Helene Stanton

Helene Stanton (born Eleanor Mae Stansbury, November 4, 1925 – June 7, 2017) was an American singer and actress. Her career began as an opera singer for the Cosmopolitan Opera Company in Philadelphia, before moving to Hollywood, where she became a singer of popular music. In 1949, she married silent film actor Ken Harlan, but the marriage broke down and they divorced four years later in 1953. After being spotted in Las Vegas and offered a part in the film The Big Combo, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, starring in films alongside actors such as Johnny Weissmuller, Arthur Franz and Tom Drake. After several film roles during 1955 and starring in a silent role alongside comic Ben Blue in 1956, she retired from acting in 1957. In 1957, she married Morton Pinsky and had two children with him, including celebrity doctor Drew Pinsky; they were married for over 50 years before his death in 2009.

The Big Combo (1955)

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph H. Lewis
CAST:  Cornel Wilde  •  Jean Wallace  •  Brian Donlevy  •  Richard Conte

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph H. Lewis
CAST:  Cornel Wilde  •  Jean Wallace  •  Brian Donlevy  •  Richard Conte

Four Girls in Town (1957)

Four young starlets, from various parts of the world, are called to Hollywood to test for the lead in a major film. Each is romantically pursued by the director, composer, playboy, and actor. Which one of an international quartette of beauties will replace ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Sher
CAST:  George Nader  •  Julie Adams  •  Sydney Chaplin  •  Marianne Koch

Four young starlets, from various parts of the world, are called to Hollywood to test for the lead in a major film. Each is romantically pursued by the director, composer, playboy, and actor. Which one of an international quartette of beauties will replace ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Sher
CAST:  George Nader  •  Julie Adams  •  Sydney Chaplin  •  Marianne Koch

The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955)

A marine biologist and a government agent investigate mysterious deaths and rumors of a sea monster in a secluded ocean cove, and find themselves involved with a marine biology professor conducting secretive experiments, international spies trying to steal his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dan Milner
CAST:  Kent Taylor  •  Cathy Downs  •  Michael Whalen  •  Helene Stanton

A marine biologist and a government agent investigate mysterious deaths and rumors of a sea monster in a secluded ocean cove, and find themselves involved with a marine biology professor conducting secretive experiments, international spies trying to steal his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dan Milner
CAST:  Kent Taylor  •  Cathy Downs  •  Michael Whalen  •  Helene Stanton

One Girl's Confession (1953)

Cleo Moore stars as Mary Adams, whose first step on the road to ruin is a $25,000 robbery. Mary hides the money, then confesses to the crime, secure in the belief that she can dig up the loot upon her release from prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugo Haas
CAST:  Cleo Moore  •  Hugo Haas  •  Glenn Langan  •  Anthony Jochim

Cleo Moore stars as Mary Adams, whose first step on the road to ruin is a $25,000 robbery. Mary hides the money, then confesses to the crime, secure in the belief that she can dig up the loot upon her release from prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugo Haas
CAST:  Cleo Moore  •  Hugo Haas  •  Glenn Langan  •  Anthony Jochim

Sudden Danger (1955)

Detective Andy Doyle suspects that a suicide is actually a murder. He suspects the victim's son, Wallace who is blind and he pursues him until he gets to the truth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hubert Cornfield
CAST:  Bill Elliott  •  Tom Drake  •  Beverly Garland  •  Dayton Lummis

Detective Andy Doyle suspects that a suicide is actually a murder. He suspects the victim's son, Wallace who is blind and he pursues him until he gets to the truth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hubert Cornfield
CAST:  Bill Elliott  •  Tom Drake  •  Beverly Garland  •  Dayton Lummis

Jungle Moon Men (1955)

Priestess Oma is forever young in this Jungle Jim knockoff of "She" or the La of Opar stories from "Tarzan". The Jungle Jim-type character is played by Weissmuller using his own name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles S. Gould
CAST:  Johnny Weissmüller  •  Jean Byron  •  Helene Stanton  •  William Henry

Priestess Oma is forever young in this Jungle Jim knockoff of "She" or the La of Opar stories from "Tarzan". The Jungle Jim-type character is played by Weissmuller using his own name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles S. Gould
CAST:  Johnny Weissmüller  •  Jean Byron  •  Helene Stanton  •  William Henry

New Orleans Uncensored (1955)

William Castle directed this Sam Katzman production, a gritty crime thriller about a newly-discharged sailor who gets a job as a longshoreman in The Big Easy. He swiftly discovers mob corruption throughout the docks, and when a friend is killed by the gangsters, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Castle
CAST:  Arthur Franz  •  Beverly Garland  •  Helene Stanton  •  Michael Ansara

William Castle directed this Sam Katzman production, a gritty crime thriller about a newly-discharged sailor who gets a job as a longshoreman in The Big Easy. He swiftly discovers mob corruption throughout the docks, and when a friend is killed by the gangsters, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Castle
CAST:  Arthur Franz  •  Beverly Garland  •  Helene Stanton  •  Michael Ansara