Elmer Raguse
Nacimiento : 1901-05-09, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Muerte : 1972-03-02
Historia
RAGUSE, ELMER (Elmer Roy Raguse) Born May 9, 1901, Springfield, Massachusetts. A ham radio enthusiast at 16, Raguse was a chief telegraph
operator on ships for the Marconi Wireless Company before joining the phonograph record industry in 1924. He designed the first electrical recording system for Bell Telephone and installed it for Columbia Records and the Victor Talking Machine Company, which hired him as Assistant Supervisor of Recording; Raguse designed and built portable recording equipment used by Victor around the world. In 1928, Elmer supervised the recording of music and effects scores for the last of the L&H and Our Gang silents at Victor’s studios in Camden, New Jersey. He was sent to the Roach studios in Culver City to install sound recording equipment, and also insulate and redesign the stages. Raguse worked on 30 L&H films, sometimes without credit, and also recorded the sound for most of the foreign-language pictures. He remained as chief sound engineer until Henry Ginsberg fired him in a cost-cutting move in December 1931. Raguse worked at Fox and for radio producer C.P. MacGregor until Roach rehired him in January 1934; he remained there through 1957. He then worked for Desilu and finally returned to theatrical films with 20th Century-Fox. He retired to Florida in 1967. His work on Topper, Of Mice and Men, and other films earned him five Oscar nominations for sound recording and two for special effects. Elmer’s brother Roy and nephew Richard also worked at the Roach studio. Died of heart failure March 2, 1972, Palm Beach, Florida; age 70.
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Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Al mismo tiempo que los aliados consiguen hacer retroceder a las tropas del Tercer Reich hacia Alemania, el Coronel Josep Ryan, piloto de combate, tiene la mala suerte de ser herido y trasladado a un campo de prisioneros americanos e ingleses. Más preocupado por sobrevivir que por escapar, se gana el humillante apodo de Von Ryan. Pero, cuando tiene que relevar al oficial inglés al mando, se propone alcanzar la libertad por medio de un arriesgadísimo plan, que consiste en huir en tren, a través de Italia, para llegar a Suiza.
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During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government. His captor, King Fawz, soon discovers that Goldfarb used to be a college football star. So he issues him an ultimatum: coach his country's football team, or Fawz will surrender him to the Russians. Goldfarb teams up with undercover reporter Jenny Ericson, and together they plot to escape their dangerous situation.
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Tres chicas americanas que viven en Madrid se las arreglan para entablar relaciones amorosas, aparentemente infelices, con compañeros.
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Charlie Sorel, un joven guionista de Hollywood, es asesinado debido a su relación con una de las amantes del productor Sir Leopold Sartori (Walter Matthau). El mejor amigo de Charlie, George (Tony Curtis), hereda su casa. Pero Charlie deseoso de saber cómo van las cosas en el mundo sin él, se presenta bajo la figura de Virginia Mason (Debbie Reynolds).
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Louisa May Foster (Shirley MacLaine) sólo quiere encontrar un hombre a quien entregarle su amor, y que no se le muera. Pero haga lo que haga para que sus maridos le duren, sólo consigue entablar relaciones y casarse con hombres cuya ambición es enriquecerse y que fallecen poco después de conseguirlo.
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A private investigator endures the rigors of an insane asylum in order to locate $1 million in stolen loot.
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Tras perder a su mujer Helen (Doris Day) en un accidente aéreo cinco años atrás, Nicholas (James Garner) pide al juez el certificado oficial de defunción para poder casarse de nuevo, pero Helen aparece el mismo día que el nuevo matrimonio inicia su viaje de novios. Versión-remake de "Mi mujer favorita" (My Favorite Wife, 1940), protagonizada por Cary Grant e Irene Dunne.
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La película sigue a un asesino que está huyendo y escondiéndose en un pequeño pueblo. Se esconde en la misma casa de huéspedes donde se hospeda el único testigo de su crimen y el azar hace que compartan la misma habitación...
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Topper vuelve a ser atormentado por un espíritu amante de la diversión... y del buen vino. Esta vez es Gail Richards, asesinada por error mientras estaba de vacaciones en casa de su rica amiga, Ann Carrington, que debía haber sido la víctima. Con la ayuda de Topper, Gail se dispone a encontrar a su asesino.
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Orphaned shoeshine boy Spanky is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There he befriends young runaway slave Buckwheat. After wronging a vicious gambler, Spanky and Buckwheat are forced to jump ship. Finding solace at a nearby house, the two are picked by Marshall Valiant for an important mission. This inspires Spanky to organize the local kids to form a small army of their own.
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Los desastres causados por los torpes artistas Stanley y Oliver llevan a la ruina al circo en el que trabajan. Su endeudado propietario decide compensar a los empleados repartiendo el circo entre ellos. A Stanley le toca el circo de pulgas mientras que Oliver se lleva un exótico chimpancé con tutú llamado Ethel...
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Ya en puerto, tras una expedición ballenera, Stan y Ollie se hospedan en un hotelucho en el que salvan a una chica de tener que casarse con el rudo propietario del lugar. En su huida, olvidan el dinero ganado. Pronto, Stan se ve convertido en boxeador para conseguir de nuevo dinero.
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A timid accountant for a California cattle ranch and a lookalike dashing bandit become rivals for the beautiful daughter of a wealthy rancher.
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Ollie's house is a mess after a wild party from the previous night. Ollie receives a telegram from his wife (who is on vacation in Chicago), which tells him that she is returning home in the afternoon. Fearing his wife's wrath he calls Stan over to help him clean up. Things go downhill and they make more mess not less.
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It's in three distinct segments. The first and probably best involves Charley, his girlfriend, and her father foolish her mother and the suitor she prefers into getting Charley into the house for dinner. In the later two segments, in which Charley must get married within minutes to get a job, and then tries to go on a picnic with his new family, are both also packed with laughs and timed with an almost musical brilliance.
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Stan y Ollie, dos víctimas de la Gran Depresión que recorren América sin apenas pertenencias, agradecen la comida que les ofrece una anciana. Mientras almuerzan en su cocina, oyen como ésta implora a su casero que no la eche. Deciden ayudarla con una subasta sin saber que lo que oyeron fue el ensayo de una obra de teatro.
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La tranquilidad en casa de los Hardy se ve interrumpida por la llegada de los Laurel. Stan y Ollie salen a comprar helado y por el camino salvan a una mujer de morir ahogada. No tardarán en arrepentirse de su proeza...
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Encarcelados por vender cerveza casera en tiempos de ley seca, Laurel y Hardy logran el apoyo de un sorprendente aliado para escapar de prisión gracias al voz de pedorreta emitido por Laurel por culpa de un diente flojo.
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Long lost German language version of the Laurel & Hardy film "The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case" When Stan's rich uncle Ebenezer dies and leaves behind a large estate, they think their days of living off the fish they catch are numbered. But they soon learn that Ebenezer has been murdered. All relatives, including Stan, are under suspicion.
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Charley agrees to go on a blind date to help out his roommate. But because his last such date turned out badly, he goes all out trying to make himself look bad. He refuses to shave, wears his friend's old suit and even eats garlic. Unfortunately for him, however, his date turns out to be the lovely Thelma Todd.
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Ollie es candidato a alcalde cuando un viejo amor (Mae Busch) intenta chantajearlo con una foto antigua ("el mismo viejo muchacho con mejillas como manzanas"). Los intentos de Stan por ayudar a mantener a raya a la chantajiste de Ollie hacen incurrir en la ira de la señora Laurel, que se venga con un hacha.
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Charley is invited to a high class party, where he feels ill at ease and has no idea how to act, yet he wants to impress his young lady.
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Dos vagabundos sin hogar se esconden en una mansión vacía y se hacen pasar por los residentes cuando los arrendatarios potenciales llegan y tratan el alquiler.
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Noche de duendes es la versión española de 1930 de dos cortometrajes de Stan Laurel y Oliver Hardy (Stanlio y Ollio): Concierto para violonchelo (1929) y los vagabundos (1930), dirigido por James Parrott. La película ve los dos cortometrajes unidos entre sí, con diálogos cambiados, como si se tratara de un solo medio largometraje.
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Ollie da con una nota del periódico en la que se reclama la presencia de los herederos de Ebeneezer Laurel, de Chicago, que falleció dejando una herencia de 3.000.000 millones de dólares. Éste convence a Stan de que debe asistir pretendiendo ser un familiar y hacerse con el legado. Tras un tremendo viaje en tren, llegan a la residencia del difunto y se encuentran metidos en una trama de asesinato...
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Ollie no puede encontrar su sombrero, para diversión de su esposa y su criada. Luego, Ollie y Stan intentan instalar una antena de radio en la azotea.
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The gang decides to go camping with a little bear hunting on the side. A pair of poachers decides to try and scare them off with a gorilla suit but the gang decides to try and capture the gorilla instead.
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Stan le miente a su esposa acerca de ir a un club nocturno con Ollie, pero la Sra. Laurel escucha el complot y los engaña a ambos.
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Stanley y Oliver están tratando de pasar una noche tranquila en casa jugando a las damas, pero las travesuras de sus hijos traviesos no paran de interrumpir sus actividades recreativas.
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Stan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with Ollie and a bottle of his unsuspecting wife's liquor, but she overhears his plans.
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The Rascals have a boxing arena that could pack them in if they could find fighters who would actually mix it up. Harry and Farina notice a rivalry between two very large young kids, Joe and Chubby, that would fill the bill if only the two heavyweights would put aside their gentle natures. Farina gets an idea: tell each of the lads that the other will take a dive in the second round. So the fight begins and the stands are filled; but will the combatants actually throw a punch? Ernie has one more trick up his sleeve to get the fists flying and the crowd on its feet. Sweet science indeed.
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While the other kids and animals find things to do on the farm, Farina becomes single-minded in his quest to do nothing at all.
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Los marinos Stan y Ollie conocen a dos chicas en el parque. Después de una agradable visita a una heladería, deciden ir al lago a remar, allí comenzarán los líos.
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The gang is playing around the railroad station, and Joe and Chubby's father, an engineer, lectures against the kids playing in such a dangerous area. True to his word, after Joe and Chubby's father leaves, a crazy man starts a train with most of the kids on it, save for Farina who is nearly run over several times.
Once Farina manages to climb aboard himself, the kids attempt to stop the runaway locomotive, but have no luck until the engine crashes into a grocery truck. As it turns out, however, the entire incident is revealed to be a dream Farina had as Joe and Chubby's father lectured the kids about rail-yard safety.
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The gang are all orphans, hoping to be adopted by nice families where "spinach is not on the menu". Wheezer, the youngest child, gets adopted by a wealthy couple, while his older sister Mary Ann does not. The gang all comes to visit Wheezer in his new home, setting off an alarm that causes the police and the fire department to come over. At that time, Wheezer's new mother and father decide to adopt Mary Ann as well. The couple's friends all each adopt a child as well; even Farina is adopted by the maid at Wheezer's new home.
