Anita Sharp-Bolster

Anita Sharp-Bolster (28 August 1895 – 1 June 1985)[1] was an Irish-born American actress who appeared in films and TV series from 1928 to 1978. She was sometimes billed as Anita Bolster.

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Dark Passage (1947)

A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Delmer Daves
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Lauren Bacall  •  Bruce Bennett  •  Agnes Moorehead

A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Delmer Daves
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Lauren Bacall  •  Bruce Bennett  •  Agnes Moorehead

Going My Way (1944)

Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a run-down New York parish, O'Malley's worldly knowledge helps him connect with a gang of boys looking for direction, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leo McCarey
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Barry Fitzgerald  •  Frank McHugh  •  James Brown

Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a run-down New York parish, O'Malley's worldly knowledge helps him connect with a gang of boys looking for direction, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leo McCarey
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Barry Fitzgerald  •  Frank McHugh  •  James Brown

My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)

A woman finds herself entrenched in a murder cover-up when she goes to work for a wealthy widow.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph H. Lewis
CAST:  Nina Foch  •  May Whitty  •  George Macready  •  Roland Varno

A woman finds herself entrenched in a murder cover-up when she goes to work for a wealthy widow.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph H. Lewis
CAST:  Nina Foch  •  May Whitty  •  George Macready  •  Roland Varno

Saboteur (1942)

Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Priscilla Lane  •  Robert Cummings  •  Otto Kruger  •  Alan Baxter

Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Priscilla Lane  •  Robert Cummings  •  Otto Kruger  •  Alan Baxter

The Lost Weekend (1945)

Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder
CAST:  Ray Milland  •  Jane Wyman  •  Phillip Terry  •  Howard Da Silva

Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder
CAST:  Ray Milland  •  Jane Wyman  •  Phillip Terry  •  Howard Da Silva

Heaven Can Wait (1943)

Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy. The devil, however, isn't so sure Henry meets Hell's standards. Convinced he is where he belongs, Henry recounts ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernst Lubitsch
CAST:  Gene Tierney  •  Don Ameche  •  Charles Coburn  •  Marjorie Main

Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy. The devil, however, isn't so sure Henry meets Hell's standards. Convinced he is where he belongs, Henry recounts ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernst Lubitsch
CAST:  Gene Tierney  •  Don Ameche  •  Charles Coburn  •  Marjorie Main

The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)

On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  William Powell  •  Myrna Loy  •  Lucile Watson  •  Gloria DeHaven

On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  William Powell  •  Myrna Loy  •  Lucile Watson  •  Gloria DeHaven

School for Scoundrels (1960)

Hapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by restaurant waiters, conned by shady second-hand car salesmen, and, worst of all, endlessly wrong-footed by unspeakably rotten cad Raymond Delauney who has set his cap at April ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Hamer
CAST:  Ian Carmichael  •  Terry-Thomas  •  Alastair Sim  •  Janette Scott

Hapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by restaurant waiters, conned by shady second-hand car salesmen, and, worst of all, endlessly wrong-footed by unspeakably rotten cad Raymond Delauney who has set his cap at April ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Hamer
CAST:  Ian Carmichael  •  Terry-Thomas  •  Alastair Sim  •  Janette Scott

The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)

Adrian Messenger, a famous writer, asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, a former British agent, to help him investigate the whereabouts of the people who appear on a list, without asking him the reason why he should do so.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston
CAST:  Tony Curtis  •  Kirk Douglas  •  Burt Lancaster  •  Robert Mitchum

Adrian Messenger, a famous writer, asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, a former British agent, to help him investigate the whereabouts of the people who appear on a list, without asking him the reason why he should do so.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston
CAST:  Tony Curtis  •  Kirk Douglas  •  Burt Lancaster  •  Robert Mitchum

The Judge Steps Out (1947)

A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Ingster
CAST:  Alexander Knox  •  Ann Sothern  •  George Tobias  •  Sharyn Moffett

A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Ingster
CAST:  Alexander Knox  •  Ann Sothern  •  George Tobias  •  Sharyn Moffett

The Woman in White (1948)

A young painter stumbles upon an assortment of odd characters at an English estate where he has been hired to give art lessons to beautiful Laura Fairlie. Among them are Anne Catherick, a strange young woman dressed in white whom he meets in the forest and who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Godfrey
CAST:  Alexis Smith  •  Eleanor Parker  •  Sydney Greenstreet  •  Gig Young

A young painter stumbles upon an assortment of odd characters at an English estate where he has been hired to give art lessons to beautiful Laura Fairlie. Among them are Anne Catherick, a strange young woman dressed in white whom he meets in the forest and who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Godfrey
CAST:  Alexis Smith  •  Eleanor Parker  •  Sydney Greenstreet  •  Gig Young

Saints and Sinners (1949)

What happens to the saints and sinners of a small Irish village on the day the world is supposed to end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Arliss
CAST:  Kieron Moore  •  Christine Norden  •  Sheila Manahan  •  Michael Dolan

What happens to the saints and sinners of a small Irish village on the day the world is supposed to end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Arliss
CAST:  Kieron Moore  •  Christine Norden  •  Sheila Manahan  •  Michael Dolan

Scarlet Street (1945)

Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Edward G. Robinson  •  Joan Bennett  •  Dan Duryea  •  Margaret Lindsay

Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Edward G. Robinson  •  Joan Bennett  •  Dan Duryea  •  Margaret Lindsay

Promise Her Anything (1966)

A widowed mother decides to go after the child psychologist she works for because she thinks he'll be able to provide for her toddler, the catch is her employer doesn't know about her son and he doesn't particularly care for children despite his profession.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Hiller
CAST:  Warren Beatty  •  Leslie Caron  •  Robert Cummings  •  Keenan Wynn

A widowed mother decides to go after the child psychologist she works for because she thinks he'll be able to provide for her toddler, the catch is her employer doesn't know about her son and he doesn't particularly care for children despite his profession.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Hiller
CAST:  Warren Beatty  •  Leslie Caron  •  Robert Cummings  •  Keenan Wynn

The Hornet's Nest (1955)

Before getting nabbed by the cops, a jewel thief hides a small fortune in stolen goods aboard an empty barge. But when he later returns to claim his loot, he runs into heaps of trouble with the boat's beautiful tenants and a pair of nosy old ladies. Directed by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Saunders
CAST:  Paul Carpenter  •  June Thorburn  •  Marla Landi  •  Alexander Gauge

Before getting nabbed by the cops, a jewel thief hides a small fortune in stolen goods aboard an empty barge. But when he later returns to claim his loot, he runs into heaps of trouble with the boat's beautiful tenants and a pair of nosy old ladies. Directed by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Saunders
CAST:  Paul Carpenter  •  June Thorburn  •  Marla Landi  •  Alexander Gauge

The Man Who Liked Funerals (1959)

A man wants to help a youth club that is in danger of closure. He decides to resort to blackmailing the relatives of the recently deceased, threatening to publish incriminating stories about them. Then he tries to blackmail the family of a prominent villain.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Eady
CAST:  Leslie Phillips  •  Susan Beaumont  •  Bill Fraser  •  Arthur Mullard

A man wants to help a youth club that is in danger of closure. He decides to resort to blackmailing the relatives of the recently deceased, threatening to publish incriminating stories about them. Then he tries to blackmail the family of a prominent villain.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Eady
CAST:  Leslie Phillips  •  Susan Beaumont  •  Bill Fraser  •  Arthur Mullard

The House in Marsh Road (1960)

When a woman inherits a valuable house, her nasty husband and his mistress plot murder. But the house has a protective poltergeist who thwarts the wicked pair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  Patricia Dainton  •  Sandra Dorne  •  Tony Wright  •  Derek Aylward

When a woman inherits a valuable house, her nasty husband and his mistress plot murder. But the house has a protective poltergeist who thwarts the wicked pair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  Patricia Dainton  •  Sandra Dorne  •  Tony Wright  •  Derek Aylward

Thumbs Up (1943)

In this wartime musical, a feisty singer working in a London dive swears that she will become a star. She gets a job in an airplane plant when she learns that her fiance, a producer, and his partner are looking for new talent at the war factories. While working ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Brenda Joyce  •  Richard Fraser  •  Elsa Lanchester  •  Arthur Margetson

In this wartime musical, a feisty singer working in a London dive swears that she will become a star. She gets a job in an airplane plant when she learns that her fiance, a producer, and his partner are looking for new talent at the war factories. While working ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Brenda Joyce  •  Richard Fraser  •  Elsa Lanchester  •  Arthur Margetson

London Blackout Murders (1943)

A young girl, Mary Tillet, is forced to find a new place to live due to her London home being bombed during World War II. Her tobacconist landlord, Jack Rawling, tries to help her turn her new apartment into a home. Meanwhile the newspapers are reporting news of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  John Abbott  •  Mary McLeod  •  Lloyd Corrigan  •  Lester Matthews

A young girl, Mary Tillet, is forced to find a new place to live due to her London home being bombed during World War II. Her tobacconist landlord, Jack Rawling, tries to help her turn her new apartment into a home. Meanwhile the newspapers are reporting news of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  John Abbott  •  Mary McLeod  •  Lloyd Corrigan  •  Lester Matthews

Waterfront (1950)

When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years McCabe returns, sacked and humiliated, trailing trouble in his wake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Anderson
CAST:  Robert Newton  •  Kathleen Harrison  •  Avis Scott  •  Susan Shaw

When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years McCabe returns, sacked and humiliated, trailing trouble in his wake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Anderson
CAST:  Robert Newton  •  Kathleen Harrison  •  Avis Scott  •  Susan Shaw
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