
Fred Kelsey
Oyuncu · 1884 – 1961 · Sandusky, Ohio, USA
Frederick Alvin Kelsey (August 20, 1884 – September 2, 1961) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. Kelsey directed one- and two-reel films for Universal Film Manufacturing Company. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1911 and 1958, often playing policemen or detectives. He also directed 37 films between 1914 and 1920. Kelsey was caricatured as the detective in the 1943 MGM cartoon Who Killed Who? directed by Tex Avery. He was born in Sandusky, Ohio and died at the Motion Picture Country Home in Hollywood, California, aged 77.
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Film7.3GizemRomantikKelepçeli Aşık’ta Cary Grant “kedi” lâkaplı çapkın bir mücevher hırsızını canlandırmaktadır. Grace Kelly ise pek çok mücevhere sahip olan şımarık ve kaprisli güzel bir genç kadındır. Cary Grant, usta bir hırsız olmasına karşın artık içinde bulunduğu ve hırsızlık yaptığı bu günlerden eski günlerdeki normal ve düzenli uğraşlarına dönmek ve gerçek mücevher hırsızını ortaya çıkartarak masum olduğunu kanıtlamak arzusu duymaktadır.
Film7.7SuçGerilimBir trende karşılaşıp birbirlerinin babası ile karısını öldürmeyi düşünen iki kişinin hikâyesi, on yıldır ABD'de olan İngiliz Alfred Hitchcock'un ilgisini çekti. Yönetmen, her zamanki gibi, fiyatı düşürmek için adını vermeden kitabın film haklarını 7 bin 500 dolara aldı. Hikâye malum: Zengin psikopat Bruno (Robert Walker), tenis yıldızı Guy'a (Farley Granger), onun karısı ile kendisinin babasını öldürme işini değiş-tokuş etmelerini teklif eder. Derken fikrini uygulamaya koyar ve Guy'dan karşılığını bekler...
Film7.1DramMüzikNorman Maine,artık yıldızı sönmek üzere olan bir film yıldızıdır.Genelde sarhoş gezen aktör,yine davetli olduğu bir programda,sahnede şovunu sergileyerek,şarkı söyleyen Esther Blodgett`i çok beğenir.Şovdan sonra şarkıcının arkadaşlarıyla kendi aralarında eğlenip,stres atmak için gittikleri kafede Esther`i çok beğendiğini,onda geleceğin yıldızını gördüğünü,ve kendisini yıldız yapmak için yardımcı olacağını söyler.Başta bu söylenenlere inanmakta güçlük çekse de kendisi de günün birinde herkesin seveceği ünlü bir sanatçı olmayı isteyen Esther, aktöre yardımını kabul edeceğini söyler.
Film6.3MaceraTarihDardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.
The Flame and the Arrow
1950 · 89 votes
Film7.6SuçDramMildred Pierce, dönemin tipik kadın portresinin sıradan bir ürünü gibidir. Ancak kendisini aldatan kocası kısa bir süre sonra kendisini terk eder. Mildred, bir anda kendisini daha yalnız ve daha güçlü bir halde bulur. Artık çevresindeki herkese bağımsızlığını ve kusursuzluğunu ilan edecektir. Önünde ise kızının velayetini almak üzere bir dava vardır.
Mildred Pierce
1945 · 465 votes
Film6.8DramRomantikBireyselci ve idealist mimar Howard Roark, tasarımları mevcut mimari düşünceyle uyuşmadığı için üniversiteden atılır. İş bulamayacak gibi görünse de sonunda benzer düşüncelere sahip Henry Cameron'ın yanında iş bulur; ancak birkaç yıl içinde patronu Cameron kendini içkiye vererek ölür ve ölmeden önce ideallerinden ödün vermediği takdirde aynı kaderin onu beklediği konusunda, Roark'ı uyarır. Roark, ne pahasına olursa olsun sanatsal bütünlüğünü korumaya kararlıdır.
The Fountainhead
1949 · 163 votes
Film7.2KomediDramWhen all Broadway shows are shut down during the Depression, a trio of desperate showgirls scheme to bilk a repugnant high society man of his money to keep their show going.
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933 · 183 votes
Film6.9KomediDramFive O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".
O. Henry's Full House
1952 · 48 votes
Film6.7WesternSavaşThe story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · 126 votes
Film6.8DramRomantikBette Davis, kardeşinin kumar borçlarını ödemek için sevmediği banker Bay Skeffington'la evlenen güzel bir sosyetik kadını oynuyor. Evlilik uzun sürmez, eski Bayan Skeffington arkasında kırık kalpler bırakarak erkekten erkeğe koşar. Ama yakalandığı difteri hastalığı, yüzünde korkunç izler bırakınca güzelliği yok olur. Artık erkeklerin kalbini fethedemeyen orta yaşlı bir kadındır ama sonunda yıllar önce evlendiği, şimdi ise kör bir adam olan Bay Skeffington'da aşkı bulur.
Film6.0DramThis entry in Warner's "Broadway Brevity" series of shorts is based on Damon Runyon's short story, "The Old Doll's House". Racketeer Lance McGowan, on the night he has decided to go straight, finds himself caught between the gunfire of two rival gangsters and, wounded by a bullet, he finds refuge in the home of a wealthy recluse. One of the gangsters is found riddled with bullets from the gun Lance dropped while making his escape, and he is arrested and tried for murder. The reclusive widow comes to the trail and testifies that Lance was her guest that night when the clock struck twelve, the time of the killing. Lance, while innocent, is also lucky, as the widow had her all her clocks set to always strike twelve, as the time her husband had died.
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941 · 4 votes
Film7.0KomediAn acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941 · 101 votes
Film6.5DramKomediAn elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
If I Had a Million
1932 · 51 votes
Film7.0KomediDramMame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.
Auntie Mame
1958 · 130 votes
Film4.5GizemA private detective, soon to enlist in the army, is drawn into one final case when his police officer father is killed in the line of duty. Soon his prime suspect is murdered as well, and he finds himself framed for the crime. As more witnesses get murdered, he finds himself on the run from both the police and former Prohibition violators who seem to have found a new racket.
X Marks the Spot
1942 · 13 votes
Film6.0DramMüzikWhen his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he lands in a hospital. He impresses nurse Linda Lee with his creativity, but their budding romance must wait as Cole heads home. Back in New York, he mounts a series of popular shows, and when his work brings him back to Europe, he eventually marries Linda. But success doesn't spare him from marital complications or bad news about a beloved relative.
Night and Day
1946 · 39 votes
Film7.1DramGerilimAfter years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify.
The Enforcer
1951 · 117 votes
Film6.2GerilimSuçWhen several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the killer may be. All evidence points to Dupin, but soon it becomes apparent that it is someone (or something) stronger and deadlier than a human.
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954 · 21 votes
Film6.2KomediMüzikAn Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943 · 39 votes
Film6.8AksiyonMaceraWhen a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy...
Murder in the Big House
1942 · 5 votes
Film6.6KomediAileAnne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innocence of children. To the unhappy surprise of her husband she takes in the orphan Jane, a problem child who already tried to kill herself once.
Room for One More
1952 · 54 votes
Film7.1SavaşMerchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.
Film5.4KomediMüzikFormer radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back. The Opposite Sex is a remake of the 1939 comedy The Women.
The Opposite Sex
1956 · 21 votes
Film7.0SuçDramFed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.
The Damned Don't Cry
1950 · 63 votes
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Dizi5.3WesternThe Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight seasons from 1951 through 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958.
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951 · 6 votes