Ann Christy

Ann Christy

Born: May 31, 1905
Died: November 14, 1987
in Logansport, Indiana, USA
From Wikipedia

Ann Christy (May 31, 1905 – November 14, 1987) was an

American motion picture actress.

Born Gladys Cronin in Logansport, Indiana, Christy left

Indiana and relocated to California where she attended Polytechnic High School

in Los Angeles. She intended to pursue a career in business, but was persuaded

by friends to try acting. She made her film debut in a bit part in the 1927

film Long Pants, starring Harry Langdon. That same year, she awarded an Al

Christie comedy leading lady film contract in May 1927. She appeared in film

comedies with Bobby Vernon and Neal Burns. In 1928, Christy was selected by

Harold Lloyd from more than fifty applicants to play his leading lady in the

comedy Speedy (1928). That same year, she was selected one of thirteen WAMPAS

Baby Stars.

Following her success in Speedy, Christy vacationed in New

York. When she returned to Hollywood, she discovered that she had been

forgotten. She returned to acting with parts in collegian film serials with

Universal Pictures.

She made her last onscreen appearance in the 1932 film

Behind Stone Walls, starring Edward J. Nugent.

Movies for Ann Christy...

Chronicle of a Passion
Title: Chronicle of a Passion
Character: Chansonnière
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
After World War I, widower Renier has returned to his estate Horlebecq. His sole diversion is his correspondence with the Parisian Rolande, who he met during the war. Even though his family is pressuring him into marrying his sister-in-law Emily, Renier stays obsessed with Rolande and even visits her in Paris. She manages to persuade him to invest large sums of money into the "Academie de Beauté" in Paris. His reckless investments and breaking off his engagement with Emily leads to unbearable tensions at Horlebecq...
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Road to Hollywood
Title: Road to Hollywood
Character: Betty Brooks
Released: July 4, 1947
Type: Movie
Exploitation film-maker Bud Pollard appears on screen to tell us of Bing Crosby's rise to fame, using scenes from four early Crosby shorts to illustrate his fictional biography.
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Behind Stone Walls
Title: Behind Stone Walls
Character: Peg Harper - Bob's Girlfriend
Released: March 15, 1932
Type: Movie
Esther Clay, wife of District Attorney John Clay and mother of attorney Bob Clay, is having an affair with Jack Keene. Scorned by him Esther kills Jack. Bob comes to her defense and confesses to the shooting. The father prosecutes the son who receives a life imprisonment sentence. Jack Keene's butler Druggett knows the truth and blackmails Esther. Bob's girlfriend Peg Harper summons John Clay to the scene...
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Dream House
Title: Dream House
Character: Betty Brooks
Released: January 17, 1932
Type: Movie
A 2 reel short directed by Mack Sennett and starring Bing Crosby.
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Big Ears
Title: Big Ears
Character: Wheezer's mother
Released: August 28, 1931
Type: Movie
Wheezer pretends to be sick in order to get his parents to stop fighting.
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Schoolmates
Title: Schoolmates
Released: April 28, 1930
Type: Movie
Judy (Ann Christy), dresses as a boy in order to attend the ceremony where "Cudgie" (Sumner Getchell) is being inducted into a fraternity at the college. The sign over the door at the fraternity has been moved, to fool her, to a building where, unknown to the frat boys, a notorious criminal is hiding.
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Steeplechase
Title: Steeplechase
Released: January 6, 1930
Type: Movie
This entry of Universal's Sporting Youth series goes to the racetrack. The father of Cudgie (Sumner Getchell) has a horse entered in the Big Steeplechase. Judy (Ann Christy, Cudgie's girlfriend, learns that the jockey has taken a bride to throw the race, so she replaces him and wins the stock-footage race from a Universal feature film.
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The Lariat Kid
Title: The Lariat Kid
Character: Mary Lou
Released: May 12, 1929
Type: Movie
A lawman goes undercover to help his brother, a rancher, fight off horse thieves working for his greedy neighbor, who wants his ranch.
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Just Off Broadway
Title: Just Off Broadway
Character: Nan Morgan
Released: May 1, 1929
Type: Movie
Tom Fowler watches in horror as his brother Ed is gunned down in cold blood. With his dying breath, Ed asks his brother to bring the killer to justice. Discovering that the hit was ordered by the city's top mobster, Marty Kirkland, Tom takes an undercover job at the racketeer's Broadway nightclub. Avenging his brother is momentarily forgotten when he falls in love with a gorgeous chorus girl, Nan Morgan. But Tom is shocked to learn that Kirkland is the flapper's boyfriend. Now with the life of the woman he loves at stake, Tom vows to take down the mob boss once and for all...even if he has to punch out every crook from Brooklyn to the Bowery.
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The Water Hole
Title: The Water Hole
Character: Dolores
Released: August 25, 1928
Type: Movie
Judith Endicott, the daughter of a wealthy eastern banker, vamps Philip Randolph, an Arizonan, when he comes east to talk business with her father. Philip proposes and discovers that Judith has only been kidding him along. He returns angrily to Arizona, and the elder Endicott, accompanied by his daughter, follows him west. With her father's permission, Richard "kidnaps" Judith and takes her to a deserted Indian cliff dwelling, where she must cook and care for him. Bert Durland, Judith's fiancé, follows after her, and his Indian guide steals all of the horses. Judith and Bert and Philip start back to civilization across the desert, and Bert goes berserk from the heat. They are rescued by cowboys, and Judith returns east, "kidnaping" Philip and taking him with her.
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The Love Charm
Title: The Love Charm
Character: Nita
Released: July 15, 1928
Type: Movie
Short tourist film set on a tropical island where a sailor falls in love with a native girl.
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Say Uncle
Title: Say Uncle
Released: June 9, 1928
Type: Movie
Synopsis is unknown at this time, may be a lost film.
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Speedy
Title: Speedy
Character: Jane Dillon
Released: April 7, 1928
Type: Movie
Speedy loses his job as a soda jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then becomes a cab driver and delivers Babe Ruth to Yankee Stadium, where he stays to see the game. When the railroad tries to run the last horse-drawn trolley (operated by his girl's grandfather) out of business, Speedy organizes the neighborhood old-timers to thwart their scheme.