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Erskine Sanford is a Actor American born on 19 november 1885 at Trinidad (USA)
Erskine Sanford (November 19, 1885 – July 7, 1969) was an American actor in films from the late 1930s. A member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre company, he also appeared in several of Welles' films, most notably as the bumbling, perspiring newspaper editor Herbert Carter in Citizen Kane.
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Erskine Sanford
Nationality USA
Birth 19 november 1885 at Trinidad (USA)
Death 7 july 1969 (at 83 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 19 november 1885 at Trinidad (USA)
Death 7 july 1969 (at 83 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
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Sierra (1950)
, 1h23Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Wanda Hendrix, Burl Ives, Dean Jagger, Tony Curtis, Elliott Reid
Roles Judge Prentiss
Rating63%
Jeff Hassard (Dean Jagger) and his son Ring (Audie Murphy) lead an isolated existence in the mountains breaking horses, because Jeff is wanted for a murder he did not commit. Their lives are interrupted when they stumble upon a young woman, Riley (Wanda Hendrix). When Jeff is injured, Ring has to go into town to get help.
Impact (1949)
, 1h51Directed by Arthur Lubin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn, Helen Walker, Mae Marsh, Robert Warwick
Roles Dr. Henry Bender
Rating69%
Millionaire industrialist Walter Williams (Brian Donlevy) has a young wife, Irene (Helen Walker), who is trying to kill him with the help of her young lover, Jim Torrance (Tony Barrett). The plan falls apart when Williams survives a hit on the head from the would-be killer. Attempting to flee the scene in Williams' Packard Clipper convertible, Torrance dies in a fiery head-on collision. The body is mistakenly identified as Williams.
Night Unto Night (1949)
, 1h24Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ronald Reagan, Viveca Lindfors, Broderick Crawford, Rosemary DeCamp, Osa Massen, Art Baker
Roles Dr. Gallen Altheim
Rating58%
John Gaylord is in Florida, looking for a new place to live. Gaylord is a former scientist who now suffers from epilepsy, a fact he keeps hidden from Ann Gracie, a widow who rents him her house. Ann has introduced him to her friends C.L. and Thalia Shawn, a married couple who live nearby. Ann is upset because she believes she can still hear the voice of her late husband Bill, who was killed in the war. John has an epileptic seizure. A doctor tells him his condition is worsening. He and C.L., an artist, have discussions of whether there is life after death. Ann's sister Lisa develops a romantic interest in him, but John falls for Ann instead. As a hurricane threatens, John contemplates suicide.
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
, 1h26Directed by Max Ophüls
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Piano, Films about disabilities, Personne sourde ou muette
Actors Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Erskine Sanford, Marcel Journet, Betty Blythe, Art Smith
Roles Porter
Rating78%
In Vienna in the early twentieth century, Lisa (Joan Fontaine), a teenager living in an apartment complex, becomes fascinated by a new tenant, concert pianist Stefan Brand (Louis Jourdan). Stefan is making a name for himself through energetic performances. Lisa becomes obsessed with Stefan, staying up late to listen to him play, and sneaking into his apartment and admiring him from a distance. Despite her actions, they only meet once and Stefan takes little notice of her.
The Voice of the Turtle (1948)
, 1h43Directed by Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Ronald Reagan, Eleanor Parker, Eve Arden, Wayne Morris, Kent Smith, John Emery
Roles Storekeeper
Rating67%
A young actress, Sally Middleton, agrees to a date with a soldier, Bill Page, on a weekend pass after he's stood up by Olive Lashbrooke, her friend. When the soldier has trouble getting a hotel room, he ends up spending the weekend at her apartment.
Kidnapped (1948)
, 1h21Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Roddy McDowall, Dan O'Herlihy, Sue England, Erskine Sanford, Roland Winters, Jeff Corey
Roles Rankeillor
Rating60%
Macbeth (1948)
, 1h47Directed by Orson Welles
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier, Orson Welles, Alan Napier
Roles Duncan
Rating73%
La prise du pouvoir par Macbeth, roi d'Écosse, et son destin fatal...
Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
, 1h46Directed by Edward Ludwig
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors John Wayne, Gail Russell, Gig Young, Adele Mara, Luther Adler, Eduard Franz
Roles Dr. van Arken
Rating63%
The focus of the film is the deadly rivalry between two men of the sea. Ship's captain Ralls (John Wayne) nurses a long-standing grudge against shipping magnate Mayrant Ruysdaal Sidneye (Luther Adler). The reason for the animosity: Sidneye stole away Ralls' love, Angelique (Gail Russell).
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948)
, 1h16Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Guy Madison, Diana Lynn, James Dunn, Michael Chekhov, Florence Bates, Lionel Stander
Roles Dr. Danson (uncredited)
Rating59%
Eddie Tayloe (Madison) is a reporter assigned to the Ft. Worth desk of a Dallas newspaper, and as the two neighboring cities are feuding, therefore has nothing to do. He dreams of becoming a New York playwright, and a small inheritance from his grandfather gives him his chance. Quitting his job, he begins the long drive. Picking up hitchhiker Perry Denklin (Lynn), also looking for fame and fortune in New York, he shares with her encounters with various eccentric characters. The big city does not work out for either of them, and when Eddie finds Perry working in a Coney Island girlie show, he pulls her out and they find happiness together, buying a ranch back in Texas.
You Were Meant for Me (1948)
, 1h32Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dan Dailey, Jeanne Crain, Oscar Levant, Herbert Anderson, Barbara Lawrence, Marilyn Monroe
Roles Frank Smith
Rating60%
Chuck Arnold (Dan Dailey) is a bandleader during the 1920s. He meets hometown girl Peggy Mayhew (Jeanne Crain), a flapper script girl, at one of the band's presentations and the next day they get married. Though she loves him, life on the road becomes increasingly difficult for her, and eventually, with the rise of the Great Depression, in 1929, she tires of it and returns to her country home. Unable to find new bookings, he soon joins her and brings with him Oscar Hoffman (Oscar Levant) his acerbic, cynical manager. The bandleader finds the pastoral life a crashing bore and so heads for the big city to find fortune. Fortunately, this time, he succeeds and happiness is the result.
Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)
, 2h53Directed by Dudley Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey, Katína Paxinoú, Leo Genn, Kirk Douglas
Roles Josiah Borden
Rating62%
A wealthy New England family, the Mannons, await the return of patriarch Ezra, general for the Union in the Civil War, and son Orin, a timid young man before becoming an Army officer.
Possessed (1947)
, 1h48Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey, Geraldine Brooks, Stanley Ridges, Moroni Olsen
Roles Dr. Sherman - Graham's physician at inquest
Rating70%
A woman (Joan Crawford) is found wandering Los Angeles, unable to say anything other than "David". Admitted to a hospital, she is coaxed into recounting her life.
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
, 1h27Directed by Orson Welles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane, Errol Flynn, Glenn Anders, Ted de Corsia
Roles Judge
Rating74%
Irish sailor Michael O'Hara (Orson Welles) meets the beautiful blonde Elsa (Rita Hayworth) as she rides a horse-drawn coach in Central Park. Three hooligans waylay the coach. Michael rescues Elsa and escorts her home. Michael reveals he is a seaman and learns Elsa and her husband, disabled criminal defense attorney Arthur Bannister (Everett Sloane), are newly arrived in New York City from Shanghai. They are on their way to San Francisco via the Panama Canal. Michael, attracted to Elsa despite misgivings, agrees to sign on as an able seaman aboard Bannister's yacht.
The Stranger (1946)
, 1h35Directed by Orson Welles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Loretta Young, Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles, Philip Merivale, Richard Long, Konstantin Shayne
Roles Party Guest (uncredited)
Rating72%
In 1946, Mr. Wilson (Edward G. Robinson) of the United Nations War Crimes Commission is hunting for Nazi fugitive Franz Kindler (Orson Welles), a war criminal who has erased all evidence which might identify him, with no clue left to his identity except "a hobby that almost amounts to a mania—clocks."
Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
, 1h40Directed by Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about angels
Actors Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claude Rains, Erskine Sanford, Onslow Stevens, James Flavin
Roles Minister
Rating67%
After his release from prison, gangster Eddie Kagle (Paul Muni) is killed by his partner in crime, Smiley Williams (Hardie Albright). Kagle ends up in Hell, where "Nick" (Claude Rains) offers him a chance to escape hell and avenge his own death in exchange for help with a problem. Kagle looks exactly like Judge Frederick Parker, an upright man who is causing Nick distress because he is entirely too honest. Nick fears that Parker may cause him more anxiety in future, as he is running for governor of his state. Nick wants to destroy Parker's reputation and Kagle readily agrees to have his soul transferred into Parker's body.