Geneva Mitchell

Acting

Geneva Mitchell

Born February 3, 1907 · Medarysville, Indiana, USA

Died March 10, 1949 · aged 42

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Geneva Mitchell (February 3, 1907 – March 10, 1949) was an American film actress. She appeared in over 70 films between 1929 and 1946. Mitchell started her career on the stage in a musical comedy. At age 17, she was in the choruses of Sally and the Ziegfeld Follies of 1921. She signed a contract with Warner Brothers in October 1929, and with Columbia Pictur…

Known For

Morning GloryMorning Glory · 1933
Morning Glory
★ 6.21933
MovieDramaRomance
Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage. She attracts the interest of a paternal actor, a philandering producer, and an earnest playwright. Is she destined for stardom, or will she fade like a morning glory after its brief blooming?
The Defense RestsThe Defense Rests · 1934
The Defense Rests
★ 7.11934
MovieDramaCrime
A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
Big City BluesBig City Blues · 1932
Big City Blues
★ 5.91932
MovieDramaCrime
An Indiana boy comes into an inheritance and moves to New York City, living it up with his girlfriend until he gets in over his head and someone gets killed.
Working GirlsWorking Girls · 1931
Working Girls
★ 7.11931
MovieComedy
Two sisters from Indiana, the wide-eyed and innocent Mae Thorpe, and her more streetwise sister June, move into the Rolf House for Homeless Girls in New York. With June's help, Mae obtains a job as a stenographer for the scientist Joseph von Schraeder, while June gets work as a telegraph operator at Western Union.
The Big GambleThe Big Gamble · 1931
The Big Gamble
★ 6.11931
MovieThrillerCrime
A gambler, hopelessly in debt, agrees to pay off his debt by allowing his creditor to take out a life insurance policy on him and collecting once the one-year suicide clause has elapsed.
This Side of HeavenThis Side of Heaven · 1934
This Side of Heaven
★ 7.51934
MovieDramaComedy
A family man becomes innocently involved in an embezzlement.
FaithlessFaithless · 1932
Faithless
★ 7.01932
MovieDrama
Socialite Carol Morgan romps through the Depression and her wealth while breaking up with Bill Wade and getting back together with him.
Only YesterdayOnly Yesterday · 1933
Only 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.

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Death Flies EastDeath Flies East · 1935
Death Flies East
★ 7.01935
MovieDrama
Evelyn Vail (Florence Rice) is a nurse convicted of poisoning a patient. Out on parole, Evelyn decides to fly to Sing-Sing and confront death row inmate who accused her of the deed in the first place. On board the airliner, Evelyn makes the acquaintance of John Robinson Gordon (Nagel), who is transporting a revolutionary munitions formula to Washington, D.C. Another passenger, Baker (Robert Allen), complains of having been poisoned and leaves the plane during a stopover in Dallas. Back in the air, Gordon's bodyguard, Lieutenant O'Brien (Fred Kelsey), suffers the same fate, but this time the poison proves fatal. The plane returns to Dallas, where Police Captain Barrie (William B. Davidson) accused poor Evelyn of the crime. Happily, Gordon can prove otherwise and the real culprit is unmasked.

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