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Maurice Cass
Maurice Cass (October 12, 1884 – June 8, 1954) was a character actor on stage and in films and television shows. Born in Vilna, Russian Empire (modern day Vilnius, Lithuania) he moved to America at six years of age. When he was 17, he toured the southern United States with a repertory company. His slight build, frizzy hair and pince-nez glasses cast him as the "absent minded professor" or eccentric scientist type in many of his films, such as the character who discovers the element kryptonite in '' Adventures of Superman''. He is best remembered for his role as Professor Newton in the 1954 TV science fiction show ''Rocky Jones, Space Ranger,'' which later was produced as a film'' Manhunt in Space.'' Cass's Broadway credits included ''The Sky's the Limit'' (1934), ''Broadway Boy'' (1932), ''Wild Waves'' (1932), ''Wonder Boy'' (1931), ''Overture'' (1930), ''The Violet and One, Two, Three'' (1930), ''The Novice and the Duke'' (1929), ''The Broken Chain'' (1929), and ''Faust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilnius
Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urban area, which stretches beyond the city limits, is estimated at 718,507 (as of 2020), while according to the Vilnius territorial health insurance fund, there were 753,875 permanent inhabitants as of November 2022 in Vilnius city and Vilnius district municipalities combined. Vilnius is situated in southeastern Lithuania and is the second-largest city in the Baltic states, but according to the Bank of Latvia is expected to become the largest before 2025. It is the seat of Lithuania's national government and the Vilnius District Municipality. Vilnius is known for the architecture in its Old Town, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. The city was noted for its multicultural population already in the time of the Polish–Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Had To Eat
''She Had to Eat'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and written by Samuel G. Engel. The film stars Jack Haley, Rochelle Hudson, Arthur Treacher, Eugene Pallette, Douglas Fowley and John Qualen. It was released on July 2, 1937, by 20th Century Fox. Plot Cast *Jack Haley as Danny Decker *Rochelle Hudson as Ann Garrison *Arthur Treacher as Carter *Eugene Pallette as Raymond Q. Nash *Douglas Fowley as Duke Stacey *John Qualen as Sleepy *Maurice Cass as Fingerprint Expert *Wallis Clark as Ralph Wilkinson *Lelah Tyler as Mrs. Cue *Tom Kennedy as Pete *Tom Dugan as Rusty *Florence Gill as Singer (uncredited) * Ruth Peterson as Waitress (uncredited) *Sidney Bracey as Waiter (uncredited) *Bud Geary as Policeman (uncredited) *Franklin Pangborn Franklin Pangborn (January 23, 1889 – July 20, 1958) was an American comedic character actor famous for playing small but memorable roles with comic flair. He appeared in many Preston Sturges movies as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Gets Her Man (1945 Film)
''She Gets Her Man'' is a 1945 American comedy film directed by Erle C. Kenton and written by Warren Wilson, Clyde Bruckman, Ray Singer and Dick Chevillat. The film stars Joan Davis, William Gargan, Leon Errol, Vivian Austin, Milburn Stone and Russell Hicks. The film was released on January 12, 1945, by Universal Pictures. Plot Cast * Joan Davis as Jane 'Pilky' Pilkington *William Gargan as 'Breezy' Barton * Leon Errol as Mulligan *Vivian Austin as Maybelle Clark *Milburn Stone as 'Tommy Gun' Tucker *Russell Hicks as Mayor * Donald MacBride as Henry Wright * Paul Stanton as Dr. Bleaker * Cy Kendall as Brodie * Emmett Vogan as Hatch * Eddie Acuff as Boze * Virginia Sale as Phoebe *Ian Keith as Oliver McQuestion * Maurice Cass as Mr. Pudge * Chester Clute as Charlie *Arthur Loft Arthur Loft (May 25, 1897 – January 1, 1947) was an American film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 220 films between 1932 and 1947. Biography He was born in Denver, Colora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Underground (film)
''Paris Underground'', also known as ''Madame Pimpernel'', is a 1945 film directed by Gregory Ratoff, and based on the memoir of the same title by Etta Shiber. The film stars Constance Bennett and Gracie Fields as an American and an Englishwoman trapped in Paris when Nazi Germany invades in 1940, who rescue British airmen shot down in France and help them escape across the English Channel. This was also Bennett's only producing credit. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nicolai Remisoff. Alexandre Tansman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score (one of 21 nominations that year). Plot American Kitty de Mornay quarrels with her French husband Andre over her lack of concern over the imminent fall of Paris to the Germans. She is so ignorant of the danger she is in, she flees with her English friend Emmeline "Emmy" Quayle too late. They end up at the country inn of Pappa Renard. After serving them a meal, he reveals that a shot-down English flyer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Lucky Night
''Her Lucky Night'' is a 1945 musical film starring The Andrews Sisters. It was their last film for Universal. Plot A story of a woman who tries to find a boyfriend. Cast Lawsuit The film was part of a lawsuit by Harold Lloyd against Universal Pictures. He claims they copied sequences from his films, '' The Freshman'', '' Movie Crazy'' and '' Welcome Danger'' in their films ''Her Lucky Night'', '' So's Your Uncle'' and ''Lucky Man Lucky may refer to: *An adjective of luck Lucky may also refer to: Film and television * '' Lucky: No Time for Love'', a 2005 Hindi-language romance starring Salman Khan, Sneha Ullal, and Mithun Chakraborty * ''Lucky'', a 2005 short film by Av ...''. ''Her Lucky Night'' was supposed to have copied ''The Freshman''; Lloyd claimed $500,000 in general damages and $500,000 in special damages for that film in particular. Lloyd won $60,000 for the ''Movie Crazy''-''So's Your Uncle'' infringement; he settled with Universal for more than $100,000 for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pier 13
''Pier 13'' is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Lynn Bari, Lloyd Nolan and Joan Valerie.Schlossheimer p.330 It is a remake of the 1932 film ''Me and My Gal'' with Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett in which a waterfront cop meets an attractive waitress whose sister turns out to be romantically involved with the criminal he is pursuing. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lewis H. Creber and Richard Day (art director), Richard Day. Partial cast * Lynn Bari as Sally Kelly * Lloyd Nolan as Danny Dolan * Joan Valerie as Helen Kelly * Douglas Fowley as Johnnie Hale * Chick Chandler as Nickie * Oscar O'Shea as Skipper Kelly * Adrian Morris (actor), Adrian Morris as Al Higgins * Louis Jean Heydt as Bill Hamilton * Frank Orth as Dead Pan Charlie * Stanley Blystone as Policeman * Charles D. Brown as Captain Blake * Maurice Cass as Howard * Frank Darien as Old Man in Car * Hal K. Dawson as Ticket Salesman * Edward Earle as P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunset Trail
''Sunset Trail'' is a 1939 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander, written by Norman Houston, and starring William Boyd, George "Gabby" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Charlotte Wynters, Jan Clayton, Robert Fiske and Kenneth Harlan. It was released on February 24, 1939, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Widow Ann Marsh ( Charlotte Wynters), and her daughter Dorrie ( Jan Clayton) return to Silver City and open a dude ranch after husband is killed and his $30,000 is missing. Cast * William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy * George "Gabby" Hayes as Windy Halliday * Russell Hayden as Lucky Jenkins * Charlotte Wynters as Ann Marsh * Jan Clayton as Dorrie Marsh * Robert Fiske as Monte Keller * Kenneth Harlan as John Marsh * Anthony Nace as Henchman Steve Dorman * Kathryn Sheldon as Abigail Snodgrass * Maurice Cass as E. Prescott Furbush * Alphonse Ethier as Superintendent * Glenn Strange George Glenn Strange (August 16, 1899 – September 20, 1973) was an American actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Of Washington Square
''Rose of Washington Square'' is a 1939 American musical drama film, featuring the already well-known popular song with the same title. Set in 1920s New York City, the film focuses on singer Rose Sargent and her turbulent relationship with con artist Barton DeWitt Clinton, whose criminal activities threaten her professional success in the Ziegfeld Follies. Although the names of the principal characters were changed, the plot was inspired by vaudeville entertainer Fanny Brice's career and marriage to gambler Nicky Arnstein (both the film's title song and "My Man" were closely associated with Brice), and Brice sued 20th Century Fox for $750,000. The studio settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. Written by Nunnally Johnson (who co-produced with Darryl F. Zanuck) and directed by Gregory Ratoff, it stars Alice Faye, Tyrone Power and Al Jolson, with a supporting cast that includes William Frawley, Joyce Compton, Hobart Cavanaugh, Moroni Olsen, Charles Lane, and Louis Prima. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Fiddle (1939 Film)
''Second Fiddle'' is a 1939 American musical romance film directed by Sidney Lanfield, starring Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Rudy Vallée and Lyle Talbot and released by 20th Century Fox. The score was composed by Irving Berlin. The screenplay, based on George Bradshaw's story ''Heart Interest'', involves a Hollywood publicity agent who falls in love with a new actress he helped to discover. The film combines a parody of the extensive search for an actress to play Scarlett O'Hara in ''Gone with the Wind'' with a Cyrano de Bergerac–type plot.Green, Stanley (1999) Hollywood Musicals Year by Year (2nd ed.), pub. Hal Leonard Corporation page 87 It is sometimes known as ''Irving Berlin's Second Fiddle''. Plot Jimmy Sutton, the publicity agent of a major Hollywood studio, is taking part in the endless search to find an actress to star in an adaptation of a best-selling novel, ''Girl of the North''. After over 400 actresses have been tested and rejected, he is sent to the small town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Baroness And The Butler
''The Baroness and the Butler'' is a 1938 American romantic comedy film based on the play ''Jean'' by Ladislaus Bus-Fekete. Directed by Walter Lang, it stars William Powell and, in her American English-language debut, Annabella. Plot Johann Porok, a third-generation butler in the service of Count Albert Sandor, the Prime Minister of Hungary, is unexpectedly elected to the Hungarian parliament, representing the opposition social progressive party. Despite this, he insists on remaining a servant as well. Count Sandor is pleased with this peculiar arrangement, as he has found Johann to be the perfect butler and does not wish to break in a new man. His daughter, Baroness Katrina Marissey, however, considers Johann a traitor and treats him very coldly. In parliament, Johann attacks the Prime Minister, his employer, for yearly promising much to the poor underclass and delivering nothing, always citing "difficulties". To Katrina's puzzlement, the Count is not offended in the least a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josette (1938 Film)
''Josette'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Don Ameche, Simone Simon and Robert Young.Tucker p.55-57 Two brothers fall in love with the same nightclub singer A nightclub act is a production, usually of nightclub music or comedy, designed for performance at a nightclub, a type of drinking establishment, by a nightclub performer such as a nightclub singer or nightclub dancer, whose performance ma .... Plot Cast References Bibliography * Tucker, David C. ''Joan Davis: America's Queen of Film, Radio and Television Comedy''. McFarland, 2014. External links * 1938 films 1938 romantic comedy films 20th Century Fox films American black-and-white films American romantic comedy films Films about singers Films directed by Allan Dwan Films scored by Walter Scharf Films set in New Orleans 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lone Wolf In Paris
''The Lone Wolf in Paris'' is a 1938 American film, one of Columbia's Lone Wolf film series. In the start-and-stop history of the Lone Wolf series, this entry is the only one with Lederer as star. It stands alone between Melvyn Douglas's ''The Lone Wolf Returns'' in 1935, and the first of Warren William's series of nine, ''The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt'', released the following year. Cast * Francis Lederer as Michael Lanyard/The Lone Wolf * Frances Drake as Princess Thania of Arvonne * Olaf Hytten as Jenkins * Walter Kingsford as Grand Duke Gregor de Meyerson * Leona Maricle as Baroness Cambrell * Albert Dekker as Marquis Louis de Meyerson * Maurice Cass as Alfonse Fromont, hotel manager * Bess Flowers Bess Flowers (November 23, 1898 – July 28, 1984) was an American actress best known for her work as an extra in hundreds of films. She was known as "The Queen of the Hollywood Extras," appearing in more than 350 feature films and numerou ... as Davna * Ruth Robinson as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
