Carole Landis

Carole Landis

Born: December 31, 1918
Died: July 5, 1948
in Fairchild, Wisconsin, USA
Carole Landis (born Frances Lillian Mary Ridste; January 1, 1919 – July 5, 1948) was an American actress and singer. She worked as a contract player for Twentieth Century-Fox in the 1940s. Her breakout role was as the female lead in the 1940 film One Million B.C. from United Artists. She was known as "The Ping Girl" and "The Chest" because of her curvy figure.

Movies for Carole Landis...

The Casting Couch
Title: The Casting Couch
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
An unprecedented anthology of never-before-told true stories by and about some of Hollywood's most interesting stars, legends, and wannabes, and takes readers inside Hollywood's inner sanctum to show how casting decisions are made, who makes them, and who has the final word.
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Brass Monkey
Title: Brass Monkey
Character: Kay Sheldon
Released: December 1, 1948
Type: Movie
Carroll Levis, a radio variety host, gets involved in murder and theft.
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Noose
Title: Noose
Character: Linda Medbury
Released: September 28, 1948
Type: Movie
Set in post Second World War Britain, Noose is the story of black market racketeers who face attempts to bring them to justice by an American fashion journalist, her ex-army fiancée and a gang of honest toughs from a local gym. When a corpse turns up at black market front The Blue Moon Club, Yank reporter Carole Landis starts snooping, much to gang boss Joseph Calleia’s annoyance. And soon there’s a hit man on the way...
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Out of the Blue
Title: Out of the Blue
Character: Mae Earthleigh
Released: April 21, 1947
Type: Movie
Set in an apartment building whose occupants include Arthur Earthleigh, a meek and mild type married to the beautiful-but-domineering Mae; a Bohemian artist, David Galleo and his always-there model, Deborah Tyler; and Olive Jensen, a Greenwich Village type who is always slightly-but-continuously inebriated, and whose motto is "love and let love." She calls on George while his wife is out, and when she passes out during his attempts to get her out before his wife returns, he thinks she is dead and deposits her on Galleo's terrace. Galleo takes advantage of the situation by using it in a blackmail scheme against Arthur, which is shaky, at best, as Olive refuses to stay dead.
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A Scandal in Paris
Title: A Scandal in Paris
Character: Loretta de Richet
Released: July 19, 1946
Type: Movie
A smooth-talking French thief wangles his way into an important position as prefect of police.
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Title: It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Character: Julia Andrews
Released: July 1, 1946
Type: Movie
A pretty blonde with a Doberman pinscher walks into a bar on April Fool's Day and asks for a bag of bones. Thus begins a merry chase in which a newspaper reporter, a drunken policeman and a hand-painted necktie help locate the missing witness in a criminal investigation.
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Behind Green Lights
Title: Behind Green Lights
Character: Janet Bradley
Released: February 15, 1946
Type: Movie
An unscrupulous private investigator with a penchant for blackmail is found dead in a car and the leading suspect is Janet Bradley, the daughter of a mayoral candidate. With the election just weeks away, shady and ruthless individuals muscle the medical officer into switching the corpse with another body. Lieutenant Sam Carson, one of the few good apples in the bunch must find a way to get to the bottom of it all.
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Having Wonderful Crime
Title: Having Wonderful Crime
Character: Helene Justus
Released: April 12, 1945
Type: Movie
Newlyweds (George Murphy, Carole Landis) drag their lawyer friend (Pat O'Brien) to a mountain resort on a search for a missing magician.
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Secret Command
Title: Secret Command
Character: Jill McCann
Released: July 30, 1944
Type: Movie
Sam Gallagher returns home to Los Angeles as an undercover spy for the Navy, getting a job at the shipyards where his brother, Jeff, is a foreman. Jeff still resents Sam for abandoning the family years ago and fears he may steal away Lea Damaron, his current girlfriend -- who is Sam's old flame. While Sam tries to sniff out Nazi saboteurs in the plant, he grows closer to Jill McGann, the agent tasked with pretending to be his wife.
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Four Jills in a Jeep
Title: Four Jills in a Jeep
Character: Carole Landis
Released: March 17, 1944
Type: Movie
Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.
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Wintertime
Title: Wintertime
Character: Flossie Fouchere
Released: September 17, 1943
Type: Movie
Nora and her uncle get railroaded into spending the night at a broken-down hotel in Canada. After Nora falls for the handsome owner, she convinces her uncle to invest in the inn and modernize it. After the hotel opens, Nora's uncle faces financial ruin and her romance hit a snag in the form of pretty reporter.
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Show-Business at War
Title: Show-Business at War
Character: Self
Released: May 21, 1943
Type: Movie
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
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The Powers Girl
Title: The Powers Girl
Character: Kay Evans
Released: January 15, 1943
Type: Movie
Two small-town sisters who've come to New York City for very different reasons find themselves competing for the affections of a brash magazine photographer. Comedy.
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Manila Calling
Title: Manila Calling
Character: Edna Fraser
Released: October 16, 1942
Type: Movie
During WWII, a group of brave Americans spy on the Japanese after their invasion of the Philippines and became the first U.S. Guerrilla fighters.
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Orchestra Wives
Title: Orchestra Wives
Character: Natalie Mercer
Released: September 4, 1942
Type: Movie
Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she joins the band's tour and learns about life as an orchestra wife, weathering the catty attacks of the other band wives.
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It Happened in Flatbush
Title: It Happened in Flatbush
Character: Kathryn Baker
Released: May 28, 1942
Type: Movie
A washed up baseball player returns to Brooklyn to manage his old team but an old sports reporter is eager to prove that he is a loser.
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My Gal Sal
Title: My Gal Sal
Character: Mae Collins
Released: April 30, 1942
Type: Movie
Biopic chronicling the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job as carnival entertainer and moves up into New York society, writing one hit song after another. Despite his egotistical behavior, he manages to woo and win Sally Elliott, one of the more popular songstresses of the day
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A Gentleman at Heart
Title: A Gentleman at Heart
Character: Helen Mason
Released: January 16, 1942
Type: Movie
After inheriting a New York City art gallery, bookie Milton Berle and his partner Cesar Romero decide to go into the art forgery business. Director Ray McCarey's 1942 comedy also stars Carole Landis, J. Carrol Naish, Steven Geray, Richard Derr, Rose Hobart, Elisha Cook Jr., Chick Chandler, Francis Pierlot and Jerome Cowan.
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Title: Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Released: December 5, 1941
Type: Movie
Hedda Hopper plays hostess at a party for her (grown) son William (DeWolfe Jr.). Hopper, attends the dedication of the Motion Picture Relief Fund's country home and goes to the Mocambo. There is also a sequence dedicated to the Milwaukee, Wisconsin world premiere of the first short in this series attended by more that a few film stars.
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Cadet Girl
Title: Cadet Girl
Character: Gene Baxter
Released: November 28, 1941
Type: Movie
A West Point cadet and his bandleader brother fall for a singer in the band.
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I Wake Up Screaming
Title: I Wake Up Screaming
Character: Vicky Lynn
Released: October 31, 1941
Type: Movie
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.
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Dance Hall
Title: Dance Hall
Character: Lili Brown
Released: July 18, 1941
Type: Movie
Singer Lili Brown is attracted to dance hall manager Duke till she realizes he does that to all the girls. Nice guy Duke sets her up with composer Joe Brooks.
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Moon Over Miami
Title: Moon Over Miami
Character: Barbara Latimer, aka Miss Sears
Released: July 4, 1941
Type: Movie
After losing nearly all of an inheritance to taxes, sisters Kay and Barbara Latimer, waitresses at a drive-in restaurant in Texas, scheme to find rich husbands. With the aid of their aunt Susan, the sisters take the last of their money and head to a well-known Miami resort where they soon meet two wealthy young men, Phil and Jeff, who begin a fierce rivalry for Kay, not realizing that Barbara has fallen in love with one of them.
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Topper Returns
Title: Topper Returns
Character: Ann Carrington
Released: March 21, 1941
Type: Movie
Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, who was accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her wealthy friend, Ann Carrington (Landis), the intended victim. With Topper's help, Gail sets out to find her killer with the expected zany results.
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Road Show
Title: Road Show
Character: Penguin Moore
Released: February 18, 1941
Type: Movie
Rich playboy Drogo Gaines is in imminent danger of marrying a gold digger, and escapes by feigning insanity. The joke's on him when he wakes up in an asylum full of comical lunatics. There he befriends Colonel Carraway, and together they escape, catching a ride with a beautiful blonde who proves to be Penguin Moore, carnival owner.
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Mystery Sea Raider
Title: Mystery Sea Raider
Character: June McCarthy
Released: October 26, 1940
Type: Movie
June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship" for German submarines in the Atlantic.
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Turnabout
Title: Turnabout
Character: Sally Willows
Released: May 17, 1940
Type: Movie
Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue of Buddha and wind up living each other's life.
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One Million B.C.
Title: One Million B.C.
Character: Loana
Released: April 5, 1940
Type: Movie
One Million B.C. is a 1940 American fantasy film produced by Hal Roach Studios and released by United Artists. It is also known by the titles Cave Man, Man and His Mate, and Tumak. The film stars Victor Mature as protagonist Tumak, a young cave man who strives to unite the uncivilized Rock Tribe and the peaceful Shell Tribe, Carole Landis as Loana, daughter of the Shell Tribe chief and Tumak's love interest, and Lon Chaney, Jr. as Tumak's stern father and leader of the Rock Tribe.
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Reno
Title: Reno
Character: Mrs. Humphrey
Released: December 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A divorce lawyer prospers as a gambling tycoon.
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Cowboys from Texas
Title: Cowboys from Texas
Character: June Jones
Released: November 29, 1939
Type: Movie
Cowboys from Texas is a 1939 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by George Sherman.Texas has opened up land for homesteaders. Clay Allison wants their land and has his men led by Plummer try to start a range war between them and the ranchers. With each side suspecting the other of their problems, the Mesquiteers realize someone else is responsible. Stony suspects Plummer and fakes leaving the Mesquiteers to join Plummer's gang hoping to find out who it is.
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Daredevils of the Red Circle
Title: Daredevils of the Red Circle
Character: Blanche Granville
Released: June 10, 1939
Type: Movie
Escaped Prisoner 39013 impersonates the rich and influential Horace Granville, allowing him to create a variety of disasters. Fortunately, he is thwarted repeatedly by three daring circus daredevils.
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Three Texas Steers
Title: Three Texas Steers
Character: Nancy Evans
Released: May 12, 1939
Type: Movie
Nancy Evans, lovely circus owner, has a ranch that she's never visited, but for sentimental reasons won't sell to Mike Abbott. Her partners, secretly in league with Abbott, sabotage the circus to force Nancy to sell the ranch; instead, she goes there to live. Will her neighbors, the Three Mesquiteers, be a match for the secret swindlers? And what's so valuable about that run-down ranch anyway?
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Girls on Probation
Title: Girls on Probation
Character: Extra
Released: October 22, 1938
Type: Movie
A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.
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Boy Meets Girl
Title: Boy Meets Girl
Character: Commissary Cashier
Released: August 27, 1938
Type: Movie
Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be pregnant. This gives them the idea for a movie about a cowboy and a baby. The waitress's baby becomes the star. The cowboy and his agent run off with the waitress and her valuable asset. The writers retaliate by hiring an unemployed extra to impersonate the baby's father. But the extra already knows the waitress...
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Four's a Crowd
Title: Four's a Crowd
Character: Lansford's 2nd Secretary
Released: August 4, 1938
Type: Movie
A publicist falls for his most difficult client's daughter.
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Penrod's Double Trouble
Title: Penrod's Double Trouble
Character: Girl at Fair (uncredited)
Released: July 23, 1938
Type: Movie
When a young boy disappears, a man desperate for the offered reward money turns up with an identical child.
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When Were You Born
Title: When Were You Born
Character: Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Released: June 18, 1938
Type: Movie
A San Francisco astrologer correctly predicts a ship passenger's death and then helps the police look for the murderer.
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Men Are Such Fools
Title: Men Are Such Fools
Character: June Cooper (uncredited)
Released: June 15, 1938
Type: Movie
Linda works at an advertising agency, but, unlike the other women in the secretarial pool, she hopes to succeed in the business rather than just find a husband. She rises through the ranks, becoming a copywriter, and attracts the attention of Jimmy, an amorous coworker who wants to marry her. But Jimmy is jealous of Linda's career and of Harry, a radio executive who works with Linda, and their marriage gets off to a very rough start.
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Gold Diggers in Paris
Title: Gold Diggers in Paris
Character: Golddigger
Released: June 11, 1938
Type: Movie
When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite the Academy Ballet of America to compete for monetary prizes, the taxi driver mistakenly brings him to the Club Ballé, a nightclub on the brink of declaring bankruptcy. The owners, Terry Moore and Duke Dennis, jump at the chance to go, despite being aware of the mistake. They hire ballet teacher, Luis Leoni, and his only pupil, Kay Morrow, to join the group, hoping to teach their two dozen show girls ballet en route to Paris by ship. Also going along and rooming with Kay is Mona, Terry's ex-wife, who wants to keep an eye on her alimony checks. Naturally, Kay and Terry fall in love.
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
Title: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Character: Guest at Banquet (uncredited)
Released: May 13, 1938
Type: Movie
Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.
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Torchy Blane in Panama
Title: Torchy Blane in Panama
Character: Miss Leopard 1938 (uncredited)
Released: May 7, 1938
Type: Movie
Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.
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Women Are Like That
Title: Women Are Like That
Character: Cocktail Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: April 23, 1938
Type: Movie
Businesswoman Claire King is the daughter of a powerful advertising executive. When Claire marries humble copywriter Bill Landin, she wants to use her influence to help her husband get ahead, but he will have none of it.
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Over the Wall
Title: Over the Wall
Character: Peggy - Girl at Beach
Released: April 2, 1938
Type: Movie
When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfriend sets out to prove his innocence.
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Love, Honor and Behave
Title: Love, Honor and Behave
Character: Wheel Watcher at Party (uncredited)
Released: March 12, 1938
Type: Movie
Comedy about a weak husband, afraid to say "no" to his new wife, who realizes he must assert himself to save his marriage.
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A Slight Case of Murder
Title: A Slight Case of Murder
Character: Partygoer Leaning on Piano During Song (uncredited)
Released: February 26, 1938
Type: Movie
Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with forclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.
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Blondes at Work
Title: Blondes at Work
Character: Carol
Released: February 5, 1938
Type: Movie
When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in crime news reporting, Det. Lt. Steve McBride determines to thwart her efforts to get inside information - and she determines to go on getting it, by whatever means necessary.
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Hollywood Hotel
Title: Hollywood Hotel
Character: Hat Check Girl with Coat (uncredited)
Released: January 15, 1938
Type: Movie
After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola Lane) protests by refusing to appear at her current movie's premiere. Her agent discovers struggling actress Virginia Stanton (Rosemary Lane) -- an exact match for Mona -- and sends her to the premiere instead, with young musician Ronnie Bowers (Dick Powell). After various mishaps, including a case of mistaken identity, Ronnie and Virginia struggle to find success in Hollywood.
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The Invisible Menace
Title: The Invisible Menace
Character: Woman Wanting to Go with Her Johnnie
Released: January 11, 1938
Type: Movie
Army Private Eddie Pratt smuggles his new bride into camp in hopes of having a happy wedding night. Instead they discover a murder. Colonel Rogers of Army Intelligence arrives to take over the case. The prime suspect, Jevries, is well-known to Rogers, who sets out to get a confession from Jevries even though there are plenty of other suspects.
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The Patient in Room 18
Title: The Patient in Room 18
Character: Woman on Stairs (uncredited)
Released: January 8, 1938
Type: Movie
Choreographer Bob Connolly and prolific screenwriter Crane Wilbur teamed up on the direction of Warner Bros.' The Patient in Room 18. Patric Knowles delivers a delightfully comic performance as Lance, an outwardly normal young man obsessed with detective stories. When his obsession threatens to lapse over into lunacy, Lance is sent to the hospital for a nice long rest. It isn't long before he gets mixed up in a genuine murder mystery, using his second-hand knowhow to solve the case. Up-and-coming Ann Sheridan is quite amusing as Lance's nurse and confidante, while the murderer is played by a fellow who is usually cast as the murder victim.
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She Loved a Fireman
Title: She Loved a Fireman
Character: Blonde Sunbather
Released: December 18, 1937
Type: Movie
A young man with a checkered past struggles to make good as a fireman.
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Missing Witnesses
Title: Missing Witnesses
Character: Girl on Pier (uncredited)
Released: December 11, 1937
Type: Movie
A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.
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The Adventurous Blonde
Title: The Adventurous Blonde
Character: Bit Role (uncredited)
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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Over the Goal
Title: Over the Goal
Character: Co-ed
Released: October 16, 1937
Type: Movie
The Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss as well as costing the college a donation which would save the school from closing.
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Alcatraz Island
Title: Alcatraz Island
Character: Party Girl (uncredited)
Released: October 13, 1937
Type: Movie
A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.
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Varsity Show
Title: Varsity Show
Character: Student (uncredited)
Released: September 4, 1937
Type: Movie
Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played in their varsity show. They appeal to a big Broadway alumnus and have him direct their show. What they don't know is that this "star's" last three shows were flops.
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Broadway Melody of 1938
Title: Broadway Melody of 1938
Character: Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Released: August 20, 1937
Type: Movie
Steve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee. But Caroline Whipple forces Steve to use a known star, not a newcomer. Sally purchases a horse, she used to train when her parents had a farm before the depression and with to ex-vaudevillians, Sonny Ledford and Peter Trott she trains it to win a race, providing the money Steve needs for his show.
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The Emperor's Candlesticks
Title: The Emperor's Candlesticks
Character: Bidder (uncredited)
Released: July 2, 1937
Type: Movie
Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.
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Fly Away Baby
Title: Fly Away Baby
Character: Blonde at Airport (uncredited)
Released: June 19, 1937
Type: Movie
Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.
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A Day at the Races
Title: A Day at the Races
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: June 11, 1937
Type: Movie
Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's farm by winning a big race with her horse. There are a few problems. Hackenbush runs a high priced clinic for the wealthy who don't know he has his degree in Veterinary Medicine.
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A Star Is Born
Title: A Star Is Born
Character: Girl in Beret at Santa Anita Bar (uncredited)
Released: April 27, 1937
Type: Movie
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
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The King and the Chorus Girl
Title: The King and the Chorus Girl
Character: Chorine (uncredited)
Released: March 27, 1937
Type: Movie
A destitute, bored monarch falls in love with a chorus girl.
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Gold Diggers of 1937
Title: Gold Diggers of 1937
Character: Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Released: December 28, 1936
Type: Movie
The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by conning an insurance company. But they don’t count on the persistence of insurance man Rosmer Peck and his secretary Norma Perry.
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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Title: Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Character: Self
Released: September 11, 1936
Type: Movie
Viewers are provided a visit to Ken Maynard's private circus; Bette Davis poses for her portrait; Frank McHugh plays with his children; a visit to the West Side Tennis Club affords glimpses of many stars.