Charles Smith

Charles Smith

Nacimiento : 1920-09-12,

Muerte : 1988-12-26

Perfil

Charles Smith

Películas

Mi perro el ladrón
Hamburger Cook
Un reportero de tráfico aéreo descubre que su pareja -un perro San Bernardo- ha birlado accidentalmente un collar de valor incalculable.
Johnny Tremain
Caleb
Cuando una lesión lo impide seguir su oficio, el aprendiz de platero de la Guerra de la Revolución, Johnny Tremain (Hal Stalmaster) encuentra una nueva vida en las filas del ejército de los Hijos de la Libertad, participando en el legendario paseo del Boston Tea Party y Paul Revere. Basado en la novela de Ester Forbes, este clásico de Disney fue diseñado originalmente para "Walt Disney Presents" en dos segmentos, que se mezclaron en una sola película para ver.
De repente
Bebop
Suddenly es un pequeño pueblo de California donde nunca pasa nada. Un día, la noticia de que el tren del Presidente de los Estados Unidos hará una parada en el pueblo, provoca un gran revuelo. Unos gángsteres planean asesinarlo desde la ventana de una casa donde viven un jubilado del Servicio Secreto, su nuera viuda y el hijo de ésta. Los rehenes intentarán impedirlo.
La línea francesa
Reporter (uncredited)
Para pasar inadvertida, Mary Carson hace un crucero de incógnito. Tiene la esperanza de que si algún hombre se le acerca sea por sí misma y no por su dinero.
El cantante loco
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Bill (Deam Martin) utiliza a un cómico colocado entre el público (Jerry Lewis) para mejorar su espectáculo, el cual es su socio Ted. Los problemas inician cuando él sobresale más que Bill quien no puede soportarlo.
Rhythm Inn
Eddie Thompson
A bandleader, desperate to get his band's instruments out of hock, promises the pawnshop clerk--an aspiring songwriter--that he'll let the band's female singer do the clerk's songs at a local club if he will let the band "borrow" their instruments at night. The clerk's girlfriend, however, thinks that the band singer is after more than her boyfriend's songs.
Two Weeks with Love
Eddie Gavin
La familia Robinson está pasando 2 semanas de vacaciones de verano en un centro turístico en las montañas Catskill. La hija mayor, Patti, compite con su amiga, Valeria, por el amor de Demi Armendez, pero Patti está en desventaja porque sus padres piensan que es demasiado joven para pensar en chicos.
Años felices
Student
A finales del siglo pasado, una familia tiene dificultades para hacerse cargo de la educación de un hijo problemático y difícil, por lo que deciden mandarlo a una escuela tan rígida que al chico le costará muchísimo adaptarse al severo régimen de conducta imperante.
El padre de la novia
Usher (uncredited)
Un padre se enfrenta a uno de los momentos más naturales y temidos de su vida: la boda de su hija. Y los problemas no son sólo de índole sentimental: el abandono del hogar por parte de la chica; sino también de carácter económico: la organización de una costosa boda que lo traerá de cabeza.
En aquel viejo verano
Male Quartette Member (uncredited)
Estados Unidos, principios del siglo XX. Andrew y Veronica se conocen a raíz de un accidente que desencadena entre ellos un odio que aumenta cuando obligan a Andrew a contratar a Veronica como vendedora en la tienda de música de Oberkugen. Lo que ambos ignoran es que mientras discuten y pelean constantemente durante el día, mantienen una relación inocente, romántica y completamente anónima durante la noche, a través del correo.
Aventura en Baltimore
Fred Beehouse
Durante el año 1900, Dina es una muchacha adolescente con inquietudes demasiado modernas para la época que le ha tocado vivir. Aficionada al budismo, anda en busca de la "luz" y además es una ferviente defensora del derecho al voto de las mujeres. La actitud rebelde de la chica tiene muy preocupados al novio y al padre de Dina, que unirán esfuerzos para intentar suavizar las ideas extremistas de la chica, tarea nada sencilla, puesto que Dina es una muchacha de convicciones fuertes.
Campus Honeymoon
Benjie Briggs
Bob Watson and Ricky Adams, and the Hughes twins, Skipper and Patricia, cannot register at Opalocka University until they find lodgings in the school's overcrowded quarters. They pretend they are married to get the last two units in the married veteran's housing project, with the girls in one unit and the boys in the other. A noisy kid, Junior Ormsbee, the nephew of the landlords, voices his suspicions and nearly gets them evicted. And a U.S. Senator, investigating veteran's projects, adds new complications.
Two Blondes and a Redhead
Miles Bradbury
Socialite Cathy Abbott is working in the chorus of a Broadway show instead of being enrolled at an exclusive girl's school as her parents think. When the show closes, she brings two of her chorus friends home with her. In addition to trying to make her friends acceptable to the snooty society of which her family is part, she is also being blackmailed by a rival.
The Trouble with Women
Ulysses S. Jones
A psychology professor comes up with a theory that women have a desire to be subjugated. A newswoman, using a pseudonym, accuses him of advocating wife-beating. There is trouble, when he falls in love with her, unaware of who she is.
Se busca una mujer
Elevator Operator
Una joven es descubierta en estado de inconsciencia en la habitación del atolondrado protagonista.
Wake Up and Dream
Carl
Aided by her eccentric friends, a young woman goes looking for her missing brother.
Tres jovencitas vestidas de azul
Mike Bailey
En 1902, en Red Bank, Nueva Jersey, las tres hermanas Charters (Pam, Liz y Myra) han heredado una granja de pollos y esperan una importante suma de dinero en efectivo de su tía Cora. Las chicas planean utilizar los fondos para viajar y buscar maridos ricos. Cuando el abogado les informa que la cantidad es muy pequeña, las hermanas deciden marcharse al lujoso Hotel Chalfonte en Atlantic City, donde conocen al millonario Steve Harrington. Remake de "Three Blind Mice" (1938).
Out of This World
Charlie Briggs
After struggling to become a success, Betty Miller and her all-girl orchestra finally hit pay dirt when crooner Herbie Fenton comes on board. Problems arise when Betty and her girls try to find backers to invest in Herbie and they sell 125 percent of him.
Dios es mi copiloto
Pvt. Motley
Biografía de Robert L. Scott, afamado piloto de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, que se enfrentó a muerte con su mortífero enemigo, el aviador japonés conocido como Tokyo Joe.
San Fernando Valley
Oliver Griffith
A ranch owner fires his ranch hands and brings in women to replace them. The owner's daughter wants the male hands back and comes up with a plan to do it.
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
Dizzy Stevens
Teenager Henry Aldrich and his pal Dizzy decide to try and earn extra money by starting a babysitting service.
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
Dizzy
High-school student Henry Aldrich hopes to improve his grades by finding a sweetheart for his unmarried teacher.
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
Basil "Dizzy" Stevens
Henry and his pal Dizzy become Boy Scout leaders, but a spoiled brat in their troop quickly proves to cause them no end of trouble.
Dos en el cielo
Sanderson
Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Tras su muerte, el mayor Pete Sandidge (Tracy), piloto de un bombardero, se convierte en el ángel guardián de otro piloto, el capitán Ted Randall (Van Johnson), al que no sólo protegerá en las batallas, sino que también ayudará a resolver los problemas con su novia (Irene Dunne). Melodrama bélico de carácter propagandístico y elementos fantásticos.
Henry Aldrich Haunts a House
Dizzy Stevens
Henry Aldrich and his high-school pals investigate a local haunted house.
Henry Aldrich Swings It
Dizzy Stevens
Teenager Henry Aldrich decides to take matters into his own hands when his high school principal forbids the student band from playing swing music.
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
Dizzy Stevens
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.
Salute for Three
El agente de una cantante famosa piensa que podría recibir una buena publicidad si consigue emparejarla en una comedia romántica con un héroe de guerra.
Youth on Parade
Willie Webster
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.
El mayor y la menor
Cadet Korner
Después de probar fortuna en Nueva York y no tener éxito, Susan Applegate decide regresar a su pueblo en Iowa. Previendo esta situación había reservado 27,50$ para el tren, pero como la tarifa ha aumentado decide disfrazarse de niña de 12 años para pagar la mitad. Los revisores del tren dudan que en realidad sea una niña y para escapar de ellos entra en el camarote de un apuesto militar, el Mayor del título, y es donde comienzan los enredos.
Henry Aldrich, Editor
Dizzy Stevens
Appointed editor of his high school newspaper, hapless Henry becomes intrigued by a series of mysterious fires. A mild, timid little fellow named Nero Smith shows up to tip off Henry as to the time and place of the next conflagration. Henry prints the story-and is immediately accused of being the firebug himself!
Henry and Dizzy
Basil A. "Dizzy" Stevens
After accidentally sinking a borrowed motorboat, teenager Henry Aldrich scrambles to raise the replacement cash the boat's owner demands. The catch: Henry only has two days to come up with the funds, or the boat's angry owner will turn him over to the police.
You're Telling Me
Bill, Mimograph Operator
Hubert Abercrombie Gumm, a flighty, eccentric screwball acquires a job as an executive at a radio station at the insistence of his only-slightly less eccentric aunt Fannie Handley, who is married to one of the company owners. After mixing up the script pages to the various radio programs, Hubert sets out to get the name of a returning explorer on a contract for the radio station. Other than the title, this film has no connection at all to the 1934 W.C. Fields film of the same title even though some sources give the plot of the Fields' film as the plot of this film.
Henry Aldrich for President
Dizzy Stevens
Henry Aldrich finds himself in a heated election for high-school class president.
Bombarderos en picado
Bellboy (uncredited)
Historia de un médico del ejército americano que investiga los mareos y desvanecimientos que sufren los pilotos cuando vuelan a gran altura. Basada en hechos reales, fue estrenada meses antes del ataque japonés contra Pearl Harbor.
Down in San Diego
Crawford Cortland
A group of neighborhood teenagers discover some suspicious goings-on near a naval base in San Diego, and suspect that a foreign espionage ring is at work trying to find out military secrets.
Adventure in Washington
Collins
A troubled youth is offered the opportunity to serve as a Senate page in Washington, DC.
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Messenger
Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where she had his seats and the next day she shows up as his temporary secretary. Then Coffee Cup comes to town to see Dot, his gal. When Steven is with Cecilia, everything is boring. When he is with Dot and Coffee Cup, everything is exciting and he falls for Dot. But Coffee is getting out of the Navy in a few days and he plans to marry Dot.
Al fin solos
College Boy with Zinc Oxide on His Nose (uncredited)
Danny y Hank son dos estudiantes de trompeta que han estado siete años estudiando y tocando juntos en la banda de la universidad. Los dos compiten en el trabajo y en el amor para conseguir los favores de su mánager, la bella Ellen Miller.
Love Thy Neighbor
Pageboy
Capitalizing on the famous radio 'feud' between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two stars play versions of themselves, constantly at each other's throats due to real and imagined slights.
Behind the News
John Grant
As suggested by its title, Behind the News was a "stop the presses!" yarn set in a big-city newsroom. Lloyd Nolan is top-billed as a cynical reporter with a penchant for sticking his neck out too far. Frank Albertson costars as a cub reporter fresh out of journalism school, whose presence is resented by Nolan and his fellow workers. But it is Albertson who, after running afoul of the law, is instrumental in breaking up a ring of racketeers. Behind the News was remade by Republic as Headline Hunters (55).
Hired Wife
Leo - Office Boy
Un publicista le pide a su secretaria que se case con ella, por pura conveniencia, para poder cerrar un negocio que tiene entre manos. El pacto conlleva el divorcio inmediato, una vez cerrado el asunto. El problema viene cuando ella rehúsa cumplir con su parte, quiere seguir casada con su 'maridito'.
Private Affairs
Walter (uncredited)
A girl decides to consult her natural father, whom she's never seen, for advice on her mixed-up love life.
Tom Brown's School Days
Diggs
When private tutor Thomas Arnold (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) becomes headmaster at Rugby, a boy's preparatory school in England, he puts into place a policy of strict punishment for unruliness and bulying. Arnold finds an ally in Tom Brown (Jimmy Lydon), a new student who is subjected to hazing and abuse by a group of older boys and is pressured by his friends to keep quiet about it. Fed up, he leads his fellow classmates in an underground rebellion against their tormentors. But certain unspoken rules still apply at the school and Brown loses his hero status when he is accussed of breaking the Rugby code of silence.
El bazar de las sorpresas
Rudy
Alfred Kralik es el tímido jefe de vendedores de Matuschek y Compañía, una tienda de Budapest. Todas las mañanas, los empleados esperan juntos la llegada de su jefe, Hugo Matuschek. A pesar de su timidez, Alfred responde al anuncio de un periódico y mantiene un romance por carta. Su jefe decide contratar a una tal Klara Novak en contra de la opinión de Alfred. En el trabajo, Alfred discute constantemente con ella, sin sospechar que es su corresponsal secreta.
Los hijos de la farándula
Shy Youth (uncredited)
Dos jóvenes se proponen triunfar en el mundo del espectáculo: son Mickey Moran (Mickey Rooney), talentoso músico y cantante, hijo de un artista veterano, y Patsi Barton (Judy Garland), una joven cantante
Cafe Society
Office Boy
A pampered heiress (Madeleine Carroll) elopes with a shipboard reporter (Fred MacMurray) just to get her name in a society column.
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Charles, Journalism Student (uncredited)
Mientras participa en un concurso del periódico local en el que se les pide a los escolares que envíen una noticia, la hija del abogado local Carson Drew, Nancy, intercepta una asignación de historia real. Ella "cubre" la investigación de la muerte de una mujer que fue envenenada. Nancy no cree que la joven acusada del crimen sea culpable y acorrala a su vecino Ted para que busque una evidencia vital y tropieza con la identidad del verdadero asesino.