Hope Summers
Nacimiento : 1896-06-07, Mattoon, Illinois, USA
Muerte : 1979-06-22
Historia
Hope Summers could portray a friendly neighbor or companion as she did for Frances Bavier's Aunt Bee character on many episodes of The Andy Griffith Show (1960) or a seemingly amiable Satanist in Rosemary's Baby (1968).
Born in Mattoon, Illinois, she developed an early interest in the theater. Graduating from Northwestern School of Speech in Evanston, Illinois, she subsequently taught speech and diction there. This, in turn, led to her the head position in the Speech Department at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, teaching students privately on the side as well. In the 1930s Hope began to focus on acting. She found work in community and stock theaters in Illinois and earned some notice for putting on one-woman shows such as "Backstage of Broadway." She made use of her vocal eloquence by building up her resumé on radio, performing in scores of dramatic shows, including "Authors' Playhouse," "First Night," "Ma Perkins", and "Step-Mother".
In 1950 Hope transferred her talents to the new medium of television and earned a regular role on the comedy series Hawkins Falls: A Television Novel (1950). By the age of 50 she was customarily called upon to play slightly older than she was, appearing in a number of minuscule matron roles in such films as Zero Hour! (1957), Hound-Dog Man (1959), Inherit the Wind (1960), Spencer's Mountain (1963), The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966), Charley Varrick (1973) and her last, Foul Play (1978). She never had any major stand-out roles in movies; TV would be a more prolific choice of medium. Her gently stern, old-fashioned looks allowed her to be a part of many small-town settings, including Dennis the Menace (1959) and Petticoat Junction (1963), and in various western locales such as Maverick (1957) and Wagon Train (1957).
She played a rustic regular for many years on The Rifleman (1958). Usually assigned to play teachers, nurses and other helpful, nurturing types, her characters were also known to be inveterate gossips. Hope worked until close to the end of her life, passing away from heart failure in 1979.
Alice Wylie (as Hope Summer)
A mad scientist seeks eternal youth by developing a drug derived from human pituitary glands, aided by the local townsfolk, who help abduct visitors to their town for his experiments.
Marcie
Two guys come to Nashville and try to make it on the country music scene. Their vision is to play at the Grand IL' Opry. Rejection after rejection pushes them to the verge of quitting and moving back to wherever they came from.
Ethel
Al salir de una fiesta, la bibliotecaria Gloria Mundy recoge a un chico en autostop. Se trata de un policía camuflado que tiene en su poder un microfilme relacionado con un complot para asesinar al Papa. Cuando se citan para ir al cine, él muere asesinado mientras que ella es víctima de una persecución. Los que la siguen averiguan dónde trabaja e intentan asesinarla. Entonces es cuando conoce a Tony Carlson, un policía que se encargará de protegerla. (FILMAFFINITY)
Alice Wylie
Passing through a small town, two young hippie couples stumble upon a town where the old folks all act strange and even stranger things are happening at the local clinic. Filming was completed in 1973 but this original version of the film was barely released two years later under several different titles. It was shot as God Bless Grandpa and Grandma but posters were made for the titles Dr. Shagetz and God Bless Dr. Shagetz, with the "Bless" crossed over and replaced with "Damn."
Emily Boylan
A juror on a murder trial begins to believe that the man charged with the crime is innocent — and that the real killer is her own husband.
Biology Teacher
Drama about students at a girls' school, their boyfriends, and an unexpected pregnancy.
Mess Vesta
Un ladrón, con la colaboración de su mujer y de un amigo, roba un banco sin saber que la mafia guarda allí su dinero. A partir de ese momento, el infeliz criminal deberá huir de los gángsters al mismo tiempo que trata de esquivar a la policía.
Laura
The story of Ace Eli Walford, a 1920s stunt flyer who barnstorms around the country, taking his eleven-year-old son Rodger with him as he goes from town to town. The place is rural Kansas, and the time is midsummer in the early nineteen-twenties, not long after World War I. Eli (Cliff Robertson), a barn storming pilot who has the emotional make-up of an 11-year-old, and Rodger (Eric Shea), his 11-year-old son who possesses the wisdom of the ancients, set off to see the world, which means flying all the way to San Willow. To Eli, San Willow seems to be as fabled as Xanadu and quite as remote. In essence, "Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies" is about the adventures of Rodger and Eli getting from nowhere to nowhere. Eli, a killer with the ladies at first, always leaves them unsatisfied. He seems to have a sex problem. Rodger spends a lot of his time getting his dad out of scrapes. He also drinks, smokes and goes to sleep at night crying for his deceased mom.
Nurse Throttle
El corrupto administrador de un hospital (Peter Sellers) desea adquirir todo el dinero posible de sus pacientes mediante mentiras, engaños y robos.
Mrs. Beeman
A young businessman goes to a magic expert to learn hardness and skill with his cynical and greedy collaborators. He becomes a very good tap dancer, but will he be able to get free of his old boss?
Celia
Jesse W. Heywood , un joven y tímido dentista, deja su Filadelfia natal para instalarse en el Lejano Oeste. Su camino se cruza con el de Penélope Cushing, una despampanante pelirroja que se dedica a asaltar diligencias. Pero la chica tiene nuevos planes: le han ofrecido el perdón de todos sus delitos si rastrea a una banda de contrabandistas de armas...
Mrs. Gilmore
Una joven pareja, Rosemary y Guy, se muda a un infame edificio de apartamentos de Nueva York, conocido por aterradoras leyendas y misteriosos sucesos, con el propósito de formar una familia.
Susanna Blush
Un aspirante a periodista espera escribir una gran historia, después de pasar la noche en una casa embrujada.
Mrs. Hasselrad
En el otoño de 1867, en la ciudad de Denver se plantea un grave problema: no les queda whisky para poder pasar el largo y crudo invierno. Preparan entonces un plan para traer un gran cargamento de bebida a la ciudad. El coronel Thadeus Gearhart (Burt Lancaster) es el encargado de custodiar la preciada mercancía frente a los indios sioux, que quieren arrebatársela.
Mrs. Elwood Thompson
Reverend Norman Vincent Peale fights to bring his message to the nation.
Mother Ida
El temperamental Clay Spencer (Henry Fonda) y su mujer Olivia (Maureen O'Hara) viven en un valle de Virginia, al pie de la montaña que un día perteneció a Zebelon Spencer, padre de Clay. Ambos tratan de sacar adelante a sus nueve hijos, a base de esfuerzo y sacrificio, y sueñan con construir algún día una bonita casa en la cima de la montaña. A pesar de sus problemas económicos, los Spencer son felices.
Mrs. Quimby
Un enfermo mental (Grant Williams), liberado recientemente de prisión, no deja de asistir a las sesiones con su psiquiatra (Onslow Stevens) ni de matar personas para luego llamar a la policía y contarles lo ocurrido.
Agatha
Karen y Martha son dos buenas amigas y socias que dirigen una exclusiva escuela privada para niñas, la Escuela Dobie-Wright. Karen está prometida con el doctor Joe Cardin, con el que pretende casarse pronto, aunque Martha le insiste en retrasar la boda, para no acabar sola al frente de la escuela. Una alumna maliciosa y vengativa, despechada por un castigo que ha recibido, oye por casualidad un comentario y lo utiliza, distorsionándolo ante su abuela, para acusar a las profesoras de ser amantes.
Ernestine Peasley (uncredited)
A young daughter of poor farmers is forced by her mother to ditch her young boyfriend in order to marry an old rich neighbor but the girl rebels by becoming the town's harlot.
Martha Adrims (uncredited)
Emily, una joven de 20 años, le propone matrimonio al botones de un hotel para poder llegar hasta el juez de paz. Una vez logrados sus planes, lo asesina, huye y se refugia en la casa de una anciana paralítica y muda a la que cuida. La policía no logra dar con ella, pero la sobrina de la anciana y su novio empiezan a sospechar de ella.
Mary
Parrish es un honrado, valiente y atractivo joven. Un día su madre recibe una oferta de trabajo para convertir en una señorita a una joven malcriada, que es la heredera de un importante productor de tabaco. Parrish se traslada con su madre a la mansión de la acomodada familia y no tardará en ser el centro de atención de todas las jovencitas del lugar.
Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman
En una pequeña ciudad del estado de Tennessee se juzga a un profesor por enseñar a sus alumnos la teoría de la evolución de las especies. El darwinismo se enfrenta a una burda y fundamentalista teoría del creacionismo en una explosiva batalla judicial entre el abogado defensor Henry Drummond (Tracy) y el líder ultraconservador Matthew Harrison Brady (March). Basada en hechos reales.
Jewell Crouch
A rustic drama set in the early 20th century, Hound Dog Man is the simple story of a young man, Spud Kinney constantly in hot water for disobeying his mother. The lad should be watching the family farm, but he falls in with his older brother, Clint, and his reckless buddy Blackie Scantling who take him hunting in hillbilly country. The boy falls in love with a beautiful mountain girl, while Blackie has his own fling with another attractive hillbilly maiden, Nita Stringer, and then becomes mixed up with an older, married woman, Sussie Bell.
Motel Attendant
Les Martin, el ayudante del sheriff, tiene que resolver en un pueblo fantasma el asesinato del propietario de una mina de oro que había descubierto que le estaban robando. Martin se da cuenta de que las últimas palabras del difunto, "bailando en el cubo", hacen referencia a las vagonetas que cruzan el cañón por medio de cables.
Ethel - Policewoman on Bus (uncredited)
Basada en hechos reales. Barbara Graham es una mujer de pésima reputación que frecuenta bares inmundos y que ha sido condenada por crímenes mezquinos. Dos conocidos suyos cometen un asesinato y, cuando los atrapan, empiezan a sospechar que Bárbara los ha delatado. Para vengarse, deciden inculparla y es condenada a muerte. La mañana del 3 de junio de 1955 entra en la cámara de gas de la penitenciaria de San Quintín (California). Duro alegato contra la pena de muerte.
Older Woman
Película de intriga en la que se inspiraron las numerosas películas de catástrofes de los años 70. La trama se centra en las dificultades de supervivencia de los pasajeros de un avión, cuya tripulación, incluido el piloto, ha sido envenenada accidentalemente. El único que podría salvarlos es un experto aviador que participó en la II Guerra Mundial, pero, debido a un shock, se siente incapaz de pilotar de nuevo.
