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Art Smith is a Actor American born on 22 march 1899 at Chicago (USA)
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.
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Birth name Arthur Gordon Smith
Nationality USA
Birth 22 march 1899 at Chicago (USA)
Death 24 february 1973 (at 73 years) at Long Island (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 22 march 1899 at Chicago (USA)
Death 24 february 1973 (at 73 years) at Long Island (USA)
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.
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Warlock (1989)
, 1h43Directed by Steve Miner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Slasher
Themes Time travel films
Actors Julian Sands, Lori Singer, Richard E. Grant, Mary Woronov, Allan Miller, Anna Thomson
Roles Scribe
Rating62%
The Warlock (Sands) is taken captive in Boston, Massachusetts in 1691 by the witch-hunter Giles Redferne (Grant). He is sentenced to death for his activities, including the bewitching of Redferne's bride-to-be, but before the execution Satan appears and propels the Warlock forward in time to 20th century Los Angeles, California. Redferne follows through the portal.
Just for You (1952)
, 1h44Directed by Elliott Nugent
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman, Julie Newmar, Ethel Barrymore, Robert Arthur, Natalie Wood
Roles Leo
Rating59%
Widower Jordan Blake is a successful Broadway producer and songwriter, but he has been neglecting his teenaged children, Jerry and Barbara.
Rose of Cimarron (1952)
, 1h12Directed by Harry Keller
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Mala Powers, Jack Buetel, Bill Williams, Jim Davis, Dick Curtis, William Phipps
Roles Deacon
Rating51%
When a covered wagon heading for California is attacked by Comanche, the only survivor is a baby girl. A young Cherokee brave finds her and brings her to his parents where she is raised as a Cherokee but with intimate knowledge of the language and customs of white Americans. She is named Rose of Cimarron after a mountain lion.
The Painted Hills (1951)
, 1h30Directed by Harold F. Kress
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Films about dogs, Musical films
Actors Paul Kelly, Pal, Bruce Cowling, Ann Doran, Gary Gray, Art Smith
Roles Pilot Pete
Rating42%
A prospector named Jonathan Harvey (Paul Kelly), whose faithful companion is a rough collie named Shep, looks after the family of his late partner, Martha Blake (Ann Doran) and her son Tommy (Gary Gray). After years of digging in the hills of California (where the movie was shot), he finally strikes gold. However, before he can share it with the Blakes, his greedy partner Lin Taylor (Bruce Cowling) kills Jonathan and attempts to lay claim on the gold. He poisons Shep, who nearly dies, and nearly kills Tommy, but ultimately Shep recovers and leads Lin into the mountains, where he falls off a cliff to his death.
In a Lonely Place (1950)
, 1h34Directed by Nicholas Ray, Earl Bellamy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about writers, Feminist films, Films about domestic violence, Mise en scène d'un scénariste
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Jeff Donnell, Art Smith
Roles Mel Lippman
Rating78%
Dixon "Dix" Steele (Humphrey Bogart) is a down-on-his-luck Hollywood screenwriter who has not had a hit "since before the war." While driving to meet his agent, Mel Lippman (Art Smith), at a nightclub, Dix's explosive temper is revealed at a stoplight along the way in a confrontation with another motorist that almost becomes violent.
, 1h19Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Evelyn Keyes, Charles Korvin, Dorothy Malone, Lola Albright, Barry Kelley, Carl Benton Reid
Roles Anthony Moss
Rating63%
Arriving at New York City's Pennsylvania Station after a trip to Cuba, Sheila Bennet (Evelyn Keyes), who is smuggling $50,000 worth of diamonds into the country, realizes she's being followed by the authorities. She mails the diamonds to her husband, Matt Krane (Charles Korvin), instead of carrying them around, and then tries to shake the Treasury agent following her.
The Next Voice You Hear... (1950)
, 1h23Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about religion
Actors James Whitmore, Gary Gray, Art Smith, Jeff Corey, Billy Bletcher, Frank Cady
Roles Fred Brannan
Rating62%
Famille d'Américains moyens, les Smith mènent une vie sans histoires dans les faubourgs de Los Angeles. Un soir, ils entendent la voix de Dieu à la radio qui invite les hommes à plus de fraternité. Pendant 6 jours, le monde entier, écoutant la radio, entend cette même voix. D'autres messages se font entendre et sont accueillis de façon plus ou moins positive.
Quicksand (1950)
, 1h19Directed by Irving Pichel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Mickey Rooney, Jeanne Cagney, Barbara Bates, Peter Lorre, Art Smith, Wally Cassell
Roles Oren Mackey
Rating65%
Young auto mechanic Dan Brady (Mickey Rooney) takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak (Jeanne Cagney). 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, each of his misdeeds more serious than the last.
The Sound of Fury (1950)
, 1h25Directed by Cy Endfield
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Actors Frank Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan, Gale Storm, Richard Carlson, Lloyd Bridges, Katherine Locke
Roles Hal Clendenning
Rating71%
Howard Tyler (Frank Lovejoy) is a family man, living in California, who can't seem to get by financially. He meets up with a small-time, but charismatic, hood Jerry Slocum (Lloyd Bridges). Soon, Slocum convinces Tyler into participating in gas station robberies to get by. Later, they kidnap a wealthy man in hopes of getting a huge ransom. Things go wrong when the man is murdered by Slocum then thrown in a lake. Tyler reaches his limit emotionally, and he begins drinking heavily. He meets a lonely woman and confesses the crime while drunk. The woman flees and goes to the police.
South Sea Sinner (1950)
, 1h28Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Crime
Actors Macdonald Carey, Shelley Winters, Liberace, Luther Adler, Frank Lovejoy, Helena Carter
Roles William Grayson
Rating56%
South of St. Louis (1949)
, 1h28Directed by Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Zachary Scott, Douglas Kennedy, Art Smith, Victor Jory, Alexis Smith
Roles Bronco
Rating59%
During the Civil War, Kip Davis (Joel McCrea), Charlie Burns (Zachary Scott), and Lee Price (Douglas Kennedy), are run out of town by the guerilla raider and Union Army leader Luke Cottrell, who burns down their ranch. Though Kip's fiancee, Deb (Dorothy Malone) begs them to stay in the small Texas town of Edenton, the three ranch owners vow vengeance on the Cottrell and decide to head south to find him. When they get to Brownsville, Texas, Lee decides to join the Confederate Army, while Kip and Charlie attempt to rebuild Three Bell ranch. Before they do, however, they take on offer from an attractive local lounge singer, Rouge de Lisle (Alexis Smith), to transport a box of furniture for fifty dollars. It turns out, however, that the box is instead filled with an illegal shipment of firearms and Kip is subsequently arrested. Before he is punished, however, he is freed and is picked up by Rouge, who offers him a job gun-running for the Confederacy. He accepts the offer, hoping to get enough money smuggling to rebuild the ranch. The trio then hires a group of gunmen, one of which is Slim Hansen, who used to work for Cottrell, and heads to Matamoros, Mexico to pick up a shipment of guns for the Confederacy.
Manhandled (1949)
, 1h37Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Dorothy Lamour, Sterling Hayden, Dan Duryea, Irene Hervey, Phillip Reed, Alan Napier
Roles Detective Lt. Bill Dawson
Rating65%
Struggling writer Alton Bennet explains to psychiatrist Dr. Redman how he has nightmares about murdering his wealthy wife, Ruth, who owns very valuable jewels.
Red, Hot and Blue (1949)
, 1h24Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Crime
Themes Musical films
Actors Betty Hutton, Victor Mature, William Demarest, June Havoc, Jane Nigh, William Talman
Roles Laddie Corwin
Rating60%
Hair-Do Lempke snatches actress Eleanor Collier, believing her to be a witness to the murder of his gangster boss. Eleanor tells him her story.
Song of Surrender (1949)
, 1h33Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Actors Wanda Hendrix, Claude Rains, Macdonald Carey, Andrea King, Elizabeth Patterson, Henry Hull
Roles Mr. Willis
Rating65%
Caught (1949)
, 1h28Directed by Max Ophüls
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Romance
Actors Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan, James Mason, Frank Ferguson, Curt Bois, Natalie Schafer
Roles Psychiatrist
Rating69%
Young model Leonora Eames marries multimillionaire Smith Ohlrig. Ohlrig though is deranged and did not marry for love. Eames insists several times that she married for love, but the film suggests that she is deluding herself. When Ohlrig becomes too abusive, she leaves him, penniless, to find a job at a medical clinic in a poor neighborhood and eventually falls for Dr. Larry Quinada.