Adele Mara

 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Adele Mara (April 28, 1923 – May 7, 2010), born Adelaide Delgado, was an American actress, singer and dancer who appeared in films during the 1940s and 1950s. During the 1940s, the blond actress was also a popular pinup girl. One of her early roles was as a receptionist in the Three Stooges film I Can Hardly Wait. Other films include The Vampire's Ghost, Wake of the Red Witch, Angel in Exile, Sands of Iwo Jima, California Passage, and Don Siegel's Count the Hours. In 1961 appeared as a guest star with Cesar Romero on The Red Skelton Show in a sketch titled "Deadeye & The Alamo" - she played Elaine the nurse. Born in Highland Park, Michigan, of Spanish descent, she was married to television writer/producer Roy Huggins and appeared as a dancer in three episodes of his 1957 television series Maverick. Mara died of natural causes on May 7, 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adele Mara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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You Were Never Lovelier (1942)

An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Rita Hayworth  •  Adolphe Menjou  •  Xavier Cugat

An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Rita Hayworth  •  Adolphe Menjou  •  Xavier Cugat

Sands of Iwo Jima (1950)

Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan
CAST:  John Wayne  •  John Agar  •  Adele Mara  •  Forrest Tucker

Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan
CAST:  John Wayne  •  John Agar  •  Adele Mara  •  Forrest Tucker

The Fighting Seabees (1944)

Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Ludwig
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Susan Hayward  •  Dennis O'Keefe  •  William Frawley

Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Ludwig
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Susan Hayward  •  Dennis O'Keefe  •  William Frawley

Reveille with Beverly (1943)

Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ for an early morning show before the soldiers at a nearby army camp assemble for reveille. Beverly, with her modern music, camp bulletins and chatter, is a hit with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Barton
CAST:  Ann Miller  •  William Wright  •  Dick Purcell  •  Franklin Pangborn

Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ for an early morning show before the soldiers at a nearby army camp assemble for reveille. Beverly, with her modern music, camp bulletins and chatter, is a hit with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Barton
CAST:  Ann Miller  •  William Wright  •  Dick Purcell  •  Franklin Pangborn

Alias Boston Blackie (1942)

It is the Christmas Holidays and reformed thief, Boston Blackie goes to Castle Theater to pick up players who will perform for prisoners that are still in prison. He takes a girl with him who has a brother already in prison. She has visited the prison twice in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Chester Morris  •  Adele Mara  •  Richard Lane  •  George E. Stone

It is the Christmas Holidays and reformed thief, Boston Blackie goes to Castle Theater to pick up players who will perform for prisoners that are still in prison. He takes a girl with him who has a brother already in prison. She has visited the prison twice in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Chester Morris  •  Adele Mara  •  Richard Lane  •  George E. Stone

Angel in Exile (1948)

An ex-convict on his way to make his fortune in a gold mine in Arizona has his trip interrupted when the residents of a small Mexican village believe him to be a sacred religious figure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan  •  Philip Ford
CAST:  John Carroll  •  Adele Mara  •  Thomas Gomez  •  Barton MacLane

An ex-convict on his way to make his fortune in a gold mine in Arizona has his trip interrupted when the residents of a small Mexican village believe him to be a sacred religious figure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan  •  Philip Ford
CAST:  John Carroll  •  Adele Mara  •  Thomas Gomez  •  Barton MacLane

I, Jane Doe (1948)

While stationed in France during World War II, an American fighter pilot marries a French girl but leaves her behind when he returns to the U.S. The French woman follows him to America only to discover he’s already married to a successful lawyer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John H. Auer
CAST:  Ruth Hussey  •  John Carroll  •  Vera Ralston  •  Gene Lockhart

While stationed in France during World War II, an American fighter pilot marries a French girl but leaves her behind when he returns to the U.S. The French woman follows him to America only to discover he’s already married to a successful lawyer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John H. Auer
CAST:  Ruth Hussey  •  John Carroll  •  Vera Ralston  •  Gene Lockhart

The Main Street Kid (1948)

A young boy is struck by lightning, and discovers afterwards that he has the power of telepathy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  R.G. Springsteen
CAST:  Al Pearce  •  Janet Martin  •  Alan Mowbray  •  Adele Mara

A young boy is struck by lightning, and discovers afterwards that he has the power of telepathy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  R.G. Springsteen
CAST:  Al Pearce  •  Janet Martin  •  Alan Mowbray  •  Adele Mara

Exposed (1947)

A private eye and her sidekick solve the case of a dead client.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Blair
CAST:  Adele Mara  •  Mark Roberts  •  Lorna Gray  •  Robert Armstrong

A private eye and her sidekick solve the case of a dead client.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Blair
CAST:  Adele Mara  •  Mark Roberts  •  Lorna Gray  •  Robert Armstrong

Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943)

A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Claire Trevor  •  Jess Barker  •  Edgar Buchanan  •  Tom Neal

A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Claire Trevor  •  Jess Barker  •  Edgar Buchanan  •  Tom Neal

The Sea Hornet (1951)

"The Sea Hornet" was a merchant ship sunk, supposedly by a torpedo, less than a mile off the California Coast during World War Two. Six years later when his buddy is killed, attempting to blow up the sunken ship, on the orders of Suntan Radford and Tony Sullivan, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Rod Cameron  •  Adele Mara  •  Lorna Gray  •  Chill Wills

"The Sea Hornet" was a merchant ship sunk, supposedly by a torpedo, less than a mile off the California Coast during World War Two. Six years later when his buddy is killed, attempting to blow up the sunken ship, on the orders of Suntan Radford and Tony Sullivan, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Rod Cameron  •  Adele Mara  •  Lorna Gray  •  Chill Wills

California Passage (1950)

A series of reversals bring two desperate people together. When a saloon owner is framed by his partner for a stagecoach robbery, he fights to secure an acquittal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Forrest Tucker  •  Adele Mara  •  Estelita Rodriguez  •  Jim Davis

A series of reversals bring two desperate people together. When a saloon owner is framed by his partner for a stagecoach robbery, he fights to secure an acquittal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Forrest Tucker  •  Adele Mara  •  Estelita Rodriguez  •  Jim Davis

Rock Island Trail (1950)

A greedy businessman tries to block the building of a new railroad in his area.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Forrest Tucker  •  Bruce Cabot  •  Adele Mara  •  Lorna Gray

A greedy businessman tries to block the building of a new railroad in his area.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Forrest Tucker  •  Bruce Cabot  •  Adele Mara  •  Lorna Gray

I've Always Loved You (1946)

A beautiful young concert pianist is torn between her attraction to her arrogant but brilliant maestro and her love for a farm boy she left back home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Borzage
CAST:  Philip Dorn  •  Catherine McLeod  •  Bill Carter  •  Maria Ouspenskaya

A beautiful young concert pianist is torn between her attraction to her arrogant but brilliant maestro and her love for a farm boy she left back home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Borzage
CAST:  Philip Dorn  •  Catherine McLeod  •  Bill Carter  •  Maria Ouspenskaya

The Gallant Legion (1948)

When power-hungry Faulkner and Leroux want to divide Texas into smaller sections, instead of allowing it to enter the Union as a single state, Gary Conway and the Texas Rangers must step in to thwart their chicanery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Bill Elliott  •  Lorna Gray  •  Joseph Schildkraut  •  Bruce Cabot

When power-hungry Faulkner and Leroux want to divide Texas into smaller sections, instead of allowing it to enter the Union as a single state, Gary Conway and the Texas Rangers must step in to thwart their chicanery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Bill Elliott  •  Lorna Gray  •  Joseph Schildkraut  •  Bruce Cabot

Campus Honeymoon (1948)

Bob Watson and Ricky Adams, and the Hughes twins, Skipper and Patricia, cannot register at Opalocka University until they find lodgings in the school's overcrowded quarters. They pretend they are married to get the last two units in the married veteran's housing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Sale
CAST:  Lyn Wilde  •  Lee Wilde  •  Adele Mara  •  Richard Crane

Bob Watson and Ricky Adams, and the Hughes twins, Skipper and Patricia, cannot register at Opalocka University until they find lodgings in the school's overcrowded quarters. They pretend they are married to get the last two units in the married veteran's housing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Sale
CAST:  Lyn Wilde  •  Lee Wilde  •  Adele Mara  •  Richard Crane

The Inner Circle (1946)

A fresh-faced young detective gets set up, framed for murder, and alibied by a smart blonde.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Ford
CAST:  Adele Mara  •  Warren Douglas  •  William Frawley  •  Ricardo Cortez

A fresh-faced young detective gets set up, framed for murder, and alibied by a smart blonde.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Ford
CAST:  Adele Mara  •  Warren Douglas  •  William Frawley  •  Ricardo Cortez

The Last Crooked Mile (1946)

A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Ford
CAST:  Don Barry  •  Ann Savage  •  Adele Mara  •  Tom Powers

A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Ford
CAST:  Don Barry  •  Ann Savage  •  Adele Mara  •  Tom Powers

Call of the South Seas (1944)

FBI Agent Kendall Gaige goes undercover on a South Seas island in order to expose the underhanded and exploitative business practices of Steve Landrau. In the course of his investigation Gaige is introduce to the Paris-educated native princess Tahia, who believes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John English
CAST:  Janet Martin  •  Allan Lane  •  William Henry  •  Roy Barcroft

FBI Agent Kendall Gaige goes undercover on a South Seas island in order to expose the underhanded and exploitative business practices of Steve Landrau. In the course of his investigation Gaige is introduce to the Paris-educated native princess Tahia, who believes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John English
CAST:  Janet Martin  •  Allan Lane  •  William Henry  •  Roy Barcroft

The Vampire's Ghost (1945)

In a small African port, a tawdry bar is run by a old man named Webb Fallon. Fallon is actually a vampire, but he is becoming weary of his "life" of the past few hundred years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  John Abbott  •  Charles Gordon  •  Peggy Stewart  •  Grant Withers

In a small African port, a tawdry bar is run by a old man named Webb Fallon. Fallon is actually a vampire, but he is becoming weary of his "life" of the past few hundred years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  John Abbott  •  Charles Gordon  •  Peggy Stewart  •  Grant Withers
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