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William C. McGann
William C. McGann (April 15, 1893 – November 15, 1977) was an American film director. He directed more than 50 films between 1930 and 1942. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and died in Los Angeles, California. He worked for ten years for the Warner studios as director and assistant director, until 1939. Partial filmography * '' When the Clouds Roll By'' (1919) * '' The Mollycoddle'' (1920) * ''The Mark of Zorro'' (1920) * ''Three Ages'' (1923) * ''Footloose Widows'' (1926) * '' The Stolen Jools'' (1931) * ''I Like Your Nerve'' (1931) * '' Illegal'' (1932) * '' A Voice Said Goodnight '' (1932) * '' Her Night Out'' (1932) * '' Little Fella'' (1933) * '' Times Square Playboy'' (1936) * '' Two Against the World'' (1936) * '' Penrod and Sam'' (1937) * '' Marry the Girl'' (1937) * ''Sh! The Octopus'' (1937) * ''Girls on Probation'' (1938) * ''Blackwell's Island'' (1939) * '' Everybody's Hobby'' (1939) * ''Dr. Christian Meets the Women'' (1940) * '' A Shot in the Dark'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the List of United States cities by population, 67th-most populous city in the U.S., with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is located in Western Pennsylvania, southwestern Pennsylvania at the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River, which combine to form the Ohio River. It anchors the Greater Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh metropolitan area, which had a population of 2.457 million residents and is the largest metro area in both the Ohio Valley and Appalachia, the Pennsylvania metropolitan areas, second-largest in Pennsylvania, and the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 26th-largest in the U.S. Pittsburgh is the principal city of the greater Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton combined statistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Times Square Playboy
''Times Square Playboy'' is a 1936 American romance film directed by William C. McGann and starring Warren William, June Travis and Barton MacLane. It is based on the 1926 play ''Hometowners'' by George M. Cohan, and was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. It is also known by the alternative title of ''His Best Man''. The film's art direction was by Esdras Hartley, its costume design by Orry-Kelly. Plot Hardworking New York City stockbroker Vic Arnold is elated to announce at a business meeting that Beth Calhoun has agreed to marry him. He invites his best friend, Ben "Pig Head" Bancroft, to come from his home town of Big Bend, Indiana, to be his best man. However, Ben becomes convinced that the much younger Beth is only marrying Vic for his money and that she is secretly still attached to college football star and admirer Joe Roberts, who is about her age. Despite the efforts of his wife Lottie, he accuses Beth of being a gold digger, and her brother Wally and their paren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Deaths
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...n separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 – 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown Bacteria, bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst Granville rail disaster, railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1893 Births
Events January * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * January 6 – The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress; the charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison. * January 13 ** The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom has its first meeting. ** U.S. Marines from the ''USS Boston'' land in Honolulu, Hawaii, to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution. * January 15 – The '' Telefon Hírmondó'' service starts with around 60 subscribers, in Budapest. * January 17 – Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii: Lorrin A. Thurston and the Citizen's Committee of Public Safety in Hawaii, with the intervention of the United States Marine Corps, overthrow the government of Queen Liliuokalani. * January 21 – The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highway West
''Highway West'' is a 1941 American crime film directed by William C. McGann and starring Brenda Marshall, Arthur Kennedy and William Lundigan. It is a remake of the 1934 film ''Heat Lightning''.Goble p.1 It was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers. The film's sets were designed by the art director Esdras Hartley. Plot A woman discovers that her apparently respectable businessman A businessperson, also referred to as a businessman or businesswoman, is an individual who has founded, owns, or holds shares in (including as an angel investor) a private-sector company. A businessperson undertakes activities (commercial ... husband is in fact a notorious bank robber. Cast References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * * * 1941 films 1941 crime films American crime films Films directed by William C. McGann Warner Bros. films 1940s English-language films 1940s Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Shot In The Dark (1941 Film)
Shot in the Dark may refer to: Books * ''Shot in the Dark'', a 1932 novel by Gerard Fairlie * ''A Shot in the Dark'', a 1952 novel by Richard P. Powell * ''A Shot in the Dark'', a 1958 novel by David Garnett * ''Shots in the Dark: Collected Film Criticism'', a 2017 non-fiction book by Jonathan Baumbach * ''A Shot in the Dark'', a 2018 novel by Lynne Truss * ''Shot in the Dark'', a 2018 novel by Cleo Coyle * ''A Shot in the Dark'', a 2019 novel by Matthew Costello with Neil Richards Film, television, and theatre Film * ''A Shot in the Dark'' (1933 film), a British film directed by George Pearson * ''A Shot in the Dark'' (1935 film), an American film directed by Charles Lamont * ''A Shot in the Dark'' (1941 film), a film directed by William C. McGann * ''A Shot in the Dark'' (1947 film), also known as ''Dragnet'' and ''Dark Bullet'' * ''A Shot in the Dark'' (1964 film), a Pink Panther ( Inspector Clouseau) film directed by Blake Edwards *''Shot in the Dark'', a 2002 documentar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everybody's Hobby
''Everybody's Hobby'' is a 1939 American comedy film directed by William C. McGann and written by Kenneth Gamet and William W. Brockway. The film stars Irene Rich, Henry O'Neill, Jackie Moran, Aldrich Bowker, Jean Sharon, John Ridgely and Peggy Stewart. The film was released by Warner Bros. on August 26, 1939. Plot Tom Leslie is having some trouble at his newspaper job, so his wife, a stamp collector, suggests he distract himself with a former hobby of his own, photography. Tom is afraid he is going to lose his job. Robert tries to fix a radio but gets electrocuted. He didn't realize he had to pull it out of the socket. Mr. Gasteel comes for a visit. Robert gets mad at him for offering to help. Tom Leslie's employer doesn't like the way that Tom does his reporting. Tom doesn't want to run a gossip article. Robert is happy that he passes his test for his game radio license. Tom takes his son Robert to a national park, where the boy, a short-wave radio enthusiast, enjoys h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackwell's Island (film)
''Blackwell's Island'' is a 1939 American crime drama film directed by William C. McGann and written by Crane Wilbur. The film stars John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Dick Purcell, Victor Jory, Stanley Fields and Morgan Conway. The film was released by Warner Bros. on March 25, 1939. It was based on a real life scandal on Welfare Island. Plot A reporter (Garfield) covers the racketeering of a mobster (Fields) which caused the assault of a boat captain. The mobster has a police officer (Purcell) beaten and the reporting causes the mobster to go to prison for it. The reporter then assaults a DA to get thrown into the prison to report on the mobster's corruption from jail. Cast * John Garfield as Tim Haydon * Rosemary Lane as Mary 'Sunny' Walsh * Stanley Fields as 'Bull' Bransom * Dick Purcell as Terry Walsh * Victor Jory as Commissioner Thomas MacNair * Morgan Conway as Steve Cardigan * Granville Bates as Prison Warden Stuart 'Stu' Granger * Anthony Averill as Brower * Peggy S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girls On Probation
''Girls on Probation'' is a 1938 American crime film directed by William C. McGann and written by Crane Wilbur. The film stars Jane Bryan, Ronald Reagan, Anthony Averill, Sheila Bromley, Henry O'Neill and Elisabeth Risdon. The film was released by Warner Bros. on August 22, 1938. Plot Innocent young Connie Heath is persuaded to borrow a party dress from her friend, "fast girl" Hilda Engstrom, who has actually misappropriated it from the dry cleaner where she works. After the real owner of the dress, witchy Gloria Adams, spots Connie out in the dress (which is subsequently torn in a car door), Connie is falsely accused of theft and prosecuted as Hilda flees town and leaves her to take the blame. Though Gloria withdraws her charge, the insurance company continues to persecute poor Connie, resulting in a charge of grand larceny. Championing her cause is crusading attorney Neil Dillon - coincidentally, also Connie's date on the evening in question- who gets Connie off with probati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sh! The Octopus
''Sh! The Octopus'' is a 1937 American comedy mystery film produced by Warner Bros., directed by William McGann, and starring Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins and Marcia Ralston. While contract players Herbert and Jenkins frequently appeared in the same picture, this is the only film to present them as an actual team. In 2022, the film garnered attention on social media for a character transformation scene that was accomplished using practical effects with a combination of makeup and graduated filters. Plot Two bumbling detectives are in pursuit of a master criminal, The Octopus. They find themselves inside a haunted lighthouse full of suspicious characters, including the titular character, who appears to be an actual octopus. Cast *Hugh Herbert as Kelly *Allen Jenkins as Dempsey *Marcia Ralston as Vesta Vernoff *John Eldredge (actor), John Eldredge as Paul Morgan *George Rosener as Captain Hook *Margaret Irving as Polly Crane *Elspeth Dudgeon as Nanny *Lew Harvey as Sinister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marry The Girl (1937 Film)
''Marry the Girl'' is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by William C. McGann. The 68 minute film, set at a newspaper syndicate, was written by Sig Herzig and Pat C. Flick, shot by cinematographer Arthur L. Todd, and was produced by Bryan Foy and Jack L. Warner under the Warner Bros. banner. Plot Ollie Radway is a daffy dowager who, with equally eccentric brother John, runs a thriving newspaper. After firing the managing editor for failing to keep her niece Virginia out of the newspaper business, she hands the job to David Partridge, a minor employee with a crush on the girl. In short order, Partridge is assigned to keep Virginia away from fortune-hunting editorial artist Dimitri Kyeff. Cast * |
