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Hank Bell
Hank Bell (January 21, 1892 – February 4, 1950) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 370 films between 1920 and 1950. He was born in Los Angeles, California, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when Ischemia, blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle. The most common symptom .... Bell was nicknamed "Handlebar" for his mustache, which sometimes measured 18 inches from tip to tip. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bell, Hank 1892 births 1950 deaths American male silent film actors Male actors from California 20th-century American male actors Male Western (genre) film actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Arizonian
''The Arizonian'' is a 1935 American Western film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Richard Dix, Margot Grahame, Preston Foster, and Louis Calhern. The screenplay was by Dudley Nichols. The film was released by RKO Radio Pictures on June 28, 1935. Plot Clay Tallant is on his way to Silver City, Arizona to meet with his brother Orin. As he approaches the town, he stops a stagecoach robbery being attempted by Frank McCloskey and his gang. In intervening, Clay saves Kitty Rivers, a singer in the town's saloon, who is engaged to Orin. In town, the marshal accuses McCloskey of the robbery, after which he is killed by McCloskey, who works for Jake Mannen, the sheriff. Clay is offered the job of marshal by Mayor Ed Comstoc, and he accepts. As he attempts to clean up the town, he runs afoul of Mannen. Clay arrests "Shot-gun" Keeler and the rest of McCloskey's gang, but they are released by the judge, who is on Mannen's payroll. Mannen hires gunman Tex Randolph to dispose of Clay, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Texans
''The Texans'' is a 1938 American Western film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Joan Bennett and Randolph Scott. The screenplay was written by Bertram Millhauser, Paul Sloane and William Wister Haines and is based on the novel ''North of 36'' by Emerson Hough. Most of the exterior scenes were filmed about east of Cotulla, Texas, on the La Mota Ranch. Other scenes were filmed near Laredo, Texas. 2500 Texas Longhorns were used for the herd. Interior scenes were recorded at Paramount Studios in Hollywood. ''The Texans'' premiered at San Antonio's Majestic Theater on July 16, 1938.Thompson, Frank. ''Texas Hollywood: Filmmaking in San Antonio Since 1910''. San Antonio: Maverick Publishing Company, 2002. pp 39. Plot After the Civil War, the former Confederates of Texas are suffering under harsh taxes, ill treatment and corruption by the Federal Government during the Reconstruction era. Texas ranch owner, Ivy Preston accompanied by her grandmother Granna and her old ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Buccaneer (1938 Film)
''The Buccaneer'' is a 1938 American adventure film made by Paramount Pictures starring Fredric March and based on Jean Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. The picture was produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille from a screenplay by Harold Lamb, Edwin Justus Mayer and C. Gardner Sullivan adapted by Jeanie MacPherson from the 1930 novel ''Lafitte the Pirate'' by Lyle Saxon. The music score was by George Antheil and the cinematography by Victor Milner. The film stars Fredric March as Lafitte, Franciska Gaal and Akim Tamiroff with Margot Grahame, Walter Brennan, Ian Keith, Spring Byington, Douglass Dumbrille, Beulah Bondi and Anthony Quinn in supporting roles. Cecil B. DeMille remade the film in 1958 in Technicolor and VistaVision with the same title, but because of ill health, he allowed Henry Wilcoxon, his longtime friend and associate, to produce it, and the film was directed by Anthony Quinn, who was his son-in-law at the time. DeMille receiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valley Of Terror
''Valley of Terror'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and written by John T. Neville, Sherman L. Lowe and Stanley Roberts. The film stars Kermit Maynard, Harley Wood, John Merton, Jack Ingram, Roger Williams, Hank Bell, Dick Curtis and Frank McCarroll. The film was released on January 20, 1937, by Ambassador Pictures. Plot Cast *Kermit Maynard as Bob Wilson * Harley Wood as Mary Scott * John Merton as Mark Flemming *Jack Ingram as Spud Hayes *Roger Williams Roger Williams (March 1683) was an English-born New England minister, theologian, author, and founder of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Pl ... as Slim * Hank Bell as Sheriff Judson * Dick Curtis as Buck *Frank McCarroll as Hank * Hal Price as Fielding *Jack Casey as Clinton Deputy *George Morrell as Lynch Mob Leader * Blackie Whiteford as Bartender References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outlaws Of The Prairie
''Outlaws of the Prairie'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson, starring Charles Starrett, Donald Grayson, and Iris Meredith. Plot Cast * Charles Starrett as Dart Collins * Donald Grayson as Slim Grayson * Iris Meredith as Judy Garfield * Norman Willis as William Lupton * Dick Curtis as Dragg * Edward LeSaint as Lafe Garfield * Edmund Cobb as Jed Stevens * Art Mix as Lawton * Steve Clark as Cobb * Hank Bell as Jim * Earle Hodgins as Neepah * Lee Shumway as Capt. MacMillian * Sons of the Pioneers The Sons of the Pioneers are one of the United States' earliest Western singing groups. Known for their vocal performances, their musicianship, and their songwriting, they produced innovative recordings that have inspired many Western music per ... References {{Sam Nelson 1937 films 1937 Western (genre) films Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Sam Nelson American black-and-white films American Western (genre) films 1930s English-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Gun Law
''Two Gun Law'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Leon Barsha, starring Charles Starrett and Peggy Stratford. Plot Cast * Charles Starrett as Bob Larson * Peggy Stratford as Mary Hammond * Hank Bell as Cookie * Edward J. Le Saint as Ben Hammond * Charles Middleton as Wolf Larson * Alan Bridge as Kipp Faulkner * Lee Prather as Sheriff Bill Collier * Dick Curtis as Len Edwards * Victor Potel as Cassius * Art Mix as Cullen * George Chesebro as Blair * Edmund Cobb as Catlin * Jack Rockwell as Bledsoe * Hal Taliaferro as Cattle buyer * Lee Shumway Lee Shumway (March 4, 1884 – January 4, 1959), born Leonard Charles Shumway, was an American actor. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1909 and 1953. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and died in Los Angeles, California. Sele ... as Bartender References {{Reflist American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Leon Barsha 1930s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wells Fargo (film)
''Wells Fargo'' is a 1937 American historical western film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Joel McCrea, Bob Burns and Frances Dee.Pitts p.388 It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Plot In the early 1840s, Wells & Fargo employee Ramsay MacKay comes upon a broken-down carriage in the countryside and gives belle Justine Pryor and her mother a lift into Buffalo, New York, though he warns them he is in a hurry to make a delivery of fresh oysters. The ladies endure a very bumpy ride, and he arrives in time to enable his employer, Henry Wells, to impress some bankers with the speed of his service. Wells sends him to set up a branch office in St. Louis, which is quite convenient, as the Pryors reside there. MacKay and Justine begin seeing each other, though her mother disapproves, as does Justine's more socially prominent suitor, Talbot Carter. Impressed with MacKay, in 1846, Wells sends him to open trails to California. MacKay takes along Hank York, a frontie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Way Out West (1937 Film)
''Way Out West'' is a 1937 Laurel and Hardy comedy film directed by James W. Horne, produced by Stan Laurel, and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was the second picture for which Stan Laurel was credited as producer. Plot Laurel and Hardy embark on a quest to locate Mary Roberts, the rightful heir to a substantial inheritance, including a gold mine deed, following news of her father's demise. Discovering Mary amidst the West's cabaret milieu, they encounter formidable obstacles in the form of her legal guardians, indifferent to her well-being and intent on usurping her wealth. Their journey to Brushwood Gulch is beset with misfortune, from Ollie's mishap in a river sinkhole to their encounter with the stern sheriff and his wife. At Mickey Finn's saloon, a case of mistaken identity leads to the theft of Mary's deed by the unscrupulous Finns, triggering a frantic pursuit. In a daring nighttime endeavor, Laurel and Hardy orchestrate a break-in to retrieve the deed, facing n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine (1936 Film)
''The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'' is a 1936 American adventure romance western film based on the 1908 novel of the same name. It was the second full-length feature film to be shot in three-strip Technicolor and the first in color to be shot outdoors, with the approval of the Technicolor Corporation. The picture was directed by Henry Hathaway starring Fred MacMurray, Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda. Much of it was shot at Big Bear Lake in southern California. ''The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'' was the fourth feature film adaptation of John Fox Jr.'s 1908 novel, including 1916 and 1923 silent versions. As with the novel, the film makes extensive use of Appalachian English in the dialogue. Plot Deep in the region of the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield, a feud between the Kentucky clans of the Tollivers and the Falins has been ongoing for as long as anyone can recall. After an engineer, Jack Hale, arrives with coal and railroad interests, he saves the life of Dave Tolliver, whose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westward Ho (1935 Film)
''Westward Ho'' is a 1935 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring John Wayne and Sheila Bromley. It was released by the recently created Republic Pictures and was produced by Paul Malvern, who had previously produced several of Wayne's Westerns under the Lonestar Productions division of Monogram Pictures. Many consider the film among the earliest revisionist Westerns. Plot Whit Ballard and his gang of outlaws steal a herd of cattle from the Wyatts, a family of drovers, murdering the parents. In the aftermath, Ballard takes young Jim Wyatt but leaves Jim's brother John. As an adult, to locate the men who killed his parents and kidnapped his brother, John organizes a vigilante group of cowboys, and they become renowned for their success. John takes a job with a cattle-herding family and is attracted to the family's sassy daughter Mary. Jim, using the surname Allen and unrecognized by John, has also infiltrated the family, but his goal is to gather inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Of The Wild (1935 Film)
''Call of the Wild'' is a 1935 American adventure western film an adaptation of Jack London's 1903 novel '' The Call of the Wild''. The film is directed by William A. Wellman, and stars Clark Gable, Loretta Young and Jack Oakie. The screenplay is by Gene Fowler and Leonard Praskins. This is the last film to be released under the 20th Century Pictures banner before being merged with the Fox Film Corporation to create 20th Century-Fox. Plot In Skagway in 1900, Jack Thornton announces to a crowded bar that he is going home after striking it rich in the gold fields, but then loses most of his money gambling. He then runs into old pal, "Shorty" Hoolihan, who has just been released from jail after serving a sentence for reading other people's mail. Shorty tells Jack that the contents of one letter he read is worth a million dollars. It contained a map to a rich gold strike; prospector Martin Blake died before he could stake his claim to it, but the letter was mailed to his son Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
