Lillian Cornell

Acting

Lillian Cornell

Born June 2, 1916 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died May 25, 2015 · aged 98

Lillian Cornell (born Lillian Michuda; June 2, 1916 - May 25, 2015) was an American singer on old-time radio and an actress in films in the early 1940s.

Known For

The Mad GhoulThe Mad Ghoul · 1943
The Mad Ghoul
★ 5.91943
MovieScience FictionHorror
A university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning the would-be surgeon into a murdering ghoul as part of a plan to steal his lover.
The QuarterbackThe Quarterback · 1940
The Quarterback
★ 10.01940
MovieComedy
A comedy featuring Morris in a dual role as a dumb twin and a star football player, and a smart twin studying to become a college professor. They both are smitten with Kay Merrill as well. Of course, gamblers are also involved.
Rhythm on the RiverRhythm on the River · 1940
Rhythm on the River
★ 6.91940
MovieComedyMusic
Popular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his music and another for his lyrics. When both writers meet at an inn, they fall in love and then try to sell their songs under their own name. The problem is every song publisher thinks they're copying Courtney's style.
Las Vegas NightsLas Vegas Nights · 1941
Las Vegas Nights
★ 6.41941
MovieComedyMusic
A vaudeville act inherits an old, beat-up building and decides to try to turn it into a hip new nightclub. Frank Sinatra's first screen appearance.
Slightly TerrificSlightly Terrific · 1944
Slightly Terrific
★ 5.01944
MovieComedyMusic
A manufacturer and an impresario (who has promised some young people he will stage their show) are twin brothers causes a lot of confusion when the manufacturer is mistaken for his no-money brother.
Moon Over Las VegasMoon Over Las Vegas · 1944
Moon Over Las Vegas
★ 10.01944
MovieRomanceComedy
A beautiful woman goes to Las Vegas in a scheme to make her husbnd jealous, but once she gets there she becomes involved with another man.
Buck Benny Rides AgainBuck Benny Rides Again · 1940
Buck Benny Rides Again
★ 5.01940
MovieComedyWestern
Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing it on his (fictitious) Nevada ranch. Meanwhile, singer Joan Cameron, whom Jack's fallen for and offended, is maneuvered by her sisters to the same Nevada town. Jack's losing battle to prove his manhood to Joan means broad slapstick burlesque of Western cliches.
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.Sweethearts of the U.S.A. · 1944
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
★ 5.71944
MovieMusicComedy
A WW-II defense plant worker gets knocked out and dreams about helping the war effort in various ways, including solving a crime.

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Dancing on a DimeDancing on a Dime · 1940
Dancing on a Dime
★ 5.01940
MovieDramaMusic
Director Ted Brooks and comedians Jack Norcross, Dandy Joslyn and Phil Miller are part of a troupe of promising young players rehearsing for a WPA show at the Garrick Theater in New York and are stunned when the government withdraws their funding on the day of the show's dress rehearsal. Destitute, the troupe plans to return home when Mac, the stage doorman, offers to allow four of the men, Phil, Dandy, Jack and Ted, to use the theater for a boardinghouse. After accepting Mac's offer, the men improvise bedrooms out of the set pieces and meet amateur actress Lorie Fenton from Cleveland, who is eager to audition for them. When the men learn she recently received a small inheritance, they allow her to audition, hoping she will back the show.

Doris Marlowe