Frances Drake

Frances Drake

Born: October 22, 1912
Died: January 18, 2000
in New York City, New York, USA
Frances Drake was born on October 22, 1912 in New York City, New York, USA as Frances Dean. She was an American actress, known for Mad Love (1935), The Invisible Ray (1936) and Les Misérables (1935). She was married to David Brown and Lt. Cecil John Arthur Howard. She died on January 18, 2000 in Irvine, California, USA.

Movies for Frances Drake...

The Affairs of Martha
Title: The Affairs of Martha
Character: Sylvia Norwood
Released: June 21, 1942
Type: Movie
Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their maids is writing a telling exposé.
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I Take This Woman
Title: I Take This Woman
Character: Lola Estermont
Released: February 2, 1940
Type: Movie
On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.
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It's a Wonderful World
Title: It's a Wonderful World
Character: Vivian Tarbel
Released: May 19, 1939
Type: Movie
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.
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The Lone Wolf in Paris
Title: The Lone Wolf in Paris
Character: Princess Thania of Arvonne
Released: May 25, 1938
Type: Movie
Former jewel thief Michael Lanyard toys with a princess and a grand duke.
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There's Always a Woman
Title: There's Always a Woman
Character: Anne Calhoun
Released: April 20, 1938
Type: Movie
An investigator for the District Attorney's office quits to open his own detective agency. However, business is so bad that he finally decides to give it up and go back to his old job. As his wife is at his office closing up, a wealthy society matron walks in with a case: she wants to know if her husband is having an affair with his ex-girlfriend, who is now married. The wife accepts what looks to be an easy case, figuring than she can then persuade her husband to re-start the agency. However, when the client's husband is found murdered, she decides to investigate the murder herself. Her husband has also been assigned by the D.A. to investigate the murder, and he doesn't know that his wife is also on the case. Complications ensue.
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She Married an Artist
Title: She Married an Artist
Character: Sally Dennis
Released: November 27, 1937
Type: Movie
Because Thornwood's portraits of comely model Sally Dennis are in such great demand, he is obliged to spend virtually all his time with Sally, which prompts Toni to seek retribution in divorce court.
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Love Under Fire
Title: Love Under Fire
Character: Pamela Beaumont
Released: August 20, 1937
Type: Movie
A suspense-thriller-comedy set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War.
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You Can't Have Everything
Title: You Can't Have Everything
Character: Girl in YWCA (uncredited)
Released: August 2, 1937
Type: Movie
Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon to buy her ridiculous play "North Winds" just to improve his romantic chances, and even persuades her to sing in the sort of show she pretends to despise. But just when their romance is going well, Gordon's former flame Lulu reveals the ace up her sleeve...
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Midnight Taxi
Title: Midnight Taxi
Character: Gilda Lee
Released: April 4, 1937
Type: Movie
A federal agent goes to work for a taxi company believing it to be a front for a gang of counterfeiters.
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I'd Give My Life
Title: I'd Give My Life
Character: Mary Reyburn
Released: August 13, 1936
Type: Movie
The movie, like the play "The Noose" on which it is based, is the story of a young man wrongfully convicted of and sentenced to be hanged for a murder which he never committed.
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And Sudden Death
Title: And Sudden Death
Character: Betty Winslow
Released: June 16, 1936
Type: Movie
An heiress with a penchant for speeding runs afoul of a traffic cop. Romance develops between the two, but it's soon complicated when he believes she is responsible for killing someone due to reckless driving.
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Florida Special
Title: Florida Special
Character: Marina Landon
Released: April 21, 1936
Type: Movie
A Florida-bound train is filled with romance and intrigue in this comedy. Among the passengers is a millionaire bon vivant carrying $1 million in diamonds.
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The Preview Murder Mystery
Title: The Preview Murder Mystery
Character: Peggy Madison
Released: February 28, 1936
Type: Movie
The star of "Song of the Toreador" receives threatening messages that he will not survive the preview screening of the film. The studio publicist works with the Director, the Producer and the police, to discover who is behind the threats.
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The Invisible Ray
Title: The Invisible Ray
Character: Diana Rukh
Released: January 20, 1936
Type: Movie
Dr. Janos Rukh discovers a certain type of radium that has almost magical healing properties. But the element has a dangerous side, too, and it has already started affecting Rukh. Consumed by paranoia, he begins to suspect that his wife is having an affair. Wild for revenge, Rukh hatches a deadly plot...using his own poisoned body as a weapon to kill.
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Without Regret
Title: Without Regret
Character: Mona Gould
Released: September 13, 1935
Type: Movie
In order to save herself while in China, a woman marries a young drifter and is able to return to England. Later, believing that her new husband is dead, she marries a wealthy man. Her new husband's ex-girlfriend, learning of the woman's past and that her first husband is indeed alive, threatens to expose the new wife as a bigamist.
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Mad Love
Title: Mad Love
Character: Yvonne Orlac
Released: July 12, 1935
Type: Movie
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands which still have the urge to throw knives.
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Les Misérables
Title: Les Misérables
Character: Eponine
Released: April 20, 1935
Type: Movie
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
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Transient Lady
Title: Transient Lady
Character: Dale Cameron
Released: March 4, 1935
Type: Movie
A senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows is innocent.
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Forsaking All Others
Title: Forsaking All Others
Character: Connie Barnes Todd
Released: December 23, 1934
Type: Movie
A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.
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Ladies Should Listen
Title: Ladies Should Listen
Character: Anna Mirelle
Released: August 10, 1934
Type: Movie
The switchboard operator in an apartment building falls in love with a businessman who lives in the building, whom she has gotten to know only over the phone. When she discovers that the man's current girlfriend is actually part of a scheme to swindle him out of some mineral rights he owns, she devises a plot to save him and expose the con artists.
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The Trumpet Blows
Title: The Trumpet Blows
Character: Chulita
Released: April 14, 1934
Type: Movie
In Mexico, a former bandit settles down and picks out a beautiful young dancer to be his wife. His younger brother also comes home after having spent years in the U.S., and falls in love with his brother's intended fiancé. Rather than cause problems, the younger brother goes to Mexico City to become a matador. While there, he gets word that the police, who have been hunting his brother, have finally captured him.
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Bolero
Title: Bolero
Character: Leona
Released: February 23, 1934
Type: Movie
The complicated relationship between an ambitious, ruthless nightclub dancer and the woman he loves.
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The Jewel
Title: The Jewel
Character: Jenny Day / Lady Joan
Released: October 1, 1933
Type: Movie
A family heirloom is stolen and the family attempts to recover it.
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Meet My Sister
Title: Meet My Sister
Character: Helen Sowerby
Released: August 18, 1933
Type: Movie
'Poor lord tells future father-in-law that his ex-fiancée is his sister.' (British Film Catalogue)