Elisabeth Risdon

Elisabeth Risdon

Рождение : 1887-04-26, London, England, UK

Смерть : 1958-12-20

История

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Elisabeth Risdon (born Daisy Cartwright Risdon; 26 April 1887 – 20 December 1958) was an English film actress. She appeared in over 140 films between 1913 and 1952. A beauty in her youth, she usually played in society parts. In later years in films she switched to playing character parts. Born in London, England, Risdon graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in 1918 with high honours. She attracted the attention of George Bernard Shaw and was cast as the lead in his biggest plays. Besides her performances for Shaw, she was leading lady for actors including George Arliss, Otis Skinner, and William Faversham. She was also under contract to the Theatre Guild for many years. In later years, she taught drama to patients at a veterans administration hospital near her Brentwood home. She was married to the prolific silent film director George Loane Tucker who left her a widow in 1921. She later married actor Brandon Evans, who died in April 1958. She was the great-aunt of actress Wendy Barrie-Wilson. Risdon died in December 1958 in St Johns Hospital in Santa Monica, California from a cerebral haemorrhage. Her body was donated to medical science.

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Elisabeth Risdon

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Isabelle de Valmorin
Андре Моро — незаконный сын знатного аристократа, не знающий, кто его отец, теряет друга, написавшего листовку о свободе, равенстве, братстве. Его товарищ пал от руки лучшего дуэлянта Франции — маркиза Де Мэйна и умер у него на руках. Моро поклялся, что убийца умрет от его руки такой же точно смертью. Но для этого весельчаку и сорванцу, плевавшему на политику и считавшему весь мир одним сумасшедшим домом, нужно было научиться фехтовать. И он научился…
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Diner on Train
Состоящий из 8 отдельных историй фильм раскрывает различные грани понятия «Американский дух».
Bannerline
Margaret Trimble
A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.
In Old Amarillo
Granny Adams
A drought is about to end the cattle business. The owner of a canning factory wants to buy all the remaining cattle cheap. He plans to ruin the cattlemen's plans to ship water by train and to seed the clouds for rain. Roy is sent by a packing house to investigate.
My True Story
Mme. Rousseau
Ann Martin (Helen Walker) is serving time as a jewel thief. She is paroled and determined to stay clean. She quickly finds out that she was paroled by an old, vicious boss that has picked her for a job. It is dangerous for her to say yes or no.
The Milkman
Mrs. Carter
A dairy owner's son takes a job as milkman with a rival company.
Bunco Squad
Jessica Royce
Police sergeants Johnson and McManus take on Los Angeles confidence tricksters. Con man Tony Wells, lining up rich widow Jessica Royce as his latest mark, sets up a false paranormal society with other charlatans to convince the credulous Jessica that her late son is speaking to her through their sham seances. When the plan leads to murder, Johnson and McManus must bring the group down before they kill again.
Hills of Oklahoma
Kate Carney
In this remake of Gene Autry's 1942 "Call of the Canyon", Rex Allen, the newly-elected head of the cattleman's association, is driving the combined herds of the ranchers to the nearest railhead when he runs into trouble. Singing cowboy Rex Allen stars as a newly appointed leader of a cattleman's association who finds himself battling a greedy meat-packer (Robert Karnes) and his father (Robert Emmett Keane) for fair passage through the hills of Oklahoma.
Sierra
Aunt Susan
Ring Hassard and his father Jeff, wild horse breakers, live in a hidden mountain eyrie as Jeff is wanted for a murder he didn't commit. Things change when they take in a lost young lady, Riley Martin, who finds that Ring has "never seen a woman close up." Jeff is injured, Ring runs afoul of horse thieves and the law, and Riley (who is a lawyer) labors to clear the Hassards (who others would prefer dead).
The Secret Fury
Dr. R.W. Roberts
The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen denies the charge, the interloper produces enough evidence that his accusation must be investigated. Ellen and David travel to the small coastal town where her first wedding allegedly occurred. There, they meet a number of individuals whose stories make Ellen question her own sanity.
Down Dakota Way
Dolly Paxton
In Roy Rogers' Down Dakota Way, the deadly hoof-and-mouth disease has struck the herd owned by evil rancher H. T. McKenzie (Roy Barcroft). To avoid an expensive quarantine on his stock, McKenzie plans to murder the local veterinarian (Emmet Vogan) before the latter can report his findings to the government. Rogers manages to straighten out the situation by appealing to the sensibilities of the aunt (Elizabeth Risdon) of McKenzie's hotheaded hired assassin (Byron Barr). The film also bears several musical numbers from Roy, Dale Evans, and Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage.
Каждая девушка должна выйти замуж
Mary Nolan
Молодая девушка вбила в свою миленькую головку, что хочет выйти замуж. Она настойчиво и самыми неожиданными средствами добивается, чтобы эта же мысль «родилась» и у её избранника, детского доктора и убеждённого холостяка.
Sealed Verdict
Mrs. Hockland
John Hoyt plays a high-ranking Nazi being prosecuted by an army tribunal in the aftermath of World War II. Sentenced to death, the general appeals to the American investigating Major (Ray Milland), claiming mitigating circumstances, and providing the names of witnesses who will clear his name. This sends the Major in a search through the ruins of post-war Germany to determine the degree of the general's guilt.
Bodyguard
Gene Dysen
A cop on suspension is framed for murder when he noses in on a murder investigation.
The Bride Goes Wild
Mrs. Carruthers
McGrath publishes books for children and Uncle Bump is one of the best sellers. Unfortunately, Greg, who is Uncle Bump, tends to drink too much and has not started his next book. Martha won a contest to illustrate the book and the first thing that happens is that Greg gets her soused. To keep her there to illustrate, John gets a juvenile delinquent named Danny to play his son and show how much pressure he is under. The ploy works at first, but Greg's heart was broken by Tillie, and Martha may be the girl who makes him forget all about her.
The Bride Goes Wild
rs. Carruthers
McGrath publishes books for children and Uncle Bump is one of the best sellers. Unfortunately, Greg, who is Uncle Bump, tends to drink too much and has not started his next book. Martha won a contest to illustrate the book and the first thing that happens is that Greg gets her soused. To keep her there to illustrate, John gets a juvenile delinquent named Danny to play his son and show how much pressure he is under. The ploy works at first, but Greg's heart was broken by Tillie, and Martha may be the girl who makes him forget all about her.
High Wall
Mrs. Kenet
Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he's committed to an understaffed county asylum full of pathetic inmates. There, Dr. Ann Lorrison is initially skeptical about Kenet's story and reluctance to undergo treatment. But against her better judgement, she begins to doubt his guilt.
Жизнь с отцом
Mrs. Whitehead
Hью-Йорк 1883. Уильям Пауэлл в роли эксцентричного биржевого брокера и главы многодетной семьи. Великолепно показаны нравы и быт Америки конца девятнадцатого века.
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Emily Baggett
A mysterious Civil War veteran courts a Missouri farmer's daughter amid postwar unrest.
Неудачник и я
Betty's Mother
Желая начать новую жизнь после возвращения с войны, городской пижон Боб покупает фермерское угодье с большими планами на развитие-взращивание кур и последующей продажей яиц. Правда, своими планами он не поделился со своей новоиспеченной супругой, городской штучкой Бэтти. У молодых разные взгляды на ферму, которая на самом деле требует больших усилий, чтобы превратиться в место, пригодное для жилья и ведения бизнеса. Боб и Бэтти знакомятся со своими соседями, среди которых Бэтти ждет настоящее испытание для терпения: гламурная соседка Харриет Путнэм определенно имеет виды на Боба.
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she soon charms them all, especially the handsome young head of the company. Their romance gets sidetracked when she becomes involved in the Women's Suffrage movement.
Roll on Texas Moon
Cactus Kate Taylor
To get the Delaney ranch Cole's henchman Anders has started a phony range war between the cattlemen and sheepmen. After killing Delaney, he tries to kill his daughter Jill and then Roy who was sent to investigate the war. But the failed attempts gives Roy the information he needs.
Lover Come Back
Ma Williams
A wife decides to take revenge when she learns her husband has been unfaithful.
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Catherine Walsh
A PI investigates a priest's murder.
They Made Me a Killer
'Ma' Conley
A fugitive receives help from a victim's sister as he tries to clear his name of robbery and murder charges.
The Fighting Guardsman
Mme. de Montrevel
A French Baron robs Louis XVI like Robin Hood.
Mama Loves Papa
Jessie Todd
A loose remake of the 1935 comedy of the same name. Thanks to the efforts of his social-climbing wife Jessie, furniture store employee Wilbur Todd is tossed headfirst into the world of small-town politics. Sized up as a patsy by crooked politician Kirkwood, poor Wilbur is plied with champagne as part of Kirkwood's scheme to land a sweetheart playground-equipment contract.
The Unseen
Mrs. Norris
David Fielding, who has recently lost his wife, moves into a new neighborhood under a cloud of suspicion. Many feel that his wife's death in a car crash was no accident. Elizabeth Howard, the governess he hires to look after his children, makes it her mission to find out the truth. When other murders seem to be following David to his new town, Elizabeth investigates with the help of David's son Barnaby.
A Song for Miss Julie
Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
Two playwrights and a former burlesque queen travel to Louisiana to research a musical they're planning on a local Southern hero.
Grissly's Millions
Leona Palmor
An eccentric wealthy man is murdered, and the police set out to find his killer.
Blonde Fever
Mrs. Talford
Peter (Philip Dorn) and Delilah (Mary Astor) are a married couple running a roadside café in Nevada. Their stable partnership turns rocky, though, with the arrival of the sultry Sally (Gloria Grahame), a waitress who catches Peter's wandering eye. Delilah strikes back by hiring Sally's boyfriend (Marshall Thompson) as a waiter. Sally is initially dismissive of Peter's advances, but when he wins $40,000 in a lottery, she quickly pounces, turning on the charm and eyeing the easy life.
В седле
Miss Elizabeth Martin
Роклин приезжает в небольшой городок, чтобы далее следовать на ранчо в Санта Инез куда его нанял работать Ред Карделл. В пути он узнает о том, что владелец убит и ранчо унаследовано двумя попутчицами Роклина: красоткой — Кларой Кардепл и ее нервозной тетей мисс Мартин. Роклин изворотливо отказывается работать на женщин и начинает искать работу на других полях. Тем временем местные чиновники при поддержке шерифа и бандитов пытаются присвоить себе ранчо покойного Реда Карделл, заявляя, что Клара и мисс Мартин не могут управлять землей. Роклин встает на сторону женщин и узнает, что именно он законный наследник покойного. Взяв в руки оружие, герой вступает в бой за свою собственность.
In the Meantime, Darling
Helen Corkery
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.
Кентервильское привидение
Mrs. Polverdine
Эта история началась в XVII веке. Английский аристократ сэр Саймон де Кентервиль был заживо замурован в своем замке по приказу отца, который наложил на него страшное проклятие. Дух несчастного обречен бродить по замку и пугать его обитателей до тех пор, пока один из потомков не совершит подвиг в его честь. Спустя триста лет американский солдат Каффи освобождает бедного сэра Саймона от проклятия…
Weird Woman
Dean Grace Gunnison
After bringing his beautiful new wife Paula home to America from a remote island on which she was raised, Professor Norman Reed begins to feel the clash between his world of rational science and hers of bizarre dancing and freaky voodoo rituals. Norman's stuck-up friends also sense Paula's strangeness, and soon their meddling gossip and suspicious scheming push the poor woman to use her magic to defend herself and her husband – and maybe even to kill! Or is it just the power of suggestion...?
Выше и выше
Georgia Keating
Слуги миллионера Сайруса Дрейка уже несколько месяцев не получают зарплату, пока не узнают, что их работодатель обанкротился. После этого, вспомнив о жене и дочери Сайруса, давно уехавших за границу, его слуги, вместе с ним самим, разрабатывают план, по которому привлекательная горничная Милли должна сыграть роль дочери Сайруса Дрейка, чтобы выгодно выйти замуж за богача и тем самым решить финансовые проблемы всей компании.
Lost Angel
Mrs. Pringle
Alpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest story for his paper. But when his interview prompts Alpha to run away from the institute and ask him to show her some magic, Mike gets more responsibility than he bargained for. Especially since another story of his, one involving gangsters, has also come home to roost.
Never a Dull Moment
Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
Nightclub gangsters hire a vaudeville act called the Three Funny Bunnies (Ritz Brothers).
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
Aunt Della Lindsay
Dennis mistakenly believes Carmelita is going to have a baby. Little does he know that the blessed event is her cat's new kittens.
Удивительная миссис Холлидей
Вторая мировая война. Войска США помогают Китаю в войне против Японии. Дочь американского миссионера находясь взоне боевых действий, находит восемь детей-сирот ирешает перевезти их в Америку, где они начнут новую жизнь. Но прежде чем это произойдет, девушке предстоят тяжелые испытания, которые она преодолеет благодаря своему обаянию, жизнерадостному характеру и веселому нраву.
Journey for Margaret
Mrs. Bailey
An American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening days of WWII. After a shrapnel wound and loss of her baby she returns to America. War weary, he is forced to do a story about war orphans, where he meets Margaret.
Плоды случайности
Mrs. Lloyd
Действие происходит в Англии, где ветеран Второй Мировой войны Чарльз Райнер лежит в госпитале после контузии от взорвавшегося снаряда. В этом бою он потерял память. Когда заключается мир, Чарльз выходит из больницы и бесцельно бродит среди радостного празднования и знакомится с Полой Ридгеуэй, которая забирает его в деревню…
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Aunt Della Lindsay
A pair of shipboard smugglers have a large diamond hidden inside a small elephant statuette, which they plant on absentminded Lord Epping to get it past customs. Now, his lordship is visiting Uncle Matt Lindsay who looks just like him. Thanks to flirtatious Diana's efforts to get the elephant back, the comic confusion proliferates, with 'spitfire' Carmelita (now a blonde) playing a prominent part.
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
Aunt Della Lindsay
Carmelita and Uncle Matt find themselves in a haunted house, but the "ghosts" are actually enemy agents who are trying to frighten away visitors in order to develop a nitroglycerin bomb.
I Live on Danger
Mrs. Morrell
A cocky radio reporter sets out to prove an ex-convict is innocent in the murder of a mob boss.
Are Husbands Necessary?
Mrs. Westwood
George and Mary Elizabeth Cugat are about to celebrate their second wedding anniversary and dream of having a child. Although they live comfortably on George's earnings as a bank official, Liz's scatterbrained handling of their finances constantly puts them in jeopardy. Liz becomes jealous when George's former girl friend, Myra Ponsonby, comes for a visit with his party-loving friends Bill Stone, Cory Cartwright and Chuck, an artist, after which George spends the entire evening dancing at a nightclub with Myra.
Пожнешь бурю
Mrs. Claiborne
1840-е. Ки-Уэст полон службами спасателей, которые зарабатывают подъемом грузов с затонувших кораблей. Владелец судна Локси Клейборн подозревает в нечестной игре спасателя Кинга Катлера — тот всегда оказывается в нужном месте, стоит произойти кораблекрушению…
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
Aunt Della Lindsay
An advertising executive and his temperamental wife sail to Hawaii in search of business. The fifth entry (of eight) in the "Mexican Spitfire" comedy series.
The Lady Is Willing
Mrs. Cummings
Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street. She wants to keep the baby but has to find a husband to make adoption viable. She offers her new obstetrician Dr. McBain help with his research on rabbits in exchange for marriage - and he accepts. The marriage of convenience turns into a marriage of real love until Dr. McBain's ex-wife comes looking for money.
The Man Who Returned to Life
An accused killer is granted a reprieve when his victim returns to town in the flesh after an eight-year absence.
Jail House Blues
Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
A prisoner about to be pardoned puts it off until he can put on one last variety show for his fellow inmates.
Paris Calling
Madame Jennetier
Marianne Jannetier, a well-to-do Parisian, engaged to Andre Benoit, a high-ranking government official, flees the city when the goose-stepping Nazi storm-troopers arrive. When her mother dies on the road to Bordeaux as a result of Nazi bombing, she returns to Paris and joins the underground movement. Nicholas Jordan, an American member of the RAF, stranded in Paris after the evacuation is also working with the Paris underground. Marianne kills her former fiancée, a pro-Nazi informant, for the traitorous state papers he is carrying, and she and Jordan try to flee over a French seaport...
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Aunt Della
An advertising executive and his temperamental wife adopt a war orphan who turns out to be a beautiful woman.
At the Stroke of Twelve
Abigail Osley, aka The Old Doll
This entry in Warner's "Broadway Brevity" series of shorts is based on Damon Runyon's short story, "The Old Doll's House". Racketeer Lance McGowan, on the night he has decided to go straight, finds himself caught between the gunfire of two rival gangsters and, wounded by a bullet, he finds refuge in the home of a wealthy recluse. One of the gangsters is found riddled with bullets from the gun Lance dropped while making his escape, and he is arrested and tried for murder. The reclusive widow comes to the trail and testifies that Lance was her guest that night when the clock struck twelve, the time of the killing. Lance, while innocent, is also lucky, as the widow had her all her clocks set to always strike twelve, as the time her husband had died.
Footlight Fever
Aunt Hattie Drake
Alan Mowbray and Donald MacBride reprise their roles in "Curtain Call" as theatrical producers Donald Avery and Geoffrey 'Jeff' Crandall. This time they try to con a millionairess into funding their latest show by posing as old friends of her lost love.
Mr. Dynamite
Achilles
A ball player takes his girlfriend to a carnival, only to discover a ring of saboteurs.
Милая девушка?
Marrtha Peasley
Провинциальная Америка. Отец семейства поглощен работой над книгой «О вкусной и здоровой пище». Старшая дочь Сильвия стремится стать актрисой. Младшая дочь Нэнси — неугомонный подросток, а средняя дочь Джейн сыта по горло своей ролью местной «хорошей девочки». Ее друг Дон Уэбб больше интересуется автомобилем, чем ею и это обстоятельство расстраивает Джейн. Однажды в их доме появляется коллега отца — молодой ученый Ричард Калверт. Джейн поручается сопровождать гостя и надо же такому случится, чтобы заглохла машина Джейн. В конечном результате молодая девушка провела ночь в квартире незнакомого мужчины, а затем вернулась в родной дом в чужой пижаме. По городку поползли недобрые слухи, что «хорошая девочка» помолвлена с Ричардом. Чтобы прекратить сплетни Ричард и Джейн симулировали сначала влюбленность, а затем «ссору». Дон тем временем поступил на военную службу. Влюбленная в него Джейн примчалась к солдату в часть, где бывший автомеханик признался девушке в любви.
Высокая Сьерра
Ma
Отсидевший срок и вышедший на свободу гангстер Рой «Дикий Пес» Эрли из банды чуть ли не самого Джона Диллинджера (и внешне очень похожий на него) понимает, что мир изменился, и решает «завязать», но старые дружки уговаривают его провернуть самое последнее дельце. Он не догадывается, что полиция следит за каждым его шагом.
Let's Make Music
Malvina Adams
An elderly schoolmarm makes a hit in New York after a bandleader jazzes up her corny song.
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Aunt Della Lindsay
Dennis heads west to work on an important business deal minus the Mexican Spitfire, Carmelita. His hot-tempered spouse decides to surprise him, but ends up as the surprised one when she sees him with another woman. Instead of a second honeymoon, Carmelita begins divorce proceedings
Slightly Tempted
Ethelreda Knox
A con man tries to sell phony stocks to unwary investors.
Ховарды из Вирджинии
Aunt Clarissa
Середина 18 века. Мэтт Ховард, осиротевший сын фермера из Вирджинии встречает сестру богатого плантатора Пейтона Джейн. Для них обоих это - вечная любовь, и несмотря на классовые различия к, и вражду семей, Джейн выходит замуж Мэтта. Так начинается история, рассказывающая о родственных связях, о любви и дружбе, а также о том, как изменила жизнь семьи война с британцами.
Saturday's Children
Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet.
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
Minerva
In this musical, a sharp witted press agent teams up with an unemployed chorine and dubs her "Miss Manhattan" to promote a cheap line of clothing. To escort her about town, the agent invents a "Mr. Manhattan." He then has them fake a marriage. When he realizes that he is in love with his creation, the agent promptly fires "Mr. M" and takes her to the altar personally. Songs include: "Ma, He's Making Eyes At Me," "Unfair To Love," and "A Lemon In The Garden Of Love."
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Sarah Lincoln
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States.
Honeymoon Deferred
Sarah Frome
Edmund Lowe plays an insurance investigator who interrupts his honeymoon to look into the case of a murder, which could also be a suicide, in which case his company won't have to pay the victim's contract. His wife, played by Margaret Lindsay, insists on following him around, not only to help him solve the case, but to make sure he doesn't get too friendly with any members of the opposite sex, either.
Mexican Spitfire
Aunt Della Lindsay
Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage: Carmelita's fiery Latin temper, a meddling aunt and a conniving ex-fiancee who's determined to break up their marriage.
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Jury Member
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family. The law is not content with his explanation, however.
Ревущие двадцатые, или Судьба солдата в Америке
Mrs. Sherman
Шли «ревущие 20-е» годы, время, когда спор решали пулями, а автоматные очереди все чаще нарушали тишину улиц. Вернувшиеся в Чикаго по окончании Первой мировой войны, Джордж и Эдди начинают сколачивать свои капиталы, торгуя контрабандным спиртным и организовав крупную банду. Их рэкет процветает, пока «здоровая» конкуренция не вмешивается в их дружбу. Выясняется, что уложить всех вокруг себя гораздо проще, чем договориться…
Disputed Passage
Mrs. Cunningham
A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl returns to China, but complications ensue when she runs into him in Nanking during a Japanese bombing raid.
Full Confession
Norah O'Keefe
A Catholic priest must convince a man to step forward to save the wrong person from being sent to the electric chair.
The Forgotten Woman
Margaret Burke
A beautiful woman is forced to help gangsters in a robbery, and is arrested as an accessory.
Five Came Back
Martha Spengler
Twelve people are aboard Coast Air Line's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course. Crashing into jungles known to be inhabited by head hunters, pilots Bill and Joe race against time to fix the engines and attempt a take off. The situation brings out the best and worst in the stranded dozen as they create a makeshift runway and prepare to escape before the natives attack. But damage to the plane and low fuel reserves means that only 5 people can be carried to safety.
The Man Who Dared
Jessie Carter
An elderly grandfather proves to be heroic when he takes a stand against local city corruption.
The Girl from Mexico
Della Lindsay
Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, while Lindsay's shiftless uncle Matthew Lindsay aids and abets her every step of the way to the marriage altar.
Sorority House
Mrs. Scott
A young girl begins to wonder if she really fits into the upper-class sorority she's trying to join.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Widow Douglass
Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River.
The Great Man Votes
Phoebe Ainslee
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman, and his children, who know him for what he is and what he isn't, are his only admirers. Then, it is discovered that he is the only registered voter in a key precinct and the politicians, from both parties, arrive in droves bearing inducements. What he does about this situation, and the relatives who want to take his children away from him make up the story.
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Aunt Sally Phelps
The further adventures of Twain's most beloved fictional characters of Tom Sawyer and his friend, Huckleberry Finn.
Girls on Probation
Kate Heath
A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.
The Affairs of Annabel
Mrs. Fletcher
Wonder Pictures has been striking out at the box office lately, causing the seedy PR man to involve main star Annabel in ever outrageous stunts for publicity.
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Mrs. Jordan
A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
My Bill
Aunt Caroline
An impoverished widow fights scandal for the sake of her four children.
Без ума от музыки
Знаменитая певица Гвен Тэйлор скрывает от всей мировой общественности не только свой возраст, но и взрослую дочь Глорию Хэнриксон, которая учится в закрытом пансионе в Швейцарии. Веселая проказница Глория придумала себе легенду семьи и рассказывает всем, что ее отец герой, путешественник и охотник на львов. Девочка даже пишет сама себе письма от имени «папы». Подружки завидуют ей, а все мальчишки сразу влюбляются. И вдруг завистницы требуют предъявить отца, а то они уже перестают ей верить. Что же делать… Выдумщица идет на вокзал и решает вручить букет цветов первому встречному джентльмену, а вдруг все пройдет гладко, и ей поверят в очередной раз. На ее счастье, этим «дядей» оказывается Ричард Тодд, известный в Америке композитор, мечтающий о тишине и покое и приехавший в Альпы подышать свежим воздухом, но не тут-то было, ведь теперь рядом новоявленная «дочка» Глория, а с ней не соскучишься.
Манекен
Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Пароходный магнат Джон Хеннесси теряет голову при виде Джесси - жены своего знакомого бездельника Эдди Миллера. Тот, оценив ситуацию, разрабатывает хитроумный план: Джесси разводится с ним, выходит замуж за магната, потом разводится и с ним и вновь, уже богатая, выходит замуж за Эдди. Сработала только часть плана: Джесси на самом деле выходит замуж за Хеннесси, но, вопреки планам, влюбляется в него...
Тупик
Mrs. Connell
Десять лет не был в родном городе Мартин по прозвищу Детское личико. За это время он стал солидным гангстером с соответствующим послужным списком (ограбления, убийства) и характерными внешними приметами (дорогой прикид, пачки долларов и пистолет в кармане). Его малая родина — это нью-йоркские трущобы, где мечта людей вырваться из бедности так и остается мечтой, где любой подросток без колебаний готов пойти по жизни неверной дорогой гангстера. Мать прогоняет блудного сына, бывшая подружка тоже не рада встрече с ним. Если бы только этим ограничились «неприятности» Мартина. Как известно, возвращаться — очень плохая примета…
Они не забудут
Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Южный город потрясен скандалом: девушка-подросток Мари Клей убита в День памяти Конфедерации. Эндрю Гриффин, мелкий адвокат с политическими амбициями, видит в этом преступлении свой билет в Сенат, нужно только найти правильную жертву и обвинить её в убийстве. Он выбирает Роберта Хейла, северянина, учителя Мэри в бизнес-школе, где она и была убита. Несмотря на то, что все улики против Хейла косвенные, Гриффин как безжалостный репортер создает в СМИ волну ненависти и предрассудков в отношении учителя.
Уступи место завтрашнему дню
Cora Payne
На семейном собрании, Куперы обнаруживают, что родители теряют права на свой дом. "Временно" мама переезжает к семье сына Джорджа, папа к дочери Коре. Но родители подобны песку в шестеренках хорошо организованных домашних хозяйствах своих детей. Могут ли старики взять дело в свои руки?
Mountain Justice
Mrs. Harkins
Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prejudice and familial abuse.
The Woman I Love
Mme. Herbillion
In World War I France, a pilot falls in love with the wife of his friend and superior officer.
Теодора сходит с ума
Aunt Mary
История противостояния Теодоры Линн, церковной органистки и учительницы воскресной школы, в тайне от всех пишущей любовные романы, и местного литературного кружка, прознавшего о ее увлечении, полного благопристойных матрон, которые, на словах выражая пренебрежение и недовольство трудами Теодоры, также в тайне от всех зачитываются ее беллетристикой.
Craig's Wife
Mrs. Landreth
Harriet, Walter Craig's wife, is an upper-class woman obsessed with control, material possessions and social status whose behavior makes difficult her relationship with domestic service and family members.
The Final Hour
Fortune Teller
A down-and-out lawyer gets back on his feet with help from a singer who later retains him to defend her on a murder charge.
Король уходит
Grand Duchess Sofia
Сюжет переносит зрителя в Вену 19-го века и касается молодой жизнерадостной девушки герцогини Елизаветы Баварской, которую ласково звали дома Сиси, и которая хотела спасти старшую сестру Елену от морганического брака с их двоюродным братом «злым» молодым императором Австро-Венгерской империи Францем Иосифом.
Don't Gamble with Love
Grace
Standard tale of husband and wife living a party lifestyle. He works in a gambling hall and she occasionally models and sings. Because they want to start a family wife feels the need to change their situation. Situation is changed and husband gets a new job and then a promotion but is tricked into a bad business deal and wants to go back to his old life.
Lady of Secrets
Mrs. Emily Whittaker
Because of a very unhappy affair she had earlier in her life, a woman shuts herself off from the rest of the world.
Crime and Punishment
Mrs. Raskolnikov
A man is haunted by a murder he's committed.
Guard That Girl
Aunt Catherine
Attorney Joshua Scranton hires "Budge" Edwards and Larry Donovan, who has just bought into Edwards' detective agency, to protect Estelle Hudson, a client of his who is to inherit three-million dollars the next Thursday. He tells them he has reason to believe the girl is in danger from five relatives who stand to benefit from her death.
The Mother of Dartmoor
Avesa Pomeroy
A man turns poacher for love of a married woman and is jailed by his widowed mother's evidence.
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
The film portrays the life of Florence Nightingale, particularly her innovations in nursing during the Crimean War (1854–56).
Love in a Wood
Rosiland
The film is a contempary-set version of William Shakespeare's play As You Like It.
The Suicide Club
The Idol of Paris
Flare-Flare
A crook demands his princess cousin in marriage in return for clearing a prince of theft charges. Based on Charles Darrell's original play.
Inquisitive Ike
Dora
A man poses as a woman to fool a peeping tom.
Beautiful Jim
Nancy Earle
A murder mystery concerning the murder by a Colonel's son of his sister's fiancé using a golf club. Based on the novel by John Strange Winter.
Black-Eyed Susan
Black-Eyed Susan
A sailor is court-martialled for hitting an officer who tried to seduce a smuggler's young daughter.
Her Luck in London
Nellie Harbourne
Nellie, a beautiful farmer's daughter, is lured to the wickedness of the big city. Based on an original story by Charles Darrell.
The Cup Final Mystery
A goalkeeper is kidnapped just before the Cup Final at Crystal Palace. Can he be rescued in time for a triumphant match?
Bridegrooms Beware!
Bride
A comedy feature with Fred Groves having dual roles of bridegroom and a lunatic, and in the course of the film the two characters swap places.
Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
Maria Marten
A wealthy landowner kills his pregnant mistress and buries her body, but his mother has a strange dream that just may bring his crime to light. Based on an actual murder that happened in 1828.