Mary Carlisle

Mary Carlisle

Born: February 3, 1914
Died: August 1, 2018
in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Mary Carlisle (born Gwendolyn Witter; February 3, 1914 – August 1, 2018) was an American screen actress, singer, and dancer, her film career spanning the years 1923 to 1943 (primarily 1930 onward). She died at age 104 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California on 1 August 2018.

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Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Title: Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 2, 2014
Type: Movie
Bing Crosby was, without a doubt, the most popular and influential multi-media star of the first half of the twentieth century, pulling audiences in with his intimate, laid-back voice and innate charm. Narrated by Stanley Tucci and directed by Robert Trachtenberg, this film explores the life and legend of this iconic performer, revealing a personality far more complex than the image the public had only thought they'd known.
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Dead Men Walk
Title: Dead Men Walk
Character: Gayle Clayton
Released: April 12, 1943
Type: Movie
When a small town doctor buries his twin brother, a practitioner of the black arts, he believes him dead; but subsequent events force him to realize that his brother has, in fact, returned from the dead as a vampire and is seeking revenge on the doctor, who had killed him in self-defense.
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Baby Face Morgan
Title: Baby Face Morgan
Character: Virginia Clark
Released: September 15, 1942
Type: Movie
When crime boss Big Mike Morgan is killed, his lieutenant, "Doc" Rogers, learns that Morgan has a son named Edward living in the country with his mother. Rogers has naïve Edward brought to the city and installs him as the head of Acme Protective Agency. Good-hearted Eddy assumes his company provides insurance, rather than extortion-- But don't be too hard on the guy, he still doesn't know he's Baby Face Morgan, the most feared gangster in the city!
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Torpedo Boat
Title: Torpedo Boat
Character: Jane Townsend
Released: January 24, 1942
Type: Movie
Richard Arlen and Phil Terry star as Skimmer and Tommy, two lifelong buddies who've invented a lightweight, high-speed torpedo boat (hence the title). Their copacetic business relationship is strained when nightclub singer Grace Holman (Jean Parker), having been jilted by Skimmer, marries Tommy on the rebound.
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Rags to Riches
Title: Rags to Riches
Character: Carol Patrick
Released: July 31, 1941
Type: Movie
A framed cabby rounds up fur thieves and saves his opera-singer girlfriend.
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Dance, Girl, Dance
Title: Dance, Girl, Dance
Character: Sally
Released: August 30, 1940
Type: Movie
Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.
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Rovin' Tumbleweeds
Title: Rovin' Tumbleweeds
Character: Mary Ford
Released: November 16, 1939
Type: Movie
Rancher Autry takes a job singing on the radio to aid farmers and ranchers whose lands were destroyed by raging floods. Blaming crooked politicians, he goes to Washington and tries to put through a food control bill and finds he has a lot to learn. In this classic release, Gene introduces his immortal theme song, "Back in the Saddle Again," which has gone on to become a piece of American History.
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Call a Messenger
Title: Call a Messenger
Character: Marge Hogan
Released: November 3, 1939
Type: Movie
A tough street kid attempts to rob a post office and is caught. In order to avoid reform school, he takes a job as a messenger with the post office. He finds that he likes it, and when his brother is released from prison, attempts to help his brother go straight. However, the two of them get mixed up with a local gangster, who has plans to start robbing post office branches and using the messenger and his brother to do it.
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Beware Spooks!
Title: Beware Spooks!
Character: Betty Lou Gifford
Released: October 24, 1939
Type: Movie
A bumbling detective chases an escaped convict in an amusement park haunted house in Coney Island.
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Hawaiian Nights
Title: Hawaiian Nights
Character: Millie
Released: September 8, 1939
Type: Movie
Bandleader Tim Hartley's father objects strongly to his son's occupation choice and packs him off to Hawaii to manage the family hotel holdings. This proves to be a wrong move as Hawaiia has more bands than it does pineapples.
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Inside Information
Title: Inside Information
Character: Crystal
Released: June 2, 1939
Type: Movie
A rookie cop and his girlfriend's uncle, a police captain, disagree on the methods that should be used to catch criminals.
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Fighting Thoroughbreds
Title: Fighting Thoroughbreds
Character: Marian
Released: January 6, 1939
Type: Movie
A prize-winning stallion breeds off-guard with a mare owned by his rival. The colt is trained to race from birth, eventually running in the Kentucky Derby against another horse owned by its sire.
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Say It in French
Title: Say It in French
Character: Phyllis Carrington
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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Illegal Traffic
Title: Illegal Traffic
Character: Carol Butler
Released: November 2, 1938
Type: Movie
G-Man Charles Bent Martin is sent out to break up a nationwide racket. A transport company is aiding fugitives making a getaway in exchange for the lion's share of their loot. Through an old friend, whom he once barnstormed in an air circus, Martin joins the gang as a pilot. He becomes interested in Carol Butler, a beautiful girl involved with the gang through the activities of her ne'er-do-well father.
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Touchdown, Army
Title: Touchdown, Army
Character: Toni Denby
Released: August 4, 1938
Type: Movie
Prep football star Jimmy Howal gets a reception far different from what he expected when he enters West Point.
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Hunted Men
Title: Hunted Men
Character: Jane Harris
Released: May 27, 1938
Type: Movie
Notorious racketeer Joe Albany kills James Flowers when he discovers he is embezzling from the club they own. Joe escapes through a window and hails a taxi, but when he gets nervous at the sound of sirens, he jumps out. Hardware salesman Peter Harris accidentally hits Joe with his car, and unharmed, Joe seizes this opportunity to hide in Peter's car. Peter is so drunk that Joe is able to con him into believing that he is Charles Edwards, a fellow hardware man who was with him at a convention, and in the guise of friendship, accompanies Peter to his suburban home. The next morning, Joe gets antsy and wants to leave, but Peter's family, his wife Mary, young son Robert and daughter Jane all entreat him to stay.
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Doctor Rhythm
Title: Doctor Rhythm
Character: Judy Marlowe
Released: May 6, 1938
Type: Movie
Dr. Bill Remsen pretends to be a policeman, and ends up being assigned to guard Judy Marlowe. Amazingly, he falls in love with her.
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Tip-Off Girls
Title: Tip-Off Girls
Character: Marjorie Rogers
Released: April 1, 1938
Type: Movie
A federal agent goes after a hijacking ring that uses beautiful women to help it hijack the rigs of unsuspecting truckers.
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Hold 'Em Navy
Title: Hold 'Em Navy
Character: Judy Holland
Released: November 4, 1937
Type: Movie
Two football players fight over the same girl.
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Double or Nothing
Title: Double or Nothing
Character: Vicki Clark
Released: September 17, 1937
Type: Movie
A philanthropist's will dictates that four people receive $5,000 apiece, with the stipulation that the first one who can double the amount -- without dishonesty-- will win a cool million. Hindering the four are the avaricious relatives of the late millionaire.
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Hotel Haywire
Title: Hotel Haywire
Character: Phyllis
Released: June 4, 1937
Type: Movie
Parkhouse plays a practical joke on a poker-playing buddy by sending him home with a lady's chemise stuffed in his coat pocket. The gag backfires, whereupon Parkhouse finds himself in hot water with his own wife. Threatened with divorce, Parkhouse is advised by a zany astrologer to frame Mrs. P. in a compromising situation at the Hotel Haywire, enlisting amateur detectives Bert and Genevieve Sterns in his scheme.
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Love in Exile
Title: Love in Exile
Character: Emily Stewart
Released: December 9, 1936
Type: Movie
When a king suddenly abdicates, his subjects are lead to believe that it is for the love of a foreigner in this romance. In reality, he is stepping down so avaricious businessmen can crown their own man king. The deposed monarch spends his exile on the Riviera, while the woman, filled with guilt because he stepped down for her, lives in Holland. Interestingly enough, Edward VIII the King of England abdicated for the love of American woman Wallis Simpson a few weeks after this British film was released.
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Lady Be Careful
Title: Lady Be Careful
Character: Billie 'Stonewall' Jackson
Released: September 3, 1936
Type: Movie
Previously filmed in 1930 as True to the Navy, Kenyon Nicholson's old stage farce Sailor Beware returned to the screen in 1936 as Lady Be Careful. The plot remains substantially the same, as an amorous sailor named Dynamite (Lew Ayres) bets his pals that he can "thaw" icy beauty-contest winner Billie (Mary Carlisle). What follows is a series of misunderstandings, arguments and reconciliations, all wrapped up in a happy-ever-after conclusion.
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Kind Lady
Title: Kind Lady
Character: Phyllis
Released: December 6, 1935
Type: Movie
Mary, a woman with good intentions, takes pity on Henry, an artist with no home. What begins as a simple offer to come inside from the cold for tea gradually turns into more. Before the unsuspecting woman knows it, Henry, his family, and his friends con their way into her home. Eventually, Mary creates a ruse to rid herself of the parasites, but they have a different plan.
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It's in the Air
Title: It's in the Air
Character: Grace Gridley
Released: October 10, 1935
Type: Movie
Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.
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The Old Homestead
Title: The Old Homestead
Character: Nancy Abbott
Released: October 5, 1935
Type: Movie
A New York radio talent scout turns up at a barn dance.
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Champagne for Breakfast
Title: Champagne for Breakfast
Character: Edie Morton
Released: July 15, 1935
Type: Movie
Always-broke racetrack tout shows his true colors when setting up an apartment for his girl friend.
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One Frightened Night
Title: One Frightened Night
Character: Doris Waverly
Released: May 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Eccentric tycoon Jasper Whyte hosts a dinner at his mansion and announces that he will divide his money and give each guest a million dollars before the stroke of midnight. When his long-lost granddaughter suddenly arrives, Whyte changes his mind and proclaims that she will receive his entire fortune. A second lady appears at the estate, claiming that she is actually Whyte's granddaughter, Doris Waverly, and the first woman is found murdered in her room! With each guest possessing a motive, the mystery of the killer's identity briskly unfolds through a stirring series of surprises.
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The Great Hotel Murder
Title: The Great Hotel Murder
Character: Olive Temple
Released: February 27, 1935
Type: Movie
Crime novelist Roger Blackwood competes with hotel house detective Andy McCabe in solving a murder by poisoning at a medical convention.
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Grand Old Girl
Title: Grand Old Girl
Character: Gerry Killaine
Released: January 15, 1935
Type: Movie
An elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den.
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Girl o' My Dreams
Title: Girl o' My Dreams
Character: Gwen
Released: November 16, 1934
Type: Movie
A conceited college track star, used to being "big man on campus", gets a jolt when he loses an election to see who is the most popular man in the school.
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Kentucky Kernels
Title: Kentucky Kernels
Character: Gloria Wakefield
Released: November 2, 1934
Type: Movie
The Great Elmer and Company, two out-of-work magicians, help lovelorn Jerry Bronson adopt Spanky Milford, to distract him. When Bronson makes up and elopes, the pair are stuck with the little boy. But Spanky inherits a Kentucky fortune, so they head south to Banesville, where the Milfords and Wakefields are conducting a bitter feud.
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Million Dollar Ransom
Title: Million Dollar Ransom
Character: Francesca Shelton
Released: September 1, 1934
Type: Movie
To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con in helping him fake his own kidnaping.
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Handy Andy
Title: Handy Andy
Character: Janice Yates
Released: July 19, 1934
Type: Movie
A small-town druggist is henpecked by his social-climbing wife to sell his pharmacy to a national chain. In addition, she tries to set up her pretty young daughter with the nitwit son of the chain's owner, even though the girl is in love with the handsome son of the town doctor. Finally the druggist decides he's had enough and takes matters into his own hands.
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Murder in the Private Car
Title: Murder in the Private Car
Character: Ruth Raymond
Released: June 29, 1934
Type: Movie
Ruth Raymond works on the telephone switchboard of a large NYC office building. One day, a private detective informs her that she is actually the daughter of railroad tycoon Luke Carson, and that she had been kidnapped as a baby 14 years ago by Luke's vindictive brother Elwood, and placed with strangers.
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Once to Every Woman
Title: Once to Every Woman
Character: Doris Andros
Released: March 24, 1934
Type: Movie
An able nurse clashes with a new doctor at her hospital.
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This Side of Heaven
Title: This Side of Heaven
Character: Peggy Turner
Released: February 2, 1934
Type: Movie
A family man becomes innocently involved in an embezzlement.
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Palooka
Title: Palooka
Character: Anne Howe
Released: January 26, 1934
Type: Movie
Joe Palooka is a naive young man whose father Pete was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise him.
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Should Ladies Behave
Title: Should Ladies Behave
Character: Leone Merrick
Released: December 1, 1933
Type: Movie
A middle-aged houseguest causes romantic turmoil when he falls in love with his host's teenage daughter.
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East of Fifth Avenue
Title: East of Fifth Avenue
Character: Edna Howard
Released: November 28, 1933
Type: Movie
A kindly, elderly couple who run a New York City boarding house form the steady center around which the lives and loves of their various residents unfold. Borrowed money, a lovelorn chorus girl, and a tragic misunderstanding set in motion the chain of events in East of Fifth Avenue’s tender pageant of life.
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The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Title: The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Character: Vivian
Released: October 25, 1933
Type: Movie
A campus flirt who has been "pinned" by most of the boys of Sigma Chi fraternity falls for a no-nonsense athlete who doesn't have time for such diversions as women.
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Saturday's Millions
Title: Saturday's Millions
Character: Thelma Springer
Released: September 30, 1933
Type: Movie
Jim Fowler is Western University's football hero and is constantly besieged by reporters. Jim's father Ezra comes to visit him and becomes reacquainted with an old Western football chum, Mr. Chandler, who happens to be the father of Jim's girlfriend Joan. Jim keeps his roommate, Andy, busy by sending him to collect money on their laundry concessions business, even though Andy is desperately trying to meet his girlfriend Thelma, who has just come for a visit. When the coach tells Chandler and Fowler that Jim is nervous and erratic, Chandler invites Jim to spend the night before the big game at his home.
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Ladies Must Love
Title: Ladies Must Love
Character: Sally Lou Cateret
Released: September 25, 1933
Type: Movie
Lighthearted comedy film following the (mis)adventures of four gold diggers.
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College Humor
Title: College Humor
Character: Barbara Shirrel
Released: July 5, 1933
Type: Movie
A college professor and the school's star football player are both rivals for the same beautiful coed.
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Men Must Fight
Title: Men Must Fight
Character: Evelyn
Released: February 17, 1933
Type: Movie
Prophetic tale of a mother in 1940 trying to keep her son out of war.
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Her Mad Night
Title: Her Mad Night
Character: Constance 'Connie' Kennedy
Released: October 12, 1932
Type: Movie
A woman is accused of murdering a man who molested her young daughter.
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Smilin' Through
Title: Smilin' Through
Character: Young Party Guest
Released: September 24, 1932
Type: Movie
On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally devastated. Carteret spends three decades in seclusion, mostly communing with the spirit of Moonyeen, until he learns that her niece, Kathleen, has become an orphan. He adopts and raises the child as his own but is alarmed when, as a young woman, she falls in love with the son of Moonyeen's murderer.
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Down To Earth
Title: Down To Earth
Character: Jackie Harper
Released: September 1, 1932
Type: Movie
Husband and father Will Rogers tells his spoiled wife and children that they have to economize.
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Ship A Hooey!
Title: Ship A Hooey!
Character: Daisy
Released: August 6, 1932
Type: Movie
Daisy is visiting her sailor boyfriend Glenn aboard a submarine when it leaves port. Fearful of what may happen if an officer discovers a woman on board, she is hidden in a big chest.
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Now's the Time
Title: Now's the Time
Released: June 12, 1932
Type: Movie
In this short, Mary Carlisle is in love with Harry and they have a fight and she storms off. At the same time, Mary's father (Edgar Kennedy) has recently remarried and he's sick of his wife talking about how great Harry Barris is! And, on top of that, when Edgar meets Harry it ends very badly for Edgar!
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Night Court
Title: Night Court
Character: Elizabeth Osgood
Released: June 4, 1932
Type: Movie
A corrupt night court judge tears an innocent young family apart in his efforts to elude a special prosecutor.
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Grand Hotel
Title: Grand Hotel
Character: Mrs. Hoffman - Young Honeymooner (uncredited)
Released: May 25, 1932
Type: Movie
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.
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Grand Hotel
Title: Grand Hotel
Character: Young Honeymooner Mrs. Hoffman (uncredited)
Released: May 25, 1932
Type: Movie
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.
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Hotel Continental
Title: Hotel Continental
Character: Alicia
Released: February 21, 1932
Type: Movie
Scheduled for demolition, Hotel Continental has seen 50 years of romance, intrigue, and tragedy. The last night attracts many nostalgic patrons, including a gangster planning to grab the loot that he hid there many years ago.
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This Reckless Age
Title: This Reckless Age
Character: Cassandra Phelps
Released: January 9, 1932
Type: Movie
Donald Ingals and his wife Eunice are conventional and loving parents who are shocked when their son Bradley comes home from college with ideas that they consider to be outrageous. His parents would like him to get involved with Mary Burke, a prim and proper young lady. More complications ensue because Bradley's sister Lois is attracted to the flapper lifestyle, but she isn't sure whether she can handle its emotional demands.
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The Great Lover
Title: The Great Lover
Character: Blonde Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Released: July 18, 1931
Type: Movie
An aspiring classical singer is romanced by both a famous opera star and his younger understudy.
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The Devil's Cabaret
Title: The Devil's Cabaret
Character: Impy (uncredited)
Released: December 13, 1930
Type: Movie
At Satan & Co., Inc., the devil is upset because too many people are going up to Heaven rather than down to Hades. He gives his assistant, Mr. Burns, the task of getting more people to his domain. In front of a nightclub, Mr. Burns invites a crowd of people to come inside to The Devil's Cabaret to be entertained. After they enjoy songs and dancing, the people go willingly to Hades.
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Passion Flower
Title: Passion Flower
Character: Blonde Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: December 6, 1930
Type: Movie
A bored society woman invites scandal and heartache when she falls in love with her low-born chauffeur.
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Madam Satan
Title: Madam Satan
Character: Little Bo Peep (uncredited)
Released: September 20, 1930
Type: Movie
A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.
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Children of Pleasure
Title: Children of Pleasure
Character: Secretary (uncredited)
Released: April 26, 1930
Type: Movie
A successful songwriter, dazzled by high society, falls for a society girl who is just playing around.
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Montana Moon
Title: Montana Moon
Character: Party Girl (uncredited)
Released: March 20, 1930
Type: Movie
A wild-partying flapper marries a cowboy and tries to adjust to life on a western ranch.
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The Girl Said No
Title: The Girl Said No
Character: Party Guest
Released: March 15, 1930
Type: Movie
A comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of Hyams who has turned him down for Bushman. Haines plots dozens of extreme measures to win her over, and finally goes so far as to drag her from the altar, bound and gagged.
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Long Live the King
Title: Long Live the King
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: November 26, 1923
Type: Movie
A young crown prince, wishing to be just an ordinary boy, runs away with his friend. The king dies, and when the prince does not appear, the people begin to rise in revolution. When the crown prince finally hears the death knell for the late king he immediately attempts to return to the palace, however is abducted by revolutionaries and held captive. Will he be rescued in time to restore order?