Joan Standing

Joan Standing

Born: June 21, 1903
Died: February 3, 1979
in Worcestershire, England, UK

Movies for Joan Standing...

Li'l Abner
Title: Li'l Abner
Character: Kitty Hoops
Released: November 9, 1940
Type: Movie
Li'l Abner becomes convinced that he is going to die within twenty-four hours, so agrees to marry two different girls: Daisy Mae (who has chased him for years) and Wendy Wilecat (who rescued him from an angry mob). It is all settled at the Sadie Hawkins Day race.
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Colorado
Title: Colorado
Character: Saloon Reader
Released: September 15, 1940
Type: Movie
Trouble in Colorado is tying up Union troops needed back east during the Civil War and Lieut. Burke is sent to investigate. Macklin and his gang are causing the problems and Capt. Mason joins them. When Burke catches up with them he also finds Mason, his brother.
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Grand Ole Opry
Title: Grand Ole Opry
Character: Woman (uncredited)
Released: June 25, 1940
Type: Movie
Aided by musicians at the Grand Ole Opry, a small-town mayor in the Ozarks takes on a group of crooked politicians.
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Broadway Bill
Title: Broadway Bill
Character: Brooks' Phone Operator (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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Jane Eyre
Title: Jane Eyre
Character: Daisy
Released: August 15, 1934
Type: Movie
Jane Eyre is an orphan who was raised by her aunt until she came to Thornfield Hall as governess to the young ward of Edward Rochester. But Jane is attracted by the intelligent and energetic Sir Rochester, a man of almost twice her age. But just when Sir Rochester seems to pay attention to her, he invites the beautiful and wealthy Blanche Ingram to stay at his house.
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Private Detective 62
Title: Private Detective 62
Character: Client with Free (Uncredited)
Released: June 10, 1933
Type: Movie
A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is deported back to the USA, where he can only find work at a low-rent detective agency. He soon gets involved with a woman with ties to a crooked gambling club owner, who is a client of his agency.
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Goldie Gets Along
Title: Goldie Gets Along
Character: The Mayor's Secretary
Released: January 27, 1933
Type: Movie
A small-town girl schemes to get to Hollywood only to run into the man she left behind.
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American Madness
Title: American Madness
Released: August 15, 1932
Type: Movie
Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair... all in the same day.
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Love Affair
Title: Love Affair
Character: Jim's Secretary (uncredited)
Released: March 17, 1932
Type: Movie
Heiress learns to fly from aeronautical engineer. Things get complicated as their affair progresses.
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Broken Lullaby
Title: Broken Lullaby
Released: January 19, 1932
Type: Movie
A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt when he kills a German soldier who, like himself, is a musically gifted conscript, each having attended the same musical conservatory in France. The fact that the incident occurred in war does not assuage his guilt. He travels to Germany to meet the man's family.
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Emma
Title: Emma
Character: Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
Released: January 2, 1932
Type: Movie
When Fred Smith's wife dies in childbirth, Emma Thatcher, who has been nanny to the couple's three children, cares also for the family's new addition. Fred becomes rich and successful, then he and Emma marry. When Fred dies, his will becomes a source of trouble between the children and Emma.
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The Age for Love
Title: The Age for Love
Character: Eleanor
Released: October 17, 1931
Type: Movie
A comedy-drama about marriage and divorce. A wife does not want children, her husband leaves her and marries a woman who does.
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Young as You Feel
Title: Young as You Feel
Character: Lemuel's Secretary
Released: August 6, 1931
Type: Movie
Lemuel Morehouse, the owner of a profitable meatpacking company in Chicago, bemoans the fact that neither of his two sons have the time nor inclination to eat with him. Billy is obsessed with culture, while Tom is a physical fitness nut. At the office, Lemuel is exasperated when Billy arrives for work at four in the afternoon and cannot stay because of a party he is giving that night to unveil a statue he bought for $20,000. Lemuel then finds Tom meeting with his golf committee rather than working. When the boys argue that business is only a means to an end, and that happiness and enjoyment of life are desired goals, Lemuel counters their contentions by declaring that what they really need are wives and tells them that Dorothy and Rose Gregson, the daughters of an old friend, will soon be visiting.
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Never the Twain Shall Meet
Title: Never the Twain Shall Meet
Character: Julia
Released: May 16, 1931
Type: Movie
Dan works for Pritchard and Pritchard out of San Francisco and is in love with Maisie, referred to as "the icebox" by his news reporter friend. As one of his ships returns to San Francisco, Dan learns that the Captain has contracted Leprosy and asks Dan to be the guardian of his South Sea island daughter Tamea. Dan soon learns that Tamea wants him and will do nothing without a kiss. But Tamea soon learns that she is different than Dan and Maisie and that makes her angry. Dan decides to go and live on the island with Tamea, but soon finds out that Paradise is not everything that he thought it was.
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Dracula
Title: Dracula
Character: Nurse Briggs (uncredited)
Released: February 12, 1931
Type: Movie
British estate agent Renfield travels to Transylvania to meet with the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a castle in London and is, unbeknownst to Renfield, a vampire. After Dracula enslaves Renfield and drives him to insanity, the pair sail to London together, and as Dracula begins preying on London socialites, the two become the subject of study for a supernaturalist professor, Abraham Van Helsing.
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Ex-Flame
Title: Ex-Flame
Character: Kilmer
Released: November 19, 1930
Type: Movie
A woman's uncontrollable jealousy over her husband's former girlfriend results in her losing not only her house but her young son is taken away from her.
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Hell's Angels
Title: Hell's Angels
Character: Roy's Dancing Partner (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1930
Type: Movie
When World War I breaks out, brothers Roy and Monte Rutledge, each attending Oxford university, enlist with the Royal Flying Corps.
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Extravagance
Title: Extravagance
Character: Mary
Released: October 9, 1930
Type: Movie
Alice Kendall is the darling of her social set, the sons and daughters of millionaires, although Alice's mother has impoverished herself to provide Alice with the luxuries she expects as her right. Mom blows what's left of her fortune to provide the best trousseau that money can buy when Alice marries Fred Garlan, and then wishes Fred lots of luck. Now, Alice is trying to coax Fred into buying her a new sable coat while Fred is busily trying to borrow enough money to keep his business afloat.
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For the Love o' Lil
Title: For the Love o' Lil
Character: Chambermaid
Released: August 29, 1930
Type: Movie
Directed by James Tinling. With Jack Mulhall, Sally Starr, Elliott Nugent, Margaret Livingston.
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Street of Chance
Title: Street of Chance
Character: Miss Abrams
Released: February 8, 1930
Type: Movie
'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor with those who cheat against him. His wife, Alma (Kay Francis), wants to divorce him because of his addiction and lifestyle, but they agree on a reconciliation and second honeymoon together and 'Natural' promises to give up gambling. However, his plans change when his brother, 'Babe' (Regis Toomey), arrives in town looking to score big, and 'Natural' has to devise a plan quickly to put him off gambling forever.
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Fashions in Love
Title: Fashions in Love
Character: Miss Weller
Released: July 1, 1929
Type: Movie
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My Lady's Past
Title: My Lady's Past
Released: April 1, 1929
Type: Movie
The BFI holds a complete copy.
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Home, James
Title: Home, James
Character: Iris Elliot
Released: October 3, 1928
Type: Movie
An artistic salesgirl falls in love with a chauffeur not realising he is actually the heir to a huge fortune.
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Riley of the Rainbow Division
Title: Riley of the Rainbow Division
Character: Mabel
Released: July 15, 1928
Type: Movie
Two pals enlist in the army during World War I. Just before they complete training camp and are to be sent overseas, they're scheduled to marry their girlfriends. However, they get in trouble and wind up in the guardhouse. Their girlfriends are determined to get married, however, and in order to accomplish this, they disguise themselves as soldiers and sneak onto the base, where they unwittingly get mixed up with enemy spies trying to gather information.
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Beau Sabreur
Title: Beau Sabreur
Character: Maudie
Released: January 22, 1928
Type: Movie
The film is about a desert-bound member of the French Foreign Legion who exposes a betrayer to the Legion and is then sent on a mission among the Arabs to conclude the signing of a crucial peace treaty.
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The College Hero
Title: The College Hero
Character: Nellie Kelly
Released: November 27, 1927
Type: Movie
A college football player is injured by a jealous teammate during practice, but comes back unexpectedly to play for his team in the season's key game.
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The College Flirt
Title: The College Flirt
Character: Harriet Porter
Released: September 18, 1926
Type: Movie
A product of wealth and high society, Patricia Mansfield is sent to Colton College by her father, who hopes to eradicate her snobbish veneer. On the train, Pat meets Denis Adams, a prominent athlete who is working his way through school as coach of the girls' track team; he introduces her to track star Charlie Paddock. Through efforts to keep her associates in place, Pat sinks deeper into the mire of antagonism; her only friends are Harriet Porter and Knute Knudson, the Swedish janitor.
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Sandy
Title: Sandy
Character: Alice McNeil
Released: April 10, 1926
Type: Movie
Sandy McNeil adopts strictly unconventional jazz ethics and against the wishes of her parents runs with a fast young set. An auto breakdown after a party places her in a compromising situation, and she grudgingly marries a wealthy suitor of her father's choice. When her husband's cruelty results in the death of her child, she leaves him and meets Ramon, an architect with whom she becomes infatuated. The return of his former mistress causes her to seek refuge with her cousin Judith, where she falls in love with Douglas, Judith's sweetheart. As Sandy refuses to return to Ramon, he shoots her and then kills himself. Douglas, taking the blame for her sake, is tried for murder, but Sandy rises from her sickbed and confesses in court; she succumbs after restoring Judith to Douglas.
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The Skyrocket
Title: The Skyrocket
Character: Sharon's Secretary
Released: February 14, 1926
Type: Movie
In the prologue Sharon Kimm and Mickey Reid are childhood friends in a tenement neighborhood but are separated when Sharon is placed in an orphanage. In the story we see Sharon as a young Hollywood star whose quick rise to fame leaves her self-centered, superficial, and a spendthrift. Ironically, the film that skyrocketed her to fame was written by Mickey. But her success is brief; and when it comes crashing to earth, Mickey is there to pick up the pieces.
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The Outsider
Title: The Outsider
Character: Pritchard
Released: January 17, 1926
Type: Movie
1926 film starring Jacqueline Logan, Lou Tellegen, and Walter Pidgeon.
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Faint Perfume
Title: Faint Perfume
Character: The Hired Girl
Released: June 8, 1925
Type: Movie
After a stormy six year marriage, Barnaby Powers divorces his wife Richmiel. She returns home, taking their young son Oliver with her. Barnaby follows her, to ask for custody of the boy, but meets and falls in love with Richmiel's pretty and sensitive cousin Ledda. Complications ensue.
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The Dancers
Title: The Dancers
Character: Pringle
Released: January 4, 1925
Type: Movie
Young Tony, unable to make a living in crowded and fast-paced London, goes to South America in search of his fortune. He soon becomes the owner of a saloon and dance hall. One of the dancers in his place, Maxine, falls in love with him, but Tony is still in love with his childhood sweetheart Una, although Una is now a "party girl" back in London and has forgotten about Tony. However, Tony comes into an unexpected inheritance, along with a title, and returns to London for Una. Although disappointed with Una's current lifestyle, he asks her to marry him despite her "indiscretions". However, the night before they are to be married Una confesses a deep, dark secret to Tony that could change their lives forever.
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Greed
Title: Greed
Character: Selina
Released: December 4, 1924
Type: Movie
A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.
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Empty Hearts
Title: Empty Hearts
Character: Hilda, the maid
Released: September 15, 1924
Type: Movie
Milt Kimberlin is a down-on-his luck horse owner, but Rosalie, a cabaret performer (the lively and engaging Clara Bow), doesn't care -- she turns down the fancy jewelry offered by oily Frank Gorman for a wedding ring from Kimberlin. Even though his finances never improve, Rosalie sticks by her husband only to sicken and die in a garret. Kimberlin's luck changes almost overnight and he becomes incredibly wealthy.
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Happiness
Title: Happiness
Character: Jenny
Released: March 9, 1924
Type: Movie
The adventures of a young shopgirl who learns that having money is not the key to happiness.
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Three Weeks
Title: Three Weeks
Character: Isabella
Released: February 10, 1924
Type: Movie
A young aristocrat strikes up an affair with a mysterious woman for three weeks.
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Pleasure Mad
Title: Pleasure Mad
Character: Hulda
Released: November 5, 1923
Type: Movie
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Oliver Twist
Title: Oliver Twist
Character: Charlotte
Released: October 30, 1922
Type: Movie
Oliver's mother, a penniless outcast, died giving birth to him. As a young boy Oliver is brought up in a workhouse, later apprenticed to an uncaring undertaker, and eventually is taken in by a gang of thieves who befriend him for their own purposes. All the while, there are secrets from Oliver's family history waiting to come to light. Written by Snow Leopard
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The Branding Iron
Title: The Branding Iron
Character: Maude Upper
Released: October 31, 1920
Type: Movie
Pierre Landis is insanely jealous of his beautiful young wife Joan, and his jealousy makes him take a branding iron to her to mark her as his property.