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Monkey On My Back (film)
''Monkey on My Back'' is a 1957 American biographical film directed by Andre de Toth. It stars Cameron Mitchell as Barney Ross, a real-life world champion boxer and World War II hero. Though heavily fictionalized, the film deals with Ross's addiction to heroin. Plot In the 1930s, boxer Barney Ross wins the welterweight championship, then meets chorus girl Cathy Holland as he celebrates. Sam Pian, his trainer, learns that Barney placed a $10,000 bet on himself to win the fight. Barney's love interest is Cathy, a single mother of a girl named Noreen, who is unaware of his gambling habit. When Barney loses a fight, he owes thousands to a bookie named Big Ralph and is forced to work in Ralph's bar to pay the debt. Barney joins the Marines when war breaks out. He marries Cathy before leaving for the South Pacific, where he saves another soldier's life at Guadalcanal to earn the Silver Star. But he also contracts malaria, for which a medic prescribes morphine. Back home in Chicago, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andre De Toth
Endre Antal Miksa de Toth, known as Andre de Toth (; May 15, 1913 – October 27, 2002), was a Hungarian-American film director, born and raised in Makó, Austria-Hungary. He directed the 3D film House of Wax (1953 film), ''House of Wax'' (1953), despite being unable to see in 3D himself, having lost an eye at an early age. Upon naturalization as a United States citizen in 1945, he took "Endre Antal Miksa de Toth" as his legal name. Early life Born in 1913 as Sasvári farkasfalvi tóthfalusi Tóth Endre Antal Mihály, de Toth earned a degree in law from the Eötvös Loránd University, Royal Hungarian Pázmány Péter Science's University in Budapest in the early 1930s. He garnered acclaim for plays written as a college student, acquiring the mentorship of Ferenc Molnár and becoming part of the theater scene in Budapest. Career De Toth moved on from there to the film industry and worked as a writer, assistant director, editor and sometime actor. In 1939, just before World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaria
Malaria is a Mosquito-borne disease, mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates and ''Anopheles'' mosquitoes. Human malaria causes Signs and symptoms, symptoms that typically include fever, Fatigue (medical), fatigue, vomiting, and headaches. In severe cases, it can cause jaundice, Epileptic seizure, seizures, coma, or death. Symptoms usually begin 10 to 15 days after being bitten by an infected ''Anopheles'' mosquito. If not properly treated, people may have recurrences of the disease months later. In those who have recently survived an infection, reinfection usually causes milder symptoms. This partial Immunity (medical), resistance disappears over months to years if the person has no continuing exposure to malaria. The mosquitoes themselves are harmed by malaria, causing reduced lifespans in those infected by it. Malaria is caused by protozoa, single-celled microorganisms of the genus ''Plasmodium''. It is spread exclusively through bites of infected female ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMovie
AllMovie (previously All Movie Guide) is an online database with information about films, television programs, television series, and screen actors. , AllMovie.com and the AllMovie consumer brand are owned by RhythmOne. History AllMovie was founded by popular-culture archivist Michael Erlewine, who also founded AllMusic and AllGame. The AllMovie database was licensed to tens of thousands of distributors and retailers for point-of-sale systems, websites and kiosks. The AllMovie database is comprehensive, including basic product information, cast and production credits, plot synopsis, professional reviews, biographies, relational links and more. AllMovie data is accessed on the web at the AllMovie website. It was also available via the AMG LASSO media recognition service, which can automatically recognize DVDs. In late 2007, TiVo Corporation acquired AMG for a reported $72 million. The AMG consumer facing web properties AllMusic, AllMovie and AllGame were sold by Rov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Fishman
Duke Fishman (July 15, 1906 – December 22, 1977), also known as The Duke of Catalina, was a Filipino-American commercial, film and television actor. Fishman appeared in numerous television programs including ''Gunsmoke'', ''Bonanza'', ''The Big Valley'', ''Tales of Wells Fargo'', ''The Wild Wild West'', ''Get Smart'', ''Bat Masterson'' and ''Rawhide''. He also appeared in numerous films including ''The Seven Year Itch'', ''Decision at Sundown'', ''The Tin Star'', '' Support Your Local Sheriff!'', '' The Oscar'', ''The Manchurian Candidate'', ''One-Eyed Jacks'', '' The Gunfight at Dodge City'' and '' Ada''. Fishman died on December 22, 1977, in Palm Springs, California Palm Springs (Cahuilla language, Cahuilla: ''Séc-he'') is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley. The city covers approximately , making it the largest city in Rivers ..., at the age of 71. References External links * *Rotte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Golm
Lisa Golm ( Luise Schmertzler, ; 10 April 1891 – 6 January 1964) was a German actress who emigrated to America and appeared in a number of Hollywood films as a character actress. Golm made her first screen appearance in the 1939 film ''Confessions of a Nazi Spy''. She also featured on American television, appearing on shows such as ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', ''The Third Man'' and ''The Twilight Zone''. Biography On 6 November 1918, she married Ernest Otto Ferdinand Golm in Berlin, Germany and later entered the United States at New York City on 3 December 1937. She was naturalized as an American citizen on 24 September 1943, when a resident of Los Angeles. Death Golm died on 6 January 1964, aged 72, in Tel Aviv, Israel. She was buried in the Haifa Cemetery in Israel. She was survived by her sister, Jennie Schmertzler. Selected filmography * ''Confessions of a Nazi Spy'' (1939) as Mrs. Anna Westphal (uncredited) * '' Escape'' (1940) as Anna * '' So Ends Our Night'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Alcaide
Chris Alcaide (October 22, 1923 – June 30, 2004) was an American film and television actor. He mostly appeared on western television shows including, ''Gunsmoke'', ''Bonanza'', ''Rawhide'', '' Wanted: Dead or Alive'', '' Trackdown'', '' Laramie'', ''Death Valley Days'', ''Tales of Wells Fargo'', '' Maverick'', '' Zane Grey Theatre'' and ''The Rifleman''. Early life Alcaide moved to Hollywood in 1942 and worked as a bouncer at the Hollywood Palladium. He served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946 during World War II. After the war, he returned to the Hollywood Palladium and joined the Ben Bard Players, in 1948. Career In 1958, Alcaide was the original choice of star as the lead role in Black Saddle, but studio executives thought he was too associated with badman roles and chose Peter Breck for the lead role. While filming the pilot, Alcaide injured his back in a fall causing permanent damage to his back that bothered him for years. From 1972 to 1985, Alcaide ran a ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Harris
Bradford Harris (July 16, 1933 – November 7, 2017) was an American actor and stuntman. He appeared in a variety of roles in over 50 films, mostly in European productions. He was an inductee in the Stuntman's Hall of Fame. Early life Born in St. Anthony, Idaho, Harris' family moved to California, where he attended Burbank High School, then received an athletic scholarship to UCLA where he studied economics. When he injured his knee playing football he was advised to take up weightlifting to strengthen the injury that developed his interest in bodybuilding. Career Harris entered films as a stand-in, stuntman, and later an actor. His first roles were in André de Toth's '' Monkey on My Back'' and ''Li'l Abner''. With his athletic physique, Harris travelled to Rome to watch the 1960 Summer Olympics and perform stunts in Stanley Kubrick's ''Spartacus.'' He stayed in Europe for the boom in European sword and sandal, Eurospy, and Spaghetti Western genres. Harris discovered, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Benedict
Richard "Pepe" Benedict (born Riccardo Benedetto, January 8, 1920 – April 29, 1984) was an Italian-American television and film actor and director. He was born in Palermo, Italy. Career He appeared in dozens of television programs and movies from the 1940s to the 1960s, most notably '' Ace in the Hole'' (1951), directed by Billy Wilder. Benedict appeared with Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack in the 1960 movie ''Ocean's 11'' as one of the 11 men who rob five Las Vegas casinos on the same night. He also played the commander of the Mars rescue ship in the 1958 B sci-fi movie '' It! The Terror from Beyond Space''. Benedict's television appearances included '' Adventures of Superman'', ''The Lone Ranger'', ''Perry Mason'', ''Zorro'', '' Dragnet'', ''Peter Gunn'' and '' Hawaii Five-O''. His directing credits included ''Impasse'', an adventure film starring Burt Reynolds. Death He died of a heart attack at Studio City, Los Angeles Studio City is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Greenleaf
Raymond Greenleaf (born Roger Ramon Greenleaf; January 1, 1892 – October 29, 1963) was an American actor, best known for ''All the King's Men'' (1949), '' Angel Face'' (1952), and '' Pinky'' (1949). Early life He was born as Roger Ramon Greenleaf on January 1, 1892 in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Career In the early 1920s, Greenleaf acted with the Jack X. Lewis Company in summer stock theatre. He had earlier performed with stock theater companies in Boston and in Bridgeport, Connecticut. In the fall of 1921, he was with the Orpheum Players in Ottawa, Canada. Greenleaf's Broadway credits include ''Alice in Wonderland'' (1947), ''Yellow Jack'' (1947), ''A Pound on Demand / Androcles and the Lion'' (1946), ''King Henry VIII'' (1946), ''Foxhole in the Parlor'' (1945), ''Decision'' (1944), ''Jason'' (1942), and ''Your Loving Son'' (1941). Death Greenleaf died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California at the age of 71 and is buried at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery, Chatsworth, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayton Lummis
Dayton Lummis (August 8, 1903 – March 23, 1988) was an American film, television and theatre actor. He was perhaps best known for playing the role of General Douglas MacArthur in the 1955 film '' The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell''. Lummis died in March 1988 in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 84. Partial filmography *'' Red Planet Mars'' (1952) - Radio Commentator (uncredited) *'' The Winning Team'' (1952) - Graham McNamee (uncredited) *'' Breakdown'' (1952) - Prison Warden (uncredited) *''Les Misérables'' (1952) - Defense Lawyer (uncredited) *'' Something for the Birds'' (1952) - Speaker of the House (uncredited) *'' Operation Secret'' (1952) - French Radio Broadcaster (Voice, uncredited) *'' Bloodhounds of Broadway'' (1952) - Chairman (uncredited) *'' Because of You'' (1952) - Philip Arnold (uncredited) *'' Ruby Gentry'' (1952) - Ruby's Attorney (uncredited) *'' The Mississippi Gambler'' (1953) - John Sanford (uncredited) *'' Tangier Incident'' (1953) - Henry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Kelley
Edward Barry Kelley (August 19, 1908 – June 5, 1991) was an American actor on Broadway in the 1930s and 1940s and in films during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. The heavy-set actor created the role of Ike in ''Oklahoma!'' on Broadway. His large size and acting range had him playing primarily judges, detectives, and police officers. Early years The 6'4", 230-pound Kelley was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended the Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago (now at DePaul University). Stage Kelley began acting on the stage in the 1930s. His Broadway credits include ''Within the Gates'' (1934-1935), ''Parnell'' (1935-1936), ''Saint Joan'' (1936), ''Hamlet'' (1936-1937), ''The Wingless Victory'' (1936-1937), ''The Star-Wagon'' (1937-1938), ''Mamba's Daughters'' (1940), ''Strip for Action'' (1942-1943), ''Oklahoma!'' (1943-1948), ''Loco'' (1946), ''Wonderful Journey'' (1946-1947), and ''Portrait in Black'' (1947). Film In films, Kelley often portrayed cops or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathy Garver
Kathy Garver (born Kathleen Marie Garver; December 13, 1945) is an American actress most remembered for having portrayed the teenaged orphan, Catherine "Cissy" Davis, on the popular 1960s CBS sitcom ''Family Affair''. Before that, she was cast by Cecil B. DeMille in the film '' The Ten Commandments'' (1956) and, after that, she provided the voice of Firestar in the animated television series ''Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends'' (1981–83). Garver authored ''The Family Affair Cookbook'' (2009), ''Surviving Cissy: My Family Affair of Life in Hollywood'' (2015), and ''X Child Stars: Where are They Now?'' (2016). She was a guest star on an episode of The Big Valley. Early life and child career Garver was born in Long Beach, California, the daughter of Rosemary (Schmoker) and Hayes Garver. She was raised Roman Catholic and attended a Catholic primary school. Garver recalled that her mother began getting her into acting from a young age: "I started singing and dancing at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
