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Shirley Mills
Shirley Olivia Mills (April 8, 1926 – March 31, 2010) was an American actress. She played the roles of the youngest daughter in ''The Grapes of Wrath'' and the title character in '' Child Bride''. In the latter, she is shown nude in a nude swimming scene, filmed when she was about 12 years old, which became the basis for ''Child Bride'' being classified for many years as an exploitation film. Biography Born in Tacoma, Washington, Mills started her career as a child dancer, and later appeared in films such as '' Child Bride'' (1938) at the age of 12, ''The Grapes of Wrath'' (1940), and the Shirley Temple film ''Young People'' (1940). She stopped making films in her early twenties but was later a pioneer in selling data-processing services in the 1960s, becoming the first female president of the Data Processing Management Association in Los Angeles and later vice president of marketing and public relations for Management Applied Programming, a major data processing center, fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Child Bride
''Child Bride'', also known as ''Child Brides'', ''Child Bride of the Ozarks'' and ''Dust to Dust'' (USA reissue titles), is a 1938"Child Bride (1938) '''' . The film is widely listed as dating from 1938 (, , |
Shadow Of A Doubt
''Shadow of a Doubt'' is a 1943 American psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten. Written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, and Alma Reville, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story for Gordon McDonell. In 1991, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film was also Alfred Hitchcock's favorite of all of his films. Plot Charles Oakley lives alone in a rooming house. One day, his landlady tells him that two men came looking for him; he sees the two men waiting on the street in front of his room, and he decides to leave town. Charlotte "Charlie" Newton is a bored teenage girl living in the idyllic town of Santa Rosa, California. She receives wonderful news: Her mother's younger brother (her eponym), Charles Oakley, is arriving for a visit. Her uncle arrives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Six Convicts
''My Six Convicts'' is a 1952 American film noir crime drama directed by Hugo Fregonese. The screenplay was adapted by Michael Blankfort from the autobiographical book ''My Six Convicts: A Psychologist's Three Years in Fort Leavenworth'', written by Donald Powell Wilson. The film stars Millard Mitchell, Gilbert Roland, John Beal and Marshall Thompson. Mitchell won a Golden Globe Award for his performance. Plot Prison psychologist Doc attempts to help his incarcerated patients. Cast *Millard Mitchell as James Connie *Gilbert Roland as Punch Pinero * John Beal as "Doc" *Marshall Thompson as Blivens Scott * Alf Kjellin as Clem Randall *Henry Morgan as Dawson *Jay Adler as Steve Kopac *Regis Toomey as Dr. Gordon *Fay Roope as the Warden *Carleton Young as Captain Haggerty *John Marley as Knotty Johnson *Russ Conway as Dr. Hughes *Byron Foulger as Dr. Brint *Charles Bronson as Jocko (credited as Charles Buchinsky) Uncredited * Wesley Addy as Convict * Jack Carr as Harry Higgins * D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Model And The Marriage Broker
''The Model and the Marriage Broker'' is a 1951 romantic comedy film about a marriage broker. Though Jeanne Crain (as the model) is top billed, the movie revolves around Thelma Ritter's character (the broker), in a rare leading role for Ritter. Scott Brady also stars. The film is directed by George Cukor and produced by Charles Brackett. At the 24th Academy Awards, it received a nomination in the category of Best Costume Design (Black & White) for Charles LeMaire and Renié. The award, however, went to Edith Head for her work in '' A Place in the Sun''. Plot Through her "Contacts and Contracts" company, Mae Swasey is busy scheming to bring couples together. It is not very rewarding financially, and Mae is in debt, as her friend and business associate Doberman reminds her periodically during their regular games of Pinochle. Even one of her seeming successes, Ina Kuschner's impending wedding to Radiographer Matt Hornbeck, does not go as hoped. Ina's mother refuses to pay Mae the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Family Secret (1951 Film)
''The Family Secret'' is the title of three separate unrelated films: * ''The Family Secret'' (1924 film), an American silent drama film directed by William A. Seiter * ''The Family Secret'' (1936 film), a Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Molander * ''The Family Secret'' (1951 film), an American crime film directed by Henry Levin * "The Family Secret!, a 1989 episode of ''The Raccoons'' * '' The Family Secret'', a 2003 album by Oteil and the Peacemakers {{DEFAULTSORT:Family Secret, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fighting Coast Guard
''Fighting Coast Guard'' is a 1951 American adventure film directed by Joseph Kane and written by Kenneth Gamet. The film stars Brian Donlevy, Forrest Tucker, Ella Raines, John Russell, Richard Jaeckel, William Murphy and Martin Milner. The film was released on June 1, 1951, by Republic Pictures. Plot Shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor, shipyard foreman Bill Rourk is feuding with a former football star, Barney Walker, who now works there. He is romantically attracted to Louise Ryan, an admiral's daughter working as a wartime welder, but she is dating Ian McFarland, a naval commander. McFarland launches an officers training course once America becomes active in World War II. Bill signs up, but his record is tainted by lies told by Walker. He is also caught out after curfew by the military police, while trying to romance Louise. Walker is fatally injured in battle and confesses his lies about Bill before dying. When a former shipyard colleague, young Tony Jessup, is stran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's A Small World (1950 Film)
''It's a Small World'' is a 1950 American film directed by William Castle. The film was released on DVD in 2010. Plot Cast *Paul Dale as Harry Musk *Lorraine Miller as Buttons *Will Geer as William Musk – Father *Nina Koshetz as Rose Ferris * Steve Brodie as Charlie * Anne Sholter as Dolly Burke *Todd Karns as Sam *Margaret Field as Janie at Age 16 *Shirley Mills as Susan Musk at Age 16 (as Shirley O. Mills) *Thomas Browne Henry as Jackson (as Tom Brown Henry) * Harry Harvey as Town Doctor *Paul E. Burns as Italian Truck Farmer * Jacqui Snyder as Susan Musk at Age 8 *Lora Lee Michel Lora Lee Michel (born Virginia Joy Willeford, September 13, 1940) is an American former child actress. She appeared in several feature films during the Golden Age of Hollywood in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In 1950, she was the focus of a cus ... as Janie at Age 8 References External links * * 1950 films 1950 comedy-drama films American comedy-drama films Films directed by Willia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick The Great
''Patrick the Great'' is a 1945 American drama film starring Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, and Frances Dee. This was the last film for O'Connor and Ryan together, who had been a teenage team for the past several years. This was also O'Connor's last film before he went to serve in World War II. Plot Pat Donahue (Donald O'Connor) is living and working in the highland region of western Massachusetts, but longs for a career in show business. The young, but talented, Donahue hears about an opening in New York, and travels to the auditions. He wins the role, but later finds out that it was originally intended for his father Patrick Donahue (Donald Cook). Judy Watkin (Peggy Ryan) considers the younger Donahue her boyfriend, but a New York sophisticated young lady Lynn Andrews (Frances Dee) catches the young man's eye. The young Donahue struggles with his reluctance to do what's right with respect to his father. Comedy and music are in abundant supply in this romp. Cast * Donald O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nine Girls
''Nine Girls'' is a 1944 American mystery film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Ann Harding, Evelyn Keyes and Jinx Falkenburg.Blottner p.167 Karen DeWolf, Connie Lee, and Al Martin wrote the script, which was based on a play by Wilfred H. Petitt. Police arrive at a cabin in the woods to investigate the murder of a snooty sorority sister on initiation night. It's raining too hard for anyone to leave, and panic sets in as the sorority sisters and their house mother begin to point fingers at one another. Cast * Ann Harding as Gracie Thornton * Evelyn Keyes as Mary O'Ryan * Jinx Falkenburg as Jane Peters * Anita Louise as Paula Canfield * Leslie Brooks as Roberta Halloway * Lynn Merrick as Eve Sharon * Jeff Donnell as 'Butch' Hendricks * Nina Foch as Alice Blake * Shirley Mills as 'Tennessee' Collingwood * Marcia Mae Jones as Shirley Berke * Willard Robertson as Capt. Brooks * William Demarest as Walter Cummings * Lester Matthews as Horace Canfield * Grady Sutton G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
None Shall Escape
''None Shall Escape'' is a 1944 war film. Even though the film was made during World War II, the setting is a post-war Nuremberg-style war crimes trial. Alexander Knox plays Wilhelm Grimm, a Nazi officer who is on trial, and the story unfolds through the eyes of several witnesses, including a Catholic priest, Father Warecki (Henry Travers), Grimm's brother Karl (Erik Rolf) and Marja Pacierkowski ( Marsha Hunt), a woman to whom he was once engaged. Alfred Neumann and Joseph Than were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story. Plot The film centers on the trial of Wilhelm Grimm, a war criminal. Each character witness provides a flashback scene to a previous part of Grimm's life. In the trial, it is revealed that Grimm (Alexander Knox), who fought for Germany in World War I and lost a leg in battle, returns after the war to the small German village of Lidzbark (now part of Poland) where he had been a teacher. Despite the recent hostilities, he is welcomed back into the commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chip Off The Old Block
''Chip Off the Old Block'' is 1944 American comedy musical film starring Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, and Ann Blyth. It was Blyth's film debut. The son of a strict Navy man, O'Connor falls in love with a girl from a performing family (Ann Blyth). In the end, the families learn to accept their differences and they are allowed to be in love freely. Cast * Donald O'Connor as Donald Corrigan * Peggy Ryan as Peggy Flaherty * Ann Blyth as Glory Marlow III * Helen Vinson as Glory Marlow Jr. * Helen Broderick as Glory Marlow Sr. * Arthur Treacher as Quentin * Patric Knowles as Commander Judd Corrigan * J. Edward Bromberg as Blaney Wright * Ernest Truex as Henry McHugh * Minna Gombell as Milly * Samuel S. Hinds as Dean Manning * Irving Bacon as Prof. Frost * Joel Kupperman as Quiz Kid * Mantan Moreland as Porter * unbilled players include Leon Belasco, Vernon Dent and Dorothy Granger See also *List of American films of 1944 Below is a list of American films released in 1944. '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Always A Bridesmaid (1943 Film)
''Always a Bridesmaid'' is a 1943 musical film starring The Andrews Sisters and Patric Knowles. Plot Three operators of a lonely hearts club are investigated by two detectives. Production Filming began 4 January 1943. References External links ''Always a Bridesmaid''at IMDb ''Always a Bridesmaid''at TCMDB Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in 1994, Turner Classic Movies is headquartered at Turner's Techwood broadcasting campus in the Midtown business district of A ... 1943 films American musical films 1943 musical films American black-and-white films Films directed by Erle C. Kenton 1940s American films {{musical-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
