O. Henry's Full House

...and named after Porter. Several schools around the country bear Porter's pseudonym. In 1952, a film featuring five stories, called O. Henry's Full House, was made. The episode garnering the most critical acclaim was "The Cop and the...

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...a mad French nobleman in a version of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Door in 1951. He was a tramp in O. Henry's Full House (1952) in which he had a one-minute scene with Marilyn Monroe. He became a pirate again, buffoon-style this time,...

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...the holiday season . The Gift of the Magi is widely referenced in popular culture ranging from the final segment of the motion picture O. Henry's Full House, which featured an adaptation of the short story, to numerous references in popular...

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...also appeared in four films with Marilyn Monroe (more than any other actor): As Young as You Feel (1951), We're Not Married (1952), O. Henry's Full House (1952) (although he was not in the same scene as Marilyn), and How to Marry a Millionaire...

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He quickly moved to featured status by the end of that year. He showed talent as the kidnapped Indian "Red Chief" in a segment of the film O. Henry's Full House (1952) and another kidnap victim as the son of scientist Gene Barry in The...

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...Ballard when Hathaway himself became a noted director. They would work together on several films, including: ''Diplomatic Courier (1952 ), O. Henry's Full House (1952), Prince Valiant (1954 ), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965 ), Nevada Smith...

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O. Henry's Full House (1952 ) is an anthology film made by 20th Century Fox, consisting of five separate stories by O. Henry. The film was produced by Andre Hakim and directed by five separate directors from five separate screenplays. The...

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...company in France. Andre worked at 20th Century Fox and produced such films as Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951), the anthology film, O. Henry's Full House (1952) and The Man Who Never Was (1956). He was married to one of Darryl F....

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...but he was notable in Laurel and Hardy's Saps at Sea in as Mr. Sharp, the horn factory owner, and as Farley Granger's boss in 's O. Henry's Full House. In the 1940s, Hayden was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character...

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