Lita Chevret

Lita Chevret

Born: May 27, 1908
Died: May 23, 2001
in Oakland, California, USA

Movies for Lita Chevret...

The Philadelphia Story
Title: The Philadelphia Story
Character: Manicurist (uncredited)
Released: December 5, 1940
Type: Movie
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
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Midnight Limited
Title: Midnight Limited
Character: Mae Krantz
Released: March 20, 1940
Type: Movie
The Phantom Robber gets a fortune in jewels and some valuable papers from a robbery on the crack train "The Midnight Limited" and Val Lennon and his pretty assistant, Joan Marshall, are on his trail. But the Phantom strikes three more times and adds murder to his list. Val decides to use himself as bait, although Chief Harrigan and Joan beg him not to risk his life. But Val, disguised as a wealthy Canadian, boards the train for a rendezvous with a killer.
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My Little Chickadee
Title: My Little Chickadee
Character: Indian Squaw (uncredited)
Released: February 9, 1940
Type: Movie
While on her way by stagecoach to visit relatives out west, Flower Belle Lee is held up by a masked bandit who also takes the coach's shipment of gold. When he abducts Flower Belle and they arrive in town, Flower Belle is suspected of being in collusion with the bandit.
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The Fatal Hour
Title: The Fatal Hour
Character: Tanya Serova
Released: January 15, 1940
Type: Movie
When a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime Suspect: Frank Belden Jr., whose father is a businessman well known for both his success and dishonesty. Mr. Wong faces increasing danger and is nearly executed himself as the investigation develops in treachery and complexity. As Mr. Wong follows the trail of dead bodies, he uncovers a jewel smuggling ring on the San Francisco waterfront and a case much larger than the death of a police officer.
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The Women
Title: The Women
Character: Woman Under Sunlamp (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
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Bravest of the Brave
Title: Bravest of the Brave
Character: Madame Ney (uncredited)
Released: August 6, 1938
Type: Movie
This short film looks at the life of Michel Ney, who fought at Napoleon's side and was made a Marshall of France.
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The Road to Reno
Title: The Road to Reno
Character: Gladys
Released: August 1, 1938
Type: Movie
An opera singer travels to Reno to divorce her rancher husband.
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Rebellious Daughters
Title: Rebellious Daughters
Character: Kelly, alias Rita Houston
Released: July 1, 1938
Type: Movie
Girl moves out of her parents house against their wishes. Gets a job in a dress shop, gets mixed up with dirty pictures and blackmail.
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Espionage
Title: Espionage
Character: French Secretary
Released: February 26, 1937
Type: Movie
Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours of war in Europe.
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Sandflow
Title: Sandflow
Character: Rose Porter
Released: February 14, 1937
Type: Movie
Director Leslie Selander exhibits the sure-handed expertise that would endear him to latter-day western cultists in his 1937 formula western Sandflow. Buck Jones plays the son of a crooked land dealer. Seeking redemption, Jones rides through the west to compensate every rancher who was cheated by his dad.
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Criminal Lawyer
Title: Criminal Lawyer
Character: Nora James (uncredited)
Released: January 29, 1937
Type: Movie
Barry Brandon, a criminal lawyer, visits the night club of Denny Larkin, his primary client, with Betty Walker, a spoiled society girl. The police raid the club and Brandon pleads that the whole group is guilty, just to get even with Larkin for a rebuke. On the same night in court, Madge Carter is on trial for disorderly conduct, and Brandon volunteers to defend her, and proves the case against her if a frame-up. Finding that she is penniless, Brandon hires her as his secretary, and falls in love with her. Brandon is appointed district attorney and has ambitions of becoming the state governor. Having dinner at Betty's home, she maneuvers him, while he is drunk, into marrying her. Later, Madge is a witness when Larkin shoots down a fellow gangster. By threatening Brandon's life, he forces her to commit perjury at his trial, and say he fired in self-defense. Brandon, the prosecuting attorney (who has had his marriage to Betty annulled) knows she is lying but doesn't know why.
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Camille
Title: Camille
Character: Woman in Theatre Box (uncredited)
Released: December 26, 1936
Type: Movie
Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure. One such woman is Marguerite Gautier, who begins a sumptuous romance with Armand Duval.
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Champagne Charlie
Title: Champagne Charlie
Character: Roulette Player
Released: May 6, 1936
Type: Movie
The story is told in flashback. Backers want a gambler to marry a rich girl for her dowry.
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Follow the Fleet
Title: Follow the Fleet
Character: Showgirl in Casino Number (uncredited)
Released: February 20, 1936
Type: Movie
When the fleet puts in at San Francisco, sailor Bake Baker tries to rekindle the flame with his old dancing partner, Sherry Martin, while Bake's buddy Bilge Smith romances Sherry's sister, Connie. But it's not all smooth sailing—Bake has a habit of losing Sherry's jobs for her and, despite Connie's dreams, Bilge is not ready to settle down.
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Ship Cafe
Title: Ship Cafe
Character: Dancing Teacher (uncredited)
Released: November 9, 1935
Type: Movie
The singing stoker and the vamp.
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The Murder Man
Title: The Murder Man
Character: Clara - Robins' Secretary (uncredited)
Released: July 12, 1935
Type: Movie
Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When Henry Mander is investigated for the murder of his shady business partner, Grey is one step ahead of the police to the extent that he often dictates his story in advance of its actual occurrence. He leads the police through an 'open and shut' case resulting in Mander being tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Columnist Mary Shannon is in love with Steve but she sees him struggle greatly with his last story before Mander's execution. When she starts typing out the story from his recorded dictation, she realizes why.
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Go Into Your Dance
Title: Go Into Your Dance
Character: Angry Showgirl #1
Released: April 20, 1935
Type: Movie
An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.
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Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Title: Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Character: Countess De Marino (uncredited)
Released: November 2, 1934
Type: Movie
Underworld king Lee Lother has been killed aboard a ocean liner, several people could have been the murderer. There is his mistress Anya Roysen, a married woman, who was jealous of his flirtations with his old moll, night club singer Sally Marsh, who had agreed for one last night with Lother, to get her younger brother Ned out of the Lother's clutches because he has faked Lother's name on a check to pay his gambling debts. Then there is Sally's new flame Jimmy Brett, a con man and gentlemen thief, who has out-tricked Lother in a fixed poker game, and is, together with shorty, after the ladies jewels. Inspector McKinney suspects Joe Saunders, a recently released convict, who was arrested due to some tips by Lother, but Ned and Sally insist that they committed the crime alone.
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Romance in the Rain
Title: Romance in the Rain
Character: Jennie
Released: August 13, 1934
Type: Movie
The publisher of a tabloid-type romance magazine decides to get some publicity by sponsoring a "Cinderella and Prince Charming" contest.
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The Girl from Missouri
Title: The Girl from Missouri
Character: Miss Ulricks (uncredited)
Released: August 3, 1934
Type: Movie
Leaving Missouri to find a wealthy husband in New York City, Eadie Chapman becomes a chorus girl and soon entertains at the lavish home of millionaire Frank Cousins. Cousins proposes to Eadie, only to then commit suicide due to bankruptcy. Fellow millionaire T. R. Paige defends Eadie when the police question her for having Cousins' jewelry -- but when she becomes enamored with his son, Tom, Paige declares Eadie a gold digger.
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Charlie Chan's Courage
Title: Charlie Chan's Courage
Character: Chorus Girl
Released: July 6, 1934
Type: Movie
Charlie is hired to deliver a pearl necklace to a millionaire at his ranch. When murder intervenes he disguises himself as a Chinese servant and begins sleuthing.
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Good Time Henry
Title: Good Time Henry
Released: May 3, 1934
Type: Movie
Henry is lured by old pal Hale into a night on the town despite fears that his wife will discover their hijinks.
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Double Harness
Title: Double Harness
Character: Brunette Mannequin
Released: July 21, 1933
Type: Movie
After tricking him into marriage, a woman tries to win the love of her philandering husband.
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Loose Relations
Title: Loose Relations
Released: June 11, 1933
Type: Movie
The stereotype in old movies and TV shows is that the man hates his mother-in-law. Well, in "Loose Relations" it doesn't follow this convention, as Andy Clyde is actually happy that his mother-in-law is coming to stay with them and he plans on fixing up a place for her to stay. In a funny scene, when he tells his neighbors, they offer his an axe and a gun!
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Knight Duty
Title: Knight Duty
Character: The Crook's Partner
Released: May 6, 1933
Type: Movie
Harry is a hobo, one step ahead of the law. After accidentally foiling a purse snatcher, he cadges a ride on a flatbed truck, is knocked out when a wax figure falls on him during the ride, and is carried into a museum by someone thinking he's another manikin. Inside, it takes him a while to figure out that he's among dummies. Then, two enterprising jewel thieves arrive to steal the museum director's priceless ruby. Cops are on hand as well: when the ruby goes missing, Harry may be the perfect fall guy. Can Harry stay away from the cops, foil the theft, and behave heroically in front of the museum director's daughter, the same woman whose purse he saved that morning?
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Feeling Rosy
Title: Feeling Rosy
Character: Gold Digger
Released: April 30, 1933
Type: Movie
Andy Clyde is in desperate need of a vacation, and it's not exactly helping the stress.
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Daring Daughters
Title: Daring Daughters
Character: Gwen Moore
Released: March 23, 1933
Type: Movie
A savvy city girl tries to protect her naive sister, who has just moved from the country, from the temptations--and men--of big-city life.
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Goldie Gets Along
Title: Goldie Gets Along
Character: Marie Gardner
Released: January 27, 1933
Type: Movie
A small-town girl schemes to get to Hollywood only to run into the man she left behind.
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Rockabye
Title: Rockabye
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: November 25, 1932
Type: Movie
A Broadway actress with a problematic past falls hard for the author of her new play.
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Call Her Savage
Title: Call Her Savage
Character: Party Guest (Uncredited)
Released: November 24, 1932
Type: Movie
A high-spirited, short-tempered, young woman hates her father and loves to rebel against him. She marries a man whom her father hates but her marriage fails and she learns the errors of her ways.
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Afraid to Talk
Title: Afraid to Talk
Character: Molly (uncredited)
Released: November 17, 1932
Type: Movie
Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taking payoffs.
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The Big Flash
Title: The Big Flash
Character: Nadine, Brick's Girl
Released: November 5, 1932
Type: Movie
Would-be photographer Harry gets his big chance when a newspaper wants pictures of a prominent gangster and his girl. Harry and another photographer first visit the gangster's girl, and then wait at the scene of an expected robbery. But before they can get the pictures they want, they must first distract a policeman whose presence would otherwise deter the gangster from appearing.
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What Price Hollywood?
Title: What Price Hollywood?
Character: Actress Filming on Movie Set (uncredited)
Released: June 24, 1932
Type: Movie
Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.
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Westward Passage
Title: Westward Passage
Character: Woman at Party (uncredited)
Released: May 27, 1932
Type: Movie
A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.
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Symphony of Six Million
Title: Symphony of Six Million
Character: Birdie
Released: April 29, 1932
Type: Movie
A young doctor escapes the slums of New York City to make his fortune as a Park Avenue doctor. When a fatal mistake results in tragedy his resolve to continue working is severely tested. Based on a novel by Fannie Hurst.
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Girl Crazy
Title: Girl Crazy
Character: Mary
Released: March 24, 1932
Type: Movie
New York playboy Danny Churchill is sent to a small town in Arizona, where being sheriff is very dangerous, to keep away from girls, but he decides to open a dude ranch there. He asks his friend Slick, a professional gambler and his wife Kitty, to help him. Slick decides to go there in a cab, driven by shy Jimmy. Jimmy's younger sister Tessie also travels there. There Danny has fallen in love with Molly, but troubles arise for him when the local heavy decides that he doesn't like the ranch and announces running for sheriff. Danny and Slick got the idea that Jimmy would be the ideal candidate, especially because of the fact that the heavy has announced he would kill another sheriff. With some help Jimmy is elected, but Molly leaves Danny with a New York shyster for Mexico. Mitzi, Danny, Kitty, Patsy - Jimmy's sweetheart as well as Jimmy and Slick follow her to win her heart back for Danny, but they are followed by the local heavy and his friend.
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One Hour with You
Title: One Hour with You
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: March 23, 1932
Type: Movie
Andre and Colette Bertier are happily married. When Colette introduces her husband to her flirtatious best friend, Mitzi, he does his best to resist her advances. But she is persistent, and very cute, and he succumbs. Mitzi's husband wants to divorce her, and has been having her tailed. Andre gets caught, and must confess to his wife. But Colette has had problems resisting the attentions of another man herself, and they forgive each other.
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After Tomorrow
Title: After Tomorrow
Character: Office Worker / Wedding Rehearsal Guest
Released: March 6, 1932
Type: Movie
In the Depression, Pete and Sidney are good kids, working hard, giving money to their parents, and engaged for three years while they save to get married. Each has a selfish mother: Sydney's is cold, Pete's is clingy. Sidney's mother is looking for her own happiness, no matter how much that search harms her daughter and long-suffering husband; and, the longer the engagement lingers, the more pressure Pete's mom puts on Sidney to break it off and set her son free. "After Tomorrow" is Pete and Sidney's favorite song, but with illness, poverty, and temptation: will that good day ever come?
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Ladies of the Jury
Title: Ladies of the Jury
Character: Cynthia Tate (uncredited)
Released: February 2, 1932
Type: Movie
Society matron Mrs. Livingston Baldwin Crane is selected as a juror in the trial of former chorus girl Yvette Gordon, who's accused of murdering her rich older husband. In court and during deliberations, Mrs. Crane proves to be a disruptive and unorthodox juror.
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Are These Our Children?
Title: Are These Our Children?
Character: Minor Role
Released: November 13, 1931
Type: Movie
A tale of juvenile delinquency, about a high-school student neglecting his studies, partying hard, falling in with the wrong crowd and finally finding himself on trial for murder committed during a robbery.
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The Woman Between
Title: The Woman Between
Released: August 8, 1931
Type: Movie
Returning after a long absence, a man learns the woman he fell in love with on the ship going home is his stepmother.
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Three Who Loved
Title: Three Who Loved
Character: Helga's Party Girl Friend
Released: July 3, 1931
Type: Movie
A bank teller's love life falls apart when he's accused of embezzling.
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Everything’s Rosie
Title: Everything’s Rosie
Character: Madeline Van Dorn
Released: May 22, 1931
Type: Movie
A little orphan girl walks into the life of a hand-to-mouth carnival huckster. He teaches her the ropes and raises her as his own.
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Laugh and Get Rich
Title: Laugh and Get Rich
Character: Silent Party Guest
Released: March 27, 1931
Type: Movie
An inept inventor and his stoic wife believe an oil well investment has paid off and that they've become wealthy overnight.
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Kept Husbands
Title: Kept Husbands
Character: Gwen (uncredited)
Released: February 22, 1931
Type: Movie
A former All-American football star, now working as a steel mill supervisor in New Jersey, falls in love with the mill owner's wealthy, very spoiled daughter.
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The Royal Bed
Title: The Royal Bed
Character: Lady in waiting
Released: January 15, 1931
Type: Movie
The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt and a scheming general.
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Moonlight and Monkey Business
Title: Moonlight and Monkey Business
Character: Honeymooner
Released: November 15, 1930
Type: Movie
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The Pay-Off
Title: The Pay-Off
Character: Margy
Released: October 14, 1930
Type: Movie
A thug robs a young engaged couple of their last few dollars. When the thug's gang boss hears of the robbery, he gives them back their money and takes them under his wing. The thug, resentful of the couple, plans to organize a mutiny against the gang's boss, but when he is killed in a botched robbery, the police focus their attention on the young couple.
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The Cuckoos
Title: The Cuckoos
Character: Slot Machine Señorita (uncredited)
Released: May 4, 1930
Type: Movie
Two phony fortune tellers get mixed up with gypsies.
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The Locked Door
Title: The Locked Door
Character: Girl on Rum Boat (uncredited)
Released: November 16, 1929
Type: Movie
On her first anniversary, Ann Reagan finds that her sister-in-law is involved with a shady character that she used to be intimate with, and determines to intervene.
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Tanned Legs
Title: Tanned Legs
Character: Beach Girl (uncredited)
Released: November 10, 1929
Type: Movie
Peggy and Bill are high society lovebirds, but their marriage plans are put on hold while Peggy spends most of her summer straightening out her wayward parents and her unlucky-in-love sister Janet. Mama and Papa are set to rights fairly quickly, but Janet's the one with real problems. It seems she sent some compromising love letters to a worthless cad, and now the bounder wants to use the letters for blackmail. Peggy's friend Roger and his flapper sweetheart Tootie hatch an elaborate plan to retrieve the incriminating letters and salvage Janet's reputation.
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Rio Rita
Title: Rio Rita
Character: Louie's Wife
Released: September 15, 1929
Type: Movie
Capt. James Stewart pursues the bandit "The Kinkajou" over the Mexican border and falls in love with Rita. He suspects, that her brother is the bandit.
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Words and Music
Title: Words and Music
Character: Showgirl (uncredited)
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.