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Jun 13, 2024 · While several of O’Brien’s westerns are similar, MARSHAL OF MESA CITY is a cut above the rest, and includes more interesting secondary characters. Mesa City has high crime and is run by corrupt leaders, like Sheriff Jud Cronin (Ames). Cliff Mason (O’Brien) is hired by the mayor to clean up the town.
5 days ago · In a small Kansas town, theater usher Merton Gill (Red Skelton) has aspirations to become a silent movie actor like his hero, Lawrence Rupert (Leon Ames). When Merton manages to thwart a robbery attempt by mimicking his favorite screen star, he's dispatched to Hollywood on a publicity junket to help rejuvenate Rupert's flagging film ...
Jun 28, 2024 · Meet Me in St. Louis, American musical film, released in 1944, that provided Judy Garland with one of the best roles of her career, as well as several of her signature songs. The film, set in St. Louis, Mo., follows the Smith family in the days leading up to the 1904 World’s Fair.
Jun 10, 2024 · From Showtime’s City on a Hill to Swarm on Amazon Prime and now to The Chi, the latter which ended for Leon this weekend on Paramount+ after his character, attorney Alonzo, made the fatal ...
Jun 21, 2024 · Leon Ames’s scenes were also deleted, and so were Julie Haydon’s and Violet Seton’s. It is the only film appearance of Peg Entwistle, who despaired about her career and jumped to her death from the Hollywood sign on September 16, 1932.
Jul 1, 2024 · George O’Brien, Virginia Vale, Leon Ames, Henry Brandon, Harry Cording, Lloyd Ingraham, Slim Whitaker, Joe McGuin, Mary Gordon, Frank Ellis. Studio: RKO Radio Pictures. Director: David Howard. Plot: Mesa City is filled with crime and the local sheriff, Jud Cronin (Ames) is corrupt.
4 days ago · Actor Leon Ames is born in Portland, Indiana. His Disney credits include the features The Monkey's Uncle, The Misadventures of Merlin Jones, Son of Flubber, and The Absent Minded Professor. (Ames is best remembered for playing fatherly figures in such films as Meet Me in St. Louis and Little Women.
