Virginia Brissac

Virginia Brissac

Born: June 10, 1883
Died: July 26, 1979
in San Jose, California, USA
​From Wikipedia

Virginia Brissac (June 11, 1883 – July 26, 1979) was an American stage and film actress. With her stern features, she often played schoolteachers and other authority figures. Her film career began in 1913 with two short films and ended with Rebel Without a Cause (1955), playing grandmother to the character that James Dean portrayed.

Movies for Virginia Brissac...

Rebel Without a Cause
Title: Rebel Without a Cause
Character: Jim's Grandmother
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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About Mrs. Leslie
Title: About Mrs. Leslie
Character: Mrs. Poole
Released: August 3, 1954
Type: Movie
A lonely, unhappy owner of a Beverly Hills boarding house reflects on her lonely, unhappy life and the lonely, unhappy man she once loved.
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Executive Suite
Title: Executive Suite
Character: Edith Alderson
Released: April 30, 1954
Type: Movie
When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie to see who will replace him.
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The Bandits of Corsica
Title: The Bandits of Corsica
Character: Maria
Released: February 27, 1953
Type: Movie
Siamese twins separated at birth retain a psychic link; each feels the other's pain and happiness.
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Fair Wind to Java
Title: Fair Wind to Java
Character: Bintang
Released: January 28, 1953
Type: Movie
The Dutch East Indies, at the end of the nineteenth century. An adventurous captain of an American merchant vessel is looking for a sunken Dutch vessel containing 10,000 precious diamonds. Unfortunately, he's not the only one and then there's also that volcano on the nearby island of Krakatau, waiting to explode in its historical, disastrous eruption...
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Meet Me at the Fair
Title: Meet Me at the Fair
Character: Mrs. Spooner
Released: January 1, 1953
Type: Movie
In 1904, Doc Tilbee, medicine show huckster and champion tall-tale teller, gives a ride to a young boy escaped from an orphanage, where bad conditions (the result of political graft) are being investigated by new appointee Zerelda Wing, who doesn't know that her fiancée is one of the politicians responsible. Tad wants to stay with his new friend Doc, who is attracted to Zerelda, to the discomfiture of his old flame Clara...all amid nostalgic musical numbers.
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Woman of the North Country
Title: Woman of the North Country
Character: Mrs. Dawson
Released: July 23, 1952
Type: Movie
In 1890 Minnesota Christine Powell is the scheming head of the Powell dynasty, the richest mining empire of the era. But the Powell mine deposits are diminishing. The Mesabi range represents a whole new productive area but the rights to mine there are held by a young geological engineer, Kyle Ramlo. The latter reaches an impasse when he needs money to continue his experimentation with open-pit mining and goes to Miss Powell for financing. She displays great interest in both his inventive mining method and in him personally but secretly plots to destroy him and take over his Masabi rights. The gullible Ramlo falls into clutches while the girl he really loves, Cathy Norlund, tries desperately to open his eyes to Christine's scheme.
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Title: I Love Lucy
Character: Mrs. Hammond
Released: October 15, 1951
Type: TV
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.
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Two of a Kind
Title: Two of a Kind
Character: Maida McIntyre
Released: July 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Brandy Kirby and crooked Lawyer Vincent Mailer plan to rob William and Maida McIntyre by producing a convincing double for their long-lost son. Brandy charms gambler Lefty Farrell into impersonating the missing son.
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Operation Pacific
Title: Operation Pacific
Character: Sister Anna
Released: January 27, 1951
Type: Movie
During WWII, Duke E. Gifford is second in command of the USS Thunderfish, a submarine which is firing off torpedoes that either explode too early or never explode at all. It's a dilemma that he'll eventually take up personally. Even more personal is his quest to win back his ex-wife, a nurse; but he'll have to win her back from a navy flier who also happens to be his commander's little brother.
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Harriet Craig
Title: Harriet Craig
Character: Mother of Harriet Craig (Uncredited)
Released: November 2, 1950
Type: Movie
A perfectionist woman's devotion to her home drives away friends and family.
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Edge of Doom
Title: Edge of Doom
Character: Mrs. Dennis
Released: August 3, 1950
Type: Movie
A priest sets out to catch the man who killed one of his colleagues.
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Cheaper by the Dozen
Title: Cheaper by the Dozen
Character: Mrs. Benson (uncredited)
Released: March 31, 1950
Type: Movie
"Cheaper by the Dozen", based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island, to Montclair, New Jersey, and details the amusing anecdotes found in large families.
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No Man of Her Own
Title: No Man of Her Own
Character: Justice of the Peace's Wife (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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Tension
Title: Tension
Character: Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)
Released: November 25, 1949
Type: Movie
Warren Quimby manages a drugstore while trying to keep his volatile wife, Claire, happy. However, when Claire leaves him for a liquor store salesman, Warren can no longer bear it. He decides to assume a new identity in order to murder his wife's lover without leaving a trace. Along the way, his plans are complicated by an attractive neighbor, as well as a shocking discovery that opens up a new world of doubts and accusations.
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The Last Bandit
Title: The Last Bandit
Character: Kate's Mother
Released: February 25, 1949
Type: Movie
About to marry Jim Plummer, Kate Foley runs off to Nevada when Ed Bagley convinces her a quick fortune can be made robbing gold shipments that are being transported by the railroad. In Bannock City she meets reformed-bandit Frank Plummer, posing as Frank Norris, brother of Jim Plummer, who has being going straight and working as an express shipment guard. Jim also shows up and plans a robbery by stealing a train and hiding it in an abandoned tunnel. The two brothers are on opposite sides of the law with the now-reformed Kate caught in the middle.
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An Act of Murder
Title: An Act of Murder
Character: Mrs. Russell
Released: December 5, 1948
Type: Movie
A man kills his terminally ill wife to prevent her further suffering.
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The Snake Pit
Title: The Snake Pit
Character: Miss Seiffert
Released: November 4, 1948
Type: Movie
Virginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her arrival at the institution. Tormented by delusions and unable to even recognize her husband, Robert, she is treated by Dr. Mark Kik, who is determined to get to the root of her mental illness. As her treatment progresses, flashbacks depict events in Virginia's life that may have contributed to her instability.
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The Untamed Breed
Title: The Untamed Breed
Character: Mrs. Jones
Released: October 20, 1948
Type: Movie
A cowboy sets out to capture an escaped Brahma bull that is terrorizing local ranchers. Based on a story by Eli Colter that appeared in The Saturday Evening Post.
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Old Los Angeles
Title: Old Los Angeles
Character: Señora Del Rey
Released: April 24, 1948
Type: Movie
Also known as California Outpost, Old Los Angeles stars Bill Elliot in one of his expanded-budget Republic "specials." The film is set during the early statehood days of California, with Elliot keeping the peace and warding off plunderers and marauders. As always, Elliot is a "peaceable man"--until he beats the tar out of those who rile him. The problem with Elliot's more expensive Republic vehicles is that action invariably took a back seat to plot, romance, costumes and decor. Within a year of Old Los Angeles, Elliot started a more austere, less prettified and far superior western series.
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Summer Holiday
Title: Summer Holiday
Character: Miss Hawley
Released: April 15, 1948
Type: Movie
Danville, Connecticut at the turn of the century. Young Richard Miller lives in a middle-class neighborhood with his family. He is in love with the girl next-door, Muriel, but her father isn't too happy with their puppy-love, since Richard always share his revolutionary ideas with her.
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The Mating of Millie
Title: The Mating of Millie
Character: Mrs. Thomas
Released: March 8, 1948
Type: Movie
Self-sufficient in life and successful in business, prim and proper Millie McGonigle wants just one more thing, a child. When she asks to adopt orphan Tommy Bassett, but learns that she will first have to have a husband, Millie turns to her neighbor, Doug Andrews. Though he has no interest in marriage, Doug offers to help Millie find a husband by transforming her into a beautiful and exciting woman, one who catches the eye of two eligible bachelors, including the orphanage's president.
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Three Daring Daughters
Title: Three Daring Daughters
Character: Miss Drake (uncredited)
Released: February 12, 1948
Type: Movie
Three young girls try to help their divorced mother find the right husband.
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Captain from Castile
Title: Captain from Castile
Character: Doña Maria De Vargas (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1947
Type: Movie
Spain, 1518: young caballero Pedro De Vargas offends his sadistic neighbor De Silva, who just happens to be an officer of the Inquisition. Forced to flee, Pedro, friend Juan Garcia, and adoring servant girl Catana join Cortez' first expedition to Mexico. Arriving in the rich new land, Cortez decides to switch from exploration to conquest...with only 500 men. Embroiled in continuous adventures and a romantic interlude, Pedro almost forgets he has a deadly enemy...
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Secret Beyond the Door...
Title: Secret Beyond the Door...
Character: Sarah (uncredited)
Released: December 24, 1947
Type: Movie
After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.
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Monsieur Verdoux
Title: Monsieur Verdoux
Character: Carlotta Couvais
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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Pursued
Title: Pursued
Character: Woman at the Wedding (uncredited)
Released: March 2, 1947
Type: Movie
A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead.
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Sister Kenny
Title: Sister Kenny
Character: Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1946
Type: Movie
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
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The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
Title: The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
Character: Martha, the Housekeeper
Released: September 3, 1946
Type: Movie
Janet Spencer is driving down a country road when one of her tires blows out. This seemingly innocuous, everyday occurrence leads Linda into a labyrinth of murder, blackmail and intrigue.
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The Mysterious Mr. M
Title: The Mysterious Mr. M
Character: Cornelia Waldron
Released: July 23, 1946
Type: Movie
An evil scientist known as "Mr. M." uses a drug he has developed called "hypnotreme" to help steal submarine equipment. Federal agent Grant Farrell is dispatched to find the mysterious villain and stop his nefarious plans.
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Hot Cargo
Title: Hot Cargo
Character: Mrs. Chapman
Released: June 28, 1946
Type: Movie
Two discharged service men go to the redwood country in northern California to visit the family of a buddy killed in the war. There, they find the family's trucking business is being threatened by a rival who will stop at nothing to ruin their business. They take up the fight against the crooks.
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Why Girls Leave Home
Title: Why Girls Leave Home
Character: Mrs. Leslie
Released: October 9, 1945
Type: Movie
In this crime drama, a young woman leaves her unhappy life at home to become a sophisticated night club singer. Her first job is nearly fatal when she entangles herself with the mobsters who own the joint and learns too much about their operation. Her boss decides to kill her and make it look like suicide. An intrepid reporter disbelieves the report and exposes the truth to the public.
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Bewitched
Title: Bewitched
Character: Martha--Governor's Wife
Released: July 4, 1945
Type: Movie
A girl enlists a psychic to get rid of her murderous alternate personality.
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Captain Eddie
Title: Captain Eddie
Character: Flo Clark
Released: June 18, 1945
Type: Movie
WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver and pilot in WWI, to an important person in the early years of civil airline service, after his plane crashed in the South Pacific in late 1942.
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Three's a Crowd
Title: Three's a Crowd
Character: Cary Whipple
Released: May 23, 1945
Type: Movie
What would you do in this house of fear... if you knew that your husband killed your former flame?
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The Scarlet Clue
Title: The Scarlet Clue
Character: Mrs. Marsh
Released: May 11, 1945
Type: Movie
Chinese sleuth Charlie Chan discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investigating several murders.
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G.I. Honeymoon
Title: G.I. Honeymoon
Character: Lavinia Thorndyke
Released: April 6, 1945
Type: Movie
In this romantic comedy, set during WW II, an newlywed army couple are unable to consummate their marriage, as on their wedding night the husband is called away to sentry duty. Later they try again, but as he has just completed a 37-mile hike, he finds himself too tired to work up any enthusiasm for conjugal bliss. Fortunately, the bride's understanding aunt intervenes with the young man's colonel and the frustrated couple is at last able to share a night of love.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Title: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Character: Miss Tilford (uncredited)
Released: February 28, 1945
Type: Movie
In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.
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Together Again
Title: Together Again
Character: Townswoman (uncredited)
Released: December 23, 1944
Type: Movie
Anne Crandall is the mayor of a small town in Vermont. Her deceased husband had been the mayor for years and when he died, she was left to carry on and to raise his daughter from his first marriage. She lives with the daughter, her father-in-law and a housekeeper. In the town square, there was a statue of her late husband and every year since his death, they have an anniversary celebration there. This year during a thunderstorm, the statue is hit by lightning and the head falls off. The daughter insists that a new statue be erected instead of patching the old one. Mayor Crandall is sent to New York to interview the prospective sculptor, George Corday.
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Faces in the Fog
Title: Faces in the Fog
Character: Miss Harvey, Juror
Released: November 30, 1944
Type: Movie
Tom and Cora Elliott love their active social life so much that they neglect their daughter Mary and son Les. Fred Mason, Tom's neighbor and the doctor at the defense plant employing Tom, worries about the effect that Tom and Cora's drinking and socializing have on the children....
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Marriage Is a Private Affair
Title: Marriage Is a Private Affair
Character: Mrs. Courtland West
Released: August 23, 1944
Type: Movie
Theo has had many boyfriends who wanted to marry her. Since her mother, Mrs. Selworth, has been married many times, Theo is unsure of commitment. Without much thought, she finally accepts the proposal of Air Corps Lieutenant Tom West. After the honeymoon, Tom's father dies and Tom goes into the defense industry. When Theo has a baby, she hates the idea of being matronly and wants to be the old party girl. The problem is that her husband is working constantly. She looks to her friends, who are having their own problems, and to her old flame Captain Lancing. To decide on what she wants to do with her baby and her life, Theo must grow up.
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Sing, Neighbor, Sing
Title: Sing, Neighbor, Sing
Character: Cornelia Blake
Released: August 12, 1944
Type: Movie
Country radio singers of the '40s appear in this tale about a lothario who poses as a professor to seduce coeds.
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Song of the Open Road
Title: Song of the Open Road
Character: Camp Matron (uncredited)
Released: June 21, 1944
Type: Movie
A beautiful child star tires of life in the spotlight and so disguises herself and sneaks off to join a Civilian Conservation Corps camp to work with normal kids. It doesn't take her long to discover that being "normal" isn't easy as it looks. When a crop is in danger of being ruined because there are not enough people to harvest it, the girl employs some of her famous colleagues to lend a hand. Songs include: "Too Much in Love," "Here It Is Monday," "Delightfully Dangerous," "Hawaiian War Chant" and "Notre Dame."
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This Is the Life
Title: This Is the Life
Character: Mrs. Tiggett
Released: June 1, 1944
Type: Movie
18-year-old Angela, reared in a New England town by her Aunt Betsy, receives an inheritance which she uses to go to New York, ostensibly for voice training, but she is pursuing Major Hilary Jarret, an Army surgeon with whom she has become infatuated. Her departure depresses her childhood friend Jimmy Plum. Dr. Plum devises an errand on which to send his love-sick son to New York, where Jimmy discovers Angela thinks she is Jarret's fiancée. Jimmy also renews acquaintances with a group of show people, including Sally McGuire, who attempts to console him. Jimmy meets Jarret's divorced wife, Harriet, famed photographer. Jimmy engineers a meeting of Jarret and Harriet with Angela present, which forms the beginning of an understanding that Jarret is not for her. Jimmy is inducted into the Army.
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Phantom Lady
Title: Phantom Lady
Character: Dr. Helen Chase
Released: January 28, 1944
Type: Movie
A mystery woman is a murder suspect's only alibi for the night of his wife's death.
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Moonlight in Vermont
Title: Moonlight in Vermont
Character: Aunt Bess
Released: December 24, 1943
Type: Movie
A poor country girl from Vermont travels to New York City to attend a theatrical school.
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The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
Title: The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
Character: Patricia Cornwall
Released: December 9, 1943
Type: Movie
The Crime Doctor gets involved in the case of the poisoning of a wealthy industrialist.
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Shadow of a Doubt
Title: Shadow of a Doubt
Character: Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
Released: January 15, 1943
Type: Movie
Just when Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Newton, is feeling especially frustrated by the lack of excitement in her small town in California, she receives wonderful news: Her uncle and namesake, Charlie Oakley, is coming to visit. However, as secrets about him come to the fore, Charlotte’s admiration turns into suspicion.
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The Hard Way
Title: The Hard Way
Character: Dress Saleswoman (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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Mug Town
Title: Mug Town
Character: Mrs. Bell
Released: December 18, 1942
Type: Movie
Steve Bell, Tommy, Pig, Ape, and String are run of town. Steve, while hopping a freight card and trying to avoid the brakeman, is killed. The boys meet Steve's mother, Alice Bell and Tommy is given a job in the storage garage which she owns jointly with Mack Steward. Steve's brother Don Bell is working with some gangsters by tipping them off on valuable merchandise that can be hijacked. Pig, Ape and String overhear Don's plans to use Tommy as the fall guy in the next hijacking.
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Lucky Jordan
Title: Lucky Jordan
Character: Clarence's Wife
Released: November 16, 1942
Type: Movie
Lucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries to escape duty by using an old con woman named Annie to convince the draft board he's needed at home. When that fails, Jordan is sent to boot camp, but he doesn't stay there long. He takes a beautiful USO worker hostage and flees back to New York. There, he learns that a rival gangster is plotting against America.
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The Mummy's Tomb
Title: The Mummy's Tomb
Character: Mrs. Ella Evans
Released: October 23, 1942
Type: Movie
A high priest of Karnak travels to America with the living mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) to kill all those who had desecrated the tomb of the Egyptian princess Ananka thirty years earlier.
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Get Hep to Love
Title: Get Hep to Love
Character: Mrs. Brown
Released: October 2, 1942
Type: Movie
Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.
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The Big Shot
Title: The Big Shot
Character: Mrs. Booth
Released: June 13, 1942
Type: Movie
Duke Berne, former big shot but now a three-time loser, fears returning to crime because a fourth conviction will mean a life sentence. Finally, haunted by his past and goaded by his cohorts, he joins in planning an armoured car robbery.
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Tough as They Come
Title: Tough as They Come
Character: Mrs. Clark
Released: June 5, 1942
Type: Movie
The 'Dead End Kids & Little Tough Guys' are working as collectors for a finance company, when they discover the company's illegal activities and try to stop them.
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Take a Letter, Darling
Title: Take a Letter, Darling
Character: Mrs. Dowling - Landlady (uncredited)
Released: May 6, 1942
Type: Movie
A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to obtain an account from a tobacco company, they end up falling in love.
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Lady Gangster
Title: Lady Gangster
Character: Mrs. Stoner
Released: April 1, 1942
Type: Movie
An actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 robbery. Before being sent to prison, she steals the money from her partners and hides it, she is thinking to use it as a bargaining chip to be released from prison. However, her former partners don't have the same ideas.
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Remember the Day
Title: Remember the Day
Character: Mrs. Hill
Released: December 25, 1941
Type: Movie
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.
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They Died with Their Boots On
Title: They Died with Their Boots On
Character: Woman (uncredited)
Released: November 20, 1941
Type: Movie
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.
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One Foot in Heaven
Title: One Foot in Heaven
Character: Mrs. Jellison (uncredited)
Released: November 1, 1941
Type: Movie
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
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Appointment for Love
Title: Appointment for Love
Character: Nora
Released: October 31, 1941
Type: Movie
Charming Andre Cassil woos physician Jane Alexander and the two impulsively get married. The honeymoon ends very quickly when Jane voices her progressive views on marriage which include the two having separate apartments. Andre then tries to make his wife jealous in order to lure her into his bedroom.
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The Little Foxes
Title: The Little Foxes
Character: Mrs. Hewitt
Released: August 29, 1941
Type: Movie
In 1900, a clan attempts to strike a deal with a Chicago industrialist to get him to build cotton mills in their Deep South town.
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Dressed to Kill
Title: Dressed to Kill
Character: Lynne Evans
Released: August 8, 1941
Type: Movie
A detective's wedding is postponed when gunshots are heard nearby.
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Bad Men of Missouri
Title: Bad Men of Missouri
Character: Mrs. Hathaway
Released: July 26, 1941
Type: Movie
The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of William Merrick, a crooked banker who has been buying up warrants on back-taxes and dispossessing the farmers.
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The Nurse's Secret
Title: The Nurse's Secret
Character: Mary
Released: May 24, 1941
Type: Movie
An apparent suicide by a rich woman leads her nurse and a policeman to an insurance scam.
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Washington Melodrama
Title: Washington Melodrama
Character: Mrs. Curzon
Released: April 17, 1941
Type: Movie
An elderly businessman (Frank Morgan) plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town while his wife is away. Instead, he finds himself involved in a showgirl's murder.
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The Great Lie
Title: The Great Lie
Character: Sadie
Released: April 5, 1941
Type: Movie
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.
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Chad Hanna
Title: Chad Hanna
Character: Landlady
Released: December 25, 1940
Type: Movie
Country boy joins a circus in the 1840s and falls in love with the bare-back rider. Later he falls in love with another circus runaway.
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Lady with Red Hair
Title: Lady with Red Hair
Character: Miss Humbert (uncredited)
Released: November 30, 1940
Type: Movie
An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.
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Always a Bride
Title: Always a Bride
Character: Lucy Bond
Released: November 2, 1940
Type: Movie
A young man wants to marry his sweetheart, but her parents will agree to their wedding only on one condition: he must run for mayor--and win. Comedy.
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Strike Up the Band
Title: Strike Up the Band
Character: Mrs. May Holden
Released: September 27, 1940
Type: Movie
Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time raising money to go to Chicago for the contest.
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Hired Wife
Title: Hired Wife
Character: Miss Collins (uncredited)
Released: September 13, 1940
Type: Movie
Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once the deal is completed, he asks Kendall for a divorce and is dismayed when she refuses.
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All This, and Heaven Too
Title: All This, and Heaven Too
Character: Nun (uncredited)
Released: July 5, 1940
Type: Movie
When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her mistress, who is insanely jealous of anyone who comes near her estranged husband. Though she saves the duchess's little son from a near-death illness and warms herself to all the children, she is nevertheless dismissed by the vengeful duchess. Meanwhile, the attraction between the duke and Henriette continues to grow, eventually leading to tragedy.
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The Ghost Breakers
Title: The Ghost Breakers
Character: Mother Zombie
Released: June 21, 1940
Type: Movie
After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located off the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her trunk—wise-cracking Larry Lawrence, a radio announcer who helps Mary get to the bottom of the voodoo magic, zombies and ghosts that supposedly curse the spooky estate.
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Cinderella's Feller
Title: Cinderella's Feller
Character: Wicked Stepmother
Released: June 8, 1940
Type: Movie
The story of Cinderella with a children's cast.
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Alias the Deacon
Title: Alias the Deacon
Character: Elsie Clark
Released: May 13, 1940
Type: Movie
A hillbilly deacon, who is actually a cardsharp in disguise, becomes involved in a small-town fight game.
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If I Had My Way
Title: If I Had My Way
Character: Mrs. Blair (uncredited)
Released: May 5, 1940
Type: Movie
Construction worker Buzz Blackwell becomes the guardian of 12-year-old Pat Johnson after one of his buddies, her father, is killed. Buzz and Pat, along with their chum Axel Swensen, head to New York to look for the girl's uncle. The trio soon unexpectedly become owners of a tired restaurant.
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It's a Date
Title: It's a Date
Character: Miss Holden
Released: March 22, 1940
Type: Movie
An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. The situation is further complicated when they both become involved with the same man.
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Little Orvie
Title: Little Orvie
Character: Mrs. Green
Released: March 11, 1940
Type: Movie
Family film, based on a Booth Tarkington tale, about a young boy who takes extreme measures to keep the stray dog he befriends.
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The House Across the Bay
Title: The House Across the Bay
Character: Landlady
Released: March 1, 1940
Type: Movie
Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for one year, his wife, Brenda, testifies against him on advice from his lawyer, Slant Kolma, who is in love with her. After Steve receives 10 years in Alcatraz, Brenda moves to be near him and avoids advances of airplane builder Tim Nolan, who knows nothing about her past.
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Black Friday
Title: Black Friday
Character: Mrs. Margaret Kingsley
Released: February 29, 1940
Type: Movie
University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him with brain damage and one of the gangsters, Cannon, paralyzed. Kingsley's friend Dr. Sovac attends to both men, and when Cannon offers him a reward for aiding his recovery, Kovac transplants part of Cannon's brain into the dying Kingsley's skull, creating a dual personality.
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Little Old New York
Title: Little Old New York
Character: Mrs. Brevoort
Released: February 9, 1940
Type: Movie
Inventor Robert Fulton receives support from a tavern owner and a shipyard worker to help realize his dream of a high-powered steamboat.
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Remember the Night
Title: Remember the Night
Character: Mrs. Emory
Released: January 19, 1940
Type: Movie
When Jack, an assistant District Attorney, takes Lee, a shoplifter caught in the act, home with him for Christmas, the unexpected happens and love blossoms.
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The Cisco Kid and the Lady
Title: The Cisco Kid and the Lady
Character: Seamstress
Released: December 29, 1939
Type: Movie
An orphan whose father has been killed by bandits inherits a mine. Cisco saves the mine and the child and also finds the child's real mother.
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A Child Is Born
Title: A Child Is Born
Character: Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited)
Released: December 7, 1939
Type: Movie
A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.
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Destry Rides Again
Title: Destry Rides Again
Character: Sophie Claggett
Released: November 30, 1939
Type: Movie
When a tough western town needs taming, the mild-mannered son of a hard-nosed sheriff gets the job.
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First Love
Title: First Love
Character: Commencement Speaker
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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Stop, Look and Love
Title: Stop, Look and Love
Character: Dressmaker
Released: September 22, 1939
Type: Movie
Daughter has trouble holding onto boyfriends because of her critical mother until understanding father comes to her aid.
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Parents on Trial
Title: Parents on Trial
Character: Mrs. Martin
Released: September 21, 1939
Type: Movie
According to Hollywood, the parents were generally at fault when good kids went bad. This theory is elucidated in Columbia's Parents on Trial, wherein strict disciplinarian James Westley (Henry Kolker) fails to understand or appreciate the real needs and feelings of his teenaged daughter Susan (Jean Parker).
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They Shall Have Music
Title: They Shall Have Music
Character: Willie's Mother (uncredited)
Released: August 18, 1939
Type: Movie
The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the basement of a music school for poor children.
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I Stole a Million
Title: I Stole a Million
Character: Nurse (uncredited)
Released: August 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
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The Forgotten Woman
Title: The Forgotten Woman
Character: Mrs. Kimball
Released: July 7, 1939
Type: Movie
A beautiful woman is forced to help gangsters in a robbery, and is arrested as an accessory.
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Young Mr. Lincoln
Title: Young Mr. Lincoln
Character: Peach Pie Baker (uncredited)
Released: June 9, 1939
Type: Movie
In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law. Following her tragic death, Lincoln establishes a law practice in Springfield, where he meets a young Mary Todd. Lincoln's law skills are put to the test when he takes on the difficult task of defending two brothers who have been accused of murder.
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Invitation to Happiness
Title: Invitation to Happiness
Character: Eleanor's Nurse (uncredited)
Released: June 7, 1939
Type: Movie
An egotistical boxer romances a rich backer's daughter.
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Dark Victory
Title: Dark Victory
Character: Martha
Released: April 20, 1939
Type: Movie
Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she has a brain tumor by her doctor, Frederick Steele, Judith becomes distraught. After she decides to have surgery to remove the tumor, Judith realizes she is in love with Dr. Steele, but more troubling medical news may sabotage her new relationship, and her second chance at life.
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Wings of the Navy
Title: Wings of the Navy
Character: Nurse
Released: February 11, 1939
Type: Movie
Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on and protective of his brother, but Jerry can give it right back.
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Jesse James
Title: Jesse James
Character: Boy's Mother
Released: January 14, 1939
Type: Movie
After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
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Young Dr. Kildare
Title: Young Dr. Kildare
Character: Boardinghouse Landlady (uncredited)
Released: October 14, 1938
Type: Movie
A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his knowledge by the hospital's top dog, Dr. Leonard Gillespie.
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Gateway
Title: Gateway
Character: Friend of Mrs. McNutt
Released: August 5, 1938
Type: Movie
Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in her being detained at Ellis Island.
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Delinquent Parents
Title: Delinquent Parents
Character: Mrs. Herbert Ellis
Released: July 15, 1938
Type: Movie
A woman is forced to keep her marriage and past indiscretions a secret from those she loves.
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The Bad Man of Brimstone
Title: The Bad Man of Brimstone
Character: Mrs. Grant
Released: December 31, 1937
Type: Movie
A ruthless outlaw becomes very protective of a prizefighter when he learns the young man is his own son.
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The Man in the Barn
Title: The Man in the Barn
Character: Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
Released: November 20, 1937
Type: Movie
After John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, he escaped to Maryland and was discovered hiding in a barn. After he refused to surrender, the barn was set afire and Booth died in the blaze. However, in 1903 a Mr. David E. George, while on his deathbed in Enid, Oklahoma, claimed to be John Wilkes Booth. This MGM An Historical Mystery series short presents evidence of the possibility that Mr. George's claim was true.
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The Adventurous Blonde
Title: The Adventurous Blonde
Character: Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny")
Released: November 13, 1937
Type: Movie
The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish. The tables are turned when the fake murder turns out to be the genuine article.
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Idol of the Crowds
Title: Idol of the Crowds
Character: Mrs. Dale
Released: September 30, 1937
Type: Movie
Retired hockey player Johnny Hansen, in order to make money to enlarge his chicken farm, returns to the game and leads his team into the championship series. Just before the series starts, he is offered a bribe to throw the games but refuses. An attempt is made on his life which results in Bobby, the team's mascot, being injured. Written by Les Adams
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White Bondage
Title: White Bondage
Character: Sarah Talcott
Released: August 5, 1937
Type: Movie
A reporter risks lynching to prove that share croppers are being cheated.
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Artists & Models
Title: Artists & Models
Character: Seamstress (uncredited)
Released: August 4, 1937
Type: Movie
An ad man gets his model girlfriend to pose as a debutante for a new campaign.
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Mountain Justice
Title: Mountain Justice
Character: Mrs. Hughes
Released: April 24, 1937
Type: Movie
Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prejudice and familial abuse.
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Stolen Holiday
Title: Stolen Holiday
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Released: February 6, 1937
Type: Movie
A young model is set up with her own fashion business by a crooked financier, who sells worthless bonds.
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Love Letters of a Star
Title: Love Letters of a Star
Character: Mrs. Blodgett
Released: November 8, 1936
Type: Movie
A woman commits suicide after being blackmailed, and her husband resolves to kill the man responsible. Blackmail, suicide, murder, a cover-up not to mention yachts and sea planes all wrapped up in an efficient 66 minutes of screen time with Henry Hunter, Polly Rowles and C. Henry Gordon in the leads, and Lewis R. Foster sitting in the director’s chair.
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Down the Stretch
Title: Down the Stretch
Character: Aunt Julia
Released: September 18, 1936
Type: Movie
A jockey tries to overcome the reputation of his father, who once threw a race.
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Two Against the World
Title: Two Against the World
Character: Marion Sims
Released: July 11, 1936
Type: Movie
Searching for ratings at any cost, an unscrupulous radio-network owner forces his program manager to air a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.
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The Big Noise
Title: The Big Noise
Character: Mrs. Trent
Released: June 22, 1936
Type: Movie
The Big Noise is retired textile manufacturer Julius Trent (Guy Kibbee). Seeking a new outlet for his entrepreneurial energies, Trent buys a half interest in a thriving dry-cleaning establishment. This gets him mixed up with a gang of protection racketeers, who promise dire consequences if Trent doesn't dance to their tune.
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Murder by an Aristocrat
Title: Murder by an Aristocrat
Character: Adela Thatcher
Released: June 13, 1936
Type: Movie
A wealthy family is blackmailed. Murder results. And a nurse at the scene of the crime is determined to figure out who-done-it.
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Three Godfathers
Title: Three Godfathers
Character: Mrs. McLane
Released: March 6, 1936
Type: Movie
In a town called New Jerusalem, three bandits hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching Arizona desert. There, they happen upon an ill woman stranded with her child. As the mother dies, she begs the men to take care of her infant. The fugitives want to save the baby -- but to do so, they'll have to travel back to New Jerusalem, where they are wanted men.
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Honeymoon Limited
Title: Honeymoon Limited
Character: Mrs. Van Twerp
Released: July 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A publisher bets an author that he won't be able to write a romantic adventure novel while on a walking trip from New York to San Francisco.