Acting

Rita Johnson

Born August 13, 1913 · Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Died October 31, 1965 · aged 52

Rita Ann Johnson (August 13, 1913 – October 31, 1965) was an American actress. Early in her career, Johnson was busy in radio. Johnson began acting on Broadway in 1935 and started her film career two years later. She played a murderer in Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) and a doomed wife in the RKO film noir They Won't Believe Me (1947). In an incident that was never fully explained, Johnson suffer…

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All Mine to Give

All Mine to Give · 1957

All Mine to Give

MovieDramaRomance

This is a story based on fact that follows a husband and wife who emigrate from Scotland to Wisconsin in the 1850s. They work very hard and become welcome citizens of their new town, Eureka. They have six children. They prosper in the husband's boat-building business. But when their eldest is 12, tragedy strikes the family, and the 12-year-old is burdened with a terrible task which he handles as well as any adult could.

The Big Clock

The Big Clock · 1948

MovieCrimeThriller

George Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor, has to postpone a vacation with his wife - again - when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence that he is the killer.

The Major and the Minor

The Major and the Minor · 1942

The Major and the Minor

MovieComedyRomance

Low on funds, working-class girl Susan Applegate disguises herself as a youngster in order to pay half fare home. But little 'Sue Sue' finds herself in a whole heap of grownup trouble when she hides out in a compartment with handsome Major Philip Kirby.

Sleep, My Love

Sleep, My Love · 1948

MovieThrillerMystery

A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.

They Won't Believe Me

They Won't Believe Me · 1947

They Won't Believe Me

MovieDramaRomance

On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Here Comes Mr. Jordan · 1941

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

MovieComedyFantasy

Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?

Within the Law

Within the Law · 1939

MovieCrimeDrama

Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge upon those who wronged her in powerful but lawful ways.

Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man · 1940

Edison, the Man

MovieHistoryDrama

In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with the invention of an early form of the stock market ticker.

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All Mine to Give

All Mine to Give · 1957

All Mine to Give

MovieDramaRomance

This is a story based on fact that follows a husband and wife who emigrate from Scotland to Wisconsin in the 1850s. They work very hard and become welcome citizens of their new town, Eureka. They have six children. They prosper in the husband's boat-building business. But when their eldest is 12, tragedy strikes the family, and the 12-year-old is burdened with a terrible task which he handles as well as any adult could.

Katie Tyler

The Big Clock

The Big Clock · 1948

MovieCrimeThriller

George Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor, has to postpone a vacation with his wife - again - when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence that he is the killer.

Pauline York

The Major and the Minor

The Major and the Minor · 1942

The Major and the Minor

MovieComedyRomance

Low on funds, working-class girl Susan Applegate disguises herself as a youngster in order to pay half fare home. But little 'Sue Sue' finds herself in a whole heap of grownup trouble when she hides out in a compartment with handsome Major Philip Kirby.

Pamela Hill

Sleep, My Love

Sleep, My Love · 1948

MovieThrillerMystery

A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.

Barby

They Won't Believe Me

They Won't Believe Me · 1947

They Won't Believe Me

MovieDramaRomance

On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.

Greta Ballentine

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Here Comes Mr. Jordan · 1941

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

MovieComedyFantasy

Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?

Julia Farnsworth

Within the Law

Within the Law · 1939

MovieCrimeDrama

Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge upon those who wronged her in powerful but lawful ways.

Agnes Lynch

Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man · 1940

Edison, the Man

MovieHistoryDrama

In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with the invention of an early form of the stock market ticker.

Mary Stilwell

Susan Slept Here

Susan Slept Here · 1954

Susan Slept Here

MovieComedyDrama

On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant Maizel. Knowing Christopher is working on a juvenile delinquent script, the sergeant brings by delinquent Susan thinking she will inspire Christopher while providing a place for her to spend the holidays outside of juvenile hall.

Dr. Rawley

My Friend Flicka

My Friend Flicka · 1943

My Friend Flicka

MovieActionAdventure

Ken McLaughlin is a precocious 10-year-old who lives with his family on a remote Wyoming ranch. When Ken returns home from school with failing grades, his father, Rob, blames the boy's lack of personal responsibility. At the suggestion of his wife, Nell, Rob allows Ken to choose a single colt from the herd to raise as his own. Much to his father's dismay, Ken chooses a fiery mustang filly -- but the two soon become fast friends.

Nell McLaughlin

The Perfect Marriage

The Perfect Marriage · 1947

The Perfect Marriage

A couple celebrate their tenth anniversary by quarreling their way to divorce court.

Mabel Manning

Family Honeymoon

Family Honeymoon · 1948

Family Honeymoon

Grant Jordan, bachelor botany professor, marries Katie, a widow with three kids, despite the machinations of Grant's former girlfriend Minna. But on the wedding day, Aunt Jo, who was to babysit, breaks a leg; so the kids come along on the honeymoon.

Minna Fenster

Appointment for Love

Appointment for Love · 1941

Appointment for Love

MovieComedyRomance

Charming Andre Cassil woos physician Jane Alexander and the two impulsively get married. The honeymoon ends very quickly when Jane voices her progressive views on marriage which include the two having separate apartments. Andre then tries to make his wife jealous in order to lure her into his bedroom.

Nancy Benson

Letter of Introduction

Letter of Introduction · 1938

Letter of Introduction

MovieComedyDrama

An aging actor, trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter shows up. It seems that she is an actress and is also trying to make it on Broadway. He tries to re-establish his relationship with her while also trying to hide the fact that she is his daughter from the press.

Honey

An Innocent Affair

An Innocent Affair · 1948

An Innocent Affair

Vincent Doane is in the precarious position of trying to close an advertising account with his rich ex-fiancée. Unfortunately she is more interested in him than in business. Vincent's wife Paula gets suspicious and finally decides to do some flirting of her own to make him jealous. Unknown to her, she chooses cigarette tychoon Claude Kimball. In fact, Kimball hits it off well with both of the Doanes. The question is whether or not their marriage can survive all the shenanigans.

Eve Lawrence

The Affairs of Susan

The Affairs of Susan · 1945

The Affairs of Susan

MovieComedyDrama

Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different portrait of Susan: one describes her as a naive country girl who reluctantly becomes an actress, another paints a picture of a gay party girl and and the third describes a serious intellectual.

Mona Kent

The Naughty Nineties

The Naughty Nineties · 1945

The Naughty Nineties

In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act is to change the showboat into a floating gambling house. A ham actor and his bumbling sidekick try to devise a way to help the captain regain ownership of the vessel.

Bonita Farrow

Nick Carter, Master Detective

Nick Carter, Master Detective · 1939

Nick Carter, Master Detective

MovieCrimeMystery

Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture.

Lou Farnsby

Emergency Hospital

Emergency Hospital · 1956

Emergency Hospital

MovieActionCrime

About the lives and loves of the staff of an emergency hospital as reflected in a single frenetic night of business-as-usual.

Head Nurse Norma Mullen

Man-Proof

Man-Proof · 1938

MovieComedyDrama

A newspaper illustrator tries to remain best friends with the man she secretly loves, even though he recently married another woman.

Florence (dialogue scenes deleted)

Smashing the Rackets

Smashing the Rackets · 1938

Smashing the Rackets

MovieDramaCrime

Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office. Meanwhile, he meets wild debutante Letty Lane, girlfriend of mob mouthpiece Steve Lawrence; and Letty's much nicer sister Susan. Now the slot machine gang brutally beats Jim's friends Franz and Otto. And Jim finds a way to use his nominal position to go into the racket- busting business. But his success puts Letty in deadly peril...

Leticia "Letty" Lane

The Golden Fleecing

The Golden Fleecing · 1940

The Golden Fleecing

MovieCrimeComedy

A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.

Mary Blake

They All Come Out

They All Come Out · 1939

They All Come Out

MovieCrimeDrama

A down on his luck young man stumbles into a gang of robbers who all get landed in prison. Will he be reformed, or is he ensnared into a life of crime?

Kitty

London by Night

London by Night · 1937

London by Night

MovieRomanceMystery

A newspaperman, his canine companion, and an adventurous socialite investigate an umbrella-wielding murderer who is terrorizing a London neighborhood.

Patricia Herrick

Mr. & Mrs. North

Mr. & Mrs. North · 1952

Mr. & Mrs. North

SeriesComedyCrime

Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1952 to May 25, 1954. The series centers on Jerry North, a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective, and his wife, Pamela, as they solve crimes in New York City.