Frank Fenton

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Frigid Wife (1962)

Mr. Brown

Hell Bound (1957)

Harry Quantro

Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956)

Sheriff Meeker

Gun the Man Down (1956)

The Naked Hills (1956)

Harold

Emergency Hospital (1956)

Edward Northrop

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Station West (1948) -- (Movie Clip) He Picks A Good Fight

Station West (1948) -- (Movie Clip) I Like The Way You Sing

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Frank Fenton worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. A screenwriter for film, Fenton's best work was often considered to include "Behind Jury Doors" (1933), "Angel's Holiday" (1937) with Jane Withers and the comedy "Wild and Woolly" (1937) with Jane Withers. He also appeared in "Step Lively, Jeeves!" (1937), the adventure "International Settlement" (1938) with Dolores Del Rio and "Down on the Farm" (1938). He continued to act in productions like "Buffalo Bill" (1944) with Joel McCrea, "Rosie, the Riveter" (1944) and "Hold That Blonde" (1945) with Eddie Bracken. Nearing the end of his career, Fenton wrote the Spencer Tracy action flick "Malaya" (1950), the crime picture "Walk Softly, Stranger" (1950) with Joseph Cotten and the Robert Mitchum drama "His Kind of Woman" (1951). He also appeared in the Joseph Cotten mystery "The Man With a Cloak" (1951). Fenton was most recently credited in "Something For a Lonely Man" (NBC, 1968-69). In addition to his writing, Fenton also appeared in "A Modern Marriage" (1950). Fenton passed away in July 1957 at the age of 51.

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Station West (1948) -- (Movie Clip) He Picks A Good Fight Emerging from an Arizona saloon, sometime after a military gold robbery, Dick Powell, who’s still pretty much a stranger to us, follows a soldier (Steve Brodie) with whom he argued, when some neat exposition introduces Agnes Moorehead as Mrs. Caslon, and Tom Powers as Capt. Iles, in Station West, 1948.

Station West (1948) -- (Movie Clip) I Like The Way You Sing Casing the saloon in the Arizona town where he’s arrived after the death of two soldiers in a gold shipment robbery, Dick Powell, whose name we haven’t learned, observes the almost implausibly attractive singer (Jane Greer), then meets a testy Army man (Steve Brodie) and a barkeep (John Doucette), in Station West, 1948.

Station West (1948) -- (Movie Clip) I Ain't Dead Yet Straight from a Burl Ives vocal under the credits, the aftermath of a gold robbery and Dick Powell arriving in town, the exterior certainly Sedona, Az, probably day-for-night, where Burl as the innkeeper resumes the song, opening director Sidney Lanfield’s taut, overlooked Western, Station West, 1948, also starring Jane Greer.

Nocturne (1946) -- (Movie Clip) This Is A Dancing School Location shooting at the Pantages in Hollywood, George Raft as detective Joe tracking a witness braces a ticket taker and a manager (Gladys Blake, Sam Flint) then a little gag, as the accomplished hoofer visits a dance school, learning from Janet Shaw, in RKO’s Nocturne, 1946.

Nocturne (1946) -- (Movie Clip) I Have Been Avoiding You Abundant style in the opening,as composer Keith Vincent (Edward Ashley), whom they’re playing for, maybe, a callous Cole Porter, performs for, he says, “Dolores,” though she’s never revealed, in Nocturne, 1946, directed by Edwin L. Marin, starring George Raft and Lynn Bari.

Nocturne (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Q.E.D. Suicide Introducing players investigating the murder scene, with William Challee the camera, Harry Harvey the doc, Walter Sande the head cop but mainly George Raft as detective Joe Warne, then Virginia Huston in her first credited part, all brass as Carol, the mighty good-looking maid, in Nocturne, 1946.

Nocturne (1946) -- (Movie Clip) I Don't Like Those Kind Of Pictures Following leads toward the murdered guy’s girlfriends, George Raft as detective Joe meets a peeved photographer (John Banner, a.k.a. Sergeant Schultz from TV’s Hogan’s Heroes!) Virginia Kelley his model, then finally co-top-billed Lynn Bari as Frances, Robert Andersen her boy-toy, in Nocturne, 1946.

His Kind Of Woman (1951) -- (Movie Clip) I Might Forget What I'm Doing Ebullient after the screening of one of his pictures at a Mexican resort, philandering actor Cardigan (Vincent Price) visits his paramour Lenore (Jane Russell) and fugitive gambler Dan (Robert Mitchum), then she confirms that musician Harry (Stacy Harris) really does know her from a previous life, into her song by Jimmy McHugh and Harold Adamson, in His Kind Of Woman, 1951.

His Kind Of Woman (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Where Do Old Gangsters Go To Die? Opening is narrated by Charles McGraw who will soon appear as gang henchman Thompson, introducing Raymond Burr as exiled gangster Ferraro (modeled on Lucky Luciano), who calls Corle (Paul Frees), John Mylong their third party, John Farrow directing, in His Kind Of Woman, starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell.

His Kind Of Woman (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Who's Happily Married? Ever more embittered paid girlfriend Lenore (Jane Russell) and her new confidant Dan (Robert Mitchum) at a Mexican resort have been summoned by her movie actor sponsor Mark Cardigan (Vincent Price), informing him that his wife has arrived, his agent (Carleton G. Young) attempting a rescue, in His Kind Of Woman, 1951.

His Kind Of Woman (1951) -- (Movie Clip) You Don't Like Fish? Not much story accomplished here but a money scene nonetheless, for attitude from Jane Russell as Lenore in her swimsuit and Robert Mitchum as busted gambler Dan, sent to a Mexican resort by gangsters for a mission he doesn’t yet understand, Jim Backus and Leslye Manning as other goofy guests, in His Kind Of Woman, 1951, from Howard Hughes’ RKO.

His Kind Of Woman (1951) -- (Movie Clip) You're Being Paged Working the crowd at Morro's resort in Baja, Dan (Robert Mitchum) with nervous bride Jennie (Leslye Banning), mysterious Kraft (John Mylong), dishy Lenore (Jane Russell) and, in his first appearance, vacationing movie actor Cardigan (Vincent Price), in John Farrow's His Kind Of Woman, 1951.

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