Janet Beecher
Nacimiento : 1884-10-21, Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
Muerte : 1955-08-06
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Janet Beecher (October 21, 1884 – August 6, 1955) was an American stage and screen actress.
Beecher was a supporting player and lead on the Broadway stage between the 1900s and 1940s. Her Broadway debut came in The Education of Mr. Pipp (1905). Her final Broadway play was The Late George Apley (1944).
Between 1915 and 1943, she appeared in about fifty motion pictures. She remains perhaps best-remembered as a character actress during Hollywood's golden age, often seen in roles as "firm but compassionate matriarchs". She was known for her roles as Ginger Rogers' mother in The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939), Tyrone Power's mother in the adventure film The Mark of Zorro (1940), and Henry Fonda's mother in Preston Sturges' screwball comedy The Lady Eve (1941). She retired from film business in 1943, but managed to play a role in the television series Lux Video Theatre in 1952.
Eloise Lowry
Teenager Henry Aldrich becomes a hometown celebrity when he wins a date with a sexy movie star. The sixth entry in the "Henry Aldrich" series of eleven films.
Mrs. Laura Forsythe
A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father and his fortune die during market crash of the 1800's.
Mrs. Olcott
In the shanty town called the Cabbage Patch, Mrs. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her brood of children and hopes for the return of her husband, who left many years before.
A soldier pleads to the folks to home to conserve scarce wartime resources.
Hattie Greenfield
A financially strapped college is transformed into a summer holiday resort with the help of music and radio stars.
Mrs. Sam Houston
A Chicago reporter (Robert Stack) and photographer focus on a Confederate outlaw (Brod Crawford) in post-Civil War Texas.
Mrs. Mottram
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.
Mrs. Tweedy
As he looks over the dusty, deserted remains of the western "boom town" of Panamint, grizzled old prospector Chuckawalla Bill Redfield (Ruggles) recalls the town's glory days. Looming large in Chuckawalla's reminiscences is the day that young and apparently mild-mannerd minister Philip Pharo (Phillip Terry) rode into town. In his own gentle but forceful fashion, Pharo managed to bring the town's lawless element into line, mollify the local bluenoses, and win the heart of likeable dance-hall girl Mary Mallory (Ellen Drew).
Miss Steele
A tomboy is sent to a private school to become a refined young woman, but her innocent crush on the headmaster leads to serious complications.
Mrs. Graves
In this romance, a hospital nurse marries a West Point football hero. She soon gets pregnant, but this doesn't stop her from annulling the marriage so as not to interfere with her husband's military career.
Miss Merton
A woman-hater who inherits a beauty salon gets a new perspective on females after capturing a gang of thieves.
Mrs. Milford
John Evans encounters his lookalike, Malcolm Scott. When Scott is killed in an accident, Evans finds himself mistaken for Scott and decides to do some good in his new role.
Janet Pike
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.
Senora Isabella Vega
Cuando Don Diego Vega regresa a su hogar, descubre que su padre, el alcalde del pueblo de Los Angeles, ha sido destituido por el capitán Esteban Pasquale. Ocultando su identidad bajo una máscara, se convierte en el abanderado de la justicia social; e intentará que Don Luis Quintero abandone el puesto usurpado. Obra maestra que narra las aventuras de El Zorro, el famoso espadachín. Tyrone Power tenía el difícil reto de hacer olvidar a Fairbanks, pero la acertada decisión de acentuar el lado romántico del personaje -en contraposición a su faceta atlética- ayudó a conseguir una versión a la altura de sus predecesoras.
Lady Daventry
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.
Kate Brewster
The Cisco Kid and his buddy Gordito arrive in town and learn that Cisco is supposedly dead. Not only that: Before his death, he is believed to have attempted to steal Susan Wetherby's land.
Miss Haines
París, 1840. Una institutriz mantiene una escandalosa relación con un noble. Cuando la mujer de él aparece muerta, ambos se convierten en los principales sospechosos.
Mrs. Cushing
Dos abogados (Pat O’Brien y Broaderick Crawford) se aprovechan de unos escándalos políticos en la administración de carreteras para hacer negocios. Dodd, una bella divorciada implicada en el escándalo, es hallada muerta con un cuchillo clavado a su espalda. O'Brien toma la determinación de resolver los crímenes por su cuenta y riesgo, pero a cada paso que da los problemas se agravan...
Mary Carter
Four former actresses decide to restart their careers by opening up a nightclub.
The four Westmore brothers work their make-up magic on a variety of Hollywood stars.
Amy Cruthers
Set in a tiny midwestern town, this sentimental drama centers on the rivalry between two life-long acquaintances whose early friendship falls apart when they woo the same woman.
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This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.
Mrs. Sarah Lea
Biografía de Sam Houston, líder de la revolución de Texas que fue nombrado presidente de este territorio que se negaba a pertenecer a la Unión.
Mrs. Foote
Vernon Castle, que se gana la vida como actor cómico de segunda fila, conoce en una playa a Irene, quien ve en él grandes aptitudes como bailarín. Ambos se enamoran y poco después se casan. Irene convence a Vernon para formar juntos una pareja de baile. Un malentendido les lleva a París, donde en realidad sólo le querían a él para interpretar un grotesco número cómico de vaudeville. La suerte, sin embargo, les sonríe de inmediato: una empresaria pone sus ojos en ellos y les hace debutar en el Café de París. Vernon e Irene triunfan por todo lo alto en el mundo de la moda. Pero estalla la guerra y Vernon siente la necesidad de alistarse.
Mrs. Martha Harrison
In this crime drama a wealthy business tycoon serves a sentence for tax fraud. While there he becomes good friends with his cellmates and after they are all released, the magnate appoints them both as executives in his company.
Mrs. Laura Carrington
An American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are married and in the US. Upon their arrival, they are dismayed to discover that the golfer's parents have arranged for him to marry a wealthy socialite so they can use her money to support their business....
Mrs. Holland
A newlywed unhappily discovers that her husband's scheming ex-wife still has a controlling influence in his life and home.
Miss Macdade
A fairly accurate historical account of Walter Reed's search for the cause of "Yellow Jack" or Yellow Fever and those who risked their lives in the pursuit.
Miss Budge
El juez Hardy va en viaje de negocios a Washington, donde Andy no tarda en enamorarse de la hija del embajador francés.
Miss Baker
El cadete de West Point, Dick Thorpe, se enamora de una chica, que resulta ser una princesa de un reino europeo.
Mrs. Agatha Steward
We find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to sellers of fake paintings and other assorted dodges. He and his wife, Agatha, have been separated for 15 years, but he promises to give their daughter, Joyce, a lavish wedding at his "château" in France. The fact that he doesn't have a château in France is just a minor trifle. He induces the caretaker, Bill Cherau, of a large country estate to allow it to be used for the wedding. The wedding party arrives and Bill falls madly in love with Joyce and she with him, but a gal has gotta do what a gal has gotta do, and her intended marriage to stuffed-shirt Horace Miller stays on the books. But Steward has a change of heart and he tells one and all that he and his friends, Von Gersdorff, Lefevre, Iznamof, Clifton Summitt and Sasch, are all frauds and crooks. Horace and his family stalk out, which is just fine with Joyce as her true love, the caretaker, is waiting on the grounds.
Cathy Gaffney
This entry in the Crime Does Not Pay series focuses on charity fraud. Two scam artists set themselves up as 'philanthropists' to help raise money for a local clinic, but the funds they raise never get to help the people who need it.
Mrs. Sinclair
A la muerte del propietario de un periódico de Nueva York, hereda el negocio su pariente más próximo, Martha Aldrich, una profesora de Nebraska. Aunque desconoce el negocio, decide intentar tomar las riendas.
Sophie Sloane
Taxista en una empresa de Independientes, Joe Benton (Spencer Tracy), está felizmente casado con la linda Anna (Luise Rainer).... pero, su felicidad se ve repentinamente amenazada, cuando ciertos "todopoderosos" pretenden expulsarla del país para acallar un asesinato. Por suerte, Joe y Anna, cuentan con un montón de verdaderos amigos.
Miss Pringle
Allen Meighan, un interno, tiene asegurada la residencia en el Hospital General cuando salva la vida de un hombre atrapado en una explosión. Allen está enamorado de una estudiante de enfermería, Claire Donahue, y ella le corresponde, pero está casada con Tom, quien la maltrata físicamente. Claire se niega a dejar Tom, lo que provoca que Allen se case con Patricia, una mujer cuya vida salvó. Patricia se pone furiosa cuando ve que Allen está invirtiendo demasiado tiempo en su profesión y no en su matrimonio. Patricia deja a Allen por el Dr. Tony Wolcott. Después de algún tiempo, al hospital es informado de un choque de trenes, y Patricia entra en el hospital con desfiguración facial grave. Allenes ahora un exitoso médico, y Patricia se reconcilia con el. El tiempo pasa, las lesiones de Patricia se curan, y Allen se encuentra todavía enamorado de Claire. Ahora debe elegir "entre dos mujeres".
Lady Alissia Crosby
A phony psychic tries to solve a murder that took place during her seance.
Matilda Hawley
A small town drunk beats a teetotal banker guilty of a shady transaction.
Mrs. Briggs
Love with a clerk and a robbery by gangsters preoccupy a department store's new owner.
Stella Bancroft
The movie, like the play "The Noose" on which it is based, is the story of a young man wrongfully convicted of and sentenced to be hanged for a murder which he never committed.
Mrs. Colby
Scott is a very rich businessman who hangs out with a snooty, silly Countess, but has the hots for Kay who is already engaged to Bill. Scott pursues Kay like crazy, going so far as to buy Bill's oil company so that he can banish him to Japan, leaving Kay unmoored.
Sally Bedford
Valette Bedford es una aristócrata sudista, dueña de una plantación, a quien su vida de comodidad se verá dinamitada por la explosión del conflicto entre sudistas e unionistas. Durante esos oscuros días de penurias y desesperación lo único que la sustentará será el amor por Duncan Bedford, su primo lejano, que es oficial de los confederados. A pesar de las incursiones yankis, Valette deberá conseguir mantener unida a su familia, a pesar que su mansión sea arrasada hasta los cimientos.
Mrs. Shannon
Kitty Vane, Alan Trent, and Gerald Shannon have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty has always known she would marry one of them, but has waited until the beginning of World War I before finally choosing Alan. Gerald graciously gives them his blessing. Then, Gerald and Alan go to war. Angered over a misunderstanding involving Alan and Kitty, Gerald sends Alan on a dangerous mission that will change all their lives forever.
Amy Somerville
Las insidiosas habladurías típicas de un pueblo pequeño hacen muy desgraciados a un joven y a la mujer casada de la que está enamorado.
Nick Kerry (Tullio Carminati) is a rich rounder who holds tremendous fascination over women......mainly because he is rich and has his own yacht. At Monte Carlo one evening he romances Kay Routledge (Lilian Harvey), a romantic young and gullible American girl. She takes the dilettante seriously and when he sails away on his yacht, she is heartbroken. But the memory of her haunts him, and brings him back from India and the arms of another woman,Countess Margot de Legere (Tala Birell),only to find Kay now engaged to his friend. Oh, what's a rich guy to do?
Nancy Barnum
20th Century Fox's highly fabricated film biography of circus showman P. T. Barnum stars Wallace Beery (as Barnum), Virginia Bruce (as Jenny Lind), Janet Beecher and Adolphe Menjou. Released in 1934.
Mrs. Craig
The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman and produced by Walter Wanger. Starring Edward Arnold and Arthur Byron, the film is an adaptation of Rex Stout's political novel of the same name.
Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
In New England circa 1933, a niece is reported missing and presumed dead and Cabot Barr (George Arliss) summons his relatives to the family estate for a memorial service. Once there, Barr taunts each one, claiming their only interest in him is his money, and sends them away when the report about the niece proves to be false. Only niece Marjorie, who has ridiculed one of his pet eccentricities, seems to be the object of any sentimental affection.
Maria Sherwood
Unwed mother gives up baby for adoption and hopes to get it back when the adoptive mother dies.
