Frances Grant

Frances Grant (February 15, 1909 – February 20, 1982) was an American movie actress and dancer. She appeared as the leading lady of Gene Autry in Red River Valley (1936) and Oh, Susanna! (1936) and other b-films.

Biography

According to the US Censuses for 1920, 1930 and 1940, Frances Grant was born in 1911 in Colorado, to Fannie Hale Grant and Ernest V. Grant, a mining engineer, and was their only child. They had moved to Los Angeles, California, by 1920 (where the census identifies her as "Donna" Grant), at which time she was already a dancer. In the early 1930s, she became the dancing partner of Hal Le Roy in the Ziegfeld Follies. In 1934, she began her film career with uncredited roles as a dancer in the Kentucky Kernels (1934) and The Nitwits (1935).

Grant appeared in her first major film role in the 1935 Western film Thunder Mountain opposite George O'Brien. In the following year she appeared as the leading lady of Gene Autry in Red River Valley (1936) and Oh, Susanna! (1936). In the latter film, Grant sings a duet with Autry on the song "Water Wheel" with Autry accompanying them on guitar. That same year she had leading roles in Born to Fight with Frankie Darro, The Traitor with Tim McCoy, and Cavalry opposite Bob Steele.

Frances

Frances is a given name, the feminine version of Francis.

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Frances, Washington

Frances is an unincorporated community in Pacific County, Washington, United States. Frances is located along State Route 6 east of the community of Lebam. Frances and surrounding areas are part of an area heavily affected by the logging industry.

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Frances (horse)

Frances was a New Zealand thoroughbred racemare foaled in 1942 by Bulandshar (GB) out of Trivet (NZ). She won a number of major races including the 1948 Auckland Cup.

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Grant (name)

Grant can be both a surname and a given name. The name is of English and Scottish origin, and there are several possible origins for the name.

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M3 Lee

The Medium Tank M3 was an American tank used during World War II. In Britain the tank was called by two names based on the turret configuration and crew size. Tanks employing US pattern turrets were called the "Lee", named after Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Variants using British pattern turrets were known as "Grant", named after U.S. General Ulysses S. Grant.

Design commenced in July 1940, and the first M3s were operational in late 1941. The U.S. Army needed a medium tank armed with a 75mm gun, and coupled with the United Kingdom's demand for 3,650 medium tanks immediately, the Lee began production by late 1940. The design was a compromise meant to produce a tank as soon as possible. The M3 had considerable firepower as it was well armed and provided good protection, but had certain serious drawbacks in its general design and shape, such as: a high silhouette, an archaic sponson mounting of the main gun, riveted construction, and poor off-road performance. Its overall performance was not satisfactory and the tank was withdrawn from front line duty — except in the remote areas of the Asian Theater where it was used by British forces until mid-1944 or possibly later — as soon as the M4 Sherman became available in large numbers. In spite of this it was considered by Hans von Luck (a Colonel in the Wehrmact and author of Panzer Commander) superior to the best German tank at the time of its introduction, the Panzer IV.