Acting
Jean Brooks
Born December 23, 1915 · Houston, Texas, USA
Died November 25, 1963 · aged 47
Fluent in Spanish, Jean Brooks began professionally by singing with Enric Madriguera and Orchestra in New York. She had a small role in the New York City-filmed The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935) and the second lead in a Broadway play, "Name Your Poison" (1938), with Lenore Ulric, all under her real name of Jeanne Kelly. She was signed by an independent film production company that had gone under b…
Known For
The Invisible Man Returns · 1940The Invisible Man Returns
★ 6.31940
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.
Buck Privates · 1941Buck Privates
★ 6.81941
MovieComedyMusic
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only in the same unit, they're vying for a pretty girl who seems attracted to both.
The Seventh Victim · 1943The Seventh Victim
★ 6.41943
MovieHorrorMystery
After young Mary Gibson discovers that her older sister Jacqueline has disappeared, she leaves her boarding school and heads to New York City to track down her sibling. But Mary gets drawn deeper into the mystery.
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! · 1940The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
★ 6.81940
MovieActionAdventure
Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe · 1940Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
★ 5.81940
MovieScience FictionAction
A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship, finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmosphere with dust. Sure enough, Ming the Merciless is up to his old tricks. So it's back to Mongo for Flash, Dale, and Zarkov.
The Falcon in Hollywood · 1944The Falcon in Hollywood
★ 6.21944
MovieCrimeMystery
Suave amateur detective Tom Lawrence--aka Michael Arlen's literary hero The Falcon--arrives in Hollywood for some rest and relaxation, only to find himself involved in the murder of a movie actor. There's no shortage of suspects: the costume designer to whom he was married, a tyrannical director, a beautiful young French starlet, a Shakespeare-quoting producer, even a New York gangster. Helping The Falcon solve the crime is a cute, wise-cracking cab driver and a pair of bumbling cops.
Youth Runs Wild · 1944Youth Runs Wild
★ 4.51944
MovieDrama
The teens of a defense-plant town hop on the road to juvenile delinquency while their parents are busy with the war.
The Falcon in Danger · 1943The Falcon in Danger
★ 6.11943
MovieCrimeMystery
Two industrialists disappear from an airplane while the plane is in the air. Also missing is $100,000. The Falcon investigates and discovers a plot against the government.















