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Jack Carson
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Frankie Fane (Jack Carson) is a particularly despicable gangster, who has accumulated a fortune selling illegal drugs to children. While hiding from the American authorities in Italy, Fane grows weary of visiting the same local sites day after day. Thus, he is receptive when another tourist, Ainslee Crowder (Christopher Dark), suggests that Frankie pay a visit to the out-of-the-way ruins in the Etruscan village of Alda Nouva. Unfortunately for Frankie, the village is populated by youngsters who prove to be every bit as larcenous -- and heartless -- as he is. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Jack Carson was one of the most popular character actors during the golden age of Hollywood, with a film career which spanned the 30's, 40s and 50s. Primarily employed for comic relief, his work in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof proved he could ... master dramatic material. During his career, he worked at RKO, MGM (cast opposite Myrna Loy and William Powell in Love Crazy), but most of his memorable work was at Warner Brothers. Carson's trade mark was the wisecracking know it all who eventually and typically was undone by his own over self-confidence.
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Judy Adams, a waitress anxious to break into acting, thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan agree to help her. Featuring cameos by some of Warner Bros. biggest stars including Jane Wyman, Gary Cooper, Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan it's a star studded picture. While the songs by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne are nowhere near their best the title song did receive an Oscar nomination.
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Fed up with the arrogant antics of his best singer (Lee Bowman), a desperate talent agent (Jack Carson) looks for a fresh face, only to find star quality in chanteuse Martha Gibson (Doris Day). Michael Curtiz directs this classic 1950s musical -- a remake of the 1934 film Twenty Million Sweethearts -- that features a cameo by Bugs Bunny, who "dances" with Carson and Day in a memorable number that mixes animation and live action.
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Actor Jack Carson was born in Canada but raised in Milwaukee, which he always regarded as his hometown. After attending Carroll College, Carson hit the vaudeville trail in an act with his old friend Dave Willock (later a prominent Hollywood character actor in his own right). Carson's first movie contract was at RKO, where he spent an uncomfortable few years essaying bits in "A" pictures and thankless supporting parts in "B"s. His fortunes improved when he moved to Warner Bros. in 1941, where after three years' apprenticeship in sizeable secondary roles he achieved his first starring vehicle, Make Your Own Bed (44); he was cast in this film opposite Jane Wyman, as part of an effort by Warners to create a Carson-Wyman team. While the studio hoped that Carson would become a comedy lead in the manner of Bob Hope, he proved himself an able dramatic actor in films like The Hard Way (43) and Mildred Pierce.
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Synopsis: After several years' faithful service in supporting roles, Jack Carson was awarded his first Warner Bros. starring vehicle with 1944's Make Your Own Bed. Carson's costar is the pert Jane Wyman, with whom he'd previously been felicitously teamed in Princess O'Rourke. The nonsensical story is set inRead More
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