Martha Vickers

Martha Vickers

Nascimento : 1925-05-28, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Morte : 1971-11-02

História

Martha Vickers (born Martha MacVicar) was an American film and television actress.

Perfil

Martha Vickers
Martha Vickers

Filmes

Four Fast Guns
Mary Hoag
A loner (James Craig) on the lam wanders into an Old West town run by a disabled villain that no one wants to fight.
Honra de Ladrão
Della
Burglar Nat Harbin and his two associates set their sights on wealthy spiritualist Sister Sarah, who has inherited a fortune -- including a renowned emerald necklace -- from a Philadelphia financier. Using Nat's female ward, Gladden, to pose as an admirer and case the mansion where the woman lives, they set up a perfect break-in. Things get complicated afterwards.
The Big Bluff
Valerie Bancroft
When a scheming fortune hunter finds his rich wife is not going to die as expected, he and his lover make other plans to get her millions.
Alimony
Katie Klinger
A promising young composer is tempted away from his devoted wife by a fortune-seeking woman who cares more for his prospects than for him.
Bad Boy
Lila Strawn
A lawman tries to find the source of a juvenile delinquent's bad behavior.
Daughter of the West
Lolita Moreno
A convent-raised woman (Martha Vickers) learns of her American Indian heritage through romance with an educated Navajo (Philip Reed) during the 1880s.
Ruthless
Susan Duane
Horace Vendig always gets what he wants. Even as a poor youth, he charmed his way into high society by getting the father of his friend, Martha, to foot the bill for his Harvard education. When Vic, another childhood pal, is invited to Horace's mansion for a party, he brings along Mallory Flagg, who happens to bear a striking resemblance to Martha. As Vic and Horace reunite, old resentments rise to the surface.
So You Want to Be in Pictures
Herself (uncredited)
Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.
Love and Learn
Barbara Wyngate
A wealthy socialite bored with her life meets and falls in love with a struggling songwriter on the verge of leaving New York and quitting the music business.
Muito Dinheiro Atrapalha
Marcia Alden
A bored millionaire matches his daughter with his partner in a gas station.
Um Sonho e Uma Canção
Victoria Cassel
The stuffy manager of lovely opera singer Vicki Cassel and her uncle, a classical conductor, is determined to close down the noisy nightclub next door to the Cassels' home. The club's owners--Steve, a handsome ladies' man, and Jeff, his clownish sidekick--hatch a plan to keep the club open. Steve arranges to meet--and woo--Vicki and then invite her and her uncle to the club. When Vicki's snobbish aunt and the manager discover that Vicki now favors popular music over the classics, they arrange to get the club closed. But that doesn't keep Steve and Jeff down. Instead, they decide to put on a Broadway show if they can get a backer. They find their "angel" in Vicki's uncle who agrees to finance the show only if Vicki is the leading lady. But again, Vicki's aunt and manager may be the spoiler in everyone's plans.
Meu Único Amor
Virginia 'Ginny' Brown
Tough torch singer Petey Brown, visiting her family, finds a nest of troubles: her sister, brother, and the neighbor's wife are involved in various ways with shady nightclub owner Nicky Toresca. Petey has what it takes to handle Nicky, but then she meets San Thomas, formerly great jazz pianist now on the skids, and falls for him hard.
Okay for Sound
This short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first exhibition of the Vitaphone sound-on-film process on 6 August 1926. The film highlights Thomas A. Edison and Alexander Graham Bell's efforts that contributed to sound movies and acknowledges the work of Lee De Forest. Brief excerpts from the August 1926 exhibition follow. Clips are then shown from a number of Warner Brothers features, four from the 1920s, the remainder from 1946/47.
À Beira do Abismo
Carmen Sternwood
"À Beira do Abismo" é uma história do detetive particular Philip Marlowe, que é contratado por um rico general para descobrir e impedir que sua filha mais nova, Carmen, seja chantageada por suas dívidas de jogo. As coisas quase imediatamente se desvendam e explodem, enquanto Marlowe se vê profundamente emaranhado numa teia de triângulos amorosos, chantagem, assassinato, jogo e crime organizado. Marlowe, com a ajuda da filha mais velha do General, Vivian, habilmente trama para libertar a família desta teia.
The Falcon in Mexico
Barbara Wade
The Falcon travels to Mexico where he gets involved with murder and a mysterious painting.
Marine Raiders
Sally Parker
A Marine major (Pat O'Brien) looks out for his captain (Robert Ryan) on Guadalcanal and in Australia.
Top Man
High School Girl
In this WW II musical, a young man suddenly finds himself in charge of his family when his father is called to war. To help the flagging spirits of local factory workers, the plucky lad, his siblings and his schoolmates put on a lively little show. With a little work, he even convinces Count Basie to come with his band.
Captive Wild Woman
Dorothy Colman
An insane scientist doing experimentation in glandular research becomes obsessed with transforming a female gorilla into a human...even though it costs human life.
Frankenstein Encontra o Lobisomem
Maid at Inn (uncredited)
Lon Chaney Jr., agora um lobisomem, procura o Dr. Frankenstein na esperança de que este o liberte de sua maldição. Ele encontra o cientista morto, mas a sua criatura continua viva e causando o terror.