Diana Lewis
Nacimiento : 1919-09-18,
Muerte : 1997-01-18
Historia
Diana Lewis was born on September 18, 1919 in Ashbury Park, New Jersey. Her parents were vaudeville performers. The family moved to Hollywood and Diana, her sister Maxine, and her brother J.C. all went into show business. Diana made her film debut in the 1934 comedy It's A Gift. At the age of sixteen she married actor Jay Faye. She landed a contract with MGM and appeared in movies like Andy Hardy Meets Debutante and Bitter Sweet. While making Gold Diggers In Paris she became close friends with actress Carole Landis. Diana's marriage to Jay ended in 1939. That same year she met actor William Powell who was more than twenty years older than she. After a whirlwind courtship, the couple eloped on January 6, 1940. Diana had supporting roles in the films Johnny Eager and Cry Havoc. She decided to quit acting in 1943 and devoted herself to being a full-time wife. By all accounts Diana and William enjoyed one of Hollywood's happiest marriages. He gave her the nickname "Mousie" because she was so petite. They had no children but Diana was very close to her stepson William David Powell. She spent much of her time doing charity work and playing golf. In 1984 William passed away at the age of ninety-one. Diana continued to live a quiet life in Palm Springs. She died from pancreatic cancer on January 18, 1997. Diana is buried with William at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California.
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Una recopilación de los momentos más divertidos de las comedias MGM.
Nydia
II Guerra Mundial, Filipinas. Un grupo de enfermeras del ejército estadounidense necesita refuerzos urgentemente. La teniente Mary “Smitty” recibe a un equipo de voluntarias que carecen completamente de experiencia y deberá formarlas en unas circunstancias cada vez más complicadas: los conflictos entre ellas, el avance del ejército japonés y la malaria.
Ellamae Downs
Radio sleuth Wally 'The Fox' Benton travels to Georgia with his fiancé Carol to be married; and to help Carol's college chum, Ellamae Downs, solve a mystery involving a murdered man, old Fort Dixon, and buried treasure.
Mrs. Nugent, a Newlywed
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.
Judy Sanford
Johnny Eager (Taylor) es un gángster que, para no levantar sospechas, lleva una doble vida: finge que vive en una humilde casa con sus parientes, pero en secreto continúa siendo el rey del juego ilegal. Lisbeth (Turner) es una inocente chica que conoce a Johnny y se enamora de él.
Fay Lennox
An ice skater sues Kildare (Lew Ayres) for malpractice after his roadside first aid leaves her paralyzed.
Eve Wilson
Los hermanos Marx se dirigen al Oeste a hacer fortuna. Allí adquieren una propiedad de una mina sin valor pero cuyo terreno es muy codiciado por una compañía de ferrocarriles... Otra divertidísima comedia de los hermanos Marx con inolvidables gags entre los que destaca la delirante escena inicial del timo mutuo en la estación.
Jane
Para evitar un matrimonio arreglado con un hombre al que no quiere, Sara Millick huye a Viena con su profesor de música, Carl Linden, a quien ella ama. Carl escribe una opereta y trata de conseguir un productor pero en su camino aparece el Barón Von Tranisch.
Daphne Fowler
El juez Andy Hardy se muda con su familia a Nueva York. Allí, su hijo Andrés se enamora de una chica de la alta sociedad. Éste intenta por todos los medios acercarse a ella, sin tener en cuenta que Betsy tiene la clave del asunto en sus manos.
Marcia
An out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's school. But events conspire against him: he finds an abandoned child which he takes under his wing, despite the school's rules against teachers having a family; and the girls in the school resent his replacing a handsome and popular teacher, and do everything in their power to get him fired.
Ann Blakeley
A crusading and reform-minded District Attorney gives up his position in order to open establish a farm that gives juvenile delinquents and first-offenders a place to straighten out their lives before they reach the point of no return. He meets much resistance from various segments of the law and the citizens.
Golddigger
When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite the Academy Ballet of America to compete for monetary prizes, the taxi driver mistakenly brings him to the Club Ballé, a nightclub on the brink of declaring bankruptcy. The owners, Terry Moore and Duke Dennis, jump at the chance to go, despite being aware of the mistake. They hire ballet teacher, Luis Leoni, and his only pupil, Kay Morrow, to join the group, hoping to teach their two dozen show girls ballet en route to Paris by ship. Also going along and rooming with Kay is Mona, Terry's ex-wife, who wants to keep an eye on her alimony checks. Naturally, Kay and Terry fall in love.
Iris Mabby
A lowly office clerk angers his fiancee and future mother-in-law by spending money intended for marriage furniture on a statue of a pretty girl, which he refuses to part with at any cost.
The Bride
Buster, the eldest son in a family of hillbillies who manage a hotel, attempts to raise money to save the hotel from foreclosure.
The Girl Downstairs
Elmer Butts es un participante en un programa de radio amateur que se pasa horas esperando ganar el primer premio... bailando y haciendo malabares.
Operator
Lisa Della Robbia, una afamada cantante de ópera, se preocupa más por su carrera artística que de su marido, lo que le conllevará algún que otro problema...
Miss Dunk
After he inherits some money, Harold Bissonette ("pronounced bis-on-ay") decides to give up the grocery business, move to California and run an orange grove. Despite his family's objections and the news that the land he bought is worthless, Bissonette packs up and drives out to California with his nagging wife Amelia and children.
