Zelma O'Neal

Birth : 1903-05-29, Rock Falls - Illinois - USA

Death : 1989-11-03

History

From Wikipedia Zelma O'Neal (May 29, 1903 - November 3, 1989) was an actress, singer, and dancer in the 1920s and 1930s. She appeared on Broadway and in early sound films, including the Paramount Pictures films Paramount on Parade and Follow Thru (both 1930). She was married to actor Anthony Bushell from 1928-1935. He said in the 1990s that he ended the marriage because he wanted a joint career but she wanted to be a society hostess. He also claimed to have been married three times, which does not seem to have been the case.

Profile

Movies

Let's Make a Night of It

Kitty

Unbeknown to each other, a husband and wife acquire separate nightclubs in the same London street; however, both clubs are on the brink of bankruptcy.

Joy Ride

Virgy Maxwell

Two cousins invite their girlfriends on a joy-ride, but car trouble leads to catastrophe!

Freedom of the Seas

Jennie

George Smith, a mild-mannered clerk with a crush on his boss's daughter, is led astray by an old friend of his father. A midday sojourn to a public bar results in him insulting his boss, getting sacked and enlisting in the Navy. Will he still remain a feeble second-best, or will active service make a man of him?

Give Her a Ring

Trude Olsen

A telephonist falls for her employer.

Mister Cinders

Jill Kemp

The Cinderella story is reversed in this light-hearted adaptation, with Cinders a young man who eventually wins the 'princess' – in this case, an oil millionaire's daughter!

Peach-o-Reno

Pansy Bruno

After a quarrel at their 25th wedding anniversary, Joe and Aggie Bruno decide to divorce each other, and both leave for Reno. So do their daughters Prudence and Pansy, but they want to get their parents back together. Joe and Aggie, accidentally, are becoming clients at the same law-firm, Wattles and Swift, which is the biggest and most successful in town.

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon'

Zelma - the Wife (uncredited)

Bobby Jones instructs a husband and the judge in his divorce proceedings on proper use of the Spoon.

Follow Thru

Angie Howard

Lora Moore, the club champion, loses a golf match to a woman from another golf club. Then Jerry Downs, a handsome golf pro, and his goofy friend, Jack Martin, show up. Lora takes him on as her golf teacher to work on her putt. She falls for him, but so do several other women. Meanwhile Angie Howard, Lora's friend, chases after Jack. A lot of silliness ensues.

Galas de la Paramount

(from original version)

Spanish-language version of PARAMOUNT ON PARADE (q.v.), with new sequences of interest to Spanish-speaking audiences mixed with original- version sequences.

Paramount on Parade

Gym Sweetheart (In a Girls' Gym)

This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, credits 11 directors

Skybound

Comedy starring one of the most prolific but underrated comedians of the silent era, Al St John.