Writing
Gertrude Purcell
Born June 14, 1895 · New York City, New York, USA
Died May 1, 1963 · aged 67
Purcell (who was described by a friend as a "masculine, funny, and hard-drinking woman") worked as a freelancer for much of her career, penning scripts for most of the major studios. During the McCarthy era she became an important informer due to her communist past, but before the process she attempted suicide. She then retired from her cinema career, but lived a decade more.
Known For
Destry Rides Again · 1939Destry Rides Again
★ 7.21939
MovieWesternComedy
Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the personal fiefdom of the crooked Kent.
The Invisible Woman · 1940The Invisible Woman
★ 5.71940
MovieComedyHorror
Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that will make her invisible so that she can use her invisibility to exact revenge on her ex-boss.
Stella Dallas · 1937Stella Dallas
★ 6.91937
MovieDramaRomance
A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.
One Night in the Tropics · 1940One Night in the Tropics
★ 5.81940
MovieMusicComedy
Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancée, Cynthia. The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey, and Cynthia's disapproving Aunt Kitty. The policy is underwritten by a nightclub owner, Roscoe, who sends two enforcers - Abbott and Costello - to ensure that the wedding occurs as planned.
If You Could Only Cook · 1935If You Could Only Cook
★ 7.41935
MovieComedyRomance
An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.
In Old California · 1942In Old California
★ 5.31942
MovieActionRomance
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig redeems himself during a Gold Rush epidemic.
Music for Madame · 1937Music for Madame
★ 6.31937
MovieComedyRomance
An Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of crooks who use his talent to distract everyone at a party while they steal the jewels.
Love Before Breakfast · 1936Love Before Breakfast
★ 6.11936
MovieComedyRomance
Scott is a very rich businessman who hangs out with a snooty, silly Countess, but has the hots for Kay who is already engaged to Bill. Scott pursues Kay like crazy, going so far as to buy Bill's oil company so that he can banish him to Japan, leaving Kay unmoored.
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