
Frank Faylen
Oyuncu · 1905 – 1985 · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Frank Faylen (born Francis Charles Ruf) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. He is best remembered for his movie performances as the cynical male nurse in The Lost Weekend (1945) and Ernie the taxi driver in It's a Wonderful Life (1946), as well as for his portrayal of long-suffering grocer Herbert T. Gillis on the 1950s television sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.
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Film8.3DramAileİflasın eşiğine gelen George Bailey (James Stewart) bir Noel gecesinde kendini nehre atarak intihar etmek üzeredir. Doğduğundan bu yana aynı küçük kasabada yaşayan Bailey kendisini buraya ve insanlarına adamış, hoşgörülü, güvenilir ve yardımsever bir insandır. Büyük bunalım'ı hasarsız atlatmış,babasından devraldığı konut ve finans şirketi aracılığı ile kasabalıların neredeyse tamamını konut sahibi yapmıştır. Bu arada para kazanmayı, mimar olma fırsatını,dünyayı gezmeyi, kısaca tüm hayallerini ertelemek zorunda kalmıştır. Kasabaya yaptığı bunca iyilik kötü yürekli banker Henry F. Potter (Lionel Barrymore)'ın çıkarları ile çakışır. Potter, Bailey'in sürekli peşindedir artık.Birgün aradığı fırsat çıkar ve Finans şirketine ait önemli bir miktarda para Bailey'in alkolik ve yaşlı amcası Billy Bailey (Thomas Mitchell)'in dalgınlığı sonucunda Potter'ın eline geçer. Banka müfettişlerinin yaptığı bir denetlemeden sonra şirketin açığı ortaya çıkar. Bu iflas ve tutuklanma anlamına gelmektedir...
Film7.9DramSavaşGüneyli güzel Scarlett O'Hara üç evliliği, iç savaş ve Güneyin yeniden inşaa edilmesi sürecinde zenginlikten fakirliğe düşüşünü, sonra yeniden zenginliğe kavuşmasını anlatan film, Margaret Mitchell'in klasik eserinden sinemaya uyarlanmış olup yapımcı David O. Selznick'in en başarılı eseri kabul edilmiştir.
Film6.5MaceraDramIn 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is shanghaied aboard the Pilgrim, one of his father's own ships. He embarks upon a long, hellish sea voyage under the tyrannical rule of Captain Francis Thompson (Howard Da Silva), assisted by his first mate, Amazeen (William Bendix). One of his crewmates is Richard Henry Dana Jr. (Brian Donlevy).
Two Years Before the Mast
1946 · 10 votes
Film7.8DramJohn Steinbeck'in Pulitzer ödüllü romanından uyarlanmış, John Ford imzalı 2 Oscarlı bir başyapıt. Hapisten çıkan Tom Joad, Oklahoma'daki ailesinin çiftliğine gider. Ancak gittiğinde görür ki banka çiftliğe el koymuştur. Zira Büyük Buhran tüm Amerika'yı etkisi altına almıştır. Ertesi gün tüm Joad Ailesi, eşyaları ile birlikte eski püskü bir kamyonla California'ya doğru yola çıkar.
Film7.0WesternUzun ve başarılı bir kariyerin ardından emekli olan şerif Wyatt Earp, kardeşlerinin yanına Arizona Tombstone'a gider. Wyatt Earp kısa bir süre sonra şehrin yerel suç çetesi Clantonlar tarafından kontrol edildiğini fark eder ve tüm şehre korku salan bu ailenin hükümdarlığını sonlandırmak için alkolik ve kumarbaz Doc Holliday ile işbirliğine girecektir... İki Oscar Ödüllü filmin yönetmeni John Sturges. Filmin başlıca rollerini ise Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas ve Rhonda Fleming paylaşıyor.
Film7.1KomediDramFakir bir Yahudi mahallesinden Ziegfeld Gösterileri'leriyle kariyerinin zirvesine çıkan Fannie Brice' in hayatı.
Film7.3DramGerilimA young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not capable to make his girlfriend happy, rises on the ledge of a building with the intention of committing suicide. A policeman makes every effort to argue him out of it.
Fourteen Hours
1951 · 53 votes
Film7.2SavaşDramDağlı bir keskin nişancı birinci dünya savaşında bir Alman noktasını hindi avlarken ki stratejisini kullanarak tek başına saldırıp ele geçirir ve en ünlü Amerikan kahramanlarından biri olur...
Film6.2KomediSuçStan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable coffins with disastrous but funny results.
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942 · 42 votes
Film7.6DramKronik bir alkolik olan Don Birnam, içkiyle olan savaşında bir türlü galip gelememektedir. Kardeşiyle yapacağı hafta sonu gezisi öncesi birkaç kadeh içki içmek için dışarı çıkması, felakat gibi bir hafta sonu geçirmesine neden olacaktır. Kadehlerin ardı arkası hiç kesilmeyecek ancak Don yeterli parayı bir türlü bulamayacaktır. Kendinden geçmiş bir şekilde barları dolaşan genç adam, hayallerinden bile vazgeçmeye hazırdır.
Film6.9DramSuçJoe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.
They Drive by Night
1940 · 139 votes
Film6.5WesternKomedi1900'lerin başında binlerce maceraperesti yollara döken Altına Hücum döneminde geçen film, iki altın arayıcısının maceralarını konu alıyor. Altın madenlerini bulmakta ustalaşan iki arkadaşın, kadınlar konusunda aynı beceriyi gösterememelerini de anlatan filmde ‘‘melek’’ takma adlı güzel Michelle'i, Capucine canlandırıyor...
Film6.2WesternRomantikDown-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle dispute. When Garry arrives, however, it soon becomes clear that Riling has not been entirely forthright. Garry uncovers Riling's plot to dupe local rancher John Lufton out of a fortune. When Lufton's firecracker of a daughter, Amy, gets involved, Garry must choose between his old loyalties and what he knows to be right.
Blood on the Moon
1948 · 73 votes
Film6.8TarihDramIn flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with the invention of an early form of the stock market ticker.
Edison, the Man
1940 · 27 votes
Film7.0SuçDramTells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.
Detective Story
1951 · 170 votes
Film7.3DramAileÜnlü beyzbol oyuncusu Lou Gehrig'in kariyeri ve hayat hikayesini anlatan bir yapım. Gehrig’in yaşamından uyarlanan The Pride Of Yankees, Amerikan erkeği açısından "duygusal sinema" dendiğinde ilk akla gelen filmlerden biridir. Gary Cooper’ın kariyerinin en başarılı performanslarından biri ile Gehrig’i canlandırdığı film, Gehrig’in konuşmasını Cooper’ın ağzından aktararak yürek burktuğu kadar, gururlandıran muazzam bir final de sunmaktadır...
Film7.0KomediRomantikGerry ve Tom Jeffers evlilik hayatını zor bulmaktadır. Tom bir mimardır ve geçinmeleri giderek zorlaşmaktadır. Yaşadıkları daireden atılacakları sırada Gerry zengin bir iş adamıyla tanışır. İş adamı Gerrye hayata yeniden başlaması için 700 dolar verir ama Tom bu hikayeye inanmaz ve çift kavga eder. Gerry evliliklerinin bittiğine karar verir ve hızlı bir şekilde boşanabilmek için Palm Beache gider. Tomun ise onu durdurmak için planları vardır.
Film6.5KomediRomantikDetective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.
It's a Wonderful World
1939 · 50 votes
Film6.6AnimasyonAileKarikatür, hikayenin anlatıcısının bir tanıtımıyla başlar. Ana karakterlerden biri olan şövalyeler ve kana susamış ejderhalar hakkında bir kitap okuyan Çocuk tanıtılır. Babası bir canavar gördüğünü iddia ederek aceleyle gelir. Oğlan babasına bunun sadece bir ejderha olduğuna dair güvence verir, babası panikler ve korkuyla köye koşar.Oğlan daha sonra Ejderha'nın inine gider ve burada vahşi bir canavarla değil, utangaç, şiiri seven bir yaratıkla karşılaşır. Ejderhanın ne kadar güzel bir yaratık olduğunu görünce şaşırsa da, Çocuk onunla arkadaş olur. Köye geri döndüğünde Çocuk, Ejderha Katili Sir Giles'ın geldiğini keşfeder. Ejderhaya onunla savaşması gerektiğini söylemek için koşar, ancak Ejderha asla savaşmadığını duyurduğunda hayal kırıklığına uğrar. Çocuk, Sir Giles'ı ( orijinal hikayedeki gibi St. George değil) ziyaret eder ve Sir Giles'ın yaşlı bir adam olduğu ortaya çıkar. Çocuk, Sir Giles'a Ejderha'nın asla savaşmayacağını söyler ve onu ziyaret etmeye karar verirler.
Film6.6SuçDramIn the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.
Marked Woman
1937 · 79 votes
Film7.0DramMüzikBesteci, şarkıcı ve dansçı George M. Cohan'ın müzisyenlik kariyerini ele alan film, 2. Dünya Savaşı'nın ilk günlerinde, Cohan'ın emekli olmaya karar vermesiyle başlıyor. Başkan Roosevelt'in davetiyle bir akşam Beyaz Saray'a konuk olacak ve Altın Madalya nişanına layık görülecektir. Cohan, bu gece sahnedeki ilk günlerini hatırlamaya başlar, filmin hikayesi de onunla birlikte doğduğu güne geri döner ve bugünden başlayarak yaşadıklarını perdeye yansıtır. Gerçek hayatta ünlü şarkılarıyla kendi müzikal şovlarının yazan, yöneten ve başrolünde yer alan ünlü sanatçı George M. Cohan'ın hikayesini ele alan filmin yönetmeni Michael Curtiz.
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942 · 240 votes
Film6.7SuçGizemSoon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.
The Blue Dahlia
1946 · 177 votes
Film6.7DramRomantikA cocky U.S. Army Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he's sent back to Earth by a heavenly General with a new assignment.
A Guy Named Joe
1944 · 55 votes
Film6.7SuçGerilimEddie Miller struggles with his hatred of women, he's especially bothered by seeing women with their lovers. He starts a killing spree as a sniper by shooting women from far distances. In an attempt to get caught, he writes an anonymous letter to the police begging them to stop him.
The Sniper
1952 · 84 votes
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Dizi7.0KomediWesternThe Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.
Maverick
1957 · 43 votes
Dizi7.5SuçDramLos Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · 123 votes
Dizi5.9KomediAileThe Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.
Petticoat Junction
1963 · 42 votes
Dizi6.9KomediAileJed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of cousin Pearl, moves his family to a 35-room mansion in Beverly Hills, California.
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · 139 votes
Dizi6.2WesternDramDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961.
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · 10 votes
Dizi7.1WesternAksiyon ve MaceraWanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three seasons from 1958–61. The black-and-white program was a spin-off of a March 1958 episode of Trackdown, a 1957–59 western series starring Robert Culp. Both series were produced by Four Star Television in association with CBS Television. The series launched McQueen into becoming the first television star to cross over into comparable status on the big screen.
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · 38 votes
Dizi7.0KomediAileThe Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night block known as "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (Sept. 1950 to Dec. 1955). Also known as, "The Chevy Show with Bob Hope." When the first special debuted in October of 1950 it was the most expensive television program made up to that point - costing an astronomical $1,500 a minute to produce. Bob Hope had his own television show and radio show at the same time. For the next three seasons, The Bob Hope Show was broadcast once a month on Tuesday nights, giving Milton Berle a week off. Bob ended his radio show in April, 1956. Bob Hope also had another show by a similar name, "The Bob Hope Show (All Star Revue)". In addition, he performed in "Specials" for many years. It is the longest running variety program in television's history with a record of 45 years of televised entertainment.
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · 5 votes
Dizi6.9KomediThe Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · 13 votes
Dizi6.3KomediThe Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. The series and several episode scripts were adapted from a 1951 collection of short stories of the same name, written by Max Shulman, who had also written a feature film adaptation of his short stories for MGM in 1953, The Affairs of Dobie Gillis. The series revolved around the life of teenager/young adult Dobie Gillis, who, along with his best friend, beatnik Maynard G. Krebs, struggles against the forces of his life - high school, the military, college, and his parents - as he aspires to attain both wealth and dates with girls. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis was produced by Martin Manulis Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Creator Shulman also wrote the theme song in collaboration with Lionel Newman.
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959 · 18 votes
Dizi6.2KomediThat Girl is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. It stars Marlo Thomas as the title character Ann Marie, an aspiring actress, who moves from her hometown of Brewster, New York to try to make it big in New York City. Ann has to take a number of offbeat "temp" jobs to support herself in between her various auditions and bit parts. Ted Bessell played her boyfriend Donald Hollinger, a writer for Newsview Magazine; Lew Parker and Rosemary DeCamp played Lew Marie and Helen Marie, her concerned parents. Bernie Kopell, Ruth Buzzi and Reva Rose played Ann and Donald's friends. That Girl was developed by writers Bill Persky and Sam Denoff, who had served as head writers on The Dick Van Dyke Show earlier in the 1960s.
That Girl
1966 · 35 votes
Dizi6.5DramTelephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The series features plays by John Nesbitt who hosted the first season. Frank C. Baxter hosted the 1957 and 1958 seasons. The program was directed by Arthur Hiller.
Telephone Time
1956 · 4 votes
Dizi10.0DramThe Great Adventure is a historical anthology series that appeared on CBS for the 1963-1964 television season. The series, narrated each week by Van Heflin, and featuring theme music by Richard Rodgers, presented a weekly one-hour dramatization of the lives of famous Americans and important historical events in American History.
The Great Adventure
1963 · 1 votes
Dizi6.5DramAksiyon ve MaceraRacket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock, a fictional detective working for the San Francisco, California Police Department. The show aired in syndication for a season before being picked up by CBS for three seasons. The series was filmed at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, California, and was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris, hence there was a pack of the sponsor's brand on Braddock's desk at the beginning and end of the episode, as well as occasional scenes of him or other characters "lighting up".
Racket Squad
1951 · 4 votes
Dizi5.5SuçDramMan with a Camera is an American 1950s television crime drama starring Charles Bronson. Former combat cameraman Mike Kovac (Bronson) is now a freelance photographer in New York City, specializing in difficult and dangerous assignments where he can get the kinds of pictures that other photographers can't, or won't take. He sometimes gets help, often reluctantly, from his contact in the police department, Lt. Donovan, and advice from his immigrant father Anton. Throughout the 1950s, Bronson spent most of his early acting career performing in TV shows as well as small parts in films, until he landed the lead in this ABC series. This is the only series in which he played the lead role. He would go on to have supporting roles either as a guest star or a recurring character in dozens of TV shows after this series was cancelled.
Man with a Camera
1958 · 6 votes
Dizi4.8KomediBilim Kurgu ve FantastikThe story of the relationship between a man and his mother, the latter having been reincarnated as a 1928 Porter automobile.
My Mother the Car
1965 · 11 votes
Dizi6.8KomediDramGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
General Electric Theater
1953 · 6 votes