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Arline Judge
Margaret Arline Judge (February 21, 1912 – February 7, 1974) was an American actress singer who worked mostly in low-budget B movies, but gained some fame for habitually marrying. Early years Arline Judge was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the daughter of newspaperman John Judge and his wife, Margaret Ormond Judge. She was educated at St. Augustine's in Bridgeport and at New Rochelle College, leaving the latter to seek a career in acting. Stage Judge made her theatrical debut in Broadway musicals and revues such as ''The Second Little Show'' and ''Silver Slipper''. A part in ''George White's Scandals'' provided an opportunity to demonstrate her skills at comedy and dancing. Film After meeting director Wesley Ruggles on a train, she got her start in films with his help, then married him. Nicknamed "One-Take Sally," her film career spanned the 1930s and 1940s. Judge co-starred in ''When Strangers Meet'' (1934), among other films. Television Judge had a few television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girls In Chains
''Girls in Chains'' is a 1943 American women in prison film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Arline Judge. Plot Johnny Moon is a mob boss who controls everything from politicians to a profitable women's penitentiary he runs. He has ruined many lives, including that of Helen Martin, a teacher, and her sister Jean. A political reformer, Frank Donovan, is able to persuade Helen to go undercover behind bars, posing as an inmate, to unearth evidence that will prove Moon's abuse of the incarcerated women. She ultimately succeeds, but not before placing her life in grave danger. Cast *Arline Judge as Helen Martin *Roger Clark (actor), Roger Clark as Frank Donovan *Robin Raymond as Rita Randall *Barbara Pepper as Ruth *Dorothy Burgess as Mrs. Peters *Clancy Cooper as Marcus *Addison Randall as Johnny Moon *Patricia Knox as Jean Moon *Sid Melton as Pinkhead *Russell Gaige as Dalvers *Emmett Lynn as Lionel Cleeter *Richard Clarke as Tom Havershield *Betty Blythe as Mrs. Grey Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Shoulders
''White Shoulders'' is a lost 1931 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Melville W. Brown and starring Mary Astor and Jack Holt, with major supporting roles by Ricardo Cortez and Sidney Toler. The film was produced and distributed by RKO Pictures. The screenplay by Jane Murfin and J. Walter Ruben was adapted from Rex Beach's short story, ''The Recoil''. The film touched on the topics of gold-digging, adultery, bigamy, gigolos, and theft. The rights to the story were optioned in late 1930, and the film went into production in March 1931. After approximately four weeks of filming, the film was screened in May. A remake of the 1924 silent film entitled '' The Recoil'', RKO released the film on June 6, 1931, and it did not perform well at the box office, making it yet another film by RKO to suffer a similar fate. Critically, it was a mixed batch of opinions, ranging from poor to very good. Most reviewers enjoyed at least some of the acting, but virtually all thought the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Name The Woman (1934 Film)
''Name the Woman'' is a 1934 American mystery drama film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Richard Cromwell, Arline Judge and Rita La Roy.Dick p.238 It is not a remake of the studio's 1928 silent film of the same name, although ''Variety'' wrongly reported this at the time. Synopsis A novice reporter tries to get his break by investigating the murder of the district attorney. Cast * Richard Cromwell as Clem Rogers * Arline Judge as Betty Adams * Rita La Roy as Marie Denton * Charles C. Wilson as Joel Walker * Thomas E. Jackson as Frank Martin * Bradley Page as Dave Evans * Henry Kolker as Judge Adams * Purnell Pratt as Forbes * Stanley Fields as Dawson * Crane Wilbur as Blake * Eddy Chandler as Chuck * Wallis Clark as Det. Jeffries * George Humbert as Louie * Al Hill as Maxie * Cyril Thornton as Reynolds * Beulah Hutton as Telephone Operator * Joseph P. Mack as Bartender * Fred Walton as Butler * Allan Sears Allan Sears (March 9, 1887 – August 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoot The Works (film)
''Shoot the Works'' is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and written by Claude Binyon, Gene Fowler, Howard J. Green and Ben Hecht. It is based on the Gene Fowler and Harold Hecht 1932 play ''The Great Magoo'' (and not, despite the title, the 1931 musical revue ''Shoot the Works''). The film stars Jack Oakie, Ben Bernie, Dorothy Dell, Alison Skipworth, Roscoe Karns, Arline Judge and William Frawley. The film was released on June 29, 1934, by Paramount Pictures, preceding by two days the beginning of the most rigorously enforced version of the Hollywood Production Code, which came into effect on July 1, 1934. Plot Cast *Jack Oakie as Nicky Nelson *Ben Bernie as Joe Davis *Dorothy Dell as Lily Raquel *Alison Skipworth as The Countess *Roscoe Karns as Sailor Burke *Arline Judge as Jackie Donovan *William Frawley as Larry Hale *Lew Cody as Axel Hanratty *Paul Cavanagh as Alvin Ritchie *Monte Vandergrift as Man from Board of Health *Jill Dennett as Wand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Looking For Trouble (1934 Film)
''Looking for Trouble'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code crime film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Spencer Tracy, Jack Oakie and Constance Cummings. After he is rejected by a woman, a man leaves his safe job and joins a gang that robs banks. The film features actual stock earthquake footage. Plot A telephone line repairman named Joe Graham (Spencer Tracy) lives in Los Angeles. One night he's offered a promotion but declines telling his boss he's happy being a "trouble shooter" working out in the field solving problems for a living. Later Joe’s co-worker and partner Dan Sutter cannot work the night shift, and Joe has to work with a new repairman called Casey, who has an aptitude for practical jokes. Joe and Casey run into some odd things during their shift, finding a corpse at the place of their first assignment. When the shift is over, both men go for a drink, and they find their colleague Dan very drunk in a casino. This night the police are on their way to raid the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying Devils
''Flying Devils'' (a.k.a. ''The Flying Circus'' or ''Flying Circus'') is a 1933 American Pre-Code action film dealing with aviation. The film was directed by former Hollywood agent Russell Birdwell and photographed by film noir cinematographer Nicholas Musuraca. The screenplay was written by Byron Morgan and Louis Stevens, based on an original story by Stevens. In an unusual move, Bruce Cabot was the star, with perennial "good guy" Ralph Bellamy playing the villain in a love triangle involving Arline Judge and Eric Linden. Although considered a "B" feature, audiences enjoyed the aerial scenes, which helped elevate the feature to a minor box-office hit. Plot The "Black Cats", who are part of the Aerial Circus run by "Speed" Hardy (Ralph Bellamy), are a vagabond troupe of aerial performers in the 1930s. Speed takes on a new performer, former airmail pilot Ace Murray (Bruce Cabot). After performing a "double parachute" jump with his kid brother Bud (Eric Linden), who is also a pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sensation Hunters (1933 Film)
''Sensation Hunters'' is a 1933 American pre-Code B movie directed by Charles Vidor, starring Arline Judge, Preston Foster and Marion Burns, and released by Monogram Pictures. The film briefly features Walter Brennan as a stuttering waiter. Cast * Arline Judge as Jerry Royal * Preston Foster as Tom Baylor * Marion Burns as Dale Jordan * Kenneth MacKenna as Jimmy Crosby * Juanita Hansen as Trixie Snell * Creighton Hale as Fred Barrett * Cyril Chadwick as Upson * Nella Walker as Mrs. Grayson * Walter Brennan as Stuttering Waiter Soundtrack *Arline Judge and chorus - "If It Ain't One Man" (Written by Bernie Grossman and Harold Lewis) *Marion Burns Marion Burns (August 9, 1907 – December 22, 1993) was an American film actress of the 1930s. She is best known for having starred opposite John Wayne in the 1935 film ''The Dawn Rider'' and opposite him again that same year in '' Paradis ... - "There's Something In the Air" (Written by Bernie Grossman and Harold Lewis) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Age Of Consent (film)
''The Age of Consent'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Gregory La Cava. The film stars Richard Cromwell as a young man who becomes involved with a waitress of a seedy restaurant, co-starring Dorothy Wilson and Arline Judge. Plot Mike Harvey (Cromwell) and Betty Cameron (Wilson) are college sweethearts at a New York college. They are so anxious to consummate their relationship that Mike suggests that the two of them quit college, get married and move to California where a friend of his has offered him a job. Both Mike's mentor, Professor Matthews, and Betty talk him out of it. In a funk, Mike goes to the local diner. Dora (Judge) is a waitress who has had a crush on Mike and suggests that he walk her home after her late shift. Arriving at her house, she invites him in. Once in the house she lets him know that her father is working the night shift, offers Mike some of the liquor her father keeps hidden and turn on the music. The drunken couple begin kissing and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roar Of The Dragon
''Roar of the Dragon'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code adventure film directed by Wesley Ruggles and written by Howard Estabrook. The film stars Richard Dix, Gwili Andre, Edward Everett Horton, Arline Judge and ZaSu Pitts. The film was released on July 8, 1932, by RKO Pictures. Cast * Richard Dix as Chauncey Carson * Gwili Andre as Natascha * Edward Everett Horton as Busby * Arline Judge as Hortense O'Dare * ZaSu Pitts as Gabby Woman * Dudley Digges as Johnson * C. Henry Gordon as Voronsky * William Orlamond William Anderson Orlamond (1 August 1867 – 23 April 1957) was a Danish-American film actor. Orlamond appeared in more than 80 films between 1912 and 1938. Partial filmography * '' A Rogue's Romance'' (1919) * '' Elmo the Mighty'' (191 ... as Dr. Pransnitz * Arthur Stone as Sholem * Toshia Mori as Chinese Proprietor's Daughter * Will Stanton as Sailor Sam References External links * * * * * 1932 films American black-and-white films RKO Pict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Is My Face Red?
''Is My Face Red?'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by William A. Seiter and written by Ben Markson and Casey Robinson. The film stars Helen Twelvetrees, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond, Robert Armstrong and Arline Judge. It was released on June 17, 1932 by RKO Pictures. Plot Cast * Helen Twelvetrees as Peggy Bannon * Ricardo Cortez as William Poster * Jill Esmond as Mildred Huntington * Robert Armstrong as Ed Maloney * Arline Judge as Bee, Poster's Secretary * Zasu Pitts as Morning Gazette Telephone Operator * Clarence Muse as Horatio * Sidney Toler Sidney Toler (born Hooper G. Toler Jr., April 28, 1874 – February 12, 1947) was an American actor, playwright, and theatre director. The second European-American actor to play the role of Charlie Chan on screen, he is best remembered for his ... as Tony Mugatti * Fletcher Norton as Angelo Spinello References External links * * * * 1932 films American black-and-white films 1930s English-lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Bride
''Young Bride'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by William A. Seiter and written by Garrett Fort, Ralph Murphy and Jane Murfin. The film stars Helen Twelvetrees, Eric Linden, Arline Judge, Roscoe Ates and Polly Walters. The film was released on April 8, 1932, by RKO Pictures. Cast *Helen Twelvetrees as Allie Smith Riggs * Polly Walters as Daisy *Eric Linden as Charlie Riggs *Arline Judge as Maisie *Roscoe Ates as Mike, the Pool Room Bartender *Blanche Friderici as Miss Margaret Gordon, the Librarian *Cliff Edwards as Pete * Edwin Maxwell as The Doctor * Phyllis Crane as The Taxi Dancer *Edmund Breese Edmund Breese (June 18, 1871 – April 6, 1936) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era. Biography Breese was born in Brooklyn, New York. His parents were Renshaw Breese and Josephine Busby. The Opera House in Eureka Spring ... as Mr. C. B. Chadwick, the Broker References External links * 1932 films 1932 drama films American black ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl Crazy
''Girl Crazy'' is a 1930 musical by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book by Guy Bolton and John McGowan. Ethel Merman made her stage debut in the first production and co-lead Ginger Rogers became an overnight star. Rich in song, it follows the story of Danny Churchill who has been sent to fictional Custerville, Arizona, to manage his family's ranch. His father wants him there to focus on matters more serious than alcohol and women but Danny turns the place into a dude ranch, importing showgirls from Broadway and hiring Kate Forthergill (Merman's role) as entertainer. Visitors come from both Coasts and Danny falls in love with the local postmistress, Molly Gray (Rogers' role). Three subsequent film adaptations adjusted the plot. The most notable, in 1943, starred Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, with the latter playing a combined Kate and Molly. Productions The musical opened at the Alvin Theatre on October 14, 1930 and closed on June 6, 1931 after 272 performan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
