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Billy McClain is a Actor American born on 12 october 1866
William C. ("Billy") McClain (12 October 1866 – 19 January 1950) was an African-American acrobat, comedian and actor who starred in minstrel shows before World War I.
He wrote, produced and directed several major stage and outdoor extravaganzas, and wrote a number of popular songs.
He was influential in extending the range of minstrel shows far beyond the traditional conventions of the time, giving them appeal to much wider audiences.
He toured in the USA, Canada, Australia and Europe.
Later he promoted boxing and played several minor roles in movies.
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He wrote, produced and directed several major stage and outdoor extravaganzas, and wrote a number of popular songs.
He was influential in extending the range of minstrel shows far beyond the traditional conventions of the time, giving them appeal to much wider audiences.
He toured in the USA, Canada, Australia and Europe.
Later he promoted boxing and played several minor roles in movies.
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Undercurrent (1946)
, 1h56Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Romance
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Robert Taylor, Robert Mitchum, Edmund Gwenn, Marjorie Main, Clinton Sundberg
Roles Uncle Ben
Rating64%
Ann Hamilton (Katharine Hepburn) is a middle-aged bride who begins to suspect that her charming husband Alan Garroway (Robert Taylor) plans to murder her. Nor can she ignore the shadow of her brother-in-law Michael Garroway (Robert Mitchum), whom she's never met but has been told so much about.
Devil's Island (1939)
, 1h2Directed by William Clemens
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films
Actors Boris Karloff, James Stephenson, Will Stanton, Edward Keane, Robert Warwick, Pedro de Cordoba
Roles Governor's Servant
Rating64%
For treating a wounded revolutionary, respected surgeon, Dr. Charles Gaudet (Boris Karloff) is sentenced to life imprisonment to the infamous French penal colony on Devil's Island. It isn't long before he speaks out against the inhuman conditions and incurs the anger of the brutal prison commander, Colonel Armand Lucien (James Stephenson). But when Lucien's daughter Collette receives life-threatening wounds in an accident, the only person on Devils Island who can save her, is Gaudet.
Espionage Agent (1939)
, 1h23Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Spy, Romance
Themes Spy films, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Joel McCrea, Brenda Marshall, Jeffrey Lynn, George Bancroft, Stanley Ridges, James Stephenson
Roles Manservant at Ball
Rating59%
The film opens with a description of the Black Tom explosion of a munitions supply located in Jersey City on the Hudson River. The explosion, which occurred during World War I was an act of sabotage by German agents.
Kentucky (1938)
, 1h35Directed by David Butler, Otto Brower
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Children's films, Horse sports in film
Actors Loretta Young, Richard Greene, Walter Brennan, Douglass Dumbrille, Moroni Olsen, Edmund Mortimer
Roles Zeke
Rating61%
During the Civil War, Thad Goodwin (Charles Waldron) of Elmtree Farm, a local horse breeder resists Capt. John Dillon (Douglass Dumbrille) and a company of Union soldiers confiscating his prize horses. He is killed by Dillon and his youngest son Peter (Bobs Watson) cries at the soldiers riding away with the horses.
Dimples (1936)
, 1h19Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Shirley Temple, Frank Morgan, Helen Westley, Robert Kent, Astrid Allwyn, Delma Byron
Roles Rufus
Rating64%
Dimples is a Bowery busker living with her pickpocket grandfather "Professor" Eustace Appleby. She is hired to entertain at a soiree in the Washington Square Park home of wealthy widow Caroline Drew. Mrs. Drew is so charmed by Dimples she opens her home and heart to the child, providing her a life of comfort and plenty.
The Lucky Corner (1936)
Directed by Gus Meins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Carl Switzer, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Leonard Kibrick, Scotty Beckett, Harold "Slim" Switzer
Roles Buckwheat's Father
Rating71%
Scotty and his grandfather Gus are the proprietors of a sidewalk lemonade stand. The small operation struggles to compete with the ornate sidewalk diner run by Leonard's father. Leonard is too engrossed in his comic book to pay attention to waiting customers, and when they leave he whines to his father, who gets a policeman to force Gus and Scotty from their corner. Buckwheat's father, a boot black, offers Gus room to set up his stand, while Spanky, Alfalfa, and the other kids stage a parade and an impromptu talent show to draw customers to Gus's booth.
Diamond Jim (1935)
, 1h28Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Actors Edward Arnold, Jean Arthur, Cesar Romero, Binnie Barnes, Eric Blore, Albert Conti
Roles Cook
Rating67%
Diamond Jim Brady (Edward Arnold) is born to an Irish saloonkeeper and his wife in 1856, but is soon orphaned. At the age of thirty, working as baggage master at the Spuyten Duyvil train station, he rents a suit and a diamond from a pawn shop, and gets a job as a salesman; soon, he is the top salesman on the staff.
Black Moon (1934)
, 1h8Directed by Roy William Neill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Jack Holt, Fay Wray, Dorothy Burgess, Cora Sue Collins, Arnold Korff, Clarence Muse
Rating59%
A young girl, Juanita, finds her parents killed in a voodoo ritual on a distant tropical island. She escapes with her life, but when she reaches adulthood, she feels compelled to return to the island, bringing her daughter and nanny with her. Once there, she goes to stay with her uncle who lives on the island. She soon discovers that the natives, who had been using her for voodoo rituals when she was a child, now treat her as a voodoo goddess. In this role, she begins leading their rituals.
Nagana (1933)
, 1h2Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors Tala Birell, Melvyn Douglas, Onslow Stevens, Everett Brown, Noble Johnson, Billy McClain
Roles The King
Rating55%