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Sammy Stein
Samuel Stein (April 1, 1905 – March 30, 1966) was an American football player, actor, and professional wrestler. He played four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) as an end and tackle for the Staten Island Stapletons (1929-1930), New York Giants (1931), and Brooklyn Dodgers (1932). He appeared in 31 NFL games, 21 as a starter. Selected filmography * ''The Life of Jimmy Dolan'' (1933) - King Cobra (uncredited) * '' The Lost Patrol'' (1934) - Abelson * ''Goin' to Town'' (1935) - Cowboy (uncredited) * '' Love Me Forever'' (1935) - Joe, Casino Floorman (uncredited) * '' Modern Times'' (1936) - Turbine Operator * '' The Saint's Double Trouble'' (1940) - Policeman (uncredited) * '' The Saint Takes Over'' (1940) - Hood (uncredited) * ''Millionaires in Prison'' (1940) - Mess Hall Guard (uncredited) * '' One Crowded Night'' (1940) - Mike, Bus Driver (uncredited) * '' Prairie Schooners'' (1940) - Dude Geeter (uncredited) * ''The Long Voyage Home'' (1940) - Seaman (uncredited) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global cultural, financial, entertainment, and media center with a significant influence on commerce, health care and life sciences, research, technology, educa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prairie Schooners
''Prairie Schooners'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson, which stars Wild Bill Elliott, Evelyn Young, and Dub Taylor. Cast list * Bill Elliott as Wild Bill Hickok * Evelyn Young as Virginia Benton * Dub Taylor as Cannonball * Kenneth Harlan as Dalton Stull * Ray Teal as Wolf Tanner * Bob Burns as Jim Gibbs * Netta Packer as Cora Gibbs * Richard Fiske as Adams * Edmund Cobb Edmund Fessenden Cobb (June 23, 1892 – August 15, 1974) was an American actor who appeared in more than 620 films between 1912 and 1966. Biography Cobb was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the son of William Henry Cobb and Eddie (Edmund ... as Rusty * Jim Thorpe as Chief Sanche References External links * * * 1940 Western (genre) films 1940 films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Sam Nelson American black-and-white films Cultural depictions of Wild Bill Hickok 1940s American films {{1940s-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Favorite Spy (1942 Film)
''My Favorite Spy'' is a 1942 comedy film directed by Tay Garnett and featuring Kay Kyser and Ellen Drew. Plot This movie is an even more comedic version of Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935 film). Cast * Kay Kyser as Kay Kyser * Ish Kabibble as himself. * Ellen Drew as Teresa 'Terry' Kyser * Jane Wyman as Connie * Robert Armstrong as Harry Robinson * Helen Westley as Aunst Jessie * William Demarest as Flower Pot Policeman * Una O'Connor as Cora * Lionel Royce as Winters * Moroni Olsen as Major Allen * George Cleveland as Gus * Vaughan Glaser as Colonel Moffett * Hobart Cavanaugh as Jules * Chester Clute Chester Lamont Clute (February 18, 1891 – April 2, 1956) was an American actor familiar in scores of Hollywood films from his debut in 1930. Diminutive, bald-pated with a bristling moustache, he appeared in mostly unbilled roles, consis ... as Higgenbotham * Teddy Hart as Complaining Soldier References External links * * * * 1942 films 1940s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syncopation (1942 Film)
''Syncopation'' is a 1942 American film from RKO directed by William Dieterle and starring Adolphe Menjou, Jackie Cooper, and Bonita Granville. It is set during the early days of jazz. It is also known as ''The Band Played On''. Plot In 1906, the Congo Square Building in New Orleans, which was previously used as a slave market, is transformed into an African-American unemployment bureau. Close by there is also an African-American musical college, where little Reggie Tearbone, seven years old, is learning to play Bach on his cornet. He has trouble following the sheet and starts improvising. It begins to sound more like a jazz piece. Reggie's mother Ella works as a housekeeper for architect George Latimer. The Latimers are an old aristocratic family who has started to get financial problems. Because of this, when George's old friend Steve Porter come to visit, he offers the Latimer family, including George's daughter Kit and Ella, to return to Chicago with him. The whole family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remember Pearl Harbor
''Remember Pearl Harbor'' is a 1942 American propaganda film directed by Joseph Santley and written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan and Isabel Dawn. The film stars Don "Red" Barry, Alan Curtis, Fay McKenzie, Sig Ruman, Ian Keith and Rhys Williams. ''Remember Pearl Harbor'' was released on May 18, 1942, by Republic Pictures. Plot On November 16, 1941 at the La Dessa U. S. army post in the Philippines, a Japanese aircraft carrier off the coast transmits a coded message to the contraband radio of Nazi spies who stick the message in a bottle of German liquor called Kümmel. The message states a Japanese battleship is approaching Pearl Harbor, Private Steve "Lucky" Smith (Don "Red" Barry) meets his fellow soldiers Bruce Gordon ( Alan Curtis) and "Portly" Porter (Maynard Holmes) in the Casa Marina bar, where Lucky and Steve try to attract Portly's sister, Marcia ( Fay McKenzie). Portly arranges for Marcia to be the secretary to Andy L. Anderson ( Rhys Williams), the owner of the bar. A busi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway (1942 Film)
''Broadway'' is a 1942 crime drama musical film directed by William A. Seiter and starring George Raft as himself and Pat O'Brien as a detective. The supporting cast features Janet Blair and Broderick Crawford. Another fictionalized biographical movie based on Raft's life, ''The George Raft Story'' (1961), featured a different actor (Ray Danton) playing Raft. Plot George Raft, a Hollywood dancer, returns to Manhattan and recalls working in a nightclub with a bootlegger's girlfriend. Cast * George Raft as George Raft * Pat O'Brien as Dan McCorn * Janet Blair as Billie Moore * Broderick Crawford as Steve Crandall * Marjorie Rambeau as Lillian (Lil) Rice * Anne Gwynne as Pearl * S. Z. Sakall as Nick * Edward Brophy as Porky (as Edward S. Brophy) * Marie Wilson as Grace * Gus Schilling as Joe * Ralf Harolde as Dolph * Arthur Shields as Pete Dailey * Iris Adrian as Maisie * Janet Warren as Ruby (as Elaine Morey) * Dorothy Moore as Ann * Nestor Paiva as Rinalti * Abner Biberman as T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sing Your Worries Away
''Sing Your Worries Away'' is a 1942 musical film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Buddy Ebsen, June Havoc, Patsy Kelly, Bert Lahr, Dorothy Lovett and Sam Levene. Cast * Buddy Ebsen as Tommy Jones * Patsy Kelly as Bebe McGuire * Bert Lahr as Chow Brewster * June Havoc as Roxy Rochelle * Dorothy Lovett as Carol Brewster * Sam Levene as Smiley Clark * Margaret Dumont as Flo Faulkner * Alvino Rey as himself * The King Sisters The King Sisters were an American big band-era vocal group consisting of six sisters: Alyce, Donna, Luise, Marilyn, Maxine, and Yvonne King. History Born and raised in Pleasant Grove, Utah, the King sisters were part of the Driggs family o ... as themselves * Don Barclay as Luke Brown (uncredited) * Charles Middleton as Judge (uncredited) Box office According to RKO records the film lost $255,000.Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, ''The RKO Story.'' New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p169 References External links * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra Sue
''Sierra Sue'' is a 1941 American Western film directed by William Morgan and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Fay McKenzie. Written by Earl Felton and Julian Zimet, the film is about a government inspector investigating a poisonous weed that is destroying the rangeland supporting the area's cattle. The inspector must persuade the ranchers to reject a plan to burn the land and support a new process of chemical spraying from an airplane. The film features the popular Autry songs "Be Honest With Me", "Ridin' the Range", and the title track. Plot In Sierra City, George Larrabee (Robert Homans), the president of the Western Stockman's Association, orders the ranchers of the area to burn their land in response to a poisonous "devil weed" that threatens to overgrow the rangeland and kill the cattle. The local bank president Stacy Bromfield (Frank M. Thomas), a long-time supporter of the ranchers, believes the burning has failed to control the epidemic. At a meeting with Larra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Enemies (1941 Film)
''Public Enemies'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Albert S. Rogell and written by Edward T. Lowe Jr. and Lawrence Kimble. The film stars Wendy Barrie, Phillip Terry, Edgar Kennedy, William Frawley, Marc Lawrence and Nana Bryant. The film was released on October 30, 1941, by Republic Pictures. Plot An ex-reporter and the socialite who caused him to lose his job become embroiled in a crime organisation's operations. Cast *Wendy Barrie as Bonnie Parker *Phillip Terry as Bill Raymond *Edgar Kennedy as Biff *William Frawley as Bang *Marc Lawrence as Mike *Nana Bryant as Emma *Willie Fung as Lee Hong *Paul Fix as Scat *Russell Hicks as Tregar * Tim Ryan as Trumbull *Duke York as Holmes *Ken Lundy as Lively *Peter Leeds as Reporter *Cyril Ring as Reporter *Eddie Fetherston as Reporter *Francis Sayles as Copy Man *Guy Usher as Detective Captain *Lee Phelps as Sergeant Operator *Charles McAvoy as Policeman *Rod Bacon as Tubby *Pat Gleason as Maxie *Dick Paxton as Bellboy *Chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailors On Leave
''Sailors on Leave'' is a 1941 American musical film directed by Albert S. Rogell and written by Art Arthur and Malcolm Stuart Boylan. The film stars William Lundigan, Shirley Ross, Chick Chandler, Ruth Donnelly, Mae Clarke and Cliff Nazarro. The film was released on September 30, 1941, by Republic Pictures. Plot Chuck Stephens is fooled by his sailor pals Swifty and Mike into believing (and betting on) that if he marries by his 27th birthday, he will inherit $25,000. With only days to go before his deadline, a frantic Chuck is taken to Aunt Navy's nightclub in San Pedro, California and introduced to singer Linda Hall, making a bad first impression. Linda eventually grows more interested in Chuck, but ends up arrested after a bracelet he gives her as a gift turns out to be stolen. Chuck considers marrying other women rounded up by the guys, but realizes he loves Linda after all. He marries her after the deadline, but unexpectedly gets a $5,000 reward for recovering the stolen br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Footlight Fever
''Footlight Fever'' is a 1941 sequel to the 1940 comedy '' Curtain Call'', with Alan Mowbray and Donald MacBride. Plot Alan Mowbray and Donald MacBride reprise their roles as theatrical producers Donald Avery and Geoffrey 'Jeff' Crandall. This time they try to con a millionairess into funding their latest show by posing as old friends of her lost love. Cast * Alan Mowbray as Avery * Donald MacBride as Crandall * Elisabeth Risdon as Aunt Hattie * Lee Bonnell as John Carter * Elyse Knox as Eileen Drake * Charles Quigley Charles Quigley (February 12, 1906 – August 5, 1964) was an American actor. Early years Born in New Britain, Connecticut, Quigley was the son of Charles P. Quigley, who was sales manager for a hardware business. He was a 1924 graduate o ... as Spike Production It lost $40,000 at the box office.Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, ''The RKO Story.'' New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p159 References External links * 1941 films Films direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder Among Friends (1941 Film)
''Murder Among Friends'' is a 1941 American mystery film directed by Ray McCarey and written by John Larkin. The film stars Marjorie Weaver, John Hubbard, Cobina Wright, Mona Barrie, Douglass Dumbrille and Sidney Blackmer. The film was released on February 28, 1941, by 20th Century Fox. Plot Cast * Marjorie Weaver as Mary Lou * John Hubbard as Dr. Thomas Wilson *Cobina Wright as Jessica Gerald * Mona Barrie as Clair Turk *Douglass Dumbrille as Carter Stevenson *Sidney Blackmer as Mr. Wheeler * Truman Bradley as McAndrews *Lucien Littlefield as Dr. Fred Turk * William Halligan as Dr. James Gerald *Donald Douglas as Ellis *Eddie Conrad as Proprietor *Milton Parsons Ernest Milton Parsons (May 19, 1904 – May 15, 1980) was an American character actor. He appeared in more than 160 films and television shows between 1939 and 1978. In 1927, Parsons performed with The Strolling Players of Boston acting co ... as Douglass References External links * 1941 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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