensive films made by MGM in the early 1960s following the success of '' Ben-Hur''. Plot In 1936, Madariaga is the 80-year-old patriarch of a cattle ranch in Argentina. His two grandsons are Julio, whose father Marcelo is French, and Heinrich, whose father Karl is German. When Heinrich returns home from studying in Germany to reveal he has become a Nazi, Madariaga slaps him and predicts that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Conquest, War, Pestilence, and Death) will soon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Passed For White
''I Passed for White'' is a 1960 American drama film directed and adapted for the screen by Fred M. Wilcox from a novel of the same title by Reba Lee "as told to" Mary Hastings Bradley. The film stars Sonya Wilde and James Franciscus and features Jimmy Lydon, Patricia Michon, and Isabel Cooley. It was released by Allied Artists on March 18, 1960. Plot Bernice Lee ( Sonya Wilde) is a young woman of mixed African and European ancestry, living in Chicago with her family, and she is mistaken for a fully white woman by a white man, who tries to hit on her repeatedly. Her brother, more obviously of mixed heritage, fights off the man. Bernice's grandmother consoles her when she confides her troubles. After a failed attempt at looking for employment as a black woman, she decides to leave town. She begins to use the name Lila Brownell and live as a white woman. On the plane to New York City, she meets and eventually marries the man of her dreams – Rick Leyton (James Franciscus) � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The FBI Story
''The FBI Story'' is a 1959 American crime drama film starring James Stewart, and produced and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The screenplay by Richard L. Breen and John Twist is based on a book by Don Whitehead. Plot John Michael ("Chip") Hardesty is delivering a lecture to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He begins to recount his history as an agent of the bureau, which is shown as a series of flashbacks. In May 1924, Hardesty was working as a government clerk for the nascent FBI in Knoxville, Tennessee. He proposes to his sweetheart, librarian Lucy Ann Ballard. She thinks that Hardesty's potential is being wasted by the FBI and wants him to start practicing law. They marry with this idea in mind. Hardesty is inspired to stay with the bureau after hearing a speech from its new director, J. Edgar Hoover. Lucy Ann reveals that she is pregnant; she persuades Hardesty to stay in the bureau for another year. Hardesty is sent to the South to investigate the Ku Klux Kl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Capone (film)
''Al Capone'' is a 1959 biographical crime drama film directed by Richard Wilson, written by Malvin Wald and Henry F. Greenberg and released by Allied Artists. It stars Rod Steiger as Al Capone. The finished film was noted for its deglamorized portrayal of Capone. Plot Chicago, 1919: A young Al Capone arrives to work for mob boss Johnny Torrio. He meets Torrio's top man, "Big Jim" Colosimo, who runs business and politics in the First Ward while secretly on Torrio's payroll. Prohibition is enacted a year later, causing Torrio and other gangsters like Dean O'Banion, George "Bugs" Moran and Earl "Hymie" Weiss to compete for profits in bootleg liquor and beer. Colosimo is too old and comfortable to desire the new liquor racket, so Capone convinces Torrio to allow Colosimo's assassination, making Torrio kingpin. A reform mayor is elected, so Torrio and Capone change their base of operations to Cicero, a few miles away. Capone also has O'Banion killed and makes a play for Mau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjorie Morningstar (film)
''Marjorie Morningstar'' is a 1958 American drama film directed by Irving Rapper from a screenplay by Everett Freeman, based on the 1955 novel of the same name by Herman Wouk. The film tells a fictional coming-of-age story about a Jewish girl named Marjorie Morgenstern in New York City in the 1950s, chronicling her attempts to become an artist—exemplified through her relationship with the actor and playwright Noel Airman. The film stars Gene Kelly and Natalie Wood, with Claire Trevor, Ed Wynn, Everett Sloane, Martin Milner, and Carolyn Jones. The central conflict in the film revolves around the traditional models of social behavior and religious behavior expected by New York Jewish families in the 1950s, and Marjorie's desire to follow an unconventional path. The film is notable for its inclusion of Jewish religious scenes—including a Passover meal, a synagogue sequence, and Jewish icons in the Morgenstern house. These depictions were one of the first times Jewish rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teacher's Pet (1958 Film)
''Teacher's Pet'' is a 1958 American romantic comedy film directed by George Seaton, and starring Clark Gable, Doris Day, Gig Young, and Mamie Van Doren. Plot College journalism instructor Erica Stone asks Chronicle City Editor James Gannon to guest lecture to her night school class. Due to his strong opinions against women reporters, that journalism is best learned on the job, and that higher education is a waste of time, Jim turns down the invitation via a nasty letter to Erica. His managing editor, however, orders Jim to accept the assignment. Taking a seat at the back of class, Jim endures Erica's reading aloud his letter, mocking him as old-fashioned and irascible. He is not recognized. Offended, Jim decides to join the class as a student, posing as wallpaper salesman "Jim Gallagher", to show up Erica's "dilettante" opinions and methods. When he returns after registering, Jim insists he can catch up on the class assignment, dismissively adding that newspaper writing does ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
