Carol Adams

Acting

Carol Adams

Born March 15, 1918 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Died April 9, 2012 · aged 94

Carol Adams (born Lurline Uller; March 15, 1918 – April 9, 2012), was an American actress and dancer. She began her career performing under her birth name at the age of five in the short film Navy Blues (1923). In the 1920s she made appearances in the short film series Our Gang, Buster Brown, and Mickey McGuire, and also appeared in minor uncredited film roles. From 1936-1939 she was under contrac…

Known For

The House Across the BayThe House Across the Bay · 1940
The House Across the Bay
5.61940
MovieDramaCrime
Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for one year, his wife, Brenda, testifies against him on advice from his lawyer, Slant Kolma, who is in love with her. After Steve receives 10 years in Alcatraz, Brenda moves to be near him and avoids advances of airplane builder Tim Nolan, who knows nothing about her past.
Jesse JamesJesse James · 1939
Jesse James
6.51939
MovieWestern
After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
The Three MusketeersThe Three Musketeers · 1939
The Three Musketeers
6.01939
MovieAdventureAction
A parodic remake of the story of the young Gascon D'Artagnan, who arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady from the machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
Broadway Melody of 1940Broadway Melody of 1940 · 1940
Broadway Melody of 1940
6.81940
MovieMusicRomance
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.
The Life of the PartyThe Life of the Party · 1937
The Life of the Party
6.21937
MovieComedyRomance
A singer finds another heir (Gene Raymond) to marry, to avoid the one (Joe Penner) her mother found.
Rose of Washington SquareRose of Washington Square · 1939
Rose of Washington Square
6.71939
MovieDramaMusic
Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets deeper in trouble.
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. · 1941
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
6.81941
MovieCrime
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.
Seventh HeavenSeventh Heaven · 1937
Seventh Heaven
6.41937
MovieDramaRomance
A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to war.

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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.

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