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Hoodlum Empire
''Hoodlum Empire'' is a 1952 American film noir crime film directed by Joseph Kane starring Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor, Forrest Tucker, Vera Ralston, Luther Adler and John Russell (actor), John Russell.. It was inspired by the United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce, Kefauver Committee hearings dealing with organized crime. Plot Former gangster Joe Gray (Russell) who joined the army during World War II and became a hero is now leading a respectable life. When he is called before a grand jury to testify against organized crime activities, his former mobster colleagues prepare to take measures to ensure that he doesn't. Cast * Brian Donlevy as Senator Bill Stephens * Claire Trevor as Connie Williams * Forrest Tucker as Charley Pignatalli * Vera Ralston as Marte Dufour * Luther Adler as Nick Mancani * John Russell (actor), John Russell as Joe Gray * Gene Lockhart as Senator Tower * Grant Withers as Rev. Simon Andrews * Taylor Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Kane
Jasper Joseph Inman Kane (March 19, 1894, San Diego – August 25, 1975, Santa Monica, California) was an American film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter. He is best known for his extensive directorship and focus on Western films. Biography Kane began his career as a professional cellist. In 1934 he took an interest in film directing and, starting in 1935, he co-directed serials for Mascot Pictures and Republic Pictures. He soon became Republic's top Western film director. Kane's first directorial credit was for '' The Fighting Marines'' (1935). When Mascot Pictures and several other small film companies amalgamated into Republic Pictures in 1935, Kane became staff director, remaining at the studio until it ceased production in 1958. He piloted many Gene Autry and Roy Rogers movies and directed John Wayne in films such as '' The Lawless Nineties'' (1936) and '' Flame of Barbary Coast'' (1944), and Joseph Schildkraut on '' The Cheaters'' (1945). Between 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Lockhart
Edwin Eugene Lockhart (July 18, 1891 – March 31, 1957)"Gene Lockhart" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''. was a Canadian-American , playwright, singer and lyricist. He appeared in over 300 films, and received an nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Regis in '' |
1952 Crime Films
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annex the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establishes his headquarters and the colonies th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Films
The year 1952 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films United States The top ten 1952 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows: International Events *January 10 – Cecil B. DeMille's circus epic, '' The Greatest Show on Earth'', is premièred at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. * March 27 – The MGM musical '' Singin' in the Rain'' premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. *May 26 – Decision reached in Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson determining that certain provisions of the New York Education Law allowing a censor to forbid the commercial showing of any non-licensed motion picture film, or revoke or deny the license of a film deemed to be "sacrilegious," was a "restraint on freedom of speech" and thereby a violation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. * September 19 – While Charlie Chaplin is at sea on his way to the United Kingdom, the United States Attorney-General, Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Flaherty (actor)
Edmund Joseph Flaherty (March 8, 1897 – December 2, 1970) was an American film actor who appeared in about 200 films. Biography Early life Flaherty was born Edmund Joseph Flaherty in Washington, D.C.; the son of Mary Rose Ella (née Wilson) and Michael Joseph Flaherty. He was the older brother of writer Vincent X. Flaherty. Flaherty had Irish ancestry. Pat attended Eastern High School, and Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts. After playing baseball, he attended Princeton University and graduated on January 26, 1918. Flaherty served in the U.S. Army during the Pancho Villa Expedition and then as an U.S. Army Air Service pilot in World War I. Early athletic career Flaherty was a popular Washington, D.C., athlete and coach, who went on to become a professional baseball and football player and was in the bullpen for John McGraw's New York Giants during the 1921 World Series, and punted for George Halas' Chicago Bears. After his professional athletic career ended, he went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damian O'Flynn
Damian O'Flynn (January 29, 1907 – August 8, 1982) was an Irish- American actor of film and television originally from Holt, Nebraska. Biography Damian Francis Flynn, stage name Damian O'Flynn, began his stage career in Omaha before attempting the New York stage. He moved to Los Angeles in 1936 and made his screen debut in '' Marked Woman'' (1937), after which he was a freelance player for such studios as Warner Brothers, Paramount, and RKO Pictures. While serving in World War II, he was cast with several other actors-in-uniform in '' Winged Victory'', a production of 20th Century Fox. O'Flynn appeared in many western films and television series. He was cast with Ben Cooper in '' Gunfight at Comanche Creek'' (1963) and had a bit part in '' The Far Country'' (1954). He appeared in two secondary roles in sixty episodes of ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp''. In addition to his work in westerns, O'Flynn guest-starred in two episodes of the CBS situation comedy '' Mr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillip Pine
Phillip Pine (July 16, 1920 – December 22, 2006) was an American film and television actor, writer, film director, and producer. Early life Pine was born in Hanford, California, the son of immigrants from Portugal. The family name was Pinheiro, which Pine stated in an interview was changed at Ellis Island. His father Miguel Pine ran a general store and meat market in downtown Hanford. His family moved to Santa Cruz when he was five. Career Pine played John Wesley Hardin in a 1955 episode of ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp'' (John Wesley Hardin, S1 E9). In a 1957 episode of the same series, Pine again played Hardin (The Time for All Good Men, S2 E39). Later that year, he appeared on ''Gunsmoke'', as “Vint” - a cheating card dealer turned murderer in the episode “Moon”. Pine appeared in two episodes of '' Adventures of Superman'' titled "The Mystery of the Broken Statues" and "The Case of the Talkative Dummy". In the latter, he played a theater usher who was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Benedict
Richard "Pepe" Benedict (born Riccardo Benedetto, January 8, 1920 – April 29, 1984) was an Italian-American television and film actor and director. He was born in Palermo, Italy. Career He appeared in dozens of television programs and movies from the 1940s to the 1960s, most notably '' Ace in the Hole'' (1951), directed by Billy Wilder. Benedict appeared with Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack in the 1960 movie ''Ocean's 11'' as one of the 11 men who rob five Las Vegas casinos on the same night. He also played the commander of the Mars rescue ship in the 1958 B sci-fi movie '' It! The Terror from Beyond Space''. Benedict's television appearances included '' Adventures of Superman'', ''The Lone Ranger'', ''Perry Mason'', ''Zorro'', '' Dragnet'', ''Peter Gunn'' and '' Hawaii Five-O''. His directing credits included ''Impasse'', an adventure film starring Burt Reynolds. Death He died of a heart attack at Studio City, Los Angeles Studio City is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Roberts
Roy Roberts (born Roy Barnes Jones; March 19, 1906 – May 28, 1975) was an American character actor. Over his more than 40-year career, he appeared in more than nine hundred productions on stage and screen. Life and career Born in Tampa, Florida, Roberts began his acting career on stage with a stock company there. He left the Tampa company after a year to perform in touring stock theater for five years. He first appeared on Broadway in May 1931 before making his motion picture debut in '' Gold Bricks'', a 1936 two-reel comedy short released by 20th Century-Fox. He appeared in numerous films in secondary parts and returned to perform on Broadway in such productions as '' Twentieth Century'', '' My Sister Eileen'', and '' Carnival in Flanders'' until he began making guest appearances on television series. After appearing on Gale Storm's '' My Little Margie'' in 1956, he became part of several television series. In a show that was the precursor to ''The Love Boat'', Robe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Beddoe
Donald Theophilus Beddoe (July 1, 1903 – January 19, 1991) was an American character actor. Early years Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Beddoe was the son of Dan Beddoe, a Welsh classical singer, and his wife Mary. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati with bachelor's and master's degrees and taught English for three years. Stage Beddoe gained much theatrical experience playing in stock theater in Boston, Massachusetts, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He made his Broadway acting debut in 1929, receiving top billing (over a young Spencer Tracy) in ''Nigger Rich''. His other Broadway credits include ''Penny Arcade'' (1930), ''The Greeks Had a Word for It'' (1930), ''Sing High, Sing Low'' (1931), ''The Warrior's Husband'' (1932), ''Man Bites Dog'' (1933), ''The Blue Widow'' (1933), ''Birthright'' (1933), ''The Sky's the Limit'' (1934), ''Nowhere Bound'' (1935), ''First Lady'' (1935), ''Father Malachy's Miracle'' (1937), and ''Winged Victory'' (1943). Film After a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Jaeckel
Richard Jaeckel (born R. Hanley Jaeckel; October 10, 1926 – June 14, 1997) was an American actor of film and television. Jaeckel became a well-known character actor in his career, which spanned six decades. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor with his role in the 1971 adaptation of Ken Kesey's '' Sometimes a Great Notion''. Early years Jaeckel was born October 10, 1926, in Long Beach, New York, the son of Richard Jaeckel and Millicent Hanley. His father was active in the family's fur business, and his mother was a stage actress. His birth name was R. Hanley Jaeckel, with only the initial rather than a first name. He attended The Harvey School and other private schools. The family lived in New York until 1934, when they moved to Los Angeles, where his father operated a branch of the family business. He graduated from Hollywood High School. Career A short, tough man, Jaeckel played a variety of characters during his 50 years in films and tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Murphy (actor)
William Murphy (April 20, 1922 – November 6, 1989) was an American film actor active from the 1940s through the 1970s. He played Lt. Edlridge on ''Gunsmoke'' in the 1959 episode "Blue Horse" (S4E38). A long-time friend of John Wayne and Robert Mitchum, Williams also spent many nights with Elvis Presley and his entourage. He reportedly regarded Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (other) * Hollywood ... as "an open invitation to party all night long".Peter Guralnik, ''Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley'', p.72. Filmography References Guralnick, Peter. ''Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley'', p. 72. External links * American male film actors 1922 births 1989 deaths 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
