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Never Steal Anything Small
''Never Steal Anything Small'' is a 1959 American CinemaScope comedy-drama musical film directed by Charles Lederer and starring James Cagney and Shirley Jones. It is based on the play ''The Devil's Hornpipe'' by Maxwell Anderson and Rouben Mamoulian. Plot Jake Macllaney will do just about anything to win the presidential election of longshoreman union Local 26. When he encounters young upright attorney Dan Cabot and Cabot's attractive wife Linda, Macllaney breaks up their marriage, pursues Linda, and pins a grand larceny rap on Dan. Cast * James Cagney as Jake Macllaney * Shirley Jones as Linda Cabot * Roger Smith as Dan Cabot * Cara Williams as Winnipeg Simmons * Nehemiah Persoff as Pinelli * Royal Dano as Words Cannon * Anthony Caruso as Lt. Tevis * Horace McMahon as O.K. Merritt * Virginia Vincent as Ginger * Jack Albertson as Sleep-Out Charlie Barnes * Robert J. Wilke as Lennie * Herbie Faye as Hymie * Billy M. Greene as Ed Barton * Barry Russo as Ward (as John Duke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lederer
Charles Davies Lederer (December 31, 1910 – March 5, 1976) was an American screenwriter and film director. He was born into a theatrical family in New York, and after his parents divorced, was raised in California by his aunt, Marion Davies, actress and mistress to newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst. A child prodigy, he entered the University of California, Berkeley at age 13, but dropped out after a few years to work as a journalist with Hearst's newspapers. Lederer is recognized for his comic and acerbic adaptations and collaborative screenplays of the 1940s and early 1950s. His screenplays frequently delved into the corrosive influences of wealth and power. His comedy writing was considered among the best of the period, and he, along with writer friends Ben Hecht and Herman Mankiewicz, became major contributors to the film genre known as "screwball comedy". Among his notable screenplays which he wrote or co-wrote, were ''The Front Page (1931 film), The Front Page' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace McMahon
Horace McMahon (May 17, 1907 – August 17, 1971) was an American actor. He was one of Hollywood's favorite heavies. McMahon began his acting career on Broadway, then appeared in many films and television series. In 1962, he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his performance in the series '' Naked City'' (1958–1963). Early years McMahon was born in South Norwalk, Connecticut. He became interested in acting when he was a student at Fordham University School of Law. Career In his early career he mostly played thugs or jailbirds, but in 1949 he starred in his most acclaimed role, as Lieutenant Monaghan in the drama play ''Detective Story'' and in 1951 he reprised his character in Paramount Pictures' film version ''Detective Story'', alongside Kirk Douglas and Eleanor Parker. McMahon also starred on television, in the ABC police series '' Naked City'' as Lt. Mike Parker, a gruff, no-nonsense, but warmhearted cop's cop, interested only in justice and doing the jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Films Based On Plays
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1959 Films
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with '' Ben-Hur'' winning a record 11 Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1959 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 23 – Republic Pictures releases its last production, '' Plunderers of Painted Flats''. * January 29 – Walt Disney releases his 16th animated film, ''Sleeping Beauty'' in Beverly Hills. It is Disney's first animated film to be shown in 70mm and modern 6-track stereophonic sound, but its last fairytale adaptation until 1989. Also on the program is Disney's new "pictorial interpretation" ''Grand Canyon'', which uses the music of Ferde Grofé's '' Grand Canyon Suite''. ''Grand Canyon'' wins an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). *April 30 – François Truffaut's '' The 400 Blows'' opens the 1959 Cannes Film Festival bringing international attention to the French New Wave. * June 4 – The Three Stooges release t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Musical Comedy Films
Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the vicinity of Earth's Moon, where it was intended to crash-land, but instead becomes the first spacecraft to go into heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. ** The southernmost island of the Maldives archipelago, Addu Atoll, declares its independence from the Kingdom of the Maldives, initiating the United Suvadive Republic. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Kinshasa, Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 – The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of American Films Of 1959
The American films of 1959 are listed in a table of the films which were made in the United States and released in 1959 in film, 1959. The film ''Ben-Hur (1959 film), Ben-Hur'' won the 32nd Academy Awards, Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture, among winning a record-setting eleven Academy Award, Oscars. A–B C–D E–H I–N O–S T–Z Other films See also * 1959 in the United States References External links * 1959 films at the IMDb, Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:American films of 1959 Lists of American films by year, 1959 1959 in American cinema, Films Lists of 1959 films by country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Glover
Bruce Herbert Glover (May 2, 1932 – March 12, 2025) was an American character actor, who is best known for portraying the assassin Mr. Wint in the James Bond film '' Diamonds Are Forever'' (1971). Other notable film appearances include roles in '' Walking Tall'' (1973), '' Chinatown'' (1974), and '' Hard Times'' (1975). He was the father of actor Crispin Glover. Life and career Glover was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Eva Elvira (née Hedstrom) and Herbert Homan Glover. He was of English, Czech, and Swedish descent. Glover was drafted into the U.S. Army serving from 1953 to 1955 where he served six months in Korea. He began acting with numerous appearances on various television shows including '' My Favorite Martian'' (1963), '' Perry Mason'': '' The Case of the Golden Girls'' (1965), '' The Rat Patrol'' (1966), '' Hawk'' (1966), '' The Mod Squad'' (1968), ''Gunsmoke'' (1969), '' Adam-12'' (1969), '' Mission: Impossible'' (1970), '' Bearcats!'' (1971), '' Police Story'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregg Barton
Gregg Barton (Born Harold Wilson Barker, June 5, 1912 – November 28, 2000 ) was an American actor, who played various roles in feature films and television series. Career Born in Oswego, New York, Barton is possibly best remembered for having played the role of Stan Richter in the syndicated television series '' The Gene Autry Show''. He appeared sixteen times on another syndicated series, '' The Range Rider'', eleven times on '' Annie Oakley'', seven times each on '' The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok'' and '' The Lone Ranger'', six times on '' 26 Men'', five times on ABC's '' The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp'', four times on NBC's '' Laramie'', and three times each on '' The Texan'' and '' Tales of the Texas Rangers''. Barton played guest roles in other series too, such as '' Sky King'' (1952 and 1956), '' Adventures of Superman'' (1953), '' The Cisco Kid'' (1954), '' Steve Donovan, Western Marshal'' (1956), '' Fury'' (1958), '' Jefferson Drum'' (1958), '' The Dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Goude
Ingrid Goude (born May 26, 1937) is a Swedish former actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She became an actress in B-movie and sci-fi motion pictures of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Her parents were Edward K. Goude, the manager of a steel plant in Sandviken, and Valdy Goude. Film contract Goude won the 1956 Miss Sweden beauty pageant. As second runner-up in Miss Universe 1956, and 1st runner-up in Miss Europe contests, Goude signed a Universal Pictures film contract on July 25, 1956. The studio also offered contracts to the 1956 Miss Universe, Carol Morris, and Marina Orschel of Germany, the 1st runner-up. Universal picked up her option during Christmas 1956 and requested that she report back to the studio on January 8. Goude won the right to manage all of the earnings from her Universal contract in September 1957. The contract was paying $250 per week at the time. It called for her to invest 20% of her earnings in government bonds. A superior court judge in Los A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Winters
Roland Winters (born Roland Winternitz; November 22, 1904 – October 22, 1989)DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 287. was an American actor who played many character parts in films and television but today is best remembered for portraying Charlie Chan in six films in the late 1940s. Early years Winters was born Roland Winternitz on November 22, 1904, in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Antoinette (Iversen) and Felix Winternitz, a violinist and composer who was teaching at New England Conservatory of Music. His father was born in Austria and his mother in Germany. ''Charlie Chan'' films Monogram Pictures selected Winters to replace Sidney Toler in the Charlie Chan film series after Toler's death just as Toler had been chosen to succeed Warner Oland after Oland's death. Winters was 44 when he made the first of his six Chan films, '' The Chinese Ring'' in 1947. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Orrison
Jack Orrison (October 12, 1909 – June 3, 1986) was an American actor and script writer who worked in radio, television and films. He is best known for his acting roles in '' The Plainclothesman'' and '' I Married a Monster from Outer Space''. Orrison was born in Victor, Colorado, but moved to other cities to work in the field of entertainment. He enlisted in the United States Army during World War II. Early life Jack Huffaker Orrison was born October 12, 1909, in Victor, Colorado, the son of Peter Kemp Orrison and Lena Mable Smiley Orrison. He attended the University of Denver for three years. Orrison moved to Denver, Colorado to work at radio station KOA. In 1937 he moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to work at radio station KDKA, where he was both a writer and actor in the comedy radio series ''Adam and Eve''. His costar was Margaret K. Smith, whom he met at the University of Denver. Orrison and Smith were married on November 20, 1937, at the home of KDKA manager A. E. Nelso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbie Faye
Herbie Faye (February 2, 1899 – June 28, 1980) was an American actor and vaudeville comedian who appeared in both of Phil Silvers' CBS television series, ''The Phil Silvers Show'' (1955–1959) and ''The New Phil Silvers Show'' (1963–1964). Faye died June 28, 1980, from heart failure. Career Faye worked with Mildred Harris in vaudeville, with Silvers as one of the supporting cast. His relationship with Silvers began in 1928 when Silvers was the straight man in Faye's act. On Broadway, Faye appeared in '' Top Banana'' (1951) and ''Wine, Women and Song'' (1942). In movies, Faye appeared in 1956 as Max in ''The Harder They Fall'', a boxing story starring Humphrey Bogart in his last role. In 1961, he appeared as a cook in the comedy film '' Snow White and the Three Stooges''. In 1962, he portrayed Charlie the bartender, in another boxing film ''Requiem for a Heavyweight'', starring Anthony Quinn Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
