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Shirley Ulmer
Shirley Kassler Ulmer (June 12, 1914 – July 6, 2000) was an American screenwriter. Early life Shirley Beatrice Kassler was born in New York in 1914. After her banker father lost his saving in the Wall Street crash of 1929, the family moved to California. Career While living in California, Kassler "met picture people" and began working as a script supervisor in Hollywood. She married Max Alexander, nephew of Universal Studios' founder Carl Laemmle, in 1933. While working on '' The Black Cat'' (1934) as a script supervisor, Kassler met Edgar G. Ulmer. The two began a relationship after work on the film finished, and Kassler started divorce proceedings while living with Ulmer in the Hotel Christie on Hollywood Boulevard. The relationship angered Kassler's uncle-in-law, Laemmie. He blacklisted Kassler and Ulmer, preventing either from getting jobs in Hollywood. Kassler's final work on a Hollywood film was '' Thunder Over Texas'' (1934), which she wrote, Ulmer directed, and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Borzage
Frank Borzage ( né Borzaga; April 23, 1894 – June 19, 1962) was an American film director and actor. He was the first person to win the Academy Awards, Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director for his film ''7th Heaven (1927 film), 7th Heaven'' (1927) at the 1st Academy Awards. Born to Italian and Swiss immigrant parents in Salt Lake City, Borzage began his career as a teenager performing with traveling theater groups throughout the western United States He found employment in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood in 1912, where he began directing and acting in short films before transitioning to feature films. Borzage's other directorial feature credits include ''Street Angel (1928 film), Street Angel'' (1928), ''Bad Girl (1931 film), Bad Girl'' (1931), ''A Farewell to Arms (1932 film), A Farewell to Arms'' (1932), ''Man's Castle'' (1933), ''History Is Made at Night (1937 film), History Is Made at Night'' (1937), ''The Mortal Storm'' (1940), and Moonrise (f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return To Macon County
Return to Macon County is a 1975 American action-drama film directed by Richard Compton. A sequel in name only to ''Macon County Line'' (1974), the film stars Nick Nolte and Don Johnson as two young drag racers traveling through the Southern United States in the early 1950s. Unlike its predecessor, which was more of a crime drama, ''Return to Macon County'' leans into action and road-movie elements, focusing on youth rebellion and car culture. Plot The film follows Bo (Nick Nolte) and Harley (Don Johnson), two friends who dream of making it to California to compete in a national drag racing event. They drive a customized 1957 Chevy hot rod, seeking adventure and challenges on the open road. Along the way, they pick up a feisty young hitchhiker, Junell (Robin Mattson), who quickly becomes entangled in their journey. However, their carefree road trip takes a dangerous turn when they run afoul of a local lawman with a personal vendetta, setting off a chain of events that threaten t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Cigars (film)
''Little Cigars'' is a film released in 1973 by American International Pictures and was directed by Chris Christenberry. The film was also released in the United States as ''The Little Cigars Mob''. Plot A gang of dwarves team up with a gangster's mistress, played by Angel Tompkins, to go on a crime spree. Cast *Angel Tompkins - Cleo *Billy Curtis - Slick Bender * Jerry Maren - Cadillac *Frank Delfino - Monty * Felix Silla - Frankie *Emory Souza - Hugo *Joe De Santis - Travers * Jon Cedar - Faust *Philip Kenneally - Ganz *Barbara Rhoades - Helen * Todd Susman - Buzz *Michael Pataki - Garage Mechanic See also *List of American films of 1973 This is a list of American films released in 1973 in film, 1973. Box office The highest-grossing American films released in 1973, by domestic box office gross revenue as estimated by ''The Numbers (website), The Numbers'', are as follows: ... References External links * 1973 films 1973 crime films American cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond The Time Barrier
''Beyond the Time Barrier'' is a 1960 American science fiction film. It was released in September 1960 on a double bill with ''The Angry Red Planet''.Warren, Bill (1986). "Keep Watching The Skies Volume 2". McFarland & Co., Inc. . Page 730 It starred Robert Clarke (who also served as producer) and directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. Ulmer's wife Shirley acted as a script editor while their daughter Arianne Arden appeared as a Russian pilot. It was one of two low budget sci-fi films shot back-to-back in Dallas, Texas by Ulmer (the other being '' The Amazing Transparent Man'', released earlier that year). The combined filming schedule for both films was only two weeks. Plot In 1960, United States Air Force test pilot Major Bill Allison flies the X-80 experimental aircraft to sub-orbital spaceflight successfully, though he loses radio contact. When he returns to the airbase, it appears abandoned, old and deserted. Mystified, he sees a futuristic city on the horizon and heads for it. The maj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Amazing Transparent Man
''The Amazing Transparent Man'' is a 1960 American science fiction thriller B-movie directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Marguerite Chapman (in her final feature film) and Douglas Kennedy. The plot follows an insane ex–U.S. Army major who uses an escaped criminal to steal materials to improve the invisibility machine his scientist prisoner made. It was one of two sci-fi films shot back-to-back in Dallas, Texas by Ulmer (the other was ''Beyond the Time Barrier'', also released that same year). The combined filming schedule for both films was only two weeks. The film was later featured in an episode of ''Mystery Science Theater 3000''. Plot Former U.S. Army major Paul Krenner plans to conquer the world with an army of invisible soldiers and will do anything to achieve that goal. With the help of his hired thug Julian, Krenner forces Dr. Peter Ulof to perfect the invisibility machine that Ulof invented. He imprisons Ulof's daughter Maria to ensure Ulof's compliance. The n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruthless (1948 Film)
''Ruthless'' is a 1948 American film noir drama film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer starring Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet and Louis Hayward. Plot Horace Vendig shows himself to the world as a rich philanthropist. In fact, the history of his rise from his unhappy broken home shows this to be far from true. After being taken in by richer neighbors he started to exhibit an obsessive and selfish urge to make more and more money, loving and leaving women at will to further this end. Cast * Zachary Scott as Horace Vendig * Louis Hayward as Vic Lambdin * Diana Lynn as Martha / Mallory * Sydney Greenstreet as Mansfield * Lucille Bremer Lucille Bremer (February 21, 1917 – April 16, 1996) was an American film actress and dancer. Biography Bremer was born in Amsterdam (city), New York, Amsterdam, New York, but soon moved to Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where ... as Christa Mansfield * Martha Vickers as Susan Duane * Dennis Hoey as Mr. Burnside * Edith Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moon Over Harlem
''Moon Over Harlem'' is a 1939 American race film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. Plot summary A gangster, Dollar Bill Richards, seduces a wealthy widow, Minnie, to get his hands on her money. Cast * Bud Harris as Dollar Bill * Cora Green as Minnie * Izinetta Wilcox as Sue * Earl Gough as Bob * Zerita Stepteau as Jackie * Petrina Moore as Alice *Daphne Fray as Pat *Mercedes Gilbert as Jackie's mother * Frances Harrod as Maud * Alec Lovejoy as Fats *Walter Richardson as Brother Hornsby * Slim Thompson as Long-Boy *Freddie Robinson as Half-Pint *John Bunn as Wallstreet * Marieluise Bechet as Nina Mae Brown * Archie Cross as A Boy from Newark * William Woodward as A Boy from Newark *John Fortune as Jamaica * Audrey Talbird as Connie * Marie Young as Jean * Christopher Columbus and His Swing Crew as Themselves *Sidney Bechet as himself - Clarinetist Soundtrack *"My Hope Chest of Dreams" (1939) (Music and lyrics by Donald Heywood Donald Heywood (24 October 1896 – 13 January 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Can't Escape
''I Can't Escape'' is a 1934 American film directed by Otto Brower. The film is also known as ''The Magic Vault'' (American alternative title). Plot Steve Nichols, attired in full evening dress, asks where he can get an alcoholic drink. The surprised man tells Steve since Prohibition in the United States was repealed he can find one anywhere. Going to a night club, he sits alone at a table. A call girl named Mae enters the club and asks the bartender where her client she is to rendezvous with is; the bartender mistakenly points to Steve. The two find they have rapport, but the one who really hired Mae, an obnoxious university student reclaims Mae in an obnoxious way. Mae criticises Steve's behaviour that as he won't fight for what is his, he's not much of a man. Steve candidly replies that he has just been released from prison for good behaviour and would return for five years of his sentence if he acted violently. He also admits his evening dress is rented. The student, encour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lone Ranger (TV Series)
''The Lone Ranger'' is an American Western television series that aired on the ABC Television network from 1949 to 1957, with Clayton Moore in the starring role. Jay Silverheels, a member of the Mohawk Aboriginal people in Canada, played the Lone Ranger's Native American companion Tonto. John Hart replaced Moore in the title role from 1952 to 1953 owing to a contract dispute. Fred Foy, who had been both narrator and announcer of the radio series from 1948 until its ending, was the announcer. Gerald Mohr was originally employed as the narrator for the television series, but story narration was dropped after 16 episodes. ''The Lone Ranger'' was the highest-rated television program on ABC in the early 1950s and its first true "hit". The series finished number 7 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1950–1951 season, number 18 for 1951–1952, and number 29 for 1952–1953. Series premise A group of six Texas Rangers is ambushed and all are shot, apparently dead. In the hot sun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CHiPs
''CHiPs'' is an American crime drama television series created by Rick Rosner and originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to May 1, 1983. After the final first-run telecast on NBC in May 1983, the series went into reruns on Sundays from May 8 to July 17, 1983. It follows the lives of two motorcycle officers of the California Highway Patrol (CHP). The series ran for 139 episodes over six seasons, plus one reunion television film in October 1998. Overview ''CHiPs'' is an action crime drama in a standard hour-long time slot, which at the time required 48 minutes of actual programming. A signature of the show, especially in the later seasons, were frequent over-the-top freeway pileups. For filming, traffic on Los Angeles freeways that were yet to be opened was non-existent and most chase scenes were done on the back roads. The show was created by Rick Rosner, and starred Erik Estrada as macho, rambunctious Officer Francis ("Frank") Llewellyn "Ponch" Poncherello and L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batman (TV Series)
''Batman'' is an American Live action, live-action television series based on the DC Comics Batman, character of the same name. It stars Adam West as Bruce Wayne/Batman and Burt Ward as Dick Grayson/Robin (character), Robin—two crime-fighting heroes who defend Gotham City from a List of Batman television series cast members#Criminals, variety of archvillains. It is known for its Camp (style), camp style and Batman Theme, upbeat theme music, as well as its intentionally humorous, simplistic morality aimed at its preteen audience. The List of Batman (TV series) episodes, 120 episodes aired on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC network for three seasons from January 12, 1966, to March 14, 1968, twice weekly during the first two seasons, and weekly for the third. In 2016, television critics Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz ranked ''Batman'' as the 82nd greatest American television series of all time. A companion Batman (1966 film), feature film was released in 1966 between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
