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The Buccaneer is a 1938 American adventure film made by Paramount Pictures starring Fredric March and based on Jean Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. The picture was produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille from a screenplay by Harold Lamb , Edwin Justus Mayer and C. Gardner Sullivan adapted by Jeanie MacPherson ...
The following year, he was cast in the titular role in The General Died at Dawn. He appeared in the 1937 musical High, Wide, and Handsome with Irene Dunne and Randolph Scott, and the 1938 proto-noir Dangerous to Know opposite Anna May Wong, frequently singled out as his best role. [10]
January 14, 1938: Every Day's a Holiday: January 21, 1938: Thrill of a Lifetime: Daughter of Shanghai: January 28, 1938: Partners of the Plains: February 4, 1938: The Buccaneer [b] February 11, 1938: Scandal Street: February 11, 1938: The Big Broadcast of 1938: February 25, 1938: Cassidy of Bar 20: March 11, 1938: Dangerous to Know: March 18 ...
He continued in a variety of B pictures such as Prison Farm and King of Alcatraz before appearing in two of Cecil B. DeMille's films The Buccaneer (1938) and North West Mounted Police (1940). In 1941, Hart's acting career was interrupted when he was drafted into the United States Army.
Being a trained stage actor, Sheffield easily made the transition from silent films to talkies. He was a working actor who became memorable in numerous character and supporting roles and appeared with some of the greatest film stars of the day, including Constance Bennett , William Powell , George Arliss , Loretta Young , Gary Cooper , Errol ...
The Buccaneer (1938) as Dolly Madison; The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) as Widow Douglas (uncredited) Jezebel (1938) as Mrs. Kendrick; You Can't Take It with You (1938) as Penelope "Penny" Sycamore; Chicken Wagon Family (1939) as Josephine Fippany; Quick Millions (1939) as Mrs. Jones; The Blue Bird (1940) as Mummy Tyl; Laddie (1940) as Mrs ...
Pin-up photo of Keyes for Yank, the Army Weekly in 1944. A chorus girl by age 18, Keyes came out to Hollywood and was introduced to Cecil B. DeMille who in her own words "signed me to a personal contract without even making a test". [5] After a handful of B movies at Paramount Pictures, she was cast in Say It in French (1938).
McDonald was one of Cecil B. DeMille's favorite character actors. [ citation needed ] DeMille gave him credited supporting roles in six of his films: The Plainsman (1936), The Buccaneer (1938), Union Pacific (1939), North West Mounted Police (1940), Samson and Delilah (1949), and The Ten Commandments (1956).