Mary Boland

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mary Boland (January 28, 1882 – June 23, 1965) was an American stage and film actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary Boland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Guilty Bystander (1950)

A drunken ex-cop gets a shot at redemption when his young son is kidnapped after a smuggling deal goes belly up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Lerner
CAST:  Zachary Scott  •  Faye Emerson  •  Mary Boland  •  Sam Levene

A drunken ex-cop gets a shot at redemption when his young son is kidnapped after a smuggling deal goes belly up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Lerner
CAST:  Zachary Scott  •  Faye Emerson  •  Mary Boland  •  Sam Levene

Nothing But Trouble (1944)

Two bumbling servants are hired by a dizzy society matron to cook and serve a meal to visiting royalty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Taylor
CAST:  Stan Laurel  •  Oliver Hardy  •  Mary Boland  •  Philip Merivale

Two bumbling servants are hired by a dizzy society matron to cook and serve a meal to visiting royalty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Taylor
CAST:  Stan Laurel  •  Oliver Hardy  •  Mary Boland  •  Philip Merivale

One Night in the Tropics (1940)

Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancée, Cynthia. The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  A. Edward Sutherland
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Allan Jones  •  Nancy Kelly

Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancée, Cynthia. The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  A. Edward Sutherland
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Allan Jones  •  Nancy Kelly

Pride and Prejudice (1940)

Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. When the rich single gentlemen Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy come to live nearby, the Bennets have high hopes. But pride, prejudice and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Z. Leonard
CAST:  Laurence Olivier  •  Greer Garson  •  Edward Ashley  •  Marten Lamont

Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. When the rich single gentlemen Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy come to live nearby, the Bennets have high hopes. But pride, prejudice and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Z. Leonard
CAST:  Laurence Olivier  •  Greer Garson  •  Edward Ashley  •  Marten Lamont

Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)

In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles, a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl is lost in a poker game to an uncouth American cattle baron. Ruggles's life is turned upside down as he's taken to the USA, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leo McCarey
CAST:  Charles Laughton  •  Mary Boland  •  Charles Ruggles  •  Zasu Pitts

In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles, a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl is lost in a poker game to an uncouth American cattle baron. Ruggles's life is turned upside down as he's taken to the USA, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leo McCarey
CAST:  Charles Laughton  •  Mary Boland  •  Charles Ruggles  •  Zasu Pitts

If I Had a Million (1932)

An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog  •  Ernst Lubitsch  •  H. Bruce Humberstone  •  Norman Z. McLeod  •  William A. Seiter  •  Lothar Mendes  •  James Cruze  •  Stephen Roberts
CAST:  Gary Cooper  •  Charles Laughton  •  George Raft  •  Jack Oakie

An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog  •  Ernst Lubitsch  •  H. Bruce Humberstone  •  Norman Z. McLeod  •  William A. Seiter  •  Lothar Mendes  •  James Cruze  •  Stephen Roberts
CAST:  Gary Cooper  •  Charles Laughton  •  George Raft  •  Jack Oakie

The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)

The wisp of a storyline involves two-bit radio station owner Spud Miller, who doubles as the station's sole announcer while his comic partner Smiley serves as the house crooner. On the verge of bankruptcy, Spud is receptive to the wacky notions of George and Gracie ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  Jack Oakie  •  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen  •  Lyda Roberti

The wisp of a storyline involves two-bit radio station owner Spud Miller, who doubles as the station's sole announcer while his comic partner Smiley serves as the house crooner. On the verge of bankruptcy, Spud is receptive to the wacky notions of George and Gracie ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  Jack Oakie  •  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen  •  Lyda Roberti

Down to Their Last Yacht (1934)

Left only with their yacht after going broke in the Great Depression, a high-society family sets sail for the South Seas. Screwball comedy, with songs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Sloane
CAST:  Mary Boland  •  Polly Moran  •  Ned Sparks  •  Sidney Blackmer

Left only with their yacht after going broke in the Great Depression, a high-society family sets sail for the South Seas. Screwball comedy, with songs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Sloane
CAST:  Mary Boland  •  Polly Moran  •  Ned Sparks  •  Sidney Blackmer

There Goes the Groom (1937)

After striking it rich in Alaskan gold, a young man returns to marry his fiancé only to be snubbed. Her sister, however, is worth considering, until he learns about her gold-digging family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Ann Sothern  •  Burgess Meredith  •  Mary Boland  •  Onslow Stevens

After striking it rich in Alaskan gold, a young man returns to marry his fiancé only to be snubbed. Her sister, however, is worth considering, until he learns about her gold-digging family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Ann Sothern  •  Burgess Meredith  •  Mary Boland  •  Onslow Stevens

Mama Loves Papa (1933)

A woman's ceaseless badgering sends her husband on a drinking bender. Along the way, he makes a new female acquaintance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Z. McLeod
CAST:  Charles Ruggles  •  Mary Boland  •  Lilyan Tashman  •  George Barbier

A woman's ceaseless badgering sends her husband on a drinking bender. Along the way, he makes a new female acquaintance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Z. McLeod
CAST:  Charles Ruggles  •  Mary Boland  •  Lilyan Tashman  •  George Barbier

The Magnificent Fraud (1939)

A Chicago con man pays an actor to pose as a slain South American dictator.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Florey
CAST:  Akim Tamiroff  •  Lloyd Nolan  •  Mary Boland  •  Patricia Morison

A Chicago con man pays an actor to pose as a slain South American dictator.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Florey
CAST:  Akim Tamiroff  •  Lloyd Nolan  •  Mary Boland  •  Patricia Morison

The Solitaire Man (1933)

An almost-retired jewel thief plans to marry Helen, his partner in crime. Their plans are shattered when Bascom, a gang member, arrives with a stolen necklace, putting their whole gang at risk.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  Herbert Marshall  •  Mary Boland  •  Lionel Atwill  •  May Robson

An almost-retired jewel thief plans to marry Helen, his partner in crime. Their plans are shattered when Bascom, a gang member, arrives with a stolen necklace, putting their whole gang at risk.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  Herbert Marshall  •  Mary Boland  •  Lionel Atwill  •  May Robson

Marry the Girl (1937)

Frantic screwball comedy about a meek personal assistant (Frank McHugh) who is promoted to managing editor of a newspaper features syndicate that is owned by and staffed with cuckoos.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William C. McGann
CAST:  Frank McHugh  •  Hugh Herbert  •  Mary Boland  •  Mischa Auer

Frantic screwball comedy about a meek personal assistant (Frank McHugh) who is promoted to managing editor of a newspaper features syndicate that is owned by and staffed with cuckoos.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William C. McGann
CAST:  Frank McHugh  •  Hugh Herbert  •  Mary Boland  •  Mischa Auer

Wives Never Know (1936)

Homer Bigelow has an ideal marriage, with a wife who loves him very much as does he in return. Hilarity ensues when, his wife and him take "marital advice" from an old school friend, who thinks marriage is a farce.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elliott Nugent
CAST:  Charles Ruggles  •  Mary Boland  •  Adolphe Menjou  •  Vivienne Osborne

Homer Bigelow has an ideal marriage, with a wife who loves him very much as does he in return. Hilarity ensues when, his wife and him take "marital advice" from an old school friend, who thinks marriage is a farce.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elliott Nugent
CAST:  Charles Ruggles  •  Mary Boland  •  Adolphe Menjou  •  Vivienne Osborne

Hit Parade of 1941 (1940)

In this musical, the second entry in a five-film series, a thrift shop owner sells his business and buys a small time radio station. He begins looking for sponsors. He finds one with a department store owner who will only lend him the money if he will allow his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John H. Auer
CAST:  Kenny Baker  •  Frances Langford  •  Ann Miller  •  Hugh Herbert

In this musical, the second entry in a five-film series, a thrift shop owner sells his business and buys a small time radio station. He begins looking for sponsors. He finds one with a department store owner who will only lend him the money if he will allow his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John H. Auer
CAST:  Kenny Baker  •  Frances Langford  •  Ann Miller  •  Hugh Herbert

Six of a Kind (1934)

The Whinneys share expenses for their trip to Hollywood with George and Gracie and their great Dane. A clerk in Whinney's bank has put fifty thousand dollars in a suitcase, hoping to rob Whinney on the road, but instead Whinney takes another road and is himself ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leo McCarey
CAST:  Charles Ruggles  •  Mary Boland  •  W.C. Fields  •  George Burns

The Whinneys share expenses for their trip to Hollywood with George and Gracie and their great Dane. A clerk in Whinney's bank has put fifty thousand dollars in a suitcase, hoping to rob Whinney on the road, but instead Whinney takes another road and is himself ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leo McCarey
CAST:  Charles Ruggles  •  Mary Boland  •  W.C. Fields  •  George Burns

Melody in Spring (1934)

It's love at first sight for singer John Craddock and Jane Blodgett who meet while John is seeking a radio job with the "Blodgett Dog Biscuit Hour," and John learns that the sponsor is Jane's father, Warren Blodgett, an avid souvenir and antiques collector. John ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Z. McLeod
CAST:  Lanny Ross  •  Charles Ruggles  •  Mary Boland  •  Ann Sothern

It's love at first sight for singer John Craddock and Jane Blodgett who meet while John is seeking a radio job with the "Blodgett Dog Biscuit Hour," and John learns that the sponsor is Jane's father, Warren Blodgett, an avid souvenir and antiques collector. John ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Z. McLeod
CAST:  Lanny Ross  •  Charles Ruggles  •  Mary Boland  •  Ann Sothern

The Pursuit of Happiness (1934)

Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local militiaman jealously makes things hard for him while he's a prisoner of war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Francis Lederer  •  Joan Bennett  •  Charles Ruggles  •  Mary Boland

Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local militiaman jealously makes things hard for him while he's a prisoner of war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Francis Lederer  •  Joan Bennett  •  Charles Ruggles  •  Mary Boland

Early to Bed (1936)

Chester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years before that. Chester is reluctant to burden Tessie with marriage because of his secret problem. He is a sleepwalker. When Tessie finally does rope Chester into marriage, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Z. McLeod
CAST:  Mary Boland  •  Charles Ruggles  •  George Barbier  •  Gail Patrick

Chester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years before that. Chester is reluctant to burden Tessie with marriage because of his secret problem. He is a sleepwalker. When Tessie finally does rope Chester into marriage, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Z. McLeod
CAST:  Mary Boland  •  Charles Ruggles  •  George Barbier  •  Gail Patrick

Boy Trouble (1939)

A fussy shopkeeper's life drastically changes when his wife takes in two homeless boys.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Archainbaud
CAST:  Charles Ruggles  •  Mary Boland  •  Donald O'Connor  •  Billy Lee

A fussy shopkeeper's life drastically changes when his wife takes in two homeless boys.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Archainbaud
CAST:  Charles Ruggles  •  Mary Boland  •  Donald O'Connor  •  Billy Lee
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