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Dorothy Kent
Dorothea Kent (born Dorothea Jane Schaeffer; June 6, 1916 – December 10, 1990) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1935 and 1948. A former model, she often played dumb sidekicks of the heroine, and rarely played the lead. In addition to her credited roles, she also had roles in six other films, including her last role in the 1948 film ''The Babe Ruth Story''. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Schaeffer, Kent was born Dorothea Jane Schaeffer in Missouri on June 6, 1916, and died in Burbank, California, on December 10, 1990, from cancer. She was buried at the San Fernando Mission Cemetery. Partial filmography * ''George White's Scandals'' (1934) - Dancer (uncredited) * ''Horses' Collars'' (1935, Short) - Nell Higginbottom * ''The Little Big Top'' (1935, Short) * '' Hayseed Romance'' (1935, Short) - Molly * '' Tars and Stripes'' (1935, Short) - Mack's Girlfriend * ''It Never Rains'' (1935, Short) * ''The E-Flat Man'' (1935, Short) - Elme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Weekend
''August Weekend'' or ''August Week End'' or ''Week-End Madness'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Valerie Hobson, Paul Harvey and G. P. Huntley. The screenplay was adapted by Paul Perez from a story by Faith Baldwin. It was produced by Chesterfield Motion Pictures and distributed by Grand National Distributors. Cast * Valerie Hobson as Claire Barry * Paul Harvey as George Washburne * G. P. Huntley as Kim Sherwood * Betty Compson as Ethel Ames * Frank Melton as Ronnie Washburne * Edgar Norton as Grimsby * Gigi Parrish as Elinor * Maynard Holmes as Dave Maxwell * Claire McDowell Claire McDowell ( MacDowell; November 2, 1877 – October 23, 1966) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 350 films between 1908 and 1945. Early years Claire MacDowell was born in New York City on November 2, 1877, the ... as Alma Washburne * Howard C. Hickman as Spencer * Paul West as Taxi Driver * Phyllis Crane as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prescription For Romance
''Prescription for Romance'' is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by S. Sylvan Simon for Universal Pictures. It stars Wendy Barrie, Kent Taylor, and Frank Jenks. Plot Cast * Wendy Barrie as Valarie Barry * Kent Taylor as Steve Macy * Frank Jenks as Smitty * Mischa Auer as Count Sandor * Gregory Gaye as Dr. Paul Azarny * Dorothea Kent as Lola Kent * Henry Hunter as Kenneth Barton * Samuel S. Hinds as Major Goddard * Frank Reicher as Jozeph * Ted Osborne as Corney * Bert Roach as Police Sergeant * Christian Rub as Conductor * George Cleveland as Cab Driver (uncredited) * Franco Corsaro as Headwaiter Franz (uncredited) * Joe Cunningham as Farrell (uncredited) * Sidney D'Albrook as Cab Driver (uncredited) * Robert Fischer as Veterinary (uncredited) * Otto Fries as Police Sergeant (uncredited) * Frederick Giermann as Ambulance Driver (uncredited) * William Gould as Doorman (uncredited) * Dorothy Granger as Cashier (uncredited) * Elsa Janssen as Elsa (uncredited) * Jimmie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-Country Romance
''Cross-Country Romance'' is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Woodruff and starring Gene Raymond and Wendy Barrie. With the huge success of ''It Happened One Night'', the 1934 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Capra and starring Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable, every studio in Hollywood attempted to cash in with a similar storyline. In addition to this film, there was also '' Love on the Run'' (1936) from MGM, '' The Bride Came C.O.D.'' (1941) by Warner Bros.; even Columbia Pictures, which had made ''It Happened One Night'', produced the musical remake '' Eve Knew Her Apples'' (1945). Plot High-profile heiress Diane North (Wendy Barrie) stows away in the trailer of a bacteriologist Dr. Lawrence "Larry" Smith (Gene Raymond) to escape from her own wedding. Larry has to drive cross country to San Francisco to catch a ship to China, where he will work with an eminent expert on a cure for a serious disease. When he discovers his stowaway, Diane t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flight Angels
''Flight Angels'' is a 1940 commercial aviation film from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by Edmund Grainger and directed by Lewis Seiler, from an original story by Jerry Wald and Richard Macaulay. The film stars Virginia Bruce, Dennis Morgan, Wayne Morris, and Ralph Bellamy as airline employees, flying Douglas DST airliners. The basic premise of the film follows the operational conditions of a commercial airline, while also following its stewardesses and pilots as they go through their daily routines, punctuated with the details of their personal lives. Plot "Ace" commercial airline pilot Chick Faber (Dennis Morgan) is grounded by Flight Superintendent Bill Graves (Ralph Bellamy) when a flight physical reveals that his eyesight is failing. Aided by stewardess Mary Norvell (Virginia Bruce) and her friend, Nan Hudson (Jane Wyman), Graves persuades Chick to take a job as teacher in the school for stewardesses. While he remains at the airline, along with engineer, Artie Dixon (Way ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danger Ahead (1940 Film)
''Danger Ahead'' is a 1940 American adventure film directed by Ralph Staub and written by Edward Halperin. It is based on the 1933 novel ''Renfrew's Long Trail'' by Laurie York Erskine. The film stars James Newill, Dorothea Kent, Guy Usher, Maude Allen, John Dilson and Al Shaw. The film was released on January 22, 1940, by Monogram Pictures. Plot Dorothea Kent played the romantic interest as the commander’s daughter, Genevieve, who studied criminology in college and is determined to help Renfrew solve the case, much to his disgust. When one of the Maxwell Company’s armored cars disappear with a gold shipment, the missing driver, Bob Hill, is suspected of theft. In actuality, Maxwell and his henchmen had poured acid on the truck’s brake lines, causing the vehicle to crash into a mountain lake. Genevieve theorizes that Maxwell and Hatch, the bank president, are involved in the caper. When Sergeant Renfrew discovers a trail of clues leading to Maxwell, he and Corporal Kelly ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Million Dollar Legs (1939 Film)
''Million Dollar Legs'' is a 1939 American comedy film starring Betty Grable, Jackie Coogan, John Hartley and Donald O'Connor. The film has no relation to the W. C. Fields movie from seven years earlier also entitled '' Million Dollar Legs''. Plot summary Cast * Betty Grable as Carol Parker * John Hartley as Greg Melton Jr. * Buster Crabbe as Coach Jordan (as Larry Crabbe) * Donald O'Connor as Sticky Boone * Jackie Coogan as Russ Simpson * Dorothea Kent as Susie Quinn * Joyce Mathews as Bunny Maxwell * Peter Lind Hayes as Freddie 'Ten-Percent' Fry (as Peter Hayes) * Richard Denning as Hunk Jordan * Phil Warren as Buck Hogan * Edward Arnold Jr. as Blimp Garrett * Thurston Hall as Gregory Melton Sr. * Roy Gordon as Dean Wixby * Matty Kemp as Ed Riggs * William Tracy as Egghead Jackson * William Holden as Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited) Production Betty Grable and Jackie Coogan were married at the time and had appeared together the previous year playing support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Married A Cop
''She Married a Cop'' is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Sidney Salkow and written by Olive Cooper. The film stars Phil Regan, Jean Parker, Jerome Cowan, Dorothea Kent, Benny Baker and Barnett Parker. The film was released on July 12, 1939, by Republic Pictures. Plot A couple of cops, Jimmy Duffy and partner Joe, answer a call after a neighbor complains about the noise from an apartment where Hollywood studio animators Linda Fay and Bob Adams are auditioning actors for a cartoon pig. After buying tickets to a policemen's ball and promising to keep the noise down, Linda overhears Jimmy singing a few notes and has an inspiration, hiring him. She neglects to tell him what for, however, and Jimmy believes he will be seen singing in a movie. They fall in love and marry, but Jimmy is humiliated at the film's premiere, with all his family and friends there, when his voice comes from "Paddy," the cartoon pig. It leads to a separation, but Jimmy has a change of heart when he fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risky Business (1939 Film)
''Risky Business'' is a 1939 film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring George Murphy and Dorothea Kent. Plot Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl, Norma Jameson, who has been kidnapped. Cast *George Murphy as Dan Clifford *Dorothea Kent as Mary Dexter *Eduardo Ciannelli as Philip Decarno *Leon Ames as Hinge Jackson *El Brendel as Axel * John Wray as Silas *Arthur Loft as Captain Wallace *Frances Robinson as Norma Jameson *Pierre Watkin as Abernathy *Grant Richards as Jack Norman *Charles Trowbridge as Henry Jameson *Mary Forbes as Mrs. Jameson Production The film was based on a story by William McGuire, ''Okay America'', which had been filmed in 1932. Arthur Lubin was attached to the project on 20 January 1939. George Murphy occasionally worked for Universal under one picture arrangements. Filming started January 30, 1939. Reception The ''New York Times'' said the film was not interesting and was "a risky entertainment." The '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strange Faces
''Strange Faces'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Errol Taggart and written by Charles Grayson. The film stars Frank Jenks, Dorothea Kent, Andy Devine, Leon Ames, Mary Treen and Frank M. Thomas. The film was released on November 13, 1938, by Universal Pictures. Plot Cast *Frank Jenks as Nick Denby *Dorothea Kent as Maggie Moore *Andy Devine as Hector Hobbs *Leon Ames as Joe Gurney *Mary Treen as Lorry May *Frank M. Thomas as Ward *Spencer Charters as Mason City Sheriff * Joe King as Police Lt. Hennigan *Renie Riano as Mrs. Keller *Frank Jaquet as Henry Evans * Frances Robinson as Girl in café *Eddie "Rochester" Anderson Edmund Lincoln Anderson (September 18, 1905 – February 28, 1977) was an American comedian and actor. To a generation of early radio and television comedy he was known as "Rochester". Anderson entered show business as a teenager on the vaudevi ... as William *Mark Daniels as Young man in café References External links * {{IMDb title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Express (film)
''The Last Express'' is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Otis Garrett and written by Edmund Hartmann. It is based on the 1937 novel ''The Last Express'' by Baynard Kendrick. The film stars Kent Taylor, Dorothea Kent, Don Brodie, Paul Hurst, Addison Richards, Greta Granstedt, Robert Emmett Keane and J. Farrell MacDonald. The film was released on October 28, 1938, by Universal Pictures. Plot Cast Production In 1937, Universal Pictures made a deal with the Crime Club, who were publishers of whodunnits. Over the next few years Universal released several mystery films in the series. ''The Last Express'' was one of the entries in the series. Release ''The Last Express'' opened in New York in the week of October 12, 1938. It was released further on October 28, 1938. Reception Archer Winsten of the ''New York Post The ''New York Post'' (''NY Post'') is a conservative daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. The ''Post'' also operates NYPost.com, the cel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth Takes A Fling
''Youth Takes a Fling'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Joel McCrea. McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves to New York to try to get a job as a sailor, finds it more difficult than he thought, and meets Helen Brown, who falls for him and uses her feminine wiles to try to prevent him leaving. One of Leeds relatively few films, both she and McCrea were loaned to Universal from Samuel Goldwyn. Cast * Joel McCrea as Joe Meadows * Andrea Leeds as Helen Brown * Frank Jenks as Frank Munson * Dorothea Kent as Jean * Isabel Jeans as Mrs. Merrivale * Virginia Grey as Madge * Grant Mitchell as Duke * Henry Mollison as Dunham * Brandon Tynan as Tad * Oscar O'Shea as Captain Walters * Granville Bates as Mr. Judd * Roger Davis as Floorwalker * Marion Martin as Girl on Beach * Olaf Hytten as Dunham's Butler * Willie Best as George * Catherine Proctor as Mrs. Aspitt * Yvonne Boisseau as Miss Beat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
