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John L. Cason
John Lacy Cason (July 30, 1918 – July 7, 1961), also credited as Bob Cason and John L. Cason, was an American actor active in both films and television. During his 20-year career he appeared in over 200 films and television shows. He is best known for his work on the television program ''The Adventures of Kit Carson'', where he appeared in several roles from 1951 to 1953. Life and career Cason was born on July 30, 1918, in Valley View, Texas. He made his film debut, as a fighter in the 1941 classic Abbott and Costello comedy, ''Buck Privates''. Cason was often cast as the bad guy, or henchman during his career, as in 1952's ''Black Hills Ambush''. Most of his roles were un-credited, but he occasionally he received named billing, such as Henchman Lucas in the 1944 Western '' Wild Horse Phantom'', as Blazer in '' Rimfire'' (1949), and as Westy in the 1953 Western, ''Gun Fury''. Other notable films in which Cason appears include: '' Her Husband's Affairs'' (1947), starring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunset Carson Rides Again
''Sunset Carson Rides Again'' is a 1948 American Western (genre), Western film produced and directed by Oliver Drake (filmmaker), Oliver Drake and shot on his own ranch. Filmed in 1947 in Kodachrome on 16mm film, the film was the first of Drake's Yucca Pictures Corporation to star Sunset Carson. The film was released by Astor Pictures Corporation in 35mm Cinecolor.pp. 192-193 Reid, John Howard ''Your Colossal Main Feature Plus Full Support Program'' Lulu.com, 23 Mar 2005 The film follows Bob Ward as he is rescued by a man named Sunset Carson, who Bob believes murdered his father. Plot In the desert foothills, rancher Sunset Carson finds a young Easterner who has drunk from a poisoned spring, and takes him to his ranch, where his sister Joan looks after him. The young man introduces himself as The Kansas Kid and explains that he jumped off a freight train thinking he was taking a short cut to a nearby town. He asks Sunset if he knows a prospector named John Ward, and when Suns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tough Assignment
''Tough Assignment'' is a 1949 American crime film directed by William Beaudine and starring Don Barry, who also produced the film, with Marjorie Steele and Steve Brodie. It is regarded as a film noir.Spicer p.421 Plot A Los Angeles reporter and his photographer wife investigate a criminal gang rustling cattle and trying to establish a cartel over beef supplies to the city's butcher shops. Cast * Don Barry as Dan Reilly * Marjorie Steele as Margie Reilly * Steve Brodie as Boss Morgan * Marc Lawrence as Vince * Ben Welden as Sniffy * Sid Melton as Herman * John L. Cason as Joe * Frank Richards as Steve * Fred Kohler Jr. as Grant, Head Rancher * Michael Whalen as Hutchison * Edit Angold as Mrs. Schultz * Leander De Cordova as Mr. Schultz * Stanley Andrews as Chief Investigator Patterson * Stanley Price as Al Foster * Iris Adrian Iris Adrian Hostetter (May 29, 1912 – September 17, 1994) was an American stage and film actress. Life and career Adrian was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desperadoes Of The West
''Desperadoes of the West'' (1950) is a 12-chapter Republic film serial. Plot Cast * Tom Keene / Richard Powers as Ward Gordon * Judy Clark as Sally Arnold *Roy Barcroft as Hacker, a henchman * I. Stanford Jolley as J. B. "Dude" Dawson *Lee Phelps as Rusty Steele * Lee Roberts as Larson, a henchman *Cliff Clark as Colonel Arnold * Guy Teague as Jack Production ''Desperadoes of the West'' was budgeted at $153,081 although the final negative cost was $150,246 (a $2,835, or 1.9%, under spend). It was the cheapest Republic serial of 1950. It was filmed between May 31 and June 22, 1950 under the working titles ''Bandit King of Oklahoma'' and ''Desperado Kings of the West''. The serial's studio production number was 1708. Stunts * Tom Steele as Ward Gordon (doubling Richard Powers) *Dale Van Sickel as Hacker/Ward Gordon (doubling Roy Barcroft & Richard Powers) *John Daheim Special effects Special effects by the Lydecker brothers. Release Theatrical ''Desperadoes of the Wests ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lost Planet (serial)
''The Lost Planet'' is a 1953 American science fiction serial film 15-chapter serial which has the distinction of being the last interplanetary-themed sound serial ever made. It was directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet with a screenplay by George H. Plympton and Arthur Hoerl (who also wrote for '' Rocky Jones, Space Ranger''). It appears to have been planned as a sequel to the earlier chapterplay '' Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere'' and shares many plot-points, props and sets, as well as some of the same cast. However, the Video Rangers do not appear, and their uniforms are instead worn by "slaves" created electronically by Reckov, the dictator of the Lost Planet (Gene Roth) with the help of mad scientist Dr. Grood (Michael Fox) and enslaved "good" scientist Professor Dorn (Forrest Taylor). Plot Dr. Ernst Grood has succeeded in winning control over the planet Ergro as the first step in his desired conquest of the Universe. Reporter Rex Barrow, his photographer Tim John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serial Film
A serial film, film serial (or just serial), movie serial, or chapter play, is a motion picture form popular during the first half of the 20th century, consisting of a series of short subjects exhibited in consecutive order at one theater, generally advancing weekly, until the series is completed. Usually, each serial involves a single set of characters, protagonistic and antagonistic, involved in a single story. The film is edited into chapters, after the fashion of serial fiction, and the episodes should not be shown out of order, as individual chapters, or as part of a random collection of short subjects. Each chapter was screened at a movie theater for one week, and typically ended with a cliffhanger, in which characters found themselves in perilous situations with little apparent chance of escape. Viewers had to return each week to see the cliffhangers resolved and to follow the continuing story. Movie serials were especially popular with children, and for many youths in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Heflin
Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin Jr. (December 13, 1908 – July 23, 1971) was an American theatre, radio, and film actor. He played mostly character parts over the course of his film career, but during the 1940s had a string of roles as a leading man. Heflin won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in '' Johnny Eager'' (1942). He also had memorable roles in the westerns '' Shane'' (1953), '' 3:10 to Yuma'' (1957), and ''Gunman's Walk'' (1958). He portrayed a mentally disturbed airline passenger in the classic disaster film ''Airport'' (1970). Early life Heflin was born in Walters, Oklahoma, the son of Fanny Bleecker (née Shippey) and Dr. Emmett Evan Heflin, a dentist.Parker, John. ''Who's Who in the Theatre: Volume 17, Part 1.'' Pitman, 1952, p. 762. He was of Irish and French ancestry. Heflin's sister was Daytime Emmy-nominated actress Frances Heflin (who married composer Sol Kaplan). Heflin attended Classen High School in Oklahoma City. One source say ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10 To Yuma (1957 Film)
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sports, where it commonly denotes the first, leading, or top thing in a group. 1 is the unit of counting or measurement, a determiner for singular nouns, and a gender-neutral pronoun. Historically, the representation of 1 evolved from ancient Sumerian and Babylonian symbols to the modern Arabic numeral. In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number. In digital technology, 1 represents the "on" state in binary code, the foundation of computing. Philosophically, 1 symbolizes the ultimate reality or source of existence in various traditions. In mathematics The number 1 is the first natural number after 0. Each natural numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gia Scala
Gia Scala (born Josephine Grace Johanna Scoglio; March 3, 1934 – April 30, 1972) was a British and American actress. Early life Scala was born March 3, 1934, in Liverpool, England, to Sicilian father Pietro Scoglio, and Irish mother Eileen O'Sullivan. She had one sister, Tina Scala, also an actress. Scala was brought up in Messina and Mili San Marco in Sicily, the latter on the estate of her grandfather, Natale Scoglio, who owned one of the largest citrus growing operations in Sicily. When Scala was 16, she moved to the United States to live with her aunt Agata in Whitestone, Queens, New York City. After graduating from Bayside High School, she moved to Manhattan to pursue acting. Scala supported herself by working at a travel agency. While she worked during the day for airlines and an insurance agency, Scala studied acting at night, with Stella Adler among her teachers. She met Steve McQueen, whom she dated from 1952 to 1954. Scala began to appear on game shows, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Ford
Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006), known as Glenn Ford, was a Canadian-born American actor. He was most prominent during Classical Hollywood cinema, Hollywood's Golden Age as one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, and had a career that lasted more than 50 years. Ford often portrayed ordinary men in unusual circumstances. Although he starred in many genres of film, some of his most significant roles were in the film noir, films noir ''Gilda (film), Gilda'' (1946) and ''The Big Heat'' (1953), and the high-school drama ''Blackboard Jungle'' (1955). For comedies and Westerns, though, he received acting laurels, including three Golden Globe Award nominations for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, winning for ''Pocketful of Miracles'' (1961). He also played a supporting role as Superman's mild-mannered alter ego Clark Kent's adoptive farmer fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Go Near The Water (film)
''Don't Go Near the Water'' is a 1957 American comedy film about a U.S. Navy public relations unit stationed on an island in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. It is an adaptation of the 1956 Don't Go Near the Water (book), novel of the same name by William Brinkley. Glenn Ford and Gia Scala star. This is the first of several service comedy, service comedies that Ford appeared in after the huge success of ''The Teahouse of the August Moon (film), The Teahouse of the August Moon''. The movie was very successful and further solidified Ford's reputation as an adept comedic actor. Plot Lieutenant (junior grade), Lieutenant (j.g.) Max Siegel and other US Navy personnel are stuck in a public relations unit far from the fighting. Lieutenant Commander Clinton T. Nash, their commanding officer and a stockbroker in civilian life, refuses to allow anyone to transfer out. Much of Siegel's time is spent showing war correspondents (like obnoxious Gordon Ripwell) and visiting Congressmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Honorific nicknames in popular music, Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century, most popular entertainers of the 20th century. Sinatra is among the List of best-selling music artists, world's best-selling music artists, with an estimated 150 million record sales globally. Born to Italian Americans, Italian immigrants in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra began his musical career in the swing era and was influenced by the easy-listening vocal style of Bing Crosby. He joined the Harry James band as the vocalist in 1939 before finding success as a solo artist after signing with Columbia Records in 1943, becoming the idol of the "Bobby-soxer, bobby soxers". In 1946, Sinatra released his debut album, ''The Voice of Frank Sinatra''. He then signed with Capitol Records and released several albums wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montgomery Clift
Edward Montgomery Clift (October 17, 1920 – July 23, 1966) was an American actor. A four-time Academy Award nominee, he was known for his portrayal of "moody, sensitive young men", according to ''The New York Times''. He is best remembered for his roles in Howard Hawks's '' Red River'' (1948), George Stevens's '' A Place in the Sun'' (1951), Fred Zinnemann's ''From Here to Eternity'' (1953), Stanley Kramer's '' Judgment at Nuremberg'' (1961), and John Huston's '' The Misfits'' (1961). Along with Marlon Brando and James Dean, Clift was considered one of the original method actors in Hollywood (though Clift distanced himself from the term); he was one of the first actors to be invited to study in the Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan. He also executed a rare move by not signing a contract after arriving in Hollywood, only doing so after his first two films were a success. This was described as "a power differential that would go on to structure the star–studio r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
