Isabel La Mal

Isabel La Mal

Born: July 16, 1886
Died: July 20, 1952

Movies for Isabel La Mal...

An American in Paris
Title: An American in Paris
Character: Audience Member (uncredited)
Released: September 26, 1951
Type: Movie
Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.
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Lured
Title: Lured
Character: Dowager Shushing Fleming at Concert
Released: August 28, 1947
Type: Movie
Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes her friend has been murdered by a serial killer who uses personal ads to find his victims. Temple hatches a plan to catch the killer using Sandra as bait, and Sandra agrees to help.
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Betrayal from the East
Title: Betrayal from the East
Character: (uncredited)
Released: April 24, 1945
Type: Movie
A carnival showman tries to keep Japanese spies from sabotaging the Panama Canal.
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Mr. Skeffington
Title: Mr. Skeffington
Character: Woman in Cafe (uncredited)
Released: May 25, 1944
Type: Movie
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.
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Men on Her Mind
Title: Men on Her Mind
Character: Miss Wiggins
Released: February 12, 1944
Type: Movie
A famous singer reflects on her life, including her journey from being an orphan to her fame as a singer, as she tries to decide which of her three suitors she will choose.
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Madame Curie
Title: Madame Curie
Character: Woman at Accident (uncredited)
Released: December 16, 1943
Type: Movie
Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists soon fall in love and embark on a shared quest to extract, from a particular type of rock, a new chemical element they have named radium. However, their research puts them on the brink of professional failure.
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The Mad Ghoul
Title: The Mad Ghoul
Character: Maid (uncredited)
Released: November 12, 1943
Type: Movie
A university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning the would-be surgeon into a murdering ghoul as part of a plan to steal his lover.
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Man from Music Mountain
Title: Man from Music Mountain
Character: Sophronia Boggs (uncredited)
Released: October 30, 1943
Type: Movie
Roy returns home to fine a range feud between the cattlemen and the sheepmen. When his friend is killed he finds the rifle had a defective pin. He learns the rifle belongs to a ranch hand named Barker and that a third party has caused the feud. When he captures outlaws trying to blow up a dam, he claims Barker was the killer. But Barker has switched rifles and the outlaws now accuse Roy and Roy finds himself in trouble.
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Cutie on Duty
Title: Cutie on Duty
Character: Clerk
Released: October 29, 1943
Type: Movie
Leon Errol buys his wife a gift.
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So's Your Uncle
Title: So's Your Uncle
Character: Mrs. Van Cleve
Released: September 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Circumstances arise that result in a man impersonating his uncle. As the "uncle", he finds himself pursued by his girlfriend's aunt, who does not approve of their relationship.
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Above Suspicion
Title: Above Suspicion
Character: Patron in Frisky Rabbit (Uncredited)
Released: May 31, 1943
Type: Movie
Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.
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Radio Runaround
Title: Radio Runaround
Character: Miss Kelly
Released: May 7, 1943
Type: Movie
As Leon is getting ready to go to his job at a radio station, his wife is fuming because Leon has forgotten their wedding anniversary. With the help of a friend, Leon's wife writes a fake letter to a marital advice show that airs on Leon's station. Little does she realize that her letter will set off a chain of complicated misunderstandings.
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Gem-Jams
Title: Gem-Jams
Character: Arlene's Mother
Released: March 19, 1943
Type: Movie
Leon tells his wife that he has to leave to meet a client--unaware that the client is a beautiful woman and that his wife is suspicious.
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Hold Your Temper
Title: Hold Your Temper
Character: Mrs. Gabby, Neighbor
Released: February 5, 1943
Type: Movie
When his wife threatens to leave him because of his notoriously bad temper, Edgar promises that there will be no more tantrums.
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Queen of Broadway
Title: Queen of Broadway
Character: Mrs. Barnett
Released: November 24, 1942
Type: Movie
There are no queens and very little Broadway (except for an opening establishing shot) in Queen of Broadway. Instead, this sentimental B-picture is the story of a gambler (Rochelle Hudson), who tries to clean up her act and adopt an orphan (Donald Mayo).
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Secrets of a Co-Ed
Title: Secrets of a Co-Ed
Character: Dean Sophie Craig
Released: October 26, 1942
Type: Movie
An attorney's immature college-student daughter becomes romantically involved with a mobster, unaware that a nightclub singer also loves him - or that her father is secretly the mob's leader.
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Phantom Killer
Title: Phantom Killer
Character: Mrs. Rigby - Dave's Mother
Released: October 2, 1942
Type: Movie
Well-known philanthropist and deaf-mute John G. Harrison is identified leaving the scene of several murders but evades successful prosecution as there are hundreds of witnesses who have also seen him emceeing benefits at the exact same time as the murders.
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Lady in a Jam
Title: Lady in a Jam
Character: Josephine
Released: June 19, 1942
Type: Movie
A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's abandoned mine. The psychiatrist, unable to talk her out of it, decides to follow her out there.
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Obliging Young Lady
Title: Obliging Young Lady
Character: Wife (uncredited)
Released: April 1, 1942
Type: Movie
A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.
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Borrowed Hero
Title: Borrowed Hero
Character: Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
Released: December 5, 1941
Type: Movie
A struggling lawyer is named as special prosecutor in a racketeering case.
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The Corsican Brothers
Title: The Corsican Brothers
Character: Opera Spectator (Uncredited)
Released: November 28, 1941
Type: Movie
Cultured Mario and outlaw Lucien, twins separated at birth, join forces to avenge their parents' death at the hands of evil Colonna. Because each feels all the same sensations experienced by the other, swordplay is difficult for them. Worse yet, raised very differently, they struggle to find common ground between their conflicting personalities. But to defeat their enemy, the two will have to overcome the obstacles and work as a team.
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Escort Girl
Title: Escort Girl
Character: Snuggles (as Isabel Lamal)
Released: November 4, 1941
Type: Movie
A pair of nightclub owners run a string of escort bureaus where men pay for the "companionship" of young women. The district attorney sends an undercover agent to infiltrate the bureaus.
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Murder by Invitation
Title: Murder by Invitation
Character: Martha Denham
Released: June 30, 1941
Type: Movie
The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide up her money. To show them that there are no hard feelings, she invites them to her estate for the weekend so she can decide to whom she actually will leave her money when she dies. Soon, however, family members begin turning up dead.
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The Lone Rider Rides On
Title: The Lone Rider Rides On
Character: Ma Cameron
Released: January 10, 1941
Type: Movie
Tom Cameron is searching for the outlaws who ambushed a wagon train, murdered his parents and stole the deed to their land. Though he was only a child at the time, he vividly remembers the scar on the ringleader's face -- and Tom will stop at nothing until he brings him to justice … and exacts vengeance.
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Pop Always Pays
Title: Pop Always Pays
Character: Mrs. Tommy Lane
Released: June 21, 1940
Type: Movie
A businessman boasts he'll give his daughter a large amount of cash for her wedding, and then frantically tries to raise the money. This 1940 comedy stars Leon Errol, Marjorie Gateson, Dennis O'Keefe, Adele Pearce and Walter Catlett.
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Pardon My Berth Marks
Title: Pardon My Berth Marks
Character: Mary's Aunt
Released: March 22, 1940
Type: Movie
Buster, a reporter, takes a train trip and winds up innocently involved with a gangster's wife.
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Calling All Curs
Title: Calling All Curs
Character: Mrs. Bedford (uncredited)
Released: August 25, 1939
Type: Movie
The Stooges run a pet hospital and are the proud surgeons of Garçon, a prized girl poodle of socialite Mrs. Bedford . When two men posing as reporters kidnap the poodle, the boys frantically try track them down.
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Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Title: Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Character: Matronly Woman (uncredited)
Released: July 7, 1939
Type: Movie
Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. When the precious treasure is transported to America, Mr. Moto must race against time to unmask the cunning thief who will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what he wants.
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Gang Bullets
Title: Gang Bullets
Character: Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
Released: November 10, 1938
Type: Movie
A Capone-like racketeer named Anderson, who after being chased out of one town by the authorities immediately sets up shop in another. Unable to get any tangible evidence against Anderson, DA Wayne orders his assistant Carter to dig up some dirt on the gangster boss. To do this, Carter pretends to turned crooked, joining Anderson's gang in order to accumulate evidence. Alas, Carter's girl friend Patricia knows nothing of her boyfriend's subterfuge, and she suspects the worst.
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Religious Racketeers
Title: Religious Racketeers
Character: Seance Attendee
Released: July 7, 1938
Type: Movie
A wealthy young woman, racked with guilt because she wasn't there when her mother died, is so desperate to contact her that she gets involved with a phony mystic who promises to put her in touch with her mother's spirit, but who is really after her money. A reporter who loves the young woman sets out to expose the phony "psychic" for the charlatan he is.
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The Beloved Brat
Title: The Beloved Brat
Character: Teacher
Released: April 30, 1938
Type: Movie
Roberta Morgan is being raised in a wealthy home where her mother is occupied with her society-club activities and her father is immersed in his business activities. She also feels that the household staff is against her and that no one understands her needs and problems. Things spiral out of control.
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Night Spot
Title: Night Spot
Character: Martha
Released: February 25, 1938
Type: Movie
A young singer, Marge Dexter, becomes involved in trouble when she works in a nightclub in which two of the band-members are in reality undercover-police officers who believe that the club is the headquarters of a dangerous gang of crooks.
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Should Wives Work?
Title: Should Wives Work?
Released: September 10, 1937
Type: Movie
Errol's wife goes back to work, despite his objections.
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Wings Over Honolulu
Title: Wings Over Honolulu
Character: Shopper
Released: May 16, 1937
Type: Movie
A Navy pilot gets involved in a romantic triangle while stationed in Hawaii.
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Theodora Goes Wild
Title: Theodora Goes Wild
Character: Townswoman (uncredited)
Released: November 12, 1936
Type: Movie
The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora's incognito and sets out to 'free her' from Lynnfield against her will. But Michael has a secret too, and gets a taste of his own medicine.
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Show Boat
Title: Show Boat
Released: May 17, 1936
Type: Movie
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
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Fatal Lady
Title: Fatal Lady
Character: Paris Cafe Guest (uncredited)
Released: May 15, 1936
Type: Movie
On her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the death of a male acquaintance. Released, although thoroughly shaken-up, Marion attempts to perform but loses her voice onstage. Humiliated, but driven to sing, she travels to South America under the assumed name of Maria Delasano, and works in an opera company under the tutelage of Feodor Glinka, who wants her to shun men and save herself for her art. Mary resists the persistent attentions of wealthy young Phil Roberts, who follows the company in hopes of marrying her. ...
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Roaming Lady
Title: Roaming Lady
Character: Martha - Housekeeper
Released: May 2, 1936
Type: Movie
Joyce Reid, a wealthy young debutante, stows away on a cargo ship to China, carrying as passengers her dashing aviator sweetheart, Dan Bailey and and her munitions-producing father, E. J. Reid and an assortment of the usual south-seas characters along with some Asians with varying agendas. The cargo included a shipment of bombs and machine guns. She soon finds herself being held hostage and they will free her only if Dan agrees to pilot a bombing plane for some Chinese bandits.
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Desire
Title: Desire
Character: Nurse Receptionist (uncredited)
Released: April 11, 1936
Type: Movie
Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses US engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain, to get the pearls out of France. But getting the pearls back from him proves to be difficult without falling in love.
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The Preview Murder Mystery
Title: The Preview Murder Mystery
Character: Woman in Preview Audience (Uncredited)
Released: February 28, 1936
Type: Movie
The star of "Song of the Toreador" receives threatening messages that he will not survive the preview screening of the film. The studio publicist works with the Director, the Producer and the police, to discover who is behind the threats.
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Ants in the Pantry
Title: Ants in the Pantry
Character: Party Guest Clara (uncredited)
Released: February 6, 1936
Type: Movie
The Stooges are pest exterminators who drum up business by planting vermin in a ritzy mansion where a party is going on. They are hired, but must pose as guests to work unobserved. They ruin a piano and generally make a mess of the party, but the hostess passes them off as vaudeville comedians and they are invited to join the guests on a fox hunt.
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The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Title: The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Character: Mrs. Belwood
Released: January 13, 1936
Type: Movie
A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for his missing father. His adventures involve a mysterious inscription on a ring, buried treasure, kidnaping and Indian raids. He saves his father and returns to school just in time to win a decisive baseball game with his remarkable pitching and hitting.
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The Calling of Dan Matthews
Title: The Calling of Dan Matthews
Character: Housekeeper (uncredited)
Released: December 10, 1935
Type: Movie
Dan Matthews (Richard Arlen), a young parson, is in love with Hope Strong (Charlotte Wynters), the daughter of James B. Strong ('FRederick Burton'), a man who controls the town with his real estate and business interests. Strong is an upstanding citizen who has fallen into the hands of a clever racketeer, Jeff Hardy (Douglass Dumbrille), who acts as Strong's manager of some innocent-appearing amusement places that are really secret dens of vice.
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Ship Cafe
Title: Ship Cafe
Character: The Baroness (uncredited)
Released: November 9, 1935
Type: Movie
The singing stoker and the vamp.
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Every Night at Eight
Title: Every Night at Eight
Character: Socialite at Party (uncredited)
Released: August 2, 1935
Type: Movie
Three young girls working in an agency have build a singing trio. They want to "lease" the Dictaphone of their boss to make a record of their singing, but they are caught and fired. When they are not able to pay their rent any longer, they decide to try it on an amateur contest at a radio station.
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No More Ladies
Title: No More Ladies
Character: Jacquette (uncredited)
Released: June 14, 1935
Type: Movie
A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.
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Carnival
Title: Carnival
Character: Woman
Released: February 15, 1935
Type: Movie
"Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves him with an infant son he names "Poochy." His father-in-law and the baby's grandfather sues him for custody of the baby and Chick takes his son and hides out for a couple of years. He joins his former assistants, Daisy and "Fingers", in a circus act only to find that the persistent grandfather is still on his trail.
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The Return of Chandu
Title: The Return of Chandu
Character: Mrs. James
Released: October 1, 1934
Type: Movie
Chandu consults his crystal ball and sees that Nadji, Princess of Egypt, is in danger. She is about to be sacrificed by the black magic cult of Ubasti. Headed for the magic island of Lemuria, he is shipwrecked , washed ashore and captured. He becomes invisible, escapes and after numerous detours is able to rescue the princess.
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Blind Date
Title: Blind Date
Character: Employment Woman
Released: July 20, 1934
Type: Movie
A young woman is torn between a wealthy suitor who wants her body and the honest young man who wants what's best for her.
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One Night of Love
Title: One Night of Love
Character: Metropolitan Operagoer
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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Guilty Parents
Title: Guilty Parents
Character: Mrs. Mason
Released: April 1, 1934
Type: Movie
A young girl is being tried for murder. Her defense attorney attempts to show how her descent into a life of crime, prostitution and degradation was caused by her puritanical, religious fanatic mother.
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This Side of Heaven
Title: This Side of Heaven
Character: Mrs. Miller - Neighbor at Theatre (uncredited)
Released: February 2, 1934
Type: Movie
A family man becomes innocently involved in an embezzlement.
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Carnival Lady
Title: Carnival Lady
Character: Guest
Released: November 11, 1933
Type: Movie
When his bank fails, a young man loses not only all his money but his fiancée, deserts him, too. Depressed, he joins a circus.
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The Thirteenth Guest
Title: The Thirteenth Guest
Character: Marie's Mother (Uncredited)
Released: August 9, 1932
Type: Movie
Thirteen years after a dinner party in which the thirteenth guest failed to arrive, the remaining guests are being murdered one by one, and their bodies being placed at the same dinner table in the appropriate seats they occupied thirteen years prior.
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Big Dame Hunting
Title: Big Dame Hunting
Released: January 15, 1932
Type: Movie
A drunken husband tries to sneak in but his wife catches him... and that means trouble!
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The Last Moment
Title: The Last Moment
Character: First Wife
Released: February 15, 1928
Type: Movie
A man drowns himself in lake. As he is dying, he recalls the crucial moments of his life and the incidents that led to his final, fatal decision.