Jeanne Crain
Nascimento : 1925-05-25, Barstow, California, USA
Morte : 2003-12-14
História
Jeanne Elizabeth Crain (May 25, 1925 – December 14, 2003) was an American actress.
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Mrs. Clara Shaw
Durante um vôo de Los Angeles para Minneapolis a tensão toma conta de todos quando uma jovem, Elly Brewster (Susan Dey), vê no espelho do banheiro uma mensagem escrita com batom, dizendo que se a aeronave não mudasse seu plano de voo e fosse para Anchorage, Alasca, o autor (ou autora) da ameaça explodiria o avião. O comandante do voo, Henry "Hank" O'Hara (Charlton Heston), tenta lidar com isto da melhor maneira, pois quer evitar que alguém seja ferido. Mas a visibilidade em Anchorage é nula e este é apenas um dos problemas.
Fanny Pierce
A woman is persecuted by Jesus freaks after they've crucified her preacher husband.
Self (archival footage)
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.
Peg Phillips
While on a business trip, Tom Phillips is in a car accident caused by a reckless driver. Tom survives the accident with a severe chronic back injury which results in him not being able to continue with his current business. The Phillips' buy a motel in the California desert and Tom with his wife Peg and their two children, Tina and Jamie make the long road trip to their new home. As they approach their destination they are terrorized by reckless teenage hot-rodders looking for kicks.
Self
A collection of behind the scenes and home movies from the golden age of Hollywood.
Herself
This documentary stars Vincent Price and Jeanne Crain. It shows William Mortensen and George Dunham as well as Grey Silva in Mortensen's studio. It features most of Mortensen's famous pictures and chronicles his life.
Helen
Set in 18th-century Eastern Europe, the film concerns the star-crossed romance between a Polish military officer and a gorgeous Slavic princess. The princess' vengeful lover cuts a path of death and destruction throughout the land.
Claudia Procula
The events that culminated with the Passion of Christ seen from the perspective of Pontius Pilate, the Procurator of Judea who unwillingly condemned Christ to death. Based on the biblical Gospel of John.
Peggy Shannon
An adman (Dana Andrews) and an adwoman (Eleanor Parker) put a dangerous milk tycoon in line for the White House.
Nefertiti
Chronicles the rise and fall of the woman who eventually became known as Queen Nefertiti.
Linda Foster
A famous movie star's fan club secretary has been brutally murdered. She has in her office old newspaper clippings regarding a missing heiress. Did the secretary know something about the mystery of the heiress?
Laura Riley
Jim Hadley (Alan Ladd), madeireiro e, seu grupo de lenhadores estão procurando uma nova floresta para cortar e decidem por explorar uma floresta intocada perto da cidade de Deep Whells. Os moradores de Deep Whells liderados por Laura Riley (Jeanne Crain) são contra a derrubada da floresta, acreditando que a perda das árvores causaria deslizamentos de terra durante as chuvas pesadas. O conflito entre os moradores da cidade e os madeireiros é inevitável.
Rose Smith
This adaptation of the classic 1944 film musical explores the lives of the close-knit Smith family -- mother, father, grandfather, and five children -- who live in St. Louis in the year 1903.
Letty Page
Prohibition-era nightclub crooner Joe E. Lewis has his career and nearly his life cut short when his throat is slashed as payback for leaving the employ of Chicago mob boss Georgie Parker. A broken alcoholic, Joe is brought back from the abyss by his faithful piano player, Austin Mack, who helps turn the former singer into a successful stand-up comedian. But Joe's demons plague his romantic life even as he reaches new heights of success.
Diane Blane
After a wild night, wealthy Michael Reston's adulterous wife Charleen comes home with her ripe young body barely concealed by a dress in rags; murder results. Top defense lawyer J.G. Blane, whose own marriage exists in name only, arrives in Desert View, Nevada to find the townsfolk and politically powerful Sheriff Hoak distinctly hostile to the Restons. In due course, Blane discovers he's been "taken for a ride," and that quiet desert communities can be deadly...
Dora Temple
Aposentado como o atirador mais rápido do oeste, George Temple agora busca um pouco de paz ao lado de sua esposa Dora. No entanto, um dia ele bebe além da conta e acaba exibindo suas surpreendentes habilidades no gatilho. Preocupado com a possibilidade de ser desafiado para um duelo, George resolve sair da cidade com Dora. Os cidadãos locais prometem manter segredo, mas um garoto o entrega a uma gangue de criminosos e monta o cerco para, talvez, seu mais importante confronto.
Connie Jones / Mitzi Jones
Two Broadway showgirls, who are also sisters, are sick and tired of New York as well as not getting nowhere. Quitting Broadway, the sisters decided to travel to Paris to become famous.
Liza McClure
In 1880, Osawkie, Kansas is feuding with rival town Mandaroon over which will be county seat, keeping the town's men away from home most of the time. The last straw is when Matt Davis feels compelled to go on a new foray on his wedding night; his bride Liza (just call her Lysistrata) takes teacher Cassie's advice and organizes a marital strike to make the men-folk stop their nonsense.
Reed Bowman
O caubói Dempsey Rae chega, depois de uma temporada perdido pela vida, ao rancho da bela rancheira Reed Bowman (Jeanne Crain). Junto com o seu jovem e às vezes inapto amigo e "braço-direito" Jeff Jimson (William campbell), ele resolve ficar no rancho e aceitar a proposta de trabalho de Redd - muito mais fascinado pela linda e desbocada chefe do que pelo trabalho em si. Mas quando Rae descobre que ele e seu colega foram contratados, na verdade, para cercar terrenos ilegalmente, ele resolve abandonar seu emprego e voltar-se para o lado dos pequenos e lezados rancheiros que foram roubados. Mas o testa-de-ferro da rancheira Reed Steve Miles (Richard Boone), que gosta de enrolar seus inimigos em arame farpado, está disposto a dar a Dempsey Rae muito mais trabalho do que ele imaginaria...
Marian Taylor
An American insurance investigator is sent to Rhodesia to investigate the mysterious death of a diamond broker who drowned whilst diving off the coast. The broker was insured for $1 million so the insurers are suspicious.
Jill Lynn
A supermodel gets murdered. While investigating the case the story of a waitress turned glamor girl is revealed.
Linda Culligan
Outlaws plan a robbery to take place during a championship prizefight in Carson City, Nevada.
Ruth Stanton Bowman
A young bride is set to begin her honeymoon aboard a luxury liner. Her happiness does not last when she finds that her husband has disappeared. Trouble is, no one else ever saw him board the ship with her and his name has mysteriously dropped from the passenger list.
Della (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Em "O Policial e o Hino" um sem-teto fica frustrado pelas inúmeras tentativas de ser preso e encarcerado por 90 dias em uma cela quente ao invés de enfrentar os rigores de um inverno de Nova York. Em "O Toque do Clarim" um detetive da Policia de NY tem uma crise de consciência quando fica dividido entre o dever de prender um amigo de infância por um crime que só ele sabe e a dívida de honra que ainda tem para com o amigo. Em "A Última Folha" uma jovem ingênua pega pneumonia depois de ser seduzida e abandonada por ator venal. Quando perde a vontade de viver, sua irmã e um excêntrico artista de Greenwich Village tentam ajudá-la a sobreviver. Em "O Resgate do Chefe Vermelho" 2 vigaristas trapalhões sequestram o filho de um xerife rural, mas começam a achar que pegaram mais do que podem lidar. Finalmente, em "O Presente dos Magos" um jovem casal pobre luta para pagar Presentes de Natal dignos de seu amor.
Ann Gilbreth
The "Cheaper by the Dozen" crew is back, sans Clifton Webb. Lillian is struggling to make ends meet without her husband's income, while Anne, Martha, and even Ernestine find romance.
Kitty Bennett
A marriage broker can't resist meddling in the life of a model, with disastrous results.
Deborah Higgins
Successful and well-liked, Dr. Noah Praetorius becomes the victim of a witchhunt at the hands of Professor Elwell, who disdains Praetorius's unorthodox medical views and also questions his relationship with the mysterious, ever-present Mr. Shunderson.
Liz Erickson
A young woman enters college and learns some hard truths about sorority life, including snobbery and the cruelty of hazing.
Herself (uncredited)
I'll Get By is an updated remake of the 1940 20th Century-Fox musical Tin Pan Alley. William Lundigan and Dennis Day play William Spencer and Freddie Lee respectively, successful song publishers who make hits out of such numbers as "I Got a Gal in Kalamazoo", "Deep in the Heart of Texas", "You Make Me Feel So Young", "There Will Never Be Another You", and other favorites (the rights to all of these songs were conveniently held by 20th Century-Fox). The partnership has some hard times, especially during the feud between ASCAP and the radio networks, when only public-domain songs like "I Dream of Jeannie" were permitted to be broadcast.
Ann Gilbreth
Nesta tocante, mas hilária comédia, Clifton Webb estrela no papel de Frank Bunker Gilbreth, um especialista em eficiência que tenta aplicar seus padrões precisos na criação de seus filhos... seus 12 filhos!
Patricia "Pinky" Johnson
Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.
Lady Margaret 'Meg' Windermere
Lord Windermere appears to all - including his young wife Margaret - to be the perfect husband. The couple's happy marriage is placed at risk when he starts paying visits to a mysterious beautiful newcomer, Mrs. Erylnne, who is determined to make her entry into London's high society. Worse, the secret gets back to Margaret that Windermere has been giving Mrs. Erylnne large sums of money.
Deborah Bishop
Lora May Hollingsway, who grew up next to the wrong side of the tracks, married her boss who thinks she is just a gold digger. Rita Phipps makes as much money writing radio scripts at night as her school teacher husband does. Deborah Bishop looked great in a Navy uniform in WWII but fears she'll never be dressed just right for the Country Club set. These three wives are boarding a boat filled with children going on a picnic when a messenger on a bicycle hands them a letter addressed to all three from Addie who has just left town with one of their husbands. They won't know which one until that night.
Peggy Taylor
Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be who charms him into renting out his attic as an apartment for her and her husband Jason, a former GI struggling to finish college.
Peggy Mayhew
A bandleader falls in love and marries a small town girl.
Marjorie "Margie" MacDuff
A woman reminisces about her teenage years in the 1920s, when she fell in love with her teacher.
Julia Rogers
In 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters vie for the affections of a Frenchman who's come to town to prepare the French pavilion for the Centennial exposition.
Ruth Berent
A bela Ellen Harland (Gene Tierney) é noiva do influente político Russell Quinton (Vincent Price). Mesmo assim, sente-se atraída pelo jovem Richard (Cornel Wilde) no momento em que o conhece e o seduz, para poucos dias depois casar-se com ele. Não demora muito e Richard descobre, a partir de relatos da irmã (Jeanne Crain) e da mãe (Mary Philips), que o egoísmo e o amor possessivo de Ellen arruinou a vida de outras pessoas. Indicado para quatro Oscar, levou a estatueta de melhor fotografia.
Margy Frake
Durante sua visita anual à Feira Estadual de Iowa, a família Frake desfruta de muitas aventuras. O patriarca orgulhoso Abel (Charles Winninger) tem grandes esperanças para seu campeão de suínos Blueboy, e sua esposa Melissa (Fay Bainter) entra no concurso de picadinho e picles... com resultados hilários. (e Livre - Estimado Livre)
Self - Pinup Girl
Inspirational documentary short film featuring Hollywood stars promoting the sales of War Bonds through songs and skits.
Helen
Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. In training, they meet and become pals with Bobby Grills and Irving Miller, and the five struggle through the rigid training and grueling tests involved in becoming pilots. Not all of them succeed, and tragedy awaits for some.
Margaret 'Maggie' Preston
A young bride who comes from a rich family has a hard time adjusting to life in a boarding house with other soldiers and their wives. Her spoiled ways cause resentment from the other wives and problems with her husband.
Charlotte 'Char' Bruce
'Sparke' Thorton, a lad with a penchant for trouble, is sent to live with his Uncle and Aunt Bolt in Indiana after his Aunt Henrietta Bolt dies. Though he's not happy about the arrangement at first, his love of horses and his affection for a young filly that he plans to race make life bearable. He also finds romance with tomboyish 'Char' Bruce who shares his love for horses.
Chorus Girl / Pool Party Guest (uncredited)
Cantora conhece um sargento mas este deve cumprir uma missão no Pacífico. Após o reencontro, ela descobre que ele é rico e está prestes a se casar. Enquanto isso, Dorita usará todo seu charme e ousadia para resolver a situação. Filme conhecido pela cena em que Carmen Miranda dança com algumas frutas sobre a cabeça.