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Roscoe Karns (1941)

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Karns, a popular character actor in dozens of films from the 1920s to the 1960s, hit his peak period in the 1930s, where he often played a wisecracking cab driver or a brash newspaper reporter. He brought his style to Columbia and appeared in two enjoyable comedies, one of which (HALF SHOT AT SUNRISE) was later released to the Super 8mm home movie market in the early 1970's.

The two Karns titles were syndicated in 1959 by Screen Gems Television.



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BLACK EYES AND BLUES (4/18/41) D: Jules White. Elise Ames, Richard Fiske, Don Beddoe, Dorothy Appleby, Eddie Laughton, John Tyrrell, Stanley Brown, Lynton Brent. Roscoe's wife heads for Reno to get a divorce. TRIVIA: Theatrically reissued in February, 1956.

HALF SHOT AT SUNRISE
(9/4/41) D: Del Lord. Ann Doran, Marion Martin, Bobby Larson, Vernon Dent, Bess Flowers, Bud Jamison, Monty Collins, Jack Tiny Lipson, Symona Boniface, John Tyrrell, Stanley Brown, Claire James, Victor Travers, Eddie Laughton, Ted Lorch, Marjorie Babe Kane, Frank Mills, Hank Mann, Bert Young. After his wife walks out on him, obnoxious Roscoe takes his son to the movies and creates havoc in the theater. TRIVIA: Reissued theatrically in October, 1953.



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