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Elmo Veron
Elmo Veron (September 17, 1903 – November 7, 1990) was an American film and television editor. He worked on nearly 50 different TV shows and films during his career. Which included some of Mickey Rooney's films from the early 1940s. He was nominated at the 10th Academy Awards in the category of Best Film Editing for his work on the film ''Captains Courageous''. Filmography *''Captains Courageous'' (1937) *'' Saratoga'' (1937) *''Thoroughbreds Don't Cry'' (1937) *'' Boys Town'' (1938) *''The Girl Downstairs'' (1938) *''Paradise for Three'' (1938) *''The Toy Wife'' (1938) *''Young Dr. Kildare'' (1938) *''Fast and Furious'' (1939) *'' Fast and Loose'' (1939) *'' Lady of the Tropics'' (1939) *''Lucky Night'' (1939) *''Nick Carter, Master Detective'' (1939) *'' Keeping Company'' (1940) *''The Mortal Storm'' (1940) *'' Third Finger, Left Hand'' (1940) *''Young Tom Edison'' (1940) *'' Andy Hardy's Private Secretary'' (1941) *'' Design for Scandal'' (1941) *'' I'll Wait for You'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Orleans
New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans . ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nueva Orleans) is a consolidated city-parish located along the in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 according to the 2020 U.S. census, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast And Loose (1939 Film)
''Fast and Loose'' is a 1939 American thriller film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell and Reginald Owen. It is a sequel to the 1938 film ''Fast Company'' and was followed the same year by ''Fast and Furious''. In each film, different actors played the crime-solving couple. Plot Rare booksellers Joel and Garda Sloane try to solve a murder, which hinges on a missing scrap of a William Shakespeare manuscript. Cast * Robert Montgomery as Joel Sloane * Rosalind Russell as Garda Sloane * Reginald Owen as Vincent Charlton * Ralph Morgan as Nicholas "Nick" Torrent * Etienne Girardot as Christopher Oates * Alan Dinehart as David Hilliard * Jo Ann Sayers as Christine Torrent * Joan Marsh as Bobby Neville * John Hubbard as Phil Sergeant * Tom Collins as Gerald Torrent * Sidney Blackmer as "Lucky" Nolan * Donald Douglas as Inspector Forbes * Ian Wolfe as Mr Wilkes * Mary Forbes as Mrs Torrent * Leonard Carey as Craddock, Mrs Torrent's butler Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Courtship Of Andy Hardy
''The Courtship of Andy Hardy'' is a 1942 film, part of the Andy Hardy series. It gave an early role to Donna Reed although Mickey Rooney had lobbied for his then-wife Ava Gardner to have her part. Within a few months of the film's release, she filed for divorce. This was the 12th entry in the long-running ''Andy Hardy'' series of sixteen. Plot When Carvel teenager and new tow truck-owner Andy Hardy is stopped by a policeman for driving without a license plate, a radio report implicates him in stealing the car he is towing. At home, Andy finds it hard to be cheerful, even though his mother Emily, his father, Judge James K. Hardy, and his aunt Milly are celebrating his sister Marian's return from New York. Marian thinks that Carvel is too unsophisticated for her and is annoyed by her family's worries that she is dating Jeff Willis, a local young man who is considered a "wolf." As the judge sits in his study, Andy comes in and tells him about the misunderstanding that led to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calling Dr
Calling may refer to: * Religious calling, a religious vocation * Effectual calling, a theological term * Vocation, or occupation * Audible animal communication, including mate calling and territorial threat sounds * Game call, a device that is used to mimic animal communication noises to attract or drive animals to a hunter Arts and entertainment * ''Calling'' (EP), a 2007 EP by Japanese band Unsraw * ''Calling'' (Kobukuro album), a 2009 album by Kobukuro * "Calling" (Geri Halliwell song), 2001 * "Calling" (Arashi song), 2013 * "Calling" (B'z song), 1997 * "Calling" (Taproot song), 2005 * "Calling" (Vamps song), 2017 * "Calling", a 2021 song by Rod Wave, from '' SoulFly'' * "Calling", a 2014 song by Pink Floyd, from '' The Endless River'' * " Calling (Lose My Mind)", a 2012 single by Sebastian Ingrosso and Alesso * ''Calling'' (video game), a 2009 horror video game for the Wii * "Calling", a song for the 2007 game '' The World Ends with You'' * "Calling", a 1986 song b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Begins For Andy Hardy
''Life Begins for Andy Hardy'' is a 1941 American comedy film and the 11th installment of the 16 popular Andy Hardy movies. Directed by George B. Seitz, ''Life Begins for Andy Hardy'' was also the last Andy Hardy movie to feature Judy Garland. Plot With high school behind him, Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) decides that as an adult, it's time to start living his life on his own. Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone) recommends that his son would go to college and study law, but Andy isn't sure that's what he wants to do so he heads off to New York City to find a job. With high spirits and a new car, he drives to New York City with his childhood friend Betsy Booth (Judy Garland). Andy soon meets there another young man who had just been fired as an "office boy" at a midtown firm. When Betsy rushes Andy there unannounced to apply for the vacancy, Betsy patiently circles the congested streets for hours waiting for him to come out. She eventually runs out of fuel, and Andy doe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'll Wait For You (film)
''I'll Wait for You'' is a 1941 American drama film directed by Robert B. Sinclair and written by Guy Trosper. The film stars Robert Sterling, Marsha Hunt, Virginia Weidler, Paul Kelly, Fay Holden and Henry Travers. A re-make of the 1934 film ''Hide-Out'', it was released on May 16, 1941, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded on April 17, 1924 .... Plot Womanizing gangster Jack Wilson, wounded while fleeing from two detectives who have arrested him, hides out in the country with a wholesome, trusting farm family, the Millers, who have no idea of his identity. As Jack slowly warms to the Millers and life on the farm, he falls in love with beautiful Pauline and determines to change his ways and pay for his past. Cast References External links * 1941 fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Design For Scandal
''Design for Scandal'' is a 1941 American romantic comedy film directed by Norman Taurog. Rosalind Russell stars as a judge targeted by a newspaper tycoon unhappy with her decision in his divorce case. Plot When wealthy newspaper publisher Judson M. Blair divorces his wife Adele, judge Cornelia C. Porter awards Adele alimony of $4,000 per month for five years or until she remarries. After learning from his lawyer Northcott that Porter refuses to hear an appeal, Blair is furious and unsuccessfully tries to wield his influence with Porter's boss Judge Graham to have Porter transferred. Reporter Jeff Sherman, recently fired by Blair, offers a solution in exchange for a promotion, a raise, a bonus and an unlimited expense account. Blair accedes to all of his demands. Sherman convinces his manicurist A manicurist or nail technician is a person whose occupation is to style and shape a person's nails. This is achieved using a combination of decorating nails with coloured varnish, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
''Andy Hardy's Private Secretary'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Kathryn Grayson, Ann Rutherford and Fay Holden. It was the tenth of the 16-film Andy Hardy series. Marian Hardy ( Cecelia Parker) does not appear in this film. Plot A week from the end of high school, Andy (Mickey Rooney) is keenly anticipating his graduation, but is putting more effort into running the various student committees – most of which he chairs – than studying for his examinations. His father, honorable judge Hardy (Lewis Stone) learns that Andy has been giving money for tuition to a fellow student, a girl named Kathryn Land ( Kathryn Grayson). Judge Hardy also learns that Kathryn's father is poor. On his father's advice, Andy attempts to offload some of his own study work, and asks Kathryn Land to be his private secretary, much to the chagrin of his steady girlfriend Polly Benedict (Ann Rutherford). Polly gets quite jealous of Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Tom Edison
''Young Tom Edison'' is a 1940 biographical film about the early life of inventor Thomas Edison directed by Norman Taurog and starring Mickey Rooney. The film was the first of a complementary pair of Edison biopics that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released in 1940. ''Edison, the Man'', starring Spencer Tracy, followed two months later, completing the two-part story of Edison's life. The film had a special preview on February 10, 1940 in Port Huron, Michigan, the place where Thomas Edison spent his childhood. Plot The film follows the imaginative, curious—and clumsy—boy Tom as he continually gets into mischief and causes accidents with his inventions and experiments. The townspeople regard him as a troublemaker and figure of fun. The schoolmistress expels him for daydreaming, distracting the other students and asking ridiculous questions. She suggests that his father take him to a doctor because he is “addled”. Tom's family loves him, although his father is frustrated and sometime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Finger, Left Hand (film)
''Third Finger, Left Hand'' is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Myrna Loy and Melvyn Douglas. The screenplay concerns a woman who pretends to be married to fend off would-be suitors and jealous wives, then regrets her deception when she meets an artist. Plot New York magazine editor Margot Sherwood "Merrick" (Myrna Loy) invents a husband (who is conveniently away in remote corners of the world) mainly to safeguard her job; the magazine publisher's jealous wife has had the last two women in her position fired after mere months. It also comes in handy keeping aggressive men at bay, as Margot is determined to succeed in her career. Magazine photographer August Winkel (Felix Bressart) helps by writing letters supposedly from "Tony Merrick". One day, she goes to meet a friend arriving on a passenger ship. However, when she enters her friend's cabin, she finds some paintings, but no friend. Soon after, art dealer Mr. Flandrin (Donald Meek) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mortal Storm
''The Mortal Storm'' is a 1940 American drama film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.'' Harrison's Reports'' film review; June 22, 1940, page 98. It was directed by Frank Borzage and stars Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart. The film shows the impact on Germans after Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany and gains unlimited power. The supporting cast features Robert Young, Robert Stack, Frank Morgan, Dan Dailey, Ward Bond and Maria Ouspenskaya. Plot In the mountains of Germany near the Austrian border on January 30, 1933, Professor Viktor Roth, a distinguished "non-Aryan" professor who is adored by his students, celebrates his 60th birthday. His family consists of his wife Amelie, his daughter Freya, his young son Rudi and his adult stepsons Erich and Otto von Rohn. His class greets him with applause and a trophy presented by Martin Breitne and Fritz Marberg. The professor is proud of his family's "tolerance and sense of humor." Suddenly, everything changes. The maid br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keeping Company
''Keeping Company'' is a 1940 drama film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Frank Morgan as a real estate broker with three daughters who all have their own problems. The film was followed by '' This Time for Keeps'' (1942). Plot summary Harry C. Thomas and his wife Susan have a hard time keeping track of their three very different daughters: Evelyn, the eldest, ready for marriage; Mary, engaged to car dealer Ted Foster; and Harriet, an unpredictable adolescent trying to catch up to her sisters, and always on the hunt for ice cream. Mary's engagement prompts Harry and Susan to give their daughter advice about married life. Mary and Ted are certain that marriage will be a walk in the park, but almost instantly Ted's old girlfriend, Anastasia Atherton, arrives from New York. She needs financial help and Ted gives her a car but doesn't tell Mary about the gift, which causes a misunderstanding when she finds in the car a check Ted wrote for Anastasia. Believing that Ted is hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
