Ruthelma Stevens
Рождение : 1903-10-22, Wichita, Kansas, USA
Смерть : 1984-06-01
История
Ruthelma Stevens (23 October 1903 – 1 June 1984) was an American film actress.
Jeffrey's Mother (uncredited)
Eric Wainwright, a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter, a talented pianist... but she can't get in to see him. When she learns that Wainwright is auditioning young musicians for a children's concert tour, Cynthia dons braces and bobby sox and passes herself off as a child prodigy.
Betty Careless
A gambler is thrown out of a western town, but returns when the town is suddenly threatened by a band of marauding Apaches.
Mrs. Mannings
A homicide detective suspects a playwright who bases his play on a murder.
Roark's Secretary (uncredited)
Архитектор Говард Рорк — творец «новой волны» в архитектуре. Он стремится покончить с классическим дизайном зданий и окрылён идеями новых решений. К сожалению, проекты его авангардных домов общество не принимает, заказчики требует традиционных решений.
В ответ на это герой сознательно разрушает свою зарождающую карьеру, вступая в противостояние со всем миром, борясь за иллюзорное право на творчество. Говард — самовлюблённый эгоист высшей пробы, общество в его жизни играет второстепенную роль. Процесс созидания ради созидания — вот его личное счастье и благополучие, вся его творческая деятельность направлена на торжество личного Эго…
Miss James
After a beautiful but unsophisticated girl is seduced by a worldly piano player and gives up her out-of-wedlock baby, her guilt compels her to kidnap another child.
Evelyn Bentley
An unlikely courtroom romance blooms between a flower-shop owner and her unscrupulous landlord's married attorney.
The Drunk's Wife
Police search for the killer of a man who misused $700,000 intended for the Chinese Communists.
Doris McBride
Henry and Clarice Wilkins have been married twenty-three years and are a model suburban couple who have never had a quarrel. But when their daughter, Peggy, and her husband, Bill Trask, have a squabble, Clarice has a plan to show the daughter just how distasteful domestic bickering appears; She enters into an agreement with Henry that they will fake a fuss to serve as an object lesson. Clarice's will to play the game and her sense of humor play out at about the same time when Henry's remarks become more pointed as the charade goes on. Their fake fight is soon a real barn-burner.
Fraulein von Elsner (uncredited)
A playwright descended from the Borgias family becomes a murder suspect.
Celeste, Betty's Sister
In order to get out of his boss's doghouse, Charley pairs his troublesome sister-in-law with an important client and inevitable complications result.
Brunette in Theatre
A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.
Countess Elizabeth 'Lizzie'
Юная принцесса София приезжает в Россию, чтобы выйти замуж за племянника императрицы Елизаветы Петровны, слабоумного цесаревича Петра. Браком с немецкой принцессой императрица надеялась улучшить царскую кровь. София не испытывает любви к своему мужу, но влюбляется в Россию и неравнодушна к русским солдатам. После смерти императрицы София организует государственный переворот, при помощи преданных ей братьев Орловых сбрасывает с трона мужа и становится императрицей Екатериной, полновластной владычицей России.
Doris Manning
An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife? His would-be fiancee? Her father? Her boyfriend? A suicided actress's sister? The temperamental prop man? Or maybe the show's talented female chimpanzee?
Mrs. Price
Джон Ривз — глава крупной обувной компании узнает, что умер его главный конкурент. Он понимает, что теперь больше не с кем соперничать и решает «плюнуть на все» и уехать на бессрочную рыбалку. Руководство бизнесом он оставляет своему племяннику. На рыбалке он случайно, представившись другим именем, знакомится с сыном и дочерью, умершего конкурента. Что же он видит: дети беспечно прожигают жизнь в загулах и веселье, а бизнес покойного отца отдан в лапы хитрых менеджеров. Мистер Ривз решает помочь сиротам увидеть настоящий смысл в жизни…
Miss Kelly
Suave, lip-reading DA Thatcher Colt plans to get away from the big city for a while. So he and his secretary, Miss Kelly hop on a train for an Upstate NY town called Gilead. They expect a calm oasis, but when a small time circus rolls into town they soon find themselves caught up in a sordid tale of marital infidelity, murder, cruelty to animals, and cannibalism.
Stoneage Opponent's Wife / Duchess of Worcestshire / Mrs. Haley
A Mack Sennett-produced sound short about couples playing bridge through the ages.
Rita
Despite loving another man, a young woman is talked into marrying a wealthy and boorish prince in order to help her financially-strapped father.
Show Girl (uncredited)
A New York policeman helps a hungry and penniless young woman start life anew by arranging to get her a job in "The Follies".
Miss Kelly
A police commissioner investigates the murder of a nightclub owner who was under police protection.