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John T. Neville
John T. Neville (1886–1970) was an American screenwriter.Pitts p.34 Selected filmography * ''Her Mad Night'' (1932) *''Behind Jury Doors'' (1932) * ''Malay Nights'' (1932) * '' Sister to Judas'' (1932) * ''Revenge at Monte Carlo'' (1933) * ''Alimony Madness'' (1933) *''Her Resale Value'' (1933) * '' Ticket to a Crime'' (1934) * ''Rebellion'' (1936) * '' Ridin' On'' (1936) * '' The Lion's Den'' (1936) * ''Battle of Greed'' (1937) * '' Drums of Destiny'' (1937) * ''Raw Timber'' (1937) * ''County Fair'' (1937) * ''My Old Kentucky Home'' (1938) * ''Numbered Woman'' (1938) * ''Never Give a Sucker an Even Break ''Never Give a Sucker an Even Break'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring W. C. Fields, Gloria Jean, and Leon Errol. Fields also wrote the original story, under the pseudonym Otis Criblecoblis. Fields plays ...'' (1941) * '' Shake Hands with Murder'' (1944) References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrisonville, Missouri
Harrisonville is a city in Cass County, Missouri, Cass County, Missouri, United States. The population was 10,121 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the county seat of Cass County. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. History Harrisonville was founded in 1837 upon land donated to Cass County by Congress for county purposes, and was named for Congressman Albert G. Harrison, who was instrumental in obtaining the land grant. The area suffered greatly during the American Civil War, though Harrisonville was one of the few places exempted in Union General Thomas Ewing's General Order No. 11 (1863), which ordered the depopulation of three entire Missouri counties and part of a fourth. In 1972, Harrisonville was the site of escalating tensions between a handful of mostly Vietnam veterans and town elders, which culminated in a brief rampage by 25-year-old Charlie "Ootney" Simpson. In the town square, in plain view of onlookers, he killed two police officers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lion's Den (1936 Film)
''The Lion's Den'' is a 1936 American western film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Tim McCoy, Joan Woodbury and Don Barclay.Pitts p.191 Plot Cast * Tim McCoy as Tim Barton * Joan Woodbury as Ann Mervin * Don Barclay as Paddy Callahan * J. Frank Glendon as Nate Welsh * John Merton as Single-Shot Smith * Arthur Millett as Newt Mervin * Jack Rockwell as Texas Ranger * Dick Curtis Richard Dye (May 11, 1902January 3, 1952), known professionally as Dick Curtis, was an American actor who made over 230 film and television appearances during his career. Early years Curtis was born in Newport, Kentucky, the son of Frank Dye ... as Slim Burtis - Henchman References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012. External links * 1936 films 1936 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films 1930s English-language films Films directed by Sam Newfield 1930s American films English-language We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Harrisonville, Missouri
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 14,621 are killed and 30,000 injured. * January 15 – After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafran forces under Philip Effiong formally surrender to General Yakubu Gowon, ending the Nigerian Civil War. February * February 1 – The Benavídez rail disaster near Buenos Aires, Argentina (a rear-end collision) kills 236. * February 10 – An avalanche at Val-d'Isère, France, kills 41 tourists. * February 11 – ''Ohsumi (satellite), Ohsumi'', Japan's first satellite, is launched on a Lambda-4 rocket. * February 22 – Guyana becomes a Republic within the Commonwealth of Nations. * February – Multi-business Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Virgin Group is founded as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1886 Births
Events January * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella '' Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is published in New York and London. * January 16 – A resolution is passed in the German Parliament to condemn the Prussian deportations, the politically motivated mass expulsion of ethnic Poles and Jews from Prussia, initiated by Otto von Bismarck. * January 18 – Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. * January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen (built in 1885). February * February 6– 9 – Seattle riot of 1886: Anti-Chinese sentiments result in riots in Seattle, Washington. * February 8 – The West End Riots following a popular meeting in Trafalgar Square, London. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shake Hands With Murder
''Shake Hands with Murder'' is a 1944 American comedy mystery film directed by Albert Herman and starring Iris Adrian, Frank Jenks and Douglas Fowley. The film is a B movie released by the low-budget distributor Producers Releasing Corporation.Dixon p.55 Plot Patsy Brent runs a small bail bond company. Her ambitious but dull-witted partner Eddie Jones secures bail for Steve Morgan, a man accused of embezzling $100,000 from his bank. Brent is furious and is forced to track Morgan before he can skip the country. When the president of the bank is found murdered, she also suspects that Morgan may even be a killer as well. However he is trying to prove his innocence of the charge, and Brent is persuaded to assist him in finding the real culprit. Cast * Iris Adrian as Patsy Brent * Frank Jenks as Eddie Jones * Douglas Fowley as Steve Morgan * Jack Raymond as Joe Blake * Claire Rochelle as Miss Johnson, Secretary * Herbert Rawlinson as John Clark * Juan de la Cruz as Mr. Stan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never Give A Sucker An Even Break
''Never Give a Sucker an Even Break'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring W. C. Fields, Gloria Jean, and Leon Errol. Fields also wrote the original story, under the pseudonym Otis Criblecoblis. Fields plays himself, promoting an extravagant screenplay he has written. As he describes the script to a skeptical producer, the often surreal scenes are shown. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. In some international releases it was known by the alternative title ''What a Man!'' The title is derived from lines from two earlier films. In ''Poppy'' (1936), he tells his daughter "If we should ever separate, my little plum, I want to give you just one bit of fatherly advice: Never give a sucker an even break!" In '' You Can't Cheat an Honest Man'' (1939), he tells a customer that his grandfather's last words, "just before they sprung the trap", were "You can't cheat an honest man; never give a sucker an even break, or smarten up a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Numbered Woman
''Numbered Woman'' is a 1938 American drama film. Directed by Karl Brown, the film stars Sally Blane, Lloyd Hughes, Mayo Methot, and Clay Clement. It was released on May 22, 1938. Its working title during production was ''Private Nurse''. Plot Cast * Sally Blane as Linda Morgan * Lloyd Hughes as Dr. Steven Russell * Mayo Methot as Vicki * Clay Clement as Lew Adams * J. Farrell MacDonald as Captain Ryan * Mary Lawrence (actress) as Margie (as Mary Lender) * John Arledge as Tommy Morgan * Ward Bond as Detective * Morgan Wallace as Blake * Robert Fiske as Ferguson * Ralph Dunn as Red Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–750 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a seconda ... References External links * * 1938 drama films American drama films American black-and-white films 1938 films Monogram Pictures films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Old Kentucky Home (1938 Film)
''My Old Kentucky Home'' is a 1938 American romantic drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Evelyn Venable, Grant Richards and Clara Blandick.Kleber p.316 It takes its title from the song "My Old Kentucky Home". It was distributed by Monogram Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Frank Dexter. Plot Larry Blair is engaged to Lisbeth, but is tempted by the attractions of a female singer. When Larry suffers an accident and risks losing his sight, it is Lisbeth who nurses him back to health. Cast * Evelyn Venable as Lisbeth Calvert * Grant Richards as Larry Blair * Clara Blandick as Julia 'Granny' Blair * Bernadene Hayes as Gail Burke * J. Farrell MacDonald as Mayor Jim Hopkins * Margaret Marquis as Lucy Belle * Cornelius Keefe as Trent Burke * Kitty McHugh as Peggy Price * Raquel Davidovich as Babette * Paul White as Scipio-Singer * Mildred Gover as Callio * Hall Johnson Francis Hall Johnson (March 12, 1888 – April 30, 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Fair (1937 Film)
''County Fair'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring John Arledge, Mary Lawrence and J. Farrell MacDonald. It was a remake of the 1932 film '' The County Fair''.Langman & Ebner p.178 Plot Cast * John Arledge as John Hope * Mary Lawrence as Julie Williams * J. Farrell MacDonald as Calvin Williams, Julie's Father * Fuzzy Knight as Whitey the Trainer * Jimmy Butler as Buddy Williams, Julie's Brother * Harry Worth as Turner the Gambler * Matty Roubert as Snipe, Turner's Jockey * William Hunter as Dutch, Turner Henchman * Henry Hall as Commissioner * Edwin Mordant as Mr. Brooks, Moon Glow's Owner See also * List of films about horses * List of films about horse racing The following is a list of films featuring horse racing. List See also *List of films about horses * List of highest grossing sports films * List of sports films References {{Horse topics * Films about animals playing sports Horse ra ... References B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raw Timber
''Raw Timber'' is a 1937 American lumberjack Western film directed by Ray Taylor and starring Tom Keene, Kathryn Keys and Budd Buster.Pitts p.169 The film's sets were designed by the art director Frank Dexter. Plot Newly appointed member of the forest service, Tom Corbin, is concerned that the local lumber company has been logging the land too much. The company is jointly owned by the beautiful Dale McFarland and Bart Williams. Tom tells Riley, the lumber boss, that they have harvested more than they have been allowed, and Riley knocks him out cold. He is discovered and carried by Jim Hanlon and Kentuck back to the lumber company to recover. When he wakes, the first thing he does is deck Riley, and threatens to turn his boss in to Forest Service superintendent Lane, but unbeknownst to Tom, Lane is collaborating with Williams. The Forest Service has sent an investigator to visit the logging area, but Lane suspects Jim Hanlon of being the investigator and orders Riley to shoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drums Of Destiny
''Drums of Destiny'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and starring Tom Keene, Edna Lawrence and Budd Buster.Gevinson p.736 It sometimes confused with the 1937 film '' Old Louisiana'' also made by Crescent and starring Keene, which was originally known by this title. The film's sets were designed by the art director Frank Dexter. Plot Following the War of 1812 a force of American troops are raised to combat Spanish-led Indian attacks from Spanish Florida. Cast * Tom Keene as Capt. Jerry Crawford * Edna Lawrence as Rosa Maria Dominguez * Budd Buster as Kentuck * Ray Bennett as Jenkins * Robert Fiske as Bill Holston * Carlos De Valdez as Don Salvador Dominguez * David Sharp as Lt. Bill Crawford * John Merton as Toby Simmons * Chief Flying Cloud as Indian * Henry Hall as Pa Green * Chief Many Treaties as Indian * Aurora Navarro as Rosa Maria's Duenna * Artie Ortego as Indian * Marin Sais as Ma Green * Charles Unger as Johnny G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
