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Fred Humes
Fred Humes (June 15, 1896 – January 3, 1971) was an American actor best known for his work in Western films. Humes was born and educated in Pittsburgh. He appeared in the films ''Ride for Your Life'', ''The Ridin' Kid from Powder River'', ''The Hurricane Kid'', ''The Saddle Hawk'', ''Let 'er Buck'', '' The Yellow Back'', ''Prowlers of the Night'', '' The Stolen Ranch'', '' Blazing Days'', '' One Glorious Scrap'', '' Put 'Em Up'', '' Circus Rookies'', ''Battling with Buffalo Bill'', '' Law and Order'', '' Clancy of the Mounted'', '' The Cactus Kid'', ''Sunset Range'', ''The Roaring West'' and ''The Day the Bookies Wept ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns 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 ...'', among others. References External links * 1896 births 1971 deaths 20th-century American male actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dents Run, Pennsylvania
Dents Run is an unincorporated community in Benezette Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has attracted attention from treasure hunters and the media as the reputed site of a lost shipment of gold. The FBI The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic Intelligence agency, intelligence and Security agency, security service of the United States and Federal law enforcement in the United States, its principal federal law enforcement ag ... conducted excavation activities in Dents Run in 2018. Further reading *Pennsylvania Visitors BureauLegend of The Lost Gold of Dent's Run.March 3, 2020 *''The Atlantic''A Lost Trove of Civil War Gold, an FBI Excavation, and Some Very Angry Treasure HuntersJune 17, 2022 Notes Unincorporated communities in Elk County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania {{ElkCountyPA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circus Rookies
''Circus Rookies'' is a lost 1928 American silent comedy film produced and distributed by MGM and directed by Edward Sedgwick. It starred the comedy team of Karl Dane and George K. Arthur. Plot Cast * Karl Dane as Oscar Thrust * as Francis Byrd * Louise Lorraine as La Belle *Sydney Jarvis as Mr. Magoo (credited as Sidney Jarvis) *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Deaths
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclipse, February 10, and August 1971 lunar eclipse, August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 1971 Ibrox disaster: During a crush, 66 people are killed and over 200 injured in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 Births
Events January * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports Wilhelm Röntgen's discovery, last November, of a type of electromagnetic radiation, later known as X-rays. * January 6 – Cecil Rhodes is forced to resign as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, Cape of Good Hope for his involvement in the Jameson Raid. * January 7 – American culinary expert Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook. * January 12 – H. L. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. * January 16 – Devonport High School for Boys is founded in Plymouth (England). * January 17 – Anglo-Ashanti wars#Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War (1895–1896), Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War: British British Army, redcoats enter the Ashanti people, Ashanti capital, Kumasi, and Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I is deposed. * January 28 – Walter Arnold, of E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Day The Bookies Wept
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns 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 pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Roaring West
''The Roaring West'' is a 1935 American Western film serial starring Buck Jones as Montana Larkin. It co-stars his horse, Silver, and Frank McGlynn Sr. as his trusty sidekick Jinglebob Morgan. The film was released by Universal. Plot Cast * Buck Jones as Montana Larkin * Silver as Silver, Montana's horse * Muriel Evans as Mary Parker * Frank McGlynn Sr. as Jinglebob Morgan * Walter Miller as Gil Gillespie * Eole Galli as Ann Hardy * Harlan Knight as Clem Morgan * Fred Santley as a saloon singer * William Desmond as Jim Parker * Pat J. O'Brien as Cowhand Steve * Tiny Skelton as Cowhand Happy * Charles King as Henchman Tex * William L. Thorne as Marco Brett * George Ovey as Cowhand Shorty * Dick Rush as Sheriff Clark Production Stunts * Cliff Lyons doubling Buck Jones * Babe DeFreest * Wally West Chapter titles # The Land Rush # The Torrent of Terror # Flaming Peril # Stampede of Death # Danger in the Dark # Death Rides the Plains # Hurled to the Depths # Ravaging Flame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunset Range
''Sunset Range'' is a 1935 American Western (genre), Western film set in modern times directed by Ray McCarey and starring Hoot Gibson. The film received a mostly positive reception, with praise for Gibson's acting and delivery of humor in what was his first western film in two years. The film was regarded by some as being the "high point" in the filmmaking activity of the First Division Pictures studio, alongside another western, ''Rainbow's End (1935 film), Rainbow's End'', in the same year. Plot The story starts in New York City where gangsters who have Bonnie's brother Eddie under their control travel to Arizona to visit Bonnie's recently purchased ranch called Sunset Range. The gangsters involve Bonnie in a case of kidnapping where she unknowingly hides the gangster's ransom money. The ranch she owns is managed by Reasonin' Bates, who saves both her, Eddie and the ransom money from the villain Grant. Cast Casting Gibson was cast in the leading role of Reasonin' B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cactus Kid (1935 Film)
''The Cactus Kid'' is a 1935 American Western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Jack Perrin, Jayne Regan and Philo McCullough. Plot Cast * Jack Perrin as Cactus Kid * Fred Humes as Jimmie * Philo McCullough as Duncan * Slim Whitaker as Plug * Joe De La Cruz as Cheyenne * Jayne Regan as Beth * Tom London as Sheriff * Kit Guard as Smiley * Tina Menard as Rosie * Hal Taliaferro Floyd Taliaferro Alderson (November 13, 1895 – February 10, 1980) was an American film actor who specialized in westerns. After serving in the Great War, he began his career in the era of silent films, when he frequently used the name Wally ... as Andy References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005. External links * 1935 films 1935 Western (genre) films 1930s English-language films American Western (genre) films Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clancy Of The Mounted
Clancy is an Irish name coming from the Gaelic ''Mac Fhlannchaidh/Mac Fhlannchadha'', meaning "Son of the red/ruddy warrior" (Mac being for sons, ''Ní Fhlannchaidh/Ní Fhlannchadha'' would be for daughters), or as a hypocorism for Clarence. The surname originated from two different families, one in Thomond and one in the present day County Leitrim. Notable people with the name include: As a first name * Clancy Barone (born 1963), American football coach * Clancy Brown (born 1959), American actor and comedian * Clancy Chassay, English journalist * Clancy Cooper (1906–1975), American actor * Clancy Eccles (1940–2005), Jamaican reggae singer * Clancy Edwards (born 1955), American track and field sprinter * Clancy Fernando (1938–1992), Sri Lankan admiral * Clancy Hayes (1908–1972), American singer * Clancy O'Connor (born 1982), American actor * Clancy Pendergast (born 1967), American football coach * Clancy Rudeforth (born 1983), Australian rules footballer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law And Order (1932 Film)
''Law and Order'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film starring Walter Huston, Harry Carey, Andy Devine, Russell Hopton and Russell Simpson. It was the first movie to depict the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, in Tombstone, Arizona. The film is based on the novel ''Saint Johnson'', by W. R. Burnett. Walter Huston plays the part of lawman Frame Johnson, a fictionalized version of Wyatt Earp, and Russell Hopton plays his brother Luther Johnson. One of the best early Westerns in its character development, ''Law and Order'' features a script by John Huston, Walter's soon-to-be-famous son, and Tom Reed, who provided dialog for many movies in the 1930s and 1940s. Because of changes made during the film's production, all scenes involving the actress Lois Wilson were cut prior to the film's release. Cast * Walter Huston as Frame Johnson * Harry Carey as Ed Brandt *Russell Hopton as Luther Johnson * Raymond Hatton as Deadwood *Ralph Ince as Poe Northrup * Harry Woods as Walt N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battling With Buffalo Bill
Battling may refer to: * Battle, a combat in warfare * Battling Billson, a 1923 short stories character by P. G. Wodehouse * Battling Levinsky, an American world champion light heavyweight boxer * Battling Nelson, a Danish world champion lightweight champion boxer * Battling Shaw José Pérez Flores (October 21, 1910 – August 27, 1994) was a Mexican professional boxer better known as Battling Shaw or Benny Kid Roy. He was the first Mexicans, Mexican to become a world champion. Professional career Shaw made his pro deb ..., a Mexican world champion light welterweight boxer * Battling Siki, a French light heavyweight boxer {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
