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Inez Cooper
Elizabeth Inez Cooper (March 1921 – December 1993) was an American actress, noted at the time for closely resembling actress Hedy Lamarr. Before her Hollywood career, Cooper worked in a department store, engaged in modeling jobs and traveled worldwide. Producer Mervyn LeRoy discovered her at a nightclub in 1941, mistaking her for Lamarr. After being offered a professional acting contract, Cooper entered the film industry and studied dramatics, although initially could only secure minor roles. Despite her resemblance to Lamarr, Cooper faced challenges in landing significant roles, often relegated to minor parts in films such as Whistling in the Dark (1941 film), Whistling in the Dark and Du Barry Was a Lady (film), Du Barry Was a Lady. She expressed frustration with issues arising from her uncanny similarity to Lamarr, although did secure the lead in the 1943 romance film Wings Over the Pacific, as the only female among the main cast. Cooper died in December 1993 at a local hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of Alabama, United States. It is the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama, Jefferson County. The population was 200,733 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Alabama, second-most populous city in Alabama, and estimated at 196,357 in 2024. The Birmingham metropolitan area, Alabama, Birmingham metropolitan area had a population of 1.19 million in 2020 and is the largest metropolitan area in Alabama and List of metropolitan statistical areas, 47th-most populous in the US. Birmingham serves as a major regional economic, medical, and educational hub of the Deep South, Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion, Piedmont, and Appalachian regions. Founded in 1871 during the Reconstruction Era of the United States, Reconstruction era, Birmingham was formed through the merger of three smaller communities, most notably Elyton, Alabama, Elyton. It quickly grew into an industrial and transportation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loretta Young
Loretta Young (born Gretchen Michaela Young; January 6, 1913 – August 12, 2000) was an American actress. Starting as a child, she had a long and varied career in film from 1917 to 1989. She received numerous honors including an Academy Awards, Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and three Primetime Emmy Awards as well as two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her work in film and television. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film ''The Farmer's Daughter (1947 film), The Farmer's Daughter'' (1947), and received her second Academy Award nomination for her role in ''Come to the Stable'' (1949). She also starred in films such as ''Born to Be Bad (1934 film), Born to Be Bad'' (1934), ''Call of the Wild (1935 film), Call of the Wild'' (1935), ''The Crusades (1935 film), The Crusades'' (1935), ''Eternally Yours (film), Eternally Yours'' (1939), ''The Stranger (1946 film), The Stranger'' (1946), ''The Bishop's Wife'' (1947), and ''Key to the City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riding The California Trail
''Riding the California Trail'' is a 1947 American Western film directed by William Nigh and written by Clarence Upson Young. The film stars Gilbert Roland as the Cisco Kid, Martin Garralaga, Frank Yaconelli, Teala Loring, Inez Cooper and Ted Hecht. The film was released on January 11, 1947, by Monogram Pictures. Plot Cast *Gilbert Roland as The Cisco Kid / Don Luis Salazar *Martin Garralaga as Don José Ramirez *Frank Yaconelli as Baby *Teala Loring as Raquel *Inez Cooper Elizabeth Inez Cooper (March 1921 – December 1993) was an American actress, noted at the time for closely resembling actress Hedy Lamarr. Before her Hollywood career, Cooper worked in a department store, engaged in modeling jobs and traveled w ... as Delores Ramirez *Ted Hecht as Don Raoul Pedro Reyes *Marcelle Grandville as Dueña Rosita References External links * {{The Cisco Kid 1947 films 1940s English-language films American Western (genre) films 1947 Western (genre) films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Chaser
''Lady Chaser'' is a 1946 American mystery film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Fred Myton. The film stars Robert Lowery, Ann Savage, Inez Cooper, Frank Ferguson, William Haade and Ralph Dunn. The film was released on November 25, 1946, by Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot Cast * Robert Lowery as Peter Kane *Ann Savage as Inez Marie Polk *Inez Cooper as Dorian Westmore *Frank Ferguson as Oliver T. Vickers *William Haade as Bill Redding *Ralph Dunn as Brady *Paul Bryar Paul Bryar (born Gabriel Paul Barrere; February 21, 1910 – August 30, 1985) was an American actor. In a career spanning nearly half a century, he appeared in numerous films and television series. Career Bryar appeared in nearly 220 fil ... as Garry * Charles Williams as Apartment House Manager *Garry Owen as Herman *Marie Martino as Anna Nelson References External links * {{Sam Newfield 1946 films 1940s English-language films American mystery films 1946 mystery films Producer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Of The Border (film)
''North of the Border'' is a 1946 American Western film. The movie was directed by B. Reeves Eason and based on a story by James Oliver Curwood. Many of the same cast and crew also worked on '' 'Neath Canadian Skies''. Although the film credits James Curwood, TCM states that "the film does not appear to have been based on one of his stories." Synopsis American rancher "Utah" Nyes (Hayden) comes to Canada to meet his partner, Bill Lawton. He finds that Lawton has been murdered by a gang led by "Nails" Nelson (Fowley). With the help of Mountie Jack Craig (Talbot), and fur-trapper Ivy Jenkins (Jolley), "Utah" manages to clear himself of the murder of Lawton, and also to break up Nelson's gang. Cast * Russell Hayden as Robert "Utah" Nyes * Inez Cooper as Ruth Wilson * Douglas Fowley as "Nails" Nelson * Lyle Talbot as RCMP Sergeant Jack Craig * Anthony Warde (as Anthony Ward) as Jean Gaspee * I. Stanford Jolley as Ivy Jenkins * Guy Beach as George Laramie * Jack Mulhall as RCMP C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'Neath Canadian Skies
''Neath Canadian Skies'' is a 1946 American Northern film about Mounties. It was directed by B. Reeves Eason from a story by James Oliver Curwood. Filming took place in June 1946 through Golden Gate Pictures, in a studio that used to be a ping pong parlor. The same team also made '' North of the Border'' (1946). Cast * Russell Hayden as Tim Ransom, also known as Joe Reed * Inez Cooper as Linda Elliot * Douglas Fowley as Ned Thompson * Cliff Nazarro as Wilbur Higgins * I. Stanford Jolley as Bill Haley * Jack Mulhall as Captain Sharon * Kermit Maynard as Stony Carter References External links * * Neath Canadian Skies''at the British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ... Royal Canadian Mounted Police in fiction 1946 films American Western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flight To Nowhere
''Flight to Nowhere'' is a 1946 American film noir crime film directed by William Rowland and starring Alan Curtis, Evelyn Ankers and Micheline Cheirel. An independent film, it was one of the first postwar productions to deal with the atom bomb secrets. Plot In Honolulu, an operative carrying a map revealing secret uranium deposits in the South Pacific is gunned down. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, "Hobie" Carrington ( Alan Curtis) tries to turn down Countess Maria de Fresca's ( Micheline Cheirel) request to hire him as a pilot for a flight to Death Valley. She changes his mind by promising him a dinner date. Before they can depart, Carrington is approached by his former superior in the armed forces, Bob Donovan ( Jack Holt), now an FBI agent. Donovan tells Carrington to keep an eye out for the missing map. The Countess and her party, including wealthy Catherine Forrest (Evelyn Ankers), Catherine's friend, James Van Bush (Roland Varno), Catherine's brother, Claude Forrest (John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl Crazy (1943 Film)
''Girl Crazy'' is a 1943 American musical film starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. Produced by the Freed Unit of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it is based on the stage musical ''Girl Crazy''which was written by Guy Bolton and Jack McGowan, with music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin. It was the last of Garland and Rooney's nine movies as co-stars, the pair appearing only once more together on film, as guest stars in 1948's '' Words and Music''. Production began with Busby Berkeley as director, but he was soon replaced by Norman Taurog. The film used all six songs from the original stage musical, plus another Gershwin song, " Fascinating Rhythm". Green, Stanley; Schmidt, Elaine"Girl Crazy, 1943"''Hollywood Musicals Year By Year'' (2 ed.), Hal Leonard Corporation, 2000, , p. 125 Plot Dan Churchill, Jr., a young playboy, is a headache for his concerned tycoon father. In hopes that isolation from girls will help Junior concentrate on his studies, Churchill senior takes Danny ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stand By For Action
''Stand By for Action'' (British title: ''Cargo of Innocents'') is a 1942 American black-and-white U.S. Navy war film from MGM, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, and starring Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Charles Laughton, Walter Brennan. Marilyn Maxwell made her film debut in this feature. Suggested by a story by Laurence Kirk, and with an original story by Captain Harvey Haislip and R. C. Sherriff, the film's screenplay was written by George Bruce, John L. Balderston, and Herman J. Mankiewicz. Plot During the early months of U.S. involvement in World War II, well-connected, Harvard-educated Lieutenant Gregg Masterman enjoys his cushy posting as the junior aide to Rear Admiral Stephen "Old Ironpants" Thomas, playing tennis and arranging various Navy social functions. During a chance encounter, he gives bad advice to up-from-the-ranks Lieutenant Commander Martin J. Roberts. As a result, Thomas gives Roberts command of a once obsolete but now reconditioned World War I-era de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Married An Angel (film)
''I Married an Angel'' is a 1942 American musical film based on the 1938 musical comedy of the same name by Rodgers and Hart. The film was directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starred Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, who were then a popular onscreen couple. Supporting cast members included Edward Everett Horton, Binnie Barnes, Reginald Owen, Douglass Dumbrille, Mona Maris, and Odette Myrtil. Plot Popular among the ladies of Budapest, banker Count Willie Palaffi (Nelson Eddy) seeks true love as he approaches his 35th birthday. At the last minute, "Whiskers," his kindly mentor, invites a junior secretary, Anna Zador (Jeanette MacDonald) to the lavish party. The Count's senior secretary is jealous and arranges for a simple foil and wire angel costume, expecting Anna to be ridiculed. Anna arrives to laughter and snickers, except from the Count who seems enthralled by her simple beauty and kindness. Tired of the party, the Count retires to his room to sleep. Brigitta, an angel (again, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Marshall (bandleader)
Gerard William Marshall (October 12, 1917 – June 7, 1994) was an American singer, bandleader and a motion picture actor, director and producer. Biography Born in Chicago, Illinois on October 12, 1917, Marshall became a vocalist for Fred Waring and his band, The Pennsylvanians, before forming his own band in 1937. In 1940, he moved to Hollywood to act in films. Some of the movies Marshall appeared in include '' Calendar Girl'', '' That Brennan Girl'', '' Belle of the Yukon'', ''Knute Rockne, All American'' and ''State Fair'' (1945). Personal life and death Marshall married Beverly Bruce on December 5, 1938, in Marion, Arkansas. They were divorced on June 7, 1940. After that, he was married three times to actresses. #Michèle Morgan (September 16, 1942–1948) — son Michael Marshall, actor #Micheline Presle (1949–1955). — daughter Tonie Marshall, film director #Ginger Rogers (1961–1969) Marshall died in Boulogne-Billancourt (France) on June 7, 1994, at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monogram Pictures
Monogram Pictures Corporation was an American film studio that produced mostly low-budget films between 1931 and 1953, when the firm completed a transition to the name Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. Monogram was among the smaller studios in the golden age of Hollywood, generally referred to collectively as Poverty Row. Lacking the financial resources to deliver the lavish sets, production values, and star power of the larger studios, Monogram sought to attract its audiences with the promise of action and adventure. The company's trademark is now owned by Allied Artists International. The original sprawling brick complex which functioned as home to both Monogram and Allied Artists remains at 4376 Sunset Drive, utilized as part of the Church of Scientology Media Center (formerly KCET's television facilities). History Monogram was created in the early 1930s from two earlier companies: W. Ray Johnston's Rayart Productions (renamed Raytone when sound pictures came in) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
