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Howland Chamberlin (August 2, 1911 – September 1, 1984) was an American actor.
Howland Chamberlin was born on August 2, 1911 in Bronx, New York City, US.
Chamberlin moved in the 1930s from New York to California. He worked at a Federal Theatre Project, where he met his wife Leona, and at the Pasadena Playhouse. He made his film debut in the 1946 drama The Best Years of Our Lives, which won seven Oscars. In the next years, he often portrayed nervous figures in film noir. Although Chamberlin's appearance was uncredited, he was memorable as the cynical hotel receptionist in 1952's High Noon. High Noon remained Chamberlin's last film for 25 years, because he was blacklisted by the House of Un-American Activities and did not get any film roles.
He returned to working in New York, where he worked as a stage actor. In 1977 he made his screen comeback in the TV film A Touch of the Poet. He played Judge Atkins in the 1979 film Kramer vs. Kramer by Robert Benton. This was Chamberlain's third film in which a fellow cast member won the Oscar for Best Actor. Chamberlin worked as an actor until his death.
Chamberlin died in Oakland, California on September 1, 1984.
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Howland Chamberlin was born on August 2, 1911 in Bronx, New York City, US.
Chamberlin moved in the 1930s from New York to California. He worked at a Federal Theatre Project, where he met his wife Leona, and at the Pasadena Playhouse. He made his film debut in the 1946 drama The Best Years of Our Lives, which won seven Oscars. In the next years, he often portrayed nervous figures in film noir. Although Chamberlin's appearance was uncredited, he was memorable as the cynical hotel receptionist in 1952's High Noon. High Noon remained Chamberlin's last film for 25 years, because he was blacklisted by the House of Un-American Activities and did not get any film roles.
He returned to working in New York, where he worked as a stage actor. In 1977 he made his screen comeback in the TV film A Touch of the Poet. He played Judge Atkins in the 1979 film Kramer vs. Kramer by Robert Benton. This was Chamberlain's third film in which a fellow cast member won the Oscar for Best Actor. Chamberlin worked as an actor until his death.
Chamberlin died in Oakland, California on September 1, 1984.
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Electric Dreams (1984)
, 1h35Directed by Steve Barron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about computing, Comedy science fiction films
Actors Lenny Von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, Maxwell Caulfield, Bud Cort, Giorgio Moroder, Miriam Margolyes
Roles Neighbor
Rating63%
Miles Harding is an architect who envisions a brick shaped like a jigsaw puzzle piece that could enable buildings to withstand earthquakes. Seeking a way to get organized, he buys a personal computer to help him develop his ideas. Although he is initially unsure that he will even be able to correctly operate the computer, he later buys numerous extra gadgets that were not necessary for his work, such as switches to control household appliances like the blender, a speech synthesizer, and a microphone. The computer addresses Miles as "Moles", because Miles mistyped his name during the initial set-up. When Miles attempts to download data from a mainframe computer at work, the computer begins to overheat. In a state of panic, Miles pours a nearby bottle of champagne over the machine, which then becomes sentient.
Barbarosa (1982)
, 1h30Directed by Fred Schepisi
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Actors Willie Nelson, Gary Busey, Isela Vega, Gilbert Roland, Alma Martinez, Jiří Voskovec
Roles Emil
Rating62%
Young Karl Westover (Gary Busey), a pre-Civil War Texas farm boy, accidentally kills his brother-in-law and must flee to Mexico. Early into his flight he is met by the outlaw Barbarosa (Willie Nelson) who, seconds later, kills a man who was following him. It is apparent that Barbarosa knows him, but doesn't say. Despite his disgust that Karl has nothing worth robbing, is loath to leave the poor rube to die in the desert. Barbarosa shows Karl how to find water, make a fire, and catch an armadillo for his supper before leaving him with the advice to go home to Texas.
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
, 1h45Directed by Robert Benton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Justin Henry, Jane Alexander, Howard Duff, George Coe
Roles Judge Atkins
Rating77%
Ted Kramer (Dustin Hoffman) is a workaholic advertising executive who has just been assigned a new and very important account. Ted arrives home and shares the good news with his wife Joanna (Meryl Streep) only to find that she is leaving him. Saying that she needs to find herself, she leaves Ted to raise their son Billy (Justin Henry) by himself. Ted and Billy initially resent one another as Ted no longer has time to carry his increased workload and Billy misses his mother's love and attention. After months of unrest, Ted and Billy learn to cope and gradually bond as father and son.
High Noon (1952)
, 1h25Directed by Fred Zinnemann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Western
Themes Films about religion
Actors Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Katy Jurado, Eve McVeagh, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges
Roles Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Rating78%
Will Kane (Gary Cooper), the longtime marshal of Hadleyville, New Mexico Territory, has just married pacifist Quaker Amy Fowler (Grace Kelly) and turned in his badge. He intends to become a storekeeper elsewhere. Suddenly, the town learns that Frank Miller (Ian MacDonald), a criminal whom Kane brought to justice, is due to arrive on the noon train.
The Big Night (1951)
, 1h15Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors John Drew Barrymore, Preston Foster, Joan Lorring, Isabella Rossellini, Howard St. John, Myron Daniel Healey
Roles Flanagan
Rating63%
On his teenaged son Georgie's birthday, Andy LaMain is beaten with a cane by Al Judge, a crippled newspaperman. He does not fight back, confusing Georgie, who also wonders why his widower Dad's girlfriend Frances did not come to the birthday party.
Pickup (1951)
, 1h18Directed by Hugo Haas
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Hugo Haas, Beverly Michaels, Murvyn Vye, Howland Chamberlain, Bernard Gorcey
Roles 'The Professor', tramp
Rating66%
Low-budget, and showing it, Pickup contains a plot that is similar to that of The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), but according to Larry Langman "a poor man's version".
No Questions Asked (1951)
, 1h20Directed by Harold F. Kress
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Barry Sullivan, Arlene Dahl, George Murphy, Jean Hagen, Richard Anderson, Moroni Olsen
Roles Beebe (as Howland Chamberlin)
Rating66%
Ellen Jessman returns from a skiing vacation and Steve Keiver is at the airport to pick her up in his pal Harry's taxi. Keiver wants to marry Ellen, but as an insurance company's investigator, he doesn't make much money and knows that concerns her.
The Racket (1951)
, 1h28Directed by John Cromwell, Tay Garnett, Nicholas Ray, Mel Ferrer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, William Talman, Ray Collins, William Conrad
Roles Roy Higgins (uncredited)
Rating66%
The plot is very close to the original play and 1928 movie. Racketeer and mobster Nick Scanlon (Ryan) has managed to buy several of the local government and law-enforcement officials of a large midwestern American city. However, he can't seem to touch the incorruptible police captain Tom McQuigg (Mitchum), who refuses all attempts at bribery. The city’s prosecuting attorney, Welch (Collins), and a police detective, Turk (Conrad), are crooked and make McQuigg's job as an honest officer nearly impossible.
No Questions Asked (1951)
, 1h20Directed by Harold F. Kress
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Barry Sullivan, Arlene Dahl, George Murphy, Jean Hagen, Richard Anderson, Moroni Olsen
Roles Beebe (as Howland Chamberlin)
Rating66%
Steve Kiever (Barry Sullivan) est un jeune avocat travaillant pour une compagnie d'assurances. Il souhaite obtenir de l'avancement afin de contenter les goûts de luxe de sa petite amie, Ellen (Arlene Dahl). Cette dernière, de retour de voyage, se dérobe une nouvelle fois à la proposition de mariage de Kiever.
House by the River (1950)
, 1h24Directed by Fritz Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Louis Hayward, Jane Wyatt, Lee Bowman, Dorothy Patrick, Kathleen Freeman, Ann Shoemaker
Roles D.A.-prosecutor at inquest
Rating69%
A rich novelist, Stephen Byrne, who lives and works by a river, kills his attractive maid after she begins screaming following a drunken pass. The writer, with the help of his limping brother, loads the body into an old sack and the pair throws the body into the river. Unfortunately, the body comes back up and floats by the house days later. Despite desperate attempts by the brothers to get the body, the police end up recovering it.
Mister 880 (1950)
, 1h30Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Burt Lancaster, Dorothy McGuire, Edmund Gwenn, Millard Mitchell, Minor Watson, Howard St. John
Roles Duff (uncredited)
Rating69%
Un faux-monnayeur parvient depuis vingt ans à échapper aux agents du Trésor Américain, non pas qu'il soit expert, mais au contraire, son amateurisme fait qu'il n'imprime que cinquante dollars par mois. L'agent Buchanan tente de l'épingler. On ne peut pas se tromper sur l'origine de ses billets, ils sont mal imités et comportent une faute à Washington !
Force of Evil (1950)
, 1h18Directed by Abraham Polonsky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Noir, Crime
Actors John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windsor, Paul Fix, Howland Chamberlain, Roy Roberts
Roles Freddie Bauer
Rating71%
The drama tells of a lawyer, Joe Morse (Garfield), working for a powerful gangster, Tucker, who wishes to consolidate and control the numbers racket in New York. This means assuming control of the many smaller numbers rackets, one of which is run by Morse’s older brother Leo Morse (Thomas Gomez). The plot which unfolds is a terse, melodramatic thriller notable for realist location photography, almost poetic dialogue and frequent biblical allusions (Cain and Abel, Judas's betrayal, stigmata).
Edge of Doom (1950)
, 1h39Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Dana Andrews, Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Robert Keith, Paul Stewart, Mala Powers
Roles Mr. Murray
Rating63%
The story concerns a young mentally disturbed man, Martin Lynn (Farley Granger), who goes on a rampage after his sick mother dies. One of the man's biggest beefs is with the Catholic Church who, in addition to slighting him when his mother needed a priest, once refused to bury his father years earlier because he committed suicide. The man, blaming the environment he lives in, goes on a rampage taking revenge on his cheap boss, a mortician and a priest, Father Kirkman (Harold Vermilyea), who refuses to give his poor mother a big funeral. He begins his rampage by killing the hard-line Catholic priest, who slighted him, by beating him with a heavy crucifix. Later, another young priest, Father Roth (Dana Andrews), suspects the young man, now arrested for another crime, for the killing.
Francis (1950)
, 1h31Directed by Arthur Lubin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Military humor in film, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Donald O'Connor, Patricia Medina, Chill Wills, Zasu Pitts, Ray Collins, John McIntire
Roles Major Nadel
Rating63%
Second Lieutenant Peter Stirling (Donald O'Connor) is caught behind Japanese lines in Burma during World War II. Francis, a talking Army mule (voiced by Chill Wills), carries him to safety. When Stirling insists that the animal rescued him, he is placed in a psychiatric ward. Each time Stirling is released, he accomplishes something noteworthy (at the instigation of Francis), and each time he is sent back to the psych ward when he insists on crediting the talking mule. Finally, Stirling is able to convince General Stevens (John McIntire) that he is not crazy, and he and the general become the only ones aware of Francis' secret. In an effort to get himself released from the psych ward, Stirling asks Stevens to order Francis to speak, but the mule will not obey until it becomes clear that Stirling will be arrested for treason if he remains silent.
Surrender (1950)
, 1h30Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Actors Vera Ralston, John Carroll, Walter Brennan, Francis Lederer, William Ching, Maria Palmer
Roles The Casino Manager
Rating60%
Après avoir laissé son mari Henry Vaan emprisonné à Houston, la belle Violet Barton, elle-même recherchée par la police de San Antonio, s'installe dans la ville frontière de La Mirada avec sa sœur Janet. Alors que Janet ouvre une boutique, Violet fait du charme à un joueur de blackjack pour qu'il vole de l'argent à son patron, Greg De Laney, afin de pouvoir lui acheter un bracelet. Lorsque Greg arrive chez elle pour récupérer ce bracelet, Violet flirte avec lui.