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James Cardwell (actor)
James Cardwell (born Albert Paine Cardwell; November 21, 1921 – January 31, 1954) was an American actor who appeared in more than 20 Hollywood films in the 1940s. Career Cardwell is probably best known for his debut as George Sullivan in 1944's Oscar-nominated '' The Fighting Sullivans'', based on the true story of five navy brothers who died in action together when their ship was torpedoed in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His other significant roles included the Benny Goodman musical '' Sweet and Low-Down'' (1944), the World War II drama '' A Walk in the Sun'' (1945), and the police drama '' He Walked by Night'' (1948). Reviewing the 1945 Charlie Chan mystery '' The Shanghai Cobra'', the ''Kentucky New Era'' remarked that "James Cardwell, a newcomer to the screen, shows himself to be a fine actor as the romantic lead opposite beautiful Joan Barclay." However, he found himself consigned to B-movies; 1949's '' Daughter of the Jungle'', in which Cardwell played the mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fifty Worst Films Of All Time
''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 '' the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Missing Lady
''The Missing Lady'' is a 1946 American mystery film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Kane Richmond and Barbara Read. It was the third and final in a series of three films released by Monogram in 1946 starring Richmond as The Shadow, the others being '' The Shadow Returns'' and '' Behind The Mask''. Plot Lamont Cranston, alias The Shadow, investigates when an art dealer is murdered and his valuable jade statuette is stolen. Cast * Kane Richmond as Lamont Cranston (The Shadow) *Barbara Read as Margo Lane *Pierre Watkin as Commissioner Weston *Claire Carleton as Rose Dawson * Garry Owen as Johnson Reception Critic Leonard Maltin wrote that of the three Monogram ''Shadow'' films released in 1946, ''The Missing Lady'' was "the best of the series, played like a straight film noir Film noir (; ) is a style of Cinema of the United States, Hollywood Crime film, crime dramas that emphasizes cynicism (contemporary), cynical attitudes and motivations. The 1940s and 1950s are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canyon Passage
''Canyon Passage'' is a 1946 American Western film directed by Jacques Tourneur, and set in the American frontier era of the old Oregon Territory in the mid- 1850s. It stars Dana Andrews, Susan Hayward, and Brian Donlevy. Featuring love triangles and an Indian natives uprising, the film was adapted from the 1945 novelette in the ''Saturday Evening Post'' magazine of ''Canyon Passage'' by Ernest Haycox, Hoagy Carmichael, (music) and Jack Brooks (lyrics) were nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Oscar") for the popular tune of " Ole Buttermilk Sky" sung by country-western music singer Carmichael of the late 1940s and 1950s. Plot In 1856, ambitious freight company / pack mule line and store owner Logan Stuart (Dana Andrews) agrees to escort Lucy Overmire (Susan Hayward) from the bustling seaport town of Portland home to the (real life) rough-hewn mining settlement of rustic log buildings of Jacksonville, ( Jackson County), in the old Oregon Territory, along with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behind The Mask (1946 Film)
''Behind The Mask'' is a 1946 American comedy mystery film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, George Chandler and Dorothea Kent. It was the second in a series of three films released by Monogram in 1946 starring Richmond as the crimefighter The Shadow, the others being '' The Shadow Returns'' and ''The Missing Lady''. Plot Lamont Cranston, alias The Shadow, has to clear his name of the murder of a blackmailing newspaper reporter by solving the crime himself. Cast * Kane Richmond as Lamont Cranston (The Shadow) * Barbara Read as Margo Lane * George Chandler as Shrevvie * Dorothea Kent as Jennie Delaney * Joseph Crehan as Police Inspector Cardonna * Pierre Watkin as Police Commissioner Weston * Robert Shayne as Brad Thomas * June Clyde as Edith Merrill * James Cardwell as Jeff Marin * Marjorie Hoshelle as Mae Bishop * Joyce Compton as Lulu Reception Film historian Larry Langman dismissed ''Behind the Mask'' as a "feeble entry in the Shadow mys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fear (1946 Film)
''Fear'' is a 1946 American low-budget film noir directed by Alfred Zeisler and produced by Monogram Pictures. The film loosely follows the main plot of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1866 novel ''Crime and Punishment'', without attribution. Plot Larry Crain (Peter Cookson), a medical student on a scholarship, learns that all student scholarships, including his, have been cancelled by his school. Desperately short of cash and overdue on paying his rent, Crain goes to the apartment of Professor Stanley (Francis Pierlot), a teacher who has a sideline as a pawnbroker, though Crain is already in debt to him too. Crain pawns his father's watch for a small amount of money, but notes details in the professor's apartment, including the strong box and wall safe where he keeps his money and a heavy fireplace poker. A bit later at a diner, Crain meets a young woman ( Anne Gynne) who doesn't have cash to pay for her coffee. Crain covers her bill, and she promises to pay him back. However, when Cra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voice Of The Whistler
''Voice of the Whistler'' is a 1945 American mystery film noir directed by William Castle and starring Richard Dix, Lynn Merrick, and Rhys Williams. It was the fourth of Columbia Pictures' eight " Whistler" films produced in the 1940s, all based on the radio drama '' The Whistler''. Plot A dying millionaire, trying to do good, marries his penniless young nurse so she can inherit his wealth and live in comfort. He then miraculously recovers, but the troubles for both husband and wife are just beginning. Cast * Richard Dix as John Sinclair, alias John Carter * Lynn Merrick Lynn Merrick (born Marilyn Llewelling; November 19, 1919 – March 25, 2007) was an American actress who appeared in over 40 films during the 1940s, mainly for Columbia and Republic Studios. Early life Merrick was born Marilyn Llewelling on ... as Joan Martin Sinclair * Rhys Williams as Ernie Sparrow * James Cardwell as Fred (Doc) Graham * Tom Kennedy as Ferdinand / Hammerlock References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trove
Trove is an Australian online library database owned by the National Library of Australia in which it holds partnerships with source providers National and State Libraries Australia, an aggregator and service which includes full text documents, digital images, bibliographic and holdings data of items which are not available digitally, and a free faceted-search engine as a discovery tool. Content The database includes archives, images, newspapers, official documents, archived websites, manuscripts and other types of data. it is one of the most well-respected and accessed GLAM services in Australia, with over 70,000 daily users. Based on antecedents dating back to 1996, the first version of Trove was released for public use in late 2009. It includes content from libraries, museums, archives, repositories and other organisations with a focus on Australia. It allows searching of catalogue entries of books in Australian libraries (some fully available online), academic and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodrow Wilson High School (New Jersey)
Eastside High School, formerly Woodrow Wilson High School, is a four-year public high school in the City of Camden, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Camden City School District. In June 2020, it was announced that the school would be renamed; the change from Woodrow Wilson High School was made official in January 2022. As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 593 students and 63.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.4:1. There were 188 students (31.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none listed as eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for East Side High School |
Them!
''Them!'' is a 1954 black-and-white science fiction giant monster film starring James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, and James Arness. Produced by David Weisbart, the film was directed by Gordon Douglas, based on an original story by George Worthing Yates that was developed into a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman, with adaptation by Russell Hughes. The film is one of the first of the 1950s "nuclear monster" movies, and the first with big bugs as the threat. A nest of gigantic irradiated ants is discovered in the New Mexico desert, and they quickly become a national threat when it is found that two young queens and their consorts have escaped to establish new colonies. The national search that follows culminates in a battle with the last surviving colony in the concrete spillways and storm drain system of Los Angeles. Plot In 1954, New Mexico State Police Sergeant Ben Peterson and his partner, Ed Blackburn, discover a little girl wandering the desert in a catatonic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Detective
''City Detective'' is a half-hour syndicated television crime drama starring Rod Cameron as Bart Grant, a tough 1950s New York City police lieutenant. The show's title was a bit of a misnomer, as Grant fought crime "from Mexico to the Mojave Desert to New York City". Herschel Daugherty directed the series, and Lawrence Kimble wrote for it. Blake Edwards was a writer and an associate producer. Sixty-five episodes were produced from 1953 to 1955. Revue Productions rented space from Republic Studios for filming the series. Guest stars * Mike Connors guest-starred as Massey in the 1955 episode "Baby in the Basket". * Chuck Connors appeared as Sam in the 1955 episode "Trouble in Toyland". * Walter Coy appeared as Hilton in "Christmas Pardon" on January 1, 1953. * Fess Parker appeared as Tony in the 1955 episode "Hearts and Flowers". * DeForest Kelley appeared twice on ''City Detective'', as Benjamin in "An Old Man's Gold" Kelley and in "Crazy Like a Fox". * Carolyn Jones appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Cameron (actor)
Rod Cameron (born Nathan Roderick Cox; December 7, 1910 – December 21, 1983) was a Canadian film and television actor whose career extended from the 1930s to the 1970s. He appeared in horror, war, action and science fiction movies, but is best remembered for his many Westerns. Early years Cameron was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and grew up in New Jersey. He played on his high school basketball team and on a semi-professional football team. Despite those activities and others such as swimming and playing ice hockey, he couldn't join the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Canada as a young man because he failed the physical examination. Cameron moved to Los Angeles in the 1930s to work as a sandhog on the Metropolitan Water tunnels. Films Cameron started out as a stuntman and was a body double for Buck Jones. He became a bit player for Paramount Pictures as well as a stand-in for Fred MacMurray. His early films include '' Heritage of the Desert'' with Donald Woods a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
