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Teddy Infuhr
Teddy Infuhr (November 9, 1936 – May 12, 2007), born Theodore Edward Infuhr, was an American child actor. Biography Missouri-born child actor Teddy Infuhr, youngest of four, moved with his family to Los Angeles when he was three and was initially prodded into acting by his mother. A young student at the Rainbow Studios, he was spotted by a talent agent and booked the very first film he went out on with ''The Tuttles of Tahiti'' (1942) at the age of five. Throughout the rest of the 1940s he would find steady roles as mean-spirited tykes, trouble-makers or bullying types, never settling down to one specific studio. A good portion of his work was noticeable yet he also appeared unbilled much of the time. Unable to move into the major child star leagues, he was cast in some of the biggest pictures Cinema of the United States, Hollywood had to offer including ''A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'', ''Spellbound (1945 film), Spellbound'' and ''The Best Year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Child Actor
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage, television, or in film, movies. An adult who began their acting career as a child may also be called a child actor, or a "former child actor". Closely associated terms include teenage actor or teen actor, an actor who gained popularity as a Adolescence, teenager. Many child actors find themselves struggling to adapt as they become adults, mainly due to typecasting. Macaulay Culkin and Lindsay Lohan are two particularly famous child actors who eventually experienced much difficulty with the fame they acquired at an early age. Some child actors have successful acting careers as adults; for example Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Jodie Foster, Drew Barrymore, Jake Gyllenhaal, Selena Gomez. Other child actors have gone on to successful careers in other fields, including director Ron Howard, politicians Lech Kaczyński, Lech and Jarosław Kaczyński, and singer Jenny Lewis. Regulation In the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackboard Jungle
''Blackboard Jungle'' is a 1955 American social drama film about an English teacher in an interracial inner-city school, based on the 1954 novel ''The Blackboard Jungle'' by Evan Hunter and adapted for the screen and directed by Richard Brooks. It is remembered for its innovative use of rock and roll in its soundtrack, for casting grown adults as high-school teens, and for the unique breakout role of a black cast member, Sidney Poitier, as a rebellious yet musically talented student. In 2016, ''Blackboard Jungle'' was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Plot In the mid-1950s, Richard Dadier is a new teacher at North Manual Trades High School, an inner-city school of diverse ethnic backgrounds. Led by student Gregory Miller, most engage in anti-social behavior. The school principal, Mr. Warneke, denies there are discipline issues, but the school f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unwritten Code
''The Unwritten Code'' is a 1944 American drama film directed by Herman Rotsten and written by Leslie T. White and Charles Kenyon. The film stars Ann Savage, Tom Neal, Roland Varno, Howard Freeman, Mary Currier and Bobby Larson. The film was released on October 26, 1944, by Columbia Pictures. Plot Cast * Ann Savage as Mary Lee Norris * Tom Neal as Sgt. Terry Hunter * Roland Varno as Cpl. Karl Richter * Howard Freeman as Mr. Norris *Mary Currier as Mrs. Norris *Bobby Larson as Willie Norris *Teddy Infuhr Teddy Infuhr (November 9, 1936 – May 12, 2007), born Theodore Edward Infuhr, was an American child actor. Biography Missouri-born child actor Teddy Infuhr, youngest of four, moved with his family to Los Angeles when he was three and was initial ... as Dutchy Schultz * Holmes Herbert as McDowell * Otto Reichow as Heinrich Krause * Theodore von Eltz as Major Spencer * Blake Edwards as Swede References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Unwritten Code 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavenly Days
''Heavenly Days'' is a 1944 film starring Fibber McGee and Molly. It was the third and final feature film to feature the popular radio characters; unlike the two previous entries, none of the radio show's supporting cast members appeared in this film except the show's house vocal quartet, The King's Men. Plot Cast * Jim Jordan as Fibber McGee * Marian Jordan as Molly McGee * Eugene Pallette as Senator Bigby * Gordon Oliver as Dick Martin * Raymond Walburn as Mr. Popham * Barbara Hale as Angie * Don Douglas as Dr. George Gallup * Frieda Inescort as Ettie Clark * Irving Bacon as Tower, the Butler * The King's Men as Soldier Quartet * Emory Parnell as Detective Reception It lost $205,000 at the box office.Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, ''The RKO Story.'' New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p198 See also * List of American films of 1944 References External list * *Film reviewat ''Variety'' 1944 films 1944 comedy films American comedy films America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Diego, I Love You
''San Diego, I Love You'' is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Reginald Le Borg and starring Jon Hall, Louise Allbritton and Edward Everett Horton. The screenwriters for the film included Ruth McKenney, author of '' My Sister Eileen'' (1938) Silent screen stars Buster Keaton and Irene Ryan, the latter known for her role in the TV sit-com '' Beverly Hillbillies'', appear in supporting roles. The film was a surprise hit at the box office. Plot Philip McCooley, a widowed high school teacher in small-town California, believes that he has discovered a new self-inflating life raft. He is persuaded by his elder daughter Virginia to travel to San Diego to apply for funds from a developmental agency, and takes his four young sons along as well. On the train journey they encounter and offend John Thompson Caldwell IV by taking his compartment, little realizing that he is extremely wealthy and the head of the agency that the McCooley's need the support of. With their last savi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth Runs Wild
''Youth Runs Wild'' is a 1944 B movie directed by Mark Robson and starring Bonita Granville, Kent Smith, Jean Brooks, Glen Vernon and Vanessa Brown. The plot concerns inattentive parents and juvenile delinquency. The film was produced by Val Lewton. It was written by John Fante, Herbert Kline and Ardel Wray. Although Val Lewton produced the film, the final released version was so different from the original cut that he asked for his name to be removed from the picture; a request denied him by RKO. Plot Cast * Bonita Granville as Toddy * Kent Smith as Danny Coates * Jean Brooks as Mary Hauser Coates * Glen Vernon as Frank Hauser * Vanessa Brown as Sarah Taylor * Ben Bard as Mr. Taylor * Mary Servoss as Mrs. Cora Hauser * Lawrence Tierney as Larry Duncan * Johnny Walsh as Herb Vigero * Rod Rodgers as Rocky * Elizabeth Russell as Mrs. Mabel Taylor * Stanley Blystone as Policeman (uncredited) * Art Smith as Fred Hauser (uncredited) Production Edward Dmytry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame Curie (film)
''Madame Curie'' is a 1943 American biographical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Sidney Franklin from a screenplay by Paul Osborn, Paul H. Rameau, and Aldous Huxley (uncredited), adapted from the biography by Ève Curie. It stars Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, with supporting performances by Robert Walker, Henry Travers, and Albert Bassermann. The film tells the story of Polish-French physicist Marie Curie in 1890s Paris as she begins to share a laboratory with her future husband Pierre Curie. This was the third of eight onscreen pairings with Pidgeon and Garson."Madame Curie" . Retrieved Novemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She's For Me
''She's for Me'' is a 1943 American musical film directed by Reginald LeBorg and starring Grace McDonald and David Bruce. Plot Two attorneys are attracted to the same client Cast * Grace McDonald as Jan Lawton * David Bruce as Michael Reed * Lois Collier as Eileen Crane * George Dolenz as Phil Norwin * Charles Dingle as Crane * Helen Brown as Miss Carpenter * Douglas Wood as Milbourne * Leon Belasco as Acton * Mantan Moreland as Sam * Charles Coleman as Clark * Frank Faylen as Keys * Charles Trowbridge as Dr. Folsom * Ray Corrigan as Gorilla Man * Grace Hayle as Dowager * Carol Hughes as Maxine LaVerne Production Director Reginald LeBorg had recently returned from making training shorts for the Office of War Information in 1943 as part of the war effort. An experienced filmmaker of soundies, Universal Pictures engaged him as a feature film director. His first picture was She’s For Me. A low-budget “program picture,” Universal expected the film to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gildersleeve On Broadway
''Gildersleeve on Broadway'' is a 1943 American comedy film starring Harold Peary as his radio character The Great Gildersleeve. It is the third of four Gildersleeve features, others were '' The Great Gildersleeve'' (1942), '' Gildersleeve's Bad Day'' (1943), '' Gildersleeve's Ghost'' (1944). Plot Cast * Harold Peary as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve * Billie Burke as Mrs. Laura Chandler * Claire Carleton as Francine Gray * Richard LeGrand as Mr. Peavey * Freddie Mercer as Leroy Forrester * Hobart Cavanaugh as Homer * Margaret Landry as Marjorie Forrester * Leonid Kinskey as Window Washer * Ann Doran as Matilda Brown * Lillian Randolph as Birdie * Mike Road as Jimmy Clark * unbilled players include Lawrence Tierney, Barbara Hale, Dorothy Malone, and Teddy Infuhr. as well as Jack Norton and Walter Tetley. References External links * * * 1943 films American comedy films American black-and-white films Films based on radio series Films directed by Gord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Iron Major
''The Iron Major'' is a 1943 American biographical film about the famed college football coach and World War I hero, Frank Cavanaugh. Directed by Ray Enright, the screenplay was written by Aben Kandel and Warren Duff, based on Florence E. Cavanaugh's story. Produced and directed by RKO Radio Pictures, the film premiered in Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ... on October 25, 1943. The picture stars Pat O'Brien as Major Cavanaugh, along with Ruth Warrick and Robert Ryan. Plot Florence Cavanaugh and a priest, Tim Donovan, recall how in the 1890s, her husband Frank was playing college football for Dartmouth and then moved west to become a coach. "Cav" is introduced to Florence and eventually moves back east where he coaches at Holy Cross, where the footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hers To Hold
''Hers to Hold'' (aka ''Three Smart Girls Join Up'') is a 1943 American romantic musical comedy film and is the third film in '' Three Smart Girls'' trilogy. In ''Hers to Hold'', Deanna Durbin reprises her role as Penny Craig, who is the only sister remaining at home."Overview: 'Hers to Hold' (1943)" ''IMDb'', 2019. Retrieved: July 7, 2019. Plot Vega Aircraft Corporation employees pilot Bill Morley, a former Flying Tiger, is awaiting commissioning with the |
The Amazing Mrs
''The'' is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
