Janis Carter
Janis Carter (October 10, 1913 — July 30, 1994) was a film and television actress working in the 1940s and 1950s. After attending Mather College in Cleveland, Ohio, Carter headed to New York in an attempt to start an opera career. Although unsuccessful in opera, she was working on Broadway where she was spotted on stage by Darryl F. Zanuck who signed her to a movie deal. Carter, after moving to Hollywood, appeared in over 30 films beginning in 1941 for 20th Century Fox, MGM, Columbia, and RKO. She appeared in the films Night Editor (1946) and Framed (1947) with Glenn Ford and the Flying Leathernecks (1951) with John Wayne. After leaving Los Angeles, Carter returned to New York and found work in television in comedies, dramas, and as hostess for the quiz show Feather Your Nest, opposite Bud Collyer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Janis Carter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Flying Leathernecks
(1951)
Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds them undisciplined and prone to always finding excuses to do what is easy rather than what is necessary. The root ... (more)
Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds them undisciplined and prone to always finding excuses to do what is easy rather than what is necessary. The root ... (more)
Framed (1947)
Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert. (more)
Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert. (more)
The Woman on Pier 13
(1950)
Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them. (more)
Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them. (more)
Night Editor (1946)
A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall. (more)
A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall. (more)
One Way to Love (1946)
A Chicago team of radio scriptwriters must split up when he takes a job with his bride-to-be's father, and the other must write commercial jingles. (more)
A Chicago team of radio scriptwriters must split up when he takes a job with his bride-to-be's father, and the other must write commercial jingles. (more)
The Fighting Guardsman (1946)
A French Baron robs Louis XVI like Robin Hood. (more)
A French Baron robs Louis XVI like Robin Hood. (more)
The Ghost That Walks Alone (1944)
Honeymooners find a dead radio producer in their suite. (more)
Honeymooners find a dead radio producer in their suite. (more)
The Half-Breed (1952)
An Apache of mixed blood tries to make peace between Indians and whites. (more)
An Apache of mixed blood tries to make peace between Indians and whites. (more)
And Baby Makes Three (1949)
A recently divorced couple see things differently after learning they are going to be parents. (more)
A recently divorced couple see things differently after learning they are going to be parents. (more)
Slightly French (1949)
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery. (more)
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery. (more)
A Woman of Distinction (1950)
Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touring North America and in possession of a keepsake of Susan's he wants to return. Desperate for publicity, lecture ... (more)
Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touring North America and in possession of a keepsake of Susan's he wants to return. Desperate for publicity, lecture ... (more)
I Married an Angel (1942)
A playboy drops his many girlfriends when he falls in love with a grounded angel. (more)
A playboy drops his many girlfriends when he falls in love with a grounded angel. (more)
The Mark of the Whistler (1944)
A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, who is now in prison because of a conflict with him over the money in that account. (more)
A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, who is now in prison because of a conflict with him over the money in that account. (more)
The Missing Juror (1944)
A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors. (more)
A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors. (more)
Swing Out the Blues (1943)
The film is partly a parody of The Goodwill Court, a popular radio problem hosted by advice-dispenser "Mr. Anthony". The host of a "What's your problem?" radio hour tries to smooth the romantic path of singer Rich Cleveland (Haymes) and his socialite wife Penelope ... (more)
The film is partly a parody of The Goodwill Court, a popular radio problem hosted by advice-dispenser "Mr. Anthony". The host of a "What's your problem?" radio hour tries to smooth the romantic path of singer Rich Cleveland (Haymes) and his socialite wife Penelope ... (more)
Cadet Girl (1941)
A West Point cadet and his bandleader brother fall for a singer in the band. (more)
A West Point cadet and his bandleader brother fall for a singer in the band. (more)
The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946)
Ex-thief Lone Wolf and his valet don turbans to solve a museum jewel theft. (more)
Ex-thief Lone Wolf and his valet don turbans to solve a museum jewel theft. (more)
One Mysterious Night (1944)
After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit former thief Boston Blackie to find the stone. Along with his assistant, "The Runt", Blackie focuses his investigation on the hotel manager, George Daley, and his ... (more)
After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit former thief Boston Blackie to find the stone. Along with his assistant, "The Runt", Blackie focuses his investigation on the hotel manager, George Daley, and his ... (more)
Secret Agent of Japan (1942)
World War II espionage drama, starring Preston Foster and Lynn Bari. (more)
World War II espionage drama, starring Preston Foster and Lynn Bari. (more)
The Girl in the Case (1944)
William Warner is a lawyer who is famous for his skill at opening any kind of lock, making him a valuable commodity. William is unknowingly enlisted by German spies who want him to open a chest containing a secret formula. This leads to a madcap adventure involving ... (more)
William Warner is a lawyer who is famous for his skill at opening any kind of lock, making him a valuable commodity. William is unknowingly enlisted by German spies who want him to open a chest containing a secret formula. This leads to a madcap adventure involving ... (more)