Lois Moran

Lois Moran

Born: March 1, 1909
Died: July 13, 1990
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Movies for Lois Moran...

Alice in the Cities
Title: Alice in the Cities
Character: Airport Hostess
Released: May 17, 1974
Type: Movie
German journalist Philip Winter has a case of writer’s block when trying to write an article about the United States. He decides to return to Germany, and while trying to book a flight, encounters a German woman and her nine year old daughter Alice doing the same. The three become friends (almost out of necessity) and while the mother asks Winter to mind Alice temporarily, it quickly becomes apparent that Alice will be his responsibility for longer than he expected.
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Title: Waterfront
Character: May Herrick
Released: August 21, 1954
Type: TV
Waterfront is an 1954-1955 American series following the adventures of tugboat captain John Herrick, played by Preston Foster.
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West of Broadway
Title: West of Broadway
Character: Dot Stevens
Released: November 28, 1931
Type: Movie
A wealthy soldier returns home after WWI, discovers his socialite fiancee no longer wants to marry him, and weds an admitted gold-digger he's just met after a night of drinking and partying.
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Men in Her Life
Title: Men in Her Life
Character: Julia Cavanaugh
Released: November 10, 1931
Type: Movie
A wealthy ex-bootlegger comes to the rescue of a formerly rich society girl after her gold-digging fiancé leaves her stranded when he finds out she's broke. The bootlegger proposes a deal: he will settle her debts if she teaches him how to be "a gentleman".
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The Spider
Title: The Spider
Character: Beverly Lane
Released: September 23, 1931
Type: Movie
Lowe plays Chatrand the Great, a magician with great hypnotic and magical powers. During his evening performance at an upscale theater, a murder occurs. A hand wearing a sinister spider ring raises a revolver, the lights go out, and a shot rings out! When the lights come on, the body of a patron is lying on the floor, dying. Who is the mysterious killer? What is the strange secret of Lowe’s clairvoyant, amnesia-plagued assistant? After the police restrain the audience from leaving, Lowe uses his magical powers to help expose the killer. Watch for the terrific séance scene where weird ghost-like creatures float above the stage.
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Transatlantic
Title: Transatlantic
Character: Judy Kramer
Released: August 19, 1931
Type: Movie
As a luxurious ocean liner makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean, the audience is made privy to the travails of several of its passengers. Edmund Lowe heads the cast as Monty Greer, a suave gambler who falls in love with Judy, the daughter of immigrant lens grinder Rudolph Kramer. In trying to recover some valuable securities stolen from banker Henry Graham, Greer finds himself in the middle of a fierce gun battle in the ship's engine room. Meanwhile, Graham, who has been cheating on his wife Kay with sexy dancer Sigrid Carline, is murdered by person or persons unknown.
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Under Suspicion
Title: Under Suspicion
Character: Alice Freil
Released: December 28, 1930
Type: Movie
A group of Canadian Royal Mounted Police officers arrive home after serving overseas with the Allied Army. After enjoying a birthday banquet for the aged Major Manners amid much singing and revelry, Inspector Turner reveals suspicions about a new recruit, John Smith, whom he knows to be using a pseudonym and whose war record contains something potentially damaging.
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Soup to Nuts
Title: Soup to Nuts
Character: Beauty
Released: September 28, 1930
Type: Movie
Mr. Schmidt's costume store is bankrupt because he spends his time on Rube Goldberg-style inventions; the creditors send a young manager who falls for Schmidt's niece Louise, but she'll have none of him. Schmidt's friends Ted, Queenie, and some goofy firemen try to help out; things come to a slapstick head when Louise needs rescuing from a fire.
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Not Damaged
Title: Not Damaged
Released: May 25, 1930
Type: Movie
A fortune teller informs a hopeless romantic that she'll be meeting a mysterious, tall, dark stranger. Initially skeptical, the young lady latterly concedes when the soothsayer's premonitions begin to ring true.
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Mammy
Title: Mammy
Character: Nora Meadows
Released: March 26, 1930
Type: Movie
Mammy features Al Jolson as the star of a travelling minstrel show, appearing in a small Southern town. Jolson falls in love with an actress in the troupe (Lois Moran), but she loves another. One of Jolson's fellow minstrels (Lowell Sherman) is shot backstage, and it is assumed thanks to several plot convolutions that Jolson is guilty of the deed.
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A Song of Kentucky
Title: A Song of Kentucky
Character: Lee Coleman
Released: November 10, 1929
Type: Movie
A horse race determines a woman's romantic fate.
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Words and Music
Title: Words and Music
Character: Mary Brown
Released: August 18, 1929
Type: Movie
Phil and Pete compete for Mary's love and also in a contest for best song written by a college student.
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Behind That Curtain
Title: Behind That Curtain
Character: Eve Mannering Durand
Released: June 30, 1929
Type: Movie
Sir George hires Hillary Gatt to find out more about Eric who wants to marry Lois. Gatt is murdered and the couple, married, run off to India. Old friend John Beetham sympathizes with the bride who sees that her hubby is a liar and drunk.
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Joy Street
Title: Joy Street
Released: May 12, 1929
Type: Movie
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The Belle of Samoa
Title: The Belle of Samoa
Character: The Belle of Samoa
Released: February 25, 1929
Type: Movie
Clark and McCullogh go to a Samoan temple where all the beautiful maidens are kept.
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True Heaven
Title: True Heaven
Character: Judith
Released: February 17, 1929
Type: Movie
Phillip Gresson is in the employ of the British secret service, while heroine Judith is a spy for the Enemy. Hoping to gain possession of the usual Secret Plans, Judith pretends to be in love with Phillip. Only after nursing the seriously wounded Phillip back to health does Judith come to the realization that she genuinely loves him.
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The River Pirate
Title: The River Pirate
Character: Marjorie Cullen
Released: August 26, 1928
Type: Movie
This film concerns a youth torn between his fatherly gangland mentor and the beautiful, virtuous daughter of a police detective.
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Don't Marry
Title: Don't Marry
Character: Priscilla Bowen / Betty Bowen
Released: June 13, 1928
Type: Movie
A flapper masquerades as her strait-laced cousin to try and impress a potential suitor.
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Love Hungry
Title: Love Hungry
Released: April 8, 1928
Type: Movie
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Sharp Shooters
Title: Sharp Shooters
Character: Loretta
Released: January 15, 1928
Type: Movie
A "love-'em-and-leave-'em" sailor hooks up with a dance-hall girl in Paris while waiting for his ship to sail. She falls in love with him, and when his ship leaves port she decides to show up at its next stop and reunite with her lover. However, when she arrives at the ship's next destination, she discovers that her "lover" has already found another local girl to spend his time with. Complications ensue.
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The Whirlwind of Youth
Title: The Whirlwind of Youth
Character: Nancy Hawthorne
Released: April 30, 1927
Type: Movie
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God Gave Me Twenty Cents
Title: God Gave Me Twenty Cents
Character: Mary Doren
Released: November 20, 1926
Type: Movie
The story concerns the misadventures of sailor Steve Doren, who tries his best to support his wife Mary on his piddling income. But like seafaring men everywhere, Steve is constitutionally unreliable, especially when hip-swinging temptress Cassie Lang sashays into view.
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The Prince of Tempters
Title: The Prince of Tempters
Character: Monica
Released: October 17, 1926
Type: Movie
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Padlocked
Title: Padlocked
Character: Edith Gilbert
Released: August 2, 1926
Type: Movie
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The Road to Mandalay
Title: The Road to Mandalay
Character: Joe's Daughter
Released: June 26, 1926
Type: Movie
Joe, a former sea captain whose wife died during the birth of their child at sea, is now a pockmarked, disreputable divekeeper in Singapore where he indulges in shady operations with Herrick, known as The Admiral. They ship for Mandalay, where Joe's daughter lives with a priest, Father James, and tends a curio shop, unaware that her father regularly sends money to Father James for her support. Although his daughter clearly finds him abhorrent, Joe determines to take her away until he learns that The Admiral has fallen in love with her and plans to marry her. He persuades Father James (actually his brother) not to perform the ceremony, and The Admiral is shanghaied by Joe's men. The girl, suspecting Joe, goes to his brothel in Singapore and is about to be assaulted by Charlie, a lecherous Chinaman, when Joe intervenes and is stabbed. The Admiral comes to her rescue and escapes with her on a boat.
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The Reckless Lady
Title: The Reckless Lady
Character: Sylvia Fleming
Released: January 24, 1926
Type: Movie
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Just Suppose
Title: Just Suppose
Character: Linda Lee Stafford
Released: January 10, 1926
Type: Movie
A prince comes to America and falls in love with a regular girl.
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Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Title: Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Character: Alice Brown
Released: January 1, 1926
Type: Movie
A home movie version of the Dumas play. A young woman becomes a courtesan and tragedy befalls her. Appearances are made by many socialites of 1920s Paris and New York.
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Stella Dallas
Title: Stella Dallas
Character: Laurel Dallas
Released: November 16, 1925
Type: Movie
An eccentric lower class woman struggles to gain respect in high society after marrying a wealthy man, and the problem gets worse when their daughter starts growing up.
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The Late Mathias Pascal
Title: The Late Mathias Pascal
Character: Adrienne Paleari
Released: July 2, 1925
Type: Movie
Mathias Pascal, only son of a once-rich family, marries beautiful Romalinda, who has a terrible mother-in-law. She controls her daughter, and soon his home life becomes a nightmare. His only moments of lights are his mother and baby, but both die on the same day. Shocked, he leaves his hometown and goes to Monte Carlo, where he wins a fortune at the casino. Returning home, he reads his own obituary in a paper. They have found a corpse in a creek and connected it with his disappearance. Mathias, noticing that he is now free from all ties to his old life, decides to start a new one.
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The Gallery of Monsters
Title: The Gallery of Monsters
Character: Ralda / Ofélia
Released: September 23, 1924
Type: Movie
Married carnival performers are subjected to the abuses of their employer in this silent film gem that has not received as much attention as it deserves. When the boss' unwanted advances on the wife are refused, he taunts a lion until it nearly kills her. But the other performers assist in a unique plot for revenge. Jaque Catelain directs and stars in this film made for influential French director Marcel L'Herbier's production company. Some sources also list L'Herbier as co-director, as he is credited here. The film boasts some rapid-fire editing techniques that were decades ahead of its time.