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Shirley Ulmer

Born June 12, 1914 · New York City, New York

Died July 6, 2000 · aged 86

No biography available.

Known For

American MatchmakerAmerican Matchmaker · 1940
American Matchmaker
4.01940
MovieComedyRomance
Nat Silver has been engaged 7 times already. This time, his 8th, he's really going to get married. But a visitor shows up, Shirley's old boyfriend. With a gun ! He'll kill himself unless he can have Shirley back, and Nat graciously gives in. According to Nat's mother, his Uncle Shya was unlucky at love but lucky as a matchmaker, and Nat is just like Shya. Nat tells his family he's going to Italy. But he remains in New York and sets himself up with a new name and new business, Nat Gold, Advisor in Human Relations...
The Strange WomanThe Strange Woman · 1946
The Strange Woman
6.21946
MovieDramaThriller
In early 19th century New England, an unscrupulous woman uses her beauty and wits to seduce, deceive and control the men around her.
The Naked DawnThe Naked Dawn · 1955
The Naked Dawn
6.21955
MovieWestern
Santiago, a jolly modern bandito, has just lost his partner when he happens on the isolated farm of young Manuel and Maria Lopez...
From Nine to NineFrom Nine to Nine · 1936
From Nine to Nine
7.01936
Movie
Ruth Roland in her last role alongside Roland Drew in a mystery about murder, blackmail and stolen jewels.
Club HavanaClub Havana · 1945
Club Havana
5.91945
MovieDramaMystery
A number of different characters unfolding love, hate, and death problems during an evening in a fashionable Latin nightclub.
Jive JunctionJive Junction · 1943
Jive Junction
6.51943
MovieMusic
A young classical musician becomes the conductor a high-school all-girl jive band to entertain the troops.
BluebeardBluebeard · 1944
Bluebeard
5.51944
MovieCrimeThriller
Young female models are being strangled. Will law enforcement be able to stop the crime wave before more women become victims?
Loves of Three QueensLoves of Three Queens · 1954
Loves of Three Queens
9.01954
MovieDrama
At a wedding party involving three beautiful women, a young man should choose the most charming. But a professor intervenes to prevent the verdict, remembering the troubles caused by Paris in a similar situation.

Filmography

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The Light AheadThe Light Ahead · 1939
The Light Ahead
6.81939
MovieDrama
The Light Ahead is possibly the greatest of Edgar G. Ulmer’s shtetl films. Here, the director counterpoints his pastoral Green Fields to criticize the poverty and superstition that oppress a pair of star-crossed lovers. Made on the eve of World War II, The Light Ahead is at once romantic, expressionist, and painfully conscious of the danger about to engulf European Jews. Impoverished and disabled lovers Fishke and Hodel dream of life in the big city of Odessa, free from the poverty and stifling old-world prejudices of the shtetl. The benevolent and enlightened bookseller Mendele helps them, turning small-town superstitions to their advantage. Based on Mendele Mokher Seforim's story of love frustrated by small-town ignorance, this luminous allegory of escape marries Edgar Ulmer's masterful direction with superb acting by members of New York's Artef and Yiddish Art Theaters.

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