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Carbine Williams is a 1952 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring James Stewart, Jean Hagen and Wendell Corey. The film follows the life of its namesake, David Marshall Williams , who invented the operating principle for the M1 Carbine while in a North Carolina prison.
David Marshall Williams was born in Cumberland County, North Carolina, the son of James Claude Williams by his second wife, Laura Susan Kornegay.He was the eldest of seven children and the younger half brother of the five surviving children from the first marriage of James Claude Williams to Eula Lee Breece.
David M. Williams may refer to: David Marshall Williams (1900–1975), American designer of the short-stroke piston used in the M1 Carbine Carbine Williams, a 1952 American film starring James Stewart as Williams; David Williams (rugby union) (c. 1894–c. 1959), Australian rugby union player
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This Time for Keeps is a 1947 American romantic musical film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Esther Williams, Jimmy Durante, Johnnie Johnston and opera singer Lauritz Melchior. Produced by MGM , it is about a soldier , returning home from war, who does not wish to work for his father's opera company or to continue his relationship with ...
Jean Hagen (born Jean Shirley Verhagen; [a] August 3, 1923 – August 29, 1977) was an American actress best known for her role as Doll Conovan in The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and as Lina Lamont in Singin' in the Rain (1952), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Carbine Williams: May 2, 1952 Young Man with Ideas: May 11, 1952 When in Rome: May 23, 1952 The Girl in White: May 28, 1952 Skirts Ahoy! May 29, 1952 Lovely to Look At: May 30, 1952 The Sellout: June 6, 1952 Glory Alley: June 13, 1952 Pat and Mike: June 27, 1952 Scaramouche: July 18, 1952 Washington Story: July 18, 1952 You for Me: July 18 ...
Otto Hulett (February 27, 1898 – September 1, 1983) was an American film, television and stage actor.. Hulett was born in Chicago, Illinois.As an actor, he was best known for his roles in The Mob (1951), Saturday's Hero (1951), and Carbine Williams (1952).