George Houston
Nacimiento : 1896-01-11, Hampton, New Jersey, USA
Muerte : 1944-11-12
Historia
George Houston, having success on the Broadway stage, was enticed to Hollywood for some singing work in musicals in the mid 1930s. Hired by Grand National Studios, he appeared in the lead role for the tuneful seafaring yarn Captain Calamity (1936) and as Wild Bill Hickcock in Frontier Scout (1938). With the success of singing cowboys in motion pictures, he was signed at MGM, starring in The Great Waltz, and for Warner Bros. in Blockade, both 1938. From 1939 to 1940 he starred in an eight-part short film production, Tales of Billy the Kid, for PRC (Producers Distributing Corporation), but the series was never released. Houston's last film was The Lone Rider (1942).
Tom Cameron
Harkness controls Boulder Pass and his men are overcharging the ranches for its usage. When Tom Cameron steps in to rob the tollgate keepers and return the money to the ranchers, he gets caught.
Tom Cameron
In this " Lone Rider" B-Western series entry, Tom Cameron (George Houston) and his pal Fuzzy Jones (Al St. John are deputy sheriffs helping their friend Sheriff Smoky Moore (Dennis Moore) rid the territory of a nasty claim jumper, Blackie (played, as always, to the hilt by favorite B-Western villain Charles King).
Tom Cameron
Tom Cameron and Fuzzy Q. Jones come to the aid of their old friend Smoky, who is having trouble with power hungry cattle rancher Huxley.
Tom Cameron
Tom Cameron must prove himself innocent after he is wrongfully charged with the murder of a prison guard.
Tom Cameron
A singing cowboy and his sidekick rescue miners from a bad deal.
Tom Cameron - The Lone Rider
Opera star-cum-cowboy hero George Houston stars in PRC's The Lone Rider Fights Back. Appropriately enough, Houston disguises himself as a musician to get the goods on a gang of terrorists. The principal villain hopes to scare the local miners off their land, so he can move in and clean up.
Tom Cameron / Keno Harris
The Lone Rider Tom assumes a former outlaw's identity (Keno) to learn where the gold from his last big heist is hidden. He tries to get the info from Blackie Dawson, but Blackie gets suspicious.
Tom Cameron
A honest cowboy is falsely accused of the murder of a rancher.
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Tom and Fuzzy investigate a ghost town which, in this case, is supposedly haunted by real ghosts. The town is an outlaw gang's hideout, and they scare folks away to protect their mine.
Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider
Tom Cameron (George Houston), aka the Lone Rider, and his faithful sidekick, Fuzzy Jones (Al St. John), flee across the Rio Grande to avoid assassination by crooked lawman Deputy Hatfield, only to have the Mexican cops accuse Cameron of being the notorious bandit El Puma. At Hatfield's behest, they are also accused of kidnapping the local mayor's son, and now the pair must prove their innocence and find a way to stop Hatfield's lawless ways.
Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider
Tom Cameron (George Houston) is searching for the outlaws who ambushed a wagon train, murdered his parents and stole the deed to their land. Though he was only a child at the time, he vividly remembers the scar on the ringleader's face -- and Tom will stop at nothing until he brings him to justice … and exacts vengeance. Al St. John, Hillary Brooke and Karl Hackett costar in this 1941 oater from director Sam Newfield. - George Houston, Hillary Brooke, Al St. John
George Washington
Guerra de Independencia norteamericana (1775-1783). Una joven virginiana reniega de sus orígenes aristocráticos y se casa con un plebeyo con ideas democráticas. Su nueva situación le ocasionará tremendos conflictos con su padre.
Dan Haggerty
Frankie Kelly, pageboy at the beauty salon ran by Madam Celeste, and his helper Jefferson find the routine broken when the body of one of the operators, Florence, is found in the dumbwaiter. She had been shot just before she was to give Detective Dan Haggerty information about a blackmail gang. Since Mary Baker, Frankie's girl friend saw her last, she is suspected, and Frankie determines to clear her using his own sleuthing methods. He has hardy begun when Pierre, another member of the staff, and Florence's fiancée is found dead.
Schiller
Biopic sobre el compositor austriaco Johann Strauss. Con una romántica Viena como telón de fondo, el film aporta datos sustanciales de la vida del músico, sin llegar a ser un documental biográfico en sentido estricto.
Wild Bill Hickok
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant has a job for Wild Bill Hickok (George Houston) and his sidekick (Al St. John).
Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited)
Siglo XVIII. La princesa de Austria María Antonieta (Shearer) se casa con el delfín de Francia, Luis XVI (Morley), un hombre tan retraído que su relación con la joven es puramente formal. Antonieta se dejará fascinar por las fiestas de París y derrochará el dinero a manos llenas, aunque esta situación no durará mucho. Un drama de época que obtuvo 4 nominaciones a los Oscar: Actriz principal (Norma Shearer), actor secundario (Robert Morley), banda sonora y dirección artística.
The Troubador
En la guerra civil española, un campesino se rebela ante la idea de abandonar su tierra para incorporarse a filas. Cuando es trasladado al cuartel general para entrar en combate, conoce a una hermosa mujer, que resulta ser una espía del bando contrario. Durante un ataque aéreo, buscan cobijo refugiándose en una casa que resulta bombardeada, quedando ambos bajo los escombros. El campesino intentará convencer a la mujer de que sus ideas representan la opresión...
Foreman Cooper
Racketeers muscle in on construction business, use inferior materials, make big profits and endanger the public safety.
Wallaby Jim
Wallaby Jim and his men have just found a valuable source of pearls in the South Pacific. But Jim's associate Norman has put the whole operation in jeopardy because of his gambling problem. Jim's unscrupulous rival Richter decides to exploit the situation by jumping Jim's claim and trying to take over for himself.
Grand Marshal George Duroc
Melodrama histórico que narra la historia de amor entre una aristócrata polaca (Maria Walewska) y Napoleón Bonaparte. Algunas de sus secuencias fueron dirigidas por el famoso director checo Gustav Machatý ("Extasis").
(Cap't) Bill Jones
A South Seas skipper fights off thieves and pirates who are after a lost treasure.
Leon Alba
An orphan (Eight-year-old boy soprano Bobby Breen) gets a chance to sing opera in New York.
Uncle Andy
In this musical short, three individuals try to entice a reclusive uncle to join the festivities during Mardi Gras.
