Lucille La Verne

Lucille La Verne (November 7, 1872 – March 4, 1945) was an American actress known for her appearances in silent, scolding, obnoxious, vituperative, sarcastic, cunning, and vengeful roles in early sound films, as well as for her triumphs on the American stage. She is most widely remembered as the voices of the Old Witch in the 1932 Silly Symphony short, Babes in the Woods, and the first Disney villain, the Evil Queen, Snow White's wicked stepmother from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Walt Disney's first full-length animated feature film as well as her final film role. Lucille La Verne died at the age of 72 in Culver City, California on March 4, 1945, after suffering from cancer. She was interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery. La Verne's grave was unmarked for nearly 75 years before fans took up a collection to ensure that she had a stone. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lucille La Verne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

The exciting story of Dr. Manette, who escapes the horrors of the infamous Bastille prison in Paris. The action switches between London and Paris on the eve of the revolution where we witness 'the best of times and the worst of times' - love, hope, the uncaring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  Ronald Colman  •  Elizabeth Allan  •  Edna May Oliver  •  Reginald Owen

The exciting story of Dr. Manette, who escapes the horrors of the infamous Bastille prison in Paris. The action switches between London and Paris on the eve of the revolution where we witness 'the best of times and the worst of times' - love, hope, the uncaring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  Ronald Colman  •  Elizabeth Allan  •  Edna May Oliver  •  Reginald Owen

Little Caesar (1931)

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Edward G. Robinson  •  Douglas Fairbanks Jr.  •  Glenda Farrell  •  William Collier Jr.

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Edward G. Robinson  •  Douglas Fairbanks Jr.  •  Glenda Farrell  •  William Collier Jr.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

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A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Hand
CAST:  Adriana Caselotti  •  Eddie Collins  •  Pinto Colvig  •  Marion Darlington

A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Hand
CAST:  Adriana Caselotti  •  Eddie Collins  •  Pinto Colvig  •  Marion Darlington

Abraham Lincoln (1930)

A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early years as a country lawyer; his marriage to Mary Todd; his debates with Stephen A. Douglas; the election of 1860; his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Walter Huston  •  Una Merkel  •  Kay Hammond  •  William L. Thorne

A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early years as a country lawyer; his marriage to Mary Todd; his debates with Stephen A. Douglas; the election of 1860; his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Walter Huston  •  Una Merkel  •  Kay Hammond  •  William L. Thorne

Disney's Halloween Treat (1982)

Contains memorable scenes from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Fantasia," "Lady and the Tramp," "Peter Pan," "One Hundred and One Dalmatians," and "The Sword in the Stone."  (more)

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CAST:  Hal Douglas  •  Bobby Driscoll  •  Peggy Lee  •  Bing Crosby

Contains memorable scenes from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Fantasia," "Lady and the Tramp," "Peter Pan," "One Hundred and One Dalmatians," and "The Sword in the Stone."  (more)

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CAST:  Hal Douglas  •  Bobby Driscoll  •  Peggy Lee  •  Bing Crosby

The Great Meadow (1931)

Pioneers and a family man leave Virginia for Kentucky during the Revolutionary War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Brabin
CAST:  Johnny Mack Brown  •  Eleanor Boardman  •  Lucille La Verne  •  Anita Louise

Pioneers and a family man leave Virginia for Kentucky during the Revolutionary War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Brabin
CAST:  Johnny Mack Brown  •  Eleanor Boardman  •  Lucille La Verne  •  Anita Louise

Alias the Doctor (1932)

Karl is the workaholic adopted son while Stephan is the lazy one. They both go to Munich to study medicine and Karl is at the top of the class while Stephan is barely passing. When Stephan's actions causes the death of Anna, Karl is the one who takes the wrap and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Richard Barthelmess  •  Marian Marsh  •  Norman Foster  •  Adrienne Dore

Karl is the workaholic adopted son while Stephan is the lazy one. They both go to Munich to study medicine and Karl is at the top of the class while Stephan is barely passing. When Stephan's actions causes the death of Anna, Karl is the one who takes the wrap and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Richard Barthelmess  •  Marian Marsh  •  Norman Foster  •  Adrienne Dore

The Unholy Garden (1931)

At a hotel in the middle of the Sahara, an old man and his daughter try to keep the location of a hidden treasure from a collection of thieves and criminals staying at the hotel who are determined to get it. A suave gentleman thief arrives at the hotel one day with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Fitzmaurice
CAST:  Ronald Colman  •  Fay Wray  •  Estelle Taylor  •  Warren Hymer

At a hotel in the middle of the Sahara, an old man and his daughter try to keep the location of a hidden treasure from a collection of thieves and criminals staying at the hotel who are determined to get it. A suave gentleman thief arrives at the hotel one day with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Fitzmaurice
CAST:  Ronald Colman  •  Fay Wray  •  Estelle Taylor  •  Warren Hymer

Polly of the Circus (1917)

When circus aerialist Polly Fisher is injured, she is taken to the nearby home of minister John Hartley. The two fall in love and marry secretly. But when the news leaks out, the minister loses his pastorate over disdain by the parishioners for Polly's background ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Hollywood  •  Charles Horan
CAST:  Mae Marsh  •  Vernon Steele  •  Harry La Pearl  •  Wellington A. Playter

When circus aerialist Polly Fisher is injured, she is taken to the nearby home of minister John Hartley. The two fall in love and marry secretly. But when the news leaks out, the minister loses his pastorate over disdain by the parishioners for Polly's background ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Hollywood  •  Charles Horan
CAST:  Mae Marsh  •  Vernon Steele  •  Harry La Pearl  •  Wellington A. Playter

Zaza (1923)

Zaza is an actress and the favorite at an open-air theater in a small French town. When diplomat Bernard Dufresne comes to the village, he stays away for fear he will fall for her. But during one performance, while Zaza is singing on a swing, her rival cuts the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan
CAST:  Gloria Swanson  •  H.B. Warner  •  Ferdinand Gottschalk  •  Lucille La Verne

Zaza is an actress and the favorite at an open-air theater in a small French town. When diplomat Bernard Dufresne comes to the village, he stays away for fear he will fall for her. But during one performance, while Zaza is singing on a swing, her rival cuts the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan
CAST:  Gloria Swanson  •  H.B. Warner  •  Ferdinand Gottschalk  •  Lucille La Verne

Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930)

Jeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and position as she saunters through the woods, and attracted by a pool of water, she disrobes and plunges in. Cosse de Brissac, a handsome private in the King's Guards, comes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Taylor
CAST:  Norma Talmadge  •  William Farnum  •  Conrad Nagel  •  Hobart Bosworth

Jeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and position as she saunters through the woods, and attracted by a pool of water, she disrobes and plunges in. Cosse de Brissac, a handsome private in the King's Guards, comes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Taylor
CAST:  Norma Talmadge  •  William Farnum  •  Conrad Nagel  •  Hobart Bosworth

While Paris Sleeps (1932)

To save his daughter Manon from falling into the hands of a vicious gang of pimps, convict Jacques Costard escapes from jail. Jacques' problems are twofold: he must keep Manon from being abducted into a life of prostitution, and he must also hide his true identity ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan
CAST:  Victor McLaglen  •  Helen Mack  •  William Bakewell  •  Jack La Rue

To save his daughter Manon from falling into the hands of a vicious gang of pimps, convict Jacques Costard escapes from jail. Jacques' problems are twofold: he must keep Manon from being abducted into a life of prostitution, and he must also hide his true identity ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan
CAST:  Victor McLaglen  •  Helen Mack  •  William Bakewell  •  Jack La Rue

The White Rose (1923)

A wealthy young Southern aristocrat, Joseph, graduates from a seminary and, before he takes charge of his assigned parish, decides to go out and see what "the real world" is all about. He winds up in New Orleans and finds himself attracted to a poor, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Mae Marsh  •  Carol Dempster  •  Ivor Novello  •  Neil Hamilton

A wealthy young Southern aristocrat, Joseph, graduates from a seminary and, before he takes charge of his assigned parish, decides to go out and see what "the real world" is all about. He winds up in New Orleans and finds himself attracted to a poor, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Mae Marsh  •  Carol Dempster  •  Ivor Novello  •  Neil Hamilton

A Strange Adventure (1932)

A police lieutenant and a female reporter investigate a series of murders committed by a hooded killer in an old dark house.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Whitman  •  Hampton Del Ruth
CAST:  Regis Toomey  •  June Clyde  •  Lucille La Verne  •  Jason Robards Sr.

A police lieutenant and a female reporter investigate a series of murders committed by a hooded killer in an old dark house.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Whitman  •  Hampton Del Ruth
CAST:  Regis Toomey  •  June Clyde  •  Lucille La Verne  •  Jason Robards Sr.

Sinners' Holiday (1930)

Ma Delano runs a penny arcade in Coney Island, living upstairs with her sons and daughter. Story involves rum-running, accidental murder and a frame-up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John G. Adolfi
CAST:  Grant Withers  •  Lucille La Verne  •  Evalyn Knapp  •  Warren Hymer

Ma Delano runs a penny arcade in Coney Island, living upstairs with her sons and daughter. Story involves rum-running, accidental murder and a frame-up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John G. Adolfi
CAST:  Grant Withers  •  Lucille La Verne  •  Evalyn Knapp  •  Warren Hymer

Wild Horse Mesa (1932)

Chane Weymer, an Arizona rancher, goes after a gang that is trapping wild horses by the use of barbed-wire enclosures.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Hathaway
CAST:  Randolph Scott  •  Sally Blane  •  Fred Kohler  •  Lucille La Verne

Chane Weymer, an Arizona rancher, goes after a gang that is trapping wild horses by the use of barbed-wire enclosures.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Hathaway
CAST:  Randolph Scott  •  Sally Blane  •  Fred Kohler  •  Lucille La Verne

An American Tragedy (1931)

A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josef von Sternberg
CAST:  Phillips Holmes  •  Sylvia Sidney  •  Frances Dee  •  Irving Pichel

A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josef von Sternberg
CAST:  Phillips Holmes  •  Sylvia Sidney  •  Frances Dee  •  Irving Pichel

24 Hours (1931)

A nightclub singer is carrying on an affair with a married man. When she is found murdered, her lover is suspected of the crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marion Gering
CAST:  Clive Brook  •  Kay Francis  •  Miriam Hopkins  •  Regis Toomey

A nightclub singer is carrying on an affair with a married man. When she is found murdered, her lover is suspected of the crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marion Gering
CAST:  Clive Brook  •  Kay Francis  •  Miriam Hopkins  •  Regis Toomey

Babes in the Woods (1932)

Two Dutch children stumble on a clearing in the woods where gnomes are going about their business. The gnomes are friendly to the children. A witch comes and takes them away on her broom to her gingerbread house, where she turns nasty on them, turning the boy into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Burt Gillett
CAST:  Lucille La Verne  •  Pinto Colvig  •  Mary Moder  •  Purv Pullen

Two Dutch children stumble on a clearing in the woods where gnomes are going about their business. The gnomes are friendly to the children. A witch comes and takes them away on her broom to her gingerbread house, where she turns nasty on them, turning the boy into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Burt Gillett
CAST:  Lucille La Verne  •  Pinto Colvig  •  Mary Moder  •  Purv Pullen

Union Depot (1932)

Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend Scrap Iron, both newly released from prison after serving time for vagrancy. Hungry and desperate for a break, Chick ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Douglas Fairbanks Jr.  •  Joan Blondell  •  Guy Kibbee  •  Alan Hale

Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend Scrap Iron, both newly released from prison after serving time for vagrancy. Hungry and desperate for a break, Chick ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Douglas Fairbanks Jr.  •  Joan Blondell  •  Guy Kibbee  •  Alan Hale
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