Florence Rice

Florence Rice

Born: February 14, 1907
Died: February 23, 1974
in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Florence Rice (February 14, 1907 – February 23, 1974) was an American film actress.

Florence Davenport Rice was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Grantland Rice and Katherine Hollis, who became an actress during the early 1930s and after several Broadway roles, eventually made her way to Hollywood. Blonde, pretty, and wholesome, Rice was cast as the reliable girlfriend in several MGM films, and during the 1930s, MGM gradually provided her with more substantial roles, occasionally in prestige productions.

Rice never became a major figure in films, but achieved popularity in a number of screen pairings with Robert Young. Her most widely seen performances were in Double Wedding (1937), in which she was billed third in the cast credits behind William Powell and Myrna Loy, Sweethearts (1938) with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, and The Marx Brothers film At The Circus (1939).

During the 1940s the quality of her roles steadily decreased and in 1947 she retired.

She married three times, with her third marriage lasting until her death in Honolulu, Hawaii from lung cancer.

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The Ghost and the Guest
Title: The Ghost and the Guest
Character: Jacqueline 'Jackie' DeLong / Frye
Released: April 19, 1943
Type: Movie
Newlyweds Webster and Jackie Frye spend their honeymoon in a sinister old country house. Before long, they are besieged by a gang of crooks, searching for a fortune in diamonds. With the help of chauffeur Harmony Jones, the honeymooners attempt to outsmart the villains.
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The Boss of Big Town
Title: The Boss of Big Town
Character: Linda Gregory
Released: December 7, 1942
Type: Movie
Quality was seldom a consideration in the low-budget films of PRC Studios; still, the company was a welcome harbor for character actors who aspired to occasional leading roles. In Boss of Big Town, veteran supporting player John Litel is top-billed as crusading city market official Michael Lynn. When a criminal gang muscles in on the local food distribution markets, Lynn vows to throw the rascals out. First, however, he pretends to join the villains as a paid government stooge, the better to find out the identity of the "Mister Big" behind the distribution racket. The exposure of the "mystery villain" will come as a shock to fans of the 1927 Cecil B. DeMille epic The King of Kings--but not to dyed-in-the-wool movie buffs.
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Stand By All Networks
Title: Stand By All Networks
Character: Frances Prescott
Released: October 29, 1942
Type: Movie
An intrepid radio reporter sets out to track down and expose Nazi agents.
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Let's Get Tough
Title: Let's Get Tough
Character: Nora Stevens
Released: May 29, 1942
Type: Movie
Rejected by the Army, Marines, and Navy for being too young, the punks help the war effort by throwing fruit at a shop they believe is owned by a Japanese American. Confronted by him wielding a short sword, the gang decides to come back at night but find him dead.
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Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
Title: Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
Character: Pam Martin
Released: April 2, 1942
Type: Movie
Jackie Gleason and Jack Durant are teamed for the first and only time as Hank and Jed, a pair of dimwitted barbers who are forced into bankruptcy because all their customers have marched off to war. Figuring that if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, Hank and Jed try to join the Army themselves, only to be rejected for a variety of reasons (When asked to read the eye-chart, Hank says he can't-not because he can't see, but because he can't read).
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Borrowed Hero
Title: Borrowed Hero
Character: Ann Thompson
Released: December 5, 1941
Type: Movie
A struggling lawyer is named as special prosecutor in a racketeering case.
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The Blonde from Singapore
Title: The Blonde from Singapore
Character: Mary Brooks
Released: October 15, 1941
Type: Movie
Fortune hunter Mary Brooks, posing as a missionary's daughter, strives to beat a couple of pilots, Terry Prescott and "Waffles" Billings, (who have turned pearl divers in order to buy a plane and join the Royal Air Force), out of their pearls, while also beating off the advances of Prince Sali who wants to add her to his harem.
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Father Takes a Wife
Title: Father Takes a Wife
Character: Enid Osborne
Released: October 3, 1941
Type: Movie
A famous actress has to win over her ready-made family when she weds a shipping magnate.
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Doctors Don't Tell
Title: Doctors Don't Tell
Character: Diana Wayne
Released: September 22, 1941
Type: Movie
Dr. Ralph Snyder and Dr. Frank Blake open an office together but soon split over a rivalry for nightclub singer Diana Wayne and a difference over ethics.
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Mr. District Attorney
Title: Mr. District Attorney
Character: Terry Parker
Released: March 27, 1941
Type: Movie
An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
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Cherokee Strip
Title: Cherokee Strip
Character: Kate Cross
Released: October 10, 1940
Type: Movie
Richard Dix stars as Dave Morrell, the new marshal of Goliath, Oklahoma. Immediately upon arrival, Morrell finds himself at odds with banker Coy Barrett (Victor Jory), who is actually the leader of all local criminal activities.
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The Secret Seven
Title: The Secret Seven
Character: Lola Hobbs
Released: August 15, 1940
Type: Movie
Scientists assembled to prove their methods are effective in criminal investigation try to solve a series of murders.
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Phantom Raiders
Title: Phantom Raiders
Character: Cora Barnes
Released: June 7, 1940
Type: Movie
In this second Carter mystery, a mysterious rash of cargo ships sinking in Panama leads insurers Llewellyns of London to hire vacationer Nick Carter and his eccentric associate Bartholomew to investigate. Nick recognizes influential nightclub owner Al Taurez as a shady operator, but getting the goods on him depends on slick diversions involving the heavyweight champ of the Pacific Tuna Fleet, a Panamanian bombshell armed with American slang, a young couple in love and a whole raft of crooks and cutthroats.
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Girl in 313
Title: Girl in 313
Character: Joan Matthews
Released: May 31, 1940
Type: Movie
A priceless necklace goes missing at a plush party. Police close in on the jewel thieves but is one cop getting too close to one of the crooks?
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Broadway Melody of 1940
Title: Broadway Melody of 1940
Character: Amy Blake
Released: February 9, 1940
Type: Movie
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.
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Little Accident
Title: Little Accident
Character: Alice Pearson
Released: October 26, 1939
Type: Movie
A baby is passed from hand to hand after her father abandons her.
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At the Circus
Title: At the Circus
Character: Julie Randall
Released: October 20, 1939
Type: Movie
Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10,000. Before Jeff can pay, Carter's accomplices steal the money so he can take over the circus. Antonio Pirelli and Punchy, who work at the circus, together with lawyer Loophole try to find the thief and get the money back.
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Miracles for Sale
Title: Miracles for Sale
Character: Judy Barclay
Released: August 10, 1939
Type: Movie
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
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The Kid From Texas
Title: The Kid From Texas
Character: Margo Thomas
Released: April 14, 1939
Type: Movie
A loud-mouthed Texas cowpuncher tries his hand at polo finding himself at odds with high society and trying to save a floundering Wild West show.
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Four Girls in White
Title: Four Girls in White
Character: Norma Page
Released: January 27, 1939
Type: Movie
Young Women go through Nursing School together, each with their own motivation for being there. They learn more than how to be a Nurse.
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Stand Up and Fight
Title: Stand Up and Fight
Character: Susan Griffith
Released: January 6, 1939
Type: Movie
A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.
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Sweethearts
Title: Sweethearts
Character: Kay Jordan
Released: December 30, 1938
Type: Movie
Bickering husband-and-wife stage stars are manipulated into a break-up for publicity purposes.
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Vacation from Love
Title: Vacation from Love
Character: Patricia Lawson
Released: September 29, 1938
Type: Movie
A socialite dumps her fiancé on their wedding day and runs off with a saxophone player. Comedy.
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Hollywood Goes to Town
Title: Hollywood Goes to Town
Character: Self
Released: July 7, 1938
Type: Movie
This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which had its premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre. We see the street leading to the theatre transformed to suggest a garden that might be seen in a French palace. This includes the placement of trees and other foliage, as well as large statues along the route. Grandstands are set up so fans can see their favorite stars as they arrive for the premiere. Finally, the proverbial "galaxy of stars" arrives in their limousines. Fanny Brice and Pete Smith make remarks at the microphone set up on the carpet outside the theatre.
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Fast Company
Title: Fast Company
Character: Garda Sloane
Released: July 5, 1938
Type: Movie
Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.
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Paradise for Three
Title: Paradise for Three
Character: Hilde Tobler
Released: June 4, 1938
Type: Movie
A businessman mingles with German laborers to learn more about their lives.
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Beg, Borrow or Steal
Title: Beg, Borrow or Steal
Character: Joyce Steward
Released: December 3, 1937
Type: Movie
We find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to sellers of fake paintings and other assorted dodges. He and his wife, Agatha, have been separated for 15 years, but he promises to give their daughter, Joyce, a lavish wedding at his "château" in France. The fact that he doesn't have a château in France is just a minor trifle. He induces the caretaker, Bill Cherau, of a large country estate to allow it to be used for the wedding. The wedding party arrives and Bill falls madly in love with Joyce and she with him, but a gal has gotta do what a gal has gotta do, and her intended marriage to stuffed-shirt Horace Miller stays on the books. But Steward has a change of heart and he tells one and all that he and his friends, Von Gersdorff, Lefevre, Iznamof, Clifton Summitt and Sasch, are all frauds and crooks. Horace and his family stalk out, which is just fine with Joyce as her true love, the caretaker, is waiting on the grounds.
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Navy Blue and Gold
Title: Navy Blue and Gold
Character: Patricia 'Pat' Gates
Released: November 19, 1937
Type: Movie
Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.
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Double Wedding
Title: Double Wedding
Character: Irene Agnew
Released: October 15, 1937
Type: Movie
A bohemian free spirit helps meek Waldo win back his fiancée and falls in love with her over-controlling sister in the process.
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Riding on Air
Title: Riding on Air
Character: Betty Harrison
Released: June 18, 1937
Type: Movie
Smugglers are using a device for controlling airplanes in flight, and newspaper reporters from Chicago are vying for the story. Reporter Elmer Lane is out to scoop rival reporter Betty Harrison, and capture her heart in the process.
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Married Before Breakfast
Title: Married Before Breakfast
Character: Kitty Brent
Released: June 18, 1937
Type: Movie
A madcap inventor tries to market a razor-less shaving cream.
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Man Of The People
Title: Man Of The People
Character: Abbey Reid
Released: January 27, 1937
Type: Movie
An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
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Under Cover of Night
Title: Under Cover of Night
Character: Deborah Reed
Released: January 8, 1937
Type: Movie
A detective (Edmund Lowe) trails a professor (Henry Daniell) who stole credit for his wife's research, then killed her.
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The Longest Night
Title: The Longest Night
Character: Joan Sutton
Released: October 2, 1936
Type: Movie
Love with a clerk and a robbery by gangsters preoccupy a department store's new owner.
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Sworn Enemy
Title: Sworn Enemy
Character: Margaret 'Peg' Gattle
Released: September 11, 1936
Type: Movie
A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
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Women Are Trouble
Title: Women Are Trouble
Character: Ruth Nolan
Released: July 31, 1936
Type: Movie
A young reporter tries to prove her mettle by exposing a liquor racketeering gang.
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Blackmailer
Title: Blackmailer
Character: Joan Rankin
Released: July 23, 1936
Type: Movie
Dinner party guests become murder suspects when an extortionist they all hated turns up dead.
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Panic on the Air
Title: Panic on the Air
Character: Mary Connor
Released: April 10, 1936
Type: Movie
A sports announcer and a friend investigate after a pitcher misses a series. When they discover that gangsters are trying to find a hidden fortune, they use the radio show to foil the plan.
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Pride of the Marines
Title: Pride of the Marines
Character: Molly Malone
Released: April 2, 1936
Type: Movie
A Marine sacrifices his adopted son and his girlfriend so that they might find a new and more prosperous life.
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Escape from Devil's Island
Title: Escape from Devil's Island
Character: Johanna Harrington
Released: November 24, 1935
Type: Movie
Two men escape from the French penal colony but not from their jealousy over a woman.
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Guard That Girl
Title: Guard That Girl
Character: Helen Bradford
Released: November 2, 1935
Type: Movie
Attorney Joshua Scranton hires "Budge" Edwards and Larry Donovan, who has just bought into Edwards' detective agency, to protect Estelle Hudson, a client of his who is to inherit three-million dollars the next Thursday. He tells them he has reason to believe the girl is in danger from five relatives who stand to benefit from her death.
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The Awakening of Jim Burke
Title: The Awakening of Jim Burke
Character: Tess Hardie
Released: May 18, 1935
Type: Movie
After his divorced wife dies, Jim Burke takes their son who she had been raising and he hasn't seen in many years. Jim Burke is a tough, hard-nosed construction boss on engineering projects, and he is looking forward to molding Little Jim into his own image. Jim Burke is more than a little bit dismayed and a whole lot disgusted when Little Jim arrives and it doesn't take Big Jim long to figure out that Little Jim...ain't nothing but a sissy. Little Jim is fond of practicing on his violin and reading and studying. What's a poor father to do?
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Death Flies East
Title: Death Flies East
Character: Evelyn Vail
Released: February 28, 1935
Type: Movie
Evelyn Vail (Florence Rice) is a nurse convicted of poisoning a patient. Out on parole, Evelyn decides to fly to Sing-Sing and confront death row inmate who accused her of the deed in the first place. On board the airliner, Evelyn makes the acquaintance of John Robinson Gordon (Nagel), who is transporting a revolutionary munitions formula to Washington, D.C. Another passenger, Baker (Robert Allen), complains of having been poisoned and leaves the plane during a stopover in Dallas. Back in the air, Gordon's bodyguard, Lieutenant O'Brien (Fred Kelsey), suffers the same fate, but this time the poison proves fatal. The plane returns to Dallas, where Police Captain Barrie (William B. Davidson) accused poor Evelyn of the crime. Happily, Gordon can prove otherwise and the real culprit is unmasked.
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Carnival
Title: Carnival
Character: Miss Holbrook
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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Under Pressure
Title: Under Pressure
Character: Pat Dodge
Released: February 2, 1935
Type: Movie
Two members of a crew of "sandhogs", men who work on an underwater tunnel project, battle each other over the same woman and a rival team of sandhogs to see who will finish their half of the tunnel first, with the winning team getting more money and guaranteed future work.
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The Best Man Wins
Title: The Best Man Wins
Character: Ann Barry
Released: January 14, 1935
Type: Movie
A diver saves his best friend's life but loses his own arm in doing so. Later, unable to find work because of his missing arm, he is forced to go to work for a criminal searching for lost treasures. Meanwhile his friend, who has since become a policeman, finds himself assigned to break up the crook's operation and bring in his gang--including the man who saved his life.
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Fugitive Lady
Title: Fugitive Lady
Character: Ann Duncan
Released: December 10, 1934
Type: Movie
In this thriller, a young woman marries a dashing young man who, unbeknownst to her, is a jewel thief.
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
Title: Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
Released: March 2, 1934
Type: Movie
Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations to make deliveries. He visits the Los Angeles Pier and a Gala Hollywood Premiere.