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Roy Mack (director)
Roy Mack (December 14, 1889, New Brunswick, New Jersey - January 16, 1962, Los Angeles, California), born Leroy McClure, was an American director of film shorts, mostly comedy films, with 205 titles to his credit. Born and raised in New Brunswick, New Jersey, he attended New Brunswick High School.Baltin, Will"Roy Mack - Another New Brunswick Boy Who Has Made Good" ''The Central Jersey Home News'', May 23, 1937. Accessed August 10, 2020. "Folks don't know him as Leroy McClure in the entertainment world, but rather as Roy Mack.... But few know that Roy is a New Brunswick boy who has really accomplished much in the world of make-believe.... He attended Bayard School and then entered the old high school on Livingston avenue where the present Roosevelt Junior High stands." Selected filmography *'' Bubbles'' (1930) with Judy Garland * '' The Silent Partner'' (1931) *'' Pie, Pie Blackbird'' (1932) with the Nicholas Brothers and Eubie Blake *''Rufus Jones for President'' (1933) with Ethe ...
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New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick is a city in and the seat of government of Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.New Jersey County Map
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The city is the home of Rutgers University. The city is both a regional commercial hub for and a prominent and growing

Richard Powell (actor, Born 1896)
Richard Powell may refer to: *Dick Powell (1904–1963), American singer, actor, producer, and director * Dick Powell (American football) (1904–1986), American football player * Richard P. Powell (1908–1999), American author * Richard M. Powell (screenwriter) (1916–1996), American screenwriter * Richard M. Powell (investor) (born 1979), Jamaican investor * Richard Powell (rugby union) (1864–1944), Welsh rugby union player * Richard Powell (athlete) (born c. 1971), known as Richie, British wheelchair athlete * Richard Powell (rower) (born 1960), Australian Olympic rower *Richie Powell (1931–1956), American jazz pianist * Richard C. Powell (born 1939), president of the Optical Society of America in 2000 * Sir Richard Powell, 1st Baronet (1842–1925), British physician *Sir Richard Powell (civil servant), English civil servant * Richard Powell (actor, born 1896) (1896–1937), American actor * Richard Powell (canoeist), American slalom canoeist in 2013 Canoe Slalom World Cup ...
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Film Directors From New Jersey
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ...
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1962 Deaths
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * E ...
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1889 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the Dakotas. * January 4 – An Act to Regulate Appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States is signed by President Grover Cleveland. It establishes a Commissioned Corps of officers, as a predecessor to the modern-day U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. * January 5 – Preston North End F.C. is declared the winner of the inaugural Football League in England. * January 8 – Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine in the United States. * January 15 – The Coca-Cola Company is originally incorporated as the Pemberton Medicine Company in Atlanta, Georgia. * January 22 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C. * January 30 – Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria a ...
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Hillbilly Blitzkrieg
''Hillbilly Blitzkrieg'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Roy Mack that was a sequel to '' Private Snuffy Smith''. The film is also known as ''Enemy Round-Up'' (American TV title). Plot Nazi spies mistake Snuffy Smith's moonshine for a new secret rocket fuel and try to steal the "formula." Cast *Bud Duncan as Pvt. Snuffy Smith *Edgar Kennedy as Sgt. Homer Gatling *Cliff Nazarro as Barney Google *Lucien Littlefield as Prof. Waldo James * Doris Linden as Julie James, Waldo's Daughter * Alan Baldwin as Cpl. Jim Bruce * Jimmie Dodd as Missouri, Army Private *Frank Austin as Luke *Nicolle Andre as Eliza Murdock aka Leni the Nazi * Manart Kippen as Soldier *Jerry Jerome as Boller, Leni's Henchman *Jack Carr as Hertle, Leni's Henchman *Teddy Mangean Teddy is an English language given name, usually a hypocorism of Edward or Theodore. It may refer to: People Nickname * Teddy Atlas (born 1956), boxing trainer and fight commentator * Teddy Bourne (born 1948), British Olympic ...
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Double Or Nothing (1940 Film)
''Double or Nothing'' (1940) is a short comedy film released by Warner Brothers, directed by Roy Mack, and starring Lee Dixon along with the real-life "doubles" of famous Hollywood actors. Actor Tom Herbert appears as the double for his brother, comedian Hugh Herbert. Plot The film's plot is similar to the Warners release ''Double or Nothing Double or nothing (UK often double or quits) is a gamble to decide whether a loss or debt should be doubled. The result of a "double or nothing" bet is either the subject doubled to twice the amount as the original ''or'' the doubling of a debt. It ...'' (1936), where an actor (Dixon) gets knocked out and dreams of actors "doubled" by their actual stand-ins. External links * 1940 films Warner Bros. films 1940 comedy films 1940 short films American comedy short films Films directed by Roy Mack American black-and-white films 1940s American films {{short-comedy-film-stub ...
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Ups And Downs (1937 Film)
''Ups and Downs'' (1937) is a short film directed by Roy Mack and starring Broadway dancer Hal Le Roy. It was released by Warner Bros. as part of its Broadway Brevities series of two-reel musical shorts, released in 1937 and 1938. The film was made in New York City, and was Bronx native June Allyson's first film for a major studio. Synopsis An elevator operator Harry Smith ( Hal Le Roy), who works in a luxury hotel, courts the hotel president's daughter June Dailey (June Allyson). She is engaged to another, but when her fiance leaves on a business trip, Harry asks her to join him for dinner. During dinner, Harry is introduced to her father, who misinterprets Harry's remarks about elevators as being a tip to invest in the Upsadaisy Elevator Company. June's fiance returns and breaks off the engagement, thinking that his prospective father-in-law has lost everything on a worthless stock. However, the investment turns out to be wildly profitable, Harry and June are engaged, and the ...
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An All-Colored Vaudeville Show
''An All-Colored Vaudeville Show'' is an extant American film featuring vaudeville acts released in 1935. Acts include Adelaide Hall, the Nicholas Brothers, and Eunice Wilson backed by the Five Racketeers. It was distributed by Warner Brothers. It was produced by Vitaphone. The nine-minute film was directed by Roy Mack Roy Francis McGillicuddy (August 27, 1888 – February 11, 1960), known as Roy Mack, was an American baseball team executive owner who co-owned the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League with his brother Earle Mack from through . Mack .... The film includes a performance by the Nicholas Brothers. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:All-Colored Vaudeville Show, An Warner Bros. films Vaudeville Vitaphone short films American short films 1935 in the United States ...
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Leon Errol
Leon Errol (born Leonce Errol Sims, July 3, 1881 – October 12, 1951) was an Australian-American comedian and actor in the United States, popular in the first half of the 20th century for his appearances in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in films. Early years Born in Sydney to Joseph and Elizabeth Sims. Errol studied medicine at the University of Sydney. When he wrote material for, directed, and acted in the university's annual play, his interests changed to entertaining. Career Errol toured Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain and Ireland in a variety of theatrical settings, including circuses, operettas, and Shakespeare. According to his petition for naturalization (1914), he first came to the United States in 1898, having arrived at the Port of San Francisco. By 1905, in Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Po ...
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Technicolor
Technicolor is a series of color motion picture processes, the first version dating back to 1916, and followed by improved versions over several decades. Definitive Technicolor movies using three black and white films running through a special camera (3-strip Technicolor or Process 4) started in the early 1930s and continued through to the mid-1950s when the 3-strip camera was replaced by a standard camera loaded with single strip 'monopack' color negative film. Technicolor Laboratories were still able to produce Technicolor prints by creating three black and white matrices from the Eastmancolor negative (Process 5). Process 4 was the second major color process, after Britain's Kinemacolor (used between 1908 and 1914), and the most widely used color process in Hollywood during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Technicolor's three-color process became known and celebrated for its highly saturated color, and was initially most commonly used for filming musicals such as ''The Wizar ...
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