Bert Stevens

Bert Stevens

Born: February 26, 1905
Died: December 14, 1964
in Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
Bert Stevens (born Malcolm Byron Stevens) was an American screen and television actor. He was the older brother of star actress Barbara Stanwyck whose birth name was Ruby Catherine Stevens.

Movies for Bert Stevens...

A Very Special Favor
Title: A Very Special Favor
Character: Restaurant Patron / Theatregoer (uncredited)
Released: August 2, 1965
Type: Movie
The long-lost father of a frigid, uptight Freudian psychologist contracts a wealthy American playboy who owes him a favor to woo his daughter.
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The Great Race
Title: The Great Race
Character: Townsman
Released: July 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.
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The Sound of Music
Title: The Sound of Music
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: March 29, 1965
Type: Movie
In the years before the Second World War, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
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Strange Bedfellows
Title: Strange Bedfellows
Character: Clerk (uncredited)
Released: February 9, 1965
Type: Movie
After a hasty wedding, Carter and Toni find that they disagree on everything. They separate and seven years later, on the eve before their divorce, meet again and spend the night together. Reality sets in when morning comes and they begin arguing again. Once again, divorce proceedings are on — until Carter finds out that an important promotion hinges on whether he's married.
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Sex and the Single Girl
Title: Sex and the Single Girl
Character: Nightclub Patron at Anniversary Party (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1964
Type: Movie
A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurley Brown.
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Mary Poppins
Title: Mary Poppins
Character: Bank Customer (uncredited)
Released: December 17, 1964
Type: Movie
Mr Banks is looking for a nanny for his two mischievous children and comes across Mary Poppins, an angelic nanny. She not only brings a change in their lives but also spreads happiness.
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Fate Is the Hunter
Title: Fate Is the Hunter
Character: Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Released: November 8, 1964
Type: Movie
A man refuses to believe that pilot error caused a fatal crash, and persists in looking for another reason. Airliner crashes near Los Angeles due to unusual string of coincidences. Stewardess, who is sole survivor, joins airline executives in discovering the causes of the crash.
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My Fair Lady
Title: My Fair Lady
Character: Gentleman (uncredited)
Released: October 21, 1964
Type: Movie
A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
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Cheyenne Autumn
Title: Cheyenne Autumn
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: October 15, 1964
Type: Movie
A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.
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Marnie
Title: Marnie
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: July 17, 1964
Type: Movie
Marnie is a thief, a liar, and a cheat. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, catches on to her routine kleptomania, she finds herself being blackmailed.
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Robin and the 7 Hoods
Title: Robin and the 7 Hoods
Character: Nightclub Patron / Sidewalk Passerby (uncredited)
Released: June 24, 1964
Type: Movie
In prohibition-era Chicago, the corrupt sheriff and Guy Gisborne, a south-side racketeer, knock off the boss Big Jim. Everyone falls in line behind Guy except Robbo, who controls the north side. Although he's out-gunned, Robbo wants to keep his own territory. A pool-playing dude from Indiana and the director of a boys' orphanage join forces with Robbo; and, when he gives some money to the orphanage, he becomes the toast of the town as a hood like Robin Hood. Meanwhile, Guy schemes to get rid of Robbo, and Big Jim's heretofore unknown daughter Marian appears and goes from man to man trying to find an ally in her quest to run the whole show. Can Robbo hold things together?
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Viva Las Vegas
Title: Viva Las Vegas
Character: Resort Guest (uncredited)
Released: February 8, 1964
Type: Movie
Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets the cash easily enough but mislays it when the pretty swimming pool manageress takes his mind off things. It seems he will lose both race and girl, problems made more difficult by rivalry from Elmo Mancini, fellow racer and womaniser.
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The Prize
Title: The Prize
Character: Guest at Award Ceremony (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1963
Type: Movie
A group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American novelist Andrew Craig, a former literary luminary now writing pulp detective stories to earn a living. Craig, who is infamous for his drinking and womanizing, formulates a wild theory that physics prize winner Dr. Max Stratman has been replaced by an impostor, embroiling Craig and his chaperone in a Cold War kidnapping plot.
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The Wheeler Dealers
Title: The Wheeler Dealers
Character: Businessman (uncredited)
Released: November 14, 1963
Type: Movie
Henry J. Tyroon leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot of oil money to play with in the stock market. He meets stock analyst Molly Thatcher, who tries to ignore the lavish attention he spends on her but, in the end, she falls for his charm.
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Days of Wine and Roses
Title: Days of Wine and Roses
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: February 4, 1963
Type: Movie
An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
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The Manchurian Candidate
Title: The Manchurian Candidate
Character: Officer
Released: October 24, 1962
Type: Movie
Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.
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The Chapman Report
Title: The Chapman Report
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: October 5, 1962
Type: Movie
A research psychologist gets involved in the personal lives of four women.
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Jack the Giant Killer
Title: Jack the Giant Killer
Character: Celebration Guest (uncredited)
Released: May 18, 1962
Type: Movie
The terrible and trecherous Pendragon plans to gain the throne of Cornwall by getting the king to abdicate and to marry his lovely daughter. To help him he has his dreadful witches in his castle and his almost unstoppable sorcery. A giant under his control abducts the princess, but on the way home with her the giant meets farming lad Jack who slays him. This is only the beginning.
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Sweet Bird of Youth
Title: Sweet Bird of Youth
Character: Film Crew Member
Released: March 21, 1962
Type: Movie
Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his home town as the companion of a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies. Chance runs into trouble when he finds his ex-girlfriend, the daughter of the local politician Tom "Boss" Finley, who more or less forced him to leave his daughter and the town many years ago.
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Pocketful of Miracles
Title: Pocketful of Miracles
Character: Man on Dock (uncredited)
Released: December 18, 1961
Type: Movie
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
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Judgment at Nuremberg
Title: Judgment at Nuremberg
Character: German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
Released: December 18, 1961
Type: Movie
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
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King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Title: King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Character: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Released: June 11, 1961
Type: Movie
Gambler Arnold Rothstein marries an actress, avenges his buddy and meets an underworld fate.
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One-Eyed Jacks
Title: One-Eyed Jacks
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: March 30, 1961
Type: Movie
Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for revenge. Dad is now a respectable sheriff in California, and has been living in fear of Rio's return.
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Where the Boys Are
Title: Where the Boys Are
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: December 28, 1960
Type: Movie
Good girls Merritt, Melanie, Tuggle and Angie - all students at mid-western Penmore University - are planning on going to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for spring break to get away from the mid-western snow despite not having much money to spend once there. On the drive down, they admit their real purpose is to go where the boys are.
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The Facts of Life
Title: The Facts of Life
Character: Man at Airport (uncredited)
Released: November 14, 1960
Type: Movie
Middle-class suburbanites Larry and Kitty grow bored with their lives and respective marriages. Although each always found the other's manner grating, they fall in love when thrown together--without their spouses--on vacation. On returning home they try to break things off, only to grow closer. A holiday together will finally settle whether they should end their marriages.
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Midnight Lace
Title: Midnight Lace
Character: Ballet Audience Spectator
Released: October 13, 1960
Type: Movie
Kit Preston begins to unravel when she receives threatening telephone calls informing her she's soon to be murdered.
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The Lost World
Title: The Lost World
Character: Reporter at Airport (uncredited)
Released: July 13, 1960
Type: Movie
Professor Challenger leads an expedition of scientists and adventurers to a remote plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle to verify his claim that dinosaurs still live there.
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Inherit the Wind
Title: Inherit the Wind
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Released: July 7, 1960
Type: Movie
Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.
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Elmer Gantry
Title: Elmer Gantry
Character: Choir Member
Released: July 7, 1960
Type: Movie
When hedonistic but charming con man Elmer Gantry meets the beautiful Sister Sharon Falconer, a roadside revivalist, he feigns piousness to join her act as a passionate preacher. The two make a successful onstage pair, and their chemistry extends to romance. Both the show and their relationship are threatened, however, when one of Gantry's ex-lovers decides that she has a score to settle with the charismatic performer.
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The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
Title: The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
Character: Mourner at Funeral
Released: November 13, 1959
Type: Movie
Jonathan Drake, while attending his brother's funeral, is shocked to find the head of the deceased is missing. When his brother's skull shows up later in a locked cabinet, Drake realizes an ancient curse placed upon his grandfather by a tribe of South American Jivaro Indians is still in effect and that he himself is the probable next victim.
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North by Northwest
Title: North by Northwest
Character: Man at United Nations Building (uncredited)
Released: July 8, 1959
Type: Movie
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
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The Wild and the Innocent
Title: The Wild and the Innocent
Character: Carnival Patron / Musician (uncredited)
Released: May 27, 1959
Type: Movie
Charming tale of mountaineer-trapper Murphy's first taste "big city" life with young, sweet Sandra Dee in tow. She flees her family, which tried to trade her for some of Murphy's beaver pelts, and tags along with the reluctant Murphy. They get into all manner of trouble in town, and Murphy has to shoot the sheriff to rescue Dee from her job as a dancehall girl.
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The Gunfight at Dodge City
Title: The Gunfight at Dodge City
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: May 1, 1959
Type: Movie
Fleeing to Dodge City after killing a man in self defence Masterson finds his brother Ed (Harry Lauter) running for sheriff of the town. When Ed is killed by hired guns of the corrupt incumbent Bat is determined to settle the score with violence but he is convinced by the townspeople that the best way to avenge his brother's death is by taking Ed's place on the ballot. Bat agrees and wins the election but his new role on the right side of the law will lead him to unexpected confrontations as he finds himself torn between his loyalties to his friends and his duties as sheriff.
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Some Like It Hot
Title: Some Like It Hot
Character: Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
Released: March 19, 1959
Type: Movie
Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.
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The Last Hurrah
Title: The Last Hurrah
Released: December 31, 1958
Type: Movie
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
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Auntie Mame
Title: Auntie Mame
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: December 4, 1958
Type: Movie
Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.
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Houseboat
Title: Houseboat
Character: A Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: November 19, 1958
Type: Movie
An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.
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Witness for the Prosecution
Title: Witness for the Prosecution
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Released: December 17, 1957
Type: Movie
When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a near-fatal heart attack, is supposed to be on a diet of bland, civil suits—but the lure of the criminal courts is too much for him, especially when the case is so difficult.
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Pal Joey
Title: Pal Joey
Character: Guest at Charity Ball (uncredited)
Released: October 25, 1957
Type: Movie
An opportunistic singer woos a wealthy widow to boost his career.
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The Land Unknown
Title: The Land Unknown
Character: Officer at Briefing (uncredited)
Released: October 15, 1957
Type: Movie
Navy Commander Alan Roberts is assigned to lead an expedition to Little America in Antarctica to investigate reports of a mysterious warm water inland lake discovered a decade earlier. His helicopter and its small party, including reporter Maggie Hathaway, is forced down into a volcanic crater by a fierce storm. They find themselves trapped in a lush tropical environment that has survived from prehistoric times.
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Until They Sail
Title: Until They Sail
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: October 8, 1957
Type: Movie
Four sisters in New Zealand fall for four U.S. soldiers en route to the Pacific theater in WWII.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Ronald Arthur
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Title: Have Gun, Will Travel
Character: Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Released: September 14, 1957
Type: TV
Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version. The radio series debuted November 23, 1958. The television show is presently shown on the Encore-Western channel. Have Gun – Will Travel was created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow and produced by Frank Pierson, Don Ingalls, Robert Sparks, and Julian Claman. There were 225 episodes of the TV series, 24 written by Gene Roddenberry. Other contributors included Bruce Geller, Harry Julian Fink, Don Brinkley and Irving Wallace. Andrew McLaglen directed 101 episodes and 19 were directed by series star Richard Boone.
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The Brothers Rico
Title: The Brothers Rico
Released: September 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Eddie Rico, the erstwhile bookkeeper for a big Mafia boss, is now making a living as an honest merchant in Florida with his family. Things go sour when the police start a search for his syndicate-linked brothers who are on the lam after a big hit, forcing Eddie to get involved with the Mafia again.
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Chicago Confidential
Title: Chicago Confidential
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Released: August 30, 1957
Type: Movie
In the Windy City, the mob infiltrates a powerful union.
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An Affair to Remember
Title: An Affair to Remember
Character: Maitre d' (uncredited)
Released: July 11, 1957
Type: Movie
A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
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Sweet Smell of Success
Title: Sweet Smell of Success
Character: Patron at 21 (uncredited)
Released: July 4, 1957
Type: Movie
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
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Beginning of the End
Title: Beginning of the End
Character: Col. Hill [bit]
Released: June 28, 1957
Type: Movie
An attractive reporter investigating the mysterious destruction of an Illinois town stumbles upon a secret government laboratory conducting radiation experiments on vegetables. The lead scientist is eager to help find out what happened. Together they discover that giant grasshoppers are behind the devastation. Worse yet, thousands of them are headed toward Chicago! Can they be stopped... or is this the BEGINNING OF THE END?
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Title: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: May 30, 1957
Type: Movie
Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
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Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Title: Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: April 3, 1957
Type: Movie
In this musical-comedy, Dean Martin plays an American hotel mogul who becomes smitten with a young Italian woman (Anna Maria Alberghetti) when buying a hotel in Rome. To marry this gal, he has to get her three older sisters married off.
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Funny Face
Title: Funny Face
Character: Guest at Aborted Fashion Show
Released: February 13, 1957
Type: Movie
A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.
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Crime of Passion
Title: Crime of Passion
Character: Policeman Writing Ticket (uncredited)
Released: December 28, 1956
Type: Movie
Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a dangerous path.
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The Opposite Sex
Title: The Opposite Sex
Character: Patron at 21 (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1956
Type: Movie
Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back. The Opposite Sex is a remake of the 1939 comedy The Women.
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Giant
Title: Giant
Character: Wedding Guest
Released: November 8, 1956
Type: Movie
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
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Five Steps to Danger
Title: Five Steps to Danger
Character: Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Released: November 5, 1956
Type: Movie
Can a couple keep important secrets from Communist spies?
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Around the World in Eighty Days
Title: Around the World in Eighty Days
Character: Extra (uncredited)
Released: October 17, 1956
Type: Movie
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
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Tea and Sympathy
Title: Tea and Sympathy
Character: Man at Bonfire
Released: September 27, 1956
Type: Movie
At a high school reunion, a young man recalls his boarding school days, when the only person who seemed to sympathize with him was his housemaster's wife.
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Title: Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Character: Air Intelligence Command Officer
Released: July 4, 1956
Type: Movie
Test space rockets exploding at liftoff and increased reporting of UFO sightings culminate in a direct attempt by alien survivors of a dead, extra-galactic civilization to invade Earth from impervious flying saucers, using ray-weapons of mass destruction.
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Somebody Up There Likes Me
Title: Somebody Up There Likes Me
Character: Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Released: July 4, 1956
Type: Movie
The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
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The Harder They Fall
Title: The Harder They Fall
Character: Fight Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Released: May 9, 1956
Type: Movie
Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for success are hampered by a powder-puff punch and a glass jaw. Exploiting Willis' reputation for integrity and standing in the boxing community, Benko arranges a series of fixed fights that propel the unsophisticated Moreno to #1 contender for the championship. The reigning champ, the sadistic Buddy Brannen, harbors resentment at the publicity Toro has been receiving and vows to viciously punish him in the ring. Eddie must now decide whether or not to tell the naive Toro the truth.
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The Eddy Duchin Story
Title: The Eddy Duchin Story
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: May 2, 1956
Type: Movie
The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.
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While the City Sleeps
Title: While the City Sleeps
Character: Newsman (uncredited)
Released: April 19, 1956
Type: Movie
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
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Serenade
Title: Serenade
Character: Opera Attendee (uncredited)
Released: March 23, 1956
Type: Movie
A wealthy woman discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice. She helps make him a star but then breaks his heart. He flees in misery to Mexico where he meets a sweet farm girl.
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There's Always Tomorrow
Title: There's Always Tomorrow
Released: January 8, 1956
Type: Movie
When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes back into his life.
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Rebel Without a Cause
Title: Rebel Without a Cause
Character: Police Detective (uncredited)
Released: October 27, 1955
Type: Movie
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.
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Illegal
Title: Illegal
Character: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 9, 1955
Type: Movie
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Guest At Demonstration (uncredited)
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Club Member Watching Hurdles (uncredited)
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Chicago Syndicate
Title: Chicago Syndicate
Character: Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
Released: July 1, 1955
Type: Movie
An ex-military accountant is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate the mob in Chicago in an attempt to break open the rackets. To complicate his job, two women stand in his way, each with their own agenda.
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Revenge of the Creature
Title: Revenge of the Creature
Character: Search Party Member (uncredited)
Released: May 13, 1955
Type: Movie
In a tributary of the Amazon, a monster – half-man, half-fish – is captured and placed in a reservoir in a Florida national park to be observed by scientists.
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Daddy Long Legs
Title: Daddy Long Legs
Character: Graduation Attendee
Released: May 5, 1955
Type: Movie
Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old resident, and anonymously pays for her education at a New England college. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor regularly, but he never writes back. Several years later, he visits her at school, while still concealing his identity, and—despite their large age difference—they soon fall in love.
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A Life at Stake
Title: A Life at Stake
Character: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Released: March 1, 1955
Type: Movie
An out-of-work architect meets a married woman who has a business proposition for him. The architect begins to suspect the woman's interest in him is not just financial and may actually be deadly.
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Black Widow
Title: Black Widow
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: October 28, 1954
Type: Movie
A young stage hopeful is murdered and suspicion falls on her mentor, a Broadway producer.
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Woman's World
Title: Woman's World
Character: Doorman
Released: September 30, 1954
Type: Movie
Needing to fill the position of general manager of his company, and believing that an executive's wife is crucial to her husband's success, auto industry mogul Gifford brings three couples to New York to size up: Jerry and Carol: he hard-driven and self-reliant, she willing to use her beauty to further her husband's career; Sid and Elizabeth, he ulcer-ridden and torn between achieving success and restoring their troubled marriage, she positive that his job will kill him, but gamely agreeing to play the good wife for the duration; and down-to-earth Bill, whose good-natured Katie fears that his promotion would spell the end of their idyllic familiy existence.
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Dragnet
Title: Dragnet
Character: DA S. Ernest Roll
Released: September 4, 1954
Type: Movie
Two homicide detectives try to find just the facts behind a mobster's brutal murder.
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The Caine Mutiny
Title: The Caine Mutiny
Character: Nightclub Patron
Released: June 24, 1954
Type: Movie
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
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Witness to Murder
Title: Witness to Murder
Character: Customer Outside Cheryl's Office Window (uncredited)
Released: April 15, 1954
Type: Movie
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.
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Duffy of San Quentin
Title: Duffy of San Quentin
Character: Whitley
Released: March 16, 1954
Type: Movie
San Quentin's new warden crusades for reform and for a framed inmate who loves a nurse.
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It Should Happen to You
Title: It Should Happen to You
Character: Audience Member (uncredited)
Released: January 15, 1954
Type: Movie
Gladys Glover has just lost her modeling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. For Pete it's love at first sight, but Gladys has her mind on other things, making a name for herself. Through a fluke of advertising she winds up with her name plastered over 10 billboards throughout city.
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Calamity Jane
Title: Calamity Jane
Character: Man at Fort Dance (uncredited)
Released: November 4, 1953
Type: Movie
Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.
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Vicki
Title: Vicki
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 5, 1953
Type: Movie
A supermodel gets murdered. While investigating the case the story of a waitress turned glamor girl is revealed.
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Sky Commando
Title: Sky Commando
Released: August 21, 1953
Type: Movie
Colonel Ed Wyatt is regarded by pilots under his command as being a ruthless disciplinarian. His co-pilot, Lt. Hobson Lee, and Jo McWethy, a war correspondent assigned to the squadron become more friendly than meets Wyatt's approval. When Wyatt's plane is forced down behind enemy lines, he orders his crew to proceed to the American lines with the vital film they have shot, while he remains behind to hold off the enemy.
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The War of the Worlds
Title: The War of the Worlds
Character: Man in Church (uncredited)
Released: August 13, 1953
Type: Movie
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.
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The Band Wagon
Title: The Band Wagon
Character: Train Station Passenger (uncredited)
Released: August 7, 1953
Type: Movie
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
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The Maze
Title: The Maze
Released: July 26, 1953
Type: Movie
A Scotsman abruptly breaks off his engagement to pretty Kitty and moves to his uncle's castle in the Scottish highlands. Kitty and her aunt follow Gerald a few weeks later, and discover he has suddenly aged. Some mysterious things happen in a maze made from the hedges adjoining the castle.
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A Blueprint for Murder
Title: A Blueprint for Murder
Character: Ship's Headwaiter (Uncredited)
Released: July 24, 1953
Type: Movie
Whitney Cameron is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn, but also harbors serious suspicions about her. Her husband, Cameron's brother, died under mysterious circumstances, and now that the death of her stepchild, Polly, has been attributed to poisoning, he suspects that Lynn is after his late brother's estate, and killing everyone in her way.
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Titanic
Title: Titanic
Character: Passenger (uncredited)
Released: April 11, 1953
Type: Movie
Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the luxury liner so as to have custody of their two children. All this fades to insignificance once the ship hits an iceberg.
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Small Town Girl
Title: Small Town Girl
Character: Party Guest
Released: April 10, 1953
Type: Movie
Rick Belrow Livingston, in love with Broadway star Lisa, is sentenced to 30 days in jail for speeding through a small town. He persuades the judge's daughter Cindy to let him leave for one night, so that he can visit Lisa on her birthday. After that he goes on the town with Cindy and she falls in love with him. But Dr. Schemmer wants his son to become her husband.
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Call Me Madam
Title: Call Me Madam
Character: Ball Extra
Released: March 25, 1953
Type: Movie
Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.
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The Jazz Singer
Title: The Jazz Singer
Character: Party Guest
Released: February 14, 1953
Type: Movie
As Jerry Golding scales the heights of show business, he breaks the heart of his father, who'd hoped that Jerry would follow in his footsteps. Sorrowfully, Cantor Golding reads the Kaddish service, indicating that, so far as he is concerned, his son is dead. A tearful reconciliation occurs when Jerry dutifully returns to sing the "Kol Nidre" in his ailing father's absence.
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Niagara
Title: Niagara
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
Released: January 26, 1953
Type: Movie
Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. Polly begins to suspect that something is amiss between Rose and George, and her suspicions grow when she sees Rose in the arms of another man. While Ray initially thinks Polly is overreacting, things between George and Rose soon take a shockingly dark turn.
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The Steel Trap
Title: The Steel Trap
Released: November 12, 1952
Type: Movie
Joseph Cotten plays an assistant bank manager who steals $1,000,000 from the safe late on a Friday and then plans to flee to Brazil over the weekend.
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Sudden Fear
Title: Sudden Fear
Character: Opera Patron (uncredited)
Released: August 7, 1952
Type: Movie
Actor Lester Blaine has all but landed the lead in Myra Hudson's new play when Myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesn't look like a romantic leading man. On a train from New York to San Francisco, Blaine sets out to prove Myra wrong...by romancing her. Is he sincere, or does he have a dark ulterior motive?
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O. Henry's Full House
Title: O. Henry's Full House
Character: Street Extra / Roominghouse Extra / Office Worker (uncredited)
Released: August 7, 1952
Type: Movie
Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".
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O. Henry's Full House
Title: O. Henry's Full House
Character: Street Extra/Roominghouse Extra/Office Worker at Crump's
Released: August 7, 1952
Type: Movie
Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".
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Carrie
Title: Carrie
Character: Matire D' (uncredited)
Released: July 17, 1952
Type: Movie
Carrie's dreams of adventure in the big city are quickly squashed as she discovers all that awaits her there is a bleak life of grueling and poorly paid factory work—that is, until a traveling salesman named Drouet steps into her life and changes her outlook.
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Clash by Night
Title: Clash by Night
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: May 30, 1952
Type: Movie
An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband’s best friend.
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Something to Live For
Title: Something to Live For
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: March 7, 1952
Type: Movie
Advertising executive Alan Miller, a recovered alcoholic who now does interventions on behalf of Alcoholics Anonymous, is called to help Broadway actress Jenny Carey whose developing career is threatened by an increasing dependence on alcohol. Alan's growing interest in Jenny strains his marriage to Edna, with whom he has two children.
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This Woman Is Dangerous
Title: This Woman Is Dangerous
Character: Gambling House Patron (Uncredited)
Released: February 9, 1952
Type: Movie
A crime gang leader is losing her sight, so while her lover goes into hiding, she checks in to the hospital for extensive surgery to recover her eyesight. There she is treated by a handsome young doctor. As expected not only does the doctor successfully open her eyes, he also opens her heart for him.
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Sailor Beware
Title: Sailor Beware
Character: Officer at Ringside (uncredited)
Released: February 8, 1952
Type: Movie
Meeting in a navy recruiting line, Al Crowthers and Melvin Jones become friends. Al has tried to enlist before, but was always rejected. He keeps trying so that he can impress women. Melvin, is allergic to women's cosmetics and his doctor prescribed ocean travel, so he decided to join the navy.
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Too Young to Kiss
Title: Too Young to Kiss
Character: Attendee at Cynthia's Concert (uncredited)
Released: November 22, 1951
Type: Movie
Eric Wainwright, a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter, a talented pianist... but she can't get in to see him. When she learns that Wainwright is auditioning young musicians for a children's concert tour, Cynthia dons braces and bobby sox and passes herself off as a child prodigy.
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Here Comes the Groom
Title: Here Comes the Groom
Character: Dress Designer
Released: September 20, 1951
Type: Movie
Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted.
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Roadblock
Title: Roadblock
Character: Man at Airport (uncredited)
Released: September 17, 1951
Type: Movie
An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.
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Rhubarb
Title: Rhubarb
Character: Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Released: August 29, 1951
Type: Movie
Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money and a pro baseball team, the Brooklyn Loons. When the team protests, publicist Eric Yeager convinces them Rhubarb is good luck. But Eric's fiancée Polly seems to be allergic to cats, and the team's success may mean new hazards for Rhubarb.
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Ace in the Hole
Title: Ace in the Hole
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Released: June 29, 1951
Type: Movie
An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
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Royal Wedding
Title: Royal Wedding
Character: Military Officer on Street (uncredited)
Released: March 8, 1951
Type: Movie
Tom and Ellen are asked to perform as a dance team in England at the time of Princess Elizabeth's wedding. As brother and sister, each develops a British love interest, Ellen with Lord John Brindale and Tom with dancer Anne Ashmond.
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Gambling House
Title: Gambling House
Character: Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Released: December 27, 1950
Type: Movie
A gambler faces deportation when he gets mixed up with murder.
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Let's Dance
Title: Let's Dance
Character: Cook (uncredited)
Released: November 29, 1950
Type: Movie
Years after the death of her husband, Kitty McNeil takes her son and flees from the home of her wealthy and controlling mother-in-law. Alone and jobless in New York, she runs into an old flame, her USO partner Donald Elwood, who agrees to help her fight for custody of the child.
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The Fuller Brush Girl
Title: The Fuller Brush Girl
Character: Man in Office Corridor (uncredited)
Released: September 15, 1950
Type: Movie
A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.
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The Furies
Title: The Furies
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: August 16, 1950
Type: Movie
A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over land and love.
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The Underworld Story
Title: The Underworld Story
Character: Reporter at Cemetery (uncredited)
Released: July 26, 1950
Type: Movie
A blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a big city daily.
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The Second Woman
Title: The Second Woman
Character: Fiesta Guest
Released: July 7, 1950
Type: Movie
In flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramodern clifftop house. Ellen is strongly attracted to Jeff, who's being plagued by unexplainable accidents, major and minor. Bad luck, persecution...or paranoia? Warned that Jeff could be dangerous, Ellen fears that he's in danger, as the menacing atmosphere darkens.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
Title: Where the Sidewalk Ends
Character: Passerby (uncredited)
Released: July 7, 1950
Type: Movie
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
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Destination Moon
Title: Destination Moon
Character: Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Released: June 27, 1950
Type: Movie
A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. From their base in the Mojave Desert, they construct and successfully launch a spacecraft named "Luna" that contains a cargo of four astronauts. But a critical miscalculation of needed power to escape the moon's gravitational pull may put the astronauts' lives in danger.
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Bright Leaf
Title: Bright Leaf
Character: Member Tobacco Board of Directors (uncredited)
Released: June 16, 1950
Type: Movie
Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.
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Rocketship X-M
Title: Rocketship X-M
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Released: June 2, 1950
Type: Movie
Astronauts blast off to explore the moon on Rocketship X-M or "Rocketship eXploration Moon". A spacecraft malfunction and some fuel miscalculations cause them to end up landing on Mars. On Mars, evidence of a once powerful civilization is found. The scientists determined that an atomic war destroyed most of the Martians. Those that survived reverted to a caveman like existence.
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No Man of Her Own
Title: No Man of Her Own
Character: Train Passenger (uncredited)
Released: February 21, 1950
Type: Movie
A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.
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Holiday Affair
Title: Holiday Affair
Character: Henry (uncredited)
Released: December 12, 1949
Type: Movie
Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by another store. Steve lets her go, which gets him fired. They spend the afternoon together, which doesn't sit well with Connie's steady suitor, Carl, when he finds out, but delights her young son Timmy, who quickly takes to Steve.
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Adam's Rib
Title: Adam's Rib
Character: Courtroom Extra (uncredited)
Released: November 18, 1949
Type: Movie
When a woman attempts to kill her uncaring husband, prosecutor Adam Bonner gets the case. Unfortunately for him his wife Amanda (who happens to be a lawyer too) decides to defend the woman in court. Amanda uses everything she can to win the case and Adam gets mad about it. As a result, their perfect marriage is disturbed by everyday quarrels.
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The File on Thelma Jordon
Title: The File on Thelma Jordon
Character: Defense Aide (Uncredited)
Released: November 4, 1949
Type: Movie
Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.
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Sorrowful Jones
Title: Sorrowful Jones
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: July 4, 1949
Type: Movie
A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her father doesn't return, he learns that taking care of a child interferes with his free-wheeling lifestyle. Sorrowful must also evade crooked gangsters and indulge in a bit of horse-thieving.
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It Happens Every Spring
Title: It Happens Every Spring
Character: Man in Train Station (uncredited)
Released: June 10, 1949
Type: Movie
A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.
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The Stratton Story
Title: The Stratton Story
Character: Movie House Patron
Released: May 12, 1949
Type: Movie
Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.
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Flamingo Road
Title: Flamingo Road
Released: April 30, 1949
Type: Movie
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
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The Undercover Man
Title: The Undercover Man
Character: Plainclothesman
Released: March 21, 1949
Type: Movie
Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. Frank works undercover, posing as a criminal to seek information, but is frustrated when all he finds are terrified witnesses and corrupt police officers.
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Alias Nick Beal
Title: Alias Nick Beal
Character: Supporter
Released: March 4, 1949
Type: Movie
After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister.
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Cover Up
Title: Cover Up
Character: Townsman (Uncredited)
Released: February 25, 1949
Type: Movie
Insurance investigator Sam Donovan is looking into the apparent suicide of a man in a small Midwestern town. All clues leads him into suspecting murder. Unfortunately, no one wants to assist him with the case, including Sheriff Larry Best.
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Caught
Title: Caught
Character: Businessman (uncredited)
Released: February 17, 1949
Type: Movie
Wide-eyed and poor young Leonora weds an obsessive millionaire named Ohlrig, but the marriage is loveless. Even worse, Ohlrig seems to have manic, violent tendencies. Eventually, young Leonora escapes her unhappy life and begins working with New York City doctor Larry Quinada, who she soon falls for. Unfortunately, Ohlrig refuses to grant his wife a divorce, and things get even darker for Leonora when she realizes she's pregnant with his child.
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Joan of Arc
Title: Joan of Arc
Character: English Knight
Released: December 22, 1948
Type: Movie
In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices from Heaven asking her to lead God's Army against Orleans and crowning the weak Dauphin Charles VII as King of France. Joan gathers the people with her faith, forms an army, and conquers Orleans.
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The Dark Past
Title: The Dark Past
Character: State Trooper (uncredited)
Released: December 22, 1948
Type: Movie
A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recurring dream that the doctor of the house may be able to analyze.
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The Paleface
Title: The Paleface
Character: Dealer
Released: December 17, 1948
Type: Movie
Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Peter Potter, who finds himself gunslinging alongside the fearless Calamity as she fights off outlaws and Indians.
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Inner Sanctum
Title: Inner Sanctum
Character: Train Passenger (Uncredited)
Released: October 15, 1948
Type: Movie
A killer hides out in a small-town boarding house.
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Race Street
Title: Race Street
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: September 11, 1948
Type: Movie
A night club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.
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A Foreign Affair
Title: A Foreign Affair
Character: The Lorelei Patron (uncredited)
Released: August 20, 1948
Type: Movie
In occupied Berlin, a US Army Captain is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer and the US Congresswoman investigating her.
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Three Daring Daughters
Title: Three Daring Daughters
Character: Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Released: February 12, 1948
Type: Movie
Three young girls try to help their divorced mother find the right husband.
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The Paradine Case
Title: The Paradine Case
Character: Barrister in Courtroom (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1947
Type: Movie
Attorney Anthony Keane agrees to represent Londonite Mrs. Paradine, who has been fingered in her husband's murder. From the start, the married lawyer is drawn to the enigmatic beauty, and he begins to cast about for a way to exonerate his client. Keane puts the Paradine household servant on the stand, suggesting he is the killer. But Keane soon loses his way in the courtroom, and his half-baked plan sets off a stunning chain of events.
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Body and Soul
Title: Body and Soul
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: November 11, 1947
Type: Movie
Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.
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Nightmare Alley
Title: Nightmare Alley
Character: Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 9, 1947
Type: Movie
Stanton Carlisle joins a seedy carnival, working with "Mademoiselle Zeena" and her alcoholic husband, Pete.
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Monsieur Verdoux
Title: Monsieur Verdoux
Character: Stock Broker (uncredited)
Released: September 26, 1947
Type: Movie
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.
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High Tide
Title: High Tide
Released: September 13, 1947
Type: Movie
A car accident traps two men inside a car near the water. With the tide coming in, they discuss the circumstances that led up to the accident.
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They Won't Believe Me
Title: They Won't Believe Me
Released: July 16, 1947
Type: Movie
On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.
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It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Title: It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Character: Farrow's Associate (uncredited)
Released: April 17, 1947
Type: Movie
A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.
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Johnny O'Clock
Title: Johnny O'Clock
Character: Passerby
Released: January 7, 1947
Type: Movie
When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.
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The Best Years of Our Lives
Title: The Best Years of Our Lives
Character: Man at Airport/Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1946
Type: Movie
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
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The Best Years of Our Lives
Title: The Best Years of Our Lives
Character: Man at Airport / Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1946
Type: Movie
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
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That Brennan Girl
Title: That Brennan Girl
Character: Diner at Chinese Restaurant
Released: December 23, 1946
Type: Movie
Raised by Natalie Brennan, a flamboyant and irresponsible mother, Ziggy Brennan gets involved in hustling men at a young age. She hangs around with a wild crowd and learns gets her "street smarts" first from her mother, who wants everyone to think they are sisters, and then from Denny Reagan, an older man. He starts teaching her his tricks of the trade and she falls right in line with his crooked ways. Then one night she meets Martin J. 'Mart' Neilson, a tall, handsome, honest farmer boy who's a sailor and they fall in love. While he's away fighting the war, she discovers she's pregnant.
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Without Reservations
Title: Without Reservations
Character: Soldier Leaving Train Station (uncredited)
Released: May 13, 1946
Type: Movie
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are greatly attracted, but she doesn't know how to deal with his disdain for the book's author.
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Trifles That Win Wars
Title: Trifles That Win Wars
Character: Laboratory Man (uncredited)
Released: July 17, 1943
Type: Movie
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short looks at how a few specific inventions made a major contribution to the U.S. war effort.
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Something to Shout About
Title: Something to Shout About
Character: Man in Audience
Released: February 25, 1943
Type: Movie
A press agent, a composer and a landlord of a theatrical boardinghouse revive vaudeville on Broadway.
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The Hard Way
Title: The Hard Way
Character: Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
Released: January 13, 1943
Type: Movie
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.
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I Married a Witch
Title: I Married a Witch
Released: October 30, 1942
Type: Movie
Rocksford, New England, 1672. Puritan witch hunter Jonathan Wooley is cursed after burning a witch at the stake: his descendants will never find happiness in their marriages. At present, politician Wallace Wooley, who is running for state governor, is about to marry his sponsor's daughter.
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The Major and the Minor
Title: The Major and the Minor
Character: Train Passenger (uncredited)
Released: September 16, 1942
Type: Movie
Susan Applegate, tired of New York after one year and twenty-five jobs, decides to return to her home town in Iowa. Discovering she hasn't enough money for the train fare, Susan disguises herself as a twelve-year-old and travels for half the price. Caught out by the conductors, she hides in the compartment of Major Philip Kirby, a military school instructor who takes the "child" under his wing.
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Confirm or Deny
Title: Confirm or Deny
Character: Newsman
Released: December 12, 1941
Type: Movie
Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate stuff out of the country, dodge bombs during the blitz of London while falling in love.
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Ball of Fire
Title: Ball of Fire
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: December 2, 1941
Type: Movie
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.
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I Wake Up Screaming
Title: I Wake Up Screaming
Character: Nightclub patron (uncredited)
Released: October 31, 1941
Type: Movie
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.
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Dive Bomber
Title: Dive Bomber
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: August 30, 1941
Type: Movie
A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive.
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Citizen Kane
Title: Citizen Kane
Character: Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)
Released: April 17, 1941
Type: Movie
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
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Meet John Doe
Title: Meet John Doe
Character: Radio Station Audience Member (uncredited)
Released: March 14, 1941
Type: Movie
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.
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The Lady Eve
Title: The Lady Eve
Character: Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Released: February 25, 1941
Type: Movie
It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.
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Arise, My Love
Title: Arise, My Love
Character: Passenger at Railroad Station (Uncredited)
Released: November 8, 1940
Type: Movie
A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.
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Seven Sinners
Title: Seven Sinners
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: October 25, 1940
Type: Movie
Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship's doctor in order to achieve her aims.
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No Time for Comedy
Title: No Time for Comedy
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: September 14, 1940
Type: Movie
An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.
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Boom Town
Title: Boom Town
Character: Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
Released: August 30, 1940
Type: Movie
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.
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Dance, Girl, Dance
Title: Dance, Girl, Dance
Character: Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
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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Trifles of Importance
Title: Trifles of Importance
Character: Guest at Stag Dinner (uncredited)
Released: July 13, 1940
Type: Movie
Part of John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series, this short shows how three seemingly unimportant things can affect people. The first is how the number 7 affects a student accused of theft charges. The second segment shows that a person's doodles can reveal personality traits. The final segment shows why certain items are on men's suits, such as lapels.
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Johnny Apollo
Title: Johnny Apollo
Character: Horse Parlor Patron (uncredited)
Released: April 19, 1940
Type: Movie
Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As assistant to mobster Mickey Dwyer, then falls for Dwyer's girl Lucky. He winds up in the same prison as his father.
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Too Many Husbands
Title: Too Many Husbands
Character: Nightclub Patron
Released: April 3, 1940
Type: Movie
Long-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle for just one husband.
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Everything Happens at Night
Title: Everything Happens at Night
Character: Ship Boarding Officer
Released: December 22, 1939
Type: Movie
Two reporters compete to discover a scientist living in hiding and win his daughter.
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First Love
Title: First Love
Character: Chauffeur at Commencement
Released: November 10, 1939
Type: Movie
In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. She's hardly received with open arms, especially by her snobby cousin Barbara. When the entire family is invited to a major social ball, Barbara sees to it that Connie is forced to stay home. With the aid of her uncle, who acts as her fairy godfather, Connie makes it to the ball and meets her Prince Charming in Ted Drake, her cousin's boyfriend.
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Espionage Agent
Title: Espionage Agent
Character: Student
Released: September 30, 1939
Type: Movie
When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.
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Miracles for Sale
Title: Miracles for Sale
Character: Magic Show Audience Volunteer
Released: August 10, 1939
Type: Movie
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
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Union Pacific
Title: Union Pacific
Character: Man (uncredited)
Released: May 5, 1939
Type: Movie
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?
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Midnight
Title: Midnight
Character: Stephanie's Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: March 24, 1939
Type: Movie
An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society.
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The Declaration of Independence
Title: The Declaration of Independence
Character: Ratification Meeting Member (uncredited)
Released: November 26, 1938
Type: Movie
This historical featurette focuses on Caesar Rodney of Delaware who in the summer of 1776 cast the deciding vote, at the meeting of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, so that the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
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The Mad Miss Manton
Title: The Mad Miss Manton
Character: Charity Ball Guest (uncredited)
Released: October 21, 1938
Type: Movie
When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves them wrong.
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Juvenile Court
Title: Juvenile Court
Character: Member of Mayor's Committee (uncredited)
Released: September 10, 1938
Type: Movie
Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death sentence by blaming the slums environment as the cause of Dutch's crimes, enlists the aid of Dutch's sister, Marcia Adams, to get the slum dwellers at appeal for public monies to provide recreational places for the slum kids.
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Sing, You Sinners
Title: Sing, You Sinners
Character: Race Track Spectator (uncredited)
Released: September 2, 1938
Type: Movie
Of the singing Beebe brothers, young Mike just wants to be a kid; responsible Dave wants to work in his garage and marry Martha; but feckless Joe thinks his only road to success is through swapping and gambling. It seems the only thing all three can join in is their singing act, which Mike and Dave hate. Finally, all Joe's hopes are pinned on a race horse he's acquired swapping, but it's a bigger gamble than his family knows.
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You Can't Take It with You
Title: You Can't Take It with You
Character: Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1938
Type: Movie
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
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Blond Cheat
Title: Blond Cheat
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: June 17, 1938
Type: Movie
Socially prominent Michael Ashburn, chief assistant for a London loan broker makes a large loan during a closing time to a man for a pair of earrings. He is unaware that the collateral can not be removed from the ears in which they reside, so then Julie becomes part of the collateral.
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Torchy Blane in Panama
Title: Torchy Blane in Panama
Character: Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Released: May 7, 1938
Type: Movie
Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.
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Wells Fargo
Title: Wells Fargo
Character: Union Officer
Released: December 31, 1937
Type: Movie
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.
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Stage Door
Title: Stage Door
Character: Bit Role (uncredited)
Released: October 7, 1937
Type: Movie
The ups and downs in the lives and careers of a group of ambitious young actresses and show girls from disparate backgrounds brought together in a theatrical hostel. Centres particularly on the conflict and growing friendship between Terry Randall, a rich girl confident in her talent and ability to make it to the top on the stage, and Jean Maitland, a world weary and cynical trouper who has taken the hard knocks of the ruthless and over-populated world of the Broadway apprentice.
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Stella Dallas
Title: Stella Dallas
Character: Guest at River Club (uncredited)
Released: August 6, 1937
Type: Movie
After divorcing a society man, a small-town woman tries to build a better life for their daughter.
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Title: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: April 9, 1936
Type: Movie
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.