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Robert Ellis (actor Born 1933)
Robert Ellis (August 24, 1933 – November 23, 1973) was an American film and television actor in the 1940s and 1950s, who was the last actor to play Henry Aldrich on the radio series ''The Aldrich Family''. Early life Ellis was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Fern Bloomfield. He was educated in professional children's schools in New York City and Hollywood and later studied theater arts at Columbia University. Career He made his acting debut at age 5 and appeared in some 50 movies and television shows, sometimes billed as "Bobby Ellis." In 1948, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences awarded him a special certificate for his acting and dancing role as Buster Tyme in the movie '' April Showers'', which starred Ann Sothern and Jack Carson. He portrayed Ralph Grainger, a college friend of Ronnie Burns, on the final two seasons of ''The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show''. He also appeared as Dexter Franklin in the Ziv Television production of ''Meet Corliss Arch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet Corliss Archer (TV Series)
''Meet Corliss Archer '' is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on CBS between July 13 and August 10, 1951, and in syndication via the Ziv Company from April to December 1954. It was an adaptation of the radio series of the same name, which was based on a series of short stories introduced in 1943 ''Good Housekeeping'' magazine. by F. Hugh Herbert. It was also broadcast in Canada. Synopsis Corliss Archer is a lovable blonde teenager who is delicately balancing her high-school life and relationship with her goofy boyfriend Dexter Franklin, and her homelife with parents Harry and Janet Archer. CBS version Cast Source: ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010'' Syndicated version Cast Production notes The syndicated version of ''Meet Corliss Archer'' was executive produced by Frederick W. Ziv and produced by ZIV Television Programs.. P. 60. Syndication and DVD release The series, which is in the public domain, is occasionally still repeated in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet Corliss Archer
''Meet Corliss Archer'' is an American radio program from radio's Golden Age that ran from January 7, 1943, to September 30, 1956. Although it was CBS's answer to NBC's '' A Date with Judy'', it was also broadcast by NBC in 1948 as a summer replacement for '' The Bob Hope Show''. From October 3, 1952, to June 26, 1953, it aired on ABC, finally returning to CBS. Despite the program's long run, fewer than 24 episodes are known to exist. Origins It was based on a series of short stories introduced in 1943, in ''Good Housekeeping'' magazine. by F. Hugh Herbert. The story cycle was also adapted to theatre, as '' Kiss and Tell''. Herbert based some content of the show on activities of his teenage daughter. Characters and story Priscilla Lyon and Janet Waldo successively portrayed 15-year-old Corliss on radio. Lugene Sanders also played Corliss briefly on radioSies, Luther F. (2014). ''Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition, Volume 1''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Long Gray Line
''The Long Gray Line'' is a 1955 American Cinemascope Technicolor biographical comedy-drama film in CinemaScope directed by John Ford based on the life of Marty Maher and his autobiography, Bringing Up the Brass'' co-written witNardi Reeder Campion'.'' Tyrone Power stars as the scrappy Irish immigrant whose 50-year career at West Point took him from a dishwasher to a non-commissioned officer and athletic instructor. Maureen O'Hara, one of Ford's favorite leading ladies, plays Maher's wife and fellow immigrant, Mary O'Donnell. The film co-stars Ward Bond as Herman Koehler, the Master of the Sword (athletic director) and Army's head football coach (1897–1900), who first befriends Maher. Milburn Stone appears as John J. Pershing, who in 1898 swears Maher into the Army. Harry Carey Jr., makes a brief appearance as the young cadet Dwight D. Eisenhower. (Eisenhower wrote the foreword to ''Bringing Up the Brass''.) Philip Carey plays (fictional) Army football player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prisoner Of War (1954 Film)
''Prisoner of War'' is a 1954 American war–drama film directed by Andrew Marton and starring Ronald Reagan, Steve Forrest (actor), Steve Forrest, Dewey Martin (actor), Dewey Martin and Oskar Homolka. Plot An American officer volunteers to be captured in order to investigate claims of torture against American POWs in North Korean camps during the Korean War. Cast *Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party a ... as Webb Sloane *Steve Forrest (actor), Steve Forrest as Cpl. Joseph Robert Stanton *Dewey Martin (actor), Dewey Martin as Jesse Treadman *Oskar Homolka as Col. Nikita I. Biroshilov (as Oscar Homolka) *Robert Horton (actor), Robert Horton as Francis Aloysius Belney *Paul Stewart (actor), Paul Stewart as Capt. Jack Hodges *Harry Morgan as Maj. O.D. Hale *Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niagara (1953 Film)
''Niagara'' is a 1953 American Film noir, noir Thriller film, thriller film directed by Henry Hathaway and produced by Charles Brackett. Brackett also wrote the screenplay alongside Walter Reisch and Richard L. Breen, Richard Breen. It stars Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Denis O'Dea, and Max Showalter (credited as Casey Adams). Set in Niagara Falls, the film tells the story of two couples: one, a pair of newlyweds on their honeymoon, and the other, a husband and wife whose turbulent marriage is wracked by jealousy and deceit. Unlike other films noir of the time, which were typically Black and white, black-and-white, ''Niagara'' was shot in Technicolor#Three-strip Technicolor, "three-strip" Technicolor (List of three-strip Technicolor films, one of the last films to be made at 20th Century Studios, 20th Century Fox in that format, as a few months later the Film studio, studio began converting to CinemaScope, which had compatibility problems with three-strip but not w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Pan (1953 Film)
''Peter Pan'' is a 1953 American animated adventure fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on J. M. Barrie's 1904 play '' Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up'', the film was directed by Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, and Wilfred Jackson. Featuring the voices of Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hans Conried, Bill Thompson, Heather Angel, Paul Collins, Tommy Luske, Candy Candido, Tom Conway, Roland Dupreee and Don Barclay, the film's plot follows Wendy Darling and her two brothers, who meet the never-growing-up Peter Pan and travel with him to the island of Never Land to stay young, where they also have to face Peter's archenemy, Captain Hook. In 1935, Walt Disney began considering plans to adapt Barrie's play into an animated feature. He purchased the film rights from Paramount Pictures in 1938, and began preliminary development in the next year. However, following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Disney shelved the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retreat, Hell!
''Retreat, Hell!'' is a 1952 American war film about the 1st Marine Division in the Korean War, directed by Joseph H. Lewis. It stars Frank Lovejoy as a career Marine battalion commander who is recalled from work at an American embassy, Richard Carlson as a veteran captain and communications specialist of World War II called up from the Marine Corps Reserves, Russ Tamblyn as a seventeen-year-old private who wants to outdo his older brother, also a Marine, and Nedrick Young (credited as Ned Young). Also appearing in the film is Peter J. Ortiz, a highly decorated Marine who served in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and appeared in various films after retiring from the military. Plot With the unexpected start of the Korean War, the United States scrambles to mobilize and train Marines. Capt. Paul Hansen, a reservist, is called up. A communications expert, he is puzzled and uneasy at being put in command of Baker Company by Lt. Col. Corbett, his battalion commander, but he d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Me Mister (film)
''Call Me Mister'' is a 1951 American Technicolor musical film released by Twentieth Century-Fox. The feature was directed by Lloyd Bacon and re-written from the 1946 Broadway play version by Albert E. Lewin and Burt Styler with music by Harold Rome that featured cast members from the US armed forces. ''Call Me Mister'' was filmed in Technicolor, and starred Betty Grable and Dan Dailey and co-starred Danny Thomas with supporting players Dale Robertson, Benay Venuta, and Richard Boone. Only a couple Harold Rome numbers were kept in the film. Plot "Call Me Mister" is set in the aftermath of World War II, where American soldiers stationed in occupied Japan find themselves in need of entertainment. They are treated to a show organized by Sergeant Shep Dooley (played by Dan Dailey) and his former wife, the talented entertainer Kay Hudson (portrayed by Betty Grable). The story unfolds as Shep and Kay, once a married couple and now separated, come together to put on a spirited perfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walk Softly, Stranger
''Walk Softly, Stranger'' is a 1950 American romantic drama film starring Joseph Cotten and Alida Valli and directed by Robert Stevenson. Also regarded by some as either or both a film noir and crime film, it tells the story of a small-time crook on the run who becomes reformed by the love of a disabled woman. This would be the last RKO credit for famed producer Dore Schary, who would leave the studio soon following the film's completion after clashing with RKO's new owner, Howard Hughes. Filming ended in June 1948, but Hughes shelved the picture indefinitely, pending changes, especially to its ending. When the pairing of Cotton and Valli earned big headlines for their starring performances in the box office smash Carol Reed film '' The Third Man'' in 1949, Hughes resurrected ''Walk Softly, Stranger'' and released it in 1950 in an effort to capitalize. The films's supporting cast features Spring Byington, Paul Stewart, future '' Tonight Show'' television talk show host Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Kiss For Corliss
''A Kiss for Corliss'' (retitled ''Almost a Bride'' before its release) is a 1949 American comedy film directed by Richard Wallace, written by Howard Dimsdale, and starring David Niven and Shirley Temple. The film, which was the last for both Wallace and Temple, was released on November 25, 1949, by United Artists. It is a sequel to the 1945 film '' Kiss and Tell'', also directed by Wallace and starring Temple. Plot Playboy Kenneth Marquis is divorcing his third wife, who is represented by her attorney, Harry Archer. Corliss, Archer's teenaged daughter, is smitten with the charismatic Marquis and his free-wheeling lifestyle. Marquis sends a box of candy to Corliss, infuriating Archer, who interprets the gift as a jab at his settlement demand. Archer also prohibits Corliss' boyfriend Dexter from dating her after he sees Dexter at the Penguin Club, a restaurant that doubles as a gambling joint. Corliss manipulates Dexter into taking her to the club, but just after they arrive, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Living (1949 Film)
''Easy Living'' is a 1949 American drama film directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Victor Mature, Lucille Ball and Lizabeth Scott. The film features the real-life Los Angeles Rams football team. Plot Star professional quarterback Pete Wilson thinks nothing of his future after football, not even after longtime teammate Bill "Holly" Holloran is released by the team. Pete gets advance after advance on his salary from Anne, the secretary of team owner and coach Lenahan. One day, however, he goes secretly to see a doctor about various symptoms he has been experiencing and learns that he has a heart condition due to a childhood bout of rheumatic fever, one that could kill him if he continues playing football. He starts to tell his wife Liza, but changes his mind when she is cool to Holly, whom she refers to as a has-been after he is gone. Liza is struggling to make her own interior design business a success, and drags Pete to a fancy party to try to land Gilbert Vollmer as a client ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Paso (film)
''El Paso'' is a 1949 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Lewis R. Foster and starring John Payne (actor), John Payne, Gail Russell and Sterling Hayden. Plot Clay Fletcher (John Payne (actor), John Payne), lawyer and returned Civil War Confederate officer, feels he needs to ease back into his legal career; he takes an assignment to travel west from his home state of South Carolina to a "frontier settlement called El Paso, Texas, El Paso", in Texas. His mission involves obtaining the signature on estate documents of attorney Henry Jeffers (Henry Hull), whom Clay knows by reputation. He also knows, and is very fond of, Jeffers' daughter, Susan (Gail Russell). Along the way, he meets a pots-and-pans peddler named Pesky (George "Gabby" Hayes, George 'Gabby' Hayes) and a con-woman, Stagecoach Nellie (Mary Beth Hughes), who steals his wallet. In a Western saloon, saloon in El Paso, Clay witnesses a sham trial; a man is convicted of murder by a drunken judge, who turns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
