
James Gleason
Oyuncu · 1882 – 1959 · New York City, New York, USA
James Gleason was born in New York City to William Gleason and Mina Crolius, who were both in the theatre. He was married to Lucile Gleason (born Lucile Webster), and had a son, Russell Gleason. As a young man James fought in the Spanish-American War. After the war he joined the stock company at the Liberty Theater in Oakland, California, which his parents were running. James and his wife then moved to Portland, Oregon, where they played in stock at the Baker Theater. For several years afterward they toured in road shows until James enlisted in the army during World War I. When he returned he appeared on the stage in "The Five Million." He then turned to writing, including "Is Zat So", which he produced for the NY stage. He also wrote and acted in "The Fall Guy" and "The Shannons on Broadway." Next he wrote The Broadway Melody (1929) for MGM. He collaborated, in 1930, on The Swellhead (1930), Dumbbells in Ermine (1930), What a Widow! (1930), Rain or Shine (1930) and His First Command (1929). He and his wife were then contracted to Pathe, Lucille to act, and James (or Jimmie as he was known) as a writer. Probably his most famous acting role was as Max Corkle, the manager of Joe Pendleton who was wrongly plucked from this life into the next, in the hit fantasy Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941).
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Film7.9SuçDramÜnlü aktör Charles Laughton'ın yönetmen olarak imza attığı film, konusu ve oyuncularıyla kaçırılmayacak bir klasik. Hapiste tanıdığı Ben adlı adamın evinin yakınlarına yüklü bir miktar para sakladığını öğrenen psikopat Harry, hapishaneden çıktıktan sonra Ben'in evine gider...
Film7.6KomediSuçCary Grant ve ona eşlik eden müthiş bir oyuncu kadrosu, Joseph Kesselring’in 1941 tarihli Brodway oyunundan Frank Capra’nın uyarladığı bu komedi klasiğinde kırıp geçiriyor. Yorgun tiyatro eleştirmeni Mortimer Brewster’ın (Grant) şüpheli şahıslara zehirli içki içiren iki halası (Josephine Hull and Jean Adair), Boris Karfoff’a benzeyen sosyopat bir kardeşi (Raymond Massey), kendini Teddy Roosevelt sanan bir başka çatlak kardeşi, yeni evlendiği sabırsız bir eşi ve herşeyi yoluna sokmak için sadece bir gecesi vardır. Bu sirkin ortasında Cary Grant’in yüzü bir palyaço gibi şaşkın ifadeler alır, doğal atletik yapısı lastik bacaklı bir balerin gibi şekilden şekle girerken gülmekten öleceksiniz.
Film7.1KomediFantastikAn Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred. With the exception of Henry, everyone loves him, but Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, both at work and in his family's affections, as Christmas approaches.
The Bishop's Wife
1947 · 290 votes
Film5.7DramA popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.
Sweepstakes
1931 · 3 votes
Film7.1DramKrallığın Anahtarları, A. J. Cronin tarafından 1941 tarihli Krallığın Anahtarları adlı romanından uyarlanan 1944 Amerikan filmidir. Film, John M. Stahl tarafından yönetilen Nunnally Johnson tarafından uyarlandı ve Joseph L. Mankiewicz tarafından çekildi.
Film6.0KomediRomantikBarıştan bir Adalet, lisansının geçerliliğini kaybetmeden birkaç gün önce düğün düzenlemişti. Birkaç yıl sonra beş çift, yasal olarak evli olmadıklarını öğrenirler. Annabel Norris, zaten Bayan Mississippi ve Bayan America yarışmasına girmeye hazır, şimdi Bayan Mississippi yarışmasına girmek için ücretsiz.
Film6.9KomediAn average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart—now a famous movie star—so her career will not suffer.
Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958 · 83 votes
Film7.5DramAylak babası, çalışkan bir annesi ve birkaç tane kardeşi olan bir kızın bu ortamda büyümesini, para kazanmasını ve aşk hikayelerini anlatıyor.
Film7.3DramKomediAs a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.
Meet John Doe
1941 · 290 votes
Film7.1RomantikDramA G.I. en route to Europe falls in love during a whirlwind two-day leave in New York City.
The Clock
1945 · 53 votes
Film7.0KomediFantastikBoxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941 · 126 votes
Film5.1MüzikRomantikThe vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. When Eddie meets Queenie, he soon falls in love with her—but she is already being courted by Jock Warriner, a member of New York high society. Queenie eventually recognizes that, to Jock, she is nothing more than a toy, and that Eddie is in love with her.
The Broadway Melody
1929 · 179 votes
Film5.1WesternThe sheriff of Gunlock is planning to hang Sam Hall, who shot three farmers found on cattle land, at sundown. At the casino, betting is 8 to 3 he won't make it. The cattlemen are set to rescue Sam; the farmers hope to lynch him before he can be rescued; and Hall schemes for escape with his girl Nellie. But Sheriff Jorden is most concerned with finding out who hired Hall: a leading suspect is the sheriff's future brother-in-law.
Star in the Dust
1956 · 23 votes
Film6.5KomediRomantikAt a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from New England. Fisk is mayor of "Puget City" and is proud of his rough and tumble background. Standish is mayor of "Winona, Maine", and is equally proud of her education and dedication to the people who elected her. Thrown together, the two opposites attract and their escapades during the convention get each of them in hot water back home. Written by Ron Kerrigan
Key to the City
1950 · 11 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
Film6.3DramKomediNew York City tenement dwelling neighbors Blondie and Lottie are longtime best friends. When Lottie makes the cast of the Follies and moves up in the world, she arranges for Blondie, as well, to join the cast and gain the advantages. But the friendship goes awry when Lottie's sweetheart, wealthy Larry Belmont, falls for Blondie and she for him.
Blondie of the Follies
1932 · 11 votes
Film5.8DramKomediTwo military men, Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt, who are rivals to begin with, grow more at odds with each other when Quirt is made Flagg's top sergeant. And when a local beauty comes between them, their rivalry escalates even further. But when they discover that the woman has marriage in mind, they now compete to try to avoid marching down the aisle - that is, until they are called upon to march into battle.
What Price Glory
1952 · 23 votes
Film6.0AileFantastikBroadway producer Jerry Flynn is anxious to recapture the magic and reclaim the crowds after a set of costly flops. Outside his theater one night, Flynn meets a young boy who just might save the day. Inside a small box the boy shows Flynn his pride and joy: a caterpillar named Curly that dances to Yes Sir, That's My Baby. Word quickly spreads about the amazingly talented hoofer, and the caterpillar becomes a symbol of hope for wartime America. Soon, offers are pouring in to capitalize on this sensational insect.
Once Upon a Time
1944 · 17 votes
Film6.7GerilimDramIn a modern cow town, the powerful ranch owner’s henchmen kill a ranch hand, prompting the sheriff to investigate despite facing strong opposition. He finds an unlikely ally in the rancher's overprotected daughter, but their quest for justice puts them both in danger.
Man in the Shadow
1957 · 54 votes
Film5.6KomediA bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949 · 9 votes
Film7.2DramIn a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
The Last Hurrah
1958 · 64 votes
Film5.8GizemWesternCelebrated detective traces and finds beneficiaries to the will of a gold prospector murdered by bushwhackers.
Money, Women and Guns
1958 · 8 votes
Film5.4SuçDramCatherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested.
Take One False Step
1949 · 18 votes
Film5.3RomantikKomediCasino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess, in order to help her and to improve casino income. But Lamb's pals fear he may follow Lucille onto the straight-and-narrow path, which would not be good for business. So they hire Gert Malloy and Dictionary McKinney, a pair of con-artists, to manipulate Johnny back off the path of righteousness.
Yours for the Asking
1936 · 3 votes
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Dizi3.8DramGizemClimax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
Climax!
1954 · 12 votes
Dizi6.2WesternDramCheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a lawman, and always a larger-than-life hero. CHEYENNE is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first hour-long western, and in fact the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season. It was also the first series to be made by a major Hollywood film studio which did not derive from its established film properties, and the first of a long chain of Warner Brothers original series produced by William T. Orr.
Cheyenne
1955 · 26 votes
Dizi6.9KomediAileAn inquisitive and often naïve boy, Theodore 'The Beaver' Cleaver, has adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver's parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as Beaver's brother Wally. The show has attained an iconic status in the US, with the Cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century.
Leave It to Beaver
1957 · 90 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
Dizi7.8GizemDramFarklı geçmişlerden cinayetler, intiharlar, hırsızlıklar ve algılanan veya algılanamayan belirli motivasyonların neden olduğu diğer suç türlerine ilişkin suç, korku, drama ve komedi unsurlarını kapsayan ilgisiz kısa öyküler dizisi.
Dizi5.8DramAn anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.
The Millionaire
1955 · 4 votes
Dizi6.5BelgeselThis Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and proceeds to take them through their life in front of an audience, including special guest appearances by colleagues, friends and family. Edwards revived the show in 1971-72, while Joseph Campanella hosted a version in 1983. Edwards returned for some specials in the late 1980s, before his death in 2005. The show originated as a radio show on NBC Radio airing from 1948 to 1952.
This Is Your Life
1952 · 13 votes
Dizi4.6DramCavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an adaptation of Show Boat, and condensed biographies of popular composers. It was initially broadcast on radio from 1935 to 1953, and later on television from 1952 to 1957. Originally on CBS, the series pioneered the use of anthology drama for company audio advertising. Cavalcade of America documented historical events using stories of individual courage, initiative and achievement, often with feel-good dramatizations of the human spirit's triumph against all odds. This was consistent with DuPont's overall conservative philosophy and legacy as an American company dating back to 1802. The company's motto, "Maker of better things for better living through chemistry," was read at the beginning of each program, and the dramas emphasized humanitarian progress, particularly improvements in the lives of women, often through technological innovation.
Cavalcade of America
1952 · 5 votes
Dizi7.0KomediDramPresented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The stories ranged from musicals to comedies and dramas.
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955 · 5 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