Art Smith
Рождение : 1899-03-23, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Смерть : 1973-02-24
История
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Arthur Gordon "Art" Smith (March 23, 1899 – February 24, 1973) was an American film, stage and television actor, best known for playing supporting roles in the 1940s.
Born in Chicago, he was a member of the Group Theatre and performed in many of their productions, including Rocket to the Moon, Awake and Sing!, Golden Boy and Waiting for Lefty, all by Clifford Odets; House of Connelly by Paul Green; and Sidney Kingsley's Men in White. The gray-haired actor usually played studious and dignified types in films, such as doctors or butlers.
Smith appeared in many black-and-white noirish films in supporting roles alongside more handsome and popular movie leads, such as John Garfield in Body and Soul (1947) and Humphrey Bogart in In a Lonely Place (1950). He had a key role as a federal agent in 1947's Ride the Pink Horse, starring and directed by Robert Montgomery. Two of these films, In a Lonely Place and Ride a Pink Horse, were based on novels by Dorothy B. Hughes.
Smith was one of the victims of the Hollywood blacklist, which ended most of his film career in 1952. In 1957, he originated the role of Doc in the stage version of West Side Story. Smith only returned occasionally to the film business, for example in an uncredited part in The Hustler. He also worked on television before retiring in 1967. He died, aged 73, in Long Island, New York, from a heart attack.
Leo
Вдовец Джордан Блейк — успешный бродвейский продюсер, который всегда был слишком занят работой, а не своими детьми, 13-летней Барбарой и 18-летним Джерри. Его подруга Каролина, звезда музыкальных комедий, убеждает Джордана взять детей с собой в отпуск и побыть с ними поближе, пока они совсем не выросли, чтобы не стало уже слишком поздно.
Deacon
A white girl raised by Indians sets out to find out who murdered her adoptive parents.
Pilot Pete
After years of prospecting, Jonathan finally strikes gold. He returns to town only to discover that his partner has since died and left Tommy fatherless. He decides to leave Shep (played by Lassie) with Tommy to cheer him up. Meanwhile, Jonathan's new partner, Lin, isn't interested in sharing the gold, and lures Jonathan to his death. Lassie immediately deduces what's happened, so Lin poisons Lassie. Lassie barely pulls through and pursues Lin to a climactic confrontation where, due to an off-screen accident with some liquid nitrogen, Lin's gun jams.
Hal Clendenning
A family man -desperate for a job- latches onto a friend that encourages him into being a criminal.
Anthony Moss
In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the police are hot on the couple's trail. Meanwhile, government officials begin a desperate search for an unknown individual who is infecting the city with smallpox.
William Grayson
A tramp steamer lands sick crewman Jake Davis on rubber-growing island Oraka, from which voluptuous, bedroom-eyed saloon singer Coral is about to be ejected because "men like her too much." But Coral's slimy boss Cognac gets her a reprieve so she can learn Jake's secret.
Fred Brannan
The Next Voice You Hear... (1950) is a drama film in which a voice claiming to be that of God preempts all radio programs for days all over the world. It stars James Whitmore and Nancy Davis as Joe and Mary Smith, a typical American couple. It was based on a short story of the same name by George Sumner Albee.
Mel Lippman
Диксон Стил, талантливый голливудский сценарист, сидит без работы из-за пьянства и язвительного характера. В один роковой вечер он пригласил к себе Милдред, чтобы поговорить о повести, предложенной ему для адаптации.
Через какое-то время алкоголь и болтовня девушки так утомили Стила, что он выгнал ее. А утром Милдред нашли мертвой и обезображенной… Все улики указывают на Стила, лишь начинающая старлетка Лорел Грей верит в его невиновность.
Oren Mackey
Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the money back before it is missed, but the garage's bookkeeper shows up earlier than scheduled. As Brady scrambles to cover evidence of his petty theft, he fast finds himself drawn into an ever worsening "quicksand" of crime.
Mr. Willis
In 1906 in Connecticut, Elisha Hunt, the 55-year-old curator of a small government museum, marries Abigail, the 19-year-old daughter of a local farmer. In addition to the differences in their ages in this May-to-December union, Elizha is a man of culture while Abigail is uneducated. Bruce Edridge, young, handsome and wealthy, comes into her life, and they fall in love. Abigail is now faced with two choices; the chance of wealth versus her present mediocre circumstances, or her love for Bruce versus her loyalty to Elisha.
Laddie Corwin
A Broadway director rescues a starlet from mobsters who blame her for a shooting.
Detective Lt. Bill Dawson
Merle Kramer works as a stenographer for a psychiatrist. She is casually dating Karl Benson, a private eye and former cop. Merle mentions in passing that one of her boss's patients is an author with recurring dreams of murdering his wife, and she includes the fact that the wife owns valuable jewels. When the wife is found murdered in a manner identical to that of her husband's dream, the husband is naturally the prime suspect. But as the investigation of the police and insurance investigator Joe Cooper proceeds, it turns out that several people in the case, including Merle, are not what they seem.
Bronco
With the advent of the American Civil War, three partners in a ranch see how this is destroyed. Needing money, will join the Confederate troops, each for their particular motivations.
Psychiatrist
Мечты Молодой девушки Леноры Имс сбылись. Она вышла замуж за миллионера Смита Олрига. Однако после свадьбы она понимает, что ее муж безумен. Она уходит от мужа и устраивается на работу в больницу в бедном районе. Там она встречает доктора Лэрри Кинаду и влюбляется в него. Но ее муж не собирается с этим мириться...
Emie Coons
An ex-convict on his way to make his fortune in a gold mine in Arizona has his trip interrupted when the residents of a small Mexican village believe him to be a sacred religious figure.
Dr. Harvey
As told to a psychiatrist: Mr. Peabody, middle-aged Bostonian on vacation with his wife in the Caribbean, hears mysterious, wordless singing on an uninhabited rock in the bay. Fishing in the vicinity, he catches...a mermaid. He takes her home and, though she has no spoken language, falls in love with her. Of course, his wife won't believe that thing in the bathtub is anything but a large fish. Predictable complications follow in rather tame fashion.
John
Пианист Штефан Бранд решает уехать из города, чтобы избежать дуэли, однако он получает конверт с письмом. В этом послании почти незнакомая ему женщина рассказывает Штефану свою драматичную историю любви к нему.
Inspector
Врач Равик, бежавший от нацистов из Германии и нашедший временное пристанище в Париже, ведет сумеречную жизнь человека без дома, семьи и будущего. Работа, рюмка, случайные связи… Неожиданная встреча с Джоан преображает его и дает смысл жизни. Две потерянные души пытаются наладить личное счастье наперекор судьбе…
Wigmaker
Выдающийся актер, любимец публики Энтони Джон играет в театре свою звездную роль — Отелло. Он так старательно вживается в образ ревнивого мавра, что мастерство перевоплощения приводит его к непредсказуемому результату..
Gregg
Агенты казначейства США О’Брайен и Дженаро проникают в банду фальшивомонетчиков, которой удалось добиться очень высокого качества своих подделок. Фильм основан на нескольких реальных делах, которые вели агенты казначейства.
David Davis (uncredited)
Чарли Дэвис, несмотря на упреки матери, стал боксером. На своем пути к вершине бокса он встречает все больше сомнительных личностей, среди которых и промоутер Робертс. Теперь Чарли необходимо сделать сложный выбор…
Bill Retz
В Сан-Пабло, деревушку в штате Нью-Мехико, где на ежегодном празднике готовятся сжечь на костре бога невезения, приезжает чужак, Счастливчик Гейджин. Он хочет отомстить за смерть своего товарища по прозвищу Коротышка, убитого подручными бандита Фрэнка Хьюго. Но Гейджин поддается искушению заработать на этом деле и пытается шантажировать Хьюго, требуя деньги за смерть своего друга. В это же время в городке появляется агент ФБР Билл Ретц, который выспрашивает у Гейджина информацию, чтобы он мог засадить Хьюго за решетку. Но у Гейджина совсем другие планы: он не собирается оставлять Хьюго в живых...
Dr. Walters
Тюрьма «Вестгейт» давно не славилась своим гостеприимством, а с приходом нового главного надзирателя некого капитана Манси, это заведение превратилось в концлагерь. Джо Коллинз - осужденный за кражу денег, которые он украл, чтобы заплатить за операцию любимой женщины, прикованной к инвалидному креслу. Этот парень ненавидит главного надзирателя лютой ненавистью, ведь тюремщик Манси мнит себя просто Господом Богом, сует нос, куда не надо, да и вообще всем своим видом демонстрирует, что плевать хотел на невзгоды своих «полосатых» подопечных. А Джо Коллинзу нужно на свободу, ведь там умирает от рака его любимая. Она не знает, что Джо посадили за решетку и уже, который месяц ждет его из командировки и поэтому отказывается ложиться на операцию. Отчаявшийся парень решает совершить побег...
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.
Charley (uncredited)
Фильм повествует о взрослении девочки, которая старается сохранить идеализм, несмотря на окружающие ее жестокие реалии, в том числе нищету и алкоголизм отца.
Mr. Fred Hauser
The teens of a defense-plant town hop on the road to juvenile delinquency while their parents are busy with the war.
Joseph - Guerilla (uncredited)
A paratrooper drops behind enemy lines to rescue the deposed king of a mythical Balkan nation.
Stys
Through flashbacks, the story of a Nazi war criminal is exposed.
Dutch Pastor (uncredited)
The "war of nerves" which gripped the European continent in 1938, is the background for this war thriller starring George Sanders.
Knut Osterholm
The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wants to hold on to the pretence of gracious living and ignore their German occupiers. The doctor, Martin Stensgard (Walter Huston), would also prefer to stay neutral, but is torn. His brother-in-law, the wealthy owner of the local fish cannery, collaborates with the Nazis. The doctor's daughter, Karen (Ann Sheridan), is involved with the resistance and with its leader Gunnar Brogge (Errol Flynn). The doctor's son has just returned to town, having been sent down from the university, and is soon influenced by his Nazi-sympathizer uncle. Captain Koenig (Helmut Dantine), the young German commandant of the occupying garrison, whose fanatic determination to do everything by the book and spoutings about the invincibility of the Reich hides a growing fear of a local uprising.
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A propaganda film during World War II about a boy who grows up to become a Nazi soldier.
Harry Carlyle
By the start of World War II, Paul Robeson had given up his lucrative mainstream work to participate in more socially progressive film and stage productions. Robeson committed his support to Paul Strand and Leo Hurwitz’s political semidocumentary Native Land. With Robeson’s narration and songs, this beautifully shot and edited film exposes violations of Americans’ civil liberties and is a call to action for exploited workers around the country. Scarcely shown since its debut, Native Land represents Robeson’s shift from narrative cinema to the leftist documentaries that would define the final chapter of his controversial film career.
Royal Mounted Police Officer
Canadian Mountie Mason is sent south of the border to look for a horse thief with only a watch chain for evidence. He befriends young Andy and when Calhoun hits Andy, Mason and Calhoun fight. In the scuffle Calhoun's watch with the missing chain is dislodged. Mason then sets out to bring in Calhoun and his gang.
