Jean Acker

Jean Acker (born Harriet Ackers; October 23, 1893 - August 16, 1978) was an American actress.

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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

ClassicUpliftingSlow movingChristmas

A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Donna Reed  •  Lionel Barrymore  •  Thomas Mitchell

A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Donna Reed  •  Lionel Barrymore  •  Thomas Mitchell

My Favorite Wife (1940)

Seven years after a shipwreck in which she was presumed dead, Ellen Arden arrives home to find that her husband Nick has just remarried. The overjoyed Nick struggles to break the news to his new bride. But he gets a shock when he hears the whole story: Ellen spent ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Garson Kanin
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Randolph Scott  •  Irene Dunne  •  Gail Patrick

Seven years after a shipwreck in which she was presumed dead, Ellen Arden arrives home to find that her husband Nick has just remarried. The overjoyed Nick struggles to break the news to his new bride. But he gets a shock when he hears the whole story: Ellen spent ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Garson Kanin
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Randolph Scott  •  Irene Dunne  •  Gail Patrick

Remember the Night (1940)

When Jack, an assistant District Attorney, takes Lee, a shoplifter caught in the act, home with him for Christmas, the unexpected happens and love blossoms.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Barbara Stanwyck  •  Fred MacMurray  •  Beulah Bondi  •  Elizabeth Patterson

When Jack, an assistant District Attorney, takes Lee, a shoplifter caught in the act, home with him for Christmas, the unexpected happens and love blossoms.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Barbara Stanwyck  •  Fred MacMurray  •  Beulah Bondi  •  Elizabeth Patterson

Spellbound (1945)

Mind blowingAction-packedThought provokingUplifting

When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Ingrid Bergman  •  Gregory Peck  •  Michael Chekhov  •  Rhonda Fleming

When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Ingrid Bergman  •  Gregory Peck  •  Michael Chekhov  •  Rhonda Fleming

The Mating Season (1951)

Ellen McNulty leaves her New Jersey hamburger stand and heads west to pay a surprise visit to her son and his new bride. When Ellen arrives, her daughter-in-law mistakes her for the maid she has hired for a big party they are throwing. Rather than cause any ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Gene Tierney  •  John Lund  •  Thelma Ritter  •  Miriam Hopkins

Ellen McNulty leaves her New Jersey hamburger stand and heads west to pay a surprise visit to her son and his new bride. When Ellen arrives, her daughter-in-law mistakes her for the maid she has hired for a big party they are throwing. Rather than cause any ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Gene Tierney  •  John Lund  •  Thelma Ritter  •  Miriam Hopkins

Obliging Young Lady (1942)

A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Wallace
CAST:  Joan Carroll  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Ruth Warrick  •  Eve Arden

A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Wallace
CAST:  Joan Carroll  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Ruth Warrick  •  Eve Arden

No Marriage Ties (1933)

An unemployed reporter, fired because of his drinking, takes a job at an advertising agency. Drama.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Walter Ruben
CAST:  Richard Dix  •  Elizabeth Allan  •  Doris Kenyon  •  Alan Dinehart

An unemployed reporter, fired because of his drinking, takes a job at an advertising agency. Drama.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Walter Ruben
CAST:  Richard Dix  •  Elizabeth Allan  •  Doris Kenyon  •  Alan Dinehart

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen (1934)

Miss Madeline Fane is a famous California screen star who has been devoted to her baby son Michael since her husband's death the previous year. One morning she awakens to find Michael has been kidnapped. After a day, she calls in the police, who instantly begin an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Dorothea Wieck  •  Alice Brady  •  Baby LeRoy  •  William Frawley

Miss Madeline Fane is a famous California screen star who has been devoted to her baby son Michael since her husband's death the previous year. One morning she awakens to find Michael has been kidnapped. After a day, she calls in the police, who instantly begin an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Dorothea Wieck  •  Alice Brady  •  Baby LeRoy  •  William Frawley

Young Man with Ideas (1952)

A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Ruth Roman  •  Denise Darcel  •  Donna Corcoran

A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Ruth Roman  •  Denise Darcel  •  Donna Corcoran

Good Girls Go to Paris (1939)

Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor Ronald Brooke, she manages to make her dream come true. Besides seeing the sights in the French capital she makes friends with a wealthy family there, the Brands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Melvyn Douglas  •  Joan Blondell  •  Walter Connolly  •  Alan Curtis

Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor Ronald Brooke, she manages to make her dream come true. Besides seeing the sights in the French capital she makes friends with a wealthy family there, the Brands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Melvyn Douglas  •  Joan Blondell  •  Walter Connolly  •  Alan Curtis

Braveheart (1925)

Chief Standing Rock's tribe has a treaty protecting their fishing grounds, but a canning corporation is violating the treaty through intimidation and force. The tribe is divided as to how to handle the threat. Standing Rock's son, Braveheart, is sent to college to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Hale
CAST:  Rod La Rocque  •  Lillian Rich  •  Robert Edeson  •  Arthur Housman

Chief Standing Rock's tribe has a treaty protecting their fishing grounds, but a canning corporation is violating the treaty through intimidation and force. The tribe is divided as to how to handle the threat. Standing Rock's son, Braveheart, is sent to college to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Hale
CAST:  Rod La Rocque  •  Lillian Rich  •  Robert Edeson  •  Arthur Housman

I Was an Adventuress (1940)

Posing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her two accomplices are really a team of skilled con artists! They mingle with Europe's high society, always looking for the next wealthy victim to fleece with their fake ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory Ratoff
CAST:  Vera Zorina  •  Richard Greene  •  Erich von Stroheim  •  Peter Lorre

Posing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her two accomplices are really a team of skilled con artists! They mingle with Europe's high society, always looking for the next wealthy victim to fleece with their fake ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory Ratoff
CAST:  Vera Zorina  •  Richard Greene  •  Erich von Stroheim  •  Peter Lorre

Vogues of 1938 (1937)

An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reissued under the title All This and Glamour Too. The top models of the era, including several who are advertising household products, are in the cast. The plot centers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Warner Baxter  •  Joan Bennett  •  Helen Vinson  •  Mischa Auer

An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reissued under the title All This and Glamour Too. The top models of the era, including several who are advertising household products, are in the cast. The plot centers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Warner Baxter  •  Joan Bennett  •  Helen Vinson  •  Mischa Auer

Brewster's Millions (1921)

Monte Brewster learns that he has inherited $10 million from his late grandfather, but then learns that he must spend $2 million in less than a year and remain unmarried to inherit the rest of the money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Henabery
CAST:  Roscoe Arbuckle  •  Betty Ross Clarke  •  Fred Huntley  •  Marian Skinner

Monte Brewster learns that he has inherited $10 million from his late grandfather, but then learns that he must spend $2 million in less than a year and remain unmarried to inherit the rest of the money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Henabery
CAST:  Roscoe Arbuckle  •  Betty Ross Clarke  •  Fred Huntley  •  Marian Skinner

The Round-Up (1920)

A lovesick sheriff protects his town, embroiled in a feud between a crafty bandit leader and the family of the prospector he stole from.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Melford
CAST:  Roscoe Arbuckle  •  Mabel Julienne Scott  •  Irving Cummings  •  Tom Forman

A lovesick sheriff protects his town, embroiled in a feud between a crafty bandit leader and the family of the prospector he stole from.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Melford
CAST:  Roscoe Arbuckle  •  Mabel Julienne Scott  •  Irving Cummings  •  Tom Forman

Torch Singer (1933)

When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, she searches for the child she gave up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall  •  George Somnes
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  Ricardo Cortez  •  David Manners  •  Lyda Roberti

When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, she searches for the child she gave up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall  •  George Somnes
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  Ricardo Cortez  •  David Manners  •  Lyda Roberti

No More Ladies (1935)

A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor  •  Edward H. Griffith
CAST:  Joan Crawford  •  Robert Montgomery  •  Joan Fontaine  •  Charles Ruggles

A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor  •  Edward H. Griffith
CAST:  Joan Crawford  •  Robert Montgomery  •  Joan Fontaine  •  Charles Ruggles

It's in the Air (1935)

Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Reisner
CAST:  Jack Benny  •  Ted Healy  •  Una Merkel  •  Nat Pendleton

Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Reisner
CAST:  Jack Benny  •  Ted Healy  •  Una Merkel  •  Nat Pendleton

Are You a Mason? (1915)

Frank Perry's wife Helen is away visiting her mother, and he uses this "free time" for a night of drinking at a nightclub. Unfortunately, when he tries to return home, he enters the wrong house and is nearly arrested When Helen comes back he tells her that the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas N. Heffron
CAST:  John Barrymore  •  Helen Freeman  •  Charles Dixon  •  Harold Lockwood

Frank Perry's wife Helen is away visiting her mother, and he uses this "free time" for a night of drinking at a nightclub. Unfortunately, when he tries to return home, he enters the wrong house and is nearly arrested When Helen comes back he tells her that the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas N. Heffron
CAST:  John Barrymore  •  Helen Freeman  •  Charles Dixon  •  Harold Lockwood

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961)

A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and his premature death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Graeme Ferguson  •  Saul J. Turell
CAST:  Frank Gallop  •  Jean Acker  •  Gilbert M. Anderson  •  Agnes Ayres

A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and his premature death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Graeme Ferguson  •  Saul J. Turell
CAST:  Frank Gallop  •  Jean Acker  •  Gilbert M. Anderson  •  Agnes Ayres
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