Inez Courtney

Inez Courtney

Born: March 12, 1908
Died: April 5, 1975
in Amsterdam, New York, USA
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Inez Courtney (March 12, 1908 – April 5, 1975) was an American actress on the Broadway stage and in films.

Born in New York City, New York, she came from a large Irish-American family. Her father died when she was fifteen so she decided to go onto the stage. A year later she was doing a specialty dance which earned her the nicknames of St Vitis, Mosquito and Lightning.

Courtney's first role as a singer and dancer came in the musical The Wild Rose in 1926. She became well-known among New York theatrical audiences for her work in Good News (1927), a musical comedy about college life. Her other credits include Spring Is Here in 1929 and America's Sweetheart in 1931. In the early 1930s, Miss Courtney left Broadway and went to Hollywood.

Courtney acted in 58 films between 1930 and 1940. She secured her first movie work by asking Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures for his assistance. The red-headed comedian made her screen debut as Cousin Betty in Loose Ankles (1930). The film co-starred Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Loretta Young. Her many movie credits include The Raven (1935), Suzy (1936), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), and Turnabout (1940), her last film.

Courtney was married to an Italian nobleman, whereby she acquired the title Marchesa, but did not use it. She died at the Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune, New Jersey in 1975 of undisclosed causes at the age of 67.

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Turnabout
Title: Turnabout
Character: Miss Edwards
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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The Farmer's Daughter
Title: The Farmer's Daughter
Character: Emily French
Released: March 29, 1940
Type: Movie
Broadway producer Nickie North and press agent Scoop Trimble find an investor for their next show who insists that they cast his ex-girlfriend, Clarice Sheldon, in the lead role and rehearse out of town. The crew set up on a family farm, and all is well until the leading man falls for the farmer's daughter, Patience Bingham. When flighty starlet Sheldon finds out he has a new girlfriend, she takes off, leaving North and Trimble to find a new leading lady.
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The Shop Around the Corner
Title: The Shop Around the Corner
Character: Ilona
Released: January 12, 1940
Type: Movie
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
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Missing Evidence
Title: Missing Evidence
Character: Nellie Conrad
Released: December 15, 1939
Type: Movie
G-Man Bill Collins swings into action when a crooked sweepstakes racket begins insinuating itself upon the honest citizenry of the US. The crooks have flooded the market with counterfeit lottery tickets, reducing many an unwary speculator to poverty.
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Blondie Meets the Boss
Title: Blondie Meets the Boss
Character: Betty Lou Wood
Released: March 8, 1939
Type: Movie
Dagwood inadvertently gets cornered in to resigning. When his wife Blondie tries to ask Dagwoods boss Mr. Dithers for his job back, he ends up hiring her instead. This doesn't sit too well with Dagwood. Blondie's sister comes to visit, and Dagwood is put in a compromising situation with another woman.
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Beauty for the Asking
Title: Beauty for the Asking
Character: Gwen Morrison
Released: February 24, 1939
Type: Movie
Denny breaks up with his fiancée Jean to marries wealthy Flora. When Jean is fired from her job she decides to market the face cream she invented. After sending it to twelve rich woman, only Flora decides to invest in the business. As Denny has no job, the girls give him an office at the factory. The business takes off, but Jean finds that she is still in love with Denny and Denny seems to forget he is married to Flora.
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Five of a Kind
Title: Five of a Kind
Character: Libby Long
Released: October 14, 1938
Type: Movie
Rival reporters compete to sign the Wyatt Quintuplets to be guests on their radio shows.
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Crime Ring
Title: Crime Ring
Character: Kitty
Released: July 8, 1938
Type: Movie
Fake fortunetellers win the confidence of clients and then get them to part with their money by buying mining stocks which are worthless.
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Having Wonderful Time
Title: Having Wonderful Time
Character: Emma
Released: July 1, 1938
Type: Movie
Teddy Shaw, a bored New York office girl, goes to a camp in the Catskill Mountains for rest and finds Chick Kirkland.
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The Hurricane
Title: The Hurricane
Character: Girl on Ship (uncredited)
Released: November 9, 1937
Type: Movie
A Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he's unjustly imprisoned for defending himself against a colonial bully. Members of the community petition the governor for clemency but all pretense of law and order are soon shattered by an incoming tropical storm.
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Partners in Crime
Title: Partners in Crime
Character: Lillian Tate
Released: October 8, 1937
Type: Movie
Detective Hank Hyer investigates a blackmail case involving a candidate for mayor.
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The 13th Man
Title: The 13th Man
Character: Julie Walters
Released: June 29, 1937
Type: Movie
A tough district attorney has been cleaning up the town, and has already imprisoned twelve dangerous criminals. As he is about to name the target for his next investigation, he is murdered in the midst of a crowd. The police have many suspects and hardly any clues, so two reporters decide to investigate for themselves.
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Armored Car
Title: Armored Car
Character: Blind Date
Released: June 1, 1937
Type: Movie
Larry Willis and Bill Wane are security guards who ride in the back of Banks Co. armored trucks. When they barely avoid a robbery, they return to headquarters, where their boss John Hale introduces them to detective Tom Sheridan, who will be working with them to uncover a new gang of robbers.
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The Hit Parade
Title: The Hit Parade
Character: Tillie
Released: April 26, 1937
Type: Movie
Agent Pete Garland is fired by society singer Monica Barrett after he got her a new radio contract, because she thinks her lawyer friend Teddy Leeds fits in better with her social status. To get even, Pete wants to make an unknown singer into a star. He finds Ruth Allison, drives her hard through rehearsals and makes her a star. But she is worried about her past, something she hasn't told Pete: She's an ex-convict and jumped bail in order to keep her partners in crime out of it. Further she's in love with Pete, but feels that he's still carrying a torch for Monica. When Monica's popularity is decreasing, Pete is able to get Ruth a stint on the program, the result is Monica is fired and Ruth get her job, but Monica takes revenge by revealing Ruth's past. Ruth considers it is best for her to disappear before being arrested, but she has become a star in public opinion. Will she get Pete or will she go to prison again?
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Clarence
Title: Clarence
Character: Della
Released: February 12, 1937
Type: Movie
The title character is a resourceful young man who knows a whole little about a whole lot of things, and who concentrates by playing his saxophone. Clarence ingratiates himself with the wealthy and eccentric Wheeler family, though daughter Cora can't stand the boy.
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Time Out for Romance
Title: Time Out for Romance
Character: Mabel
Released: February 10, 1937
Type: Movie
A girl escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man in whose car a jewel thief has planted his loot.
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Wedding Present
Title: Wedding Present
Character: Mary Lawson
Released: October 9, 1936
Type: Movie
Charlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically involved as well. Although skilled in ferreting out great stories, they often behave in an unprofessional and immature manner. After their shenanigans cause their frustrated city editor to resign, the publisher promotes Charlie to the job, a decision based on the premise that only a slacker would be able crack down on other shirkers and underachievers. His pomposity soon alienates most of his co-workers and causes Rusty to move to New York. Charlie resigns and along with gangster friend Smiles Benson tries to win Rusty back before she marries a stuffy society author.
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Two in a Crowd
Title: Two in a Crowd
Character: Mrs. Flynn (uncredited)
Released: October 3, 1936
Type: Movie
When two halves of a thousand-dollar bill are discovered in the snow, the penniless pair that individually grabs each half must come to terms. Actress Julia Wayne needs the whole $1,000, and so does sportsman Larry Stevens. Since compromise will serve neither of their needs, they are stalemated - until complications arise.
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It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)
Title: It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)
Character: Linda Sands
Released: August 1, 1936
Type: Movie
When a play's two producers are murdered, the playwright tries to solve the crime.
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Suzy
Title: Suzy
Character: Maisie
Released: July 20, 1936
Type: Movie
A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive.
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Let's Sing Again
Title: Let's Sing Again
Character: Marge Wilkins
Released: May 7, 1936
Type: Movie
An orphan (Eight-year-old boy soprano Bobby Breen) gets a chance to sing opera in New York.
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Brilliant Marriage
Title: Brilliant Marriage
Character: Sally Patrick
Released: March 25, 1936
Type: Movie
When a wealthy heiress discovers the terrible family secret that has been hidden from her since birth, her world is turned upside down.
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The Reckless Way
Title: The Reckless Way
Character: Laura Jones
Released: February 1, 1936
Type: Movie
The DVD for this film bears the title "The Lure of Hollywood". Marian Nixon plays a girl who doesn't want to settle for second best. She is offered chance to be a model and jumps at it. Her boyfriend is upset--he just wants to marry her and settle down to a life of domestic bliss. But she has stars in her eyes--and soon learns to use publicity to create a new movie star persona. Throughout all this, the sappy boyfriend is always waiting nearby--hoping that she'll come to her senses and give up this new life.
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Another Face
Title: Another Face
Character: Mamie (uncredited)
Released: December 20, 1935
Type: Movie
The surgeon who did the job was dead. Only the nurse knew what this gangster looked like in his new face. He learned about women from her!
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Ship Cafe
Title: Ship Cafe
Character: Molly
Released: November 9, 1935
Type: Movie
The singing stoker and the vamp.
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The Girl Friend
Title: The Girl Friend
Character: Hilda
Released: September 27, 1935
Type: Movie
An actor and two songwriters become rural con men.
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The Affair of Susan
Title: The Affair of Susan
Character: Mrs. Barnes
Released: September 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Two people go to Coney Island to find romance and wind up in jail.
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The Raven
Title: The Raven
Character: Mary Burns
Released: July 8, 1935
Type: Movie
A brilliant but deranged neurosurgeon becomes obsessively fixated on a judge's daughter. With the help of an escaped criminal whose face he has surgically deformed, the mad man lures her, her father, and her fiancé to his isolated castle-like home, where he has created a torture chamber with the intent of torturing them for having 'tortured' him.
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Break of Hearts
Title: Break of Hearts
Character: Miss Wilson
Released: May 31, 1935
Type: Movie
Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music teacher. They fall in love, despite Constance knowing about Franz's weakness for pretty women.
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Dizzy Dames
Title: Dizzy Dames
Character: Arlette
Released: May 29, 1935
Type: Movie
A musical comedy in a theatrical boarding house.
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Air Hawks
Title: Air Hawks
Character: Second Nurse (uncredited)
Released: May 7, 1935
Type: Movie
A small, independent air delivery service is menaced by a mad scientist with a death ray machine that blows up planes in mid-flight.
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Carnival
Title: Carnival
Character: Girl
Released: February 15, 1935
Type: Movie
"Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves him with an infant son he names "Poochy." His father-in-law and the baby's grandfather sues him for custody of the baby and Chick takes his son and hides out for a couple of years. He joins his former assistants, Daisy and "Fingers", in a circus act only to find that the persistent grandfather is still on his trail.
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Sweepstake Annie
Title: Sweepstake Annie
Character: Marge Moore
Released: January 29, 1935
Type: Movie
A young woman who works in the movie business buys a sweepstakes ticket that turns out to be a winner. Her stroke of luck changes her life around--and not necessarily for the better.
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Broadway Bill
Title: Broadway Bill
Character: Nurse Mae (uncredited)
Released: November 30, 1934
Type: Movie
Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons- in-law, Dan Brooks and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his job as manager of J.L.'s paper box factory and devotes his life to his racing horse Broadway Bill, but his bank- roll is thin and the luck is against him, he is arrested because of $150 he owes somebody for horse food, but suddenly a planed fraud by somebody else seems to offer him a chance...
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Jealousy
Title: Jealousy
Character: Penny
Released: November 23, 1934
Type: Movie
Larry O'Roark is a boxer who's insanely posssesive and jealous of his fiancee, Jo. the sight of her and her employer, Mr. Lambert, at ringside during his big fight distracts Larry and he is knocked out. He then promises never to be jealous again and marries Jo. When she realizes that they're broke she asks Lambert for a job (she had quit on marrying Larry.) One thing leads to another and Larry, enraged with jealousy, end up killing Lambert. He then wanders off in a daze, and Jo takes the rap for the murder. Larry descends from his amnesiac fog just in time to interrupt the announcement of the jury's verdict in Jo's trial. then it's off to the chair for Larry. Or is it?
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The Captain Hates the Sea
Title: The Captain Hates the Sea
Character: Flo
Released: November 2, 1934
Type: Movie
Alcoholic newspaperman Steve Bramley boards the San Capador for a restful cruise, hoping to quit drinking and begin writing a book. Also on board are Steve's friend Schulte, a private detective hoping to nab criminal Danny Checkett with a fortune in stolen bonds. Steve begins drinking, all the while observing the various stories of other passengers on board, several of whom turn out not to be who they seem to be.
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
Title: Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
Released: March 2, 1934
Type: Movie
Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations to make deliveries. He visits the Los Angeles Pier and a Gala Hollywood Premiere.
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I Love That Man
Title: I Love That Man
Character: Public Stenographer (scenes deleted)
Released: July 7, 1933
Type: Movie
Innocent Nancy Carroll falls in love with con man Edmund Lowe and the pair swindle their way across the country until they decide to settle down in a small town and give up their life of crime. He goes into business and all seems to be going well until some ex-partners he double crossed show up in town demanding the money he cheated them out of.
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Hold Your Man
Title: Hold Your Man
Character: Maizie
Released: June 30, 1933
Type: Movie
Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie takes off and Ruby is sent to a reformatory for two years.
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Cheating Blondes
Title: Cheating Blondes
Character: Polly
Released: May 1, 1933
Type: Movie
A reporter sets out to prove that his girlfriend was framed and sent to prison.
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Big City Blues
Title: Big City Blues
Character: Faun
Released: September 18, 1932
Type: Movie
An Indiana boy comes into an inheritance and moves to New York City, living it up with his girlfriend until he gets in over his head and someone gets killed.
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The Hot Heiress
Title: The Hot Heiress
Character: Margie
Released: March 28, 1931
Type: Movie
Classes clash when a poor riveter and wealthy society woman fall in love with each other, much to the shock of her friends and family.
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Sunny
Title: Sunny
Character: 'Weenie'
Released: November 9, 1930
Type: Movie
A showgirl falls for a society boy but has to win over his family.
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Bright Lights
Title: Bright Lights
Character: Peggy North
Released: September 21, 1930
Type: Movie
In this light-hearted musical, an early color film, a successful actress tires of the bustle and hustle of her tawdry life and settles down to what she thinks is the blissful mundaneness of married life. Unfortunately, the actual drudgery of wifedom takes her by surprise and domestic turmoil ensues.
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Not Damaged
Title: Not Damaged
Released: May 25, 1930
Type: Movie
A fortune teller informs a hopeless romantic that she'll be meeting a mysterious, tall, dark stranger. Initially skeptical, the young lady latterly concedes when the soothsayer's premonitions begin to ring true.
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The Song of the Flame
Title: The Song of the Flame
Character: Grusha
Released: May 24, 1930
Type: Movie
This was a screen version of the 1925 operetta by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Herbert Stohart, and George Gershwin. The story of the movie is about a peasant who is known as "The Flame" who leads a revolution in Russia. This peasant who is in love with a Russian prince saves his life by agreeing to sacrifice her virginity to an evil fellow-conspirator. This was an all Technicolor musical which was had a sequence in Vitascope (a Warner Brother's wide screen process)
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Spring Is Here
Title: Spring Is Here
Character: Mary Jane Braley
Released: April 13, 1930
Type: Movie
Musical about two sisters in love with the same man.
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Loose Ankles
Title: Loose Ankles
Character: Betty
Released: February 2, 1930
Type: Movie
A grandmother's will leaves her fortune to a few, mostly to her great-niece Ann. Ann will only receive her inheritance once she marries, with the approval of three of her stuffed-shirt relatives, and without scandal. Otherwise, the estate goes to the cat and dog hospital. Ann, not needing the money, rebels by seeking scandal with a gigolo.