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Frances Grant
Frances Grant (born Stella Theophane Fortier, February 15, 1909 – February 20, 1982) was an American movie actress and dancer. She appeared as the leading lady of Gene Autry in ''Red River Valley'' (1936) and '' Oh, Susanna!'' (1936) and other B-films such as '' Thunder Mountain'' (1935). and ''Cavalry'' (1936). Biography Frances Grant was born Stella Theophane Fortier, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Fortier. She graduated from Somerville High School. She acted in stock theater after high school. In the early 1930s, she became the dancing partner of Hal Le Roy in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1931. In 1934, she began her film career with uncredited roles as a dancer in the ''Kentucky Kernels'' (1934) and ''The Nitwits'' (1935). Grant appeared in ''Doubting Thomas'' (1935) after having her first major film role in the 1935 Western film ''Thunder Mountain'' opposite George O'Brien. In the following year she appeared as the leading lady of Gene Autry in ''Red River Val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roxbury, Boston
Roxbury () is a Neighborhoods in Boston, neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Roxbury is a Municipal annexation in the United States, dissolved municipality and one of 23 official neighborhoods of Boston used by the city for neighborhood services coordination. The city states that Roxbury serves as the "heart of Black culture in Boston."Roxbury " City of Boston. Retrieved on May 2, 2009. Roxbury was one of the first towns founded in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630, and became a city in 1846 before being annexed to Boston on January 5, 1868.Roxbury History . Part of Roxbury had become the town of West Roxbury on May 24, 1851, and additional land in Roxbury ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim McCoy
Tim McCoy (April 10, 1891 – January 29, 1978) was an American actor, military officer, and expert on Indigenous peoples of the Americas, American Indian life. McCoy is most noted for his roles in B-grade Western films. As a popular cowboy film star, he had his picture on the front of a List of athletes on Wheaties boxes, Wheaties cereal box. Early years Tim McCoy was born in Saginaw, Michigan, on April 10, 1891. His father was an Irish Union Civil War veteran and Police Chief. While attending St. Ignatius College Prep, St. Ignatius College (now Loyola University Chicago, Loyola University) McCoy saw a Wild West show that influenced him to purchase a one-way ticket west. He ended up in Lander, Wyoming, where he worked as a ranch hand. While there, he became an expert horseman and roper while developing an extensive knowledge of the customs and languages of the local American Indian tribes. McCoy was a renowned expert in Plains Indian Sign Language, Indian sign language and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artists And Models
''Artists and Models'' is a 1955 American musical romantic comedy film in VistaVision directed by Frank Tashlin, marking Martin and Lewis's 14th feature together as a team. The film co-stars Shirley MacLaine and Dorothy Malone, with Eva Gabor and Anita Ekberg appearing in brief roles. Plot Rick Todd is a struggling painter and smooth-talking ladies' man. His goofy young roommate Eugene Fullstack is an aspiring children's author who has a passion for comic books, especially those of the mysterious and sexy "Bat Lady". Each night, Eugene has horrific screaming nightmares inspired by those ultra-violent comics, which he describes aloud in his sleep. They are about the bizarre bird-like superhero "Vincent the Vulture" who is, according to Eugene's nocturnal babblings, the "defender of truth and liberty and a member of the Audubon Society" and is "half-boy, half-man, half-bird with feathers growing out of every pore" and a "tail full of jet propulsion". Also known as "Vulturem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bride By Mistake
''Bride by Mistake'' is a 1944 American romantic comedy film directed by Richard Wallace, and starring Alan Marshal and Laraine Day. The screenplay is by Phoebe Ephron and Henry Ephron, based on a story by Norman Krasna, and is a remake of '' The Richest Girl in the World'' (1934). Plot Home from the war, Captain Tony Travis ( Alan Marshal) eyes an estate in Santa Barbara and wonders what it must be like to be that rich. It is the property of the fabulously wealthy Nora Hunter ( Laraine Day), who has secretary and friend Sylvia Lockwood ( Marsha Hunt) impersonate her in public. Longtime guardian Jonathan Connors (Edgar Buchanan) protects his ward's privacy zealously. During a ship launch, a press photographer takes Nora's picture, but Connors sees that the camera film is ruined. Sylvia tells Nora that she is quitting so that she can accompany her husband, Phil Vernon ( Allyn Joslyn), whose job requires him to move to Washington. Nora decides to marry her fiancé Donald ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Of The Town (film)
''Top of the Town'' is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by Ralph Murphy, Sam White and Walter Lang and starring Doris Nolan, George Murphy and Ella Logan. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. Plot Cast * Doris Nolan as Diana Borden * George Murphy as Ted Lane * Ella Logan as Dorine * Hugh Herbert as Hubert * Gerald Oliver Smith as Borden Executive * Mischa Auer as Hamlet * Gregory Ratoff as J.J. Stone * Peggy Ryan as Peggy * J. Scott Smart as Beaton (as Jack Smart) * Ray Mayer as Roger * Henry Armetta as Bacciagalluppi * Gertrude Niesen as Gilda Norman * Claude Gillingwater as William Borden * Ernest Cossart as Augustus Borden * Samuel S. Hinds as Henry Borden * Richard Carle as Edwin Borden * California Collegians as Singing Group * The Four Esquires as Performers Reception Writing for ''Night and Day'' in 1937, Graham Greene gave the film a poor review, describing it as "one of those distressingly carefree musicals ..when the only ungay fac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Traitor (1936 American Film)
''The Traitor'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Tim McCoy, Frances Grant, and Frank Melton. It was released on August 29, 1936. Premise Texas Ranger Tim Vallance is pursuing a criminal called Pedro Moreno in vain. Vallance manages to enter Moreno's gang undercover by working at a ranch, Flying A Ranch, held by Jimmy, one of Pedro's accomplices, and his sister Mary. Vallance expects to catch the gang when they are moving drugs across the border. Cast * Tim McCoy as Tim Vallance * Frances Grant as Mary Allen * Frank Melton as Jimmy Allen * Pedro Regas as Pedro Moreno * Frank Glendon as Big George * Karl Hackett as Captain John Hughes (credited as Carl Hackett) * Dick Curtis as Morgan * Roger Williams as Sheriff * Jack Rockwell as Smoky * Dick Botiller Richard Edward Botiller (October 26, 1896 – March 24, 1953) was an American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s. While most of his roles were un-credited, many of them nameless as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Born To Fight (1936 Film)
''Born to Fight'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Charles Hutchison from a screenplay by Stephen Norris, based on the short story, "To Him Who Dares" by Peter B. Kyne. The film stars Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, and Jack LaRue. Plot Tom Brown, known as "The Bomber", is a professional lightweight boxer. One night he is out at a nightclub when he gets involved in a fight with a local gangster, "Smoothy" Morgan, over fixing a fight. When Tom knocks Smoothy down, everyone believes the gangster to be dead. On the advice of his manager, Gloomy Gus, Tom flees New York City, heading to Chicago. On the way he meets a young unknown boxer, "Baby Face" Madison, and he agrees to train him, but uses the alias of Tom Hayes. He goes to a local gym in Chicago where he used to train, where he finds out that the former owner has died, and the gym is now run by his daughter, Nan Howard. Nan thinks she remembers Tom, but is not sure. As Tom trains Baby Face as a flyweight, he beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing Feet (film)
''Dancing Feet'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and written by Jerome Chodorov, Olive Cooper and Wellyn Totman. It is based on the 1931 novel ''Dancing Feet'' by Rob Eden. The film stars Ben Lyon, Joan Marsh, Edward Nugent, Isabel Jewell, James Burke and Purnell Pratt. The film was released on January 20, 1936, by Republic Pictures. Plot Cast *Edward Nugent as Jimmy Cassidy *Joan Marsh as Judy Jones *Ben Lyon as Peyton Wells *Isabel Jewell as Mabel Henry * James Burke as Phil Moore *Purnell Pratt as Silas P. Jones *Vince Barnett as Willoughby *Nick Condos as Speciality Dancer *Herbert Rawlinson as Oliver Groves *Lillian Harmer as Aggie * Herbert Corthell as Jenkins *James P. Burtis as Stupe (as Jimmy Burtis) * Harry C. Bradley as Hotel Assistant Manager *Cy Kendall as Hotel Detective *Lynton Brent as Hotel Clerk *Wilson Benge George Frederick "Wilson" Benge (1 March 1875 – 1 July 1955) was an English actor who mostly featured in American film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Oregon Trail (1936 Film)
''The Oregon Trail'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Scott Pembroke for Republic Pictures and starring John Wayne. It is a lost film with no known prints remaining. In 2013, film collector Kent Sperring discovered 40 photographs that were taken during the making of the film. ''The Oregon Trail'' started production on November 29, 1935, and was filmed at Alabama Hills. Plot John Wayne plays retired army captain John Delmont, who discovers from his father's journal that he was left to die by a renegade, and vows to hunt down the killer. Cast * John Wayne as Capt John Delmont * Ann Rutherford as Anne Ridgeley * Joseph W. Girard as Col. Delmont * Yakima Canutt as Tom Richards * Frank Rice as Red * E. H. Calvert as Jim Ridgeley * Ben Hendricks Jr. as Maj. Harris * Harry Harvey as Tim * Fern Emmett as Minnie * Jack Rutherford as Benton * Marian Ferrell as Sis * Roland Ray as Markey * Gino Corrado as Forrenza * Edward LeSaint as Gen. Ferguson * Octavio Giraud as Don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nitwits
''The Nitwits'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by George Stevens George Cooper Stevens (December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for ''A Place in the Sun (1951 film), A Place in the Sun'' (1951) ... from a screenplay written by Fred Guiol and Al Boasberg, based on a story by Stuart Palmer. Released by RKO on June 7, 1935, the film stars the comedy duo of Wheeler & Woolsey ( Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey), with featured roles being filled by Fred Keating, Betty Grable, Evelyn Brent and Erik Rhodes. Fred Keating replaced Lionel Atwill, who later played the villain in the 1946 remake, '' Genius at Work''. Plot Cigar-stand attendants Johnny and Newton get mixed up in a murder investigation at a radio station. Cast * Bert Wheeler as Johnny * Robert Woolsey as Newton * Fred Keating as William Darrell * Betty Grable as Mary Roberts * Evelyn B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentucky Kernels
''Kentucky Kernels'' is a 1934 American comedy directed by George Stevens and starring the comedy duo of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey. The screenplay was written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, and Fred Guiol, from a story by Kalmar and Ruby. Plot The Great Elmer and Company, two out-of-work magicians, help lovelorn Jerry Bronson adopt Spanky Milford, to distract him. When Bronson makes up and elopes, the pair are stuck with the little boy. But Spanky inherits a Kentucky fortune, so they head south to Banesville, where the Milfords and Wakefields are conducting a bitter feud. Cast * Bert Wheeler as Willie Doyle * Robert Woolsey as Elmer Dugan * Mary Carlisle as Gloria Wakefield * 'Spanky' McFarland as Spanky * Noah Beery as Colonel Wakefield * Lucille LaVerne as Aunt Hannah Milford * Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Baxter * Sleep 'n' Eat as Buckshot * Dorothy Granger Dorothy Karolyn Granger (November 21, 1911 – January 4, 1995) was an American actress best known fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fancy Pants (film)
''Fancy Pants'' is a 1950 American romantic comedy western film directed by George Marshall and starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball. It is a musical adaptation of ''Ruggles of Red Gap''. Plot A British actor attempts to impress two visiting American women, Efflie Floud and her tomboyish daughter, Agatha, by having the cast of his drawing-room comedy pose as his aristocratic family. Effie persuades the 'butler', Humphrey, really a struggling American actor named Arthur Tyler, to accompany them to the United States and help to refine both her husband and daughter. She sends a telegram home, referring to the person she believes is Humphrey as a " gentleman's gentleman", which the rural western townfolk misunderstand as meaning he is an aristocrat and presumably the future husband of Agatha. Arthur must now pretend to the family that he is this British butler while pretending to the rest of the town, and the visiting President Theodore Roosevelt that he is a politically savvy Englishma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
