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Grant Withers (January 17, 1905 – March 27, 1959) was an American film actor. With early beginnings in the silent era, Withers moved into talkies establishing himself with a list of headlined features as a young and handsome male lead. As his career progressed, his importance diminished, but he did manage a 10-year contract at Republic Pictures.
His friendships with both John Ford and John Wayne secured him a spot in nine of Wayne's films, but later roles dwindled to supporting parts, mainly as villains in B-movies, serials, and finally television.
Born Granville G. Withers in Pueblo, Colorado, Withers worked as an oil company salesman and newspaper reporter before breaking into films near the end of the silent era. His more-than-30-year acting career took off in the late 1920s. While in his twenties, his hairy-chested rugged good looks made him the leading man over such rising talent as James Cagney, who made his film debut in the Withers feature Sinners' Holiday (1930), also starring Joan Blondell and released by Warner Brothers.
Merna Kennedy (September 7, 1908 - December 20, 1944) was an American actress of the late silent era and the transitional period into talkies.
Kennedy (born as Maude Kahler) was best known during her brief career for her role opposite Charlie Chaplin in the silent film The Circus (1928).
Kennedy was brought to the attention of Chaplin by her friend Lita Grey, who became Chaplin's second wife in 1924. A dancer, she had muscular legs which helped her gain the role of the circus bareback rider. Kennedy continued acting after The Circus, starring in early sound films, but retired in 1934, when she married choreographer/director Busby Berkeley. Their marriage broke up a year later, and Kennedy died of a heart attack in 1944, aged 36.
Shirley Temple Black (née Temple; April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) was an American film and television actress, singer, dancer, and public servant, most famous as Hollywood's number-one box-office star from 1935 through 1938. As an adult, she entered politics and became a diplomat, serving as United States Ambassador to Ghana and later to Czechoslovakia, and as Chief of Protocol of the United States.
Temple began her film career in 1932 at the age of three. In 1934, she found international fame in Bright Eyes, a feature film designed specifically for her talents. She received a special Juvenile Academy Award in February 1935 for her outstanding contribution as a juvenile performer to motion pictures during 1934, and film hits such as Curly Top and Heidi followed year after year during the mid-to-late 1930s. Licensed merchandise that capitalized on her wholesome image included dolls, dishes, and clothing. Her box-office popularity waned as she reached adolescence. She appeared in a few films of varying quality in her mid-to-late teens, and retired completely from films in 1950 at the age of 22. She was the top box-office draw in Hollywood for four years in a row (1935–38) in a Motion Picture Herald poll.
DAUGHTER OF THE TONG (1939) Evelyn Brent - Grant Withers
RED HAIRED ALIBI (1932) Merna Kennedy - Grant Withers - Shirley Temple
"Kiss Waltz" (1930) Grant Withers
BOYS REFORMATORY (1939) Frankie Darro - Grant Withers
BILL CRACKS DOWN (1937) Grant Withers
1937 RADIO PATROL SERIAL TRAILER GRANT WITHERS
MR WONG IN CHINATOWN (1939) Boris Karloff - Marjorie Reynolds - Grant Withers
VALLEY OF WANTED MEN (1935) Frankie Darro - Roy Mason - Grant Withers
Phantom of Chinatown (1940) Keye Luke, Grant Withers, Lotus Long. Action
Doomed To Die (1940) Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers. Crime
In this crime film an FBI agent goes up against the femal leader of an Oriental crime gang. CAST Evelyn Brent as Carney - The Illustrious One Grant Withers as Ralph Dickson Dorothy Short as Marion Morgan Dave O'Brien as Jerry Morgan Richard Loo as Wong, the hotel clerk Dirk Thane as Henchman Ward Harry Harvey as Harold 'Mugsy' Winthrop Budd Buster as 'Lefty' McMillan Robert Frazer as FBI Chief Williams Hal Taliaferro as FBI Agent Lawson
A young hotel sales-girl becomes the paid companion of a man in New York. Little does she know that he is a notorious gangster and she will become involved in all manner of mystery and intrigue. This film is directed by Christy Cabanne and features Merna Kennedy, Theodore von Eltz and Grant Withers in the main roles. Shirley Temple makes a very early appearance.
A street kid living in a foster home is convicted of a crime committed by his foster brother. He is sent to a reform school run by corrupt officials and a cruel doctor.
A son returns to his dead father's mill to find that it is being run by a tough foreman who has be given the responsibility of making a man out of him.
Three escaped convicts return to their hometown to try to uncover the identity of the person who framed them.
Detective James Lee Wong is on the scene as archaeologist Dr. John Benton, recently returned from an expedition in China where a valuable ancient scroll was recovered, is murdered while giving a lecture on the expedition. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032903/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Starring Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Dorothy Tree, Craig Reynolds, Ivan, Lebedoff, Holmes Herbert, Lotus Long and Chester Gan. Directed by William Nigh. The second of seven "Mr. Wong" detective thrillers starring Boris Karloff finds the wily sleuth investigating the theft of the "Eye of the Daughter of the Moon, a golf ball-sized sapphire, which has resulted in the murder of wealthy gem collector. In the wake of the theft there is another murder...and then another!! Release date: March 8, 1939.
When a chemical manufacturer is killed after asking detective James Wong to help him, Wong investigates this and two subsequent murders. He uncovers a international spy ring. Cast Boris Karloff ... James Lee Wong Grant Withers ... Captain Sam Street Maxine Jennings ... Myra Ross Evelyn Brent ... Olga aka Countess Dubois George Lloyd ... Devlin Lucien Prival ... Anton Mohl John St. Polis ... Carl Roemer William Gould ... Theodore Meisle Hooper Atchley ... Christian Wilk John Hamilton ... Simon Dayton Wilbur Mack ... Russell Lee Tung Foo ... Tchin Lynton Brent ... Tommy Grace Wood ... Mrs. Roemer Frank Bruno ... Lescardi, Mohl's Henchman Ed Cassidy ... Ambulance Doctor Wheaton Chambers ... Chemistry Lab Director Clancy Cooper ... Warehouse Man George DeNormand ... John Lester Dorr ......
Jungle Jim (1937) is a Universal serial film based on Jungle Jim, the comic strip by Alex Raymond. Two safaris enter the African jungle intent on finding a white girl who is the heiress to a fortune. One safari, led by Jungle Jim, wants to make sure she gets the news that she is now a rich woman and escort her back to civilisation. The leaders of the other safari want to kill the girl so they can try to get hold of her inheritance themselves...
Jungle Jim es una serie estadounidense de 1937, género aventura, dirigido por Ford Beebe y Clifford Smith, 12 capítulos (1-en la guarida del león, 2-La Cobra Strikes; 3-La Amenaza mano; 4-El rastro del asesino; 5-el Puente del Terror; 6-Drums of Doom, 7-la Tierra Tiembla, 8-el asesino de León; 9-el pájaro diablo, 10-descendente del Destino, 11-En el Cobra, 12-CastilloLa Última Safari). Reparto de Grant Withers, Betty Jane Rodas y Evelyn Brent. La demostración fue producida y distribuida por Universal Pictures, y corrió en los cines de Estados Unidos a partir del 18 de enero de 1937. Se basa en el carácter de las historias en Jungle Jim cómic, creado por Alex Raymond. Como resultado de la feria, se hizo la película Jungle Jim (Jungle Jim), en 1948, 71 minutos por Esskay Pictures Corporation...
Correspondent Sarah Withers sat down with a one-on-one exclusive interview with "Jane the Virgin" star Justin Baldoni. Hear what Justin has to say about the Baha'i Faith, the Education is Not a Crime campaign, and how "Jane the Virgin" has prepared him for fatherhood! Like us on Facebook.com/TheSCoopUSC Twitter/Instagram: @thescoopusc Watch online at TrojanVision.com! Executive Producers: Grant Singer & Nicole Falsetti Contact thescoop@trojanvision.com for more information.
privileged to represent the Coady Institute and my country in this interview with Paul Withers of CBC... (my computer lagged at the end part of this video, so my apologies) Tweet from Paul Withers of CBC News: Coady Inst. awaits word on fate of 5 year/ $5-m CIDA grant that expires in Dec. Budget rolled Fed aid agency into Foreign Affairs. #cbcnsby Witherscbc via twitter on 4/2/2013 at 5:10:50 AM
The stories of life and sharing their testimony. See how God changed some of the worlds most famous celebrities! Dale Evans Rogers hosts Actress Jane Withers, Actress Jane Russell with guest Carmen Cabeen and Actress Debra Paget from A Date With Dale show.
There never was a star quite like Shirley Temple. Adored by adults and children alike, at four she already led at the Box Office -- ahead of Gable and Cooper. Subscribe for more! http://bit.ly/JansonYouTube Her films saved a movie studio from bankruptcy, and a President credited her with raising the morale of Depression-weary Americans. Her earliest movies gave a foretaste of her talents and soon would become the songs and dances that helped make those movies immortal. Here she is at her heart-stirring best in films like Little Miss Marker, Now and Forever, Bright Eyes, The Little Colonel, Poor Little Rich Girl, Stowaway, The Little Princess, and The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer. Also appearing: actors Caesar Romero, Alice Faye and Gloria Stuart, and former child actors Jane Withers, Da...
In the first installment of this year's "Back at the desk," DTH Senior Writer Jonathan Jones sits down with Everett Withers, Interim Head Coach of the UNC football team.
A son returns to his dead father's mill to find that it is being run by a tough foreman who has be given the responsibility of making a man out of him. When William Reardon, a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. His spineless heir and son returns home from living in Paris, he finds Tons' Walker, . Bill Cracks Down 1937 ----- Title : Bill Cracks Down Original Title : Bill Cracks Down Release Date : 1937-03-22 . Bill Cracks Down 1937 ----- Title : Bill Cracks Down Original Title : Bill Cracks Down Release Date : 1937-03-22 .
A son returns to his dead father's mill to find that it is being run by a tough foreman who has be given the responsibility of making a man out of him. When William Reardon, a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. His spineless heir and son returns home from living in Paris, he finds Tons' Walker, . A local lawmaker has taken a stand to make sure fans get concert tickets at a fair price. Bill Cracks Down (1937 film) When William Reardon, a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. When his spineless and dandified heir and son returns .
The Fatal Hour 1940 Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers Master sleuth Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff) and a newswoman (Marjorie Reynolds) help a police captain (Grant Withers) catch a killer. Initial release: January 15, 1940 Director: William Nigh Film series: Mr. Wong, Detective Film Series Music composed by: Edward J. Kay Screenplay: George Waggner, William Scott Darling
Jungle Jim (1937) is a Universal serial film based on Jungle Jim, the comic strip by Alex Raymond. Two safaris enter the African jungle intent on finding a white girl who is the heiress to a fortune. One safari, led by Jungle Jim, wants to make sure she gets the news that she is now a rich woman and escort her back to civilisation. The leaders of the other safari want to kill the girl so they can try to get hold of her inheritance themselves...