Dona Drake

Dona Drake

Born: November 15, 1914
Died: June 20, 1989
in Miami, Florida, USA

Movies for Dona Drake...

Princess of the Nile
Title: Princess of the Nile
Character: Mirva
Released: July 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Shalimar, an Egyptian princess, striving to rid her country of its Bedouin conquerors, forms an alliance with Prince Haidi, son of the Caliph of Bagdad. She practices her intrigues both at the court and, disguised as a dancing girl, in the market place.
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Title: The Lone Wolf
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: TV
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Title: City Detective
Released: September 7, 1953
Type: TV
Crime drama starring Rod Cameron as 43-year-old Bart Grant, a tough 1950s New York City police lieutenant.
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Down Laredo Way
Title: Down Laredo Way
Character: Narita
Released: August 5, 1953
Type: Movie
Rex Allen against diamond smugglers down Laredo way
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Son of Belle Starr
Title: Son of Belle Starr
Character: Dolores
Released: June 26, 1953
Type: Movie
The son of the notorious female bandit Belle Starr wants to live an honest life, but finds himself getting drawn into his mother's old profession.
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The Bandits of Corsica
Title: The Bandits of Corsica
Character: Zelda
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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Kansas City Confidential
Title: Kansas City Confidential
Character: Teresa
Released: November 11, 1952
Type: Movie
An ex-convict sets out to uncover who framed him for an armored car robbery.
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Title: Adventures of Superman
Released: September 19, 1952
Type: TV
Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!" Voices: "Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way."
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Valentino
Title: Valentino
Character: Maria Torres
Released: March 8, 1951
Type: Movie
Italian immigrant Rudolph Valentino makes it big in silent Hollywood, but he ends up struggling between his career and the woman he loves.
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Fortunes of Captain Blood
Title: Fortunes of Captain Blood
Character: Pepita
Released: May 19, 1950
Type: Movie
When he unwittingly sends some of his men into a trap, pirate Captain Peter Blood decides to rescue them. They've been taken prisoner by the Spanish Marquis de Riconete who is now using them as slave labor harvesting pearls from the sea.
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Beyond the Forest
Title: Beyond the Forest
Character: Jenny
Released: October 21, 1949
Type: Movie
Rosa, the self-serving wife of a small-town doctor, gets a better offer when a wealthy big-city man insists she get a divorce and marry him instead. Soon she demonstrates she is capable of rather deplorable acts -- including murder.
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The Girl from Jones Beach
Title: The Girl from Jones Beach
Character: Connie Martin
Released: July 16, 1949
Type: Movie
Glamour artist Bob Randolph is world famous for his paintings of a stunning beauty dubbed "The Randolph Girl". What the world doesn't know is that his pin-up creation is really a composite of parts of the anatomy of 12 different models. In an effort to find one girl who possesses all the proper physical attributes, Randolph and PR man Chuck Donovan pursue Ruth Wilson, a beauteous schoolteacher who prefers to be admired for her brain rather than her curves. Ruth changes her tune, however, when a published photo of her in a swimsuit causes her to be fired by the uptight schoolboard. She sues for reinstatement and in the process learns that swimsuits and sex appeal do have a place in her world, after all. Written by Dan Navarro
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The Doolins of Oklahoma
Title: The Doolins of Oklahoma
Character: Cattle Annie
Released: May 27, 1949
Type: Movie
When the Daltons are killed at Coffeyville, gang member Bill Doolin, arriving late, escapes but kills a man. Now wanted for murder, he becomes the leader of the Doolin gang. He eventually leaves the gang and tries to start a new life under a new name, but the old gang members appear and his true identity becomes known. Once again he becomes an outlaw trying to escape from the law.
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So This Is New York
Title: So This Is New York
Character: Kate Goff
Released: June 1, 1948
Type: Movie
A small town man inherits a significant fortune and takes his family to New York City whereupon they are continually shocked at the alien culture of the Big Apple.
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Another Part of the Forest
Title: Another Part of the Forest
Character: Laurette Sincee
Released: May 18, 1948
Type: Movie
This 'prequel' to The Little Foxes tells how the ruthless members of the old-South Hubbard family got that way.
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Dangerous Millions
Title: Dangerous Millions
Character: Elena Valdez
Released: November 27, 1946
Type: Movie
Eight strangers meet in Shanghai to stake claims to the fortune of a late shipping magnate, then must evade a murderer in their midst.
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Without Reservations
Title: Without Reservations
Character: Dolores Ortega
Released: May 13, 1946
Type: Movie
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are greatly attracted, but she doesn't know how to deal with his disdain for the book's author.
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Hollywood Victory Caravan
Title: Hollywood Victory Caravan
Character: Dona Drake
Released: September 30, 1945
Type: Movie
A girl is desperate to get to Washington D.C. to be with her lonesome brother, a wounded G.I. She persuades Bing Crosby to let her join his caravan.
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Hot Rhythm
Title: Hot Rhythm
Character: Mary Adams
Released: April 22, 1944
Type: Movie
Jimmy O'Brien (Robert Lowery)and Sammy Rubin (Sidney Miller), write jingle commercials for radio, and meet Mary Adams (Dona Drake), who wants to break into radio as a soloist for a band.
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Let's Face It
Title: Let's Face It
Character: Muriel
Released: August 4, 1943
Type: Movie
A soldier stationed on an army base and his fiancé, who runs a women's "fat farm" nearby, want to get married but don't have enough money. Three customers of the "fat farm" scheme to get back at their philandering husbands by hiring the soldier and two of his buddies as "escorts" for the weekend. Complications ensue when the husbands show up unexpectedly.
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Salute for Three
Title: Salute for Three
Released: March 17, 1943
Type: Movie
Press agent Jimmy Gates gets an idea while watching a New York parade, for a returned war hero Sergeant Buzz McAllister, with his chief client, singer Judy Ames; Dona Drake, leader of an all-girl orchestra; his photographer Foggy, and his secretary Myrt. Jimmy, thinking Judy needs publicity in order to get a singing job on a radio program, thinks that a romance between her and the war hero would be just the ticket.
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Sticks and Stones
Title: Sticks and Stones
Released: January 25, 1943
Type: Movie
Dona Drake sings "Sticks and Stones".
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Road to Morocco
Title: Road to Morocco
Character: Mihirmah
Released: November 10, 1942
Type: Movie
Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.
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Star Spangled Rhythm
Title: Star Spangled Rhythm
Character: Dona Drake
Released: March 5, 1942
Type: Movie
Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddies, Pop enlists the aid of the studio's dizzy switchboard operator in pulling off the charade. Things get more complicated when Pop agrees to put together a show for the Navy starring Paramount's top contract players.
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Louisiana Purchase
Title: Louisiana Purchase
Character: Beatrice
Released: December 31, 1941
Type: Movie
A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a Viennese beauty.
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Aloma of the South Seas
Title: Aloma of the South Seas
Character: Nea
Released: August 27, 1941
Type: Movie
A young South Seas native boy is sent to the U.S. for his education and returns to his island after his father dies to try to stop a revolution.
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I Look at You
Title: I Look at You
Character: Herself
Released: February 20, 1941
Type: Movie
Alan Ladd was discovered by Sue Carol for his incredible voice in radio. And then she married him. In I Look At You, he is sweet and graceful. And at the very beginning of his career in film. He sings and leads Rita Rio's all-girl band while she dances around him.
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Pan-Americonga
Title: Pan-Americonga
Character: Rita Rio
Released: February 16, 1941
Type: Movie
A Soundie featuring Rita Rio with Allan Baldwin and Theodore.
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Feed the Kitty
Title: Feed the Kitty
Character: Self / Singer (as Rita Rio)
Released: January 1, 1941
Type: Movie
A Soundie with Dona Drake.
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Rita Rio and Her Orchestra
Title: Rita Rio and Her Orchestra
Character: Rita Rio
Released: July 1, 1939
Type: Movie
Her doctor thinks Rita Rio is crazy for loving music too much, but she proves him wrong by becoming a successful bandleader.
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Strike Me Pink
Title: Strike Me Pink
Character: Mademoiselle Fifi
Released: January 24, 1936
Type: Movie
Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.
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Sweet Shoe
Title: Sweet Shoe
Character: Rita Rio
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Dona Drake (as Rita Rio) and her all-girl band work in a ritzy setting, and perform some hot melodies, with Rita singing and dancing. Several feature acts are introduced; the first---The Four Norsemen---is a singing male quartet. Then come the Four Specs, a colored aggregation who do some amazing stepping. The finales has Rita in combination with Anita Jacobi, an acrobatic tap dancer.