Millard Mitchell
Oyuncu · 1903 – 1953 · Havana, Cuba
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Millard Mitchell (August 14, 1903 – October 13, 1953) was an American character actor whose credits include roughly thirty feature films and two television appearances. Born in Havana, Cuba, Mitchell appeared as a bit player in eight films between 1931 and 1936. He returned to film work in 1942 after a six-year absence. Between 1942 and 1953, Mitchell was a successful supporting actor. For his performance in the 1952 film, My Six Convicts, Millard Mitchell won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Mitchell is also known for his role as Col. Rufus Plummer in Billy Wilder's A Foreign Affair (1948), as Gregory Peck's commanding officer in the war drama Twelve O'Clock High (1949), and as movie mogul "R. F. Simpson" in the musical comedy Singin' in the Rain (1952). Mitchell died at the age of fifty from lung cancer in Santa Monica, California and was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Millard Mitchell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Film8.1KomediRomantikArtık sessiz filmlerin dönemi kapanmaktadır ve konuşmaların yeraldığı sesli filmlere geçilirken, ünlü bir sahne yıldızı, en iyi arkadaşı, olası kız arkadaşı ve kurnaz oyuncu arkadaşı bu zorlu geçiş dönemine yakalanmışlardır.
Film7.0WesternA bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two less-than-trustworthy strangers.
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Twelve O'Clock High
1949 · 165 votes
Film7.3WesternKlasik Amerikan sinemasını ve Westerni sevenler, Anthony Mann'ın, John Ford'un hemen yanına konması gereken bir usta olduğunu bilirler. Bu film, iki düşman kardeşin öldürülmüş bir baba ve çalınmış çok değerli bir eski silah çerçevesinde gelişen mücadelesini anlatır. Bu şiddet yüklü intikam öyküsünün sinema tarihi açısından önemi, Mann'ı ilk kez James Stewart'la buluşturmasıdır.
Winchester '73
1950 · 421 votes
Film7.4WesternThe fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.
The Gunfighter
1950 · 217 votes
Film7.1SuçGerilimAn ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.
Kiss of Death
1947 · 172 votes
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A Foreign Affair
1948 · 166 votes
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Thieves' Highway
1949 · 118 votes
Film6.5BelgeselDocumentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · 2 votes
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You're in the Navy Now
1951 · 15 votes
Film6.3DramGerilimA Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.
A Double Life
1947 · 84 votes
Film5.8RomantikDramMeek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses him.
The Big Street
1942 · 21 votes
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Mister 880
1950 · 38 votes
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Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002 · 8 votes
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My Six Convicts
1952 · 10 votes
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The Mayor of 44th Street
1942 · 5 votes
Film6.2SuçDramA prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
Convicted
1950 · 33 votes
Film4.6KomediBob Hope stars as an inept member of the chorus boy in a turn of the century stage show. After being fired, he finds himself starring acting as a decoy when a killer goes after the real star.
Here Come the Girls
1953 · 9 votes
Film7.0DramMüzikOrphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.
Get Hep to Love
1942 · 2 votes
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Secrets of a Secretary
1931 · 3 votes
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Mr. and Mrs. North
1942 · 8 votes
Film6.0KomediRomantikSmall-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity.
Slightly Dangerous
1943 · 8 votes
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Grand Central Murder
1942 · 26 votes
Film8.5KomediLeonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures her all the more. So when she decides to try again to become an opera singer he indulges her. While organising a concert for her he meets glamorous Cecil Carver. She in turn discovers Leonard has a splendid voice, and encourages him to use it for reasons very much her own.
Everybody Does It
1949 · 5 votes