Basil Wrangell

Рождение : 1906-06-19, Ponte a Moriano, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

Смерть : 1977-04-26

Фильмы

Year of the Tiger
Editor
A U.S. Marine Corps pilot is shot down over the Vietnamese jungle. In his endeavor to get to safety, he meets a female guerrilla fighter and a nationalist named Hong.
The Best of Cinerama
Director
A selection of excerpts from the first Cinerama films.
No Man Is an Island
Editor
The true story of George Tweed, an American sailor who became the only serviceman on the island of Guam to avoid capture by the Japanese during the early years of World War II.
The Home Owner
Editor
A 25 minute sales film featuring Buster Keaton as a prospective home owner in Maryvale, a suburb of Phoenix. A Realtor takes Buster on a tour of some model tract homes and extols their virtues while Buster is constantly pursuing a sexy-looking blonde. After buying a home, Buster proceeds to wreak havoc in the community. He falls into another resident's pool with a shopping cart full of purchases from S. S. Kresge's, knocks over an unassuming waiter with a bowling ball at the local lanes and tries his hand at being a waiter a ritzy restaurant. The construction of the new hospital and golf course are then discussed, and the films ends with a panoramic view of the model tract homes.
South Seas Adventure
Director
Cinerama takes you on a South Seas Adventure to tropical islands set like sparkling jewels in dreamy cerulean waters. Thrill to the lure of sunbrowned, luscious maidens and a paradise of coconut palms, coral strand and blue lagoons. Enchanted South Pacific archipelagos beckon with all the beauty and color of a painter’s palette. Stepping stones in the vast expanse of far-away seas, they promise romance, adventure, excitement—an irresistible blend of fascinating people and exotic places.
Тобор Великий
Editor
Научно-фантастический опус о психической связи робота и маленького мальчика. Два ученых создали супер-робота для исследования открытого космоса, но механическое чудо похищено вражескими агентами. А заодно и мальчик Брайан, с помощью которого шпионы намерены перепрограммировать робота на злые цели. Удастся ли Брайану удрать от своих похитителей?
Love Happy
Editor
The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.
Heartaches
Director
Up-and-coming Hollywood actor/crooner, Vic Morton, has a secret. He starts receiving death threats in the mail and an attempt on his life is made. Soon after, two of his associates are murdered. Who is behind it all?
Philo Vance's Gamble
Director
One of two Philo Vance mystery movies released by PRC.
A Really Important Person
Director
A policeman's son searches for a suitable subject for an essay about an important person.
Keep 'Em Sailing
Director
An FBI agent goes undercover to investigate the sabotage of American cargo ships.
Mr. Blabbermouth!
Director
Following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, America was rife with rumors about the size of Japan's armed forces and how well-equipped they were to wage war against the U.S. Using animation, the first part of this film dispels these rumors by showing that the U.S. had more raw materials and more fighting ships. The narrator also cautions moviegoers against spreading rumors (which are often initiated by enemy infiltrators to create fear and dissention) and believing everything they read in the newspapers. Just because "they say" something, that doesn't make it true.
We Do It Because
Director
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short explores the origins of various customs such as shaking hands, kissing, and why ships are christened.
Fancy Answers
Director
In this Pete Smith Speciality, the audience is asked a series of multiple-choice questions on various subjects.
Whispers
Director
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short we see how gossip can be used to spread propaganda or to ruin a person's reputation.
American Spoken Here
Director
This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short takes a look at the origins of North American slang.
Trifles of Importance
Director
Part of John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series, this short shows how three seemingly unimportant things can affect people. The first is how the number 7 affects a student accused of theft charges. The second segment shows that a person's doodles can reveal personality traits. The final segment shows why certain items are on men's suits, such as lapels.
Home Movies
Director
A comedy short staring Robert Benchley. He tries to show us how to make our own movies.
That Inferior Feeling
Writer
Joe Doakes, like most men, is unable to cope with personal emergencies or those in a position of authority (real or imagined).
That Inferior Feeling
Director
Joe Doakes, like most men, is unable to cope with personal emergencies or those in a position of authority (real or imagined).
See Your Doctor
Director
A lecturer tells the audience that it is National Take Care Week. He tells the story of a man who gets stung in his garden and the problems the man has when he seeks treatment at the doctor's office.
The Day of Rest
Director
Joe Doakes tries to take a day off.
Unseen Guardians
Director
The "unseen guardians" of the title are the Postal Inspection Service, which investigates mail order racketeering; the Underwriters' Laboratories, which are shown testing electrical equipment, fire extinguishers, and large floor safes; and those who run orphanages, who assure that the children in their care are placed in proper adoptive homes.
New Roadways
Director
The "new roadways" of the title refer to various projects, carried out in the USA's research laboratories, that benefit mankind. These include solar energy projects, making glass that can be rolled up like a carpet, and diet experiments with mice that might lead to a cure for color blindness.
Благословенная земля
Editor
Этот фильм рассказывает историю фермера в Китае, историю смирения и храбрости. Отец женит своего сына Вонга на освобожденной рабыне. Усердием и бережливостью им удается скопить немного денег и прикупить в собственность еще земли. Но когда наступают голодные годы, они вынуждены оставить землю и перебраться в город. По счастливой случайности, его жена, чуть не погибнув, достает для семьи целое состояние в виде драгоценных камней, что дает им возможность вернуться на свою землю уже богатыми. Много чего еще семья переживет, и в конце своей жизни Вонг поймет, что та земля, которая покрыта кровью, потом и слезами его и его семьи - благословенна.
Whipsaw
Editor
Hot jewels from London make their way to New York, where they are stolen by racketeer Ed Dexter, who hides them with the help of his vivacious girlfriend, Vivian Palmer. Federal agent Ross McBride goes undercover to infiltrate the gang and, suspecting Vivian can lead him to the jewels, comes to her aid when she is chased by a rival gang. The two flee to the Midwest with both gangs in pursuit, but Vivian is not as gullible as Ross thinks.
Hide-Out
Editor
Wounded criminal Lucky Wilson takes refuge in a small Connecticut farm. He falls in love with the farmer's daughter who at first is unaware of his criminal record. Lucky is fully prepared to shoot his way out when the cops come calling, but he is softened by the daughter's affections.
Hips, Hips, Hooray!
Editor
Hips, Hips, Hooray! is a 1934 slapstick comedy film starring Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Ruth Etting, Thelma Todd, and Dorothy Lee.
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
Editor
Tough Aggie gives a street guy polish and a rich kid gumption.
Bed of Roses
Editor
A girl from the wrong side of the tracks is torn between true love and a life of sin.
Gabriel Over the White House
Editor
A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.
Леди, о которых говорят
Editor
Привлекательная Нэн, участница банды грабителей банков, пытается исправить свою жизнь, поддавшись влиянию влюбленного в неё евангелиста Дэйва Слэйда.
Уродцы
Editor
Клеопатра — красавица-акробатка. В нее влюблен карлик Ганс, которому она предпочла силача Геркулеса… Когда Клеопатра узнает, что Ганс — наследник огромного состояния, она решает сначала выйти замуж за несчастного лилипута, а потом отравить его. Но после неудачной попытки отравления цирковые уродцы (сиамские близнецы, безрукая девушка и гермафродит) решают отомстить Клеопатре…
Мин и Билл
Editor
Немолодая пара Мин и Билл живут в небольшом портовом городке, занимаясь своими делами и разбирая свои проблемы. Билл вкалывает на рыбацком судне, тогда как Мин занимается домашними делами, одновременно пытаясь справиться с лихим поведением Нэнси, юной девушки, находящейся под опекой Мин. Мин всегда трепетно заботилась о Нэнси, хотя намеренно никогда не выражала ей теплых чувств. Но материнская любовь берет верх, и Мин все сильнее привязывается к Нэнси. Внезапно ситуация омрачается неожиданным появлением матери девушки.
Let Us Be Gay
Editor
Dowdy housewife Kitty dotes on her self-centered husband but divorces him when his mistress shows up at their home one day to break up their marriage. Bob had become bored with her lackluster appearance, their children and himself. Kitty re-invents herself and becomes a Continental favorite, dressing like a fashion model and behaving gaily. Three years after their divorce, Bob is at the home of a wealthy matron romancing her soon-to-be-married granddaughter, when the matron invites Kitty to a weekend party to steal Bob away from the granddaughter. When Kitty and Bob see each other, neither lets on they have a past, and the party continues as Bob pursues his ex-wife and new conquest equally.
The Woman Racket
Editor
During a raid, a cop lets a pretty speakeasy employee escape and later begins dating her. Although she loves him, his salary and dull life leave her wanting.
Marianne
Editor
At the conclusion of World War I, a French girl is romanced by an American doughboy even though she is promised to a French soldier who was sent to the front.
The Voice of the City
Editor
An escaped convict and the detective tasked with hunting him down end up working in parallel to clear the convict's name and nab the gangsters that framed him.
The Cardboard Lover
Editor
A ditzy American girl visiting Monte Carlo is hired by a tennis champ to be his "cardboard lover"--to pretend to be in love with him so he can teach his two-timing fiancé a lesson and win her back. What he doesn't realize is that the girl isn't pretending --she actually is in love with him, and she sets out to win him for herself.