Martha O'Driscoll
Nacimiento : 1922-03-04, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Muerte : 1998-11-03
Historia
Martha O'Driscoll (March 4, 1922 - November 3, 1998) was an American film actress from 1937 until 1947. She retired from the screen in 1947 after marrying her second husband, Arthur I. Appleton, president of Appleton Electric Company in Chicago.
Self (archive footage)
Starting with "The Wolf Man" (in 1941), Universal Studios made five movies featuring The Wolf Man, a character portrayed by Lon Chaney, Jr. Monster by Moonlight! explores these movies. Rick Baker explains how the make-up was done on Chaney's character. Screenwriter Curtis Siodmak took very little from earlier werewolf legends, providing his own story for some of the films. This documentary displays clips from several other movies, including "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948) and "House of Dracula" (1945).
Self
A collection of behind the scenes and home movies from the golden age of Hollywood.
Ruth Haines
Nora, una joven irlandesa y melómana, trabaja en el Carnegie Hall como chica de la limpieza. Está enamorada de Tony Salerno, un pianista dotado pero rebelde que se enfrenta con el director de orquesta por la diferente concepción que tiene de la interpretación de una pieza de Tchaikovski. Tras la muerte de Tony, la protagonista sigue trabajando en el Carnegie Hall, y se obsesiona con que su hijo, también llamado Tony, triunfe como concertista de piano. Nora lleva todas las noches al pequeño al Carnegie Hall, convirtiendo el edificio en la mejor escuela de música posible.
Georgia Gale
Steve Barnes es un famoso y brillante abogado que desea trabajar para el fiscal del distrito. Una noche mata accidentalmente a un gángster, que es el propietario del nightclub donde está trabajando como cantante su novia Georgia Gale. Steve planea ocultar su implicación en el crimen, pero su novia descubre el cuerpo por azar al tropezar con él... y es acusada posteriormente del asesinato. Barnes busca como puede despejar las sospechas del crimen que implican a Georgia sin mostrar realmente cómo ocurrió, para lo que tiene que recurrir a una rocambolesca trama de la que no se puede desprender...
Jane Colwell
Musical - Romance and music accompany this comedy about a film director searching for a mule to star in his new movie. - Martha O'Driscoll, John Carradine, Eddie Dean
Marian Gale
Soon after a young woman breaks off her engagement to a doctor, the doctor is found murdered. Suspicion falls on his ex-fiancé and a pilot with a checkered past.
Miliza Morelle
El Hombre Lobo y Drácula llegan al laboratorio del Dr. Edelman para pedirle una cura que los libere de sus instintos asesinos. Pero mientras el Hombre Lobo es sincero, Drácula unicamente está planeando acercarse a la encantadora enfermera del doctor, a quien quiere seducir para que se convierta en una de sus siniestras novias. El monstruo de Frankenstein y una joven jorobada completan el plantel de criaturas terroríficas.
Mary Bohannon
The notorious Dalton Boys have decided to go straight and move to Argentina. Just before they leave, they learn of a friend whose land is about to be seized by a greedy land company. Before they can help, the man is killed by a company assassin. The brothers do manage to rescue his widow and head for the hills. There, they decide to revert back to outlaw life. Meanwhile, a newspaper publisher's daughter falls for one of the brothers.
Gloria Wendell
A crook becomes the victim of a crafty card player who works for the District Attorney.
Connie
In this romantic comedy, three man-hungry sisters consult a fortune-teller to help them with their romantic futures.
Molly McCarthy
Tres amigos, Oliver Quackenbush (Lou Costello), Molly McCarthy (Martha O'Driscoll), y su hermano Slats McCarthy (Bud Abbott) tienen un trabajo en el Salón Miramar como bailarines. Slats publica un artículo falso en el periódico local, con la ambición de Molly para recaudar fondos para asistir a Bixby Colegio. El decano de Bixby (Donald Cook) lee el artículo y le ofrece una beca. Ella está de acuerdo, pero solo si sus dos amigos pueden acompañarla, por lo que son contratados como vigilantes.
Katie Wells
Un espectáculo ambulante llega a un pequeño pueblo de Arizona y concita la oposición de los lugareños. Piensan montar el espectáculo en el saloon, y la cantante se lía con el maestro y un misterioso bandido enmascarado.
Patty Callahan
Part of the series of Universal B-musicals teaming Martha O'Driscoll and Noah Beery Jr., this film is also a remake of the 1937 comedy Love in a Bungalow. Patty Callahan (O'Driscoll) offers residence in a model home to soldier Jeff (Beery) and soon falls in love with him. Although the pair are unmarried, they enter a marital contest intended to celebrate the "Happiest G.I. Couple." Winning the contest brings on all sorts of farcical troubles until the couple are able to be united for real. Songs include "Don't Sweetheart Me" and "Best of All."
Pat Bradley
Newlywed bliss surround O'Driscoll and Beery until they get on board the ship for their honeymoon in South America. Then she starts sneezing, and hay fever's uncontrollable grip does not seem to want to let up.
Susanna Marshall
Two zanies get mixed up with a Southern colonel, his beautiful daughters, a nightclub and a haunted mansion.
Martha O'Driscoll (uncredited)
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, todos los estudios ponen "all-star" que incluía prácticamente todas las estrellas en los números musicales y sketches cómicos, y se entiende como la moral y refuerzos tanto las tropas en el extranjero y los civiles en el país. Este esfuerzo fue de Pictures Universal. Cuenta con todo el mundo,a Donald O'Connor a las Hermanas Andrews a Orson Welles a WC Fields a George Raft o Marlene Dietrich, y decenas de otros actores Universal.
Two young women, frustrated by war rationing, have a dream illustrating the likely results on prices in America should the measure were prematurely lifted.
Barbara 'Babs' Bradley / Barbara Lake
A run-away socialite "Babs" Bradley (Martha O'Driscoll), using an alias, wants to join the WACs, finds romance with a shipyard worker, Johnny Adams (Noah Beery Jr.), while dodging sheriffs, policemen and others who are searching for her.
Marjorie Nelson / Marjorie Wyndingham
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names evacuates the studio and terrorizes the management and personnel. Undaunted, the comedians hire an assistant director and unknown talent, and set out to make their own movie.
Whitney 'The Imp' Parker
Un antiguo prisionero de la Guerra Civil Española, John McKittrick, llega a Nueva York con la intención de investigar la muerte de su amigo Louie Lepetino, pues sospecha que no ha sido un suicidio.
Deede Dunham
Un estudiante de la escuela militar se ve mezclado con espías japoneses que pretenden robar un producto químico secreto.
Dottie Coburn
Un grupo de jóvenes y hambrientos actores se unen para compartir finanzas y un apartamento. Norman Reese (William Holden) prohíbe que haya amoríos entre los chicos y las chicas hasta que no se hayan abierto camino en la escena, pero Marge Benson (Barbara Britton) y Tony Dennison (James Beown) ya están casados en secreto. Una amiga se deja caer por el lugar para ver a Dottie Coburn (Martha O'Driscoll), se queda muy asombrada de ver que chicos y chicas comparten el mismo apartamento, e insiste que es su deber informar al padre de Dottie (Jay Fassett.) de estos hechos.
Joyce Whitman
A distinguished professor finds his well-ordered life tospy-turvy after he is forced to take in a pregnant widow.
Sally Carlyle
In this musical, a gang of college students decide to play a little trick by creating the perfect student. The fictional gal has everything a university would ever want. The trouble begins when the campus psych professor becomes determined to meet this girl. If the gang cannot bring her forward, they will be expelled. They hire a New York actress to portray the imaginary girl and all is well at the end. Songs include: "It Seems I've Heard That Song Before," "You're So Good to Me" "If It's Love," "Man," "Gotcha Too Ta Mee," "You Got to Study, Buddy." All the songs were penned by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne who went on to become one of Hollywood's top song-writing teams.
Ivy Devereaux
Los cayos de Florida en 1840, donde gritan los implacables huracanes del Caribe, donde los rescatadores de Cayo Hueso, como la intrépida y bella Loxi Claiborne y su tripulación, recogen, a bordo de frágiles goletas, la cosecha del viento salvaje, enfrentándose a los dientes de tiburón de los arrecifes para rescatar a marineros y carga de los naufragios provocados por los carroñeros del mar.
District Attorney's Secretary
When Andrew Long, hyper-efficient small town accountant, finds a $1240 discrepancy in the city budget, his superiors try to explain it away. When he insists on pursuing the matter, he's in danger of being blamed himself. In his trouble, the spirit of Andrew Jackson, whom he idolizes, visits him, and in turn, summons much high-powered talent from American history...which only Andrew can see.
Mary Jones
Falsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper (Robert Preston) escapes custody during a practice blackout drill. Under cover of darkness, Draper hopes to find the real killer, who turns out to be a member of a Nazi sabotage ring. Completed shortly before America entered WW2.
Mary Aldrich
Henry Aldrich finds himself in a heated election for high-school class president.
Julie Harris
15-year-old Penelope (Penny) Wood has two great interests - Chuck Harris and the hope that some day she might become a famous,great writer. Chuck also has two interests - his home-made glider and the hope that some day he will go to Tech college. His indifference to Penny is her chief source of annoyance. Mervyn Roberts, Penny's uncle who is only five years older than she is, arrives home with a guest, Roger Van Vleck, and Penny falls for Roger's sophistication. Chuck, resentful, continues to work on his glider over his father's objections. His father wants it destroyed but Elmer Tuttle, their hired man, hides it.
Martha
Durante un viaje en un trasatlántico, Charles Pike, un soltero millonario experto en serpientes que vuelve de la jungla, se enamora de Jean Harrington, una jugadora profesional que, junto con su padre, hace trampas con las cartas. Jean, que también se ha enamora de Charlie, decide abandonar el juego pero, cuando Charlie se entera de cuál es su medio de vida, rompe su compromiso con ella. Jean, dolida, intenta vengarse. La oportunidad se presenta cuando Los Harrington se encuentran con un estafador amigo suyo. Entonces Jean decide hacerse pasar por su sobrina: Lady Eve Sidwich. Charlie conoce en una fiesta a Lady Eve y queda anonadado por su parecido con Jean.
Daisy Mae Scraggs
Li'l Abner becomes convinced that he is going to die within twenty-four hours, so agrees to marry two different girls: Daisy Mae (who has chased him for years) and Wendy Wilecat (who rescued him from an angry mob). It is all settled at the Sadie Hawkins Day race.
Helen Lee
In his first starring Western for RKO, young Tim Holt must not only carry on his father's freight business but also hunt down his murderer. A certain Matt Gardner wants to corner the freight business to Pecos and persuades young Zack Sibley's wagon master to switch sides. Zack also earns the enmity of Gardner's son Coe, who takes umbrage to the youngster's flirtation with pretty Helen Lee. It all comes to a head during a food shortage in Pecos, a near-disaster that persuades the wagon master to switch sides once again. When the dust settles, Zack learns that old man Gardner is actually Carl Anderson, the man who murdered his father.
Combines airplane trips and fashion. Heavy on the fashion.
Janette
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.
Sally Stanton
Handsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor, meeting opposition from her stern military father, recently immigrated from England.
Leonora Horton
El juez Hardy intenta localizar a un pariente de una pareja de edad avanzada, con el fin de impedir que pierdan su hogar. Para ello, recaba la ayuda de su hijo Andy.
Mrs. Roberts
Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.
Grace
Wealthy high school girls are sent to a boarding school to learn proper etiquette. Linda Simpson stays out all night. She tells her roommate, Betty Fleet, that it was because she's planning to elope. Linda gets in trouble when the faculty finds out from a monitor's report submitted by reluctant Natalie Freeman, a poor girl attending on scholarship.