Laraine Day
Laraine Day, born La Raine Johnson, was a major movie star of the 1940s and '50s. Raised in Utah as part of a prominent Mormon family, she came to Hollywood as a young woman, and made her film debut with an uncredited role in Stella Dallas. Before she was famous she also played the birth-mother of Tarzan and Jane's adopted son "Boy" in Tarzan Finds a Son. Her break came in 1939, with the wildly popular "Dr Kildare" sequels. Day played Kildare's nurse and love interest in the third through ninth Kildare movies, until her character married the doctor in Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day. As Mrs Kildare, she was written out of the next, and last, Kildare feature. In 1942, she starred with Ayres again in the underrated axe murder melodrama Fingers at the Window. Over subsequent decades, her memorable films included the flashback-within-flashback-within-flashback drama The Locket, the gangster comedy Mr Lucky, and the campy paranoia piece I Married A Communist. She was among the all-star passengers in the overwrought airliner-in-peril drama The High and the Mighty, and in Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent it was Day who encouraged Joel McCrea to give his stirring report of the air raid at the film's climax Hitchcock's thinly-veiled plea for America to enter World War II. When television became a viable income source, Day found the small screen more inviting and less time-consuming than making movies, and she became primarily a TV actress. She had a 15-minute series of uplifting ...
The Woman on Pier 13
(1950)
Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them. (more)
Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them. (more)
Mr. Lucky (1943)
A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to trouble him. (more)
A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to trouble him. (more)
The High and the Mighty (1954)
Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight - one that takes a terrifying suspense-building turn when disaster strikes high above the ... (more)
Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight - one that takes a terrifying suspense-building turn when disaster strikes high above the ... (more)
The Locket (1946)
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters. (more)
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters. (more)
Without Honor
(1949)
Jane Bandle has recently married, but Bill, her husband's brother, tries to wreck her marriage because Jane rejected his sexual advances before her marriage. (more)
Jane Bandle has recently married, but Bill, her husband's brother, tries to wreck her marriage because Jane rejected his sexual advances before her marriage. (more)
Foreign Correspondent
(1940)
The European war was only beginning to erupt across national borders. Johnny Jones, an American crime reporter dispatched by his New York publisher to put a fresh spin on the drowsy dispatches emanating from overseas, has a nose for a good story—which promptly ... (more)
The European war was only beginning to erupt across national borders. Johnny Jones, an American crime reporter dispatched by his New York publisher to put a fresh spin on the drowsy dispatches emanating from overseas, has a nose for a good story—which promptly ... (more)
Unholy Partners (1941)
A crusading newsman starts up a tabloid with a gangster as his 50-50 partner. (more)
A crusading newsman starts up a tabloid with a gangster as his 50-50 partner. (more)
Murder on Flight 502
(1975)
On a flight to London, a note is found stating that there will be murders taking place on the airliner before it lands. (more)
On a flight to London, a note is found stating that there will be murders taking place on the airliner before it lands. (more)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation. (more)
Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation. (more)
And One Was Beautiful (1940)
A teenager falls hard for an irresponsible playboy. (more)
A teenager falls hard for an irresponsible playboy. (more)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic. (more)
A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic. (more)
Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940)
Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiancee's brother. (more)
Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiancee's brother. (more)
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)
A variety of predicaments arise to distract Dr. Kildare from his wedding to Nurse Mary Lamont. (more)
A variety of predicaments arise to distract Dr. Kildare from his wedding to Nurse Mary Lamont. (more)
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare (1941)
An ice skater sues Kildare (Lew Ayres) for malpractice after his roadside first aid leaves her paralyzed. (more)
An ice skater sues Kildare (Lew Ayres) for malpractice after his roadside first aid leaves her paralyzed. (more)
A Yank on the Burma Road (1942)
A celebrated New York cabbie is pressed into service for a perilous journey through World War II China. (more)
A celebrated New York cabbie is pressed into service for a perilous journey through World War II China. (more)
Fingers at the Window
(1942)
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic. (more)
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic. (more)
Border G-Man
(1938)
A federal agent goes undercover in order to capture a gang that's been smuggling munitions and horses near the Texas border. (more)
A federal agent goes undercover in order to capture a gang that's been smuggling munitions and horses near the Texas border. (more)
Painted Desert (1938)
A cowboy and a bandit face off over possession of a valuable mine. (more)
A cowboy and a bandit face off over possession of a valuable mine. (more)
Arizona Legion
(1939)
A federal agent infiltrates an outlaw band that's taken over a western town. (more)
A federal agent infiltrates an outlaw band that's taken over a western town. (more)
Those Endearing Young Charms (1945)
A soldier loses his girlfriend to his best buddy. (more)
A soldier loses his girlfriend to his best buddy. (more)