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Westward The Women
''Westward the Women'' is a 1951 American western film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel and John McIntire. Plot In 1851, the working men of Whitman's Valley in California are lonely. Local proprietor Roy Whitman decides the best way to prevent his men from leaving is to convince women to settle down in Whitman Valley. Roy heads to Chicago, Illinois to search for women willing to take on the arduous journey to California in order to marry. Among the 140 women he recruits are the middle-aged widow Patience, the pregnant and unmarried Rose Meyers, and former showgirls Fifi Danon and Laurie Smith. The women select their prospective husbands from a group of daguerreotypes tacked to a display board. Roy hires experienced wagon master Buck Wyatt to lead the convoy. Roy and Buck take the women to St. Joseph, Missouri, where Conestoga wagons and 15 trail hands await them. Kentaro Ito, a determined, diminutive Japanese man, persuades Buck to take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William A
William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, Billie, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *''wiljô'' "will, wish, desire" and *''helmaz'' "helm, helmet".Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rape
Rape is a type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse, or other forms of sexual penetration, carried out against a person without consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or against a person who is incapable of giving valid consent, such as one who is unconscious, incapacitated, has an intellectual disability, or is below the legal age of consent ( statutory rape). The term ''rape'' is sometimes casually used interchangeably with the term ''sexual assault''. The rate of reporting, prosecuting and convicting for rape varies between jurisdictions. Internationally, the incidence of rapes recorded by the police during 2008 ranged, per 100,000 people, from 0.2 in Azerbaijan to 92.9 in Botswana with 6.3 in Lithuania as the median. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnson Canyon (Juab County, Utah)
Johnson Canyon is a valley or canyon in Juab County, Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea .... Its creek drains the eastern watershed of the South Mountains and divides those mountains from the Deep Creek Range / Deep Creek Mountains to the east. The mouth of the canyon is at an elevation of . Its source is at the head of the canyon at an elevation of at . References Valleys of Utah Landforms of Juab County, Utah {{Utah-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kane County, Utah
Kane County is a county in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 7,667. Its county seat and largest city is Kanab. History The county was created on January 16, 1864, by the old federal Utah Territory (1850–1896) territorial legislature, with areas partitioned off from earlier Washington County. It was named for Col. Thomas L. Kane (1822–1883), a friend of the Latter Day Saint (Mormons) settlers when they first arrived westward, led by patriarch Brigham Young (1801–1877), in the 1840s and 1850s. The county boundary was readjusted later, first in 1869, when a portion was returned back to Washington County; second in 1880, when San Juan County was partitioned off and created; and third, in 1883, when additional portions were partitioned from Kane and added to Iron and back to Washington counties. Geography Kane County lies on the south line of the state of Utah. Its south border abuts the northern border of the state of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901May 13, 1961) was an American actor known for his strong, silent screen persona and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three nominations, as well as an 33rd Academy Awards, Academy Honorary Award in 1961 for his career achievements. He was one of the top-10 film personalities for 23 consecutive years and one of the top money-making stars for 18 years. The American Film Institute (AFI) ranked Cooper at number11 on its list of the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars, 50 greatest screen legends. Cooper's career spanned 36 years, from 1925 to 1961, and included leading roles in 84 feature films. He was a major movie star from the end of the silent film era through to the end of the golden age of Classical Hollywood cinema, classical Hollywood. His screen persona appealed strongly to both men and women, and his range included roles in most major film genres. His ability to project his ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Adams (actor)
Richard Theodore Adams (March 17, 1890 – September 24, 1973) was an American film actor who appeared in nearly 200 films between 1926 and 1952. Early life Adams was born in New York City. He appeared with his parents in their vaudeville act and later attended Cornell University. He served in World War I and World War II in the US Navy. Career Adams' film career spanned more than three decades and included roles "on both sides of the law". He worked primarily in B-Westerns, often as a villain. Studios for which he worked included Monogram and PRC, and he was often seen in films that starred Johnny Mack Brown or Bob Steele. He also appeared in serials, including '' The Mysterious Pilot'' (1937), ''Holt of the Secret Service'' (1941), '' Daredevils of the West'' (1943), and '' King of the Rocket Men'' (1949). Later life and death Late in his career, Adams acted on television Westerns, including ''The Cisco Kid'', '' Cowboy G-Men'', and ''The Lone Ranger''. On Sept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Carleton
Claire Carleton (September 28, 1913 – December 11, 1979) was an American actress whose career spanned four decades from the 1930s through the 1960s. She appeared in over 100 films, the majority of them features, and on numerous television shows, including several recurring roles. In addition to her screen acting, she had a successful stage career. Early life Carleton was born in New York City. She began acting on the stage, eventually making it to Broadway, where she made her debut as Lucy in the short-lived play, ''Blue Monday'' in June, 1932. Career Although she made her film debut in a small role in a 1933 film short, ''Seasoned Greetings'', and continued to occasionally make shorts for the remainder of the decade, she concentrated on her stage career during the 1930s. She made her first appearance in a feature film in 1940's '' Millionaire Playboy'', starring Joe Penner, Linda Hayes, and Russ Brown. During her film career she was often cast as the "other woman", or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Conway
Patrick Douglas Conway (January 9, 1931 – April 24, 1981) was an American actor best known for starring as Sheriff Clay Hollister on the Western television series ''Tombstone Territory'' (1957–1960). Early years Conway was the son of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer director Jack Conway, and grandson of Francis X. Bushman. Career Conway's first role was in the 1951 movie '' Westward the Women'' as Sid Cutler. Conway was Tim Dooley in the 1955 movie '' An Annapolis Story''. In ''Tombstone Territory'', Conway played Tombstone Sheriff Clay Hollister, set in Arizona Territory. The series ran for three seasons from October 16, 1957 to July 8, 1960. He also played many guest roles in Western serials, including ''Gunsmoke'', '' Rawhide'', and ''Bonanza''. He also had parts in two movies: ''Geronimo'' in 1962 and '' Brighty of the Grand Canyon'' in 1967. His final roles were in '' The Streets of San Francisco'' TV show in 1975, the television movie ''The Abduction of Saint Anne'', ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renata Vanni
Renata Vanni (12 October 1909 – 19 February 2004) was an Italian-born American film actress.Pitts p.99 She was better known for the films '' Pay or Die'', ''A Patch of Blue'' and ''Lady in White''. Filmography * ''El Paso'' (1949) as Lupita Montez (uncredited) * '' The Doctor and the Girl'' (1949) as Mrs. Crisani, Tony's Mother (uncredited) * ''Stop That Cab'' (1951) as Josephine Moscadella * '' Strictly Dishonorable'' (1951) as Mrs. Peccatori (uncredited) * ''Westward the Women'' (1951) as Mrs. Moroni * '' When in Rome'' (1952) as Mrs. Maroni (uncredited) * '' Trouble Along the Way'' (1953) as Maria's Italian Mother (uncredited) * '' The Command'' (1954) as Mrs. Pellegrini (uncredited) * '' Three Coins in the Fountain'' (1954) as Anna (uncredited) * '' The Seven Little Foys'' (1955) as Ballerina Mistress in Milan (uncredited) * ''It's Always Fair Weather'' (1955) as Mother (uncredited) * '' Hell on Frisco Bay'' (1955) as Anna Amato * ''Serenade'' (1956) as Village Woman (uncr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marilyn Erskine
Marilyn Erskine (born April 24, 1926) is an American actress who started performing at the age of three on radio, and has since appeared in radio, theater, film and television roles from the 1920s through the 1970s. Early life Erskine was born in Rochester, New York on April 24, 1926, and was in show business from early childhood. She attended the Professional Children's School in New York. Radio career Erskine started her performing career at the age of three years, appearing on a local radio show in Buffalo, New York. She also appeared on the nationwide CBS radio show ''Let's Pretend'' sometime between 1929 and 1937, where children played all the roles in adaptions of fairy tales and other children's stories.Dunning, John (1998) "On the Air: the Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio" Oxford University Press, pages 391-393; She played Gail Carver in the soap opera ''Lora Lawton'', which ran on NBC 1943-1950, Jane Brown on ''Young Widder Brown'', which ran on NBC 1938-1956, and Cherry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenore Lonergan
Lenore Lonergan (June 2, 1928, in Toledo, Ohio – August 31, 1987) was an American stage and film actress during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Biography She came from a long line of actors; her paternal grandfather, Lester Lonergan, was an Irish-born actor, and her father, Lester Lonergan, Jr., was a renowned actor. Her mother, Julia Mary (Juliet) McIntyre-Lonergan, daughter of Hector McIntyre and Julia Fennell of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, was also an actress and opera singer who trained at New England Conservatory of Music. There was a floor-to-ceiling portrait of her as Juliet Capulet from ''Romeo and Juliet'' that hung in their apartment at 58 West 58th Street in New York City. Her brother, Lester Lonergan III, was an actor as well. playbill.com. Accessed April 24, 2022. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Bishop (actress)
Julie Bishop (born Jacqueline Brown; August 30, 1914 – August 30, 2001), previously known as Jacqueline Wells, was an American film and television actress. She appeared in more than 80 films between 1923 and 1957. Early life Julie Bishop was born Jacqueline Brown in Denver, Colorado on August 30, 1914. She used the family name Wells professionally through 1941, and also appeared on stage (and in one film) as Diane Duval. She was a child actress, beginning her career in 1923, in either ''Children of Jazz'' or ''Maytime (1923 film), Maytime'' (sources are contradictory). Career By 1932, she was already a veteran film actress. Her earliest talkies were with the Hal Roach studio, where she worked in short-subject comedies with Laurel and Hardy, Charley Chase, and The Boy Friends. Then she began freelancing, working in supporting roles at large studios and in leading roles at small studios. Her ingenue role in the 1936 Laurel and Hardy feature ''The Bohemian Girl (1936 film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
