Frances Robinson

Frances Robinson

Born: April 26, 1916
Died: August 16, 1971
in Fort Wadsworth, New York, USA

Movies for Frances Robinson...

A Storm in Summer
Title: A Storm in Summer
Character: Mrs. Parker
Released: February 6, 1970
Type: Movie
A story of the friendship between an elderly Jewish man and a young African-American boy set during the Vietnam War.
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Kitten with a Whip
Title: Kitten with a Whip
Character: Martha
Released: November 4, 1964
Type: Movie
Straitlaced senatorial hopeful David Stratton has no idea what he's in for when he arrives home from a trip to find sexy teen Jody curled up asleep in his daughter's bed. Soon, delinquent Jody is holding David -- and his plush suburban home -- hostage while she hides out from the cops and throws wild parties with her beatnik pals. David, terrified of scandal, agrees to drive Jody and her friends to Mexico, a decision he regrets when the ride gets out of control.
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The Lively Set
Title: The Lively Set
Character: Celeste Manning
Released: October 24, 1964
Type: Movie
A college student drops out to build a race car and falls for his buddy's sister.
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Title: Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character: Boy's Mother
Released: October 4, 1963
Type: TV
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967. The show was hosted by Bob Hope, but it had a variety of formats, including musical, dramatic, and comedy.
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Title: 87th Precinct
Character: Mrs. Miller
Released: September 25, 1961
Type: TV
87th Precinct is an American crime drama starring Robert Lansing, Gena Rowlands, and Ron Harper, which aired on NBC on Monday evenings during the 1961–1962 television season.
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Title: The Donna Reed Show
Character: Ellen Marcy
Released: September 24, 1958
Type: TV
Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children.
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Title: The Donna Reed Show
Character: Myra
Released: September 24, 1958
Type: TV
Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children.
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Title: Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Character: Joyce Conroy
Released: January 7, 1958
Type: TV
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer is the title used for two syndicated television series that followed the adventures of fictional private detective Mike Hammer. The gritty, crime fighting detective—created by American crime author Mickey Spillane—has also inspired several feature films and made-for-TV movies.
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God's Christmas Gift
Title: God's Christmas Gift
Character: Claire Adams
Released: January 1, 1958
Type: Movie
A young girl helps her parents as she wonders what God's special gift is at Christmas time.
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Title: Casey Jones
Character: Amanda Newsome
Released: October 8, 1957
Type: TV
Television version of the classic train story of Casey Jones, the engineer of the steam-engine powered "Cannonball Express".
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Title: Meet McGraw
Character: Ann Bartof
Released: June 17, 1957
Type: TV
Meet McGraw is an American dramatic television series starring Frank Lovejoy in the role of the hard-hitting detective McGraw, a man specifically given no first name in the program. Forty-one half-hour episodes aired on NBC during the 1957-1958 season, sponsored by Procter & Gamble. The series was produced by the Desilu Studios, most of whose productions were broadcast by CBS. The theme song for the series is "One For My Baby" by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer. Meet McGraw preceded The Bob Cummings Show on Tuesday evenings on NBC. It aired at 9:00pm ET/PT opposite John Lupton’s Western series, Broken Arrow on ABC and Bud Collyer's To Tell the Truth quiz show on CBS. After its cancellation, Meet McGraw was repeated as The Adventures of McGraw on ABC in 1958-1959, but not in prime time. A number of episodes of the series, including "Mohave" and "Lady in Limbo," are available on DVD.
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Title: Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character: Eleanor Winter
Released: October 5, 1956
Type: TV
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961.
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Meet Mrs. Swenson
Title: Meet Mrs. Swenson
Character: Ellen Forrest
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
An overworked housewife struggles to survive in an old house with an inadequate electrical supply and out-of-date appliances.
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Title: Screen Director's Playhouse
Character: Mrs. Preston
Released: October 5, 1955
Type: TV
Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The stories ranged from musicals to comedies and dramas.
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Title: December Bride
Character: Phyllis
Released: October 4, 1954
Type: TV
December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series that aired from June 1952 through September 1953.
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Title: The Life Of Riley
Character: Librarian
Released: January 2, 1953
Type: TV
Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems.
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Title: The Ford Television Theatre
Character: Sister Barbara
Released: October 2, 1952
Type: TV
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
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Title: The Ford Television Theatre
Character: Kay
Released: October 2, 1952
Type: TV
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
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Title: The Ford Television Theatre
Character: Carolyn Connover
Released: October 2, 1952
Type: TV
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
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Title: Four Star Playhouse
Character: Party guest (uncredited)
Released: September 25, 1952
Type: TV
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.
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Title: Four Star Playhouse
Character: Connie
Released: September 25, 1952
Type: TV
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.
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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character: Ellie Gorman
Released: October 5, 1951
Type: TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
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Does Christ Live in Your Home?
Title: Does Christ Live in Your Home?
Released: July 5, 1951
Type: Movie
A 1950's family man is out of work and looking for a job discovers that putting God first in your life is what matters most.
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Title: The Jack Benny Program
Character: Bank Teller
Released: October 28, 1950
Type: TV
Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.
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Title: The Jack Benny Program
Character: DMV Clerk - Types Drivers License
Released: October 28, 1950
Type: TV
Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.
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Title: The Jack Benny Program
Released: October 28, 1950
Type: TV
Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Bonnie Haydon
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
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.
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Backfire
Title: Backfire
Character: Mrs. Blayne
Released: January 26, 1950
Type: Movie
When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army buddy Steve Connolly. A reformed crook, Connolly is on the lam from a trumped-up murder rap, and Corey hopes to clear his pal. Tagging along is Army nurse Julie Benson, who has fallen for Corey.
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I, Jane Doe
Title: I, Jane Doe
Character: Dorothy Winston
Released: May 25, 1948
Type: Movie
While stationed in France during World War II, an American fighter pilot marries a French girl but leaves her behind when he returns to the U.S. The French woman follows him to America only to discover he’s already married to a successful lawyer.
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Keeper of the Bees
Title: Keeper of the Bees
Character: Mrs. Marcia MacFarlane
Released: July 10, 1947
Type: Movie
Michael Worthington, an elderly owner of an apiary, befriends an embittered artist, Jamie McFarlaine, who is seeking a divorce from his wife. Jamie falls in love with Alice, but the romance is almost doomed by the gossip-spreading of a meddlesome neighbor.
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Suddenly It's Spring
Title: Suddenly It's Spring
Character: WAC Capt. Rogers
Released: February 13, 1947
Type: Movie
A WAC officer returns from the war to find her husband wants a divorce.
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The Missing Lady
Title: The Missing Lady
Character: Anne Walsh
Released: August 17, 1946
Type: Movie
While investigating the theft of a valuable jade statue known as "The Missing Lady" -- and the subsequent murder of an art dealer -- imperceptible sleuth Lamont Cranston aka the Shadow (Kane Richmond) finds himself being blamed for the crime. It doesn't help the Shadow's claims of innocence when more bodies begin piling up. Good thing he knows exactly who's guilty among an increasingly smaller group of suspects.
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Smilin' Through
Title: Smilin' Through
Character: Ellen, John's Housekeeper
Released: October 1, 1941
Type: Movie
John Carteret has long been depressed and lonely, because, at his wedding years ago, his bride, Moonyean, was murdered. He accepts into his house Kathleen, the 5 year old orphaned niece of Moonyean, and she quickly grows up to look just like her aunt. Kathleen meets and falls in love with a mysterious stranger from America, Kenneth Wayne. When John hears of this he is furious, and we learn that it was Kenneth's father, Jeremy, who had killed Moonyean years before. John carries his grudge against Jeremy to the new generation, and threatens to ruin his niece's happiness, but he softens in the end.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Title: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Character: Marcia
Released: August 12, 1941
Type: Movie
Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.
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Outlaws of the Panhandle
Title: Outlaws of the Panhandle
Character: Doris Burnett
Released: February 27, 1941
Type: Movie
Outlaws of the Pandhandle was the last of Charles Starrett's "formula" westerns for Columbia: hereafter, Starrett would be seen only in the guise of frontier medico Steven Monroe or masked do-gooder The Durango Kid. For the moment, however, the star is cast as Jim Endicott, bound and determined to put an end to the underhanded activities of gin-mill operator Faro Jack Vaughn (Norman Willis). The villain's strategy is to get the local cowpunchers tanked up on rotgut that they'll prove to be easy pickings for a gang of rustlers-and will be unable to complete work on a railroad spur which will bypass the outlaws' hideaway.
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The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Title: The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Character: Patricia Lawrence
Released: November 2, 1940
Type: Movie
Complicated plot involving missing stamp collection and kidnapped businessman, with the Lone Wolf keeping one step ahead of the police in Havana trying to solve the crime and make a profit.
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So You Won't Talk?
Title: So You Won't Talk?
Character: Lucy Walters
Released: October 2, 1940
Type: Movie
A shy book reviewer is confused with a notorious gangster who has just been release from prison.
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Glamour for Sale
Title: Glamour for Sale
Character: Betty Warren
Released: September 27, 1940
Type: Movie
A blackmail mob is waiting for you to go out with one of these girls.
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Riders of Pasco Basin
Title: Riders of Pasco Basin
Character: Jean Madison
Released: April 4, 1940
Type: Movie
Kirby and Evans are pulling off an irrigation project swindle and newspaper editor Scott realizes it and sends for Lee. Lee agrees with Scott and forms a vigilante group to fight the Sheriff and his deputies brought in by Kirby. But a dying Uncle Dan sets the Sheriff straight and this brings the two sides together for the big shootout.
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Double Alibi
Title: Double Alibi
Character: Nadine Wayne
Released: March 1, 1940
Type: Movie
A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.
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The Invisible Man Returns
Title: The Invisible Man Returns
Character: Clinic Nurse (uncredited)
Released: January 12, 1940
Type: Movie
The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.
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Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Title: Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Character: Court Stenographer
Released: December 22, 1939
Type: Movie
Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter who is about to expose the editor's ties to the mob. When the editor is killed, both reporter Banning and mobster Tony Garcia are suspected.
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Tower of London
Title: Tower of London
Character: Duchess Isobel
Released: November 17, 1939
Type: Movie
In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England. As each murder is accomplished he takes particular delight in removing small figurines, each resembling one of the successors, from a throne-room dollhouse, until he alone remains. After the death of Edward he becomes Richard III, King of England, and need only defeat the exiled Henry Tudor to retain power.
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Hero for a Day
Title: Hero for a Day
Character: Jean
Released: October 6, 1939
Type: Movie
When a night watchman is mistaken for a wealthy college alumnus, his family and friends help him go along with the pretense.
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Desperate Trails
Title: Desperate Trails
Character: Judith Lantry
Released: September 30, 1939
Type: Movie
A young man helps a marshal in his battle against outlaws.
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I Stole a Million
Title: I Stole a Million
Character: Elsie (uncredited)
Released: August 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
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Big Town Czar
Title: Big Town Czar
Character: Florist Shop Employee
Released: May 3, 1939
Type: Movie
When gangster Phil Daley gets rid of his chief Paul Burgess he has everything that money can buy, except the respect of his parents and his sweetheart Susan Warren. His younger brother Danny quits college and forces Phil to make him part of the gang. The overly-ambitious Danny fixes a prize-fight on which rival gang-leader Mike Luger loses heavily and, thinking that Phil has double-crossed him, sends gunmen out to kill Phil. They kill Danny instead and the frightened Phil flees to a country hideout. His chief lieutenant, Sid Travis, sets a trap for Phil when he returns.
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The Family Next Door
Title: The Family Next Door
Character: Jane Hughes
Released: March 30, 1939
Type: Movie
Rose Pierce is discontent with her life as the wife of a small town plumber and has visions of becoming a wealthy socialite. Consequently, when her smart aleck son Sammy hears that an electric railroad line is to be built through town, she decides that the family can become rich by purchasing the lots along the right of way. Patriarch George Pierce laughs at the idea, but when Rose and Sammy learn that Cora Stewart, the wealthy town widow, has withdrawn her savings from the bank, they jump to the conclusion that she is interested in buying the lots, and mother and son secretly invest the family bank roll in the land.
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Risky Business
Title: Risky Business
Character: Norma Jameson
Released: March 3, 1939
Type: Movie
Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has been kidnapped.
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Society Smugglers
Title: Society Smugglers
Character: Mary Larson
Released: March 1, 1939
Type: Movie
The Treasury Department plants a female agent in the office of a luggage company that is suspected of smuggling diamonds.
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Pirates of the Skies
Title: Pirates of the Skies
Released: January 1, 1939
Type: Movie
Cafe waitress Barbara Whitney refuses to acknowledge her marriage to Air Policeman Nick Conlon until he upgrades his career. He does so by infiltrating a hi-jacking gang, posing as passengers, that robs airplanes carrying valuable items and money, and parachuting their escape from the scene of the crime.
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The Last Warning
Title: The Last Warning
Character: Linda Essex
Released: December 7, 1938
Type: Movie
In their third and last teaming, Bill Crane and Doc Williams visit a country estate to investigate threatening letters from the mysterious 'Eye.'
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Exposed
Title: Exposed
Character: Club girl
Released: November 5, 1938
Type: Movie
A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted.
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Little Tough Guys in Society
Title: Little Tough Guys in Society
Character: Guest
Released: November 1, 1938
Type: Movie
A society matron invites the gang to her estate as playmates for her spoiled brat son.
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Red Barry
Title: Red Barry
Character: Mississippi
Released: October 18, 1938
Type: Movie
A police detective is caught up in a plot to steal two million dollars in bonds.
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Service de Luxe
Title: Service de Luxe
Character: Secretary
Released: October 12, 1938
Type: Movie
Glamorous and efficient Helen Murphy runs a service that will provide any type of assistance to wealthy customers, but what she's really looking for is a man who can take care of himself.
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Personal Secretary
Title: Personal Secretary
Character: June Reese
Released: September 9, 1938
Type: Movie
Two rival newspaper columnists battle over whether or not a woman murdered her playboy husband.
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Letter of Introduction
Title: Letter of Introduction
Character: Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Released: August 5, 1938
Type: Movie
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.
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The Rage of Paris
Title: The Rage of Paris
Character: Outside Secretary (uncredited)
Released: June 9, 1938
Type: Movie
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ritzy New York City hotel, the trio plot to have Gloria catch the eye of Bill Duncan, a millionaire staying at the hotel. The plan works and the two quickly become engaged. Nicole's plan may be thwarted by Bill's friend, Jim Trevor, who's met Nicole before and sees through her plot.
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The Nurse from Brooklyn
Title: The Nurse from Brooklyn
Character: Nurse
Released: April 29, 1938
Type: Movie
A nurse's younger brother is caught in a shootout between a criminal gang and the police, and he is shot and killed. The officer who is accused of shooting the man knows that he didn't do it, and sets out to find the real killer and clear his own name.
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The Crime of Doctor Hallet
Title: The Crime of Doctor Hallet
Character: Party Guest
Released: March 12, 1938
Type: Movie
Doctor in jungle works on cure for fever.
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Forbidden Valley
Title: Forbidden Valley
Character: Wilda Lanning
Released: February 13, 1938
Type: Movie
In this youth-oriented western, a young man's father is wrongfully accused of murder. Unfortunately, his pa can't prove it and so flees into the rugged mountains. He brings his boy with him. In those lonely hills lives a sad, but wealthy young woman. Love blossoms between the son and the girl as the son struggles to clear his father's name and bring the real villains to justice.
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The Jury's Secret
Title: The Jury's Secret
Character: Dorothy Miller
Released: January 16, 1938
Type: Movie
A reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her ex-fiancé and persuades him to confess and clear the innocent man on trial.
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The Spy Ring
Title: The Spy Ring
Character: Girl at Officer's Club Dinner (uncredited)
Released: January 8, 1938
Type: Movie
Two American-army officers are working on a new type of machine-gun for anti-aircraft warfare, when one of them is murdered. The other vows to get the spies that are after the invention and avenge his friend's death.
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Tim Tyler's Luck
Title: Tim Tyler's Luck
Character: Lora Lacey
Released: December 27, 1937
Type: Movie
A 12-episode serial in which Tim Tyler goes to Africa in search of his father in gorilla country. He meets up with Laura, who is after Spider Webb who has framed her brother. Webb causes the death of Tim's father, but is eventually tracked down.
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One Rainy Afternoon
Title: One Rainy Afternoon
Character: Clara, Leading Lady (Uncredited)
Released: May 13, 1936
Type: Movie
Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young Monique for his mistress, Yvonne, and tries to kiss her. Charged with assault, the quick-thinking Philippe claims it's French tradition to do as he did, and is let go. To his surprise, Philippe learns that Monique has paid his fine. As the tabloids exploit the situation, Monique dates Philippe, until a photo appears of him kissing Yvonne.
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The Climbers
Title: The Climbers
Character: Daughter of the Duchess of Arrogan (uncredited)
Released: May 3, 1927
Type: Movie
The Duchess of Aragon is wooed by King Ferdinand VII of Spain, much to the displeasure of his mistress Countess Veya, who forces the Duchess out of Spain and into Puerto Rico, where she is forced to behave in very unladylike manners, such as riding horses like a cowboy, and dueling with and fending off various brigands and bandits.