Acting

Kay Francis

Born January 13, 1905 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Died August 26, 1968 · aged 63

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kay Francis (January 13, 1905 – August 26, 1968) was an American stage and film actress. After a brief period on Broadway in the late 1920s, she moved to film and achieved her greatest success between 1930 and 1936, when she was the number one female star at the Warner Brothers studio, and the highest paid American film actress. Some of her film related mater…

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The Cocoanuts

The Cocoanuts · 1929

MovieComedyMusic

During the Florida land boom, the Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land and thwart a jewel robbery.

When the Daltons Rode

When the Daltons Rode · 1940

When the Daltons Rode

Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?

In Name Only

In Name Only · 1939

MovieDramaRomance

A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.

One Way Passage

One Way Passage · 1932

One Way Passage

MovieRomanceDrama

A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.

Trouble in Paradise

Trouble in Paradise · 1932

Trouble in Paradise

MovieComedyCrime

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.

Mary Stevens, M.D.

Mary Stevens, M.D. · 1933

Mary Stevens, M.D.

Lifelong friends and medical school graduates Mary Stevens and Don Andrews decide to set up office together. While Mary struggles to earn respect because of her gender, Don gets caught up in his ambitions for a bigger life.

First Lady

First Lady · 1937

A politician's wife plots for her husband to become the next U.S. President.

The White Angel

The White Angel · 1936

The White Angel

In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurses when it was considered a disreputable profession.

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The Cocoanuts

The Cocoanuts · 1929

MovieComedyMusic

During the Florida land boom, the Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land and thwart a jewel robbery.

Penelope

When the Daltons Rode

When the Daltons Rode · 1940

When the Daltons Rode

Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?

Julie King

In Name Only

In Name Only · 1939

MovieDramaRomance

A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.

Maida Walker

One Way Passage

One Way Passage · 1932

One Way Passage

MovieRomanceDrama

A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.

Joan Ames

Trouble in Paradise

Trouble in Paradise · 1932

Trouble in Paradise

MovieComedyCrime

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.

Mariette

Mary Stevens, M.D.

Mary Stevens, M.D. · 1933

Mary Stevens, M.D.

Lifelong friends and medical school graduates Mary Stevens and Don Andrews decide to set up office together. While Mary struggles to earn respect because of her gender, Don gets caught up in his ambitions for a bigger life.

Mary Stevens

First Lady

First Lady · 1937

A politician's wife plots for her husband to become the next U.S. President.

Lucy Chase Wayne

The White Angel

The White Angel · 1936

The White Angel

In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurses when it was considered a disreputable profession.

Florence Nightingale

24 Hours

24 Hours · 1931

A nightclub singer is carrying on an affair with a married man. When she is found murdered, her lover is suspected of the crime.

Fanny Towner

The Virtuous Sin

The Virtuous Sin · 1930

The Virtuous Sin

Marya gets friendly with General Platoff in order to save her husband Victor from being executed.

Marya Ivanova Sablin

I Found Stella Parish

I Found Stella Parish · 1935

I Found Stella Parish

MovieDramaRomance

A blackmailer preys on an actress who is trying to protect her daughter from her past.

Stella Parish

Give Me Your Heart

Give Me Your Heart · 1936

Give Me Your Heart

MovieDramaRomance

An American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father, an English nobleman.

Belinda 'Linda' Warren, aka 'Bill'

King of the Underworld

King of the Underworld · 1939

King of the Underworld

MovieRomanceCrime

Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her innocence or the Medical Board will revoke her license. When Gurney seeks her out for treatment after being shot, it could be the break Nelson needs. Now she has a chance to use her medical know-how to outwit Gurney and his goons and reestablish her professional reputation.

Dr. Carole Nelson

The Goose and the Gander

The Goose and the Gander · 1935

The Goose and the Gander

MovieComedyDrama

When Georgiana Summers learns that the woman who stole and married her husband is planning a romantic tryst with a new love, she hatches a giddy plot to expose the rendezvous and pay her back.

Georgiana Summers

Wonder Bar

Wonder Bar · 1934

MovieCrimeDrama

Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and the conductor/singer Tommy are in love with Inez. When Inez finds out that Harry wants to leave Paris and is going to the USA with Liane, she kills him.

Liane Renaud

Jewel Robbery

Jewel Robbery · 1932

MovieRomanceComedy

Baroness Teri von Horhenfels deals with the tedium of her aristocratic Vienna life with a long line of lovers. Her rich husband, Franz, seems oblivious. As she's just about to end her latest affair, the baroness gets a much-needed dose of adrenaline when she becomes the target of a charismatic thief. After staging a daring robbery, he makes off with not only the baroness's ring but also her heart.

Baroness Teri Hohenfels

Always in My Heart

Always in My Heart · 1942

Always in My Heart

MovieDramaMusic

A man is pardoned from prison and returns to Santa Rita, CA to be with his family, but discovers his children have been told he's dead and his wife is in love with another man.

Marjorie Scott

Another Dawn

Another Dawn · 1937

MovieAdventureDrama

While on leave, British officer Col. John Wister meets Julia Ashton, a widow who steals his heart despite her overwhelming grief. Enamored, Wister begs her to be his bride, assuring her she will someday learn to love again. After she agrees and they've wed, she accompanies him to a hostile desert region. As predicted, she does find love. However, it is not for her husband but for the handsome Capt. Denny Roark.

Julia Ashton Wister

I Loved a Woman

I Loved a Woman · 1933

I Loved a Woman

MovieDramaRomance

The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and motivations as he reluctantly inherits the mantle and falls in love.

Laura McDonald

Dr. Monica

Dr. Monica · 1934

A prominent New York doctor, unable to have a child, discovers her philandering husband has impregnated her best friend.

Dr. Monica Braden

British Agent

British Agent · 1934

MovieRomanceDrama

In the days leading up to the Russian Revolution, Stephen Locke, a minor British diplomat in St Petersburg, falls in love with a Russian spy.

Elena Moura

The Man Who Lost Himself

The Man Who Lost Himself · 1941

The Man Who Lost Himself

John Evans encounters his lookalike, Malcolm Scott. When Scott is killed in an accident, Evans finds himself mistaken for Scott and decides to do some good in his new role.

Adrienne Scott

Scandal Sheet

Scandal Sheet · 1931

MovieDramaCrime

Confirming his principle that no one escapes the news, a tabloid editor prints a scathing story about his wife.

Edith Flint

Women Are Like That

Women Are Like That · 1938

Women Are Like That

Businesswoman Claire King is the daughter of a powerful advertising executive. When Claire marries humble copywriter Bill Landin, she wants to use her influence to help her husband get ahead, but he will have none of it.

Claire King Landin

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre · 1950

Lux Video Theatre

SeriesDramaComedy

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.

Alice