Acting
Ruby Dandridge
Born March 3, 1900
Died October 17, 1987 · aged 87
No biography available.
Known For
Uncle Tom's Cabaña · 1947Uncle Tom's Cabaña
★ 5.61947
MovieAnimation
Uncle Tom tells the blood curdling story of how the evil Simon Legree tried to foreclose on Tom's simple log cabin. Uncle Tom's Cabaña is a 1947 American animated short film directed by Tex Avery. The short is a parody of Uncle Tom's Cabin, and is Avery's second parody of the novel, the first being Uncle Tom's Bungalow in 1937 while at Warner Bros. Cartoons.
Tap Roots · 1948Tap Roots
★ 6.91948
MovieDramaWar
Set at the beginning of the Civil War, Tap Roots is all about a county in Mississippi which chooses to secede from the state rather than enter the conflict. The county is protected from the Confederacy by an abolitionist and a Native American gentleman. The abolitionist's daughter is courted by a powerful newspaper publisher when her fiance, a confederate officer, elopes with the girl's sister. The daughter at first resists the publisher's attentions, but turns to him for aid when her ex-fiance plans to capture the seceding county on behalf of the South.
Gallant Lady · 1942Gallant Lady
★ 6.51942
MovieDrama
A female doctor is sent to prison for a mercy killing. She manages to escape, get married and lead a model life, but one day her secret is exposed.
The Clock · 1945The Clock
★ 7.11945
MovieRomanceDrama
A G.I. en route to Europe falls in love during a whirlwind two-day leave in New York City.
Dead Reckoning · 1946Dead Reckoning
★ 6.81946
MovieCrimeMystery
War heroes Rip Murdock and Johnny Drake are sent to Washington, D.C, to receive top honors for their service. Johnny, seemingly terrified by the publicity that awaits him, jumps off the train and later turns up dead. Suspecting foul play, Rip begins digging into his pal's past. He encounters cover-ups, threats to his own life and deadly femme fatale Coral Chandler.
A Hole in the Head · 1959A Hole in the Head
★ 6.21959
MovieComedyDrama
An impractical widower tries to hang onto his Miami hotel and his 12-year-old son.
Cabin in the Sky · 1943Cabin in the Sky
★ 6.51943
MovieMusicFantasy
When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for six months to prove that he deserves to be in heaven. He awakens, remembering nothing and struggles to do right by his devout wife, Petunia, while an angel known as the General and the devil's son, Lucifer Jr., fight for his soul.
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears · 1944Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
★ 6.21944
MovieComedyAnimation
The stories of "Goldilocks" and "Little Red Riding Hood" collide with the world of jazz, resulting in three jiving bears and a jitterbugging Big Bad Wolf. One of the “Censored 11” banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 for racist stereotyping.
Movies
Uncle Tom's Cabaña · 1947Uncle Tom's Cabaña
★ 5.61947
MovieAnimation
Uncle Tom tells the blood curdling story of how the evil Simon Legree tried to foreclose on Tom's simple log cabin. Uncle Tom's Cabaña is a 1947 American animated short film directed by Tex Avery. The short is a parody of Uncle Tom's Cabin, and is Avery's second parody of the novel, the first being Uncle Tom's Bungalow in 1937 while at Warner Bros. Cartoons.
Tap Roots · 1948Tap Roots
★ 6.91948
MovieDramaWar
Set at the beginning of the Civil War, Tap Roots is all about a county in Mississippi which chooses to secede from the state rather than enter the conflict. The county is protected from the Confederacy by an abolitionist and a Native American gentleman. The abolitionist's daughter is courted by a powerful newspaper publisher when her fiance, a confederate officer, elopes with the girl's sister. The daughter at first resists the publisher's attentions, but turns to him for aid when her ex-fiance plans to capture the seceding county on behalf of the South.
Gallant Lady · 1942Gallant Lady
★ 6.51942
MovieDrama
A female doctor is sent to prison for a mercy killing. She manages to escape, get married and lead a model life, but one day her secret is exposed.
The Clock · 1945The Clock
★ 7.11945
MovieRomanceDrama
A G.I. en route to Europe falls in love during a whirlwind two-day leave in New York City.
Dead Reckoning · 1946Dead Reckoning
★ 6.81946
MovieCrimeMystery
War heroes Rip Murdock and Johnny Drake are sent to Washington, D.C, to receive top honors for their service. Johnny, seemingly terrified by the publicity that awaits him, jumps off the train and later turns up dead. Suspecting foul play, Rip begins digging into his pal's past. He encounters cover-ups, threats to his own life and deadly femme fatale Coral Chandler.
A Hole in the Head · 1959A Hole in the Head
★ 6.21959
MovieComedyDrama
An impractical widower tries to hang onto his Miami hotel and his 12-year-old son.
Cabin in the Sky · 1943Cabin in the Sky
★ 6.51943
MovieMusicFantasy
When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for six months to prove that he deserves to be in heaven. He awakens, remembering nothing and struggles to do right by his devout wife, Petunia, while an angel known as the General and the devil's son, Lucifer Jr., fight for his soul.
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears · 1944Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
★ 6.21944
MovieComedyAnimation
The stories of "Goldilocks" and "Little Red Riding Hood" collide with the world of jazz, resulting in three jiving bears and a jitterbugging Big Bad Wolf. One of the “Censored 11” banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 for racist stereotyping.
Father Is a Bachelor · 1950Father Is a Bachelor
★ 7.41950
MovieComedyFamily
Johnny Rutledge is a drifter who comes to and discovers a cabin in the forest where five kids: January, February, March, April, and May are living without parents. Their parents died a while ago, and they want to keep that secret from the townspeople, especially the young school teacher, Prudence Millett, to avoid being sent to a children's home and eventual separation. Johnny moves in with the kids and poses as their uncle to take care of them while romancing Prudence. But in order to keep the children, he has to get married.
Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs · 1943Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs
★ 5.41943
MovieAnimationComedy
Spoof of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) with an all-black cartoon cast. One of the “Censored 11” banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 for racist stereotyping.
Flop Goes the Weasel · 1943Flop Goes the Weasel
★ 6.31943
MovieAnimation
While Mammy is gone to catch a worm for her about-to-hatch egg, a weasel steals the egg for his breakfast. When the egg hatches, the blabbermouth chick initially mistakes the weasel for his Mammy.
The Arnelo Affair · 1947The Arnelo Affair
★ 5.21947
MovieCrimeDrama
A neglected wife gets mixed up with an hypnotic charmer and murder.
Inside Job · 1946Inside Job
★ 5.91946
MovieCrimeDrama
A pair of married ex-convicts trying to go straight get jobs at a department store. A gangster who knows about their past threatens to expose it unless they agree to help him rob the department store.
My Wild Irish Rose · 1947My Wild Irish Rose
★ 6.01947
MovieMusic
Musical biography of Irish 19th century tenor Chauncey Olcott.
Black Moon · 1934Black Moon
★ 5.51934
MovieHorrorDrama
A woman returning to her island birthplace finds herself drawn to a voodoo cult.
Tish · 1942Tish
★ 6.51942
MovieDramaComedy
In this comedy, the town gossip fills her time running the lives of others. Naturally, she is also a matchmaker.
Home in Oklahoma · 1946Home in Oklahoma
★ 6.61946
MovieActionWestern
In this Roy Rogers entry, featuring a song written by Oklahoma Governor Roy J. Turner (making him and Lousiania's Jimmie Davis and Texas' W.E. "Pappy" O'Daniel possibly the only state governors to write songs used in a western), Flying U ranch owner Sam Talbot is killed by a fall from a horse. St. Louis reporter Connie Edwards comes to check a rumor that he might have been murdered. She goes to Roy Rogers, editor of the local newspaper, and he takes her to the reading of Talbot's will. The ranch is left to Talbot's 12-year-old ward, Duke Lowery, much to the dismay of Talbot's niece, Jan Holloway. After some attempts on Duke's life, Roy finally proves that Jan, Steve McClory and coroner Jim Judnick had Talbot killed and are conspiring to do the same for Duke, making Jan the last heir.
The War Against Mrs. Hadley · 1942The War Against Mrs. Hadley
★ 5.31942
MovieDrama
Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the war effort until she realizes that her selfishness is cheating the boys overseas who are fighting for her freedom.
A Night for Crime · 1943A Night for Crime
★ 4.61943
MovieComedyCrime
A dark night in war time, with several black-outs, it's just a night for murder. Susan Cooper, a fast-talking girl reporter, doubles as amateur sleuth solving yet another mystery among Hollywood's famous.
Three Little Girls in Blue · 1946Three Little Girls in Blue
★ 7.31946
Movie
Three sisters go to Atlantic City with hopes of finding rich husbands.
Carolina Blues · 1944Carolina Blues
★ 5.81944
MovieRomanceComedy
When he loses his lead singer, bandleader Kay Kyser can't find a replacement he likes.
Corregidor · 1943Corregidor
★ 4.41943
MovieActionDrama
A doctor and his staff in a hospital on the Philippine island of Corregidor shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor try to treat the sick, injured and wounded as American and Filipino troops desperately try to beat back a ferocious Japanese attack.
Midnight Shadow · 1939Midnight Shadow
★ 5.31939
MovieMysteryDrama
A confidence man pretending to be a mentalist swindles a family.
Junior Miss · 1945Junior Miss
★ 7.81945
MovieComedy
A Manhattan family's Christmas season turns topsy-turvy when 13-year-old Judy Graves mistakenly thinks her newly-arrived visiting uncle has just been released from prison.
TV Shows
Yancy Derringer · 1958Yancy Derringer
★ 6.21958
SeriesWestern
Yancy Derringer is an American Western series
Amos 'n' Andy · 1951Amos 'n' Andy
★ 7.61951
SeriesComedy
A pair of friends in Harlem find themselves caught up in a series of misadventures, business schemes, and everyday problems, often relying on their neighbors and community to help them out of trouble.
Father of the Bride · 1961Father of the Bride
★ 9.51961
SeriesComedy
Father of the Bride is an American sitcom that aired on CBS during the 1961-62 season. Produced by MGM Television, the series was based on the 1950 film of the same title. Cast members include Leon Ames as the father of the bride, Ruth Warrick as the mother, and Myrna Fahey as the bride.