Jessie Arnold

Jessie Arnold

Nacimiento : 1884-12-03, Lyons, Michigan, USA

Muerte : 1955-05-05

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Jessie Arnold

Películas

G.I. Dood It
Ma (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joe Besser has a fight with an army sergeant before he is drafted, and when he arrives at camp, finds the sergeant is his NCO and not adverse to taking revenge. When some documents are missing, the commanding officer offers a promotion to anyone who finds the. Joe and the sergeant get into a fight in the kitchen, and Joe discovers the paper. He is promoted to sergeant and the sergeant is busted to a private.
She's Working Her Way Through College
Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
La historia, narrada en clave de comedia, habla de un matrimonio en crisis: mientras él enseña en la universidad, en donde ponen el grito en el cielo por sus métodos de enseñanza, ella se encapricha de un jovenzuelo.
Bannerline
A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.
El águila y el halcón
Story
Durante la revolución mexicana, los franceses planean invadir los Estados Unidos, así que el gobierno norteamericano ordena enviar agentes a México para buscar evidencias de una posible invasión de Texas.
Un rayo de luz
Woman (uncredited)
Tras atracar una gasolinera, dos criminales, heridos en el tiroteo, son atendidos por el doctor Brooks, el único médico negro del hospital de la ciudad. Cuando uno de ellos muere, el otro acusa al médico de haberlo matado y provoca una revuelta racista para vengarse de él
The Great Jewel Robber
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
El maestro ladrón Gerard Dennis (David Brian) se escapa de la granja de una prisión canadiense y se dirige a Buffalo con Peggy Arthur (Perdita Chandler), quien le proporciona el dinero necesario para los papeles falsificados. Dennis, Peggy y un camarero corrupto en un hotel de Buffalo hacen un robo en el que casi atrapan a Dennis, pero él escapa y descubre que sus cómplices lo han abandonado. Más tarde, enfrentándolos, es brutalmente golpeado y llevado a un hospital donde conoce a la enfermera Martha Rollins (Marjorie Reynolds), quien se enamora de él. Van a New Rochelle donde es herido intentando otro robo ...
Dizzy Yardbird
Ma (uncredited)
Joe is in the army, and his sergeant is determined to make a soldier out of Joe if he has to kill him to do it.
Almas desnudas
Old Lady (uncredited)
Cuando descubre el cuerpo sin vida del amante de su hija, Lucia Harper decide esconderlo porque sospecha que la autora del crimen es su propia hija.
Air Hostess
Mrs. Peabody
The Hansen School for Air Hostesses, operated by Celia Hansen, welcomes a new group of students; a librarian named Ruth Jackson; Lorraine Carter, a nurse; and Jennifer White, whose husband was an aviator killed in World War II. Ruth meets a smart-alec pilot, Dennis Hogan, but complications arise as Lorraine also has an interest in him. Jennifer meets a war-buddy of her husband, Fred MacCoy. All three women, with each other's help, makes it through to graduation day.
La dama de Shanghai
Schoolteacher at Aquarium / Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Michael O'Hara (Orson Welles), un marinero irlandés, entra a trabajar en un yate a las órdenes de un inválido casado con una mujer fatal (Rita Hayworth) y queda atrapado en una maraña de intrigas y asesinatos.
A Likely Story
Landlady (uncredited)
A shell-shocked young GI mistakenly believes he is dying, and a young artist takes it upon herself to prove to him that he's not.
La extraña mujer
Mrs. Thatcher
Bangor, 1824. Gracias a su deslumbrante belleza, Jenny Hager manipula a los hombres a su antojo y es capaz de conseguir de ellos todo lo que se propone. Tras contraer matrimonio con un acaudalado comerciante, no tarda en seducir al hijo de su marido con el único fin de inducirlo al asesinato de su padre. Al mismo tiempo, se encapricha del prometido de su mejor amiga
Dos hermanas de Boston
Maid at Tea Party (uncredited)
Dos muchachas de Boston deciden trasladarse a Nueva York. Una de ellas trabaja como cantante en el local de un viejo amigo de la familia, mientras que la otra se enamora del hijo de un importante mecenas de la ópera.
Mysterious Intruder
Woman in Window (Uncredited)
A private detective is hired to find a young heiress but finds himself accused of murder.
Esclava de un recuerdo
Woman Who Falls Under Train (Uncredited)
La hermosa Joan Kenwood no puede superar la muerte de su marido en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Periodista de profesión, Joan tiene obsesivamente presente la imagen de su difunto esposo en todos los aspectos de su vida. El simpático ex soldado Jim Cameron la persigue con la esperanza, contra toda lógica, de que finalmente olvide a su marido y le preste su atención a él.
Yolanda y el ladrón
A un imaginario país sudamericano llega un estafador en busca de alguna oportunidad. Allí seduce a una ingenua heredera haciéndose pasar por su ángel de la guarda. Lo que no esperaba era que sus sentimientos hacia ella cambiasen tan rápidamente. (FILMAFFINITY)
Kiss and Tell
Mrs. Waldo (uncredited)
Film adaptation of the Broadway hit, about the comic mayhem that erupts in a small town when a 15-year old high-schooler (Shirley Temple) is wrongly suspected of being pregnant.
Eve Knew Her Apples
Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
Radio singing star, Eve Porter, wants a vacation during her show's summer hiatus, but her manager and press have booked her for additional work. She refuses and goes to Las Vegas. When she finds them there hunting her down, she manages to escape them by hiding in the car of a newspaper reporter. She comes out of hiding while he is driving, but everything she says is misconstrued, making him believe that she is a recently-escaped convict, "The Singing Widow". He plans to use this as a story to get back into the good graces of his editor. Through some comic mishaps, he learns who she really is. He then decides to take her back to Hollywood to collect the reward for her return. But now love has entered the mix, and must be resolved with his job and her engagement to another.
Escape in the Fog
Woman at Accident (uncredited)
A military nurse recovering at an inn from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees two men trying to murder a third. When she meets a man who is a federal agent at the inn, she is astounded to discover that he is the man in her dream who is the intended murder victim.
Lazos humanos
Nurse (uncredited)
Crónica de una humilde familia de inmigrantes irlandeses que viven en el barrio neoyorquino de Brooklyn a comienzos del siglo XX. El padre es un hombre amable, pero con problemas de alcoholismo; la madre una mujer luchadora, y la hija pequeña es una brillante muchacha que sueña con salir del barrio para emprender una nueva vida.
The Chance of a Lifetime
Woman in Hallway (Uncredited)
A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wartime defence plant.
What's Buzzin', Cousin?
Mrs. Hillbilly (uncredited)
Musicians help a woman (Ann Miller) and her friends make some money with a ghost-town hotel.
Pardon My Gun
Mrs. Jones
In this western, a rancher is ambushed, killed, and robbed, but for some reason the killers through his money pouch in the bushes without opening it. Later a woman happens upon the cash and finds herself a prime suspect in the killing. Fortunately, a survey engineer proves her innocence, and they begin looking for the real villains.
En el viejo California
Worried Woman
Tom Craig (John Wayne) llega a Sacramento (California) con el fin de establecer allí una farmacia. Pero la ciudad está dominada por Britt Dawson (Albert Dekker), y muy pronto estallará la guerra entre ambos.
Nazi Agent
Landlady (uncredited)
Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and Nazi spy, Baron Hugo von Detner, his world is thrown into turmoil. Threatening Becker with deportation, Hugo forces him to use his shop as a front for espionage.
El hombre lobo
Gypsy Woman (uncredited)
Tras varios años en Estados Unidos, el hijo de un noble inglés regresa a la mansión de su padre en Gales. Una noche que asiste a una feria zíngara es mordido por un lobo y su vida comienza a cambiar cuando teme ser el responsable de las muertes que se están produciendo en la localidad.
Confessions of Boston Blackie
Older Nurse
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.
Three Girls About Town
Clubwoman
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the mortician's convention is arriving, and the sisters, with help from manager Wilburforce Puddle, try to hide it. Complicating matters, Hope's boyfriend, Tommy, is a newspaper reporter in the hotel covering some labor negotiations.
Man-Made Monster
Mrs. Frank Davis (uncredited)
Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.
Mr. District Attorney
Winkle's Landlady
An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
The Ape
Mrs. Brill
El Dr. Bernard Adrian es un científico amable que busca curar la polio de una mujer joven. Necesita líquido cefalorraquídeo humano para completar la fórmula de su suero experimental. Mientras tanto, un simio de circo vicioso ha escapado de su jaula y está aterrorizando a la gente del pueblo. ¿Puede haber una conexión?
Gold Rush Maisie
Wife of Prospector Hearing About Free Land (Uncredited)
Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet joining hundreds of others digging for gold in a previously panned-out ghost town.
Haunted House
Mrs. Emily Henshaw
Teenagers try to clear a friend accused of murder.
Two Girls on Broadway
Secretary (uncredited)
Dos hermanas entran a trabajar en un musical, una como bailarina y la otra vendiendo cigarrillos. El productor, novio de la bailarina, pronto se da cuenta de que está enamorado de la otra hermana.
El joven Edison
Woman at Station
Desde que era un niño, Thomas Alba Edison (Mickey Rooney) empezó a realizar sus primeros experimentos químicos en el sótano de su casa. Además, tuvo que ejercer múltiples oficios antes de poder registrar su primera patente. Queda para el recuerdo la escena de la operación de la madre, en que el joven Edison idea un sistema de juego de luces con espejos para iluminar el improvisado quirófano.
Black Friday
Nurse
Un científico injerta en el cuerpo de un profesor muerto el cerebro vivo de un gángster que acaba de morir; el profesor vuelve a la vida, pero cada tanto tiene atisbos de otra personalidad.
Little Old New York
Woman
Inventor Robert Fulton receives support from a tavern owner and a shipyard worker to help realize his dream of a high-powered steamboat.
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Gossiper
Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.
The Escape
Neighbor
An embittered Louie Peronni returns from prison to find that his sister, Juli Peronni, is engaged to policeman Eddie Farrell, and also finds that his secret wife Annie Qualen has placed their baby girl in a foundling home. With his old gang again, Louie plans a robbery of a fur warehouse. Louie shoots down the night watchman and is trailed home where his father Guiseppe Peronni persuades him not to fight it out with the police. Determined to let Louie take the full rap, the gang kidnaps the district attorney's daughter.
They Shall Have Music
Woman in Alley Yelling for Police (uncredited)
The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the basement of a music school for poor children.
Zenobia
Townswoman
A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.
Within the Law
Prison Matron
A wrongly convicted woman studies law and seeks her revenge.
Tres camaradas
Nurse at sanatorium (uncredited)
Terminada la Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918), tres soldados alemanes regresan a casa y se encuentran con un país destruido y sumido en el caos. A pesar de su precaria situación economica, deciden unir sus escasos recursos para construir su propio coche. La relación entre ellos se complica cuando conocen a una hermosa mujer.
The Beloved Brat
Nurse
Roberta Morgan is being raised in a wealthy home where her mother is occupied with her society-club activities and her father is immersed in his business activities. She also feels that the household staff is against her and that no one understands her needs and problems. Things spiral out of control.
Stella Dallas
Ed's Landlady (uncredited)
Stella, una chica de familia humilde, se casa con el adinerado Steve. Al poco tiempo, tienen una hija y todo parece ir bien, pero las grandes diferencias de educación harán mella en su matrimonio y finalmente se separan. Pasados unos años, Stella renuncia a su hija en favor de Steve para que la niña se críe en un mejor ambiente.
Cheers of the Crowd
To draw attention to a popular show, a publicity expert hires a former carnival character, not knowing that the man is on the run from the law.
Honeymoon Limited
Aggie (uncredited)
A publisher bets an author that he won't be able to write a romantic adventure novel while on a walking trip from New York to San Francisco.
Stranded
Scrubwoman (uncredited)
A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.
Carnival
Woman
"Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves him with an infant son he names "Poochy." His father-in-law and the baby's grandfather sues him for custody of the baby and Chick takes his son and hides out for a couple of years. He joins his former assistants, Daisy and "Fingers", in a circus act only to find that the persistent grandfather is still on his trail.
Romance in the Rain
Switchboard Operator
The publisher of a tabloid-type romance magazine decides to get some publicity by sponsoring a "Cinderella and Prince Charming" contest.
Sucedió una noche
Woman at Auto Camp (uncredited)
Peter Warren, es un periodista desempleado que se topa con Ellie, la hija de un millonario que huyó del barco de Alexander Andrews, su padre, porque no acepta al hombre con el que ella se quiere casar. Peter ve la oportunidad de conseguir una buena historia, pero varios hechos acaban por crear un vínculo entre ellos.
Police Car 17
Neighbor (uncredited)
Motor patrolman Tim Conlon and his partner Bumps O'Neill vie for the attentions of Helen Regan, daughter of a fellow cop.
Golden Harvest
Mrs. Bowers (uncredited)
A play by Nina Wilcox Putnam was the source for the empire-building drama Golden Harvest. Ambitious grain trader Chris Martin corners the wheat market and becomes a millionaire. Outgrowing his humble farm beginnings, Chris makes a bid for respectability by marrying Chicago socialite Cynthia Flint.
Strictly Personal
(uncredited)
Soapy Gibson (Edward Ellis) and his wife Annie (Marjorie Rambeau) run a lonely hearts club in a small town. Even during the Depression years these were often "clip joints" - places where people with money but no mate got taken by someone offering the promise of companionship. However, Soapy and Annie are strictly on the level - and they have more than one reason to want to stay on the level. You see Soapy escaped from the law years ago, had some plastic surgery and changed his name, and has been living on the lam with his wife ever since.
Virtue
Landlady
Given a second chance after her arrest for prostitution, Mae decides to go straight. Mae is soon befriended by kindly cab driver Jimmy Doyle who gets her work at a diner, where she meets Gert, another former prostitute. Mae and Jimmy fall in love, marry and save to buy a small business. Gert then pleads for money from Mae, which results in her unwitting involvement in a crime. Believing Mae has lied and cheated him, Jimmy threatens to leave her.
Madame Racketeer
Frankie
International con artist Martha Hicks a.k.a. Countess von Claudwig is released from another stay in prison and decides to treat her rheumatism with a stay at her estranged husband's hotel at a Wisconsin spa. There undercover, she checks in on the two daughters she abandoned as infants.
Roar of the Dragon
Schoolteacher
A boatload of Westerners is trapped in Manchuria as bandits led by Russian renegade Voronsky ravage the area. Seeking refuge in a fortified inn, the group is led by the boat's Captain Carson, who becomes involved with a woman who "belongs" to Voronsky. Carson must contend with the bandits outside and the conflicting personalities of those trapped inside the inn, as well as dealing with spies among the inn's personnel.
Stranger in Town
Mrs. Barnes
Crickle is a tenacious small-town grocer who stubbornly resists the efforts of a monopolistic chain-store firm to purchase his establishment. The chain manager retaliates by cutting off Crickles' supply of produce, whereupon his friends and neighbors save his business by supplying him with goods from their own farms.
Behind the Mask
Eastland Hospital Nurse
A Secret Service agent nabs a scalpel-happy doctor who runs drugs in caskets.
The Hard Hombre
Mrs. Patton
When Peaceful Patton goes to work at the Martini ranch he is mistaken for the notorious outlaw the Hard Hombre. This enables him to force the ranchers to divide up the water rights. But he is in trouble when his mother arrives and exposes the hoax.
La mujer milagro
Supportive Parishioner (uncredited)
Tras la expulsión de su padre de la iglesia donde predicó muchos años, Florence Fallon se vuelve una amargada y pierde la fe. Consciente de su facilidad de palabra, se alía con un estafador y se dedica a realizar milagros falsos pero muy lucrativos. Pero quizá el amor y la confianza de un ciego la ayuden a recuperar su fe en Dios y en el prójimo.
Playing with Souls
Louise
Amy and Matthew Dale separate and they place their young son, Matthew Jr., in a London boarding school. The boy grows up without knowing his parents, and is taunted by his schoolmates, who doubt the legitimacy of his childhood. By the time he is 20, Matt wants to find out about his parentage, so he travels to Paris, leaving behind his sweetheart, Margo.
Fury
Boy's Mother
Fury is a 1923 silent film
The Dark Mirror
Inez
New York society member Priscilla Maine is troubled by strange dreams in which she vividly sees members of the underworld involved in a murder. She confides this to her admirer, Dr. Philip Fosdick, who undertakes to solve the mystery.
Rough and Ready
Estelle Darrow
In New York, Bill Stratton saves a friend's marriage, but Bill's fiancée, Evelyn, misinterprets the situation and believes Bill to be unfaithful to her. She breaks her engagement, and Bill, in remorse, goes to Alaska. In the town of Yellow Gulch, Bill meets "Silver" Jack Belmont, the man responsible for nearly ruining the marriage of Bill's friend.
Mixed Blood
Lottie Nagle
For Nita Valyez, who is half-Spanish and half-Irish, Carlos represents potential violence and danger, two things to which she is both attracted and repelled. In contrast, she has only a passing interest in Big Jim, the town's honest, good-hearted sheriff. Then, after Carlos kills a faro dealer, he forces Nita to make an escape with him.
Is Any Girl Safe?
The danger of modern "white slavery" is preached by a minister, who tells a story of one such case in his sermon.
Shoes
Lil
A young working girl must support her family on only five dollars a week. The strain of trying to feed, house and clothe her mother, her father and three sisters finally gets to be too much, and she winds up selling her body for a pair of shoes.
Tennessee's Pardner