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Erma Horsley
Erma Horsley (born c. 1897) was an American film editor and screenwriter who worked for Republic Pictures during the 1920s and 1930s. Biography Born Erma Dunkell in California, she attended Hollywood High School before marrying Fox producer Arthur Horsley in 1916. She worked as a film editor at the studios and also got a writing credit on 1928's ''Mystery Valley''. She and fellow editor Robert O. Crandall ran their own company, Erro Film Service, in the 1940s. Selected filmography As editor: * '' I Cover the War!'' (1937) * ''California Straight Ahead!'' (1937) * ''Conflict'' (1936) * ''Mystery Valley'' (1928) * '' Lightnin' Shot'' (1928) * ''The Devil's Tower'' (1928) * '' The Grey Vulture'' (1926) As writer: * ''Mystery Valley ''Mystery Valley'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Buddy Roosevelt.Munden, p. 536 Cast * Buddy Roosevelt as Steve Larkin * Carol Lane as Marie Ladeaus * Tom Bay as Dan Mason * Art Rowlands * Jimm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood High School
Hollywood High School is a four-year public secondary school in the Los Angeles Unified School District, located at the intersection of North Highland Avenue and West Sunset Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. History In September 1903, a two-room school was opened on the second floor of an empty storeroom at the Masonic Temple on Highland Avenue, north of Hollywood Boulevard (then Prospect Avenue). Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in November 1903. The Hollywood High Organ Opus 481 was a gift from the class of 1924. After suffering severe water damage from the Northridge earthquake in 1994, it was restored in 2002. The campus was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 2012. The school's mascot was derived from the 1921 Rudolph Valentino film of the same name, '' The Sheik''. It was in the Los Angeles City High School District until 1961, when it merged into LAUSD. In the 2015–16 football season, the boys' va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Pictures
Republic Pictures Corporation (currently held under Melange Pictures, LLC) was an American motion picture production-distribution corporation in operation from 1935 to 1967, that was based in Los Angeles. It had studio facilities in Studio City and a movie ranch in Encino. It was best known for specializing in Westerns, serials, and B films emphasizing mystery and action. Republic was also notable for developing the careers of John Wayne, Gene Autry, and Roy Rogers. It was also responsible for the financing and distribution of a few A films directed by John Ford during the 1940s and early 1950s and one Shakespeare film, '' Macbeth'' (1948), directed by Orson Welles. Under Herbert J. Yates, Republic was considered a mini-major film studio. Company history Created in 1935 by Herbert J. Yates, a longtime investor in film (having invested in 20th Century Pictures at its founding in 1933) and owner of the film processing laboratory Consolidated Film Industries, Republic wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Cover The War!
''I Cover the War'' is a 1937 American drama action film directed by Arthur Lubin for Universal Pictures, starring John Wayne. It was one of a series of non-Westerns Wayne made for Universal. Plot Two newsreel cameramen (John Wayne, Don Barclay) are sent to photograph a bandit sheik in the desert. Cast * John Wayne as Bob Adams * Gwen Gaze as Pamela Armitage * Don Barclay as Elmer Davis * Charles Brokaw as El Kadar / Muffadi * James Bush as Don Adams * Pat Somerset as Captain Archie Culvert * Richard Tucker Army Officer * Sam Harris as Colonel Hugh Armitage (as Major Sam Harris) * Olaf Hytten as Sir Herbert * Arthur Aylesworth as Logan * Franklin Parker as Parker (as Franklyn Paker) Production In February 1937 Trem Carr announced the film would start March 1. Reception The ''New York Times'' called it an "ingeniously romantic fable".THE SCREEN:By FRANK S. NUGENT. New York Times August 2, 1937: 10. See also * John Wayne filmography American actor, director, and produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California Straight Ahead!
''California Straight Ahead!'' is a 1937 American action film about truck drivers starring John Wayne and directed by Arthur Lubin for Universal Pictures. The action movie features a memorable cross-country race between a caravan of trucks and a special train. Plot A trucker named Biff Smith (Wayne) wins a contest between his caravan of trucks and a special train, the two competing against each other in a race to see who can deliver a load of aviation parts to an ocean liner before a labor strike takes place. Cast * John Wayne as Biff Smith * Louise Latimer as Mary Porter * Robert McWade as "Corrigan" * Theodore von Eltz as James Gifford * Tully Marshall as "Harrison" * Emerson Treacy as Charlie Porter * Harry Allen as "Fish" McCorkle * LeRoy Mason as "Padula" * Grace Goodall as Mrs. Porter * Olaf Hytten as "Huggins" * Monte Vandergrift as "Clancy" * Lorin Raker as a Secretary Production The film was known as ''Short Haul''. John Wayne was meant to have made a film ''Maid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conflict (1936 Film)
''Conflict'' is a 1936 American drama sport film directed by David Howard and starring John Wayne, Ward Bond and Jean Rogers. Plot Pat Glendon is a former lumberjack turned bare-knuckle boxer who travels the countryside as part of gambling scam operated by Gus "Knockout" Carrigan for a New York City syndicate. Glendon arrives ahead of the travelling boxing exhibition, building the confidence of the locals who in turn bet on Glendon to win, only to have him throw the fight. The gambling circuit leads Glendon to Cedar City, a west coast lumber town where he soon finds himself a job as a lumberjack and becoming part of the community. At the lumberjack picnic Glendon fights and defeats "Ruffhouse" Kelly, a burly man from a rival lumber camp. The town folk agree that Glendon is the one to represent them in the boxing exhibition soon to hit town. While in Cedar City, Glendon saves the life of a runaway orphan, Tommy, who befriends the boxer and acts as his "trainer" and is unoffi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystery Valley
''Mystery Valley'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Buddy Roosevelt.Munden, p. 536 Cast * Buddy Roosevelt as Steve Larkin * Carol Lane as Marie Ladeaus * Tom Bay as Dan Mason * Art Rowlands * Jimmy Kane "Uno" is the debut song by English rock band Muse. Written by lead guitarist and singer Matt Bellamy, it was released on 14 June 1999 as the band's lead single from their debut studio album '' Showbiz'' (1999). It reached number 73 on the UK S ... References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1928 films 1928 Western (genre) films Films directed by J. P. McGowan American black-and-white films Rayart Pictures films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lightnin' Shot
''Lightnin' Shot'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Buddy Roosevelt. Plot Cast * Buddy Roosevelt * J.P. McGowan * Frank Earle * Carol Lane * Jimmy Kane * Tommy Bay * Art Rowlands Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of what ... References External links * 1928 films 1928 Western (genre) films Films directed by J. P. McGowan American black-and-white films Rayart Pictures films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil's Tower
''The Devil's Tower'' is a 1928 American silent western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Buddy Roosevelt, Thelma Parr and McGowan.Munden p.187 Cast * Buddy Roosevelt as James Murdock * Frank Earle as Tom Murdock * J.P. McGowan as George Stilwell * Thelma Parr as Doris Stilwell * Art Rowlands as Phillip Wayne * Tom Bay Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in '' Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ... as Dutch Haynes References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1928 films 1928 Western (genre) films 1920s American films Silent American Western (genre) films Films directed by J. P. McGowan American silent feature films 1920s Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grey Vulture
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Film Editors
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Hollywood High School Alumni
Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (other) * Hollywood, Alabama, a town in Jackson County * Hollywood, Homewood, Alabama and Hollywood Historic District, a former town and a historic district * Hollywood, Florida, a coastal city in Broward County * Hollywood, Georgia, an unincorporated community in Habersham County, Georgia * Hollywood, Maryland * Hollywood, Minnesota * Hollywood Township, Carver County, Minnesota * Hollywood, Mississippi * Hollywood (Benoit, Mississippi), * Hollywood, Missouri * Hollywood, New Mexico, a neighborhood of Ruidoso, Lincoln County, New Mexico * Hollywood, Portland, Oregon, a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon * Hollywood, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania * Hollywood, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania * Hollywood, South Carolina * Hollywood, Memphis, Tennessee * Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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