Gertrude Astor
Gertrude Astor (Born Gertrude Eyster November 9, 1887 – November 9, 1977) was an American motion picture character actress, who began her career playing trombone on a riverboat. Born in Lakewood, Ohio, Astor at the age of 12 ran off and joined a woman's band as a trombone player and toured the states. In New York she left the band to obtain film work and got a job as an extra before her career took off. Astor was a prolific performer, between 1915 and 1962 she appeared in over 250 movies. Her first known credit is in a Biograph short in 1915. She then became a contract player at Universal. A tall, angular and beautiful woman, Astor frequently towered over the leading men of the era; thus, she was most frequently utilized in comedy roles as aristocrats, golddiggers and "heroine's best pal". Her best-known silent appearances were as the visiting stage star in Stage Struck (1925) with Gloria Swanson, as the vamp who plants stolen money on Harry Langdon in The Strong Man (1926), and as Laura LaPlante's wisecracking travelling companion in The Cat and the Canary (1927). Astor worked prolifically at Hal Roach studios with such headliners as Laurel and Hardy, Our Gang, and especially Charley Chase. She was also kept busy at Columbia Pictures' short subjects unit. She continued to play bits in feature films throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. She was briefly glimpsed as the first murder victim in the Sherlock Holmes adventure The Scarlet Claw and was among the ranks of dress extras in 1956's Around the World in Eighty Days. Her last appearance was in John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. In her later years, Astor was a welcome guest at several Sons of the Desert gatherings, and became an honorary member of the Way Out West tent. She died in Woodland Hills, California from a stroke. She is interred in the Abbey of Psalms in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, CA.
The Sound of Music
as Party Guest (uncredited)In the years before the Second World War, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as...
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Sunset Boulevard
as Courtier (uncredited)A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into...
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The Wolf Man
as Townswoman (uncredited)After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events...
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Townswoman (uncredited)A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old...
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The Horse Soldiers
as TownswomanA Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply...
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Around the World in Eighty Days
as Extra (uncredited)Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the...
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The Best Years of Our Lives
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally...
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A Star Is Born
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own...
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The Women
as Mud Bath Nurse (uncredited)A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
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All About Eve
as Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take...
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Leave Her to Heaven
as Prison Matron (uncredited)A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous...
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A Place in the Sun
as Bit Part (uncredited)An ambitious young man wins an heiress's heart but has to cope with his former girlfriend's...
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Caged
as Inmate (uncredited)A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and...
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Monsieur Verdoux
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining...
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Sergeant Rutledge
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a...
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3 Godfathers
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to...
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Dragonwyck
as Nurse (uncredited)For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin,...
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Scandal Sheet
as Neighbor (uncredited)A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself.
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San Francisco
as Drunk's Girl (uncredited)A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days...
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Wichita
as Saloon Madam (uncredited)Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita...
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Daddy Long Legs
as Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful...
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When Worlds Collide
as Traveler (uncredited)When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days...
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Reap the Wild Wind
as Ball Guest (uncredited)The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the...
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Easy Living
as Saleswoman (uncredited)J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's...
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Come Clean
as Mrs. HardyThe Hardys wish to have a quiet evening in their apartment, but are interrupted when the Laurels...
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Sitting Pretty
as Townswoman (uncredited)Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter....
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Wells Fargo
as Pioneer WomanIn the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company,...
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The Unsinkable Molly Brown
as Denver Party Guest (uncredited)The buoyant Molly Brown has survived the first crisis of her life—a flood. Sixteen years later...
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All in a Night's Work
as Customer (uncredited)After the sudden death of magazine publisher Colonel Ryder, his nephew, Tony inherits the...
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Deep in My Heart
as Dorothy's Nurse (uncredited)Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.
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Great Guy
as Party Guest (Uncredited)A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being...
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The Climax
as Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)Dr. Hohner, theatre physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, murders his mistress, the star...
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Here Comes Trouble
as Woman with Dog (uncredited)A blundering rookie reporter runs into some unexpected difficulty when he is assigned to cover...
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Weird Woman
as Party Guest (uncredited)After bringing his beautiful new wife Paula home to America from a remote island on which she...
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Idaho
as Party GuestA deputy sets out to prove that a respected judge, who had once been a criminal, is being framed...
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Postal Inspector
as Woman with Drumsticks (uncredited)Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.
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Crack-Up
as Nagging Wife on Train (Uncredited)Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up,...
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Dust Be My Destiny
as Dame (uncredited)Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail,...
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The File on Thelma Jordon
as Juror (Uncredited)Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with...
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Lost Canyon
as Mrs. AnsonBurton is after Clark's ranch. He gets the banker to refuse to renew Clark's note and then sends...
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My Dear Secretary
as Miss Gee (uncredited)A budding young writer thinks it's her lucky day when she is chosen to be the new secretary for...
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Bucking Broadway
as GladysOn a ranch in Wyoming, one of the cowboys, Cheyenne Harry (Harry Carey), falls in love with his...
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Kiki
as Paulette MascarKiki, a poor young woman who sells newspapers on the street corners of Paris, is able to land a...
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The Virgin Queen
as Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd GroupSir Walter Raleigh overcomes court intrigue to win favor with the Queen in order to get...
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Fort Osage
as Townswoman (uncredited)Rod Cameron stars as frontier scout Tim Clay, assigned to guide a wagon train through Indian...
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The Best of Everything
as Leading Woman in Play (uncredited)An exposé of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher-ups.
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My Man Godfrey
as Party Guest (uncredited)The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled...
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Scared Stiff
as Man with Spaghetti's Wife (uncredited)A nightclub singer and his partner escape mobsters by fleeing to Cuba with a beautiful heiress,...
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Here Comes the Band
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by...
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Calcutta
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)Neale and Pedro fly cargo between Chungking and Calcutta. When their buddy Bill is murdered they...
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Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
as TownswomanDr. Frankenstein's Granddaughter Maria, and her brother assistant Rudolph, moved to the old west...
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Northern Frontier
as MaeA Mountie sets out to infiltrate and break up a gang of counterfeiters.
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Be Yourself!
as LillianEthnic comedy of a nightclub entertainer trying to train a boxer.
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The Cat and the Canary
as CecilyRich old Cyrus West's relatives are waiting for him to die so they can inherit. But he...
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Fun on a Weekend
as Party Guest (Uncredited)Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired...
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The Wanters
as Mrs. Van PeltElliot Worthington falls in love with Myra, the maid in his sister's household. Myra is...
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Beyond the Rocks
as Morella WinmarleighA young woman dutifully marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome...
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Sister Kenny
as Doctor (uncredited)An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but...
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The Devil's Hand
as The Elderly CultistA man is haunted by visions of a beautiful woman. When he finally meets her, he winds up...
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Hollywood
as Gertrude AstorAngela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa....
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Kentucky Pride
as Mrs. BeaumontThis rare John Ford silent is a charming, sweetly sentimental tale of the relationship between...
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Guilty Parents
as MarieA young girl is being tried for murder. Her defense attorney attempts to show how her descent...
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Woman in Hiding
as Woman in Drugstore (uncredited)As far as the rest of the world is concerned, mill heiress Deborah Chandler Clark is dead,...
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Moontide
as WomanAfter a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man.
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No More Ladies
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.
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Flaming Gold
as Escort Service MadamTwo friends working a jungle oil field clash when one marries a lady of the evening.
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Rose-Marie
as WandaSergeant Malone of the Mounties and effeminate Etienne Doray are both in love with Rose-Marie,...
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Hold Back the Dawn
as Young Woman in Bar (uncredited)Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota...
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I Have Lived
as Harriet NaissonA girl with a shady past is picked by a playwright to be the star of his newest play.
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Untamed
as Mrs. MasonIn her first Talkie, Joan Crawford plays Bingo, a jungle-raised oil heiress, who turns Manhattan...
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Honeymoon Limited
as Lady DevonshireA publisher bets an author that he won't be able to write a romantic adventure novel while on a...
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Wife Tamers
as Mrs. BarryMr. Barry has a huge argument with his wife, and to make her jealous, he asks his valet to set...
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A Woman of Affairs
as Party Guest (uncredited)Childhood friends Diana, Neville and David are caught in a love triangle as adults. Diana and...
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The Female Animal
as Actress on Movie Set (uncredited)Jaded movie star Vanessa Windsor, saved from a studio accident by handsome extra Chris Farley,...
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Music Man
as uncreditedBickering brothers unwittingly wind up working together on the same musical production.
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Rich Relations
as uncreditedA secretary finds herself being romanced by a "ladies man". What she doesn't know is that it's...
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The Drunkard
as PeggyAn unscrupulous lawyer uses alcohol to swindle an innocent family.
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Bunco Squad
as Club Patron (uncredited)Police sergeants Johnson and McManus take on Los Angeles confidence tricksters. Con man Tony...
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The Kansan
as Blonde TownswomanWounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the...
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Paula
as Mrs. Brown (uncredited)A woman, distraught because of her recent miscarriage, accidentally injures a child in a...
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Carnival Lady
as Zandra, Fortune TellerWhen his bank fails, a young man loses not only all his money but his fiancée, deserts him, too....
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Misbehaving Husbands
as Gossiping FriendMarital comedy in which a department store mannequin is mistaken for "the other woman".
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Thunder on the Hill
as Village Woman (uncredited)Sister Mary presides over a convent where a convicted murderess, who is being escorted to Death...
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Border Brigands
as Big Six -Saloon GirlCanadian Mountie goes undercover to catch his brother's killers.
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The Doctor Takes a Wife
as ExtraA best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual...
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The Strong Man
as Lily de BroadwayA meek Belgian soldier (Harry Langdon) fighting in World War I receives penpal letters and a...
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Swingin' on a Rainbow
as Bit Part (uncredited)A young girl goes to New York to find a band leader who has stolen all the songs she wrote and...
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It's in the Air
as (uncredited)Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin...
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Again Pioneers
as Mrs. JansCitizens of Fairview are outraged when they learn children from the "Patch", a squalid migrant...
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Bondage
as Eugenia DarthDorothy Phillips was starred as Elinor Crawford, a small-town girl who becomes a reporter on a...
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Lorna Doone
as Countess of Brandir (uncredited)In 17th-century England, an outlaw clan kidnaps a young girl, who grows up among them. The farm...
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Through The Back Door
as Louise ReevesA young Belgian girl, raised by her longtime nanny, flees Europe at the advent of World War I...
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The Country Beyond
as Mrs. AndrewsIn the Canadian mountains an orphan girl, Valencia, is left in the care of the abusive Hawkins...
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Secrets
as Mrs. ManwaringAn old woman's memories are rekindled as she rereads her diary. She recalls her youth in England...
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While Paris Sleeps
as uncreditedTo save his daughter Manon from falling into the hands of a vicious gang of pimps, convict...
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All Over Town
as MamieTwo vaudevillian comedians try to stage a show in a theatre that has a reputation for being...
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Empty Saddles
as Eloise HayesBuck runs into trouble when he buys a deserted cattle ranch that he turns into a dude ranch.
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The Charmer
as Bertha SedgwickA wild dancer in a cheap Seville cafe, Mariposa is taken to New York by Señor Sprott, a...
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The Avenging Rider
as MarthaWrongfully arrested, Tim must escape and find the men who murdered his partner and stole the gold.
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Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
as Mrs. HowardJoe is scheduled for the big fight as usual. This one has more fight sequences than plot.
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Synthetic Sin
as Sheila KellyA young woman impulsively marries a young playwright who whisks her away to New York promises...
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Mrs. St. Clare (uncredited)In 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but...
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Hell Bound
as RosieLane and Diane are a young married couple living in a coastal town whose lives are about to be...
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$1,000 a Touchdown
as McGlen Wife (uncredited)A couple inherits a college and to generate revenue offers a thousand dollars to players for...
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Loot
as Lady GwendolynWade Hildreth is sent to New York from London to receive a diamond necklace for Lady Gwendolyn...
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The Wicked Darling
as Adele HoytA slum girl is forced to steal for a living. After she swipes a rich society's matron's...
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An Angel Comes To Brooklyn
as Eva Tanguay (uncredited)An angel returns to Earth to help a Broadway producer put on a show, so a struggling young...
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Skin Deep
as Mrs. CarlsonThe plot concerns a war hero who returns home determined to give up his old ways as a crook. Bud...
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The Old West
as Townswoman (uncredited)Doc Lockwood and his gang are trying to take away Autry's contract for supplying horses to the...
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They Never Come Back
as KatePrizefighter Jimmy Nolan, facing an opportunity to get a championship fight, is knocked out when...
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The Big Broadcast of 1938
as Woman (uncredited)The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style...
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Dames Ahoy
as The BlondeThree sailors go searching for a girl who swindled one of them out of half his pay.
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Girls of the Big House
as Railroad MatronA women's prison provides the setting for this drama that centers around a naive small-town...
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Ship of Wanted Men
as VeraA shipful of fugitives from justice pulls up on a Pacific Island where there are no extradition...
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The Brazen Beauty
as Mrs. Augusta Van RuysdaelJacala, a strong-willed, temperamental ranch girl, inherits her father's millions and moves from...
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Satan in Sables
as Dolores SierraA young lady plans her devious revenge on a Russian aristocrat of fantastic wealth, who will not...
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Tassels in the Air
as Louella Pindell (uncredited)The stooges are janitors in an office building. They stencil the wrong names on all the offices,...
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The Boy Friend
as Mrs. WhiteA young man uses tips from an absurd book to woo a woman he fancies.
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Two Weeks Off
as AgnesFrances, a salesgirl, is planning a summer vacation at the beach with a girlfriend, who also...
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The Little Orphan
as Emmeline WarrenThree bachelor buddies, David Clark (Jack Conway), Dick Porter (Richard LeReno), and Jerry...
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In Walked Charley
as Gertrude HendersonCharley, a travel agent, finds himself in a situation where he has to humor an apparent lunatic.
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The Cheerful Fraud
as RoseA young man fakes his identity to impress a girl.
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The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
as Alice GranvilleLance Bellew ignores his wife, Betty, for his mistress, Naomi Templeton, but becomes so enraged...
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Stage Struck
as Lillian LyonsDaydreaming waitress Jennie Hagen fantasizes about becoming a famous actress, while in reality...
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Cheyenne's Pal
as Dancehall girlDuring World War I, westerner Cheyenne Harry is a horse seller, but he refuses to part with his...
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What Am I Bid?
as Diana NewlandsBetty Yarnell lives with her drunkard father in the North Woods mountains. Betty is shunned by...
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Don Juan's 3 Nights
as Baroness von MindenA concert pianist who is popular with women tries to discourage a teenage admirer.
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Polly Redhead
as Lady CarolineAside from the fact that Polly had red hair in abundance, she was not otherwise an exceptional...
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The Price of a Good Time
as Mis SchylerA poor shopgirl is offered a "good time" for a week by the son of her employer. She accepts, but...
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Behind the Front
as French barmaidDuring World War I a young man joins the army and winds up befriending another young recruit,...
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The Kentucky Derby
as Helen GordonPosing as relatives, Ralph and Helen Gordon visit Col. Moncrief Gordon's Kentucky mansion,...
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Under Two Flags
as VenetiaTells the story of an English aristocrat, apparently in disgrace, who disappears and joins a...
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Wine, Women and Song
as Jennie TilsonThe story of aging chorus girl Frankie Arnette, who'll do anything for publicity. Fiercely...
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Tell 'Em Nothing
as Mrs. GladstoneCharlie is the great divorce attorney, in demand by all women wishing to shed their husbands....
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Manhattan Monkey Business
as GwendolynWhen Charley can't pay his bill at a restaurant, he is forced to become a waiter.
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The Lash of Power
as Phyllis WardJohn Rand, having lived in a small town his entire life, dreams of possessing wealth and power...
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Broadway or Bust
as Mrs. Dean SmytheVirginia Redding inherits a fortune and goes to New York, leaving behind her suitor Dave, a...
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The Concert
as EvaA concert pianist, the romantic idol of many women, is seduced away from his wife. The...
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I'll Take Vanilla
as MomIce-cream vendor Charley gets mixed up with a cute girl and her snotty nephew.
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Hurricane's Gal
as Phyllis FairfieldAllen Holubar silent seafaring pirate ship adventure thriller
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The Branding Iron
as Betty MorenaPierre Landis is insanely jealous of his beautiful young wife Joan, and his jealousy makes him...
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You Never Know
as Miriam FolansbeeEddie Manning, on a secret mission in Central America, is apparently penniless, and he becomes...
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The Ninety and Nine
as Kate Van DykeMelodramatic thriller, presented in 9.5mm format
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The Llano Kid
as Saloon HostessLora Travers is the only person who can identify hold-up artist The Llano Kid and she persuades...
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The Ridin' Kid from Powder River
as 'Kansas' LouAfter 15 years of searching, Bud Watkins finally has his revenge on the cattlemen's gunman who...
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The Chases of Pimple Street
as Gertrude Astor - Lucas' Fiancee (uncredited)In order to get out of his boss's doghouse, Charley pairs his troublesome sister-in-law with an...
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The Fatal Warning
as uncreditedWhen a bank executive disappears, he is accused of stealing a fortune from the bank. But his...
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The Taxi Dancer
as Kitty LaneA southern girl tries her luck as a dancer in New York City.
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The Devil's Pay Day
as Hazel DavidsonWhen Gregory Van Houten went to the country to recuperate, he intended to remain only a few...
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The Girl Who Won Out
as Mrs. WalshOrphaned after the death of their mother, Nancy Grimm and her baby sister Ellen are taken to the...
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Her Mad Bargain
as Ruth BeresfordAfter the death of her benefactress, Mrs. Beresford, Alice Lambert is evicted by Ruth, Mrs....
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The Scarlet Crystal
as Helen ForbesPriscilla Worth, an innocent country girl, goes to the city to visit her aunt, who has sent for...
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The Rescue
as Mrs. HendricksAfter divorcing her husband Kent, actress Anne Wetherall returns to the stage. Upon receiving a...
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The Butter and Egg Man
as Fanny LehmanPeter Jones is a young man who arrives on Broadway from Chillicothe, Ohio, hoping to invest...
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High Hats and Low Brows
as Mrs. BillingsgateSixth entry in the Rufftown 2-reel comedy series based on stories by Arthur 'Bugs' Baer.
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Crook's Tour
as Mrs DoriganA short film from Hal Roach Studios' All-Star series.
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The Family Group
as uncreditedCharley tries to get a photograph taken with his wife and child.
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The Old Soak
as Sylvia De CostaTo the distress of his family, Clem Hawley, retired from his garage business, spends his time...
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Robes of Sin
as uncreditedRuth Rogens (Sylvia Breamer) is married to policeman John Rogens (Jack Mower), whose work causes...
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Oh, What a Man!
as The BanditA detective sets out to nab Notorious Nora, the tough female leader of a gang whose headquarters...
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The Wall Flower
as Pamela ShielIdalene Nobbin attends a village dance but, due to the constant nagging of her mother, she...
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I Love Lucy
as Showgirl #4Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife....
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My Mother the Car
as uncreditedThe story of the relationship between a man and his mother, the latter having been reincarnated...
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