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Ernie Morrison is a Actor American born on 20 december 1912 at New Orleans (USA)
Ernest Fredric "Ernie" Morrison (December 20, 1912 – July 24, 1989) was an American child actor who performed under the stage name "Sunshine Sammy." Morrison was the only black member of the East Side Kids, and was also an original Our Gang kid, a sidekick to Harold Lloyd and Snub Pollard, a silent screen comedian, a vaudevillian, a dancer, and band leader.
Il n'est pas le seul acteur noir dans la période du Pathé du muet : il y a Allen Hoskins ou Eugene Jackson ; dans la période du Pathé du parlant, il y a Stymie Beard ou Billie Thomas ].
Il meurt le 24 juin 1989 à l'âge de 76 ans d'un cancer à Lynwood et est enterré au Inglewood Park Cemetery à Ingelwood, en Californie.
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Birth name Ernest Fredric Morrison
Nationality USA
Birth 20 december 1912 at New Orleans (USA)
Death 24 july 1989 (at 76 years) at Lynwood (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 20 december 1912 at New Orleans (USA)
Death 24 july 1989 (at 76 years) at Lynwood (USA)
Biography
Il apparut pour la première fois à l'écran entre 1922 et 1924 dans Les Petites Canailles dont il est le premier acteur afro-américain. Il sera remplacé par Eugene Jackson dans la série.Il n'est pas le seul acteur noir dans la période du Pathé du muet : il y a Allen Hoskins ou Eugene Jackson ; dans la période du Pathé du parlant, il y a Stymie Beard ou Billie Thomas ].
Il meurt le 24 juin 1989 à l'âge de 76 ans d'un cancer à Lynwood et est enterré au Inglewood Park Cemetery à Ingelwood, en Californie.
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Follow the Leader (1944)
, 1h5Directed by Norman Taurog, William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Leo Gorcey, Ed Wynn, Huntz Hall, Ginger Rogers, Gabriel Dell, William Benedict
Roles Scruno (dream sequence only) (uncredited)
Rating60%
As he and Glimpy Freedhoff (Huntz Hall) anxiously anticipate their furlough home, Muggs McGinnis (Leo Gorcey) is summoned to the colonel (Bryant Washburn)'s office and informed that he is to be honorably discharged because of poor eyesight. At home in the Bowery, Muggs is tearfully telling his proud mother (Mary Gordon) about his discharge when Glimpy bursts into the apartment with the news that Danny (Dave Durand) has been jailed.
Clancy Street Boys (1943)
, 1h6Directed by William Beaudine
Genres Comedy
Actors Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Noah Beery Sr., Benny Bartlett, Ernie Morrison
Roles Scruno
Rating60%
Much to the dismay of Mugs McGinnis (Leo Gorcey), everyone in his East Side Kids gang (as well as the rival The Cherry Street Gang) gets to smack his rear end eighteen times in celebration of his eighteenth birthday. His mother Molly (Martha Wentwroth) then becomes distraught when she gets a letter from his "uncle" Pete Monahan (Noah Beery), a rancher friend of his late father, stating that he will soon visit them in New York. Molly explains to her only child that ever since his father lied to Pete that he had seven children, Pete has been sending birthday checks for each child. Pete is unaware that the McGinnises are so poor that they could never afford to return the checks.
Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
, 1h7Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Horror
Themes Spy films, Ghost films, Political films
Actors Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Ernie Morrison, William Benedict, Stanley Clements
Roles Scruno
Rating49%
When Glimpy (Huntz Hall)'s sister Betty (Ava Gardner) marries Jack (Rick Vallin), Muggs (Leo Gorcey) singlehandedly organises the wedding. The gang provide a choral version of Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes as well as organ music. Scruno (Sammy Morrison), Stash (Stanley Clements) and Benny (Billy Benedict) provide a floral centrepiece by borrowing a funeral wreath meant for a murdered gangster's funeral on the morrow. Danny (Bobby Jordan) and Rocky (Bobby Stone) also borrow the deceased gangster's tuxedo prior to his funeral for Glimpy who is the best man. Scruno's mother provides rice to throw that she has cooked to make extra soft. Muggs also organises a police escort by telling the police gangsters will try and break up the wedding with Glimpy adlibbing they are the notorious Katzman Gang, (the producer of the film series).
Kid Dynamite (1943)
, 1h6Directed by Wallace Fox
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell, Benny Bartlett, Ernie Morrison
Roles Scruno Jackson
Rating58%
Muggs McGinnis (Leo Gorcey) practices for his boxing match the next night. In order to raise money, Muggs and the gang go to Nick (Charles Judels)'s pool hall and challenge hall regular Harry Wycoff (Gabriel Dell) to a game of pool. Muggs has pre-arranged with gang member Danny to use special trick chalk for the pool cue so that Wycoff will lose, but Danny (Bobby Jordan) is so convinced of Muggs's talent that he does not use the chalk, and Muggs loses the match. When Wycoff insists that Muggs pay off his wager, Muggs hits him in the stomach and leaves without paying.
In This Our Life (1942)
, 1h37Directed by John Huston, Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Charles Coburn, George Brent, Frank Craven, Dennis Morgan
Roles Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
Rating72%
In Richmond, Virginia, Asa (Frank Craven) and Lavinia (Billie Burke) (née Fitzroy) Timberlake gave their two daughters male names: Roy (Olivia de Havilland) and Stanley (Bette Davis). The movie opens with the young women as adults. Asa Timberlake has recently lost his piece of a tobacco company to his former partner William Fitzroy (Charles Coburn), his wife's brother. Roy, a successful interior decorator, is married to Dr. Peter Kingsmill (Dennis Morgan). Stanley is engaged to progressive attorney Craig Fleming (George Brent). The night before her wedding, Stanley runs off with Roy's husband Peter. Fleming becomes and stays depressed, but Roy soon decides to keep a positive attitude. After Roy divorces Peter, he and Stanley marry and move to Baltimore.
Let's Get Tough (1942)
, 1h2Directed by Wallace Fox
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell, David Gorcey, Ernie Morrison
Roles Scruno
Rating52%
Watching a military parade (stock footage from World War I), the gang decides to enlist in order to "kill a million Japs". Rejected by the Army, Marines, and Navy for being too young, the punks help the war effort by throwing fruit at a shop they believe is owned by a Japanese American. Confronted by him wielding a short sword, the gang decides to come back at night but find him dead. Their father figure Police Lieutenant "Pops" Stevens tell them they should be ashamed of themselves as Keno, the owner of the shop, was Chinese, an ally of America and that Danny should be especially ashamed as his brother is in the service.
Mr. Wise Guy (1942)
, 1h10Directed by William Nigh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Billy Gilbert, Ernie Morrison, David Gorcey
Roles Scruno (uncredited)
Rating57%
In New York, the East Side youth gang, consisting of Muggs McGinnis (Leo Gorcey), Danny Collins (Bobby Jordan), Glimpy Stone (Huntz Hall), Scruno (Ernest Morrison), Skinny (Bill Lawrence), and Peewee (David Gorcey), are falsely arrested on the wharf because the truck they are playing in was stolen. They are remanded to Wilton Reform School, where Muggs, the wise-cracking leader of the gang, is dubbed "Mr. Wise Guy" by the brutal guard Jed Miller (Dick Ryan).
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942)
, 1h1Directed by Wallace Fox
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Romance
Actors Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Ernie Morrison, Stanley Clements
Roles Scruno
Rating59%
This time around, the East Side Kids, a gang of well-meaning young rough-necks in New York, get pulled into a murder mystery. They manage to rescue a young girl by the name of Sylvia from her violent stepfather Morley's abuse. Soon after this the stepfather is killed by a gangster called McGaffey for interfering with his racketeering operation by stealing his money.
Smart Alecks (1942)
, 1h7Directed by Wallace Fox
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Stanley Clements, Ernie Morrison
Roles Scruno
Rating56%
Hank Salko (Gabriel Dell), a member of the Eastside youth gang in New York, is initiated into the world of adult crime when two gangsters, Mike (Joe Kirk) and Butch Brocalli (Maxie Rosenbloom), hire him to stand watch while they rob a bank. When Hank tries to share some of his ill-gotten money with the East Side Kids, they suspend him from the club, and Hank is then arrested by Joe Reagan (Roger Pryor), the local policeman.
Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)
, 1h2Directed by Wallace Fox
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Donald Haines, Ernie Morrison, David Gorcey
Roles Scruno
Rating60%
Two police officers patrolling the streets of New York City's Bowery discuss the lamentable fact that most of the young boys in the neighborhood will turn to crime and end up in jail. One exception, they agree, is Danny Breslin (Bobby Jordan), a young boxer who is studying economics and destined for success. While Danny's future looks bright, the future of his former best friend, Muggs McGinnis (Leo Gorcey), appears to hold little more than troubles with the law and juvenile probation. One day, when Danny learns that Muggs has been speaking poorly of his schoolteacher sister Mary (Charlotte Henry), he marches over to Clancy's Pool Hall, their favorite neighborhood haunt, and punches Muggs. The fight eventually turns into a pool hall riot, which results in Muggs's arrest. Officer Tom Brady (Warren Hull), Mary's sweetheart, believes that many of the boys can be reformed, and when he learns that Muggs has been involved in another fight, he tries to enlist Danny's help in determining the reason behind Muggs' propensity to fight. Danny surprises his mother, sister and Tom when he violently protests Tom's request, saying that he hates "coppers," and vows never to return to the police gym for his boxing practice. While Tom lays plans to reform Muggs by entering him as a fighter in the upcoming Golden Glove Tournament, Danny unwittingly gets involved with notorious thug Monk Martin (Bobby Stone). Unknown to Danny, Monk has used him to drive his getaway car in a grocery store holdup. After paying Danny for his "services," Monk manages to persuade him to quit school and join his racket. Meanwhile, Muggs, having made great strides at the Whitney reform school, goes to live with Tom and his mother (Martha Wentworth), much to the dismay of Mary, who promptly breaks off her relationship with Tom. Muggs eventually wins the respect of the entire neighborhood and earns the police department's sponsorship of his fight in the Golden Glove Tournament. So completely has Muggs given up his delinquent ways that he curses Monk when the racketeer offers him $1,000 to take a fall in the tournament fight. Later, after overhearing Tom's mother blaming his arrival for the break-up of Tom and Mary's relationship, Muggs becomes despondent and decides to move out. Just before the fight, crooked fight promoter Slats Morrison (Eddie Foster) plants the intended bribery money in Muggs's gear and tries to frame him. Danny, meanwhile, is wounded by Tom as he and Monk are caught fleeing from a robbery. Hospitalized and in desperate need of blood, Danny's life hangs in the balance until Muggs volunteers his blood and saves his best friend. Mary has a change of heart and returns to Tom, and Tom announces that Monk made a full confession before dying. Danny's family gathers around a radio and listens with pride as Muggs knocks out his opponent at the tournament. Following the fight, Slats and his boss Dorgan are arrested, and Tom and Mary look forward to their wedding.
Flying Wild (1941)
, 1h4Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Leo Gorcey, David Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Joan Barclay, Ernie Morrison, Dave O'Brien
Roles Scruno
Rating54%
While pals Skinny (Donald Haines), Danny Graham (Bobby Jordan), Peewee (David Gorcey), Algy Reynolds (Eugene Francis), and Scruno (Sunshine Sammy Morrison) all work at the Reynolds Aviation Company, which is run by Algy's father (Herbert Rawlinson), Muggs (Leo Gorcey), the only one of the kids who refuses to work, spends his time flirting with an ambulance nurse named Helen (Joan Barclay). Helen, though, is in love with her test pilot boyfriend Tom (Dave O'Brien).
Spooks Run Wild (1941)
, 1h5Directed by Phil Rosen
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Ghost films, Comedy horror films
Actors Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Ernie Morrison, David Gorcey
Roles Scruno
Rating53%
Members of the New York City East Side boys club--leader Muggs (Leo Gorcey), Danny (Bobby Jordan), Glimpy (Huntz Hall), Scruno(Sunshine Sammy Morrison), Skinny (Donald Haines), and Peewee (David Gorcey)--reluctantly board a bus bound for summer camp.
Boys of the City (1940)
, 1h8Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Themes Ghost films
Actors Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Hal E. Chester, Frankie Burke, Ernie Morrison, Donald Haines
Roles Scruno
Rating56%
To escape the heat of the city and a court sentence for malicious mischief, the East Side kids agree to visit a summer camp in the Adirondacks. En route, their car breaks down and they are reluctantly given accommodations in the home of Judge Malcolm Parker (Forrest Taylor). The Judge, under indictment for bribery, has much to fear. His life, as well as that of his niece Louise (Inna Gest) has been threatened by a gang of racketeers; his companion, Giles (Dennis Moore), has accused him of embezzling Louise's fortune; and his sinister housekeeper, Agnes, blames him for the death of her mistress, Leonora. The Judge's fears are compounded when he meets Knuckles Dolan (Dave O'Brien), the boys' guardian, whom he had unjustly sentenced to death, only to have his verdict reversed and Knuckles exonerated. Later that night, when Louise is kidnapped and the Judge found strangled, Giles and Simp (Vince Barnett), the Judge's bodyguard, accuse Knuckles of the murder, but the boys capture Simp and Giles and determine to find the murderer themselves. Muggs (Leo Gorcey) and Danny (Bobby Jordan) discover a secret panel in the library wall and enter a passage where they find Louise's unconscious body and glimpse the figure of a fleeing man. Knuckles captures the man, who identifies himself as Jim Harrison (Alden 'Stephen' Chase) of the district attorney's office. Amid the confusion, the real killer takes Louise captive, but the boys track him down and unmask Simp. Harrison then identifies the bodyguard as the triggerman seeking revenge on the Judge. With the crime solved, the boys can finally leave for their summer camp.
, 1h1Directed by Albert S. Rogell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Broderick Crawford, Jessie Ralph, Johnny Downs, Peggy Moran, Gertrude Michael, Warren Hymer
Roles Joe
Rating64%
Mobster Mama McGann is about to be caught red handed while robbing a bank, but she manages to escape with the help of the naive songwriter Bob Gunther, who is clueless about the robbery. Since Mama has already stolen Bob's wallet during their very brief encounter, she is struck by guilt and decides to return the wallet as thanks for his help. Her son, Sonny McGann, is ordered to return the wallet and hand over a small reward to Bob. Sonny is not what you would call a typical gangster, having far too much artistic blood flowing in his veins. Instead of dreaming of inheriting Mama's business, he yearns to become a poet. He decides to create a song to his childhood sweetheart Sadie, a woman he hasn't met for ages, and in need of a songwriter, he kidnaps Bob to help him out. When Bob has finished writing the tune to Sonny's lyrics, and the song is recorded, Sonny forces the local radio stations and music stores to play it, threatening them with his henchmen. Bob tries to get away from Sonny by speaking his language, and pretends to be lovesick. He names a singer, Magda Delys, as the subject of his strong emotions instead of his real girlfriend Linda Carroll. Sonny decides to help out by forcing Magda to marry Bob, and arranges for a ceremony to take place. Before the wedding, Bob is kidnapped again, this time by Sonny's rival Big Foot Louie. Sonny tries to rescue Bob on his own, but when he gets to Louie's, Bob is already writing a love song for the gangster. Sonny and Louie start discussing a truce, and a possible musical business venture together, while Bob is forced by Sonny's goons to marry Magda. When Sonny comes back and interrupts the "ceremony" he finds that Magda in fact is his old school sweetheart Sadie. A double wedding is arranged, where Sonny marries Sadie, and Bob marries Linda.
Pride of the Bowery (1940)
, 1h8Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Actors Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Ernie Morrison, Mary Ainslee, Donald Haines, David Gorcey
Roles Scruno
Rating59%
When Muggs (Leo Gorcey) refuses to train for the Golden Gloves match unless he has his own private camp in the country, Danny (Bobby Jordan) placates his pal by enlisting members of the Vassey Street Boys' Club in the Civilian Conservation Corps. Arriving at the camp, Muggs refuses to accept the authority of Allen (Kenneth Howell), the leader of the boys, and treats the facility as if it was his own private property. Later, Muggs has a chance to demonstrate his true nature when he risks his own life to save Al from being crushed by a falling tree. The camp captain praises Muggs for his courage, and as a reward, Muggs requests a boxing match with Al. Norton (Carelton Young), a small time boxing promoter, comes to watch the fight, which ends in a draw. Furious at the outcome, Muggs refuses to shake his opponent's hand, an act which earns the enmity of the other boys. When the captain (Kenneth Harlan) fails to remove the chip from Muggs' shoulder, his daughter, Elaine (Mary Ainslee), tries to reform him through kindness. Meanwhile, Willie (Bobby Stone), one of the boys, steals one hundred dollars from the camp cash box and confides to Muggs that he needed the money for his poor aunt. To get the money back for Willie, Muggs has Norton arrange a fight, and although he takes a beating in the ring, Muggs earns the one hundred dollars. While returning the money to the cash box, Muggs is caught and accused of theft. He refuses to inform on Willie, though and instead runs away. Danny then forces the truth from Willie, thus proving Muggs' true sportsmanship.