Marla Shelton

Acting

Marla Shelton

Born October 12, 1912 · Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA

Died February 14, 2001 · aged 88

No biography available.

Known For

Saratoga TrunkSaratoga Trunk · 1945
Saratoga Trunk
★ 6.11945
MovieDramaRomance
An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces to achieve justice from the society that has ostracized them.
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 · 1937
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
★ 5.51937
MovieComedyRomance
An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reissued under the title All This and Glamour Too. The top models of the era, including several who are advertising household products, are in the cast. The plot centers around a chic boutique, whose owner, George Curson (Warner Baxter), tries hard to please his customers while keeping peace with his unhappy wife. A wealthy young woman, Wendy Van Klettering (Joan Bennett), decides to take a job as a model at the fashion house, just to amuse herself, but her presence annoys Curson, who must put together the best possible show to compete with rival fashion houses at the Seven Arts Ball. The film includes several hit songs, including the Oscar-nominated "That Old Feeling" by Sammy Fain and Lew Brown.
There Goes My GirlThere Goes My Girl · 1937
There Goes My Girl
★ 7.51937
MovieActionRomance
Jerry and Connie are engaged to be married, but they're also rival newspaper reporters, and when they're both assigned to cover the same murder case, the temptation to out-scoop the other threatens their relationship.
Stand-InStand-In · 1937
Stand-In
★ 6.51937
MovieComedyRomance
An east coast efficiency expert, who stakes his reputation on his ability to turn around a financially troubled Hollywood studio, receives some help from a former child star who now works as a stand-in for the studio.
Personal PropertyPersonal Property · 1937
Personal Property
★ 6.91937
MovieComedyRomance
Raymond Dabney returns to his family after trouble with the law. He convinces the sheriff to give him a job watching the house and furniture of widow Crystal Wetherby without knowing she is engaged to his brother.
Under Cover of NightUnder Cover of Night · 1937
Under Cover of Night
★ 6.01937
MovieMysteryAction
A detective (Edmund Lowe) trails a professor (Henry Daniell) who stole credit for his wife's research, then killed her.
When Johnny Comes Marching HomeWhen Johnny Comes Marching Home · 1942
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
★ 7.01942
Movie
By popular consensus, Allan Jones' best Universal mini-musical of the 1940s was the timely When Johnny Comes Marching Home. Jones is cast as war hero Johnny Kovacs, who wearies of the adulation heaped upon him and takes refuge under an assumed name in a theatrical boarding house. Here he befriends orchestra leader Phil Spitalny and his all-girl aggregation, including the inimitable Evelyn and Her Magic Violin. When Army officials trace Johnny to the boarding house, his new friends assume that he's a deserter and try to convince him to return to duty.
BalalaikaBalalaika · 1939
Balalaika
★ 5.31939
MovieRomanceMusic
A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary activities fall in love.

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Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 · 1937
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
★ 5.51937
MovieComedyRomance
An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reissued under the title All This and Glamour Too. The top models of the era, including several who are advertising household products, are in the cast. The plot centers around a chic boutique, whose owner, George Curson (Warner Baxter), tries hard to please his customers while keeping peace with his unhappy wife. A wealthy young woman, Wendy Van Klettering (Joan Bennett), decides to take a job as a model at the fashion house, just to amuse herself, but her presence annoys Curson, who must put together the best possible show to compete with rival fashion houses at the Seven Arts Ball. The film includes several hit songs, including the Oscar-nominated "That Old Feeling" by Sammy Fain and Lew Brown.

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