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Johnny Duncan (actor)
John Bowman Duncan (December 7, 1923 – February 8, 2016) was an American actor. In addition to managing several business ventures, he made appearances at comic book conventions and collectors' shows worldwide. Biography Career Johnny Duncan learned to dance Jitterbug as a teen and by the age of 19 had his first major appearance in a dance role in the "King of Swing" Benny Goodman camp classic musical '' The Gang's All Here''. This kicked off Duncan's career as a movie swing dancer and actor and led to numerous appearances in other films, and a contract with 20th Century Fox, where he appeared in productions with Shirley Temple and Jane Withers. Notable roles include parts in '' The East Side Kids'', '' The Bowery Boys'', '' Mystery of the 13th Guest'' and the 1949 serial ''Batman and Robin'' as Dick Grayson / Robin, the Boy Wonder. He was so young looking that he was twenty-five years old when he was hired to play the Boy Wonder. He later appeared in bit parts in a numb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Grayson
Richard John "Dick" Grayson is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Batman and Teen Titans. Created by writer Bill Finger and artist Bob Kane, he first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #38 in April 1940 as the original and most popular incarnation of Robin, Batman's crime-fighting partner. In ''Tales of the Teen Titans'' #44 (July 1984), the character, after becoming a young adult, retires his role as Robin and assumes the superhero persona of Nightwing (created by Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez). The youngest in a family of acrobats known as the "Flying Graysons", Grayson witnesses a mafia boss named Tony Zucco kill his parents to extort money from the circus that employed them. After the tragic murder, Batman (Bruce Wayne) takes Grayson in as his legal ward and trains him to become his crime-fighting partner Robin. He is written by many authors as the first son of Batman. As well as being Batman's crim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plan 9 From Outer Space
''Plan 9 from Outer Space'' is a 1957 American independent science fiction-horror film produced, written, directed, and edited by Ed Wood. The film was shot in black-and-white in November 1956 and had a theatrical preview screening on March 15, 1957, at the Carlton Theatre in Los Angeles (the onscreen title at this time read ''Grave Robbers from Outer Space''). It went into general release on July 22, 1959, in Texas and several other southern states re-titled ''Plan 9 from Outer Space'', before being sold to television in 1961. The film stars Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Tor Johnson, and "Vampira" ( Maila Nurmi) and is narrated by Criswell. It also posthumously bills Bela Lugosi (silent footage of the actor had been shot by Wood for another, unfinished film prior to Lugosi's death in August 1956, and was inserted into ''Plan Nine'' later). Other guest-stars are Hollywood veterans Lyle Talbot, who claimed that he never refused any acting job, and former cowboy star Tom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Million Dollar Kid
''Million Dollar Kid'' is a 1944 American film directed by Wallace Fox starring the East Side Kids. Plot In the East Side Kids' clubhouse, Muggs McGinnis laments the epidemic of mugging that has been plaguing their streets. While waiting outside a store that afternoon, the boys witness a man being attacked in the alley and come to his defense, chasing away his assailants. In gratitude, the man, millionaire John Cortland, hands Muggs his business card. When the cynical Muggs tosses the card in a garbage can, Glimpy McClosky digs it out and finds the man's cash-laden wallet in the trash. After the boys deliver the wallet to Capt. Mathews of the police department, the captain mistakes them for the thieves and arrests them. Cortland soon arrives at the police station to claim his wallet, however, and identifies the boys as his rescuers. Upon discovering that the boys long for a gymnasium, Cortland invites them to his house the next day. There, Cortland shows them his son John Jr.'s b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jive Junction
''Jive Junction'' is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and written by Irving Wallace, Walter Doniger and Malvin Wald. The film stars Dickie Moore, Tina Thayer, Gerra Young, John Michaels, Jack Wagner and Jan Wiley. The film was released on December 16, 1943, by Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot The young musician Peter Crane is transferred from the conservatory to a regular secondary school. There his music comes into conflict with the modern music of high school students. When he finds out that his father was killed in the war, he turns to jive. He soon leads his school's music group. Cast * Dickie Moore as Peter Crane *Tina Thayer as Claire Emerson *Gerra Young as Gerra Young *John Michaels as Jimmy Emerson *Jack Wagner as Grant Saunders * Jan Wiley as Miss Forbes *Beverly Boyd as Cubby * William Halligan as Mr. Maglodian *Johnny Duncan as Frank *Johnny Clark as Chick *Friedrich Feher Friedrich Feher (born Friedrich Weiß, 16 March 1889 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where Are Your Children?
''Where Are Your Children?'' is a 1943 American crime film directed by William Nigh and written by Hilary Lynn and George Wallace Sayre. The film stars Jackie Cooper, Gale Storm, Patricia Morison, John Litel, Gertrude Michael and Anthony Warde. The film was released on November 26, 1943, by Monogram Pictures. Plot Hip music and singing about kids getting into trouble, sneaking booze into clubs, stealing car, fight between girls, romance starts then guy goes in the Navy. Cast *Jackie Cooper as Danny Cheston *Gale Storm as Judy Lawson *Patricia Morison as Linda Woodford *John Litel as Judge Edmonds *Gertrude Michael as Nell Lawson *Anthony Warde as Jim Lawson *Evelyn Eaton as Opal Becker *Addison Richards as Halstead * Sarah Edwards as Matron *Betty Blythe as Mrs. Cheston *Jimmy Zahner as Jerry Doane * Charles Williams as Mack *Herbert Rawlinson as Brooks the Butler *John Laurenz as Petty Officer Jones *Neyle Morrow as Herb Walsh Reception Steve Broidy Samuel “Steve” Broid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campus Rhythm
''Campus Rhythm'' is a 1943 American musical film directed by Arthur Dreifuss and starring Johnny Downs, Gale Storm and Robert Lowery.Tucker p.75 Cast * Johnny Downs as 'Scoop' Davis * Gale Storm as Joan Abbott, aka Susie Smith * Robert Lowery as Buzz O'Hara * Douglas Leavitt as Uncle William 'Willie' Aloysius Smith * Herbert Heyes as J.P. Hartman * Marie Blake as Susie Smith - Hartman's secretary * Claudia Drake as Cynthia Walker * GeGe Pearson as Babs Marlow * Johnny Duncan John Duncan may refer to: Arts and entertainment * John Duncan (painter) (1866–1945), Scottish painter * John Duncan (artist) (born 1953), American artist and musician * Big John Duncan (born 1958), Scottish punk musician * John Duncan (harpi ... as Freshie, a Freshman * Candy Candido as Harold * Genevieve Grazis as Dancer References Bibliography * Tucker, David C. ''Gale Storm: A Biography and Career Record''. McFarland, 2018. External links * 1943 films 1943 musical film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swing Fever
''Swing Fever'' is a 1943 American musical comedy film directed by Tim Whelan. Kay Kyser plays an ambitious music composer, also gifted with a hypnotic "evil eye", who gets mixed up with promoting a boxer. The film also features Marilyn Maxwell, William Gargan, Nat Pendleton and Lena Horne. Amid the credited music and boxing-world cameos many other familiar faces can be glimpsed: Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Mike Mazurki, Mantan Moreland, and a young Ava Gardner Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress. She first signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew critics' attention in 1946 with her perform .... Cast References External links * * * 1943 films Films directed by Tim Whelan Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films 1943 musical comedy films American musical comedy films American black-and-white films 1940s American films 1940s English-language films< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unknown Guest (1943 Film)
''The Unknown Guest'' is a 1943 American mystery film released by King Brothers Productions. It was written by Philip Yordan, directed by Kurt Neumann and stars Victor Jory, Pamela Blake and Veda Ann Borg. Cast * Victor Jory as Charles "Chuck" Williams * Pamela Blake as Julie * Veda Ann Borg as Helen Walker * Harry Hayden as George Nadroy * Paul Fix as Fain * Emory Parnell as Sheriff Dave Larsen * Ray Walker as Swarthy * Lee 'Lasses' White as Joe Williams * Nora Cecil as Martha Williams * Eddie Mills as Sidney Production Philip Yordan had written a script for brothers Charles and Maurice King titled ''Dillinger'', but the Kings suggested that Yordan write something less expensive to produce. Yordan took a course in budgeting from production manager George Moskov. Yordan later recalled: Moskov’s advice was to avoid a gangster film. Action and gunfire was costly. He suggested a suspense melodrama with one set. I dreamed up an imitation Hitchcock idea, all taking place i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action In The North Atlantic
''Action in the North Atlantic'', also known as ''Heroes Without Uniforms'', is a 1943 American black-and-white war film from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by Jerry Wald, directed by Lloyd Bacon, that stars Humphrey Bogart and Raymond Massey as officers in the U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II. Typical of other films in the era, ''Action in the North Atlantic'' was created as a morale-boosting film during this world war and a film that told the story of unsung heroes. As noted by film critic Bosley Crowther, "... it's a good thing to have a picture which waves the flag for the merchant marine. Those boys are going through hell-and-high-water, as 'Action in the North Atlantic' shows." Plot An American oil tanker, the SS ''Northern Star'', commanded by Captain Steve Jarvis, is sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean by a German U-boat. Along with First Officer Joe Rossi, Jarvis boards a lifeboat with other crewmen, which is rammed and sunk by the U-boat that torpedoed their ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clancy Street Boys
''Clancy Street Boys'' is a 1943 comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring the East Side Kids. It is Beaudine's first film with the team; he would direct several more in the series and many in the Bowery Boys canon. Leo Gorcey married the female lead Amelita Ward. There is no mention of "Clancy Street" in the film, but a rival gang at Cherry Street appears at the beginning and climax of the film. Plot Much to the dismay of Mugs McGinnis, everyone in his East Side Kids gang (as well as the rival The Cherry Street Gang) gets to smack his rear end eighteen times in celebration of his eighteenth birthday. His mother Molly then becomes distraught when she gets a letter from his "uncle" Pete Monahan, a rancher friend of his late father, stating that he will soon visit them in New York. Molly explains to her only child that ever since his father lied to Pete that he had seven children, Pete has been sending birthday checks for each child. Pete is unaware that the McGinnises ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junior Army
''Junior Army'' is a 1942 American film directed by Lew Landers, starring Freddie Bartholomew, Billy Halop, and Huntz Hall, and released by Columbia Pictures. Plot An English refugee, Freddie Hewlett, saves Jimmie Fletcher's life during an altercation with gang leader Bushy Thomas. He then proceeds to try and make a reformed man out of him. Cast *Freddie Bartholomew as Freddie Hewlett *Billy Halop as James Fletcher *Huntz Hall as Bushy Thomas *Bobby Jordan as Jockey *Boyd Davis as Maj. E.C. Carter *William Blees as Cadet Capt. Wesley Rogers *Richard Noyes as Cadet Sgt. Sable *Joseph Crehan as Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson *Don Beddoe as Saginaw Jake *Charles Lind as Cadet Pell * Billy Lechner as Cadet Baker *Peter Lawford as Cadet Wilbur *Rudolph Anders Rudolph Anders (December 17, 1895 – March 27, 1987) was a German character actor who came to the United States after the rise of Hitler, and appeared in numerous American films in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Biography He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Of The Canyon
''Call of the Canyon'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, the Sons of the Pioneers, and Ruth Terry. Based on a story by Maurice Rapf and Olive Cooper, the film is about a singing cowboy who leads a group of cattlemen against the corrupt agent of a large packing company looking to swindle them by undercutting the buying price for beef. The film features three songs by Autry and the Sons of the Pioneers, including the classic "Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle". Plot Singing cowboy Gene Autry (Gene Autry) and his fellow ranchers in Whippasaw are outraged to learn that the purchasing agent for the Grantley B. Johnson Packing Co., Thomas McCoy (Edmund MacDonald), is only offering them $65 per head of cattle. Unknown to the ranchers, McCoy is a gambler in debt to a bookie who sent his henchmen Horace Dunston and the Pigeon to ensure that McCoy pays up. McCoy plans to raise the money by pocketing the difference betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
