Frances Rafferty

Frances Rafferty

Nacimiento : 1922-06-16, Sioux City, Iowa, USA

Muerte : 2004-04-18

Perfil

Frances Rafferty

Películas

Wings of Chance
Arlene Baker
Red Kirby is a seasoned bush pilot. When he crash lands his plane near a remote lake in northern Alberta, he is initially optimistic that he will soon be rescued. However, as the months drag by, Kirby realizes that he must take his fate into his own hands. To combat the loneliness, he befriends a family of Canada geese.
Moochie of Pop Warner Football
Louise Morgan
Las nuevas aventuras de Moochie Morgan, quien ahora quiere jugar en la Liga de fútbol de Warner Pop, por desgracia, a fin de cumplir con el requisito de 60 libras de peso para unirse a la categoria mas pequeña existente en la ciudad para esta Liga, Moochie debe ganar cinco libras. Moochie hace todo lo posible para aumentar de peso, pero no lo consigu. Su peso actual, le calificaría para la clase "Pee Wee", pero no hay este equipo en su ciudad por lo que su papá Monty y papá de su mejor amigo, Fred Preston, deciden iniciar ese equipo para todos los niños más pequeños en su área. Pero pronto hay rivalidades cuando el hijo mimado del alcalde de la ciudad, exige la atención. A continuación, se desarrolla otra crisis, uno de carácter político: "The Peewees vs Ayuntamiento"
Moochie of the Little League
Louise Morgan
A young newspaper boy who is on a Little League team works hard to persuade an elderly Englishman, with whom he had a previous run-in, to donate land for a baseball diamond.
Aventura en Shanghai
Mrs. Warren
Shanghai, China. Los últimos occidentales expatriados que aún viven en la ciudad son retenidos en un hotel por las autoridades comunistas con el fin de encontrar al espía que se esconde entre ellos.
Rodeo
Dixie Benson
Nancy Cartwright is determined to collect an $1,800 feed bill owed to her father Harry Cartwright by a rodeo association. Instead, she is talked into assuming management of the rodeo by Slim Martin and the other performers when they learn the promoter has run off with the cash receipts.
An Old-Fashioned Girl
Frances Shaw
A music teacher in 1870s Boston works hard to succeed, while her wealthy distant relatives find their fortunes turning.
Lady at Midnight
Ellen McPhail Wiggins
A couple's adopted daughter has an inheritance someone else wants.
Money Madness
Julie Saunders
A murderous bank robber on the run from the law hides out in a small town.
Curley
Mildred Johnson
The students of Lakeview Elementary devise ways to torment their new teacher. Comedy.
The Adventures of Don Coyote
Maggie Riley
Near Border Flats, Don Coyote and his friend Sancho are interrupted on their way to the fiesta by a fight. A quick intervention on their part prompts ranch owner Maggie Riley to hire them. Coyote and Sancho meet her surly, younger brother Ted who is wanting Maggie to sell their cattle herd to pay off a bank loan before they lose the ranch. But when they try to drive a herd to market, a gang led by Big Foot Ferguson drives off their cowhands.
Lost Honeymoon
Lois Evans
An American architect learns he has two children whom he fathered during his military service.
Bad Bascomb
Dora McCabe
A western bandit is reformed by his love for a little girl.
Abbott y Costello en Hollywood
Claire Warren
A pesar de que en el título aparece la palabra Hollywood, esta comedia no gira en torno al mundo del cine, sino al de la música. Abbott y Costello vuelven a interpretar a dos perdedores que sueñan con convertirse en importantes agentes musicales. Quieren cumplir su sueño, así que empiezan con pequeños clientes con carreras alejadas del estrellato. Por el momento son unos don nadie, habrá que ver si la pareja de cómicos consigue convertirlos en los reyes de la música.
The Hidden Eye
Jean Hampton
A perfumed message provides the only clue for a blind detective bent on clearing a man accused of murder.
La señora Parkington
Jane Stilham
Una mujer ambiciosa, que se ha propuesto entrar a toda costa en la alta sociedad, contrae matrimonio con un hombre rico.
Barbary Coast Gent
Portia Adair
Honest Plush Brannon is a con-man thrown out of the Barbary Coast in San Francisco in the 1880s and headed for the gold rush region of Nevada. He discovers a real mine which lead to several complications.
Estirpe de Dragón
Orchid Tan - Lao Ta's Wife
Segunda Guerra Mundial. Los valores y principios de una familia china se desmoronan tras la invasión japonesa. Los occidentales se alían con los chinos para luchar contra el enemigo común. En estas circunstancias, una heroica mujer china se pone al frente de una revuelta contra los invasores nipones.
Twenty Years After
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.
Girl Crazy
Marjorie Tait
Danny Churchill es un joven de familia rica que sólo piensa en las chicas, por lo que su padre decide enviarlo a un instituto masculino en mitad del desierto, donde se supone que no habrá chicas a la vista. Lo cual es completamente cierto si no contamos a la hija del director.
Swing Shift Maisie
Worker (Uncredited)
Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.
Young Ideas
Co-ed
La autora de best-sellers Josephine Evans desaparece sin dejar rastro. Su agente, Adam Trent, recurre a los hijos de la escritora para encontrarla.
Hitler's Madman
Despues de las atrocidades cometidas por los nazis en un pueblo checo, Reinhardt Heydrich, un comandante de las SS, es asesinado por unos campesinos.
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Irene
In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which includes a prison inmate who Dr. Gillespie believes belongs instead in an insane asylum.
Presenting Lily Mars
Showgirl
Judy Garland es Lily, una chica de pueblo con grandes dotes musicales. Un productor de Broadway la descubre y a pesar de que cree que ya lo ha visto todo, cae rendido a sus pies. Lily lo acompaña a Nueva York donde tendrá la gran oportunidad con la que ha estado soñando. Sin embargo, también se dará cuenta que no todo en Broadway es tan bonito como ella imaginaba.
Slightly Dangerous
Girl getting off bus
Una chica de pueblo cambia de identidad para triunfar en Nueva York, y su novio resulta sospechoso de su "desaparición".
El desfile de las estrellas
Marie Corbino
El joven Eddy (Gene Kelly) intenta montar un espectáculo musical y en el proceso se enamora de la bella Kathryn (Kathryn Grayson), la hija de un coronel.
Seven Sweethearts
George Van Maaster
Little Delft, Michigan follows the customs of old-world Holland and is known for its Tulip Festival. The owner of the hotel insists that his seven daughters marry in order, from eldest to youngest.
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
Sally
Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the war effort until she realizes that her selfishness is cheating the boys overseas who are fighting for her freedom.
Fingers at the Window
Clinic Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
Personalities
Sheila Brooks (screen test footage) (uncredited)
In this "Romance of Celluloid", MGM showcases performers whose careers are just starting. Excerpts from their recently released films are included. The narrator says that moviegoers will have to decide whether these fledgling actors and actresses have that certain quality that made superstars out of MGM players Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, and Lana Turner.