Norma Varden

Norma Varden Shackleton (20 January 1898 – 19 January 1989), known professionally as Norma Varden, was an English-American actress with a long film career.

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We Were Dancing (1942)

A penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by becoming houseguests at the homes of wealthy American socialites.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Z. Leonard
CAST:  Norma Shearer  •  Melvyn Douglas  •  Gail Patrick  •  Lee Bowman

A penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by becoming houseguests at the homes of wealthy American socialites.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Z. Leonard
CAST:  Norma Shearer  •  Melvyn Douglas  •  Gail Patrick  •  Lee Bowman

What a Woman (1943)

An author and a literary agent become involved after selling film rights to his racy book.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Rosalind Russell  •  Brian Aherne  •  Willard Parker  •  Alan Dinehart

An author and a literary agent become involved after selling film rights to his racy book.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Rosalind Russell  •  Brian Aherne  •  Willard Parker  •  Alan Dinehart

Those Endearing Young Charms (1945)

A soldier loses his girlfriend to his best buddy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Allen
CAST:  Robert Young  •  Laraine Day  •  Ann Harding  •  Marc Cramer

A soldier loses his girlfriend to his best buddy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Allen
CAST:  Robert Young  •  Laraine Day  •  Ann Harding  •  Marc Cramer

The Trouble with Women (1947)

A psychology professor comes up with a theory that women have a desire to be subjugated. A newswoman, using a pseudonym, accuses him of advocating wife-beating. There is trouble, when he falls in love with her, unaware of who she is.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lanfield
CAST:  Ray Milland  •  Teresa Wright  •  Brian Donlevy  •  Rose Hobart

A psychology professor comes up with a theory that women have a desire to be subjugated. A newswoman, using a pseudonym, accuses him of advocating wife-beating. There is trouble, when he falls in love with her, unaware of who she is.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lanfield
CAST:  Ray Milland  •  Teresa Wright  •  Brian Donlevy  •  Rose Hobart

Hold That Blonde! (1945)

Ogden Spencer Trulow III is a wealthy kleptomaniac who turned to stealing when he was spurned by a girl. His psychoanalyst advises him to find another girl for a cure. He fastens his interest upon Sally Martin, who happens to be engaged upon helping some crooks ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Marshall
CAST:  Eddie Bracken  •  Veronica Lake  •  Albert Dekker  •  Frank Fenton

Ogden Spencer Trulow III is a wealthy kleptomaniac who turned to stealing when he was spurned by a girl. His psychoanalyst advises him to find another girl for a cure. He fastens his interest upon Sally Martin, who happens to be engaged upon helping some crooks ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Marshall
CAST:  Eddie Bracken  •  Veronica Lake  •  Albert Dekker  •  Frank Fenton

Flying with Music (1942)

The "Flyer" in question is William Marshall, a young man falsely accused of a crime. Escaping the clutches of the law, he becomes involved with several pretty young ladies. Marjorie Woodworth plays the girl who helps Marshall in his escape, pausing occasionally to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Archainbaud
CAST:  Marjorie Woodworth  •  George Givot  •  William Marshall  •  Edward Gargan

The "Flyer" in question is William Marshall, a young man falsely accused of a crime. Escaping the clutches of the law, he becomes involved with several pretty young ladies. Marjorie Woodworth plays the girl who helps Marshall in his escape, pausing occasionally to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Archainbaud
CAST:  Marjorie Woodworth  •  George Givot  •  William Marshall  •  Edward Gargan

Island of Love (1963)

Con artist Steve Blair persuades Tony Dallas, a Manhattan gangster, to finance a movie about Adam and Eve by offering the female lead to Tony's stripper girl friend, Cha Cha Miller. The film is such a disaster, however, that Steve and his writer, Paul Ferris, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morton DaCosta
CAST:  Robert Preston  •  Tony Randall  •  Giorgia Moll  •  Walter Matthau

Con artist Steve Blair persuades Tony Dallas, a Manhattan gangster, to finance a movie about Adam and Eve by offering the female lead to Tony's stripper girl friend, Cha Cha Miller. The film is such a disaster, however, that Steve and his writer, Paul Ferris, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morton DaCosta
CAST:  Robert Preston  •  Tony Randall  •  Giorgia Moll  •  Walter Matthau

The Good Fellows (1943)

The title of Grand Caesar in the Ancient Order of Noblest Romans of Wakefield, Indiana keeps Jim "Pop" Helton so involved and distracted that he forgets to pay the family's bills, nearly makes a shambles of a real estate deal his oldest daughter, Ethel is working ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jo Graham
CAST:  Cecil Kellaway  •  Helen Walker  •  Mabel Paige  •  James Brown

The title of Grand Caesar in the Ancient Order of Noblest Romans of Wakefield, Indiana keeps Jim "Pop" Helton so involved and distracted that he forgets to pay the family's bills, nearly makes a shambles of a real estate deal his oldest daughter, Ethel is working ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jo Graham
CAST:  Cecil Kellaway  •  Helen Walker  •  Mabel Paige  •  James Brown

Let's Live a Little (1948)

A harried, overworked advertising executive is being pursued romantically by one of his clients, a successful perfume magnate ... and his former fiancée. The latest client of the agency is a psychiatrist and author of a new book. When the executive goes over to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Wallace
CAST:  Hedy Lamarr  •  Robert Cummings  •  Anna Sten  •  Robert Shayne

A harried, overworked advertising executive is being pursued romantically by one of his clients, a successful perfume magnate ... and his former fiancée. The latest client of the agency is a psychiatrist and author of a new book. When the executive goes over to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Wallace
CAST:  Hedy Lamarr  •  Robert Cummings  •  Anna Sten  •  Robert Shayne

The Iron Duke (1934)

The life and times of the Duke of Wellington  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Saville
CAST:  George Arliss  •  Ellaline Terriss  •  Gladys Cooper  •  A.E. Matthews

The life and times of the Duke of Wellington  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Saville
CAST:  George Arliss  •  Ellaline Terriss  •  Gladys Cooper  •  A.E. Matthews

Johnny Doughboy (1942)

As sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career, lookalike fan Penelope Ryan is recruited by a group of former child stars to perform in a USO show.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John H. Auer
CAST:  Jane Withers  •  Jack Boyle  •  Henry Wilcoxon  •  Patrick Brook

As sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career, lookalike fan Penelope Ryan is recruited by a group of former child stars to perform in a USO show.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John H. Auer
CAST:  Jane Withers  •  Jack Boyle  •  Henry Wilcoxon  •  Patrick Brook

The Chance of a Night Time (1931)

Bashful lawyer Henry cannot attend his fiancée's birthday party because of a business engagement. However, farcical circumstances find him mistaken for the dance partner of a professional lady hired to entertain a country house party at which his fiancée is a guest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Wilcox  •  Ralph Lynn
CAST:  Ralph Lynn  •  Winifred Shotter  •  Kenneth Kove  •  Sunday Wilshin

Bashful lawyer Henry cannot attend his fiancée's birthday party because of a business engagement. However, farcical circumstances find him mistaken for the dance partner of a professional lady hired to entertain a country house party at which his fiancée is a guest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Wilcox  •  Ralph Lynn
CAST:  Ralph Lynn  •  Winifred Shotter  •  Kenneth Kove  •  Sunday Wilshin

Turkey Time (1933)

A group of guests come to stay with the Stoatt family in the seaside town of Eden Bay for Christmas. They soon become involved with an impoverished concert performer whose innocent presence in the house leads to a series of misunderstandings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Walls
CAST:  Tom Walls  •  Ralph Lynn  •  Dorothy Hyson  •  Robertson Hare

A group of guests come to stay with the Stoatt family in the seaside town of Eden Bay for Christmas. They soon become involved with an impoverished concert performer whose innocent presence in the house leads to a series of misunderstandings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Walls
CAST:  Tom Walls  •  Ralph Lynn  •  Dorothy Hyson  •  Robertson Hare

Mimi (1935)

A struggling playwright in 1850s Paris and his mate finds love that furnishes him with the inspiration he has long sought.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul L. Stein
CAST:  Douglas Fairbanks Jr.  •  Gertrude Lawrence  •  Diana Napier  •  Harold Warrender

A struggling playwright in 1850s Paris and his mate finds love that furnishes him with the inspiration he has long sought.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul L. Stein
CAST:  Douglas Fairbanks Jr.  •  Gertrude Lawrence  •  Diana Napier  •  Harold Warrender

Crime on the Hill (1933)

In this murder mystery, Vicar Casson looks into the poisoning of a wealthy man. He soon finds that the man they convicted, the fiance of the rich man's niece, was innocent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Vorhaus
CAST:  Sally Blane  •  Nigel Playfair  •  Lewis Casson  •  Anthony Bushell

In this murder mystery, Vicar Casson looks into the poisoning of a wealthy man. He soon finds that the man they convicted, the fiance of the rich man's niece, was innocent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Vorhaus
CAST:  Sally Blane  •  Nigel Playfair  •  Lewis Casson  •  Anthony Bushell

Shipyard Sally (1939)

A lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are closed. She takes a petition to London to try to get them reopened.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Monty Banks
CAST:  Gracie Fields  •  Sydney Howard  •  Morton Selten  •  Norma Varden

A lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are closed. She takes a petition to London to try to get them reopened.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Monty Banks
CAST:  Gracie Fields  •  Sydney Howard  •  Morton Selten  •  Norma Varden

13 Frightened Girls (1963)

While attending a Swiss school for diplomats' daughters, the teenage daughter of the American ambassador uses her access to various embassies to engage in espionage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Castle
CAST:  Murray Hamilton  •  Joyce Taylor  •  Hugh Marlowe  •  Khigh Dhiegh

While attending a Swiss school for diplomats' daughters, the teenage daughter of the American ambassador uses her access to various embassies to engage in espionage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Castle
CAST:  Murray Hamilton  •  Joyce Taylor  •  Hugh Marlowe  •  Khigh Dhiegh

Get Off My Foot (1935)

A Smithfield porter becomes a butler, and later finds himself heir to a fortune.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  Jane Carr  •  Chili Bouchier  •  Norma Varden  •  Morland Graham

A Smithfield porter becomes a butler, and later finds himself heir to a fortune.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  Jane Carr  •  Chili Bouchier  •  Norma Varden  •  Morland Graham

The Student's Romance (1935)

A Student's Romance was based on the operetta I Lost My Heart in Heidelburg, which in turn owed a lot to that old chestnut The Student Prince. In 1825, impoverished composer Max (Patric Knowles) enrolls at Heidelburg University. Local girl Veronika (Carol Goodner) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Kanturek
CAST:  Grete Natzler  •  Patric Knowles  •  W.H. Berry  •  Carol Goodner

A Student's Romance was based on the operetta I Lost My Heart in Heidelburg, which in turn owed a lot to that old chestnut The Student Prince. In 1825, impoverished composer Max (Patric Knowles) enrolls at Heidelburg University. Local girl Veronika (Carol Goodner) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Kanturek
CAST:  Grete Natzler  •  Patric Knowles  •  W.H. Berry  •  Carol Goodner

The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936)

A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for year without touching his inheritance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Zeisler
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Mary Brian  •  Peter Gawthorne  •  Henry Kendall

A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for year without touching his inheritance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Zeisler
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Mary Brian  •  Peter Gawthorne  •  Henry Kendall
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