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The Bargain (1931)
Character: The Patroness
A father changes jobs with his son, and each learns he has made a mistake.
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Sauce for the Gander (1940)
Character: Mrs. Bentley
Working stiff Tom Tupper is stopped by a 'man on the spot' reporter during his daily commute. Asked for his opinion on male/female relations, Tom tells the radio audience that he thinks men could do a better job running the household than women. When he arrives home, his infuriated wife Margaret proposes that her husband put his money where his mouth is. The couple switch roles, with Margaret going to the office and Tom cooking and cleaning. While Margaret becomes a successful entrepreneur, the man of the house comes dangerously close to having a nervous breakdown. Overwhelmed by a woman's work, Tom begs Margaret to go back to the way things were, but his now-independent wife isn't interested.
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McFadden´s Flats (1935)
Character: Mrs. Hall
Dan McFadden builds an apartment house in a working-class neighborhood on New York's East Side called "McFadden's Flats." At the same time, Dan and his wife Nora send their tomboyish daughter Molly to an expensive girls' school to teach her etiquette. Molly only agrees to go after her sweetheart, Sandy MacTavish, convinces her she should. When Dan is unable to complete the apartments because of a lack of money, Sandy's father Jock, a Scottish barber and Dan's best friend, secretly backs Dan's loan at the bank, even though Jock is known for his penny-pinching ways.
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Blame It on Love (1940)
Character: Virginia Francis
A short film put out by the Hotpoint Company to demonstrate their Electric Ranges.
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No Time for Comedy (1940)
Character: First-Nighter (uncredited)
An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.
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45 Fathers (1937)
Character: Mrs. Carter
An orphan girl becomes adopted by a group of old men and is placed in the home of one of them. She sings and dances and helps out where she can.
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Indiscreet (1931)
Character: Mrs. Woodward
A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up.
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Manpower (1941)
Character: Floor Lady (uncredited)
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang. Tensions start to show in the road crew as rivalry between Hank and Johnny increases.
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Four Frightened People (1934)
Character: Mrs. Ainger
Malaya tropical island romantic love triangle adventure thriller, about a cruise ship where Bubonic plague breaks out. Four people are able to leave the ship in a tiny boat and make it to a desert island, where many adventures ensue and, of course, the two men fight over the beautiful young schoolteacher who is with them.
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Espionage Agent (1939)
Character: Mrs. Peyton
When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.
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Kathleen (1941)
Character: Mrs. Farrell
Kathleen is a twelve-year-old who lives in a big house with a nanny, a butler, maids, no mother and a father who is working most of the time. She dreams of a family with a mother, father and her, and tells everyone that she has such a family. Because of this story, she cannot invite any friends over as they will see that it is not true.
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Hush Money (1931)
Character: Mrs. Stockton (uncredited)
Story of a girl who tries to live down the past and marries a wealthy man. Blackmail attempt by old associate foiled by friendly detective.
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Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)
Character: Dinner Guest (uncredited)
A young woman runs away from an abusive home and pre-arranged marriage only to be frustrated in her attempts to find happiness with a handsome engineer.
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Hers to Hold (1943)
Character: Dorothy Craig
Deanna Durbin is all grown up in Hers to Hold, the unofficial sequel to her "Three Smart Girls" films of the 1930s. Durbin plays Penelope Craig, the starry-eyed daughter of wealthy Judson and Dorothy Craig (Charles Winninger, Nella Walker). Developing a crush on much-older playboy Bill Morley (Joseph Cotton), Penelope stops at nothing to land the elusive Morley as her husband. Highlights include Durbin's renditions of "Begin the Beguine" and the "Seguidilla" from Carmen, and a captivating sequence that includes highlights from Durbin's earlier films, presented as home movies!
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A Child Is Born (1939)
Character: Mrs. Twitchell
A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.
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Ever in My Heart (1933)
Character: Cousin Martha Sewell
World War I brings tribulations to an American woman married to a German.
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Follow That Woman (1945)
Character: Mrs. Henderson
A private detective's wife takes over his business when he enters the Army.
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Kid Glove Killer (1942)
Character: Mrs. Daniels
Van Heflin stars as the head of a city crime lab who tries to solve the murder of the town mayor by scientifically analyzing evidence.
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In Name Only (1939)
Character: Mrs. Walker
A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.
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Variety Girl (1947)
Character: Mrs. Webster
Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick interludes) throughout the Paramount studio.
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The House on 56th Street (1933)
Character: Eleanor Van Tyle
A beautiful chorine marries a handsome rich socialite, but her idyllic life ends when she visits a dying old beau and is charged when he commits suicide.
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I Love You Again (1940)
Character: Kay's Mother
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.
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Take It or Leave It (1944)
Character: Mrs. Preston
A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant wife's doctor.
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Ace of Aces (1933)
Character: Mrs. Adams
A sculptor who doesn't want to have any part of World War I is shamed by his girlfriend into joining the army. He becomes a fighter pilot, and undergoes a complete personality change.
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Little Men (1940)
Character: Truant Officer
Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's heart despite his hard edge, and she defends him when he is falsely accused. Dan's foster father, Major Burdle, is a swindler in cahoots with another crook called Willie the Fox. When the Plumfield School becomes in danger of foreclosure, the two con men cook up a scheme to save the home.
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Their Mad Moment (1931)
Character: Suzanne Stanley
Dorothy Mackaill stars in this old-fashioned melodrama set in the Basque country of Spain. She is Emily Stanley, betrothed to foppish Englishman Sir Harry Congers, but in love with Basque peasant Esteban Cristera. Deciding on a final fling before wedlock, Emily goes to Esteban's village in the mountains, but is wounded in a car accident. Recuperating, she learns about the hardships endured by Basque women from Esteban's grandmother and former girlfriend, Stancia, and decides to return to Sir Harry in Biarritz.
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What a Widow! (1930)
Character: Marquise
A young woman's elderly husband dies and leaves her $5 million. She travels to Paris and becomes part of the "Continental" set and is pursued by a rich playboy and a lawyer who works for her.
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A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941)
Character: Mrs. Grange
Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where she had his seats and the next day she shows up as his temporary secretary. Then Coffee Cup comes to town to see Dot, his gal. When Steven is with Cecilia, everything is boring. When he is with Dot and Coffee Cup, everything is exciting and he falls for Dot. But Coffee is getting out of the Navy in a few days and he plans to marry Dot.
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Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Character: Mme. Bouchet (uncredited)
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.
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The Vagabond Lover (1929)
Character: Mrs. Whittington Todhunter
A zany musical about an amateur musician in search of work who impersonates a big band leader.
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Going Highbrow (1935)
Character: Mrs. Marsh
A ditzy wife yearns to join "high society" when she and her husband become suddenly wealthy. Comedy.
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All of Me (1934)
Character: Mrs. Darrow
A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend doesn't understand why he is so dissatisfied.
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The Common Law (1931)
Character: Yacht Guest (uncredited)
When a woman models for an artist they fall in love. Can the artist overcome the beauty's recent past as another man's mistress?
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Tanned Legs (1929)
Character: Mrs. Sophie Reynolds
Peggy and Bill are high society lovebirds, but their marriage plans are put on hold while Peggy spends most of her summer straightening out her wayward parents and her unlucky-in-love sister Janet. Mama and Papa are set to rights fairly quickly, but Janet's the one with real problems. It seems she sent some compromising love letters to a worthless cad, and now the bounder wants to use the letters for blackmail. Peggy's friend Roger and his flapper sweetheart Tootie hatch an elaborate plan to retrieve the incriminating letters and salvage Janet's reputation.
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Desirable (1934)
Character: Eve - aka Madame Françoise
A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.
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Alias French Gertie (1930)
Character: Morton's Wife
A safecracker poses as a French maid in order to gain access to wealthy homes. In the midst of a nocturnal search for a cache of valuables, she is interrupted by another safecracker. Narrowly escaping arrest, they decide to pool their talents, but she gets the urge to reform and encourages him to do the same.
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Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929)
Character: Irene Rhodes
A writer rents what he believes is a deserted lodge in order to complete his novel. But then six other people show up one-by-one, each for reasons of their own.
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A Dog of Flanders (1935)
Character: Frau Vanderkloot
Adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose ambition is to become a painter.
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Dangerously Yours (1933)
Character: Lady Gregory
A playboy asks his friend to borrow his yacht to entertain his girlfriend.
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Extravagance (1930)
Character: Mrs. Kendall
Alice Kendall is the darling of her social set, the sons and daughters of millionaires, although Alice's mother has impoverished herself to provide Alice with the luxuries she expects as her right. Mom blows what's left of her fortune to provide the best trousseau that money can buy when Alice marries Fred Garlan, and then wishes Fred lots of luck. Now, Alice is trying to coax Fred into buying her a new sable coat while Fred is busily trying to borrow enough money to keep his business afloat.
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Sensation Hunters (1933)
Character: Mrs. Grayson
Dale Jordan is first accepted by the aristocratic first-cabin passengers on a south-bound Panama-Pacific liner until they discover she is a member of a troupe of cabaret girls led by Trixie Snell en route for the Bull Ring Cabaret in Panama City.
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We Were Dancing (1942)
Character: Mrs. Janet Bentley
A penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by becoming houseguests at the homes of wealthy American socialites.
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Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
Character: Mrs. Chanler
A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his knowledge by the hospital's top dog, Dr. Leonard Gillespie.
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The Saint Takes Over (1940)
Character: Lucy Fernack
The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint" the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter created by Leslie Charteris. This film focuses on the character of Inspector Henry Farnack. When Farnack is framed by a gang he is investigating, it is up to The Saint to clear his name.
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Professor Beware (1938)
Character: Railroad Information Clerk
Egyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to join a group in New York headed for Egypt. With the police close on his trail he gets in and out of scrapes along the way.
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Reaching for the Sun (1941)
Character: Nurse
Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by working on auto assembly line.
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I Live My Life (1935)
Character: Ruth's Mother (Uncredited)
A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
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Red Salute (1935)
Character: Aunt Betty
The rebellious daughter of an army general gets involved with a Communist agitator, mainly to annoy her father. He arranges to have her kidnapped and taken to Mexico--hoping that she will forget her "Red" boyfriend--by a young, handsome soldier named Jeff who, while somewhat of a goof-up, the general believes is still better for her.
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Young Man with Ideas (1952)
Character: Mrs. Jethrow (uncredited)
A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
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Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
Character: Mrs. Harrison
Mother and daughter compete over same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man.
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The 9th Guest (1934)
Character: Margaret Chisholm
Eight people are invited by an unsigned telegram to a penthouse apartment, where they find themselves locked in and greeted by their unknown host's voice via the radio, who explains that before the night is over each one will be die unless they manage to outwit the ninth guest, Death.
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Sabrina (1954)
Character: Maude Larrabee
Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for a wife and family. David is all play – technically he is employed by the family business, but never shows up for work, spends all his time entertaining, and has been married and divorced three times. Meanwhile, Sabrina Fairchild is the young, shy, and awkward daughter of the household chauffeur, who goes away to Paris for two years, and returns to capture David's attention, while falling in love with Linus.
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An American Tragedy (1931)
Character: Hotel Guest (uncredited)
A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.
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Fashions of 1934 (1934)
Character: Mrs. Van Tyle
When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide discount shops with cheap copies of Paris couture dresses.
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Change of Heart (1934)
Character: Mrs. Frieda Mockby
Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fly to New York City to find work.
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The Right to Live (1935)
Character: Mrs. Pride
A man with a broken back dies after his wife has an affair with his brother.
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Three Smart Girls (1936)
Character: Dorothy Craig
The three Craig sisters – Penny, Kay, and Joan – go to New York to stop their divorced father from marrying gold digger Donna Lyons and re-unite him with their mother.
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The Locket (1946)
Character: Mrs. Wendell
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
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Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Character: Mrs. Rand
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.
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The Rage of Paris (1938)
Character: Mrs. Duncan
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ritzy New York City hotel, the trio plot to have Gloria catch the eye of Bill Duncan, a millionaire staying at the hotel. The plan works and the two quickly become engaged. Nicole's plan may be thwarted by Bill's friend, Jim Trevor, who's met Nicole before and sees through her plot.
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Swanee River (1939)
Character: Mrs. McDowell
Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out. Typical of 20th Century Fox biopics of the time, the film is more fictional than factual biography.
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Hard to Get (1938)
Character: Mrs. Emmy Atwater (uncredited)
When spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by Bill Davis, he makes her work out her bill by making beds. Resolving to get even, she pretends to have forgiven him, and sends him to her father to get financing for a plan Bill has. What happens next was not part of her original revenge plan.
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Made for Each Other (1939)
Character: Dr. Langham's Nurse-Receptionist (uncredited)
A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.
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Behold My Wife! (1934)
Character: Mrs. Copperwaithe
After Michael Carter's fiancée commits suicide, Michael vows to seek revenge on his wealthy family, who sabotaged their marriage. He drives across the country angrily, and lands up at a saloon, where he is shot by an Indian, Pete. Pete's girlfriend, Tonita nurses Michael's wound and falls in love with him. Michael realizes this, proposes marriage to Tonita - a perfect revenge for his prejudice family. They marry and he takes her to New York, in full Indian dress hoping to embarrass the family.
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Magic Town (1947)
Character: Grandview Citizen (uncredited)
Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country. He and his assistants go there to run polls cheaply and easily, in total secrecy (it would be fatal to let the townsfolk get self-conscious). And of course, civic crusader Mary Peterman must be kept from changing things too much. But romantic involvement with Mary complicates life for Rip; then suddenly everything changes.
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Coronado (1935)
Character: Mrs. Gloria Marvin
Southern California's Hotel Coronado caters to and is frequented by members of the social upper-crust. Although she lives on the wrong side of the San Diego track, in a tent-city with her father. Otto, and ditzy sister, Violet, June Wray is a singer with the Eddy Duchin Orchestra appearing to the hotel. Johnny Marvin, an aspiring songwriter and the son of a wealthy automobile manufacturer, is staying at the hotel and, from they moment June and Johnny meet, they fall instantly in love. Trouble arises when Johnny's father objects to the romance, and complications and help arrive in the form of two Marine-hating sailors,Chuck Hornbostel and "Pinky" Falls, when Chuck marries June's ditzy sister.
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Flesh and Fury (1952)
Character: Mrs. Hackett
Deaf boxer Paul Callan captures the interest of gold-digging blonde Sonya Bartow and retired fight manager 'Pop' Richardson. For a time, Sonya has the upper hand with Paul, but ultimately a rival appears in the shape of upper-crust reporter Ann Hollis. With a 3-way fight under way for influence over Paul, he takes matters into his own hands, but learns that getting what he wanted isn't necessarily a happy ending.
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Reunion in Vienna (1933)
Character: Countess Von Stainz
An exiled archduke (John Barrymore) tries to renew romance with a former lover (Diana Wynyard) now wed to a psychiatrist (Frank Morgan).
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The Woman in Red (1935)
Character: Aunt Bettina
A professional jockey struggles to fit in with her new husband's upper-crust family in this horsy-set drama.
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When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
Character: Betty Dumont
A famous concert pianist unhappily married to a woman who suffers from mental illness falls in love with a waitress.
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The Public Defender (1931)
Character: Aunt Matilda
A mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who embezzled their company's funds.
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Ladies of Washington (1944)
Character: Mrs. Crane (uncredited)
The new boarder at a Washington, D.C. rooming house for women likes the fast life, but her recreational activities lead to her involvement in murder.
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Big Town (1946)
Character: Mrs. Johannsen, victim's mother
A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away.
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These Glamour Girls (1939)
Character: Carol's Mother Mrs. Christy (uncredited)
A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get rid of her, but she won't leave. Instead, she stays and shows up both him and his classmates' snooty dates.
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In Society (1944)
Character: Mrs. Elizabeth Van Cleve
Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things don't go too smoothly.
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Humanity (1933)
Character: Mrs. James Pelton
A doctor in New York City, who has had to raise his son without a mother since his wife died, struggles and sacrifices to be able to send the boy to a top-ranked, but expensive, medical university in Europe. His dream is that the boy will return to help him provide much needed medical care for the poor of his Lower East Side neighborhood.
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What a Woman (1943)
Character: Senator's Wife (uncredited)
An author and a literary agent become involved after selling film rights to his racy book.
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Is My Face Red? (1932)
Character: Aunt Vickie
William Poster writes a gossip column for the Morning Gazette. He will write about anyone and everyone as long as he gets the credit. He gets most of his information from his showgirl gal-pal, Peggy. Eventually Bill's reckless tattling gets him in deep trouble with friends and enemies, putting his career and life in jeopardy.
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Stella Dallas (1937)
Character: Mrs. Grosvenor
After divorcing a society man, a small-town woman tries to build a better life for their daughter.
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Kitty Foyle (1940)
Character: Aunt Jessica
A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.
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As You Desire Me (1932)
Character: Lucia Marco
Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. One day, Tony shows up on Salter's estate claiming that Zara is actually Maria, the wife of his close friend Bruno, claiming that her memory was destroyed during World War I. Zara doesn't remember but leaves with Tony to Salter's dismay. Bruno, now an officer in the Italian Army, tries to coax Maria's memory back on his large estate. No one is really sure if Zara is Maria, and when Salter shows up with a mental case from Trieste that he claims is the real Maria, everyone on Bruno's estate is desperately searching for the truth.
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Air Raid Wardens (1943)
Character: Millicent Norton
Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs bent on blowing up the local magnesium plant.
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Daughter of the Dragon (1931)
Character: Lady Petrie (uncredited)
At her Chinese father's bidding, a woman goes to murder an enemy and meets a Scotland Yard detective.
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Repent at Leisure (1941)
Character: Sally Baldwin
Everyone in a large department store knows that a rising star is married to the owner's daughter, except her husband.
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Undercover Maisie (1947)
Character: Mrs. Georgia Lorrison
Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to use her as an undercover agent to expose a conman.
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Lady with a Past (1932)
Character: Aunt Emma
A wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours about her character that makes her popular amongst all bachelors in the city including her friend.
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Buck Privates (1941)
Character: Mrs. Parker II
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only in the same unit, they're vying for a pretty girl who seems attracted to both.
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They Call It Sin (1932)
Character: Mrs. Hollister
An innocent, young, small-town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted, and that her mother was an evil woman. She follows a crush to the big city and is left fending for herself.
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Fugitive Lady (1934)
Character: Mrs. Brooks
In this thriller, a young woman marries a dashing young man who, unbeknownst to her, is a jewel thief.
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Rain or Shine (1930)
Character: Mrs. Conway
Young Mary Rainey takes the reins of her deceased father's failing circus. With the help of the Inimitable Smiley Johnson, she hopes to bring fortune back to her ragtag band of ragged shoeleather performers.
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Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936)
Character: Helen Webster
A conscientious attorney who is a member of the State Parole Board, finds his own son, using an alias, up for parole and makes the decision to cast the approving vote.
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Big Hearted Herbert (1934)
Character: Mrs. Goodrich
After cantankerous and miserly Herbert Kalness insults his daughter's fiance and prospective in-laws at a dinner party, Mrs. Kalness devises a scheme to teach her husband a lesson in good manners.
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Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)
Character: Dorothy Craig
Three sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together, until one sister falls in love with another's fiancé, and the youngest sister plays matchmaker.
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The Hot Heiress (1931)
Character: Mrs. Hunter
Classes clash when a poor riveter and wealthy society woman fall in love with each other, much to the shock of her friends and family.
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Back Street (1941)
Character: Corinne Saxel
Previously filmed in 1932, and remade a third time in 1961, this second film version of Fannie Hurst's novel stars Margaret Sullavan as a fashion designer in love with a married banker (Charles Boyer). Directed by Robert Stevenson, the film also stars Richard Carlson, Tim Holt, Frank McHugh, Esther Dale and Cecil Cunningham.
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That Hagen Girl (1947)
Character: Molly Freneau
Mary Hagen lives in a small town in Ohio and goes to Jordon Junior College. For years, there has been whispers, rumors and gossip about who are her real parents. When Tom Bates returns to town, he takes over the house and practice that Judge Merrivale left him when he died. As Tom has been away a number of years, this leads to more gossip and Mary believes that he is her father. The popular and rich Ken loves Mary, but his family and friends constantly remind him that she is 'not one of us'. Julia, a teacher at school encourages Mary but Mary cannot get a break in anything she does, or is accused of doing. Tom knows the answer to her true identity, and he is silent.
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Captain January (1936)
Character: Mrs. Mason
A little girl named Star lives with a lighthouse keeper who rescued her when her parents drowned. A truant officer decides she should go to boarding school but she's rescued by relatives.
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The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
Character: Mrs. Betty Fernack
Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after being accused of corruption and dismissed from the force. Convinced of the man's innocence, Templar takes it upon himself to vindicate the memory of Val's father. To do so he must take on the city's most dangerous criminal gang, while also battling hostile members of the police department.
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Klondike Annie (1936)
Character: N/A
A San Francisco singer flees Chinatown on murder charges and poses as a missionary in Alaska.
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Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
Character: Mrs. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson, Sr.
Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house and is billed as High-C Susie. When her sister Martha comes for a visit, Abigail tries to hide the truth from her.
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Irene (1940)
Character: Mrs. Marshall (uncredited)
Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mrs. Herman Vincent at her Long Island estate. Charmed by her, Don anonymously purchases Madame Lucy's, an exclusive Manhattan boutique, and instructs newly hired manager Mr. Smith to offer Irene a job as a model. She soon catches the eye of socialite Bob Vincent, whose mother is hosting a ball at the family mansion. To promote Madame Lucy's dress line, Mr. Smith arranges for his models to be invited to the ball.
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Murder in the Blue Room (1944)
Character: Linda Baldrich
A young woman, a trio of singers, and a mystery writer are among the guests at a house long-considered to be haunted.
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20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
Character: Mrs. Long (uncredited)
Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.
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Small Town Girl (1936)
Character: Mrs. Dakin
Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while drunk and then proceeds to take her out on a night on the town. Kay likes the stranger, and when the drunken Bob decides that they should get married, Kay hesitates little before consenting. The morning after the affair, Bob, once sober, regrets his mistake. His strict and upright parents, however, insist that the young couple pretend marriage for 6 months before divorcing, in order to avoid bad publicity. Bob resents Kay for standing in the way of him and his fiancée, Priscilla, but Kay still hopes that he'd have a change of heart.
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