Acting
Noel Francis
Born August 31, 1906 · Temple, Texas, USA
Died October 30, 1959 · aged 53
Noel Francis was born in Temple, Texas in 1906. By age 20 she was appearing in the Ziegfeld Follies, working opposite the comedy team of Wheeler and Woolsey. Eventually Fox scouts noticed her and in 1929 she was signed to a Hollywood contract. Because of her Follies background, Fox intended to develop Noel as a musical and dance star. Unfortunately, musicals were on the wane at the time (they did …
Known For
Imitation of Life · 1934Imitation of Life
★ 7.01934
MovieDramaRomance
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang · 1932I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
★ 7.81932
MovieDramaCrime
A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.
The Loudspeaker · 1934The Loudspeaker
★ 8.01934
MovieDramaComedy
A young man from a small town hits New York City, bound and determined to become a radio star. Amazingly, he achieves his ambition, but in the process alienates everyone around him with his arrogance and egomania.
Up the River · 1930Up the River
★ 5.71930
MovieComedyCrime
Daily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious business. Two prisoners escape in order to help paroled Steve from being blackmailed by his girlfriend's ex-partner-in-crime.
Smart Money · 1931Smart Money
★ 6.91931
MovieCrimeDrama
Two brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events.
The White Cockatoo · 1935The White Cockatoo
★ 5.91935
MovieMystery
In a spooky hotel on the coast of France, two bands of crooks are working independently of the other in an attempt to steal the inherited fortune of an American girl, Sue Tally. Along the way the heiress is kidnapped, three murders are committed, a girl appears in two places at once, mysterious persons roam about the old hotel at night and mysteriously disappear, and there is a hidden room without any doors.
Only Yesterday · 1933Only Yesterday
★ 7.11933
MovieDramaRomance
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young businessman is about to commit suicide. With a note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in his hand, he notices an envelope addressed to him on his desk. As he begins to read, we're taken back to World War One and his meeting with a young woman named Mary Lane.
Bureau of Missing Persons · 1933Bureau of Missing Persons
★ 5.71933
MovieComedyCrime
Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work...
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