Kathleen Burke

Kathleen B. Burke (September 5, 1913 – April 9, 1980) was an American movie actress of the 1930s, and former model.

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Island of Lost Souls (1932)

An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erle C. Kenton
CAST:  Charles Laughton  •  Richard Arlen  •  Leila Hyams  •  Bela Lugosi

An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erle C. Kenton
CAST:  Charles Laughton  •  Richard Arlen  •  Leila Hyams  •  Bela Lugosi

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)

In the Northwest Frontier of India, the 41st Bengal Lancers leaded by the harsh Colonel Tom Stone are having trouble with the rebellious leader Mohammed Khan. After two casualties, the experienced but insubordinate Lieutenant Alan McGregor receives as replacement, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Hathaway
CAST:  Gary Cooper  •  Franchot Tone  •  Richard Cromwell  •  Guy Standing

In the Northwest Frontier of India, the 41st Bengal Lancers leaded by the harsh Colonel Tom Stone are having trouble with the rebellious leader Mohammed Khan. After two casualties, the experienced but insubordinate Lieutenant Alan McGregor receives as replacement, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Hathaway
CAST:  Gary Cooper  •  Franchot Tone  •  Richard Cromwell  •  Guy Standing

The Merry Widow (1934)

A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernst Lubitsch
CAST:  Maurice Chevalier  •  Jeanette MacDonald  •  Edward Everett Horton  •  Una Merkel

A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernst Lubitsch
CAST:  Maurice Chevalier  •  Jeanette MacDonald  •  Edward Everett Horton  •  Una Merkel

Rascals (1938)

A Gypsy band takes lots of stuff but always in a good cause. Led by Jane Withers, they pick up a socialite (Hundson) who has amnesia. She works as a fortune teller and raises enough money for an operation to regain her memory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. Bruce Humberstone
CAST:  Jane Withers  •  Rochelle Hudson  •  Robert Wilcox  •  Borrah Minevitch

A Gypsy band takes lots of stuff but always in a good cause. Led by Jane Withers, they pick up a socialite (Hundson) who has amnesia. She works as a fortune teller and raises enough money for an operation to regain her memory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. Bruce Humberstone
CAST:  Jane Withers  •  Rochelle Hudson  •  Robert Wilcox  •  Borrah Minevitch

Good Dame (1934)

A chorus girl gets stranded in a small midwestern town. Against her better judgement, she hooks up with a smooth-talking con artist who says he can help her get out of town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marion Gering
CAST:  Sylvia Sidney  •  Fredric March  •  Jack La Rue  •  Noel Francis

A chorus girl gets stranded in a small midwestern town. Against her better judgement, she hooks up with a smooth-talking con artist who says he can help her get out of town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marion Gering
CAST:  Sylvia Sidney  •  Fredric March  •  Jack La Rue  •  Noel Francis

Mutiny Ahead (1935)

A wealthy playboy winds up getting himself involved with mobsters and a search for buried treasure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas Atkins
CAST:  Neil Hamilton  •  Kathleen Burke  •  Leon Ames  •  Reginald Barlow

A wealthy playboy winds up getting himself involved with mobsters and a search for buried treasure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas Atkins
CAST:  Neil Hamilton  •  Kathleen Burke  •  Leon Ames  •  Reginald Barlow

Sunset Pass (1933)

A US marshal goes undercover to bust up a bunch of rustlers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Hathaway
CAST:  Randolph Scott  •  Tom Keene  •  Kathleen Burke  •  Harry Carey

A US marshal goes undercover to bust up a bunch of rustlers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Hathaway
CAST:  Randolph Scott  •  Tom Keene  •  Kathleen Burke  •  Harry Carey

The Mad Game (1933)

Bootlegger Ed Carson is sent to prison. His old gang turns from liquor (now legal) to kidnapping. When they nab the son and daughter-in-law of the judge who sent Carson to prison, he is paroled to help in the capture.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Claire Trevor  •  Ralph Morgan  •  Howard Lally

Bootlegger Ed Carson is sent to prison. His old gang turns from liquor (now legal) to kidnapping. When they nab the son and daughter-in-law of the judge who sent Carson to prison, he is paroled to help in the capture.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Claire Trevor  •  Ralph Morgan  •  Howard Lally

Murders in the Zoo (1933)

Dr. Gorman is a millionaire adventurer, traveling the world in search of dangerous game. His bored, beautiful, much younger wife entertains herself in the arms of other men. In turn, Gorman uses his animals to kill these men. When a New York City zoo suggests a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  A. Edward Sutherland
CAST:  Charles Ruggles  •  Lionel Atwill  •  Gail Patrick  •  Randolph Scott

Dr. Gorman is a millionaire adventurer, traveling the world in search of dangerous game. His bored, beautiful, much younger wife entertains herself in the arms of other men. In turn, Gorman uses his animals to kill these men. When a New York City zoo suggests a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  A. Edward Sutherland
CAST:  Charles Ruggles  •  Lionel Atwill  •  Gail Patrick  •  Randolph Scott

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

The Fighting Westerner (1935)

A mining engineer teams up with a crusty deputy sheriff to solve the mystery killings at an old mine where the owner's family waits for him to die, and where a valuable radium strike may have been made.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Barton
CAST:  Charles 'Chic' Sale  •  Mrs. Leslie Carter  •  George F. Marion  •  Ann Sheridan

A mining engineer teams up with a crusty deputy sheriff to solve the mystery killings at an old mine where the owner's family waits for him to die, and where a valuable radium strike may have been made.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Barton
CAST:  Charles 'Chic' Sale  •  Mrs. Leslie Carter  •  George F. Marion  •  Ann Sheridan

Nevada (1935)

A gambler wins a ranch in a round of poker, then joins his neighbors on a rustler-ridden cattle drive to Texas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Barton
CAST:  Buster Crabbe  •  Kathleen Burke  •  Syd Saylor  •  Monte Blue

A gambler wins a ranch in a round of poker, then joins his neighbors on a rustler-ridden cattle drive to Texas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Barton
CAST:  Buster Crabbe  •  Kathleen Burke  •  Syd Saylor  •  Monte Blue

Craig's Wife (1936)

Harriet, Walter Craig's wife, is an upper-class woman obsessed with control, material possessions and social status whose behavior makes difficult her relationship with domestic service and family members.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dorothy Arzner
CAST:  Rosalind Russell  •  John Boles  •  Billie Burke  •  Jane Darwell

Harriet, Walter Craig's wife, is an upper-class woman obsessed with control, material possessions and social status whose behavior makes difficult her relationship with domestic service and family members.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dorothy Arzner
CAST:  Rosalind Russell  •  John Boles  •  Billie Burke  •  Jane Darwell

The Lion Man (1936)

A young British boy whose father was murdered by a treacherous Aran sheik finds himself in a position to exact revenge as an adult.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John P. McCarthy
CAST:  Jon Hall  •  Kathleen Burke  •  Ted Adams  •  Jimmy Aubrey

A young British boy whose father was murdered by a treacherous Aran sheik finds himself in a position to exact revenge as an adult.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John P. McCarthy
CAST:  Jon Hall  •  Kathleen Burke  •  Ted Adams  •  Jimmy Aubrey

Boy of the Streets (1938)

Cocky young street kid worships his father, a sleazy political operative.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Nigh
CAST:  Jackie Cooper  •  Maureen O'Connor  •  Kathleen Burke  •  Robert Emmett O'Connor

Cocky young street kid worships his father, a sleazy political operative.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Nigh
CAST:  Jackie Cooper  •  Maureen O'Connor  •  Kathleen Burke  •  Robert Emmett O'Connor

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)

Bulldog Drummond finds himself immersed in another adventure when he stumbles upon a corpse in the mysterious London mansion of Prince Achmed. Enlisting the help of his old friend Algy and the beautiful Lola, Drummond uncovers a scheme to ship illegal cargo into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Ronald Colman  •  Loretta Young  •  C. Aubrey Smith  •  Charles Butterworth

Bulldog Drummond finds himself immersed in another adventure when he stumbles upon a corpse in the mysterious London mansion of Prince Achmed. Enlisting the help of his old friend Algy and the beautiful Lola, Drummond uncovers a scheme to ship illegal cargo into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Ronald Colman  •  Loretta Young  •  C. Aubrey Smith  •  Charles Butterworth

The Last Outpost (1935)

During WW1, the destinies of British officers Michael Andrews and John Stevenson seem intertwined on the battle front as much as on a more personal level.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Barton  •  Louis J. Gasnier
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Claude Rains  •  Gertrude Michael  •  Margaret Swope

During WW1, the destinies of British officers Michael Andrews and John Stevenson seem intertwined on the battle front as much as on a more personal level.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Barton  •  Louis J. Gasnier
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Claude Rains  •  Gertrude Michael  •  Margaret Swope

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014)

Join foremost experts discussing true Horror Classics - Frankenstein, Dracula, The Black Cat, Wolfman, King Kong, Bride of Frankenstein, and more. Grab the popcorn and take a deep breath as we conjure up the thrills, chills and magic of Monster Madness!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Herberger
CAST:  Aaron Christensen  •  Jane Adams  •  Gregory W. Mank  •  Kathleen Burke

Join foremost experts discussing true Horror Classics - Frankenstein, Dracula, The Black Cat, Wolfman, King Kong, Bride of Frankenstein, and more. Grab the popcorn and take a deep breath as we conjure up the thrills, chills and magic of Monster Madness!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Herberger
CAST:  Aaron Christensen  •  Jane Adams  •  Gregory W. Mank  •  Kathleen Burke

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

School for Girls (1934)

After being convicted of stealing some jewels, Annette Eldrige is sent to a reformatory administered by a sadistic and corrupt female warder. However, one of the board of trustees takes an interest in the new arrival and begins to investigate the management of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Nigh
CAST:  Sidney Fox  •  Lois Wilson  •  Paul Kelly  •  Lucille La Verne

After being convicted of stealing some jewels, Annette Eldrige is sent to a reformatory administered by a sadistic and corrupt female warder. However, one of the board of trustees takes an interest in the new arrival and begins to investigate the management of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Nigh
CAST:  Sidney Fox  •  Lois Wilson  •  Paul Kelly  •  Lucille La Verne
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