Hillary Brooke

Hillary Brooke

Рождение : 1914-09-08, Astoria, New York, USA

Смерть : 1999-05-25

История

Hillary Brooke (born Beatrice Sofia Mathilda Peterson) was an American screen and television actress best known for her work in Abbott and Costello and Sherlock Holmes films.

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Hillary Brooke
Hillary Brooke

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The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?
Hillary
Featuring the routines that made them comedy legends like “Who’s On First?,” and “The Lemon Bit,” this digitally restored and re-mastered “Best Of” collection includes six of the Abbott and Costello Show’s most beloved episodes.
Spoilers of the Forest
Phyllis Warren
Vera Ralston plays Joan Milna, who shares several thousand acres of valuable Montana timberland with her stepfather (John Alderson). Coveting Joan's property, lumber baron Eric Warren (Ray Collins) sends out his foreman Boyd Caldwell (Rod Cameron) to persuade her to sell. Instead, Caldwell falls in love with the girl, vowing to protect her trees from the eco-unfriendly Warren. Republic's wide-screen Naturama process is shown to good advantage throughout Spoilers of the Forest.
Человек, который знал слишком много
Jan Peterson
Доктор Бен и Джо МакКенна, простые, ничего не подозревающие туристы, едут провести отпуск в Марокко. Вместе с ними их сын Хэнк, они наслаждаются отпуском, когда встречают мистера и миссис Дрэйтон, супружескую пару из Англии, и подозрительного, но дружелюбного француза Луи Бернара. Позже, когда Бен и Джо ходят по базару, к ним подбегает араб с ножом в спине. Бен буквально подхватывает падающего араба и, к своему ужасу, узнает, что это переодетый Луи Бернар. Француз успевает прошептать что-то Бену, и тот оказывается втянутым в самый центр международного заговора, участники которого ставят своей целью покушение на высокопоставленную особу, остановить ход событий может только Бен. Хичкок сам появляется в фильме в эпизодической роли, как и его композитор, Бернард Херрманн.
Bengazi
Nora Nielson
An American with a shady past joins with a morally-bankrupt Irishman to find treasure buried by Arabs in a deserted mosque in the Sahara. The situation becomes complicated when they are surrounded by Bedouin bandits.
The House Across the Lake
Carol Forrest
Sensuous and desirable, Carol Forrest has always attracted the attention of men. Expert in the art of manipulation and control she married an older man, loving only his vast wealth and continued to amuse herself with indiscreet affairs. But when neighbour Mark Kendrick lets slip that her husband intends cutting her out of his will Carol concentrates all her attentions on the unsuspecting Kendrick, obtaining his help to dispose of this irritating obstacle.
Dragon's Gold
Vivian Crosby
Murder and intrigue follow an insurance investigator Mack Rossiter (John Archer) after he is dispatched to China to investigate the disappearance of 7M worth of gold.
Mexican Manhunt
Eve Carter
Los Angeles, 1953. The author David L. "Dave" Brady wants to bring a missed ex-newspaperman back to Los Angeles. Therefore Dave has to travel to Mexico City. Dave gets involved with a murder case that occurred fifteen years ago. It's an obsession for Dave to solve that murder.
Лабиринт
Peggy Lord
Сразу после помолвки с красоткой Китти Джеральду приходит письмо с просьбой приехать в его родовой шотландский замок. Джеральд уезжает и пропадает на несколько недель. Спустя некоторое время он всё же даёт о себе знать — присылает Китти письмо, в котором сообщает о разрыве помолвки и просит её забыть о нём. Китти однако не сдаётся — в компании со своей тёткой она летит в Шотландию, находит тот самый замок и обнаруживает, что за это время Джеральд ужасно постарел и превратился в настоящего параноика. Возможно ли, что со всем этим как-то связан жутковатый каменный лабиринт, расположенный по соседству с замком?
Захватчики с Марса
Mrs. Mary MacLean
Проснувшись однажды ночью, маленький Дэвид замечает космический корабль, приземлившийся за окном. Наутро его отец, а затем и остальные жители города начинают вести себя крайне странно. Напуганный мальчик обращается за помощью к доктору Блейк - единственной, кто готов ему верить...
The Lady Wants Mink
Evelyn Cantrell
A woman raises mink to get the coat she's always wanted.
Never Wave at a WAC
First Lt. Phyllis Turnbull
A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. She soon encounters many difficulties with the Army lifestyle. Moreover, her ex-husband is working as a consultant with the Army, and he uses his position to disrupt her romantic plans by making her join a group of WACs who are testing new equipment.
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Capt. Bonney
Two hapless waiters in a tavern on the Spanish Main play cupid between aristocratic Lady Jane and tavern co-worker Bruce Martindale, but the two bumpkins mix-up a love letter with Captain Kidd's treasure map of Skull Island, leading to them being kidnapped and taken off to the notorious pirate's island.
Abbott and Costello: The Drugstore
Hilary Brooke
Bud & Lou get jobs in Mr. Fields' Drugstore. Originally filmed as the first episode of the Abbott and Costello TV show, it was released on film and shown theatrically in certain markets.
Confidence Girl
Mary Webb
After successfully swindling thousands of dollars from hapless victims, conflicted con artist Mary (Hillary Brooke) decides to go straight, but her greedy boyfriend and partner, Roger (Tom Conway), convinces her to pull off one final scam before they get married. Written and directed by Andrew L. Stone, this classic crime film finds the police struggling to keep up with the deceptive duo's exceedingly complicated schemes.
Lost Continent
Marla Stevens
When an experimental atomic rocket crashes somewhere off-radar, its three developing scientists are joined by three Air Force men in tracking it down to a small Pacific island, where it apparently has landed on the plateau of the island's steep-walled, taboo mountain...
Skipalong Rosenbloom
Square Deal Sal
Skipalong Rosenbloom is the star of a heavily commercialized TV kiddie show, presided over by a smarmy announcer. He is at odds with western bad guy Butcher Baer.
Insurance Investigator
Addie Wilson
When a businessman who has had a double indemnity policy taken out on him dies mysteriously, his insurance company sends an undercover investigator to town to determine exactly what happened.
Vendetta
Lydia Nevil
The daughter of a slain man pushes her brother toward vengeance in 19th-century Corsica.
The Admiral Was a Lady
Shirley Pedigrew
Ex-WAVE encounters four fun-loving, work-hating men, all of whom want to marry her.
Lucky Losers
'Countess' Margo
Slip and Sach's boss, David J. Thurston, has allegedly committed suicide. Slip finds a book of matches with the name of a local nightclub on his boss' desk and finds out from Gabe that a gambling casino is being run out of it. Slip comes to the conclusion that the club had something to do with his boss' death and sets out to find his murderer. The boys get jobs at the club and Louie poses as a rich cattlemen as they gather the information to convict the murderers.
Beauty on Parade
Gloria Barton
Marian Medford Woodstock gave up a chance twenty years ago to compete for the Miss USA beauty title in order to marry Jeffrey Woodstock. She hopes to realize her past ambitions for fame and fortune through her daughter Kay, whom she persuades to enter a local beauty contest. Kay wins and is interviewed by reporter Gil McRoberts, who advises her to get married and settle down. Jeffrey is very upset with his wife's and daughter's passion for beauty contests and, when Kay enters the national contest, he informs Marian that she must choose between him and her chase after empty honors for Kay.
Unmasked
Doris King (Jackson)
The editor of a sleazy tabloid newspaper has been borrowing money from his lover, the wife of a rich theatrical producer, and promises to marry her when she gets a divorce. However, the husband refuses to grant her a divorce, and takes back all the money and jewelry he has given her. The editor sees her husband leaving her apartment and, seeing his opportunity, kills her, takes all his IOUs (and the jewelry) and frames the husband for the murder.
Bodyhold
Flo Woodbury
A plumber with a girlfriend turns pro wrestler for a crooked promoter.
Alimony
Linda Waring
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.
Africa Screams
Diana Emerson
When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking that his friend Stanley knows all there is to know about Africa, they are abducted and ordered to lead Diana and her henchmen to an African tribe in search of a fortune in jewels.
The Fuller Brush Man
Mildred Trist
Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make good when he becomes a Fuller Brush man. His awkward attempts at sales are further complicated when one of his customers is murdered and he becomes the prime suspect.
Big Town Scandal
Lorelei Kilbourne
A crusading editor and his star reporter aid underprivileged youths and crack down on racketeers out to fix basketball.
Let's Live Again
Sandra Marlowe
The brother of a nuclear scientist dies but is reincarnated as a dog so he can return to Earth to protect his brother.
Big Town After Dark
Lorelei Kilbourne
A crusading newspaper reporter battles big-city gambling interests.
I Cover Big Town
Lorelei Kilbourne
One of the four films in the Pine-Thomas series based on radio's long-running "Big Town." This time out, society editor Lorelei Kilbourne is assigned to the police beat. Her paper, "The Illustrated Press", following its usual policy of socially-correct muckraking by crusading editor Steve Wilson, is putting heat on the chief of police. But Lorelei believes the chief is qualified to do the job. She and managing editor Steve Wilson, who, in the film series, is wrong more often than right, discover a corpse and then proceed to help the police solve the crime.
Странная женщина
Meg Saladine
20-е годы XIX века. Красавица Дженни Хагер проживает в портовом городке Бангор, штат Мэн. Она быстро поняла, что благодаря своей красоте может с лёгкостью манипулировать мужчинами. Когда умирает её отец алкоголик, Дженни выходит замуж за пожилого богача Исаака Постера. И хотя у неё теперь есть общественное положение и деньги, Дженни не прекращает свои опасные игры с другими мужчинами.
Strange Journey
Patti Leeds
Reformed racketeer "Lucky" Leeds flees from the police when he thinks they are about to arrest him for a murder he didn't commit. He and his wife Patti fly to his privately-owned remote island and have to crash land. Also on the island is a group of shipwrecked people, including a German professor, his daughter, an English journalist, a wealthy widow, a sailor and a Nazi Agent.
Big Town
Lorelei Kilbourne
A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away.
Earl Carroll Sketchbook
Lynn Stafford
An aspiring singer and her lover, a songwriter who has desperately resorted to writing radio jingles, have many conflicts on their road to success...
Strange Impersonation
Arline Cole
A female research scientist conducting experiments on a new anesthetic has a very bad week. Her scheming assistant intentionally scars her face, her almost-fiancee appears to have deserted her and she finds herself being blackmailed by a women she accidentally knocked down with her car. So what is one to do?
The Gentleman Misbehaves
Nina Mallory
After his first attempt to obtain cash fails, a Broadway producer turns to a gambler to raise money for his show.
Up Goes Maisie
Barbara Nuboult
A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks, who want to steal his ideas.
Дорога в Утопию
Kate
Два исполнителя музыкальных номеров решают отправиться на Аляску с целью, как вы понимаете, сделать состояние. Во время путешествия на корабле они находят карту указывающую путь к золоту, которую потеряли два головореза, МакГурк и Сперрай. Они, в свою очередь, украли карту у законной наследницы её составителя. Замаскировавшись под головорезов, артисты отправляются на поиски золота, а настоящие бандиты идут по их следу...
Шерлок Холмс: Женщина в зелёном
Lydia Marlowe
Холмс и Ватсон исследуют ряд причудливых и очевидно не связанных убийств и смерть возможного подозреваемого. След приводит к обществу гипнотизеров и к таинственной обворожительной женщине. Жестокий Доктор Мориарти, про которого хотя и известно, что он находится в Монтевидео, наверняка окажется втянутым в это дело…
The Enchanted Cottage
Beatrice Alexander
A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his accident. The two develop a bond and agree to marry, more out of loneliness than love. The romantic spirit of the cottage, however, overtakes them. They soon begin to look beautiful to each other, but no one else.
The Crime Doctor's Courage
Kathleen Carson
A criminal psychiatrist investigates the murder of a two-time widower.
Министерство страха
Mrs. Bellane #2, spiritualist
Стивен Нил, проведший два года в психиатрической лечебнице, выходит на свободу накануне нападения немцев на Лондон. Случайно приняв участие в благотворительной лотерее, он попадает в самый центр шпионской паутины, опутывающей Англию. Ему кажется, что все окружающие — нацистские шпионы, ни во что не ставящие человеческие жизни, а его жизнь особенно. Полиция подозревает Стивена в серии убийств, кольцо вокруг начинает него сжиматься. Сможет ли он доверять брату и сестре Хилф, двум единственным людям, которые хотят помочь ему, или же и они — шпионы?
Standing Room Only
Alice Todd
During WWII, an executive and his secretary arrive in Washington, DC on business but, because of the housing shortage, are unable to find hotel rooms. In desperation, they pretend to be married and hire themselves out as a butler and maid in order to secure lodgings. Comedy.
Джейн Эйр
Blanche Ingram
Юная, простая и бедная Джейн Эйр, пройдя строгий курс обучения и воспитания в Ловудской школе для сирот, поступает в Торнфилд-Холл в качестве гувернантки ребёнка, опекаемого Эдвардом Рочестером. Джейн не могла не увлечься умным, ярким, энергичным мистером Рочестером, который вдвое её старше. Однако тайна Торнфилд-Холла способна разрушить все их надежды на счастье…
Шерлок Холмс перед лицом смерти
Sally Musgrave
Три родных брата Джеффри, Филип и Салли - открыли двери своего родового имения, устроив в нем санаторий для офицеров, которым требуется поправка здоровья. Доктор Ватсон также прилагает свою лепту, наблюдая там за людьми, которые страдают неврозами из-за войны и ведут себя неадекватно. Когда один из коллег Ватсона, доктор Секстон, получает удар по голове Ватсон просит своего друга Шерлок Холмс заняться расследованием. Когда он прибывает, одного из хозяев, Джеффри Масгрэйва, находят мертвым. Вскоре убивают Филипа, и Холмс убеждается, что эти события как-то связаны с загадочным стихотворением, которое, возможно, является ключом к раскрытию убийств. Во время Второй мировой войны несколько убийств происходят в санатории, где доктор Ватсон предложил свои услуги врача. Он вызывает Холмса для помощи, и детектив начинает расследование преступления с длинного списка подозреваемых, включая владельцев дома, штата и пациентов, лечащихся там.
Шерлок Холмс и голос ужаса
Jill Grandis
Англия, в начале Второй Мировой Войны. Таинственные радиопередачи, очевидно из Нацистской Германии, слышатся по Би-би-си. Предупреждения относительно терактов в Англии, непосредственно перед тем, как совершаются. Комитет Защиты обращается к Холмсу...
Counter-Espionage
Pamela Hart
The Lone Wolf tracks down Nazi spies in London during the German bombing.
Остров Уэйк
Girl at the Inn (uncredited)
Декабрь 1941. Без всякой надежды на помощь, небольшой гарнизон на островах Уилкс, Уэйк и Пил, в течение двух недель отражал яростные атаки японского флота.
Ship Ahoy
Hillary
Miss Winters is a dancer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and is asked to secretly transport a prototype magnetic mine to Puerto Rico. She thinks that she is working for the US Government, but fails to see why she would be involved.
Married Bachelor
Hillary (uncredited)
A man's marriage suffers when he pretends to be a bachelor while promoting "his" best-selling book about married life (actually written by an eccentric professor) in order to pay off a debt to a gangster.
Доктор Джекилл и мистер Хайд
Mrs. Arnold (uncredited)
Доктор Джекилл считает, что добро и зло сосуществуют в каждом человеке. Он создает эликсир, который позволяет его темной стороне, мистеру Хайду, выйти на первый план, и сталкивается с ужасными последствиями, когда ситуация выходит из-под контроля.
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
Georgia Deering
A honest cowboy is falsely accused of the murder of a rancher.
The Lone Rider Rides On
Sue Brown
Tom Cameron (George Houston) is searching for the outlaws who ambushed a wagon train, murdered his parents and stole the deed to their land. Though he was only a child at the time, he vividly remembers the scar on the ringleader's face -- and Tom will stop at nothing until he brings him to justice … and exacts vengeance. Al St. John, Hillary Brooke and Karl Hackett costar in this 1941 oater from director Sam Newfield. - George Houston, Hillary Brooke, Al St. John
Maisie Was a Lady
House Guest (Uncredited)
Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family's new maid. Maisie soon finds herself trying to mend the family's many problems.
Филадельфийская история
Main Line Society Woman (uncredited)
Холодная красавица миссис Трейси разведена и готовится вновь выйти замуж за Джорджа, управляющего нефтяной компанией ее отца. Казалось бы, сомнений нет, но вдруг накануне торжества неожиданно появляется ее бывший муж Декстер в сопровождении двух корреспондентов, симпатичного молодого человека по имени Коннор и мисс Имбири, которые должны осветить в «желтой» прессе это великосветское событие.
Новолуние
Party Guest
История начинается во времена французской революции. Молодой герцог отправляется в путешествие в Новый Орлеан и во время странствия он встречает красавицу Марианну. Молодые люди с первого взгляда полюбили друг друга. В районе карибских островов на корабль нападают пираты и пленяют всех пассажиров. Начинаются настоящие приключения. Молодость, любовь и верные друзья помогают героям выйти из сложившейся ситуации победителями.
Florian
Horsewoman
Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.
Two Girls on Broadway
Second Girl in Powder Room (uncredited)
Eddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. He sends for his dance partner-fiancée Molly Mahoney who brings her younger sister Pat. Upon seeing Molly and Pat dance, the producer picks Pat for the show and gives Molly a job selling cigarettes. A wealthy friend of the producer named "Chat" Chatsworth also has his eye on Pat. Pat is teamed with Eddie in the specialty number as Kerns and Mahoney. Pat and Eddie soon realize that they are in love and must tell Molly. Pat balks at hurting Molly and goes out with Chat who already has five ex-wives.
Eternally Yours
Blonde On Stage
Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say presto, she's his wife and stage assistant on a lengthy world tour. But Anita is annoyed by Arturo's constant flirtations, and his death-defying stunts give her nightmares. And forget her plan to retire to a farmhouse. Eventually, she has had enough and disappears.
New Faces of 1937
Chorine
A crooked producer makes money from Broadway flops by selling more than 100% interest to multiple parties. He only fails if it makes a profit.