Jesslyn Fax

Jesslyn Fax (January 4, 1893 – February 16, 1975) was an Canadian-American actress. She is known for playing the elderly Miss Hearing Aid in Rear Window (1954)

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North by Northwest (1959)

ClassicThrillingFast pacedSuspenseful

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Eva Marie Saint  •  James Mason  •  Jessie Royce Landis

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Eva Marie Saint  •  James Mason  •  Jessie Royce Landis

Rear Window (1954)

SuspensefulIntenseGrippingBrilliant

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Grace Kelly  •  James Stewart  •  Wendell Corey  •  Thelma Ritter

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Grace Kelly  •  James Stewart  •  Wendell Corey  •  Thelma Ritter

An Affair to Remember (1957)

RomanticClassicEnjoyableTear-jerker

A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leo McCarey
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Deborah Kerr  •  Richard Denning  •  Neva Patterson

A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leo McCarey
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Deborah Kerr  •  Richard Denning  •  Neva Patterson

Doctor Dolittle (1967)

A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Fleischer
CAST:  Rex Harrison  •  Samantha Eggar  •  Richard Attenborough  •  Anthony Newley

A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Fleischer
CAST:  Rex Harrison  •  Samantha Eggar  •  Richard Attenborough  •  Anthony Newley

The Music Man (1962)

CharmingClassicMusicalLighthearted

A con man comes to an Iowa town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go according to plan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morton DaCosta
CAST:  Robert Preston  •  Shirley Jones  •  Buddy Hackett  •  Ron Howard

A con man comes to an Iowa town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go according to plan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morton DaCosta
CAST:  Robert Preston  •  Shirley Jones  •  Buddy Hackett  •  Ron Howard

Desk Set (1957)

UpliftingRomanticFunWhimsical

A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network's research staff.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Lang
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Katharine Hepburn  •  Gig Young  •  Joan Blondell

A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network's research staff.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Lang
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Katharine Hepburn  •  Gig Young  •  Joan Blondell

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken (1966)

Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted house where a famous murder/suicide occurred 20 years earlier. After the editor assigns Luther to spend one night alone in the mansion, Heggs has a number of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Rafkin
CAST:  Don Knotts  •  Joan Staley  •  Liam Redmond  •  Dick Sargent

Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted house where a famous murder/suicide occurred 20 years earlier. After the editor assigns Luther to spend one night alone in the mansion, Heggs has a number of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Rafkin
CAST:  Don Knotts  •  Joan Staley  •  Liam Redmond  •  Dick Sargent

The Trouble with Angels (1966)

Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and their unpleasant classmates, becoming a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ida Lupino
CAST:  Rosalind Russell  •  Hayley Mills  •  Binnie Barnes  •  Camilla Sparv

Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and their unpleasant classmates, becoming a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ida Lupino
CAST:  Rosalind Russell  •  Hayley Mills  •  Binnie Barnes  •  Camilla Sparv

How To Be Very, Very Popular (1955)

Two strippers on the run hide out in a college fraternity. Director Nunnally Johnson's 1955 musical comedy stars Betty Grable, Sheree North, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn, Tommy Noonan, Orson Bean, Fred Clark, Alice Pearce, Rhys Williams, Willard Waterman, Leslie ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nunnally Johnson
CAST:  Betty Grable  •  Sheree North  •  Charles Coburn  •  Tommy Noonan

Two strippers on the run hide out in a college fraternity. Director Nunnally Johnson's 1955 musical comedy stars Betty Grable, Sheree North, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn, Tommy Noonan, Orson Bean, Fred Clark, Alice Pearce, Rhys Williams, Willard Waterman, Leslie ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nunnally Johnson
CAST:  Betty Grable  •  Sheree North  •  Charles Coburn  •  Tommy Noonan

A Very Special Favor (1965)

The long-lost father of a frigid, uptight Freudian psychologist contracts a wealthy American playboy who owes him a favor to woo his daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Gordon
CAST:  Charles Boyer  •  Leslie Caron  •  Rock Hudson  •  Walter Slezak

The long-lost father of a frigid, uptight Freudian psychologist contracts a wealthy American playboy who owes him a favor to woo his daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Gordon
CAST:  Charles Boyer  •  Leslie Caron  •  Rock Hudson  •  Walter Slezak

The Man Who Died Twice (1958)

An innocent nightclub singer becomes mixed up in illegal drug dealings shortly after witnessing her husband's death and the murder of a couple of narcotics agents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Rod Cameron  •  Vera Ralston  •  Mike Mazurki  •  Gerald Milton

An innocent nightclub singer becomes mixed up in illegal drug dealings shortly after witnessing her husband's death and the murder of a couple of narcotics agents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Rod Cameron  •  Vera Ralston  •  Mike Mazurki  •  Gerald Milton

The Spy in the Green Hat (1967)

"Spy in the Green Hat, The (1966)" on the other hand, is both exciting AND funny. Especially the scene where Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) hides from THRUSH agents under a young woman's (the incredibly cute Letícia Román) bed and is caught by the woman's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Sargent
CAST:  Robert Vaughn  •  David McCallum  •  Jack Palance  •  Janet Leigh

"Spy in the Green Hat, The (1966)" on the other hand, is both exciting AND funny. Especially the scene where Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) hides from THRUSH agents under a young woman's (the incredibly cute Letícia Román) bed and is caught by the woman's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Sargent
CAST:  Robert Vaughn  •  David McCallum  •  Jack Palance  •  Janet Leigh

The Interns (1962)

During their first year of internship at New North Hospital, a group of aspiring doctors undergo both personal and professional upheavals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Swift
CAST:  Michael Callan  •  Cliff Robertson  •  James MacArthur  •  Suzy Parker

During their first year of internship at New North Hospital, a group of aspiring doctors undergo both personal and professional upheavals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Swift
CAST:  Michael Callan  •  Cliff Robertson  •  James MacArthur  •  Suzy Parker

The Love God? (1969)

Ornithologist Abner Peacock sells off his modest-selling birdwatching periodical to a charlatan who turns it into a girlie mag, making it a massive financial success. After Peacock and the magazine are taken to court on obscenity charges, he unwillingly becomes a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nat Hiken
CAST:  Don Knotts  •  Anne Francis  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Maureen Arthur

Ornithologist Abner Peacock sells off his modest-selling birdwatching periodical to a charlatan who turns it into a girlie mag, making it a massive financial success. After Peacock and the magazine are taken to court on obscenity charges, he unwillingly becomes a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nat Hiken
CAST:  Don Knotts  •  Anne Francis  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Maureen Arthur

The Best of Everything (1959)

An exposé of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher-ups.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Negulesco
CAST:  Hope Lange  •  Stephen Boyd  •  Suzy Parker  •  Martha Hyer

An exposé of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher-ups.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Negulesco
CAST:  Hope Lange  •  Stephen Boyd  •  Suzy Parker  •  Martha Hyer

The Family Jewels (1965)

CharmingCuteGoofyWhimsical

A young heiress must choose between six uncles, one of which is up to no good and out to harm the girl's beloved bodyguard who practically raised her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry Lewis
CAST:  Jerry Lewis  •  Donna Butterworth  •  Sebastian Cabot  •  Neil Hamilton

A young heiress must choose between six uncles, one of which is up to no good and out to harm the girl's beloved bodyguard who practically raised her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry Lewis
CAST:  Jerry Lewis  •  Donna Butterworth  •  Sebastian Cabot  •  Neil Hamilton

The Wheeler Dealers (1963)

Henry J. Tyroone leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot of oil money to play with in the stock market. He meets stock analyst Molly Thatcher, who tries to ignore the lavish attention he spends on her but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Hiller
CAST:  James Garner  •  Lee Remick  •  Phil Harris  •  Chill Wills

Henry J. Tyroone leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot of oil money to play with in the stock market. He meets stock analyst Molly Thatcher, who tries to ignore the lavish attention he spends on her but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Hiller
CAST:  James Garner  •  Lee Remick  •  Phil Harris  •  Chill Wills

4 for Texas (1963)

In the 1870s, two rival businessmen, Zack Thomas and Joe Jarrett, on a stagecoach heading to Galveston, Texas, must pull together to protect $100,000 from an outlaw named Matson. Once in Galveston, however, their rivalry continues, as Thomas joins up with Elya ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Aldrich
CAST:  Frank Sinatra  •  Dean Martin  •  Anita Ekberg  •  Ursula Andress

In the 1870s, two rival businessmen, Zack Thomas and Joe Jarrett, on a stagecoach heading to Galveston, Texas, must pull together to protect $100,000 from an outlaw named Matson. Once in Galveston, however, their rivalry continues, as Thomas joins up with Elya ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Aldrich
CAST:  Frank Sinatra  •  Dean Martin  •  Anita Ekberg  •  Ursula Andress

All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960)

An ambitious farm girl rushes into marriage with a rich man, almost destroying four lives in the process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincente Minnelli  •  Michael Anderson
CAST:  Natalie Wood  •  Robert Wagner  •  Susan Kohner  •  George Hamilton

An ambitious farm girl rushes into marriage with a rich man, almost destroying four lives in the process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincente Minnelli  •  Michael Anderson
CAST:  Natalie Wood  •  Robert Wagner  •  Susan Kohner  •  George Hamilton

The Wayward Girl (1957)

Framed by her stepmother for manslaughter, a convict turns to a parole racket.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  Marcia Henderson  •  Barbara Eden  •  Peter Walker  •  Ric Roman

Framed by her stepmother for manslaughter, a convict turns to a parole racket.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  Marcia Henderson  •  Barbara Eden  •  Peter Walker  •  Ric Roman
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