James Barton
Also Known As: James Edward Barton
Biography: James Barton (November 1, 1890 - February 19, 1962) was an American vaudevillian and a character actor in films and television. Born into a theatrical family in Gloucester City, New Jersey, Barton began performing in minstrel shows and burlesque houses throughout the country in 1898. His years of experience working with African American performers led to his becoming one of the first jazz dancers in America. After working with repertory companies in the South and Midwest, he made his Broadway debut in the musical revue The Passing Show of 1919 in a role originally intended for Ed Wynn. He frequently was the highlight in mediocre productions, and a critic for the Daily News noted, "Whenever the book failed him, he shuffled into one or more of his eccentric dances." Additional theatre credits include Sweet and Low, Tobacco Road, The Iceman Cometh, and Paint Your Wagon. Barton's film career began in the silent era. His screen credits include The Time of Your Life, Here Comes the Groom, and The Misfits. On television he appeared in The Ford Television Theatre, Lux Video Theatre, Studio One, The Kaiser Aluminum Hour, Playhouse 90, Kraft Television Theatre, The Rifleman, Adventures in Paradise, and Naked City. Barton died of a heart attack in Mineola, New York. Bing Crosby considered James Barton to be one his ten favorite performers of all time, alongside names such as Al Jolson, Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Judy Garland and Nat King Cole. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Barton (vaudevillian), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
Birthday: October 31, 1890
Deathday: February 19, 1962
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Gender: Male
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Yellow Sky
Overview: In 1867, a gang led by James "Stretch" Dawson robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws come upon a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a hostile young woman named Mike and her grandpa. The story is a Western adaptation of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest".
Genres: Crime Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-24
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The Misfits
Overview: While filing for a divorce, beautiful ex-stripper Roslyn Taber ends up meeting aging cowboy-turned-gambler Gay Langland and former World War II aviator Guido Racanelli. The two men instantly become infatuated with Roslyn and, on a whim, the three decide to move into Guido's half-finished desert home together. When grizzled ex-rodeo rider Perce Howland arrives, the unlikely foursome strike up a business capturing wild horses.
Genres: Western Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-02-01
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Here Comes the Groom
Overview: Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-20
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The Scarf
Overview: A man who is believed to have murdered a woman, escapes from the insane asylum to find if he was the one to actually kill her using the scarf she was wearing.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-06
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The Shepherd of the Hills
Overview: Young Matt Matthews, an Ozark Mountains moonshiner, hates the father he has never seen, who apparently deserted Matt's mother and left her to die. His obsession contributes to the hatred rampant in the mountains. However, the arrival of a stranger, Daniel Howitt, begins to positively affect the mountain people, who learn to shed their hatred under his gentle influence.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-18
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Hideaway Girl
Overview: An unfortunate marriage and a bogus Count are the ingredients for this musical.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-20
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Helldorado
Overview: Arthur T. Ryan, a hitchhiker, gets a ride from haughty, society girl Glenda Wynant and her fiance, wealthy J. F. Van Avery after he helps them to replace the top of their convertible when it begins to rain. As they approach a bridge, Art notices a few stalled cars, and when the storm worsens, the bridge washes away, leaving Art, Glenda, Van and several others stranded in a canyon.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-05
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Wabash Avenue
Overview: Andy Clark discovers he was cheated out of a half interest in partner Mike's business, now a thriving dance hall in 1892 Chicago. Unable to win it back, Andy schemes to make Mike's position untenable. He also hopes to turn Ruby Summers, Mike's motor-mouthed burlesque queen, into a classier entertainer, and incidentally to make her his own. But at the last minute, Andy's revenge comes unravelled.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-31
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The Naked Hills
Overview: Tracy Powell, an Indiana farmer, gets the gold fever and heads for Stockton, California in 1849. There, he abandons his first partner, Bert Killian, and teams up with Sam Wilkins, a claim jumper employed by Willis Haver. Six years later, Powell returns to Indiana and his sweetheart, Julie. They marry and he tries farming again but, on the night their son is born, he takes off again searching for gold. This time he heads for the hills with an inveterate prospector, Jimmo McCann. A decade later, the two are still hunting for their big strike when McCann is killed in an accident. Powell returns home with news of a big strike but the deserted Julie will have nothing to do with him. His friend Killian will not believe him but Haver, now a banker gives him a small loan and then beats him out of his claim. Many years pass before he comes home, now sixty-years-old, and this time, his wife and son open their home to him. But he vows to go prospecting come next spring.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-17
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The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Overview: An Irish horsecar driver's daughter meets New York showman Tony Pastor and goes into vaudeville.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-04-29
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Quantez
Overview: A gang of bank robbers with a posse in hot pursuit. Riding into the desert, they take refuge in Quantez, a small town they find deserted. Their horses tired and near death, they’re forced to stay the night — with the plan to cross the border into Mexico the next day.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-06
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Golden Girl
Overview: Against the background of the Civil War, sixteen-year-old song-and-dance artiste Lotta Crabtree works her way across America, becoming ever more popular.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-01
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The Time of Your Life
Overview: Joe spends a lot of his time at Nick's Pacific Street Saloon. Tom, who credits Joe with once saving his life, stops by regularly to run errands for Joe. Today, Tom notices a woman named Kitty when she comes into Nick's, and he quickly falls in love with her. Meanwhile, a distraught young man repeatedly calls his girlfriend, begging her to marry him. Nick himself muses on all the various persons who come into his bar, some to ask for work and others just to pass the time.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-03
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His Family Tree
Overview: A father leaves his native Ireland and travels to America to visit the son he hasn't heard from in many years.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-29
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Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland
Overview: Edgar Bergen and his dummy, Charlie McCarthy, join Alice on her adventure in Wonderland.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-05-05
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Captain Hurricane
Overview: Zenas Brewster is a seafaring man with a bad reputation. Notorious for his tempestuous nature, Brewster has earned the nickname of "Captain Hurricane." Brewster is smitten with neighbor Abbie Howland, but she doesn't like his temperament. After a period of retirement, a bad investment puts Brewster back at work on the sea. And when fire overtakes his ship, Hurricane proves heroic, selflessly rescuing his crew from a grisly and deadly fate.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-01
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Back to Nature
Overview: The Jones family goes to a convention traveling in a trailer. The oldest daughter gets involved with a convict, the oldest son has a love affair, and the youngest son gets into photography.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-14
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The Foggy, Foggy Dew
Overview: From Lux Video Theater
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-03-17
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