@MGM's popular Dr. Kildare series spanned 1938-47. Lew Ayres played the title character, but parted in 1942. Though crusty and craggly Lionel Barrymore, portrayed Dr. Gillespie (one of Kildare's contemporaries at Blair General Hospital)) from the beginning of the series, he initially came second billed, and only received first billing in the six films that followed Ayres's departure, thus becoming the central character. 1944's Three Men and White marks the fourth such instance. As in prior entries, the premise of Three Men revolves around Gillespie solving medical mysteries and fixing romantic problems. Here, Gillespie is forced to decide between Keye Luke (as Dr. Lee Wong How) and Van Johnson (as Dr. Randall Adams) as his new assistant. To make the call, he assigns a medical case to each. Wong How must help a child overcome his allergy to sugar; Johnson must work a female patient through 'insurmountable' arthritis. Lionel Barrymore - Dr. Leonard Gillespie Van Johnson - Dr. Randall Adams Marilyn Maxwell - Ruth Edley Keye Luke - Dr. Lee Wong How Ava Gardner - Jean Brown Alma Kruger - Molly Byrd Rags Ragland - Hobart Genet Nell Craig - Nurse "Nosey" Parker Walter Kingsford - Dr. Walter Carew George H. Reed - Conover Patricia Barker - Mary Jones George Chandler - Attendant Billy Cummings - Boy on Street Byron Foulger - Technician Sam McDaniel - Black Phone Operator Addison Richards - Mr. Brown

Author: foxter65
Keywords: Three Men In White - Original Trailer 1944
Added: January 6, 2009

Nancy, a jilted bride-to-be, is played by Janet Gaynor in one of her last starring films. The three loves are novelist Robert Montgomery, publisher Franchot Tone, and gormless nebbish Grady Sutton (Sonny TUFTS??). In New York to find her runaway groom Sutton, Janet runs across Montgomery and Tone. More selective since her unfortunate near-wedding, Gaynor decides to have the two swains demonstrate their worthiness, leading to a brief (and chaste) menage-a-trois in which all three are under the same roof. Three Loves Has Nancy is a sedate screwball comedy, carried completely by the charm of its stars. Janet Gaynor - Nancy Briggs Robert Montgomery - Malcolm Niles Franchot Tone - Robert Hansen Guy Kibbee - Pa Briggs Claire Dodd - Vivian Herford Reginald Owen - William Cora Witherspoon - Mrs. Herford Emma Dunn - Mrs. Briggs Charles Grapewin - Grandpa Briggs Lester Matthews - Dr. Alonzo Z. Stewart Grady Sutton - George Wilkins Bonnie Bannon - Girls at Party Marie Blake James B. Carson - Waiter Elise Cavanna George Chandler - Baggage Master Edgar Dearing - Conductor Lester Dorr - Newsstand Man Sarah Edwards - Chairwoman James Flavin - Jack's Friends Mary Forbes - Mrs. Hansen Jenifer Gray Grace Hayle David S. Horsley Eddie Kane - Steward Charles Lane - Manager of Cleaning Establishment Priscilla Lawson - Gertie Etta McDaniel - Mammy Sam McDaniel - Waiter Matt McHugh - Traveling Salesman Greta Meyer - Mrs. Swanson Harold Miller Louis Natheaux - Promoter David Newell Tom O'Grady - Bartender Kane Richmond Cyril Ring Barbara Salisbury Carol Tevis - Woman Grant Withers - Jack Douglas Wood - Mr. Hansen

Author: foxter65
Keywords: Three Loves Has Nancy - Original Trailer 1938
Added: January 6, 2009

Based on a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, Three Comrades represented one of the few successful screenwriting efforts of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in Germany in the years just following World War I, the film stars Robert Taylor, Franchot Tone and Robert Young as three battle-weary, thoroughly disillusioned returning soldiers. The three friends pool their savings and open an auto-repair shop, and it is this that brings them in contact with wealthy motorist Lionel Atwill--and with Atwill's lovely travelling companion Margaret Sullavan. Taylor begins a romance with Sullavan, who soon joins the three comrades, making the group a jovial, fun-seeking foursome (this plot element bears traces of Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, as well as the 1931 film The Last Flight). Though Sullavan suffers from tuberculosis (her shady past is only alluded to), she is encouraged by her male companions to fully enjoy what is left of her life. This becomes increasingly difficult when one of the comrades, Young, is killed during a political riot (it's a Nazi riot, though not so-labelled by ever-careful MGM). In the end, the four comrades are only two in number, with nothing but memories to see them through the cataclysmic years to come. Despite its Hollywoodized bowdlerization of the Remarque original, Three Comrades remains a poignant, haunting experience. Robert Taylor - Erich Lohkamp Margaret Sullavan - Pat Hollmann Franchot Tone - Otto Koster Robert Young - Gottfried Lenz Guy Kibbee - Alfons Henry Hull - Dr. Heinrich Becker Lionel Atwill - Franz Breuer Charles Grapewin - Local Doctor Monty Woolley - Dr. Jaffe Ricca Allen - Housekeeper Jessie Arnold - Nurse Barbara Bedford - Rita Walter Bonn - Adjutant Henry Brandon - Man with Patch Ralph Bushman - Comic George Chandler - First Comic Spencer Charters - Herr Schultz Harvey Clark - Bald-Headed Man Roger Converse - Becker's Assistant William Haade - Younger Vogt man Donald Haines - Comic Priscilla Lawson - Frau Brunner Mitchell Lewis - Boris Marjorie Main - Old Woman Claire McDowell - Frau Zalewska Edward McWade - Major Domo Esther Muir - Frau Schmidt Ferdinand Munier - Burgomaster Ted Offenbecker - Adolph George Offerman - Adolph Sarah Padden - Frau Schultz Leonard Penn - Tony Phillip Terry - Young Soldier Morgan Wallace - Owner of Wrecked Car E. Alyn Warren - Bookstore Owner Norman Willis George Zucco - Dr. Plauten

Author: foxter65
Keywords: Three Comrades - Original Trailer 1938
Added: January 6, 2009

Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno (November 30, 1911 December 5, 1953) is considered one of the most popular Mexican singers and actors of all time. Negrete was born in Guanajuato where he was raised together with his brother and three sisters: David, Consuelo, Emilia and Teresa, and also lived in San Luis Potosí. He graduated with the rank of sub-lieutenant from El Colegio Militar, Mexico's military academy. Handsome, with a very strong will and a trained, fascinating voice, he is still a top idol in Mexico, Spain and Latin America, more than 50 years after his death. His recording of "México Lindo y Querido" ("Beautiful and Beloved México"), his country's unofficial anthem, is the best known recording of the song. His career is often compared to that of Pedro Infante, the best known and most popular Mexican actor of the time. The public rivalry didn't carry over to their private lives, as they were close friends until Negrete's death. He married twice, to famous actresses with whom he shared credits: Elisa Christy (with whom he had a daughter, Diana Negrete) and María Félix. He also lived with his frequent co-star, for more than ten years. Gloria Marín co-starred in 10 out of his 44 films. He started his career singing on the radio in 1931 in Mexico City singing operatic parts. In 1936 he signed with NBC for a television program with Cuban and Mexican musicians. He returned to Mexico in 1937 to act in the film "La Madrina Del Diablo" ("The Devil's Godmother") and because of the success of the film he was able to sign for several more the next three years. In 1938 he starred in "La Valentina" with Elisa Christy and then in "Juntos Pero No Revueltos" ("Together But Not Mixed"). After working in Havana and Hollywood he was called to act in "¡Ay Jalisco, No Te Rajes!" ("Hey Jalisco, Don't Back Down!") which made him an international Latin star and helped formulate the charro film genre. Filming this movie he met Gloria Marín, starting their romance and the string of movies they filmed together. He complemented his film career by singing rancheras with the trio Los Tres Calaveras and touring Latin America, singing concerts and making personal appearances. He was offered the main role in "El Peñon de las �nimas" ("The Rock of Souls") and wanted Marín to be his co-star. In spite of his protests, newcomer María Félix became his star and eventually his wife, although they at first despised each other while filming the movie. He was one of the founders, and the most important leader, of the Mexican Actors Association (ANDA), succeeding Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" as its chairman. He was a fierce advocate for the rights of film professionals in Mexico. He was the first to die of the Tres Gallos Mexicanos, or 'Three Mexican Roosters' (as he, Infante and Javier Solís, a younger star, were called; the three died within a span of 13 years). Negrete died in Los Angeles during a professional visit, of hepatitis, an illness with which he had been infected while working as a musician in New York. According to his wishes, his body was flown back to, and buried in, Mexico City. Thousands of fans attended his funeral and followed the hearse to the cemetery, El Panteón Jardín, where he was buried in the actors corner. On December 5, fans still pay tribute to the El Charro Cantor (Singing Mexican Horseman) at his tomb, and television and radio stations stage marathons of his films and songs.

Author: MrPelonDawg773
Keywords: "Jorge Negrete" "mexico lindo y querido"
Added: January 5, 2009

Documentary, USA, 1939, 67 min, english/czech subtitles Dokument, Mnichovská krize. Czechoslovakia/Československo 1938-1939 A documentary about the conquest of Czechoslovakia by the Nazis just prior to World War 2. A filmed documentary of the last days in free Czechoslovakia before Hitler invaded. The film was not yet complete, or certain parts of it even processed, before German tanks came rolling into Prague. The raw footage was smuggled out piecemeal by the then-refugee filmmakers, who met in New York in 1939 to complete and screen the film, which ultimately played. It is, as one can imagine, heavily anti-fascist in tone, and remains a valuable document of life in Czechoslovakia between the wars. Konrad Henlein, SdP, Hitler, Edvard Beneš, Sudety/Sudetenland, Freikorps Sudetenland - Freiwillige Schutzdienst.

Author: ellery2
Keywords: Crisis00006
Added: January 5, 2009