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Frank Jaquet
Frank Garnier Jaquet (March 16, 1885 – May 11, 1958) was an American actor known for playing supporting roles with his career extended from 1934 to the mid-1950s. Biography In 1925, Jaquet was part of the Summer stock cast at the Elitch Theatre. In 1934, at age forty-nine, Jaquet made his film debut in the short ''War Is a Racket''. Over the next twenty years, he appeared in over one hundred and forty films and TV episodes. Jaquet died on May 11, 1958, in Los Angeles of a heart attack at the age of 73. He is interred in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.Resting Places: The Burial Places of 14,000 Famous Persons, by Scott Wilson Selected filmography * '' Strange Faces'' (1938) * ''Next Time I Marry'' (1938) * ''The Story of Alexander Graham Bell'' (1939) * ''They Shall Have Music'' (1939) * '' Dust Be My Destiny'' (1939) * ''Mr. Smith Goes to Washington'' (1939) * ''A Dispatch from Reuters'' (1940) * '' Misbehaving Husbands'' (1940) * '' Back Street'' (1941) * '' Federal Fugi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misbehaving Husbands
''Misbehaving Husbands'' is a 1940 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine for Producers Releasing Corporation. The film had the working titles ''At Your Age'' and ''Dummy Husbands''. Harry Langdon, Betty Blythe, Esther Muir, and others in the cast had been stars in silent films. It was Gig Young's film debut, under his real name Byron Barr. Plot Absent-minded department store owner Henry Butler (Harry Langdon), forgetting his wedding anniversary, ends up working late and missing the surprise party thrown by his wife, Effie ( Betty Blythe). He has to have a store mannequin repaired. On the street he is spotted, with the mannequin, by a friend of his wife who thinks Henry is escorting a strange blonde. Other bystanders think it's a murder victim and call the police. Henry is picked up by the police and kept for interrogation until the wee hours of the morning, but his troubles are just starting. Effie has overheard the gossip spread among her party guests and, seeing H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Trouble (1941 Film)
''Double Trouble'' is a 1941 American comedy film. Directed by William Beaudine under the pseudonym "William West", the film stars Harry Langdon, Charles Rogers, and Catherine Lewis. It was released on November 21, 1941. During production the working title of the film was ''Here We Go Again''. Plot Cast * Harry Langdon as Albert Prattle * Charles Rogers as Alfred Prattle * Catherine Lewis as Peggy Whitmore * Dave O'Brien as Sparky Marshall * Frank Jaquet as John Whitmore * Mira McKinney as Mrs. Whitmore * Wheeler Oakman as Kimble * Louise Currie as Miss Mink * Benny Rubin as Pete * Eddie Kane Eddie Kane (August 12, 1889 – April 30, 1969) was an American actor who appeared in over 250 productions from 1928 to 1959. Biography Kane was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His early career was in vaudeville as a member of the two-man te ... as Carney References External links * * * American black-and-white films American comedy films 1941 comedy films 1941 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Topeka Terror
''The Topeka Terror'' is a 1945 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton, written by Patricia Harper and Norman S. Hall, and starring Allan Lane, Linda Stirling, Earle Hodgins, Twinkle Watts, Roy Barcroft and Bud Geary. It was released on January 26, 1945, by Republic Pictures. Plot In 1893, a swarm of settlers descended on the town of Red Dust, located on the Cherokee Strip. Land agent Trent Parker (Frank Jaquet) was drowning in gambling debts. To pay them off, he accepts an offer from two swindlers (Roy Barcroft, Bud Geary) who have concocted a scheme to cheat the settlers out of their land. But then government agent Chad Stevens (Allan "Rocky" Lane) rides into town, promising the peaceful settlers that he will drive out the gang of thieves. Cast *Allan Lane as Chad Stevens *Linda Stirling as June Hardy *Earle Hodgins as Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale *Twinkle Watts as Midge Hardy *Roy Barcroft as Ben Jode *Bud Geary as Henchman Clyde Flint *Tom London as W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grissly's Millions
''Grissly's Millions'' is a 1945 American mystery film directed by John English and written by Muriel Roy Bolton. The film stars Paul Kelly, Virginia Grey, Don Douglas, Elisabeth Risdon, Robert Barrat and Clem Bevans. The film was released on January 16, 1945, by Republic Pictures. Plot Cast * Paul Kelly as Joe Simmons *Virginia Grey as Katherine Palmor Bentley * Don Douglas as Ellison Hayes *Elisabeth Risdon as Leona Palmor *Robert Barrat as Grissly Morgan Palmor *Clem Bevans as Old Tom *Eily Malyon as Mattie * Adele Mara as Maribelle *Francis Pierlot as Dr. Benny *Addison Richards as Henry Adams *Paul Fix as Lewis Bentley *Byron Foulger as Fred Palmor *Joan Blair as Mrs. Fred Palmor *Grady Sutton as Robert Palmor Jr. *Frank Jaquet as Robert Palmor Sr. * Will Wright as John Frey *Louis Mason as Gatekeeper *Tom London Tom London (born Leonard T. Clapman; August 24, 1889 – December 5, 1963) was an American actor who played frequently in B-Westerns. According to ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowery Champs
''Bowery Champs'' is a 1944 American film directed by William Beaudine and starring the East Side Kids. Plot After she files for divorce from nightclub owner Tom Wilson, former Broadway star Gypsy Carmen demands that he return the securities that she owned before their marriage. When Wilson claims that the securities are missing, Gypsy pulls a gun from her purse and aims it at him. At that moment, a gun is fired through the window of his house. Tom falls dead and Gypsy flees in panic. At the time of the murder, Jim Lindsey, the star reporter of the American Express paper, is busily bidding on oriental rugs at an auction and consequently misses the story. Deciding to cover the murder for the absent Jim, Muggs McGinnis, who is working as a copy boy on the paper, asks Glimpy to drive him to the Wilson house in the paper's delivery car. At the house, Muggs and Glimpy sneak through an open window and listen as the police interrogate Wilson's mistress, Diane Gibson, an entertainer at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Magic (1944 Film)
''Black Magic'', later retitled ''Meeting at Midnight'' for television, is a 1944 mystery film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. It was the third Charlie Chan film made by Toler at Monogram Pictures. Plot Charlie postpones his trip home from service with the government to Honolulu to help with the investigation of murder involving Number One Daughter (Frances Chan) and an easily spooked chauffeur (Mantan Moreland). Mr. William Bonner is murdered in the middle of a seance with a total of 8 witnesses, seen and unseen, present. Charlie Chan's daughter Frances Chan (real name Chan) is one of the witnesses and is detained. When police learn of Frances's true identity as Charlie Chan's daughter, he is summoned to police headquarters. The police offer the case to the famous Chinese Detective and he reluctantly agrees in order to get his daughter released. The police cannot find a gun anywhere in the house. Police then learn from the coroner that Mr. Bonn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seventh Cross (film)
''The Seventh Cross'' is a 1944 American drama film, set in Nazi Germany, starring Spencer Tracy as a prisoner who escaped from a concentration camp. The story chronicles how he interacts with ordinary Germans and gradually sheds his cynical view of humanity. The film co-starred Hume Cronyn, who was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. It was the first film in which Cronyn appeared with his wife Jessica Tandy, and was among the first feature films directed by Fred Zinnemann; it was his first hit movie. The movie was adapted from the 1942 novel of the same name by the German refugee writer Anna Seghers. Produced in the midst of the Second World War, it was one of the few films made during the war to deal with the existence of Nazi concentration camps. Plot In 1936 in Germany, seven prisoners escape from the fictitious Westhofen concentration camp (partly based on the real Osthofen concentration camp) near the Rhine. The escapees are: a writer, a circus perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver City Kid
''Silver City Kid'' is a 1944 American Western film directed by John English and written by Taylor Caven. Starring Allan Lane, Peggy Stewart, Wally Vernon, Twinkle Watts, Harry Woods and Frank Jaquet, it was released on July 20, 1944, by Republic Pictures. Plot Cast *Allan Lane as Jack Adams * Peggy Stewart as Ruth Clayton *Wally Vernon as Wildcat Higgens *Twinkle Watts as Twinkle Clayton * Harry Woods as Judge Sam H. Ballard *Frank Jaquet as William Stoner *Lane Chandler as Steve Clayton *Glenn Strange as Henchman Garvey *Bud Geary as Henchman Yeager * Tom Steele as Henchman Utah *Tom London as Sheriff Gibson *Jack Kirk Jack Kirk (February 19, 1895 – September 13, 1948) was an American film actor from Missoula, Montana who had roles in over 300 films, mostly B-westerns, from 1926 and 1954. He is interred in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles ... as Tom *Sam Flint as Business Man References External links * 1944 films American Western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Of The Rockies (1944 Film)
''Call of the Rockies'' is a 1944 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Robert Creighton Williams. The film stars Smiley Burnette, Sunset Carson, Harry Woods, Kirk Alyn, Ellen Hall and Frank Jaquet. The film was released on July 14, 1944, by Republic Pictures. Plot Cast *Smiley Burnette as Frog Millhouse *Sunset Carson as Sunset Carson * Harry Woods as J. B. Murdock *Kirk Alyn as Ned Crane *Ellen Hall as Marjorie Malloy *Frank Jaquet as Doc Lee * Charles Williams as Burton Witherspoon *Jack Kirk as Sheriff *Tom London as Henchman Hansen *Bob Kortman as Henchman Watson *Edmund Cobb as Workman See also *List of American films of 1944 Below is a list of American films released in 1944. ''Going My Way'' won Best Picture at the 17th Academy Awards. The remaining four nominees were ''Double Indemnity'', '' Gaslight'', '' Since You Went Away'' and '' Wilson''. A B C D ... References External links * 1944 films 1940s English- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Of The South Seas
''Call of the South Seas'' is a 1944 American comedy action film directed by John English, starring Janet Martin, Allan Lane and William Henry.Langman p.172 The film's sets were designed by the art director Gano Chittenden. Plot Cast * Janet Martin as Princess Tahia * Allan Lane as Kendall Gaige * William Henry as Agent Paul Russell * Roy Barcroft as Steve Landrau * Wally Vernon as Handsome * Adele Mara as Aritana * Duncan Renaldo as Commissioner Charcot * Frank Jaquet as Judge Fator * Anna Demetrio as Latona * Richard Alexander as Bailey * Nina Campana as Nona * Satini Pualoa as Kualu * Budd Buster as Kanahu * John Eberts as Manu * Margia Dean Marguerite Louise Skliris-Alvarez ( Skliris; April 7, 1922 – June 23, 2023), known by her stage name Margia Dean (name is pronounced as Mar-juh) was an American beauty queen and stage and screen actress of royal Greek descent, who had a career ... as Waitress References Bibliography * Langman, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beneath Western Skies
''Beneath Western Skies'' is a 1944 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and written by Albert DeMond and Robert Creighton Williams. The film stars Robert Livingston, Smiley Burnette, Effie Laird, Frank Jaquet, Tom London and Charles Miller. The film was released on March 3, 1944, by Republic Pictures. Plot Cast * Robert Livingston as Johnny Revere *Smiley Burnette as Sheriff Frog Millhouse *Effie Laird as Carrie Stokes *Frank Jaquet as Sam Webster *Tom London as Earl Phillips *Charles Miller as Lem Toller *Joe Strauch Jr. as Tadpole Millhouse *LeRoy Mason as Bull Bricker *Kenne Duncan as Deputy Barrow *Charles Dorety as The Drunk *Jack Kirk as Wainwright *Bud Geary Bud Geary (born Sigsbee Maine Geary;Freese, Gene Scott (2014). Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s—1970s: A Biographical Dictionary'. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 103. ."California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", Famil ... as Henchman Hank References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
None Shall Escape
''None Shall Escape'' is a 1944 war film. Even though the film was made during World War II, the setting is a post-war Nuremberg-style war crimes trial. Alexander Knox plays Wilhelm Grimm, a Nazi officer who is on trial, and the story unfolds through the eyes of several witnesses, including a Catholic priest, Father Warecki (Henry Travers), Grimm's brother Karl (Erik Rolf) and Marja Pacierkowski ( Marsha Hunt), a woman to whom he was once engaged. Alfred Neumann and Joseph Than were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story. Plot The film centers on the trial of Wilhelm Grimm, a war criminal. Each character witness provides a flashback scene to a previous part of Grimm's life. In the trial, it is revealed that Grimm (Alexander Knox), who fought for Germany in World War I and lost a leg in battle, returns after the war to the small German village of Lidzbark (now part of Poland) where he had been a teacher. Despite the recent hostilities, he is welcomed back into the communi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |