Evelyn Varden

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Laughton
CAST:  Robert Mitchum  •  Shelley Winters  •  Lillian Gish  •  James Gleason

In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Laughton
CAST:  Robert Mitchum  •  Shelley Winters  •  Lillian Gish  •  James Gleason

Pinky (1949)

Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elia Kazan
CAST:  Jeanne Crain  •  Ethel Barrymore  •  Ethel Waters  •  William Lundigan

Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elia Kazan
CAST:  Jeanne Crain  •  Ethel Barrymore  •  Ethel Waters  •  William Lundigan

Athena (1954)

A stuffy young lawyer's outlook on life drastically changes when he meets a perky health food enthusiast and her wacky family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  Jane Powell  •  Debbie Reynolds  •  Virginia Gibson  •  Edmund Purdom

A stuffy young lawyer's outlook on life drastically changes when he meets a perky health food enthusiast and her wacky family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  Jane Powell  •  Debbie Reynolds  •  Virginia Gibson  •  Edmund Purdom

Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)

In this musical-comedy, Dean Martin plays an American hotel mogul who becomes smitten with a young Italian woman (Anna Maria Alberghetti) when buying a hotel in Rome. To marry this gal, he has to get her three older sisters married off.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  Dean Martin  •  Anna Maria Alberghetti  •  Eva Bartok  •  Walter Slezak

In this musical-comedy, Dean Martin plays an American hotel mogul who becomes smitten with a young Italian woman (Anna Maria Alberghetti) when buying a hotel in Rome. To marry this gal, he has to get her three older sisters married off.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  Dean Martin  •  Anna Maria Alberghetti  •  Eva Bartok  •  Walter Slezak

Elopement (1951)

Two sets of parents frantically race to stop their eloping children's wedding.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Koster
CAST:  Clifton Webb  •  Charles Bickford  •  Anne Francis  •  William Lundigan

Two sets of parents frantically race to stop their eloping children's wedding.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Koster
CAST:  Clifton Webb  •  Charles Bickford  •  Anne Francis  •  William Lundigan

Stella (1950)

Screwball black comedy about a wacky family that forgets where they've buried a corpse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Binyon
CAST:  Ann Sheridan  •  Victor Mature  •  Leif Erickson  •  David Wayne

Screwball black comedy about a wacky family that forgets where they've buried a corpse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Binyon
CAST:  Ann Sheridan  •  Victor Mature  •  Leif Erickson  •  David Wayne

When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)

When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in his home town, and he is recruited into training, keeping him from the action. However, when he finds himself accidently ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ford
CAST:  Dan Dailey  •  Corinne Calvet  •  Colleen Townsend  •  William Demarest

When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in his home town, and he is recruited into training, keeping him from the action. However, when he finds himself accidently ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ford
CAST:  Dan Dailey  •  Corinne Calvet  •  Colleen Townsend  •  William Demarest

Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)

Four strangers board a plane and become fast friends, but a catastrophic crash leaves only one survivor. He then sets off on a journey to discover who these people were, but ultimately discovers the devastating truth about himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Negulesco
CAST:  Gary Merrill  •  Shelley Winters  •  Michael Rennie  •  Keenan Wynn

Four strangers board a plane and become fast friends, but a catastrophic crash leaves only one survivor. He then sets off on a journey to discover who these people were, but ultimately discovers the devastating truth about himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Negulesco
CAST:  Gary Merrill  •  Shelley Winters  •  Michael Rennie  •  Keenan Wynn

The Bad Seed (1956)

Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, dote on their daughter, Rhoda -- as does their lonely landlady, Monica Breedlove. But self-centered Rhoda has a secret tendency for selfishness and loves to accumulate gifts, whether given or stolen, in her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Patty McCormack  •  Eileen Heckart  •  Henry Jones  •  Nancy Kelly

Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, dote on their daughter, Rhoda -- as does their lonely landlady, Monica Breedlove. But self-centered Rhoda has a secret tendency for selfishness and loves to accumulate gifts, whether given or stolen, in her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Patty McCormack  •  Eileen Heckart  •  Henry Jones  •  Nancy Kelly

Désirée (1954)

In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding Genaral Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor's downfall. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Koster
CAST:  Marlon Brando  •  Jean Simmons  •  Merle Oberon  •  Michael Rennie

In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding Genaral Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor's downfall. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Koster
CAST:  Marlon Brando  •  Jean Simmons  •  Merle Oberon  •  Michael Rennie

The Student Prince (1954)

A prince has a romance with a barmaid before he must give up personal happiness for duty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  Ann Blyth  •  Edmund Purdom  •  John Ericson  •  Louis Calhern

A prince has a romance with a barmaid before he must give up personal happiness for duty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  Ann Blyth  •  Edmund Purdom  •  John Ericson  •  Louis Calhern

Hilda Crane (1956)

After two failed marriages, a disillusioned woman returns to her hometown to start life anew.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Dunne
CAST:  Jean Simmons  •  Guy Madison  •  Jean-Pierre Aumont  •  Judith Evelyn

After two failed marriages, a disillusioned woman returns to her hometown to start life anew.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Dunne
CAST:  Jean Simmons  •  Guy Madison  •  Jean-Pierre Aumont  •  Judith Evelyn

Finders Keepers (1952)

A curious toddler creates trouble when he finds bank robbers' loot  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frederick de Cordova
CAST:  Tom Ewell  •  Julie Adams  •  Evelyn Varden  •  Dusty Henley

A curious toddler creates trouble when he finds bank robbers' loot  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frederick de Cordova
CAST:  Tom Ewell  •  Julie Adams  •  Evelyn Varden  •  Dusty Henley