Mona Barrie

Mona Barrie

Born: December 18, 1909
Died: June 27, 1964
in London, England, UK

Movies for Mona Barrie...

Strange Fascination
Title: Strange Fascination
Character: Diana Fowler
Released: September 1, 1952
Type: Movie
A homely middle-aged man falls hard for a much younger woman leading to disaster.
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The First Time
Title: The First Time
Character: Cassie Mayhew
Released: January 31, 1952
Type: Movie
A married couple welcomes their first child.
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My Dog Rusty
Title: My Dog Rusty
Character: Dr. Antonia 'Toni' Cordell
Released: April 8, 1948
Type: Movie
Faithful dog Rusty helps his master's father win a mayoral race.
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Cass Timberlane
Title: Cass Timberlane
Character: Avis Elderman
Released: November 6, 1947
Type: Movie
Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. A baby is stillborn and she turns more and more to attorney friend of of Cass' Brad Criley. While quarreling the Judge tells Virginia to stay with Brad, but when she becomes sick he brings her home.
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I Cover Big Town
Title: I Cover Big Town
Character: Dora Hilton
Released: February 27, 1947
Type: Movie
One of the four films in the Pine-Thomas series based on radio's long-running "Big Town." This time out, society editor Lorelei Kilbourne is assigned to the police beat. Her paper, "The Illustrated Press", following its usual policy of socially-correct muckraking by crusading editor Steve Wilson, is putting heat on the chief of police. But Lorelei believes the chief is qualified to do the job. She and managing editor Steve Wilson, who, in the film series, is wrong more often than right, discover a corpse and then proceed to help the police solve the crime.
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The Secret of the Whistler
Title: The Secret of the Whistler
Character: Linda Vail
Released: November 7, 1946
Type: Movie
A deranged artist who may have murdered his wife is investigated by the Whistler.
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The Devil's Mask
Title: The Devil's Mask
Character: Louise Mitchell
Released: May 23, 1946
Type: Movie
A San Francisco airplane bound for South America crashes, and among the scorched debris is found a shrunken native human head, neatly packaged. The perplexed police contact a local anthropology museum about this unclaimed piece of grisly baggage, where they intersect with Jack and Doc, two private eyes, called there to meet a mysterious woman who had a case for them and wanted to meet in private.
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Just Before Dawn
Title: Just Before Dawn
Character: Harriet Travers
Released: March 7, 1946
Type: Movie
In the 7th film of the "Crime Doctor" series based on the radio program, Dr. Robert Ordway is summoned to take attend a diabetic, and gives an injection of insulin taken from a bottle in the patient's pocket. The man dies and Ordway discovers that what he thought was insulin was really poison. Oops! Two other people are murdered before Ordway discovers who replaced the insulin with poison and what the motive was
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Storm Over Lisbon
Title: Storm Over Lisbon
Character: Evelyn
Released: October 16, 1944
Type: Movie
A nightclub star helps trap an enemy agent on the trail of an American newsman.
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One Dangerous Night
Title: One Dangerous Night
Character: Jane Merrick
Released: January 22, 1943
Type: Movie
Reformed jewel thief the Lone Wolf investigates the murder of a playboy who was blackmailing three socialites.
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Dawn on the Great Divide
Title: Dawn on the Great Divide
Character: Sadie Rand
Released: December 18, 1942
Type: Movie
Buck Roberts is leading a wagon train of railroad supplies and Jim Corkle and his henchman Loder are out to stop them by using white men dressed as Indians for the attacks.
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Syncopation
Title: Syncopation
Character: Lillian
Released: May 22, 1942
Type: Movie
A young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love.
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The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Title: The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Character: Eileen Crispin
Released: March 27, 1942
Type: Movie
Private eye Jerry Church is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten acquitted are apparently strangled by a serial killer.
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A Tragedy at Midnight
Title: A Tragedy at Midnight
Character: Alta Wilton
Released: February 2, 1942
Type: Movie
The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to find a woman with a knife in her back in his bedroom.
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Today I Hang
Title: Today I Hang
Character: Martha Courtney
Released: January 9, 1942
Type: Movie
Henry Courtney, a wealthy importer is found murdered and the famous DeNormand necklace has been stolen. The false testimony of two witnesses, Rand and Hobbs, puts Jim O'Brien in the shadow of the hangman's noose. Martha Courtney, widow of the murdered man and Jim's former sweetheart is convinced he isn't guilty, and promises crooked lawyer Roger Lanning the necklace - which Jim doesn't have - if he can arrange for Jim's escape. Rand and Lanning killed Courtney, but Lanning doesn't know that Rand has the necklace.
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Road to Happiness
Title: Road to Happiness
Character: Millie Rankin
Released: December 19, 1941
Type: Movie
A struggling singer, devoted to his young son, fears the child's super-spoiled, unloving but wealthy mother will gain custody of the boy.
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Skylark
Title: Skylark
Character: Charlette Gorell
Released: November 21, 1941
Type: Movie
As her fifth wedding anniversary approaches, a woman realizes that she is fed up with always coming in second to her husband's advertising business. Just at the moment when she is trying to decide what to do, she meets a handsome attorney, and their innocent flirtation begins to turn into something a bit more serious.
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Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
Title: Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
Character: Nurse Marian Tracy
Released: November 18, 1941
Type: Movie
The benefactor of the Stack Memorial Hospital dies after an operation. Ellery Queen investigates when it is revealed the cause of death was murder by strangulation.
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Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
Title: Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
Character: The Producer's Wife
Released: October 10, 1941
Type: Movie
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break is a 1941 film about a man who wants to sell a film story to Esoteric Studios. On the way he gets insulted by little boys, beaten up for ogling a woman, and abused by a waitress. W. C. Fields' last starring role in a feature-length film.
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When Ladies Meet
Title: When Ladies Meet
Character: Mabel Guiness
Released: August 29, 1941
Type: Movie
Mary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her suitor Jimmy is determined to break them up; he introduces Mary to the publisher's wife without telling Mary who she is.
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Murder Among Friends
Title: Murder Among Friends
Character: Clair Turk
Released: February 28, 1941
Type: Movie
A society doctor helps an insurance-company file clerk check deaths related to a big policy.
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Lady with Red Hair
Title: Lady with Red Hair
Character: Mrs. Hilda Brooks
Released: November 30, 1940
Type: Movie
An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.
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Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Title: Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Character: Eve Benedict
Released: November 1, 1940
Type: Movie
When a much-despised matriarch is murdered, or apparently murdered, all of her relatives and "friends" fall under suspicion. Sheriff Gregory is the official investigator, but most of the clue gathering is done by amateur sleuths Kirk Pierce and Sally Ambler.
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Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
Title: Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
Character: Deedee Doree
Released: June 7, 1940
Type: Movie
In despair after breaking up with his girlfriend, a man hires a thug he has never seen to kill him. However, he changes his mind when he falls in love with another woman--but he can't stop the man trying to kill him because he doesn't know who he is.
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I Take This Woman
Title: I Take This Woman
Character: Sandra Mayberry
Released: February 2, 1940
Type: Movie
On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.
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Say It in French
Title: Say It in French
Character: Lady Westover
Released: November 25, 1938
Type: Movie
An American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are married and in the US. Upon their arrival, they are dismayed to discover that the golfer's parents have arranged for him to marry a wealthy socialite so they can use her money to support their business....
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Men Are Such Fools
Title: Men Are Such Fools
Character: Bea Harris
Released: June 15, 1938
Type: Movie
Linda works at an advertising agency, but, unlike the other women in the secretarial pool, she hopes to succeed in the business rather than just find a husband. She rises through the ranks, becoming a copywriter, and attracts the attention of Jimmy, an amorous coworker who wants to marry her. But Jimmy is jealous of Linda's career and of Harry, a radio executive who works with Linda, and their marriage gets off to a very rough start.
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Love, Honor and Behave
Title: Love, Honor and Behave
Character: Lisa Blake
Released: March 12, 1938
Type: Movie
Comedy about a weak husband, afraid to say "no" to his new wife, who realizes he must assert himself to save his marriage.
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Something to Sing About
Title: Something to Sing About
Character: Stephanie 'Steffie' Hajos
Released: September 30, 1937
Type: Movie
James Cagney has a rare chance to show his song-and-dance-man roots in this low-budget tale of a New York bandleader struggling with a Hollywood studio boss.
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I Met Him in Paris
Title: I Met Him in Paris
Character: Helen Andrews
Released: May 28, 1937
Type: Movie
Kay Denham is off for a fling in Paris, leaving her suitor Berk behind. There, she meets two new suitors, Gene and George. Gene smooth-talks her into a junket to Switzerland, but George (with no illusions about his friend) appoints himself chaperone. Through a series of slapstick winter sports, Kay remains puzzled about George's disapproval of Gene...but there's a reason.
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Mountain Justice
Title: Mountain Justice
Character: Evelyn Wayne
Released: April 24, 1937
Type: Movie
Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prejudice and familial abuse.
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Love on the Run
Title: Love on the Run
Character: Baroness Hilda Spandermann
Released: November 20, 1936
Type: Movie
A runaway bride and an undercover reporter get caught up in political intrigue as they lead a merry chase across Europe and uncover a spy plot.
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Here Comes Trouble
Title: Here Comes Trouble
Character: Evelyn Howard
Released: February 21, 1936
Type: Movie
Donovan unknowingly becomes tangled up with jewel thieves when Evelyn Howard gives him a cigarette lighter containing some hot rocks.
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King of Burlesque
Title: King of Burlesque
Character: Rosalind Cleve
Released: January 3, 1936
Type: Movie
Warner Baxter plays the ambitious producer of a burlesque show who rises to the big time on Broadway. Alice Faye is the loyal burleycue singer who helps make Baxter a success. His head turned by sudden fame, Baxter falls under the spell of a society woman (Mona Barrie) who has theatrical aspirations of her own. She marries Baxter, then convinces him to produce a string of "artistic" plays rather than his extravagant musical revues. The plays are flops, and the woman haughtily divorces Baxter. Faithful Alice Faye, who'd gone to London when her ex-beau was married, returns to the penniless Baxter. She and her burlesque buddies team up to pull Baxter out of his rut and put him on top again.
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Ladies Love Danger
Title: Ladies Love Danger
Released: December 12, 1935
Type: Movie
Fox comedy about an adventurous young woman
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Unwelcome Stranger
Title: Unwelcome Stranger
Character: Madeline Chamberlain
Released: April 5, 1935
Type: Movie
Horse-breeder Howard Chamberlain has many superstitious quirks but his primary one is that he believes orphans are bad luck and a jinx to be around. This is bad news when 'Gimpy", an orphan, shows up at Chamberlain's horse-ranch in search of a place to stay. But Howard's soft-hearted wife, Madeline, allows the young boy to stay on and work in the barn with the horses. And "Gimpy" breaks Chamberlain's "orphan-jinx" in a big way.
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Storm Over the Andes
Title: Storm Over the Andes
Character: Theresa
Released: April 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A war between Bolivia and Paraguay is the setting for the stories of flyers involved with both sides in the conflict.
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Mystery Woman
Title: Mystery Woman
Character: Margaret Benoit
Released: January 8, 1935
Type: Movie
A French military officer is convicted of treason and sent to Devil's Island. His wife takes it upon herself to obtain the stolen document and prove his innocence.
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I'll Fix It
Title: I'll Fix It
Character: Anne Barry
Released: November 10, 1934
Type: Movie
A power-broker ward-heeler, Bill Grimes, wields more power than the elected politicians and has no problem in getting matters-of-the-city handled in which ever way is best for his needs. But when he tries to fix his adored kid brother's place on the school football team, he meets his match in school-teacher Anne Barry.
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Charlie Chan in London
Title: Charlie Chan in London
Character: Lady Mary Bristol
Released: September 12, 1934
Type: Movie
Charlie Chan is sought out by Pamela Gray, a desperate young socialite whose brother Paul awaits execution for the murder of a weapons inventor. Pamela is convinced of his innocence.
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One Night of Love
Title: One Night of Love
Character: Lally
Released: July 16, 1934
Type: Movie
Mary Barrett is an aspiring opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic maestro, Guilio Monterverdi. After spending endless working hours together and arguing, their relationship develops into love. But, jealousy and misunderstandings prevent Mary and Guilio from acknowledging their true feelings.
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Such Women Are Dangerous
Title: Such Women Are Dangerous
Character: Wanda Paris
Released: June 8, 1934
Type: Movie
An aspiring young writer becomes infatuated with a successful romance novelist, who realizes his life as a philandering Lothario is suddenly threatened.
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All Men Are Enemies
Title: All Men Are Enemies
Released: April 26, 1934
Type: Movie
A British aristocrat falls in love with an Austrian woman before they are separated with the outbreak of World War I.
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Carolina
Title: Carolina
Character: Virginia Buchanan
Released: February 2, 1934
Type: Movie
During Civil War Reconstruction, the Connelly family is romantically restored to their former glory when Will Connelly marries a Yankee farm girl, Joanna Tate, despite the objects of his temperamental father Bob Connelly.
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Sleepers East
Title: Sleepers East
Character: Ada Robillard
Released: January 1, 1934
Type: Movie
No good deed goes unpunished for Lena Karelson (Wynne Gibson), hooker with a heart of gold trying to go straight in the big city. Covering a bachelor party for a friend in need, Lena winds up at a gambling house where she is the sole witness when Mayor Wentworth's drunken lout of a son shoots the owner. Wentworth's political machine wants Lena to falsely incriminate mob boss Callahan to bolster their re-election campaign. Callahan's mouthpiece nabs Lena first, conveying her stealthily by train from Toledo to New York to prevent her from testifying against the big boss. A midnight special smash-up, a tense courtroom finale and true love triumphant round out this typical Fox pre-Code programmer, released just before the Legion of Decency dropped the hammer in 1934.