Alex Nicol (George Hadley), Eddie Ryder (Harry Russell), Ruta Lee (Emily Meadow), Tom Palmer (Prosecutor), Freeman Lusk (Judge), Guy Stockwell (Lieutenant), John Dennis (Quartermaster), Maria McClay (Japanese Store Clerk)
Maria McClay as a Japanese store clerk in conversation with Ruta Lee as Emily Meadow.
Maria plays a Japanese store clerk in this episode of the anthology series.
Scenes Featuring Maria
In order to view the video content for this post you must be logged in as a registered user of the site.
John Ireland (Jeff), Everett Sloane (Chevern), Carl Esmond (Martin), Howard Caine (Vlad), Al Avalon (Tony), Jo Morrow (Easter), Maria McClay (Lin Chan)
Brushfire! is a low budget black-and-white jungle warfare adventure exploitation film produced, directed and co-written by Jack Warner, Jr the only son of Jack L. Warner of Warner Bros.. Warner planned on making two more films under his Obelisk Productions company but they were never produced. It was filmed at the time of the beginning of American involvement in Viet Nam and Laos brushfire conflicts.
Maria McClay as Lin Chan with her husband Chevern (Everett Sloane).
John Ireland as Jeff and Everett Sloane as Chevern play two American World War II veterans who have settled as farmers in a Southeast Asian nation. When a group of guerillas under the leadership of Martin (Carl Esmond) and Vlad (Howard Caine) abduct a young American couple, Tony (Al Avalon) and Easter (Jo Morrow) Banford the two vets use their expertise in jungle warfare and their familiarity with the land to destroy the guerillas and rescue the couple.
Maria plays Lin Chan, Chevern’s wife. When he explains to her that he wants to help Jeff rescue the American couple she tells him that she may not wait for him and leave with their children.
Scenes Featuring Maria
In order to view the video content for this post you must be logged in as a registered user of the site.
Rosalind Russell (Bertha Jacoby), Alec Guinness (Koichi Asano), Ray Danton (Jerry Black), Madlyn Rhue (Alice Black), Mae Questel (Essie Rubin), Marc Marno (Eddie), Gary Vinson (Mr. McMillan), Sharon Hugueny (Bride), Frank Wilcox (Noah Putnam), Francis De Sales (American Embassy Representative), Yuki Shimoda (Mr. Asano’s Secretary), Harriet McGibbon (Lily Putnam), Alan Mowbray (Cpt. Norcross, his final film role), George Takei (Mr. Asano’s Majordomo), Maria McClay (Mr. Asano’s Maid)
A Majority Of One is an American comedy film adapted from the play of the same name by Leonard Spigelgass, which was a Broadway hit in the 1959-1960 season, starring Gertrude Berg and Cedric Hardwicke.
Bertha Jacoby (Rosalind Russell), a Jewish widow, is convinced by her daughter Alice Black (Madlyn Rhue) to move from Brooklyn, New York to Tokyo in order for Bertha to be closer to her along with her husband Jerry Black (Ray Danton), now stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. Her feelings about the Japanese with regards to her son’s death in World War II start to change on board the ship to Tokyo, where she meets Koichi Asano, a Japanese Buddhist and businessman (Alec Guinness), who also lost a spouse and two children in the war. The two share a bond over lives, their families, and their faiths, which develops into a romance. When she announces to her family of Asano’s courtship, her daughter and son-in-law object to the idea of an interracial marriage.
Maria McClay as a maid at Mr. Asano’s place with another maid, Bertha Jacoby (Rosalind Russell), Mr. Asano’s daughter-in-law (Tsuruko Kobayashi) and Mr. Asano (Alec Guinness).
Maria plays a maid in Mr. Asano’s household and helps get everything set up for an unplanned dinner for two when Bertha Jacoby (Rosalind Russell) shows up unexpectedly at Mr. Asano’s (Alec Guinness) home. Mr. Asano instructs her to pile up some pillows for their guest who is not used to Japanese style seating arrangements. Aside from Alec Guinness’ being in Yellow Face, which is rather uncomfortable to watch for modern eyes, there is a lot of good acting here and one would imagine that Maria very much enjoyed meeting one of the all-time great actors of her time.
Scenes Featuring Maria
In order to view the video content for this post you must be logged in as a registered user of the site.
Alan Ladd (Private Kincaid), Sidney Poitier (Sgt. Eddie Towler), James Darren (Private Cotton), Glenn Corbett (Hospital Corpsman Wade), Mort Sahl (Corporal Cran), Ana María Lynch (Maya), Paul Richards (Private Bracken), Richard Davalos (Private Casey), Lee Kinsolving (Private Dean), Joseph Gallison (Private Jackson), Paul Baxley (Private Lazitech), Charles Quinlivan (Lt. Earl D. Toland), Michael Davis (Cho), Mario Alcalde (Hunter), Maria McClay (Korean Woman), Ingemar Johansson (Private Torgil)
All the Young Men is a Korean War feature film dealing with desegregation in the United States Marine Corps. The inimitable Sidney Poitier plays Eddie Towler, a sergeant unexpectedly placed in command of the survivors of a platoon in the Korean War. The film explores the racial integration of the American military, centering on the African-American sergeant’s struggle to win the trust and respect of the men in his unit
Maria McClay as a Korean woman injured by a grenade with her half French daughter Maya (Ana María Lynch) and young son Cho (Michael Davis)
With their radio not working, Towler leads ten healthy survivors and a badly wounded Private Casey on a stretcher to their objective, a strategically positioned farm house in a mountain pass. As they warily approach the farmhouse, one soldier spots someone inside and throws a grenade, which wounds a Korean woman (Maria McClay). The only other occupants are her young son Cho (Michael Davis) and her adult, part-French daughter Maya (the Director’s Argentinian wife Ana María Lynch). Kincaid and some of the others want to leave before the enemy attacks, but Towler keeps them there.
Scenes Featuring Maria
In order to view the video content for this post you must be logged in as a registered user of the site.
Frank Sinatra (Cpt. Tom Reynolds), Gina Lollobrigida (Carla Vesari), Peter Lawford (Cpt. Grey Travis), Steve McQueen (Corporal Bill Ringa), Richard Johnson (Cpt. Danny de Mortimer), Paul Henreid (Nikko Regas), Brian Donlevy (General Sloan), Dean Jones (Sgt. Jim Norby), Charles Bronson (Sgt. John Danforth), Philip Ahn (Nautaung of the Kachin), Robert Bray (Colonel Fred Parkson), George Takei (Soldier in Hospital), Kipp Hamilton (Margaret Fitch), James Hong (General Chao), Mako (Soldier in Hospital), Maria McClay (Jeanine)
In 1943 Burma, a unit of American and British forces under the Office of Strategic Services joins with the native Kachin to hold back the Japanese Army. The unit, under the joint command of American captain Tom C. Reynolds (Frank Sinatra) and British captain Danny De Mortimer (Richard Johnson), with guidance from Kachin leader Nautaung (Philip Ahn), remains frustrated by their grueling duty, limited supplies and lack of medical care.
Maria McClay as French-speaking Eurasian girl Jeanine, being introduced by wealth business man Nikko Regas (Paul Henreid) to Captains Tom Reynolds (Frank Sinatra) and Danny de Mortimer (Richard Johnson).
While Maria’s role is a short one as French speaking Eurasian girl Jeanine at wealth business man Nikko Regas’ Burmese country retreat at the base of the Himalayan mountains, it allowed to her to share the screen with two of the all-time greats, Frank Sinatra and Paul Henreid.
In fact, the entire movie’s cast is a veritable smorgasboard and who-is-who of movie stardom, both current at the time and newly arising. Besides Sinatra and Henreid this movie features the unforgettable Gina Lollobrigida, a younger Steven McQueen and Charles Bronson as well as the inimitable George Takei and the ever-present James Hong, who probably shared the screen with Maria more than any other actor.
Scenes Featuring Maria
In order to view the video content for this post you must be logged in as a registered user of the site.
Cornel Wilde (Omar Khayyam), Michael Rennie (Hasani Sabbah), Debra Paget (Sharain), John Derek (Prince Malik), Raymond Massey (The Shah), Yma Sumac (Karina), Margaret Hayes (Queen Zarada), Joan Taylor (Yaffa), Sebastian Cabot (The Nizam), Perry Lopez (Prince Ahmud), Morris Ankrum (Imam Nowaffak), Abraham Sofaer (Tutush), Edward Platt (Jayhan)
In the eleventh century, in the Persian city of Nishapur, poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam (Cornel Wilde) meets with his secret love Sharain (Debra Paget), the daughter of his old professor, Imam Mowaffak (Morris Ankrum). Later, Omar greets Hasani Sabah (Michael Rennie), the overlord to the Governor of Gilan, who has come to Nishapur seeking a court appointment.
Though Omar has none of his friend’s ambition, Hasani reminds him of his oath to their childhood friend, The Nizam (Sebastian Cabot), who, as Keeper of the Kingdom, desperately needs people in the court whom he can trust. Brought before the Shah (Raymond Massey), Omar recites a poem which shocks many in the court, but pleases the Shah with its honesty, and is quickly appointed Court Counselor. After presenting the Shah with two beautiful slave girls (including Maria), as well as the severed heads of two enemies, Hasani is made Keeper of the Seal, a high position formerly held by Tutush (Abraham Sofaer), the Shah’s brother.
Maria McClay as a Chinese slave girl that was brought to the Shah as a gift by Hasani Sabah (Michael Rennie)
Maria plays a Chinese slave girl that is brought to the Shah as a gift by Hasani Sabah along with another, causing the men of his court to be quite distracted. After that Maria appears alongside a host of other slave and harem girls in a number of scenes throughout the movie. The film also features famous 50s exotica singer Yma Sumac as Karina.
Scenes Featuring Maria
In order to view the video content for this post you must be logged in as a registered user of the site.
Gene Barry (Jonathan Clark), Valerie French (Evelyn Wingate), George Voskovec (Prof. Klaus Bechner), Azemat Janti (Ivan Godofsky), Arnold Moss (The Alien), Stefan Schnabel (Soviet General), Paul Frees (Ward Mason), Maria McClay (Su Tan), Ralph Clanton (Mr. Ingram), Friedrich von Ledebur (Dr. Karl Neuhaus), Paul Birch (Admiral), Theodore Marcuse (Col. Gregor), Emil Sitka (Newsboy)
Englishwoman Evelyn Wingate (Valerie French), American reporter Jonathan Clark (Gene Barry), Chinese peasant Su Tan (Maria McClay), German physicist Klaus Bechner (George Voskovec), and Soviet soldier Ivan Godofsky (Azemat Janti) are randomly transported to an alien spacecraft in Earth orbit. There, they are met by a humanoid referring to himself only as “The Alien” (Arnold Moss), who explains that he is the representative of a world orbiting a sun about to go nova. Needing a new world to inhabit within the next 35 days, yet prohibited by their moral code from killing intelligent life, The Alien provides each of the five with sets of three capsules in a clear, round, hand-held case. Each capsule is capable of destroying all human life within a 3,000-mile diameter, with the expectation that humanity will use all the capsules, obliterating itself, leaving the Earth free for alien colonization.
Maria McClay as “Su Tan”, a Chinese peasant who’s been abducted by aliens, next to other abductees Dr. Klaus Bechner (George Voskovec) and Ivan Godofsky (Azemat Janti).
This 1957 black-and-white American science fiction film is based on the screenwriter John Mantley’s own 1956 original science fiction novel of the same name. The file recycles some flying saucer stock footage from the previous year’s “Earth vs. The Flying Saucers”.
Maria’s role as Su Tan, a Chinese peasant who loses her husband in the ongoing civil war, is one of her most extensive among her feature film credits. Despite not having any lines to speak she is present for the entire opening and setup of the movie and has a complete arc for her character.
Scenes Featuring Maria
In order to view the video content for this post you must be logged in as a registered user of the site.
Deborah Kerr (Anna Leonowens), Yul Brunner (King Mongkut of Siam), Rita Moreno (Tuptim), Terry Saunders (Lady Thiang), Martin Benson (Kralahome), Rex Thompson (Louis Leonowens), Patrick Adiarte (Prince Chulalongkorn), Alan Mowbray (Sir John Hay), Geoffrey Toone (Sir Edward Ramsay), Carlos Rivas (Lun Tha), Maria McClay (Royal Wife)
This American musical film was based on the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical of the same name, based in turn on the 1944 novel “Anna and the King of Siam” by Margaret Landon. That novel in turn was based on memoirs written by Anna Leonowens, who became school teacher to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s. No Thai actors were cast into any main character roles, although a few roles were given to Philippine-American and Chinese-American actors, and Brynner was of part East-Asian ancestry.
A widowed schoolteacher, Anna, arrives in Bangkok with her young son, Louis, after being summoned to tutor the many children of King Mongkut. Both are introduced to the intimidating Kralahome, Siam’s prime minister, who escorts them to the Royal Palace, where they will live, although Anna had been promised her own house. The King ignores her objections and introduces her to his head wife, Lady Thiang. Anna also meets a recent concubine, a young Burmese, Tuptim, and the fifteen children she will tutor, including his son and heir, Prince Chulalongkorn. In conversation with the other wives, Anna learns Tuptim is in love with Lun Tha, who brought her to Siam.
Maria McClay as one of the Royal Wives of King Mongkut of Siam played by Yul Brunner, seen here with Deborah Kerr as Anna Leonowens during the musical number known as the “March of the Siamese Children”.
Anna still wants her own house and teaches the children about the virtues of home life, to the King’s irritation, who disapproves of the influence of other cultures. She comes across Lun Tha and learns that he has been meeting Tuptim in secret. He asks her to arrange a rendezvous. The lovers meet under cover of darkness, and Lun Tha promises he will one day return to Siam and that they will escape together.
Maria appears as one of the Royal wives in various scenes throughout the movie.
Scenes Featuring Maria
In order to view the video content for this post you must be logged in as a registered user of the site.
Howard Keel (The Poet), Ann Blyth (Marsina), Dolores Gray (Lalume), Vic Damone (The Caliph), Monty Woolley (Omar), Sebastian Cabot (The Wazir), Jay C. Flippen (Jawan), Mike Mazurki (The Chief Policeman), Jack Elam (Hasan-Ben), Ted de Corsia (Police Sub-altern), Maria McClay (Harem Showgirl)
This American musical-comedy film was the fifth version of Kismet, previous versions of which had been released in 1914, 1920, 1930 and, probably the most famous one with Marlene Dietrich, by the same production company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, in 1944.
In old Baghdad, an impoverished and roguish poet (Howard Keel) is given the run of the scheming Wazir’s harem while pretending to help him usurp the young caliph. The Poet’s daughter, Marsinah (Ann Blyth) meets and falls in love with the young Caliph (Vic Damone), who has been traveling incognito.
Maria McClay as a Harem Showgirl in pink and turquoise with Howard Keel as The Poet.
Maria appears as one of the Harem Showgirls, first when a group of them are carrying around the newly wealthy poet and, later, after being taken into the Wazir’s harem, she witnesses a number of the events of the stories and participates in the chorus for one of the musical numbers of the movie.
Scenes Featuring Maria
In order to view the video content for this post you must be logged in as a registered user of the site.
Humphrey Bogart (James Carmody), Gene Tierney (Anne Scott), Lee J. Cobb (Mieh Yang), Agnes Moorehead (Beryl Sigman), E. G. Marshall (Dr. David Sigman), Jean Porter (Mary Yin), Carl Benton Reid (Father Cornelius), Victor Sen Yung (John Wong), Philip Ahn (Jan Teng), Benson Fong (Chun Tien), Leon Lontoc, Sammee Tong, Maria McClay (Woman in Kimono)
In 1947 Catholic priest Father O’Shea, played by Humphrey Bogart, makes his way to a remote mission in China to replace a priest who had been killed there. He meets Dr. David Sigman, Sigman’s wife Beryl, and nurse Anne Scott, the only other Western residents. They run a hospital for the surrounding villagers, at a time when competing warlords and communists are engaged in civil war. Anne becomes uncomfortable as she is romantically attracted to him. Beryl suggests to her husband that Anne be sent back to the United States, but he refuses to consider it, needing her at the hospital. Beryl suggests that O’Shea consult with Reverend Martin, a Protestant minister at another American mission, for advice. He agrees.
Maria had only a minor uncredited role in this film, described simply as “Woman in Kimono”, and appears among the family members of a man Father O’Shea must deliver some bad news to about the death of a woman he cared about. This minor role, however, allowed her to work with and appear next to one of the all-time greats, Humphrey Bogart.
Maria McClay as “Woman in Kimono”, 2nd from the left, watching Humphrey Bogart as Father O’Shea deliver some bad news to a family member.
Also among the cast are James Hong, who appears in a number of the same productions as Maria, Leon Lontoc, whom she’ll appear together with in an episode of “Burke’s Law” years later and Sammee Tong whom she also appears with in an episode of another series, “Bachelor Father”.
Scenes Featuring Maria
In order to view the video content for this post you must be logged in as a registered user of the site.
