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High Hell (film)
''High Hell'' is a 1958 American film set in the Canadian Rockies. It was a British B-movie intended for North American audiences, with exteriors filmed in the Swiss Jungfrau and interiors on a British sound stage. Plot Craig Rhodes and Frank Davidson are partners in a gold mine in Canada. Frank's wife Lenore falls for Craig and is lusted after by Luke Fulgham. at New York Times Cast * as Craig Rhodes * as Lenore Davidson * |
Burt Balaban
Burt Balaban (March 6, 1922 – October 14, 1965) was an American film producer and director. Biography Balaban was born to a Jewish family, the son of Tillie (née Urkov) from her first marriage, and stepson of Barney Balaban, longtime president of Paramount Pictures. He was the nephew of Elmer Balaban, the nephew of A. J. Balaban, the brother of author Judy Balaban and the cousin of actor Bob Balaban of '' Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' (1977) and '' Gosford Park'' (2001). He was born in Chicago and graduated from Roanoke College. During World War II, he was a combat photographer with the Marines. Shortly after directing and producing '' The Gentle Rain'' in 1965, Balaban was diagnosed with cancer and died on October 14, 1965. Selected filmography *'' Phantom Caravan'' (1954) – executive producer *'' The Sergeant and the Spy'' (TV movie) (1954) (producer) *'' Amiable Lady'' (1954) (TV movie) (producer) *'' The Lie'' (1954) (TV movie) (producer) *'' Double B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Mayer
Arthur L. Mayer (March 28, 1886 – April 14, 1981) was an American film producer and film distributor who worked with Joseph Burstyn in distributing films directed by Roberto Rossellini and other famous European film directors. Some films were distributed under the name Burstyn-Mayer Inc. Mayer was also interviewed by Warren Beatty for Beatty's film ''Reds'' (1981). In 1949, Mayer went into business to distribute French films in the U.S. with Edward Kingsley, who later founded Kingsley-International Pictures. Linked 2013-08-21 Mayer was co-producer of the French |
Irve Tunick
Irve Tunick (June 27, 1912September 10, 1987) was an American scriptwriter and Film producer, producer. He is best known for writing scripts for radio, television, and movies including for ''Freedom's People,'' ''Studio One (American TV series), Studio One,'' ''Armstrong Circle Theatre,'' ''The Bold Ones,'' ''Bonanza,'' ''Ironside (1967 TV series), Ironside,'' ''The Witness (TV series), Witness'', and ''The F.B.I. (TV series), The F.B.I..'' Tunick began writing scripts in the 1930s for radio and continued writing scripts into the 1970s with his last script being for television. After 14 years of being employed as a scriptwriter, Tunick had written over 1000 radio and TV scripts. Tunick founded and was president of the Eastern Region of the Television Writers of America, which was a predecessor of the Writers Guild of America. Most notably, Tunick co-wrote the script for ''Murder, Inc. (1960 film), Murder Inc.,'' released in 1960, which earned an Academy Award for Best Acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Derek
John Derek (born Derek Delevan Harris; August 12, 1926 – May 22, 1998) was an American actor, filmmaker and photographer."John Derek." ''''. Retrieved: August 12, 2011. He appeared in such films as '' Knock on Any Door'', '''' (both 1949), '' Rogues of Sherwood Forest'' (1950), and '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine Stewart (actress)
Elaine Stewart (born Elsy Henrietta Maria Steinberg; May 31, 1930 – June 27, 2011) was an American actress and model. Life Stewart was born in Montclair, New Jersey, the daughter of Maria Hedwig (Hänssler) and Ulrich E. Steinberg. Her father's family, which was largely Frisian, was from Aurich, Niedersachsen and her mother was from Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg. She was one of five children born to German immigrant parents. Her father was a police sergeant. She was a teenager when she signed a contract with the Conover modeling agency and changed her name. Soon after, the movie producer Hal Wallis offered her $200 a week to play a nurse in the Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis comedy ''Sailor Beware''. She beat out hundreds of young models in 1952 to earn a photo layout in ''See Magazine'', winning the title of “Miss See.” Stewart was a Democrat who was supportive of Adlai Stevenson's campaign during the 1952 presidential election. In 1961, she married actor Bill Carter. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wilson (cinematographer)
James Wilson was a British cinematographer. The film historians Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane describe his work for the B movie A B movie, or B film, is a type of cheap, low-budget commercial motion picture. Originally, during the Classical Hollywood cinema, Golden Age of Hollywood, this term specifically referred to films meant to be shown as the lesser-known second ... production company The Danzigers in the 1950s as one of the company's "strongest assets", especially in his ability to create a sense of "unillusioned grimness".Steve Chibnall & Brian McFarlane, ''The British 'B' Film'', Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2009, p. 95. Selected filmography * '' One of the Best'' (1927) * '' Balaclava'' (1928) * '' A South Sea Bubble'' (1928) * '' The Man from Chicago'' (1930) * '' Symphony in Two Flats'' (1930) * ''Keepers of Youth'' (1931) * ''Potiphar's Wife (1931 film), Potiphar's Wife'' (1931) * ''The Flying Fool (1931 film), The Flying Fool'' (1931) * ''Lord Camber's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the flagship namesake subsidiary of Paramount Global. It is the sixth-oldest film studio in the world, the second-oldest film studio in the United States (behind Universal Pictures), and the sole member of the Major film studio, "Big Five" film studios located within the city limits of Los Angeles. In 1916, film producer Adolph Zukor put 24 actors and actresses under contract and honored each with a star on the logo. In 1967, the number of stars was reduced to 22 and their hidden meaning was dropped. In 2014, Paramount Pictures became the first major Hollywood studio to distribute all of its films in digital form only. The company's headquarters and studios are located at 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California. The most commercially successful film franchises from Paramount Pictu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Rockies
The Canadian Rockies () or Canadian Rocky Mountains, comprising both the Alberta Rockies and the British Columbian Rockies, is the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains. It is the easternmost part of the Canadian Cordillera, which is the northern segment of the North American Cordillera, the expansive system of interconnected mountain ranges between the Interior Plains and the Pacific Coast that runs northwest–southeast from central Alaska to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico. Canada officially defines the Rocky Mountains system as the mountain chains east of the Rocky Mountain Trench extending from the Liard River valley in northern British Columbia to the Albuquerque Basin in New Mexico, not including the Mackenzie, Richardson and British Mountains/ Brooks Range in Yukon and Alaska (which are all included as the "Arctic Rockies" in the United States' definition of the Rocky Mountains system). The Canadian Rockies, being the northern segment of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jungfrau
The Jungfrau (, , , "maiden, virgin"), at is one of the main summits of the Bernese Alps, located between the northern canton of Bern and the southern canton of Valais, halfway between Interlaken and Fiesch. Together with the Eiger and Mönch, the Jungfrau forms a massive wall of mountains overlooking the Bernese Oberland and the Swiss Plateau, one of the most distinctive sights of the Swiss Alps. The summit was first reached on August 3, 1811, by the Meyer brothers of Aarau and two chamois hunters from Valais. The ascent followed a long expedition over the glaciers and high passes of the Bernese Alps. It was not until 1865 that a more direct route on the northern side was opened. The construction of the Jungfrau Railway in the early 20th century, which connects Kleine Scheidegg to the Jungfraujoch, the saddle between the Mönch and the Jungfrau, made the area one of the most-visited places in the Alps. Along with the Aletsch Glacier to the south, the Jungfrau is part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Allen (actor)
John Keith Patrick Allen (17 March 1927 – 28 July 2006) was a British actor. Life and career Allen was born in Nyasaland (now Malawi), where his father was a tobacco farmer. After his parents returned to Britain, he was evacuated to Canada during the Second World War, where he remained to finish his education at McGill University in Montreal. Before returning to Britain, he gained experience as a local radio broadcaster and appeared on television in plays and documentaries. Returning to the UK in 1953, Allen made his film debut in Alfred Hitchcock's ''Dial M for Murder'' (1954). He subsequently appeared in character roles in many films, including '' Captain Clegg'', ''The Wild Geese'', ''The Sea Wolves'', '' Puppet on a Chain'', and ''Who Dares Wins''. He was also the lead actor in the Associated-Rediffusion adventure series '' Crane'' (1963–65) and in the BBC1 series ''Brett'' (1971). Allen played Moriarty's deputy Colonel Sebastian Moran in ''The Adventures of Sherlock H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerold Wells
Jerold Wells (8 August 1908 – 19 July 1999) was an English actor. He was born in Wallington, Hampshire, and died in Bath, Somerset. He appeared primarily in British comedies. Films included ''Adventures of a Plumber's Mate'' and the TV-made 'Carry On Kitchener'. Two of his best-known roles were in ''Time Bandits'', where he played Benson, a mentally disturbed follower of Evil, and in ''Jabberwocky'', in which he played a footless man known as "Wat Dabney". He also appeared on television, in ''The Two Ronnies'', ''Coronation Street'', ''The Old Curiosity Shop'', Catweazle and ''The Benny Hill Show''. Partial filmography * '' Three in One'' (1957) - Wally (segment "Joe Wilson's Mates") * '' The Naked Truth'' (1957) - 1st Irishman (uncredited) * '' High Hell'' (1958) - Charlie Spence * ''Law and Disorder'' (1958) - Cell Warder (uncredited) * '' Passport to Shame'' (1958) - Taxi Driver in Office (uncredited) * '' The Criminal'' (1960) - Warder Brown * '' Dangerous Afternoon'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Mulock
Alfred Mulock Rogers (June 30, 1926 – May 1968), better known as Al Mulock or Al Mulloch, was a Canadian character actor. Early life Alfred Mulock Rogers was born on June 30, 1926, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was the only child of Adèle Cawthra Mulock and Alfred Rogers. Maternally he was descended from the Mulock family, headed by Sir William Mulock KCMG, the former Postmaster-General of Canada and one of the wealthiest families in Canada. Career He attended the Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio in New York City, United States. Then, with David de Keyser, he started The London Studio, which taught method acting to British actors. Mulock became active in the British film industry in the 1950s and early 1960s, making numerous appearances in various British television series and films. He is best known for his roles in Spaghetti Western films, most notably in his two collaborations with Sergio Leone, ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' and ''Once Upon a Time in the West''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
