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Terror Trail (1946 Film)
''Terror Trail'' is a 1946 American Western film directed by Ray Nazarro and starring Charles Starrett.Freese p.193 The film's sets were designed by the art director Charles Clague. It was shot at the Iverson Ranch. Plot Cast * Charles Starrett as Steve Haverley / The Durango Kid * Barbara Pepper as Karen Kemp - the Louisville Lady * Ozie Waters as Ozie Waters * Smiley Burnette as Smiley Burnette * Lane Chandler as Duke Catlett * George Chesebro as Henchman Drag * Zon Murray Zon Murray (April 13, 1910 – February 2, 1979) was an American actor. Filmography He appeared in the films: '' The El Paso Kid'', '' Ghost of Hidden Valley'', ''Song of the Sierras'', '' Jack Armstrong'', ''Rainbow Over the Rockies'', ''West ... as Bart Matson * Colorado Rangers as Musicians References Bibliography * Gene Freese. ''Jock Mahoney: The Life and Films of a Hollywood Stuntman''. McFarland, 2013. External links * 1946 films 1946 Western (genre) films American Western ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Nazarro
Ray Nazarro ''(aka'' "Ray" and "Nat;" ''né'' Raymond Alfred Nazarro; September 25, 1902 – September 8, 1986) was an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter. Budd Boetticher called him a "ten-day picture guy."Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Iss. 3, (Spring 2002): 52-0_3. Career Born in Boston, Nazarro entered the movie business during the silent era. He initially worked in two-reelers. In 1945 he became a feature-film director at Columbia Pictures, beginning with '' Outlaws of the Rockies''. Nazarro was one of Hollywood's busiest directors, directing as many as 13 pictures in one year. He made budget westerns almost exclusively. From 1945 to 1948 he alternated between directing action westerns with Columbia's leading cowboy star Charles Starrett and directing the "rural rhythm" band The Hoosier Hot Shots in a series of musical-comedy westerns. When the musical series lapsed in 1948, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia Pictures Films
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1940s English-language Films
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American Western (genre) Films
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1946 Western (genre) Films
Events January * January 6 - The first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four occupation zones. * January 10 ** The first meeting of the United Nations is held, at Methodist Central Hall Westminster in London. ** '' Project Diana'' bounces radar waves off the Moon, measuring the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon, and proves that communication is possible between Earth and outer space, effectively opening the Space Age. * January 11 - Enver Hoxha declares the People's Republic of Albania, with himself as prime minister. * January 16 – Charles de Gaulle resigns as head of the French provisional government. * January 17 - The United Nations Security Council holds its first session, at Church House, Westminster in London. * January 19 ** The Bell XS-1 is test flown for the first time (unpowered), with Bell's chief test pilot Jack Woo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Films
The year 1946 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1946 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *February 14 - Charles Vidor's '' Gilda'' starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford shows audiences one of the most famous scenes of the 20th century: Rita Hayworth singing "Put The Blame On Mame". *November 21 – William Wyler's '' The Best Years of Our Lives'' premieres in New York featuring an ensemble cast including Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, and Harold Russell. *December 20 – Frank Capra's '' It's a Wonderful Life'', featuring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers, and Thomas Mitchell opens in New York. Awards Notable films released in 1946 United States unless stated A * '' Angel on My Shoulder'' * '' Anna and the King of Siam'', starring Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison and Linda Darnell * '' Aru yo no Tonosama'' B * '' Bad Bascomb'', st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zon Murray
Zon Murray (April 13, 1910 – February 2, 1979) was an American actor. Filmography He appeared in the films: '' The El Paso Kid'', '' Ghost of Hidden Valley'', ''Song of the Sierras'', '' Jack Armstrong'', ''Rainbow Over the Rockies'', ''West of Dodge City'', ''The Law Comes to Gunsight'', ''Code of the Saddle'', '' Trail of the Mounties'', '' Oklahoma Blues'', '' False Paradise'', '' Grand Canyon Trail'', '' Blood on the Moon'', '' Crossed Trails'', '' Gun Law Justice'', ''Trails End'', '' Son of a Bad Man'', ''Grand Canyon'', ''The House Across the Street'', '' Captain China'', '' The Kid from Texas'', '' Night Riders of Montana'', '' Along the Great Divide'', '' Fort Worth'', '' Hurricane Island'', '' Oklahoma Justice'', ''Pecos River'', '' Border Saddlemates'', ''Laramie Mountains'', ''Montana Territory'', ''Carson City'', '' Cripple Creek'', '' Old Overland Trail'', ''Born to the Saddle'', '' On Top of Old Smoky'', '' The President's Lady'', ''The Farmer Takes a Wife'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Chesebro
George Newell Chesebro (July 29, 1888 – May 28, 1959) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1915 and 1954. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and died in Los Angeles, California. Partial filmography * ''Mignon'' (1915) * '' Because of a Woman'' (1917) * '' The Show Down'' (1917) * '' Indiscreet Corinne'' (1917) * ''Broadway Arizona'' (1917) * ''Mr. Opp'' (1917) * '' Wild Sumac'' (1917) * '' Hands Up!'' (1918) * ''Modern Love'' (1918) * '' The She Wolf'' (1919) * '' The Hope Diamond Mystery'' (1921) * '' The Diamond Queen'' (1921) * '' Wolf Blood'' (1925) * '' Money to Burn'' (1926) * '' Rustlers' Ranch'' (1926) * '' Hearts and Spangles'' (1926) * '' The Mile-a-Minute Man'' (1926) * '' Mountains of Manhattan'' (1927) * '' The Silent Avenger'' (1927) * '' Should a Girl Marry?'' (1928) * '' Handcuffed'' (1929) * '' Lariats and Six-Shooters'' (1931) * '' The Sheriff's Secret'' (1931) * '' Wild West Whoopee'' (1931) * '' The Kid from Arizona'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lane Chandler
Lane Chandler (born Robert Clinton Oakes, June 4, 1899 – September 14, 1972) was an American actor specializing mainly in Westerns. Biography Early life Chandler was raised on a ranch near Culbertson, Montana, the son of a horse rancher. The family relocated to Helena, Montana, when he was a youngster, and he graduated from high school there. He briefly attended Montana Wesleyan College (which later merged and became part of Rocky Mountain College), but quit to drive a tour bus at Yellowstone National Park. Career In the early 1920s he moved to Los Angeles, California, and started working as an auto mechanic. His real-life experiences growing up on a horse ranch landed bit parts for him in westerns from 1925, for Paramount Pictures. Studio executives suggested changing his name to Lane Chandler, and as such he began achieving leading roles opposite stars like Clara Bow, Greta Garbo, Betty Bronson and Esther Ralston. His first lead role was in ''The Legion of the Cond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smiley Burnette
Lester Alvin Burnett (March 18, 1911 – February 16, 1967), better known as Smiley Burnette, was an American country music performer and a comedic actor in Western films and on radio and TV, playing sidekick to Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and other B-movie cowboys. He was also a prolific singer-songwriter who is reported to have played proficiently over 100 musical instruments, sometimes more than one simultaneously. His career, beginning in 1934, spanned four decades, including a regular role on CBS-TV's ''Petticoat Junction'' in the 1960s. Biography Lester A. Burnett (he added the final "e" later in life) was born in Summum, Illinois, on March 18, 1911, and grew up in Ravenwood, Missouri. He began singing as a child and learned to play a wide variety of instruments by ear, yet never learned to read or write music. In his teens, he worked in vaudeville, and starting in 1929, at the state's first commercial radio station, WDZ-AM in Tuscola, Illinois. Burnette came by his ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Pepper
Barbara Pepper (born Marion Pepper; May 31, 1915 – July 18, 1969) was an American stage, television, radio, and film actress. She is best known as the first Doris Ziffel on the sitcom ''Green Acres''. Early life and career Marion Pepper was born in New York City, the daughter of actor David Mitchell "Dave" Pepper, and his wife, Harrietta S. Pepper. At age 16 she started life in show business with Goldwyn Girls, a musical stock company where she met Lucille Ball, with whom she would remain friends, during production of Eddie Cantor's ''Roman Scandals'' in 1933. From 1937 to 1943, Pepper was a prolific actress, appearing in 43 movies, mostly in supporting roles or in minor films, with exceptions being main characters in '' The Rogues' Tavern'' and '' Mummy's Boys'', both feature films released in 1936. Among her later film parts were small roles in ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' (1963) and ''My Fair Lady'' (1964). She also performed radio parts. In 1943, she marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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