Maxine Jennings

Maxine Jennings

Born: March 8, 1909
Died: January 11, 1991
in Portland, Oregon, USA
Born as Maxine Leah Jennings. She was an actress known for Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936), There Goes My Girl (1937) and Mr. Wong Detective (1938).

Movies for Maxine Jennings...

Cocoon
Title: Cocoon
Character: Mildred - Governor's Secretary
Released: September 20, 1968
Type: Movie
In this pilot film to the "Hawaii Five-0" television series, special law officer Steve McGarrett tracks down Red Chinese operatives and their spy ring in Honolulu.
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G.I. War Brides
Title: G.I. War Brides
Character: WAC Sgt. Polly Williams
Released: August 12, 1946
Type: Movie
Linda Powell, and English girl, stows away on a ship bound for the United States in order to join the G.I. she loves. She assumes the identity of an English war bride, Joyce Giles, who has decided she no longer loves the American soldier she married and is not going to join him in the U.S. Linda arrives to find that her soldier no longer wishes to marry her...
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Mr. Wong, Detective
Title: Mr. Wong, Detective
Character: Myra Ross
Released: October 5, 1938
Type: Movie
A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So Detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two subsequent murders.
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The Dummy Owner
Title: The Dummy Owner
Character: Mrs. Errol
Released: January 8, 1938
Type: Movie
Leon's boss buys a racehorse, but doesn't want word to get out that he is the owner, so he has the papers filled out showing Leon as the owner of record. At first, Leon is excited, but the arrangement soon creates difficulty for him. First, he knows nothing about horses except how to bet on them, and second, when his wife finds out, she is furious.
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Breakfast for Two
Title: Breakfast for Two
Character: Wedding Guest
Released: October 22, 1937
Type: Movie
After a night on the town, Jonathan Blair wakes to find that Texan Valentine Ransome has escorted him home. Valentine is attracted to Jonathan and sets out first to reform him, and his family's near-bankrupt shipping company, and then to marry him. In her way is Jonathan's fiancée, actress Carol Wallace.
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The Big Shot
Title: The Big Shot
Character: Gloria
Released: July 23, 1937
Type: Movie
A small-town veterinarian inherits $2 million from an uncle he barely knew. His attempts to help mankind don't go smoothly.
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On Again—Off Again
Title: On Again—Off Again
Character: Miss Meeker
Released: July 9, 1937
Type: Movie
This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company, William “Willy” Hobbs and Claude Augustus Horton, who agree to wrestle each other for the sole ownership of the business. The winner will take the company and the loser must become the other’s valet for a year. But when Hobbs loses, he sends his wife to Florida and schemes to trick Horton. What follows are hilarious hijinks as only Wheeler and Woolsey can pull off!
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There Goes My Girl
Title: There Goes My Girl
Character: Miss Caldwell - Actress
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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You Can't Buy Luck
Title: You Can't Buy Luck
Character: Jean Jason
Released: April 30, 1937
Type: Movie
When a gambler is accused of murder, the pretty orphanage employee he loves sets out to prove him innocent of the crime.
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Sea Devils
Title: Sea Devils
Character: Perfume Salesgirl (uncredited)
Released: February 19, 1937
Type: Movie
Doris lives with her rough Coast Guardsman father. He has plans for her to marry an up and coming officer, but there is competition when a new, brash, Guardsman enters the picture. Dad hates the new guy, mostly because he is like himself.
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We're on the Jury
Title: We're on the Jury
Character: Clara Simpson
Released: February 12, 1937
Type: Movie
A juror at a murder trial is convinced the defendant is innocent.
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Make Way for a Lady
Title: Make Way for a Lady
Character: Miss Marian Moore
Released: November 13, 1936
Type: Movie
An imaginative teenager decides to play matchmaker for her widowed father. Director David Burton's 1936 comedy stars Herbert Marshall, Anne Shirley, Gertrude Michael, Margot Grahame, Clara Blandick, Frank Coghlan Jr., Willie Best and Maxine Jennings.
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Don't Turn 'em Loose
Title: Don't Turn 'em Loose
Character: Nellie - Phoney Mrs. Williams
Released: September 18, 1936
Type: Movie
A conscientious attorney who is a member of the State Parole Board, finds his own son, using an alias, up for parole and makes the decision to cast the approving vote.
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Walking on Air
Title: Walking on Air
Character: Flo Quinlan
Released: September 11, 1936
Type: Movie
A strong-willed young woman hires a student to impersonate a boorish French count and brings him home to meet her parents.
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Bunker Bean
Title: Bunker Bean
Character: Jones & Co. Receptionist (uncredited)
Released: June 26, 1936
Type: Movie
A shy office worker becomes a hero when a fortune teller calls him another Napoleon.
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The Last Outlaw
Title: The Last Outlaw
Character: Billings' Secretary
Released: June 19, 1936
Type: Movie
After serving 25 years in prison for robbery, Dean Payton returns to his home town to see his daughter, Sally, who is unaware he is her father. He befriends Cal Yates, the now semi-retired assistant sheriff who originally caught him, and Chuck Wilson, a young rancher who has eyes for Sally. Wanted criminal Al Goss holds up the local bank and makes his getaway, taking Sally hostage. Showing he still has what it takes, Payton, along with Yates and Wilson, take off into the hills on horseback to try to track Goss down. - Written by Doug Sederberg
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The Witness Chair
Title: The Witness Chair
Character: Tillie Jones
Released: April 23, 1936
Type: Movie
Late one night, secretary Paula Young (Ann Harding) leaves the office of her boss, Stanley Whittaker (Douglas Dumbrille, locking the door and taking the stairs to avoid being seen by the elevator operator (Frank Jenks). The next morning, the cleaning lady finds Whittaker's dead body, an apparent suicide. Police Lieutenant Poole (Moroni Olsen) finds a letter signed by Whittaker in which the deceased states he embezzled $75,000. Soon, however, he suspects otherwise and, after investigating, arrests widower James "Jim" Trent (Walter Abel), the vice president of Whittaker.
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The Farmer in the Dell
Title: The Farmer in the Dell
Character: Maud Durant
Released: March 27, 1936
Type: Movie
An Iowa farmer's wife makes him move to Hollywood so their daughter can become a star.
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Love on a Bet
Title: Love on a Bet
Character: Telephone Operator
Released: March 6, 1936
Type: Movie
Aspiring Producer Michael McCreigh convinces Uncle Carlton to finance a play on the condition that he lives the play's ridiculous plot. If Michael fails, he must work in Carlton's meat packing plant.
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Muss 'em Up
Title: Muss 'em Up
Character: Cleo
Released: February 13, 1936
Type: Movie
Famous private detective Tip O'Neil is summoned by telegram to the estate of old friend Paul Harding, but finds the telegram was sent by Paul's attractive secretary, Amy Hutchins. Paul admits his dog was shot by extortionists to show they mean business, and shows Tip some threatening notes they sent. That night, Paul's ward, Corinne, is kidnapped by two gangsters and her driver is found dead the next morning. The kidnappers contact Tip demanding $200,000, which is delivered according to instructions. Awaiting the return of Corrine, Tip learns her fiancé, Gene Leland, is an ex-convict, and he also investigates why a thug, Maratti, was found prowling around the grounds, and why Paul's brother-in-law, Jim Glenray, was seen leaving the estate late the night before. And when the chauffeur is murdered with Amy's gun as he was about to confess some complicity, Tip has to piece together various clues to pinpoint the culprits.
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Chatterbox
Title: Chatterbox
Character: Herself
Released: January 17, 1936
Type: Movie
Teenage orphan Jenny Yates becomes starstruck when a revival of an old Victorian melodrama passes through her small New England town, to the disapproval of her stern grandfather, Uriah. Stowing away in the car of Philip Greene, a wealthy young man working with the theater troupe, Jenny talks her way into the play's lead role. But director Archie Fisher doesn't tell her that the new version of the play is meant as a spoof.
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I Dream Too Much
Title: I Dream Too Much
Character: Sixth Girl in 'I Dream Too Much' Number (uncredited)
Released: November 29, 1935
Type: Movie
Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled evening, the couple marries. Sincerely falling in love, Jonathan encourages the talented Annette to sing — yet when his own attempt at an opera fails, Jonathan lashes out at Annette's success. Despite her husband's jealousy, Annette embarks on a successful career that allows her to secretly fund Jonathan's opera, bringing their marriage to a crisis.
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Counselitis
Title: Counselitis
Character: Wife
Released: November 22, 1935
Type: Movie
Leon Errol in court for stealing an umbrella and abusing his wife.
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Old Man Rhythm
Title: Old Man Rhythm
Character: College Girl
Released: August 2, 1935
Type: Movie
Romantic rivalries between father and son enrolled at the same college.
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A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
Title: A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Released: June 21, 1935
Type: Movie
Join vocalists broadcasting from the Biltmore Bowl in Los Angeles.
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Roberta
Title: Roberta
Released: March 7, 1935
Type: Movie
Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huck's old friend Lizzie), who gets the band a job. Meanwhile, Madame Roberta passes away and leaves the business to John and he goes into partnership with Stephanie.
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Maybe It's Love
Title: Maybe It's Love
Character: Office Worker (uncredited)
Released: January 12, 1935
Type: Movie
Director William C. McGann's 1935 film stars Gloria Stuart and Ross Alexander as a young couple in love who face economic woes once they're wed.
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Honeymooniacs
Title: Honeymooniacs
Character: Train Passenger Wife
Released: July 29, 1929
Type: Movie
HONEYMOONIACS was the last silent "Mermaid" comedy from legendary producer Jack White (according to David N. Bruskin's book on the White Brothers--Jack, Jules, and Sam). It features the great rubber-faced comedian and writer Monte Collins as a man with his bride on a train during their honeymoon.