Lillian Cornell

Lillian Cornell (born Lillian Michuda; June 2, 1916 - May 25, 2015) was an American singer on old-time radio and an actress in films in the early 1940s.

The Mad Ghoul (1943)

Dr. Alfred Morris, a university chemistry professor, rediscovers an ancient Mayan formula for a gas which turns men into pliant, obedient, zombie-like ghouls. After medical student Ted Allison becomes a guinea pig for Morris, the professor imagines that Allison's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James P. Hogan
CAST:  David Bruce  •  Evelyn Ankers  •  George Zucco  •  Robert Armstrong

Dr. Alfred Morris, a university chemistry professor, rediscovers an ancient Mayan formula for a gas which turns men into pliant, obedient, zombie-like ghouls. After medical student Ted Allison becomes a guinea pig for Morris, the professor imagines that Allison's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James P. Hogan
CAST:  David Bruce  •  Evelyn Ankers  •  George Zucco  •  Robert Armstrong

Gals, Incorporated (1943)

The story of a nightclub.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Goodwins
CAST:  Leon Errol  •  Harriet Nelson  •  Grace McDonald  •  David Bacon

The story of a nightclub.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Goodwins
CAST:  Leon Errol  •  Harriet Nelson  •  Grace McDonald  •  David Bacon

Las Vegas Nights (1941)

A vaudeville act inherits an old, beat-up building and decides to try to turn it into a hip new nightclub. Frank Sinatra's first screen appearance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Murphy
CAST:  Constance Moore  •  Bert Wheeler  •  Phil Regan  •  Virginia Dale

A vaudeville act inherits an old, beat-up building and decides to try to turn it into a hip new nightclub. Frank Sinatra's first screen appearance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Murphy
CAST:  Constance Moore  •  Bert Wheeler  •  Phil Regan  •  Virginia Dale

Moon Over Las Vegas (1944)

A beautiful woman goes to Las Vegas in a scheme to make her husbnd jealous, but once she gets there she becomes involved with another man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Yarbrough
CAST:  Anne Gwynne  •  Barbara Jo Allen  •  Vivian Austin  •  Alan Dinehart

A beautiful woman goes to Las Vegas in a scheme to make her husbnd jealous, but once she gets there she becomes involved with another man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Yarbrough
CAST:  Anne Gwynne  •  Barbara Jo Allen  •  Vivian Austin  •  Alan Dinehart

Dancing on a Dime (1940)

Director Ted Brooks and comedians Jack Norcross, Dandy Joslyn and Phil Miller are part of a troupe of promising young players rehearsing for a WPA show at the Garrick Theater in New York and are stunned when the government withdraws their funding on the day of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Robert Paige  •  Peter Lind Hayes  •  Eddie Quillan  •  Frank Jenks

Director Ted Brooks and comedians Jack Norcross, Dandy Joslyn and Phil Miller are part of a troupe of promising young players rehearsing for a WPA show at the Garrick Theater in New York and are stunned when the government withdraws their funding on the day of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Robert Paige  •  Peter Lind Hayes  •  Eddie Quillan  •  Frank Jenks

A Night at Earl Carroll's (1940)

Newly-elected reform Mayor Jones celebrates his victory over the crooked political machine with a party at Earl Carroll's night club. Steve Kalkus, the defeated racketeer-politician, has Earl Carroll and several of his acts kidnapped, figuring the kidnapping coup ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kurt Neumann
CAST:  Ken Murray  •  Rose Hobart  •  Elvia Allman  •  Blanche Stewart

Newly-elected reform Mayor Jones celebrates his victory over the crooked political machine with a party at Earl Carroll's night club. Steve Kalkus, the defeated racketeer-politician, has Earl Carroll and several of his acts kidnapped, figuring the kidnapping coup ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kurt Neumann
CAST:  Ken Murray  •  Rose Hobart  •  Elvia Allman  •  Blanche Stewart

Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)

Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing it on his (fictitious) Nevada ranch. Meanwhile, singer Joan Cameron, whom Jack's fallen for and offended, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Sandrich
CAST:  Jack Benny  •  Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson  •  Phil Harris  •  Andy Devine

Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing it on his (fictitious) Nevada ranch. Meanwhile, singer Joan Cameron, whom Jack's fallen for and offended, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Sandrich
CAST:  Jack Benny  •  Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson  •  Phil Harris  •  Andy Devine

Rhythm on the River (1940)

Popular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his music and another for his lyrics. When both writers meet at an inn, they fall in love and then try to sell their songs under their own name. The problem is every song ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Schertzinger
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Mary Martin  •  Basil Rathbone  •  Oscar Levant

Popular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his music and another for his lyrics. When both writers meet at an inn, they fall in love and then try to sell their songs under their own name. The problem is every song ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Schertzinger
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Mary Martin  •  Basil Rathbone  •  Oscar Levant

The Quarterback (1940)

A comedy featuring Morris in a dual role as a dumb twin and a star football player, and a smart twin studying to become a college professor. They both are smitten with Kay Merrill as well. Of course, gamblers are also involved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. Bruce Humberstone
CAST:  Wayne Morris  •  Virginia Dale  •  Lillian Cornell  •  Edgar Kennedy

A comedy featuring Morris in a dual role as a dumb twin and a star football player, and a smart twin studying to become a college professor. They both are smitten with Kay Merrill as well. Of course, gamblers are also involved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. Bruce Humberstone
CAST:  Wayne Morris  •  Virginia Dale  •  Lillian Cornell  •  Edgar Kennedy

You're the One (1941)

100% fictional film, in which not a single performer plays "Himself" nor "Herself" but the two lead performers use their own name as a character.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Murphy
CAST:  Bonnie Baker  •  Orrin Tucker  •  Albert Dekker  •  Edward Everett Horton

100% fictional film, in which not a single performer plays "Himself" nor "Herself" but the two lead performers use their own name as a character.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Murphy
CAST:  Bonnie Baker  •  Orrin Tucker  •  Albert Dekker  •  Edward Everett Horton

Sweethearts of the U.S.A. (1944)

A WW-II defense plant worker gets knocked out and dreams about helping the war effort in various ways, including solving a crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis D. Collins
CAST:  Una Merkel  •  Harry Parke  •  Donald Novis  •  Lillian Cornell

A WW-II defense plant worker gets knocked out and dreams about helping the war effort in various ways, including solving a crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis D. Collins
CAST:  Una Merkel  •  Harry Parke  •  Donald Novis  •  Lillian Cornell

Slightly Terrific (1944)

A manufacturer and an impresario (who has promised some young people he will stage their show) are twin brothers causes a lot of confusion when the manufacturer is mistaken for his no-money brother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Leon Errol  •  Anne Rooney  •  Eddie Quillan  •  Richard Lane

A manufacturer and an impresario (who has promised some young people he will stage their show) are twin brothers causes a lot of confusion when the manufacturer is mistaken for his no-money brother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Leon Errol  •  Anne Rooney  •  Eddie Quillan  •  Richard Lane