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Marjorie Woodworth
Marjorie Woodworth (June 5, 1919 – August 23, 2000) was an American actress. Born in Inglewood, California, she was a drum majorette at the University of Southern California. Woodworth appeared in the films '' Dance, Girl, Dance'', '' Road Show'', ''Broadway Limited'', ''Niagara Falls'', '' All-American Co-Ed'', '' Brooklyn Orchid'', ''Flying with Music'', ''The McGuerins from Brooklyn'', '' Prairie Chickens'', ''Yanks Ahoy'', '' A Wave, a WAC and a Marine'', '' Salty O'Rourke'', '' You Came Along'', '' In Fast Company'' and ''Decoy A decoy (derived from the Dutch ''de'' ''kooi'', literally "the cage" or possibly ''ende kooi'', " duck cage") is usually a person, device, or event which resembles what an individual or a group might be looking for, but it is only meant to lur ...''. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Woodworth, Marjorie 1919 births 2000 deaths 20th-century American actresses American film actresses Actresses from Los Angeles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inglewood, California
Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 107,762. It was incorporated on February 14, 1908. The city is in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, near Los Angeles International Airport. History The earliest residents of what is now Inglewood were Native Americans who used the Aguaje de Centinela natural springs in today's Edward Vincent Jr. Park (known for most of its history as Centinela Park). Local historian Gladys Waddingham wrote that these springs took the name Centinela from the hills that rose gradually around them, and which allowed ranchers to watch over their herds," (thus the name ''centinelas ''or sentinels). Spanish era The original settlers of Los Angeles in 1781, one of whom was Spanish soldier Jose Manuel Orchado Machado, "a 23-year-old muleteer from Los Alamos in Sinaloa". These settlers, she wrote, were ordered by the officia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Wave, A WAC And A Marine
''A WAVE, a WAC and a Marine'' is an American 1944 musical comedy film directed by Phil Karlson (in his directorial debut) for low-budget Monogram Pictures. Plot Sally Eilers runs a talent agency and sets out to put a couple of Broadway stars under contract. Her bumbling employee signs their understudies instead. Cast * Elyse Knox as Marian * Ann Gillis as Judy (as Anne Gillis) * Sally Eilers as Margaret Ames * Richard Lane as Marty Allen * Marjorie Woodworth as Eileen * Ramsay Ames as Betty * Henny Youngman as O. Henry Brown * Charles 'Red' Marshall as Red (as 'Red' Marshall) * Alan Dinehart as R. J., the Producer * Billy Mack as himself * Cy Kendall as Mike * Aileen Pringle as Newswoman * Jack Mulhall as Bartender * Mabel Todd as Nurse * Milt Bronson as himself * unbilled players include Mel Blanc, Elvia Allman, and Connie Haines Production The film's executive producer was comedian Lou Costello. As a gesture to his father – a diehard movie fan, who used the family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1919 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the coast of the Hebrides; 201 people, mostly servicemen returning home to Lewis and Harris, are killed. * January 2– 22 – Russian Civil War: The Red Army's Caspian-Caucasian Front begins the Northern Caucasus Operation against the White Army, but fails to make progress. * January 3 – The Faisal–Weizmann Agreement is signed by Emir Faisal (representing the Arab Kingdom of Hejaz) and Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, for Arab–Jewish cooperation in the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East. * January 5 – In Germany: ** Spartacist uprising in Berlin: The Marxist Spartacus League, with the newly formed Communist Party of Germany and the Independent Social D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decoy (1946 Film)
''Decoy'' is a 1946 American film noir starring Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, Robert Armstrong, Herbert Rudley, and Sheldon Leonard. Directed by Jack Bernhard, it was produced by he and Bernard Brandt as a Jack Bernhard Production, with a screenplay by Nedrick Young based on an original story by Stanley Rubin. Short-lived Jean Gillie, the wife of Jack Bernhard at the time, played the '' femme fatale'' central to the picture's story. Plot Glamorous Margot Shelby lies dying from a gunshot wound in her San Francisco apartment. Police detective Joe Portugal arrives at the scene just seconds too late to prevent the shooting but still in time to get a possible confession. Margot then recounts the events that led to Dr. Lloyd Craig letting her have it her shortly after arriving at her apartment. It all started when Margot's boyfriend gangster Frankie Olins robbed an armored car and got away with $400,000. Before being captured by police he hid the money in a safe place. Having killed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Fast Company (1946 Film)
''In Fast Company'' is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Del Lord starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys alongside Jane Randolph and Judy Clark. It is the second film in the series, which was produced by Monogram Pictures. Plot The boys are involved in an altercation with a vegetable vendor and are saved by Father Donovan who convinces the policeman to let them go. He uses that to guilt Slip into becoming a driver at Cassidy's Cab Company after the owner is knocked out of commission by a rival cab company, Red Circle Cab. Slip clashes with drivers of the rival company and enlists the aid of the rest of the gang to expose the company to the owner, Mr. McCormick. Cast The Bowery Boys * Leo Gorcey as Terrance 'Slip' Mahoney * Huntz Hall as Sach * Bobby Jordan as Bobby * William Benedict as Whitey * David Gorcey as Chuck Remaining cast * Bernard Gorcey as Louie * Judy Clark as Mabel Dumbrowski * Jane Randolph as Marian McCormick * Douglas Fowley as Steve Trent * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Came Along
''You Came Along'' (working title ''Don't Ever Grieve Me'') is a 1945 romantic comedy-drama film set in World War II, directed by John Farrow. The original Robert Smith screenplay was rewritten by Ayn Rand. ''You Came Along'' stars Robert Cummings and in her film debut, Lizabeth Scott."Catalog of Feature Films: 'You Came Along'." ''AFI''. Retrieved: April 19, 2017. The plot involves a (USAAF) officer who tries to hide his terminal medical condition from a U.S. Treasury Dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salty O'Rourke
''Salty O'Rourke'' is a 1945 American drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Alan Ladd and Gail Russell. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1946. Plot In New Orleans, racetrack gambler Salty O'Rourke is pursued by gangster Doc Baxter, after Salty's partner runs off with Baxter's $20,000 and is murdered. O'Rourke and his pal Smitty have one month to pay up. Salty buys a race horse, Whipper, who can only be ridden by Johnny Cates, a jockey disbarred for throwing a race. Johnny pretends to be his 17-year-old brother Timothy, but is forced to attend school. Johnny insults his teacher, Barbara Brooks, on his first day and is expelled. Salty gets Johnny back in school by befriending Barbara and her mother. Both Johnny and Salty fall in love with Barbara but she prefers Salty. This causes Johnny to swear vengeance against Salty. He decides to throw the race but changes his mind and is shot by Baxter's henchman. Cast * Alan Ladd as Salty O'Rourke * Gail Russell as Barb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanks Ahoy
''Yanks Ahoy'' is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Kurt Neumann and written by Earle Snell and Clarence Marks. The film stars William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Marjorie Woodworth, Minor Watson and Frank Faylen. The film was released on June 29, 1943, by United Artists. Plot Sgt. Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday (William Tracy) and Sgt. Ames (Joe Sawyer) attempt to attract the affections of Phyllis Arden (Marjorie Woodworth) while the ship they're on tracks a Japanese submarine in this comedy romp. Cast * William Tracy as Sgt. Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday * Joe Sawyer as Sgt. Ames * Marjorie Woodworth as Phyllis Arden * Minor Watson as Capt. Scott * Frank Faylen as Quartermaster Jenkins * Walter Woolf King Walter Woolf King (November 2, 1899 – October 24, 1984) was an American film, television and stage actor and singer. Born in San Francisco, California in 1899, King started singing for a living at a young age and performed mostly in chur ... as Capt. Gillis * Romaine Callender ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance, Girl, Dance
''Dance, Girl, Dance'' is a 1940 American comedy-drama film directed by Dorothy Arzner and starring Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball, and Ralph Bellamy. The film follows two dancers who strive to preserve their own integrity while fighting for their place in the spotlight and for the affections of a wealthy young suitor. In the decades following its release, the film was subject of critical reassessment and began to garner a reputation as a feminist film. In 2007, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", describing it as Arzner's "most intriguing film" and a "meditation on the disparity between art and commerce. ''Dance, Girl, Dance'' was edited by Robert Wise, whose next film as editor was ''Citizen Kane'' and who later won Oscars as director of ''West Side Story'' and ''The Sound of Music''. Plot While dancing at the Palais Royale in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prairie Chickens
''Prairie Chickens'' is a 1943 American Western film and a sequel to '' Dudes are Pretty People'' (1942) and '' Calaboose'' (1943), Western films from "Hal Roach's Streamliners", a series of approximately 50-minute comedic movies, in this case directed by Hal Roach, Jr. and starring Jimmy Rogers as "Jimmy" and Noah Beery, Jr. as "Pidge Crosby" (Beery's real-life nickname was "Pidge"). The supporting cast features comedy veteran Raymond Hatton, who had been an unofficial comedy partner with Beery's uncle Wallace Beery in several pictures two decades earlier, and the featurette's running time is 48 minutes. Cast * Jimmy Rogers as Jimmy * Noah Beery, Jr. as Pidge * Joe Sawyer as Albertson * Marjorie Woodworth as Lucy * Jack Norton as Henry Lewis-Clark III * Raymond Hatton as Jefferson 'Jeff' Gibson * Rosemary La Planche as Yola External links ''Prairie Chickens''in the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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