Joan Woodbury

Joan Woodbury

Born: December 17, 1915
Died: February 22, 1989
in Los Angeles, California, USA
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Joan Woodbury (December 17, 1915 – February 22, 1989) was an American actress beginning in the 1930s and continuing well into the 1960s.

Woodbury received her first acting role in the 1934 film Eight Girls in a Boat, which was uncredited. Another uncredited role followed, with her first credited role being in the 1934 film One Exciting Adventure, which starred Binnie Barnes. Her first major role, billed as Nana Martinez, was in a Hopalong Cassidy movie The Eagle's Brood. Woodbury appeared in 15 films from 1934 through 1935, of which 10 were uncredited.

In 1936, her career began to become more successful, with appearances in eight films that year, of which five were uncredited. However, of the three roles that were credited, Woodbury made an impact, and caught the attention of studios. Her mixture of Danish, British, and Native American heritage gave her an exotic appearance, and allowed her to be cast in many different ethnicities, from Hispanic to French and Asian. By 1937, her career had taken off, mostly in B-movies such as Living on Love and Bulldog Courage, but also with her receiving many credited roles.

In 1937, Woodbury starred in her first of several credited Charlie Chan films, titled Charlie Chan on Broadway. She also began appearing in numerous Westerns, portraying the heroine opposite some of the 1930s' biggest cowboy actors, to include William Boyd of Hopalong Cassidy fame, Roy Rogers, and Johnny Mack Brown. Woodbury appeared in 50 films from 1937 to 1945, almost all of which were credited. Her most memorable of that period was her lead role in the serial Brenda Starr, Reporter, in 1945. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Woodbury, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Time Travelers
Title: The Time Travelers
Character: Gadra
Released: October 29, 1964
Type: Movie
Research scientists experimenting with time warps are accidentally propelled forward into an unbearable future.
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The Ten Commandments
Title: The Ten Commandments
Character: Korah's Wife
Released: October 5, 1956
Type: Movie
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.
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Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
Title: Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
Character: Red, the Bar-Girl
Released: March 2, 1949
Type: Movie
Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered, and must track down the real killer in Chinatown.
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Here Comes Trouble
Title: Here Comes Trouble
Character: Bubbles LaRue
Released: March 15, 1948
Type: Movie
A blundering rookie reporter runs into some unexpected difficulty when he is assigned to cover the police beat.
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Yankee Fakir
Title: Yankee Fakir
Character: Mary Mason
Released: April 1, 1947
Type: Movie
A medicine show pitchman investigates a small town murder in Arizona.
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The Arnelo Affair
Title: The Arnelo Affair
Character: Claire Lorrison
Released: February 13, 1947
Type: Movie
A neglected wife gets mixed up with an hypnotic charmer and murder.
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Blue Skies
Title: Blue Skies
Character: Flo (uncredited)
Released: October 15, 1946
Type: Movie
Jed Potter looks back on a love triangle conducted over the course of years and between musical numbers. Dancer Jed loves showgirl Mary, who loves compulsive nightclub-opener Johnny, who can't stay committed to anything in life for very long.
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Northwest Trail
Title: Northwest Trail
Character: Katherine Owens
Released: November 30, 1945
Type: Movie
Mountie Matt O'Brien is assigned to escort Miss Owens to a remote outpost. But when he finds an illegal mining operation there that is smuggling gold across the border, his superior Sgt. Means orders him to leave.
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Flame of the West
Title: Flame of the West
Character: Poppy Rand
Released: June 25, 1945
Type: Movie
Flame of the West has always attracted more attention than most of Johnny Mack Brown's Monogram westerns, if for no other reason than the offbeat casting of Douglass Dumbrille. Usually seen in villainous roles, Dumbrille herein offers a sincere, effective performance as a scrupulously honest US marshal named Nightlander. When he takes on a gang of crooked gamblers, Nightlander is shot down in cold blood, compelling frontier doctor John Poole (Johnny Mack Brown) to put his Hippocratic oath on the back burner and strap on the shootin' irons.
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Ten Cents a Dance
Title: Ten Cents a Dance
Character: Babe
Released: June 7, 1945
Type: Movie
Two privates on a 36 hour pass meet two dance hall dames, complications ensue!
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Bring on the Girls
Title: Bring on the Girls
Character: Gloria
Released: March 30, 1945
Type: Movie
A millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his money. A beautiful gold-digger who works at a resort hotel sets out to get him.
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Brenda Starr, Reporter
Title: Brenda Starr, Reporter
Character: Brenda Starr
Released: January 26, 1945
Type: Movie
Reporter Brenda Starr and her photographer Chuck Allen get involved in a search for the loot from a payroll robbery. Cliffhanging action and adventure and a fair amount of comic relief follow them at every turn.
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Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
Title: Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
Character: Leah Manning
Released: May 20, 1944
Type: Movie
To solve the murder of a man shot in a locked room, Chan must wade through a Fun House, the writings of an unscrupulous author, and chess pieces.
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The Whistler
Title: The Whistler
Character: Antoinette 'Toni' Vigran (Uncredited)
Released: March 30, 1944
Type: Movie
A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife's death and secretly pays an assassin to kill him. But then he finds out that his wife isn't dead at all. And now the assassin is on his trail, with no way to call off the hit.
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Here Comes Kelly
Title: Here Comes Kelly
Character: Margie Burke
Released: September 19, 1943
Type: Movie
Cocky Kelly's girlfriend helps him straighten up enough to get a job as a process server.
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The Desperadoes
Title: The Desperadoes
Character: Sundown
Released: May 25, 1943
Type: Movie
Popular mailcoach driver Uncle Willie is in fact in league with the town's crooked banker. They plan to have the bank robbed after emptying it, and when Willie's choice for this doesn't show in time, he gets some local boys to do it. When his man does turn up he decides to stick around, as he is pals with the sheriff and also takes a shine to Willie's daughter Allison. This gives the bad men several new problems.
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You Can't Beat the Law
Title: You Can't Beat the Law
Character: Amy Duncan
Released: January 29, 1943
Type: Movie
A wild playboy is framed by crooks for a robbery he didn't commit and eventually lands in prison. There he becomes pals with the prison's most hardened criminal, who plans a daring escape.
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The Hard Way
Title: The Hard Way
Character: Maria (Uncredited)
Released: January 13, 1943
Type: Movie
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.
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Phantom Killer
Title: Phantom Killer
Character: Barbara Mason
Released: October 2, 1942
Type: Movie
Well-known philanthropist and deaf-mute John G. Harrison is identified leaving the scene of several murders but evades successful prosecution as there are hundreds of witnesses who have also seen him emceeing benefits at the exact same time as the murders.
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Sunset Serenade
Title: Sunset Serenade
Character: Vera Martin
Released: September 14, 1942
Type: Movie
Bad guys plot to trick a newly arrived Eastern girl out of a ranch which belongs to her infant ward. Roy, of course, saves the ranch for the girl. Songs include "I'm Headin's for the Home Corral," "He's a No Good Son of a Gun," "Sandman Lullaby," "Song of the San Joaquin," and "I'm a Cowboy Rockefeller."
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The Living Ghost
Title: The Living Ghost
Character: Billie Hilton
Released: August 11, 1942
Type: Movie
A detective investigating kidnapping case discovers the victim, who may be a zombie.
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A Yank in Libya
Title: A Yank in Libya
Character: Nancy Brooks-Graham
Released: July 24, 1942
Type: Movie
American correspondent Mike Malone uncovers a Nazi plot for an uprising of the Arab tribes in Lybia. Pursued by Sheik David and his men, Mike takes refuge in the suite of Nancy Brooks, who is in the British Intelligence. He asks her to hide a gun and escapes through a window. Reporting the affair to British Consul Herbert Forbes, the latter tries to discourage him from further investigation, as the British are aware of the plot and are planning on staging a coup. He goes with Mike to Nancy's apartment, and she denies having ever seen him before. Sheik Ibrahim, next in command of the Arab tribe to Sheik David, is plotting with Nazi agent Yussof Streyer to kill David who is friendly with the British. Mike and Nancy have gone to David's camp, escape from Ibrahim's henchmen, and get back to El Moktar before the Arabs attack the garrison.
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Dr. Broadway
Title: Dr. Broadway
Character: Margie Dove
Released: May 9, 1942
Type: Movie
A New York doctor saves a chorus girl from a window ledge, twice, and rounds up racketeers.
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Shut My Big Mouth
Title: Shut My Big Mouth
Character: Maria
Released: February 19, 1942
Type: Movie
A shy horticulturist becomes involved with a local criminal in the old west.
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Man From Headquarters
Title: Man From Headquarters
Character: Ann Weston
Released: January 23, 1942
Type: Movie
A police reporter solves a murder case in Chicago, then moves on to St. Louis-but not voluntarily, since he has been kidnapped by the minions of the Windy City gang leader against whom he is scheduled to testify.
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Confessions of Boston Blackie
Title: Confessions of Boston Blackie
Character: Mona
Released: December 8, 1941
Type: Movie
A murder is committed during the auction of a valuable statue. The prime suspect is Boston Blackie, whose reputation for living on the edge of the law makes him an easy target for the police. When the body disappears, Blackie must find it to prove his innocence.
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I Killed That Man
Title: I Killed That Man
Character: Geri Reynolds
Released: November 28, 1941
Type: Movie
A condemned inmate's premature death places officials under suspicion.
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Two Latins from Manhattan
Title: Two Latins from Manhattan
Character: Lois Morgan
Released: October 2, 1941
Type: Movie
Joan Daley, a New York booking/press agent, attempts to recruit two local stand-ins, Jinx Terry and Lois Morgan, when the Cuban sister-act, Marianela and Rosita she as booked into the nightclub for which she works fails to materialize. Complications arrive when the real Cuban sisters show up.
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I'll Sell My Life
Title: I'll Sell My Life
Character: Valencia Duncan
Released: September 12, 1941
Type: Movie
A woman hoping to raise cash to pay for an operation to restore her blind brother's eyesight finds herself implicated in a nightclub murder.
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Gangs Inc.
Title: Gangs Inc.
Character: Rita Adams
Released: June 13, 1941
Type: Movie
Circumstances force naive Rita Adams into serving an unjust prison term, but she emerges from it a cynical criminal who rises to power in the local crime organization.
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King of the Zombies
Title: King of the Zombies
Character: Barbara Winslow
Released: May 14, 1941
Type: Movie
During World War II, a small plane somewhere over the Caribbean runs low on fuel and is blown off course by a storm. Guided by a faint radio signal, they crash-land on an island. The passenger, his manservant and the pilot take refuge in a mansion owned by a doctor. The quick-witted yet easily-frightened manservant soon becomes convinced the mansion is haunted by zombies and ghosts.
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In Old Cheyenne
Title: In Old Cheyenne
Character: Della Casey / Dolores Casino
Released: April 4, 1941
Type: Movie
Roy is a newspaper reporter. He goes to Cheyenne to cover the activities of supposed bad guy Arapahoe Brown. Roy, of course, discovers who the real bad guy is.
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Go West
Title: Go West
Character: Melody (uncredited)
Released: December 6, 1940
Type: Movie
Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his fortune; he meets the crafty but simple brothers Joseph and Rusty Panello in a train station, where they steal all his money. They're heading west, too, because they've heard you can just pick the gold off the ground. Once there, they befriend an old miner named Dan Wilson whose property, Dead Man's Gulch, has no gold. They loan him their last ten dollars so he can go start life anew, and for collateral, he gives them the deed to the Gulch. Unbeknownst to Wilson, the son of his longtime rival, Terry Turner (who's also in love with his daughter, Eva), has contacted the railroad to arrange for them to build through the land, making the old man rich and hopefully resolving the feud. But the evil Red Baxter, owner of a saloon, tricks the boys out of the deed, and it's up to them - as well as Quale, who naturally finds his way out west anyway - to save the day.
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Sauce for the Gander
Title: Sauce for the Gander
Character: Mrs. Tupper
Released: February 10, 1940
Type: Movie
Working stiff Tom Tupper is stopped by a 'man on the spot' reporter during his daily commute. Asked for his opinion on male/female relations, Tom tells the radio audience that he thinks men could do a better job running the household than women. When he arrives home, his infuriated wife Margaret proposes that her husband put his money where his mouth is. The couple switch roles, with Margaret going to the office and Tom cooking and cleaning. While Margaret becomes a successful entrepreneur, the man of the house comes dangerously close to having a nervous breakdown. Overwhelmed by a woman's work, Tom begs Margaret to go back to the way things were, but his now-independent wife isn't interested.
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Chasing Danger
Title: Chasing Danger
Character: Hazila
Released: May 5, 1939
Type: Movie
When American newsreel cameraman stationed in Paris is sent to cover an Arab rebellion he finds a financier presumed dead but actually fomenting desert warfare.
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Mystery of the White Room
Title: Mystery of the White Room
Character: Lila Haines
Released: March 17, 1939
Type: Movie
A doctor and nurse solve an operating-room murder.
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While New York Sleeps
Title: While New York Sleeps
Character: Nora Parker
Released: December 16, 1938
Type: Movie
Newspaperman (Whalen) looks into the deaths of bond-carriers while romancing a show girl (Rogers).
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Always in Trouble
Title: Always in Trouble
Character: Pearl Mussendorfer
Released: October 28, 1938
Type: Movie
Jane's dad (Tombes) is an oil field worker who comes into a fortune and is then pushed into society by his wife.
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Cipher Bureau
Title: Cipher Bureau
Character: Therese Brahm
Released: October 25, 1938
Type: Movie
The younger brother of an officer in a secret government code-breaking unit gets involved with a gang of spies and a beautiful double agent.
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Passport Husband
Title: Passport Husband
Character: Conchita Montez
Released: July 15, 1938
Type: Movie
At the Club Habana, Henry Cabot, a bumbling busboy, is infatuated with the club's dancer, Conchita Montez. As Tiger Martin, the leader of a gang of thieves, gives Conchita a diamond bracelet, he is arrested. After Tiger is deported, Duke Selton, of Tiger's gang, pays a visit to Conchita and tells her he believes that Blackie Bennet, the leader of a rival gang, is responsible for tipping off the police about Tiger's citizenship.
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Night Spot
Title: Night Spot
Character: Marge Dexter
Released: February 25, 1938
Type: Movie
A young singer, Marge Dexter, becomes involved in trouble when she works in a nightclub in which two of the band-members are in reality undercover-police officers who believe that the club is the headquarters of a dangerous gang of crooks.
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Algiers
Title: Algiers
Character: Aicha
Released: January 16, 1938
Type: Movie
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers. French officials arrive insisting on Pepe's capture are met with unfazed local detectives, led by Inspector Slimane, who are biding their time. Meanwhile, Pepe meets the beautiful Gaby, which arouses the jealousy of Ines.
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Crashing Hollywood
Title: Crashing Hollywood
Character: Barbara Lang
Released: January 7, 1938
Type: Movie
A true-to-life gangster movie stirs up an all out mob assault on Hollywood.
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The Luck of Roaring Camp
Title: The Luck of Roaring Camp
Character: Elsie
Released: November 17, 1937
Type: Movie
When the miners of Roaring Camp become Godfathers to a motherless baby, they name the boy Luck and promise to set aside money for him from their diggings. But when they strike it rich the money is gambled away instead.
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Living on Love
Title: Living on Love
Character: Edith Crumwell
Released: November 12, 1937
Type: Movie
A man and woman, who've never met, are forced by circumstances to share the same apartment. A remake of the 1933 film "Rafter Romance".
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Forty Naughty Girls
Title: Forty Naughty Girls
Character: Rita Marlowe
Released: September 24, 1937
Type: Movie
Hildegarde Withers and Inspector Piper try to solve a murder while attending a popular Broadway show.
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Charlie Chan on Broadway
Title: Charlie Chan on Broadway
Character: Marie Collins / Mrs. Thomas Mitchell
Released: September 22, 1937
Type: Movie
Returning from European exile where she avoided testifying against her criminal associates, a former singer with a tell-all diary is murdered to insure her silence.
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Super-Sleuth
Title: Super-Sleuth
Character: Doris Duane, a film actress
Released: July 16, 1937
Type: Movie
A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.
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Lodge Night
Title: Lodge Night
Character: Lola
Released: June 11, 1937
Type: Movie
Andy gets into hot water because of his frequent lodge meetings.
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There Goes My Girl
Title: There Goes My Girl
Character: Margot Whitney
Released: May 21, 1937
Type: Movie
Jerry and Connie are engaged to be married, but they're also rival newspaper reporters, and when they're both assigned to cover the same murder case, the temptation to out-scoop the other threatens their relationship.
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They Gave Him a Gun
Title: They Gave Him a Gun
Character: Toto - French Girl (uncredited)
Released: May 7, 1937
Type: Movie
With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
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Midnight Court
Title: Midnight Court
Character: Chiquita
Released: March 6, 1937
Type: Movie
After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.
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Charlie Chan at the Opera
Title: Charlie Chan at the Opera
Character: Dancer in Opera (uncredited)
Released: December 4, 1936
Type: Movie
A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago.
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Song of the Gringo
Title: Song of the Gringo
Character: Lolita Valle
Released: November 22, 1936
Type: Movie
In his film debut Ritter is sent to investigate miners being killed and their mines confiscated. The culprit is Evans and after Tex joins the gang, he is sent to kill two more miners. When Estaban is killed, Tex is put on trial for all three murders.
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Anthony Adverse
Title: Anthony Adverse
Character: Half-Caste Dancing Girl
Released: August 26, 1936
Type: Movie
Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by his heartless nobleman father, Don Luis, Anthony is later mentored by his kind grandfather, John Bonnyfeather, and falls for the beautiful Angela Giuseppe. When circumstances separate Anthony and Angela and he embarks on a long journey, he must find his way back to her, no matter what the cost.
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The Lion's Den
Title: The Lion's Den
Character: Ann Mervin
Released: July 7, 1936
Type: Movie
Merwin hires Barton to fight Welsh, but when Barton arrives in town, Welsh mistakes him for the hired killer Single-Shot Smith. Figuring he can help Merwin by being part of Welsh's gang he hires on as Single-Shot. But soon the real Single-Shot appears.
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The Rogues' Tavern
Title: The Rogues' Tavern
Character: Gloria Robloff
Released: June 4, 1936
Type: Movie
A mad killer is on the loose in a hotel on a dark, gloomy night.
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Dangerous Waters
Title: Dangerous Waters
Character: Valparaiso Bar Girl - Facing Wall (uncredited)
Released: February 10, 1936
Type: Movie
While a ship captain is at sea dealing with a mutiny among his crew, his wife is at home having an affair with his best friend.
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Bulldog Courage
Title: Bulldog Courage
Character: Helen Brennan
Released: December 30, 1935
Type: Movie
A miner who was swindled out of his mine by a banker turns to robbing stagecoaches. Several years after he is tracked down and killed, his son comes to town to tangle with the banker.
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Okay, José
Title: Okay, José
Character: Dancer
Released: December 7, 1935
Type: Movie
A Salesman tries to locate a notorious Mexican bandit.
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The Eagle's Brood
Title: The Eagle's Brood
Character: Dolores
Released: October 25, 1935
Type: Movie
When the outlaw El Toro saves Hoppy's life, Hoppy agrees to find his missing grandson.
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Charlie Chan in Shanghai
Title: Charlie Chan in Shanghai
Character: Dancer in Versailles Cafe (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1935
Type: Movie
When a prominent official is murdered at a banquet honoring Charle Chan, the detective and son Lee team up to expose an opium-smuggling ring.
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Call of the Wild
Title: Call of the Wild
Character: Show Girl (uncredited)
Released: August 9, 1935
Type: Movie
Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog that is part wolf to keep him from being shot by an arrogant Englishman also headed for the Yukon. En route to the Yukon with Shorty Houlihan -- who spent time in jail for opening someone else's letter with a map of where gold is to be found -- Jack rescues a woman whose husband was the addressee of that letter. Buck helps Jack win a $1,000 bet to get the supplies he needs. And when Jack and Claire Blake pet Buck one night, fingers touch.
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Bride of Frankenstein
Title: Bride of Frankenstein
Character: Queen Homunculus (uncredited)
Released: April 20, 1935
Type: Movie
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed. Dr. Frankenstein wants to get out of the evil experiment business, but when a mad scientist, Dr. Pretorius, kidnaps his wife, Dr. Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new creature.
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Without Children
Title: Without Children
Character: Secretary (uncredited)
Released: April 15, 1935
Type: Movie
Struggling architect David Cole is encouraged by his boss, Phil Graham, to fraternize with high society as a means of drumming up business. This inadvertently leads to him having an affair with a rich older woman. When his wife Sue discovers the infidelity, she divorces him and takes away their two children. It turns out this was Phil's intent all along - so he could marry Sue. With David now living in Europe, the two children grow up spoiled and self-centered under Phil and Sue's neglectful care. When one of them is shot while roughhousing, David realizes he must own up to his responsibilities as a father...but it may be too late to make a difference in his children's lives...
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One Exciting Adventure
Title: One Exciting Adventure
Character: Girl
Released: September 1, 1934
Type: Movie
One Exciting Adventure is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Ernst L. Frank. It is a remake of the 1933 German film What Women Dream.