DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org Lady in the Death House is a 1944 American film directed by Steve Sekely. Directed by Steve Sekely Produced by Harry D. Edwards (associate producer) Jack Schwarz (producer) Written by Frederick C. Davis (story) Harry O. Hoyt (screenplay) Starring See below Music by Jan Gray Cinematography Gus Peterson Editing by Robert O. Crandall Distributed by Producers Releasing Corporation Release date(s) 15 March 1944 Running time 56 minutes Country USA Language English Cast Jean Parker as Mary Kirk Logan Lionel Atwill as Charles Finch Douglas Fowley as Dr. Dwight 'Brad' Bradford Marcia Mae Jones as Suzy Kirk Logan Robert Middlemass as State's Attorney Cy Kendall as Detective John Maxwell as Robert Snell George Irving as Gregory Forrest Taylor as Warden Sam Flint as Governor Harrison Dick Curtis as Willis Millen Jean Parker (August 11, 1915 -- November 30, 2005) was an American movie actress. Born as Lois Mae Green in Deer Lodge, Montana, she appeared in 70 movies from 1932 through 1966. She was discovered by Ida Koverman, secretary to MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer, after she saw a poster featuring Parker portraying Father Time. She attended Pasadena schools and graduated from John Muir High School. Her original aspirations were in the fine arts and illustration. She had a successful career at MGM, RKO and Columbia including important roles such as the tragic Beth in the original Little Women, among many other film appearances including Frank Capra's ...
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Book 1: Chapter 5. Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Read by Elizabeth Klett. Playlist for The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton: www.youtube.com The House of Mirth free audiobook at Librivox: librivox.org The House of Mirth free eBook at Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org The House of Mirth at Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org View a list of all our videobooks: www.ccprose.com
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DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org He Walked by Night (1948) is a black-and-white police procedural film noir, crediting Alfred L. Werker as director. The film, shot in semidocumentary tone, was loosely based on newspaper accounts of the real-life actions of Erwin "Machine-Gun" Walker, a former Glendale police department employee and World War II veteran who unleashed a crime spree of burglaries, robberies, and shootouts in the Los Angeles area during 1945 and 1946. During production, one of the actors, Jack Webb, struck up a friendship with the police technical advisor, Detective Sergeant Marty Wynn, and was inspired by a conversation with Wynn to create the radio and later television program Dragnet. On a Los Angeles street, Officer Hollis, a patrolman on his way home from work, stops a man he suspects of being a burglar and is shot and mortally wounded. The minor clues lead nowhere. Two police detectives, Sergeants Marty Brennan (Brady) and Chuck Jones (Cardwell), are assigned to catch the killer, Roy Morgan (Basehart), a brilliant mystery man with no known criminal past, who is hiding in a Hollywood bungalow and listening to police calls on his custom radio in an attempt to avoid capture. His only relationship is with his little dog. Roy consigns burgled electronic equipment to Paul Reeves (Whit Bissell), and on his fifth sale is nearly caught when he shows up to collect on his property. Reeves tells police that the suspect is a mystery man named Roy Martin. The ...
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thefilmarchive.org DVD: www.amazon.com Quicksand (1950) is a United Artists film noir starring Mickey Rooney and Peter Lorre in a story about a garage mechanic's descent into crime. The film has been described as "film noir in a teacup... a pretty nifty little picture" in which Rooney "cast himself against his Andy Hardy goody goody image." Young auto mechanic Dan Brady (Mickey Rooney) takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak (Jeanne Cagney). Brady intends to put the money back before it is missed, but the garage's bookkeeper shows up earlier than scheduled. As Brady scrambles to cover evidence of his petty theft, he fast finds himself drawn into an ever worsening "quicksand" of crime, each of his misdeeds more serious than the last. His descent is sped along by his heartless and morally lacking boss Oren Mackay (Art Smith), and the seedy owner of a pinball arcade on Santa Monica Pier, Nick Dramoshag (Peter Lorre). Brady and Vera split when Vera purchases a mink coat with money Brady has stolen. Brady's still-loyal but unappreciated former girlfriend Helen (Barbara Bates) then reenters the scene and tries to woo him back. Later fleeing what he believes will be a murder charge, Brady carjacks a sedan which happens to be driven by a sympathetic lawyer (Taylor Holmes). By movie's end Brady is back with his faithful girlfriend, who promises to wait for him while he spends the next few years of his life in prison. Cast includes ...
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DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org Kansas City Confidential is a 1952 film noir crime film directed by Phil Karlson and starring John Payne. The film was marketed with the tagline "Exploding like a gun in your face!" and released in the United Kingdom as The Secret Four. Karlson and Payne teamed up a year later for 99 River Street, another noir, followed by a 1955 color film, Hell's Island. Four robbers hold up an armored truck, getting away with over a million dollars in cash. Joe Rolfe (John Payne), a down-on-his-luck flower delivery truck driver is accused of being involved and is roughly interrogated by local police. Released due to lack of evidence, Joe, following the clues to a Mexican resort, decides to look for the men who set him up both to clear his name and to exact revenge. What he doesn't know is that the heist involves a retired policeman who is also intent on revenge. The plot was inspiration for Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. Cast John Payne as Joe Rolfe/Peter Harris Coleen Gray as Helen Foster aka Punkin Preston Foster as Tim Foster Neville Brand as Boyd Kane Lee Van Cleef as Tony Romano Jack Elam as Pete Harris aka Johnson Dona Drake as Teresa Mario Siletti as Tomaso Howard Negley as Andrews Carleton Young as Martin Don Orlando as Diaz Ted Ryan as Morelli Jeff York as Captain McBride (uncredited) Kansas City Confidential was the only film made by Edward Small's short-lived Associated Players and Producers studio. Although the title would suggest that ...
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DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchived.blogspot.com He Walked by Night (1948) is a black-and-white police procedural film noir, crediting Alfred L. Werker as director. The film, shot in semidocumentary tone, was allegedly based on the real-life actions of Erwin "Machine-Gun" Walker. During production, one of the actors, Jack Webb, struck up a friendship with the police technical advisor, Detective Sergeant Marty Wynn, and was inspired by a conversation with Wynn to create the radio and later television program Dragnet. He Walked by Night was released by Eagle-Lion Films and is notable for the camera work by renowned noir cinematographer John Alton. Today the film is in public domain. On a Los Angeles street, Officer Hollis, a patrolman on his way home from work, stops a man he suspects of being a burglar and is shot and mortally wounded. The minor clues lead nowhere. Two police detectives, Sergeants Marty Brennan (Brady) and Chuck Jones (Cardwell), are assigned to catch the killer, Roy Morgan (Basehart), a brilliant mystery man with no known criminal past, who is hiding in a Hollywood bungalow and listening to police calls on his custom radio in an attempt to avoid capture. His only relationship is with his little dog. Roy consigns burgled electronic equipment to Paul Reeves (Whit Bissell), and on his fifth sale is nearly caught when he shows up to collect on his property. Reeves tells police that the suspect is a mystery man named Roy Martin. The case crosses the paths of ...
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DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org Three Blondes in His Life is a 1961 American film directed by Leon Chooluck. Cast Jock Mahoney as Duke Wallace Greta Thyssen as Helen Fortner Anthony Dexter as Charlie Walsh Jesse White as Ed Kelly Valerie Porter as Martha Carr Elaine Edwards as Lois Collins Directed by Leon Chooluck Produced by George Moskov Written by George Moskov Cinematography Ernest Haller Editing by Maurice Wright Release date(s) January 1961 Running time 86 minutes Country USA Language English Jock Mahoney (February 7, 1919 -- December 14, 1989) was an American actor and stuntman of Irish, French, and Cherokee ancestry. Born Jacques O'Mahoney, he was credited variously as Jock Mahoney, Jack O'Mahoney or Jock O'Mahoney. He starred in two television shows and played Tarzan in two movies. Greta Thyssen (born March 30, 1933) is a Danish-born American film actress and former model. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, she appeared in several film and television shows between 1956 and 1967. The petite Thyssen arrived in the United States after winning the Miss Denmark crown in 1952. She attempted to follow in the footsteps of the reigning blonde sex symbols Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield by forging a movie career. She was Monroe's double in Bus Stop, and appeared in Accused of Murder, Terror Is a Man, Journey to the Seventh Planet, and Three Blondes in His Life. In addition to her appearances on the television shows Dragnet and Perry Mason, Thyssen also appeared on ...
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Chapter 11. Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Playlist for The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde: www.youtube.com Cast: NARRATOR -- Martin Geeson Lord Henry Wotton -- David Goldfarb Dorian Gray -- Algy Pug Basil Hallward -- Anthony Sibyl Vane -- Miss Avarice James Vane -- David Lawrence Duchess of Monmouth -- Availle Victor -- Martin Geeson Francis -- Simon Pride Cab Driver -- Simon Pride Parker -- Elizabeth Klett Lord Fermor -- Anthony Lady Agatha -- Sarah Duchess of Harley -- Hannah Harris Sir Thomas Burdon -- Terence Taylor Mr. Erskine -- Frank Booker Mrs. Vandeleur -- Mary-Beth Blackburn Lady Henry -- Susanna Mrs. Vane -- Arielle Lipshaw Mrs. Leaf -- Rebeka Harris Mr. Hubbard -- Frank Booker Alan Campbell -- Ernst Pattynama Lady Narborough -- Elizabeth Klett Lady Ruxton -- Mary-Beth Blackburn Adrian Singleton -- Joseph Lawler Woman -- Lucy Perry Sir Geoffrey Clouston -- Mark F. Smith Gamekeeper -- Martin Geeson Gardener- Joseph Lawler Young Man -- Elizabeth Klett Old Gentleman -- Mark F. Smith Constable -- Joseph Lawler The Picture of Dorian Gray free audiobook at Librivox: librivox.org The Picture of Dorian Gray free eBook at Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org The Picture of Dorian Gray at Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org View a list of all our videobooks: www.ccprose.com
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Book 1, Chapter 15: Two New Servants. Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Read by Mil Nicholson. Playlist for Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens: www.youtube.com Our Mutual Friend free audiobook at Librivox: librivox.org Our Mutual Friend free eBook at Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org Our Mutual Friend at Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org View a list of all our videobooks: www.ccprose.com
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Book 1: Dawn - Chapter 2: The Fall of Atlantis. Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Read by Phil Chenevert. Playlist for Triplanetary by EE Smith: www.youtube.com Triplanetary free audiobook at Librivox: librivox.org Triplanetary free eBook at Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org Triplanetary at Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org View a list of all our videobooks: www.ccprose.com
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