Ruth Gillette

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In a Lonely Place (1950)

An aspiring actress begins to suspect that her temperamental and mentally impaired boyfriend is a murderer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Ray
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Gloria Grahame  •  Frank Lovejoy  •  Carl Benton Reid

An aspiring actress begins to suspect that her temperamental and mentally impaired boyfriend is a murderer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Ray
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Gloria Grahame  •  Frank Lovejoy  •  Carl Benton Reid

In Old Chicago (1938)

The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Tyrone Power  •  Alice Faye  •  Don Ameche  •  Alice Brady

The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Tyrone Power  •  Alice Faye  •  Don Ameche  •  Alice Brady

The Chaser (1938)

A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the truth out of the ambulance-chaser. Unfortunately, the boss doesn't count on the romance factor and sure enough, love ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Ann Morriss  •  Lewis Stone  •  Nat Pendleton

A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the truth out of the ambulance-chaser. Unfortunately, the boss doesn't count on the romance factor and sure enough, love ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Ann Morriss  •  Lewis Stone  •  Nat Pendleton

This Is My Affair (1937)

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President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Barbara Stanwyck  •  Victor McLaglen  •  Brian Donlevy

President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Barbara Stanwyck  •  Victor McLaglen  •  Brian Donlevy

Pride of the Navy (1939)

A disruptive Annapolis naval cadet refuses to tow the line and so gets booted out of the prestigious academy. Later, he takes to designing speedboats. They are innovative and soon the Navy comes a-knocking in hopes that he will design a fast and easily maneuverable ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  James Dunn  •  Rochelle Hudson  •  Gordon Oliver  •  Horace McMahon

A disruptive Annapolis naval cadet refuses to tow the line and so gets booted out of the prestigious academy. Later, he takes to designing speedboats. They are innovative and soon the Navy comes a-knocking in hopes that he will design a fast and easily maneuverable ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  James Dunn  •  Rochelle Hudson  •  Gordon Oliver  •  Horace McMahon

The Return of the Cisco Kid (1939)

In Arizona a young woman who's being manipulated by an evil businessman is helped by the Cisco Kid who happens to be there on holiday.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert I. Leeds
CAST:  Warner Baxter  •  Lynn Bari  •  Cesar Romero  •  Henry Hull

In Arizona a young woman who's being manipulated by an evil businessman is helped by the Cisco Kid who happens to be there on holiday.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert I. Leeds
CAST:  Warner Baxter  •  Lynn Bari  •  Cesar Romero  •  Henry Hull

Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937)

Social butterfly marries Park Avenue doctor and learns that his nurse is in love with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Lang
CAST:  Loretta Young  •  Warner Baxter  •  Virginia Bruce  •  Jane Darwell

Social butterfly marries Park Avenue doctor and learns that his nurse is in love with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Lang
CAST:  Loretta Young  •  Warner Baxter  •  Virginia Bruce  •  Jane Darwell

Off to the Races (1937)

The Jones family's uncle George enters his trotting horse in the fair grounds race. The family helps raise the entrance fee and care for the horse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank R. Strayer
CAST:  Jed Prouty  •  Shirley Deane  •  Spring Byington  •  Slim Summerville

The Jones family's uncle George enters his trotting horse in the fair grounds race. The family helps raise the entrance fee and care for the horse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank R. Strayer
CAST:  Jed Prouty  •  Shirley Deane  •  Spring Byington  •  Slim Summerville

Stage Mother (1933)

Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls every aspect of the girl's nascent career -- even blackmailing a stage manager so that Shirley can take a more prestigious gig. But Kitty goes too far when she breaks ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Brabin
CAST:  Alice Brady  •  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  Franchot Tone  •  Phillips Holmes

Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls every aspect of the girl's nascent career -- even blackmailing a stage manager so that Shirley can take a more prestigious gig. But Kitty goes too far when she breaks ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Brabin
CAST:  Alice Brady  •  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  Franchot Tone  •  Phillips Holmes

Woman in the Dark (1934)

A recently released prisoner lives alone in his cabin so that his bad temper won't get him back in any more trouble, but his peaceful existence is disrupted when a mysterious woman arrives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Rosen
CAST:  Fay Wray  •  Ralph Bellamy  •  Melvyn Douglas  •  Roscoe Ates

A recently released prisoner lives alone in his cabin so that his bad temper won't get him back in any more trouble, but his peaceful existence is disrupted when a mysterious woman arrives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Rosen
CAST:  Fay Wray  •  Ralph Bellamy  •  Melvyn Douglas  •  Roscoe Ates

Slander House (1938)

Owner of salon catering to fat society dames must deal with a dull fiance, a romantic stranger, the jealous blond who loves him, and the lecherous husband of a client.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  Adrienne Ames  •  Craig Reynolds  •  Esther Ralston  •  George Meeker

Owner of salon catering to fat society dames must deal with a dull fiance, a romantic stranger, the jealous blond who loves him, and the lecherous husband of a client.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  Adrienne Ames  •  Craig Reynolds  •  Esther Ralston  •  George Meeker

Life Begins at Forty (1935)

A small-town newspaper publisher finds himself in opposition to the local banker on the return to town of a lad jailed possibly wrongly for a theft from the bank.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Marshall
CAST:  Will Rogers  •  Richard Cromwell  •  George Barbier  •  Rochelle Hudson

A small-town newspaper publisher finds himself in opposition to the local banker on the return to town of a lad jailed possibly wrongly for a theft from the bank.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Marshall
CAST:  Will Rogers  •  Richard Cromwell  •  George Barbier  •  Rochelle Hudson

Going Ape! (1981)

When his father - who owned a circus - dies, Oscar inherits 5 million dollars - and 3 orangutans. However there's a condition connected to the money: if he gives away the apes or just one gets sick or dies during the next 3 years, the zoologic society will get all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremy Joe Kronsberg
CAST:  Tony Danza  •  Jessica Walter  •  Stacey Nelkin  •  Danny DeVito

When his father - who owned a circus - dies, Oscar inherits 5 million dollars - and 3 orangutans. However there's a condition connected to the money: if he gives away the apes or just one gets sick or dies during the next 3 years, the zoologic society will get all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremy Joe Kronsberg
CAST:  Tony Danza  •  Jessica Walter  •  Stacey Nelkin  •  Danny DeVito

Made for Each Other (1939)

A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Carole Lombard  •  James Stewart  •  Charles Coburn  •  Lucile Watson

A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Carole Lombard  •  James Stewart  •  Charles Coburn  •  Lucile Watson

Coney Island (1943)

Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend and rival Joe Rocco's Coney Island night spot. Eddie meets the club's star attraction (and Joe's love interest), Kate Farley, a brash singer with a penchant ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Lang
CAST:  Betty Grable  •  George Montgomery  •  Cesar Romero  •  Phil Silvers

Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend and rival Joe Rocco's Coney Island night spot. Eddie meets the club's star attraction (and Joe's love interest), Kate Farley, a brash singer with a penchant ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Lang
CAST:  Betty Grable  •  George Montgomery  •  Cesar Romero  •  Phil Silvers

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)

Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly set it up for her to broadcast.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan
CAST:  Shirley Temple  •  Randolph Scott  •  Jack Haley  •  Gloria Stuart

Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly set it up for her to broadcast.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan
CAST:  Shirley Temple  •  Randolph Scott  •  Jack Haley  •  Gloria Stuart

Convention Girl (1935)

A cabaret hostess is broken-hearted because she loves a gambler who does not love her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luther Reed
CAST:  Rose Hobart  •  Weldon Heyburn  •  Sally O'Neil  •  Herbert Rawlinson

A cabaret hostess is broken-hearted because she loves a gambler who does not love her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luther Reed
CAST:  Rose Hobart  •  Weldon Heyburn  •  Sally O'Neil  •  Herbert Rawlinson

The Monster and the Girl (1941)

After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized crime syndicate, retribution in the form of an ape visits the mobsters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Heisler
CAST:  Ellen Drew  •  Robert Paige  •  Paul Lukas  •  Joseph Calleia

After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized crime syndicate, retribution in the form of an ape visits the mobsters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Heisler
CAST:  Ellen Drew  •  Robert Paige  •  Paul Lukas  •  Joseph Calleia

Frontier Marshal (1934)

Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Seiler
CAST:  George O’Brien  •  Irene Bentley  •  George E. Stone  •  Alan Edwards

Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Seiler
CAST:  George O’Brien  •  Irene Bentley  •  George E. Stone  •  Alan Edwards

Josette (1938)

Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan
CAST:  Don Ameche  •  Simone Simon  •  Robert Young  •  Joan Davis

Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan
CAST:  Don Ameche  •  Simone Simon  •  Robert Young  •  Joan Davis
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