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Call Her Mom (1972)
Character: Helen
A sexy waitress becomes a house mother in a fraternity house and involves the college in a nationwide women's lib controversy.
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Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart (1995)
Character: Molly Plenty
After many years in prison, a changed robber comes home to see his sons again, one of them brain-damaged. Due to many misfortunate events and terrible tragic misunderstandings, they go on the run, leaving a bloody trail wherever they go.
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Twenty Years After (1944)
Character: (archive footage)
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.
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The Zodiac Murders (1975)
Character: N/A
A murderous couple base their killing spree on the astrological signs of their victims. Lost slasher film.
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Who Is the Black Dahlia? (1975)
Character: Police Matron
In 1947 Los Angeles, a police detective tries to solve the shocking and grisly murder of 22-year-old aspiring actress Elizabeth Short.
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Lucy Moves to NBC (1980)
Character: Self
Contacted by Fred Silverman, the President of NBC, Lucille Ball accepts to go back to work as a producer. With the help of her faithful production assistant, Gale Gordon, she starts working on a new series titled "The Music Mart".
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The Pigs vs. The Freaks (1984)
Character: Maureen Brockmeyer
In a small town, the hippie faction often clashes with the mainstream. To settle their differences, the hippie "freaks" take on the town police "pigs" in a football game. On opposing sides of the fence are Frank, the police sergeant, and his son Neal. Also at odds are Neal and one time friend Doug, a returned Vietnam Vet who has joined the police force, who is also protective of his younger sister who prefers the hippie element. To make things even more intense, Mickey South, who has fled to Canada to avoid the war, returns to play for the Freaks football team. Tensions mount and all are challenged as the climax of the film approaches.
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Mr. Broadway (1957)
Character: N/A
A musical television special chronicling the early career of playwright George M. Cohan, focusing primarily on his vaudeville years as part of his family singing group "The Four Cohans."
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The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
Character: Laura Belle Ronson
On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
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Keeping Company (1940)
Character: Evelyn Thomas
Wholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride's understanding--but sometimes interfering--parents) discovering married life isn't always bliss.
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That's Entertainment! (1974)
Character: (archive footage) (uncredited)
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.
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The Doctor and the Girl (1949)
Character: Fabienne Corday
Dr. Michael Corday, a recent graduate of the Harvard Medical School, is the son of Dr. John Corday, an eminent New York City surgeon who has a tendency to continue to direct the lives of his grown children. The daughter, Fabienne, runs away from home, and Michael, after first following his father's advice of being callous to the point of cruelty toward patients, changes when he falls in love with a patient, marries her and sets up his practice on the lower East Side in New York.
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Thousands Cheer (1943)
Character: Gloria DeHaven
Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her father. Eddie's also plagued by fear of having an accident during his family's trapeze act in the army variety show, which also features a gallery of MGM stars.
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Two-Faced Woman (1941)
Character: Debutante in Ladies' Room (uncredited)
A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.
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Susan and God (1940)
Character: Enid
A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.
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Out to Sea (1997)
Character: Vivian
Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With a tyrannical cruise director, and the luscious Liz and lovely Vivian, our heroes have lots of mis-adventures before they finally return to port.
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Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1953)
Character: Angela Toland
War-weary Captain Willoby and his men are the occupation force on an island of lovely women...and are forbidden to fraternize.
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Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
Character: Jean Deyo
A sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken with gorgeous sister Jean, unaware that her sibling Patsy is also in love with him.
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The Girl Rush (1955)
Character: Taffy Tremaine
When her compulsive-gambler father dies, leaving her with an inheritance that amounts to zip, single gal Kim Halliday jumps at a caller's claim that she's part-owner of a Las Vegas "hotel." But hilarity ensues when she flies to Sin City to see it. While a wealthy casino owner eyes her dilapidated property, she takes a chance and tries to sell it to an hotelier's wealthy son.
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Step Lively (1944)
Character: Christine Marlowe
Fly-by-night producers dodge bill collectors while trying for one big hit.
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Bog (1979)
Character: Ginny Glenn / Adrianna
Dynamite fishing in a rural swamp revives a prehistoric gill monster that must have the blood of human females in order to survive.
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Summer Stock (1950)
Character: Abigail Falbury
To Jane Falbury's New England farm comes a troup of actors to put up a show, invited by Jane's sister. At first reluctant she has them do farm chores in exchange for food. Her reluctance becomes attraction when she falls in love with the director, Joe, who happens to be her sister's fiance.
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Summer Holiday (1948)
Character: Muriel McComber
Danville, Connecticut at the turn of the century. Young Richard Miller lives in a middle-class neighborhood with his family. He is in love with the girl next-door, Muriel, but her father isn't too happy with their puppy-love, since Richard always share his revolutionary ideas with her.
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The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
Character: Ellen Goodrich
Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day that he meets the lovely Ellen of the Yellow Cab Co., he also meets the crooked lawyer named Creavy. Pirdy is an inventor and when Creavy learns about elastic-glass, his new invention, he makes plans to steal the process. With the help of another con man named Doksteader, and the boys, he will steal this million dollar invention no matter who gets hurt.
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That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Character: (archive footage)
Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.
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Modern Times (1936)
Character: Gamin's Sister (uncredited)
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...
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That's Dancing! (1985)
Character: From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from its origins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s, up to the break dance and music videos from the 80s.
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Scene of the Crime (1949)
Character: Lili
A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activities.
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I'll Get By (1950)
Character: Terry Martin
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.
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The Penalty (1941)
Character: Anne Logan
In this crime drama, a ruthless gangster's son is soon following in his father's footsteps. When his daddy kills an FBI agent and a cabby, the boy sees it all. Fortunately the courts intervene and send the lad off to live with a family of farmers.
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Two Tickets to Broadway (1951)
Character: Hannah Holbrook
A young woman (Janet Leigh) leaves her small hometown in Vermont and travels to New York City with hopes of becoming a Broadway star.
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Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free (1976)
Character: Lady Jane Gray
A traveling horse trader and his young nephew travel the west in search of the boy's prize Arabian horse, who has been stolen by a bounty hunter.
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Best Foot Forward (1943)
Character: Minerva Fierce
Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend Helen Schlesinger unexpectedly shows up, too.
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Broadway Rhythm (1944)
Character: Patsy Demming (as Gloria de Haven)
Broadway producer Johnny Demming is only interested in big-name talent and scoffs that his sister, father and other small-time talent could be used in a successful show.
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So This Is Paris (1954)
Character: Colette d'Avril / Jane Mitchell (as Gloria De Haven)
Three sailors on leave head for Paris with one thing on their minds.
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Three Little Words (1950)
Character: Mrs. Carter DeHaven
Song-and-dance man Bert Kalmar can't continue his stage career after an injury, so he has to earn his money as a lyricist. By chance, he meets composer Harry Ruby and their first song is a hit. Ruby gets Kalmar to marry his former partner Jessie Brown, and Kalmar and Jessie prevent Ruby from getting married to the wrong girls. But due to the fact that Ruby has caused a backer's withdrawal for a Kalmar play, they end their professional relationship.
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