Acting
Jane Adams
Born August 7, 1918 · San Antonio, Texas, USA
Died May 21, 2014 · aged 95
Betty Jane Bierce, better known by her stage name Jane "Poni" Adams was an American actress in radio, film, and television in the 1940s and 1950s. Adams was born in San Antonio, Texas, but her family moved to California when she was two. During her high school years, she studied violin and drama, and she was selected to be a concert mistress of the all-city high school orchestra of Los Angeles. Sh…
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He Walked by Night · 1949He Walked by Night
★ 6.71949
MovieThrillerCrime
Roy Martin aka Roy Morgan is a burglar and former war-time Radio & Electronics Engineer who listens in to radio police calls, allowing him to stay one step ahead of the cops.
House of Dracula · 1945House of Dracula
★ 5.51945
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A scientist working on cures for rare afflictions, such as a bone softening agent made from molds to allow him to correct the spinal deformity of his nurse, finds the physical causes of lycanthropy in wolf-man Larry Talbot and of vampirism in Count Dracula, but himself becomes afflicted with homicidal madness while exchanging blood with Dracula.
Salome, Where She Danced · 1945Salome, Where She Danced
★ 4.11945
MovieWesternWar
During the Austrian-Prussian war, Anna Marie is a dancer who is forced to flee her country after she is accused of being a spy. She ends up in a lawless western town in Arizona, where she uses her charms and dancing skills to transform herself into "Salome" during her dance routines.
Batman and Robin · 1949Batman and Robin
★ 5.71949
MovieActionScience Fiction
This 15-chapter serial pits Batman and Robin against The Wizard, who uses a device that allows him to control machinery to hold the city hostage.
Gun Law Justice · 1949Gun Law Justice
★ 10.01949
MovieWestern
Jimmy Wakely befriends Hank Carrdigan, a former outlaw who has served his sentence and wants to go straight. Jimmy, after clearing Hank of a wrongful shooting charge, helps him get a job as an express messenger. Hank drives off some bandits in an attempted hold-up, but recognizes his son Tom as one of the bandits. A later robbery is blamed on Hank but Jimmy and his sidekick Cannonball Taylor bring in the real culprits and clear Hank's name.
Lady on a Train · 1945Lady on a Train
★ 6.71945
MovieComedyCrime
While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one too many mystery novels. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help her solve the crime on her own, but her sleuthing attracts the attentions of suitors and killers.
Trail to Vengeance · 1945Trail to Vengeance
★ 7.01945
MovieWestern
A cowboy investigating his brother's murder finds himself going up against a banker who holds the deed to the cowboy's family ranch.
Night in Paradise · 1946Night in Paradise
★ 6.51946
MovieComedyDrama
Aesop of fable fame poses as an old man and woos away a princess who wants a king for his gold.
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Trail to Vengeance · 1945Trail to Vengeance
★ 7.01945
MovieWestern
A cowboy investigating his brother's murder finds himself going up against a banker who holds the deed to the cowboy's family ranch.
Dorothy Jackson (as Poni Adams)
Rustler's Round-up · 1946Rustler's Round-up
★ 7.01946
MovieWestern
A cowboy sets out to break up a gang of rustlers.
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