Dixie Dunbar

Dixie Dunbar

Nacimiento : 1919-01-19, Montgomery, Alabama, USA

Muerte : 1991-08-29

Historia

Christina Elizabeth "Dixie" Dunbar was an American singer and film actress. After dancing in big band orchestras, nightclubs and classy restaurants, she made her film debut at age 16 in George White's Scandals as well as on Broadway in Life Begins at 8:40 with Ray Bolger and Bert Lahr from Wizard of Oz. During the 1930s, she appeared in a number of Twentieth Century Fox films, including two Jones Family films.

Perfil

Dixie Dunbar

Películas

Take It or Leave It
Herself
A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant wife's doctor.
Once Over Lightly
Judy Kapouris
The big Barber College competition between rivals Clipton and Beardsley is coming up and everything is on the line for professor and coach Kapouris. But thanks to a secret depilatory he developed, Clipton has the edge.
Freshman Year
Dotty Wright
A budding entrepreneur nearly loses everything after his get-rich quick scheme selling "flunk" insurance to his fellow students goes terribly awry.
La banda de Alexander
Specialty
Roger Grant, un reputado violinista, forma una banda denominada Alexander's Ragtime Band, con la cantante Stella Kirby. El compositor Charli Dwyer se enamora de Stella y la recomienda a un productor de Broadway. Éste ofrece un contrato a Stella, que se convierte en una estrella.
Rebecca
Receptionist
Rebecca (Shirley Temple) es una niña de 10 años que queda al cuidado de su tía en una granja. Un día, un promotor radiofónico descubre que la niña puede ser un talento en ese medio y, de repente, la convierte en gran estrella. Adaptación de la novela homónima de Kate Douglas Wiggin.
Walking Down Broadway
Tiny Bronson
Five closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway production, but the lives of all five take many different turns, often for the worse.
Love on a Budget
Betty Fisher
This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending with a troublesome (and possibly crooked) uncle while trying to cut household expenses.
Sing and Be Happy
Della Dunn
Rival advertising firms compete for a radio show's pickle manufacturing account.
Cinema Circus
Herself (uncredited)
Actor Lee Tracy presides as ringmaster over a show that combines the best elements of cinema with the circus, what he calls a Cinema Circus. Tracy introduces a number of professional circus acts, plus a cavalcade of movie stars who have side shows under the open air big tent. There is as much action in the audience as Tracy identifies a number of movie stars watching the proceedings incognito, having their own fun in the stands, and sometimes interacting with the circus acts.
One in a Million
Goldie
American theatrical manager (Menjou) discovers Henie preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden.
Locuras de estudiantes
Ginger Jones
El equipo de fútbol de un pequeño pueblo de Texas deberá enfrentarse al prestigioso equipo de Yale.
Sing, Baby, Sing
Telephone Operator
The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is spoofed in this delightful 20th Century Fox musical. Adolphe Menjou plays the Barrymore counterpart, a loose-living movie star with a penchant for wine, women, and more wine. Alice Faye plays a nightclub singer hungry for publicity. Her agent (Gregory Ratoff) arranges a "romance" between Faye and Menjou. Eventually Faye winds up with Michael Whalen, allowing Menjou to continue his blissful, bibulous bachelorhood. Sing, Baby, Sing represented the feature-film debut of the Ritz Brothers, who are in top form in their specialty numbers--and who are awarded a final curtain call after the "The End" title, just so the audience won't forget them (The same device was used to introduce British actor George Sanders in Fox's Lancer Spy [37]).
Back to Nature
Mabel
The Jones family goes to a convention traveling in a trailer. The oldest daughter gets involved with a convict, the oldest son has a love affair, and the youngest son gets into photography.
Aula de señoritas
Luisa
Cuando una maestra de entrometidos en una escuela de niñas encuentra una carta de amor de un estudiante a un hombre desconocido, un escándalo menor estalla. Supuso el primer papel de cierta enjundia para Tyrone Power, que se labraría una extensa filmografía en la Fox.
Educating Father
Millicent
Jones family romp with father trying to convince son to follow him as a druggist, rather than becoming a pilot, until the son's piloting skills come in handy.
The First Baby
Maude Holbrook
When a couple become parents for the first time, they discover grandmothers can be almost as demanding as a newborn.
King of Burlesque
Marie
Warner Baxter plays the ambitious producer of a burlesque show who rises to the big time on Broadway. Alice Faye is the loyal burleycue singer who helps make Baxter a success. His head turned by sudden fame, Baxter falls under the spell of a society woman (Mona Barrie) who has theatrical aspirations of her own. She marries Baxter, then convinces him to produce a string of "artistic" plays rather than his extravagant musical revues. The plays are flops, and the woman haughtily divorces Baxter. Faithful Alice Faye, who'd gone to London when her ex-beau was married, returns to the penniless Baxter. She and her burlesque buddies team up to pull Baxter out of his rut and put him on top again.
Soldado profesional
Entertainer
En un imaginario reino europeo, sus gobernantes en la sombra contratan al soldado de fortuna Michael Donovan para que secuestre a su príncipe heredero. Sin embargo, cuando Michael descubre que la intención de los que le han pagado consiste en asesinar al joven, se convertirá en su aliado, y juntos acabarán con los malvados conspiradores al trono.
George White's Scandals
Patsy Day
Reporter Miss Lee is looking for a story and approaches George White as he's assembling the latest edition of his famous revue. As it turns out, she has lots of backstage gossip to choose from