Cecil Weston

Nacimiento : 1889-09-03, Capetown, South Africa

Muerte : 1976-08-07

Películas

Noose for a Gunman
Mrs. Franklyn
Case Britton, gunslinger and wanted man, comes to town to meet his bride-to-be, stop a stagecoach robbery, and get even with the man who killed his brother.
Un hombre solo
Townswoman (uncredited)
Wes Steele, un pistolero acusado de varios delitos, logra escapar de un intento de linchamiento. En su huida va a parar a Arizona, región a la que acude todo tipo de gentes atraídas por la "fiebre del oro" que asoló el Oeste americano. Allí se enamora de la hija del sheriff, una joven bastante rebelde. Completamente decidido a cambiar radicalmente de vida, sabe que primero debe arreglar sus cuentas con la ley.
Pride of the Blue Grass
Mrs. Graves
A girl owns a horse, and hires a boy as a trainer. The horse enters a race and is injured. The boy takes job at another stable and is semi-seduced by the stable siren. The girl finally rehabilitates the horse then enters it in a big race.
Bellezas por casar
Emily (uncredited)
Secuela de "Trece por docena". Lilian Gilbreth (Myrna Loy) es una ingeniera industrial viuda y madre de doce hijos. Lillian luchará contra todo y contra todos, a principios del siglo XX, para mantener unida su más que numerosa familia.
Una mujer peligrosa
Prison Matron (Uncredited)
Beth Austin (Joan Crawford) es la jefa de una banda de atracadores que, tras dar un golpe en un casino, se interna en una clínica para recibir tratamiento: sus ojos están dañados gravemente. Las cosas se complican con esta operación pues ella va enamorándose paulatinamente del doctor que la atiende; su amante, el tipo duro de la banda se pone cada vez más violento y celoso mientras el FBI estrecha su cerco sobre la mujer peligrosa.
Money Madness
Cora Hudson
A murderous bank robber on the run from the law hides out in a small town.
Blondie in the Dough
First Woman Buying Cookies (uncredited)
Blondie #21: Blondie opens a bakery in her home to help fill the family cookie jar in this entry in the long-running domestic comedy series based on the popular comic strip. Her tasty cookies become so popular that a cookie magnate makes her an offer that is difficult to refuse. Unfortunately, this creates all kinds of problems for the Bumsteads.
Margie
Teacher (uncredited)
A woman reminisces about her teenage years in the 1920s, when she fell in love with her teacher.
Lazos humanos
Undetermined (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 Missing Juror
Ellen Jackson (Uncredited)
A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors.
One Mysterious Night
Mother (Uncredited)
After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit former thief Boston Blackie to find the stone. Along with his assistant, "The Runt", Blackie focuses his investigation on the hotel manager, George Daley, and his sister, Eileen. Through disguises and ruses, Blackie and the Runt try to trick their way to discovering the thieves.
Siguiendo mi camino
Man (uncredited)
Historia de un simpático cura y su actividad a favor de su parroquia, así como las discrepancias con otro sacerdote mayor y más severo
Esta tierra es mía
Mrs. Lorraine
Arthur (Charles Laughton), un profesor francés tímido y muy cobarde, recupera el valor y la dignidad al pronunciar un encendido discurso sobre la libertad durante el juicio al que es sometido por un asesinato que no cometió. Louise Martin (Maureen O'Hara) tiene un hermano que toma parte en sabotajes contra los nazis. George Lambert (George Sanders), en cambio, colabora con los alemanes porque piensa que ése es el único camino para lograr la paz y la seguridad.
Tiburones de acero
Woman
Al teniente Ward Stewart y a su equipo les han asignado una importante misión dentro del submarino Albacore. Investigan a un pequeño barco que resulta ser un Q-ship nazi. Los miembros del Albacore consiguen escapar de la emboscada, pero cuando llegan a Nueva Londres, Stewart y el capitán del submarino se ven envueltos en un triángulo amoroso que afectará a la misión más peligrosa que jamás hayan tenido que afrontar en toda su vida.
Two Fisted Justice
Stage Passenger
Wells Fargo hires three cowboys to clean up a lawless town.
Johnny Doughboy
Mother
As sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career, lookalike fan Penelope Ryan is recruited by a group of former child stars to perform in a USO show.
En el viejo California
Mrs. Marvin
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.
Sé fiel a ti mismo
Nurse
Historia de un joven que se muestra desilusionado de la guerra, pero el amor que siente por una mujer, le hará recobrar su coraje y patriotismo.
Obliging Young Lady
Second Aunt (uncredited)
A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.
Broadway Big Shot
Mrs. Briggs
This drama chronicles the extreme measures taken by a determined young crime reporter to get an interview with a notorious convict. The zealous journalist, also a star quarterback on the town college team, decides to become a convict himself. He gets into the prison, becomes president of the prisoners' union, does his interview, successfully woo's the warden's daughter, and gets out in time to publish his story before anyone else does. His career is off to a tremendous start.
Remember the Day
Teacher
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.
¿Quién mató a Vicky?
Police Matron (uncredited)
Cuando la bella Vicky Lynn (Carole Landis) es encontrada asesinada, la policía detiene al empresario Frankie Christopher (Victor Mature) para interrogarlo. Frankie había llevado a Vicky de ser mesera a ser aceptada socialmente y había organizado toda su carrera hasta que recibió una oferta de Hollywood, justo antes de su muerte. Sólo la hermana de Vicky, Jill Lynn (Betty Grable) tiene las suficientes pruebas para dirigir las sospechas, que apuntaban todas a Frankie, hacia otro lado. Pero el detective dueño del caso, Ed Cornell (Laird Cregar), parece especialmente interesado en él.
Belle Starr
Mother (uncredited)
Terminada la Guerra Civil norteamericana (1861-1865), las tierras de la familia de Belle Starr (Gene Tierney) han ido a parar a manos de los yanquis. Durante el conflicto, Belle, muy comprometida con la causa sudista, se casó con el líder confederado Sam Starr (Randolph Scott). Una vez concluida la contienda, la hermosa Belle se convierte en una proscrita y se dedica a combatir contra el expolio yanqui de los estados del Sur. (FILMAFFINITY)
Sheriff of Tombstone
Townswoman
The mayor has sent for a gunslinger who, though appearing to clean up the town, is really to be the mayor's means of taking the town over. When Roy and Gabby arrive in Tombstone, Roy is mistaken for the gunslinger. Just as Roy is ready to expose the mayor, the real gunslinger shows up.
El hombre de la frontera
Minor Role
La verdadera historia del famoso líder mormón Brigham Young y su batalla para el transporte de su pueblo a través de las montañas Rocosas a establecerse en Salt Lake City. La trama se centra en dos personajes, Jonathan Kent y Zina Webb y las dificultades que tienen que enfrentar en el camino.
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
Party Guest
Gene inherits a meat-packing plant, then faces stiff competition from snooty Ann Randolph, rival owner determined to do him in.
Mando siniestro
Townswoman
John Wayne encarna a Bob Seton, un cowboy de Tejas que llega a un pueblo de Kansas llamado Lawrence en los oscuros días anteriores al estallido de la Guerra Civil Americana.
Swanee River
Landlady
Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out. Typical of 20th Century Fox biopics of the time, the film is more fictional than factual biography.
Days of Jesse James
Townswoman (uncredited)
Days of Jesse James is a 1939 American film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers. Bank robbery pulled off by the bank officials, not the usual James gang.
Wife, Husband and Friend
Dresser
Woman hopes to be a great singer and is encouraged by her scheming teacher. After she flops her husband, encouraged by an amorous professional singer tries opera and also flops.
Racket Busters
Angry Woman at Strike (uncredited)
A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.
Prison Farm
Matron
Shirley Ross plays an innocent young girl convicted for complicity in a crime committed by her boy friend (Lloyd Nolan). The male crook is sentence to six months on a prison farm populated by both men and women (segregated, of course). Ross is also incarcerated, suffering the cruelties of the sadistic male and female guards (including J. Carroll Naish and future "Ma Kettle" Marjorie Main!)
Kidnapped
Proprietor's Wife
Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century Scotland.
Borrowing Trouble
Townswoman
The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken a liking to.
Call It a Day
Beatrice's Maid (uncredited)
La crónica de lo que sucede en un día de primavera en el negocio de una próspera familia inglesa cuando el padre es seducido por una cliente. Esto llevará a una serie de enredos en los que se ven envueltas las hijas del matrimonio.
Banjo on My Knee
Hattie
A young husband leaves his river shantyboat community in Pecan Point, Tennessee and travels to New Orleans in search of his runaway wife.
The White Angel
Nurse (uncredited)
In mid-nineteenth century England the medical establishment does not recognize the value of skilled nurses, cleanliness, nutrition and kindness. Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly changes all of this.
The Country Doctor
Mother of Dying Girl (uncredited)
A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.
Give Us This Night
Woman
After being introduced to the world of opera, a fisherman (Jan Kiepura) falls for a woman (Swarthout) whose guardian is a noted composer (Philip Merivale). They met when the fisherman evaded the police by seeking refuge in the village church. While there, they are each captivated by hearing the other singing Mass. The beautiful woman falls in love with the fisherman with the wonderful voice.
Carnival
Small Town 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.
Huckleberry Finn
Mrs. Thatcher (uncredited)
A year after their former exploits, Tom Sawyer's puppy love of Becky Thatcher keeps him home while Huck Finn, chafing under "civilizing" influences like school and shoes, plans to run away. His scapegrace, abusive father intervenes; Tom and black Jim help him escape; and (departing from the novel) all three raft down the Mississippi, where they're joined by two likable rogues and meet pretty orphans Ella and Mary Jane. The latter may change Huck's mind about girls...
Dude Ranch
Mrs. Merridew
Chester Carr, owner of a dude ranch in the Rockies, caters to guests seeking the thrill of the Wild West. Among his guests are the wealthy Spruce Meadows and his daughter Susan. But the West isn't wild anymore and most of Carr's guests are bored and about to leave. He is in despair when a caravan carrying a broke-down-and-out troupe of actors---Jennifer, Judd, Mrs. Merridew and her daughter, Alice---crashes down the hill and wrecks the hotel sign.