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Top Sergeant Mulligan (1941 Film)
''Top Sergeant Mulligan'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Jean Yarbrough and written by Edmond Kelso. The film stars Nat Pendleton, Carol Hughes, Sterling Holloway, Marjorie Reynolds, Tom Neal, Frank Faylen and Charlie Hall. The film was released on October 17, 1941, by Monogram Pictures. Plot Pat and Budd are sick of being harassed and running away from bill collector Herman Mulligan, so they decide to enlist in the army. All seems good until they arrive at the bootcamp and discover that their platoon's Top Sergeant is Herman Mulligan. Mulligan takes advantage of this situation and makes their life hard. Cast * Nat Pendleton as Top Sergeant Herman Mulligan * Carol Hughes as Avis *Sterling Holloway as Frank Snark *Marjorie Reynolds as Gail Nash *Tom Neal as Don Lewis *Frank Faylen as Pat Dolan * Charlie Hall as Budd Doolittle *Betty Blythe as Mrs. Lewis *Dick Elliott Richard Damon Elliott (April 30, 1886 – December 22, 1961) was an American cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Yarbrough
Jean Yarbrough (August 22, 1900 – August 2, 1975) was an American film director. Biography Jean Yarbrough was born in Marianna, Arkansas on August 22, 1900. He attended the Sewanee: The University of the South, University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. In 1922, Yarbrough entered the film business working in silent pictures, first as a "prop man" and later rising through the ranks to become an assistant director.Thomas, Dan (March 13, 1935)"Smashing Through" ''Los Angeles Evening Post-Record''. p. 7. Retrieved February 24, 2023. By 1936, he became a director, first doing comedy and musical shorts for RKO. His directorial debut for a feature-length film was ''Rebellious Daughters'', made by the low-budget studio Progressive Pictures in 1938. His success came in the 1940s and 1950s when he directed comedy teams like Abbott and Costello (five films: ''Here Come the Co-Eds'', ''In Society'', ''Jack and the Beanstalk (1952 film), Jack and the Beanstalk'', ''Lost in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Blythe
Betty Blythe (born Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter; September 1, 1893 – April 7, 1972) was an American actress best known for her dramatic roles in exotic silent films such as '' The Queen of Sheba'' (1921). She appeared in 63 silent films and 56 sound films over the course of her career. Early life and education She was born Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter in Los Angeles, where she attended Westlake School for Girls and the University of Southern California. Betty had shortened her name to Betty Blythe when she and three other women posed for a photo shoot of the newest swim fashion for women, a bathing suit. Previously, women were expected to wear stockings with full dresses or skirts into the water. Career Blythe began her stage work in such theatrical pieces as ''So Long Letty'' and ''The Peacock Princess''. She worked in vaudeville as the "California Nightingale" singing songs such as "Love Tales from Hoffman". In 1915, she had an unbilled part in '' Bella Donna'' for Famous Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Jean Yarbrough
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monogram Pictures Films
A monogram is a motif (visual arts), motif made by overlapping or combining two or more letters or other graphemes to form one symbol. Monograms are often made by combining the initials of an individual or a company, used as recognizable symbols or logos. A series of uncombined initials is properly referred to as a cypher (e.g. a royal cypher) and is not a monogram. Many of today's monograms are embroidered on items for the home like towels, bedding, robes etc. History Monograms first appeared on coins, as early as 350 BC. The earliest known examples are of the names of Greek cities which issued the coins, often the first two letters of the city's name. For example, the monogram of Achaea (ancient region), Achaea consisted of the letters alpha (Α) and chi (letter), chi (Χ) joined together. Monograms have been used as signatures by artists and Artisan, craft workers on paintings, sculptures and pieces of furniture, especially when guilds enforced measures against unauthor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 Comedy Films
The Correlates of War project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 3.49 million. However, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program estimates that the subsequent year, 1942, was the deadliest such year. Death toll estimates for both 1941 and 1942 range from 2.28 to 7.71 million each. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Euthanasia Centre in Germany, in the first phase of mass killings under the Aktion T4 program here. * January 1 – Thailand's Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram decrees January 1 as the official start of the Thai solar calendar new year (thus the previous year that began April 1 had only 9 months). * January 3 – A decree (''Normalschrifterlass'') promulgated in Germany by Martin Bormann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Comedy Films
American comedy films are comedy films produced in the United States. The genre is one of the oldest in American cinema; some of the first silent movies were comedies, as slapstick comedy often relies on visual depictions, without requiring sound. With the advent of sound in the late 1920s and 1930s, comedic dialogue rose in prominence in the work of film comedians such as W. C. Fields and the Marx Brothers. By the 1950s, the television industry had become serious competition for the movie industry. The 1960s saw an increasing number of broad, star-packed comedies. In the 1970s, black comedies were popular. Leading figures in the 1970s were Woody Allen and Mel Brooks. One of the major developments of the 1990s was the re-emergence of the romantic comedy film. Another development was the increasing use of " gross-out humour". History 1895–1930 Comic films began to appear in significant numbers during the era of silent films, roughly 1895 to 1930. The visual humou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940s English-language Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 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 * Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar became a Roman Consul. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 days. * First year of the ''Xingping'' era during the Han Dyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 Films
The year 1941 in film involved some significant events, in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest of all time, '' Citizen Kane''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1941 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *January 17 – '' Gone with the Wind'' goes into general release in the United States after touring in a roadshow version during 1940. Becoming a cultural phenomenon, it sells an estimated 60 million tickets this year alone. Adjusted for inflation with numerous rereleases, it remains the highest grossing domestic film of all time with $1.8 billion. * March 24 – Glenn Miller begins work on his 1st movie '' Sun Valley Serenade'' for Twentieth Century Fox. * May 1 – Orson Welles' '' Citizen Kane'', consistently rated as one of the films considered the all-time best, is premiered at the Palace Theatre (New York City). * July 2 – '' Sergeant York'', the film biopic of World War I hero A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonderful Smith
Wonderful Smith (June 21, 1911August 28, 2008) was a comedian and actor from Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Early and personal life Wonderful Smith was born Floyd Smith in 1911 in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, to parents Sam Smith, Sr., a farmer, and his wife Mattie. Smith left home to go to Los Angeles at the age of 16. According to his obituary in the ''Los Angeles Times'', Smith married three times but had no children. ''Hello, Mr. President'' As a comedian, he was most notable for his routine, "Hello, Mr. President" which was an imaginary conversation with American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt that lampooned the New Deal and World War II preparations. The routine appeared in Duke Ellington's satirical revue " Jump for Joy". No complete copy of the routine exists, although most of the routine appeared in the 1941 movie '' Top Sergeant Mulligan,'' performed by Smith, and was later re-released on the Smithsonian's ''Jump for Joy'' LP in 1988. Radio He was a member of Red Skelton's rad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Elliott
Richard Damon Elliott (April 30, 1886 – December 22, 1961) was an American character actor who played in over 240 films from the 1930s until the time of his death. Early years Elliott was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Career Elliott played many different roles, typically as a somewhat blustery sort, such as a politician. A short, fat man, Elliott played Santa Claus on the Jimmy Durante, Red Skelton, and Jack Benny programs. Elliott had a couple of memorable lines in ''It's a Wonderful Life'' (1946), notably when he scolded James Stewart's character, who was trying to say goodnight to Donna Reed, advising him: "Why don't you kiss her instead of talking her to death?" He also had a few memorable appearances in episodes of the ''Adventures of Superman (TV series), Adventures of Superman'' television series. He appeared three times as Stanley on the CBS sitcom ''December Bride'', as well as on two of American Broadcasting Company, ABC/Warner Brothers' Western (genre), we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film, and it is derived from classical comedy in theatre. Some of the earliest silent films were slapstick comedies, which often relied on visual depictions, such as sight gags and pratfalls, so they could be enjoyed without requiring sound. To provide drama and excitement to silent movies, live music was played in sync with the action on the screen, on pianos, organs, and other instruments. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1920s, comedy films grew in popularity, as laughter could result from both burlesque situations but also from humorous dialogue. Comedy, compared with other film genres, places more focus on individual star actors, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to the film industry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsley Parsons
Lindsley Parsons (1905–1992) was an American film producer and screenwriter. He worked throughout his career at the low-budget Monogram Pictures and its successor, Allied Artists. He generally produced cheap gangster, action and Western films.Ashdown & Caudill p.180-81 He was the father of film producer Lindsley Parsons Jr. Selected filmography Producer * '' Frontier Town'' (1938) * '' The Gang's All Here'' (1941) * '' King of the Zombies'' (1941) * '' Campus Rhythm'' (1943) *'' The Crime Smasher'' (1943) * '' Detective Kitty O'Day'' (1944) * ''Adventures of Kitty O'Day'' (1945) * '' South of the Rio Grande'' (1945) * '' The Lonesome Trail'' (1945) *''Ginger'' (1946) * ''Louisiana'' (1947) * '' Tuna Clipper'' (1949) * '' The Wolf Hunters'' (1949) * '' Trail of the Yukon'' (1949) * '' Call of the Klondike'' (1950) * '' Snow Dog'' (1950) * '' Yukon Manhunt'' (1951) * ''Northwest Territory'' (1951) * '' Fangs of the Arctic'' (1953) * '' Tangier Incident'' (1953) * '' Mexican Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
