|
Born to Be Bad (1950)
Character: Charity Ball Guest (uncredited)
Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously wealthy beau, Curtis Carey. Once married to Curtis herself, Christabel continues her affair with novelist Nick Bradley, who knows she's evil, but loves her anyway.
|
|
|
Lured (1947)
Character: Concertgoer (uncredited)
Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes her friend has been murdered by a serial killer who uses personal ads to find his victims. Temple hatches a plan to catch the killer using Sandra as bait, and Sandra agrees to help.
|
|
|
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
Character: Woman at Ball (uncredited)
In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
|
|
|
Limelight (1952)
Character: Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
|
|
|
Jeanne Eagels (1957)
Character: Admirer (uncredited)
Biographical film based loosely on the life of 1920s stage star Jeanne Eagels.
|
|
|
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Character: Patron at 21 (uncredited)
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
|
|
|
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Character: Audience Member (uncredited)
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.
|
|
|
Humoresque (1947)
Character: Boray Fan (uncredited)
A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.
|
|
|
Funny Face (1957)
Character: N/A
A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.
|
|
|
Bad Boy (1949)
Character: N/A
A lawman tries to find the source of a juvenile delinquent's bad behavior.
|
|
|
Designing Woman (1957)
Character: N/A
A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the other jealous.
|
|
|
The Merry Widow (1952)
Character: Reception Guest (uncredited)
Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved if the wealthy American Crystal Radek, widow of a Marshovian, can be convinced to part with her money and marry the king's nephew count Danilo. Arriving to Marshovia on a visit, Crystal Radek change places with her secretary Kitty. Following them to Paris, Danilo has a hard time wooing the widow after meeting an attractive young woman at a nightclub, the same Crystal Radek who presents herself as Fifi the chorus girl. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
|
|
|
I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)
Character: Racetrack Patron (uncredited)
Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.
|
|
|
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.
|
|
|
Remember the Day (1941)
Character: N/A
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.
|
|
|
Small Town Girl (1953)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Rick Belrow Livingston, in love with Broadway star Lisa, is sentenced to 30 days in jail for speeding through a small town. He persuades the judge's daughter Cindy to let him leave for one night, so that he can visit Lisa on her birthday. After that he goes on the town with Cindy and she falls in love with him. But Dr. Schemmer wants his son to become her husband.
|
|
|
Forever, Darling (1956)
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Susan and Lorenzo have been married for over five years and they are starting to drift apart. So into her life comes an angel, which only Susan can see, to tell her that there will be trouble ahead if they do not work out their problems. Lorenzo is developing insecticide #383 at Finlay Vega Chemical Co. and plans to test it on a camping trip that he takes with Susan, but the trip becomes an obstacle course for him.
|
|
|
Written on the Wind (1956)
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Mitch Wayne is a geologist working for the Hadleys, an oil-rich Texas family. While the patriarch, Jasper, works hard to establish the family business, his irresponsible son, Kyle, is an alcoholic playboy, and his daughter, Marylee, is the town tramp. Mitch harbors a secret love for Kyle's unsatisfied wife, Lucy -- a fact that leaves him exposed when the jealous Marylee accuses him of murder.
|
|
|
A Star Is Born (1954)
Character: Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
|
|
|
She Devil (1957)
Character: N/A
Biochemists give fruit-fly serum to a dying woman, with side effects.
|
|
|
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Character: Symposium Guest (uncredited)
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.
|
|
|
Room for One More (1952)
Character: N/A
Anne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innocence of children. To the unhappy surprise of her husband she takes in the orphan Jane, a problem child who already tried to kill herself once.
|
|
|
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Character: Department Store Customer (uncredited)
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
|
|
|
The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956)
Character: Mrs. Fuller (Uncredited)
After being shown what hypnotism can do, a doctor starts to study it in depth. When he experiments on a friend's wife, she regresses into an early life, that of Bridey Murphy.
|
|
|
Sabrina (1954)
Character: (uncredited)
After her return from school in Paris, a playboy finally takes notice of his family's chauffeur's daughter Sabrina, who's long had a crush on him, but he questions his more serious brother's motives when he warns against getting involved with her.
|
|
|
Giant (1956)
Character: Guest at Jett Rink's Banquet
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
|
|
|
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Character: Ball Guest (uncredited)
Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
|
|
|
The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order to learn more about the man. Along the way he is joined by the mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his own motivation.
|
|
|
The Strange Door (1951)
Character: N/A
The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a deadly confrontation in his dungeon deathtrap.
|
|
|
Vicki (1953)
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
A supermodel gets murdered. While investigating the case the story of a waitress turned glamor girl is revealed.
|
|
|
Illegal (1955)
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
|
|
