Whitney Bourne

Whitney Bourne (May 6, 1914 – December 24, 1988) was an American stage and film actress. She was a leading lady in several B films of the 1930s, with occasional appearances in more prestigious films such as the British musical Head over Heels. During WWII, she was an "American Red Cross" clubmobiler.

Living on Love (1937)

A man and woman, who've never met, are forced by circumstances to share the same apartment. A remake of the 1933 film "Rafter Romance".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  James Dunn  •  Whitney Bourne  •  Joan Woodbury  •  Franklin Pangborn

A man and woman, who've never met, are forced by circumstances to share the same apartment. A remake of the 1933 film "Rafter Romance".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  James Dunn  •  Whitney Bourne  •  Joan Woodbury  •  Franklin Pangborn

Blind Alibi (1938)

A Paris sculptor (Richard Dix) fakes blindness in Los Angeles to recover his blackmailed sister's love letters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Richard Dix  •  Whitney Bourne  •  Eduardo Ciannelli  •  Frances Mercer

A Paris sculptor (Richard Dix) fakes blindness in Los Angeles to recover his blackmailed sister's love letters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Richard Dix  •  Whitney Bourne  •  Eduardo Ciannelli  •  Frances Mercer

Double Danger (1938)

A crime novelist devises a scheme to catch the thief who has stolen the valuable "Konjer Diamonds". Director Lew Landers' 1938 B-film stars Preston Foster, Whitney Bourne, Cecil Kellaway, Donald Meek, Samuel S. Hinds, Arthur Lake, Paul Guilfoyle and June Johnson.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Preston Foster  •  Whitney Bourne  •  Donald Meek  •  Samuel S. Hinds

A crime novelist devises a scheme to catch the thief who has stolen the valuable "Konjer Diamonds". Director Lew Landers' 1938 B-film stars Preston Foster, Whitney Bourne, Cecil Kellaway, Donald Meek, Samuel S. Hinds, Arthur Lake, Paul Guilfoyle and June Johnson.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Preston Foster  •  Whitney Bourne  •  Donald Meek  •  Samuel S. Hinds

Crime Without Passion (1934)

Caddish lawyer Lee Gentry is going out with Katy Costello, but carrying on an affair with dancer Carmen Brown. When he wants to end the dalliance with Carmen, she is so distraught that she becomes suicidal. Seizing the gun from Carmen, he accidentally shoots her, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Garmes  •  Ben Hecht  •  Charles MacArthur
CAST:  Claude Rains  •  Margo  •  Whitney Bourne  •  Stanley Ridges

Caddish lawyer Lee Gentry is going out with Katy Costello, but carrying on an affair with dancer Carmen Brown. When he wants to end the dalliance with Carmen, she is so distraught that she becomes suicidal. Seizing the gun from Carmen, he accidentally shoots her, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Garmes  •  Ben Hecht  •  Charles MacArthur
CAST:  Claude Rains  •  Margo  •  Whitney Bourne  •  Stanley Ridges

Beauty for the Asking (1939)

Denny breaks up with his fiancée Jean to marries wealthy Flora. When Jean is fired from her job she decides to market the face cream she invented. After sending it to twelve rich woman, only Flora decides to invest in the business. As Denny has no job, the girls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Glenn Tryon
CAST:  Lucille Ball  •  Patric Knowles  •  Donald Woods  •  Frieda Inescort

Denny breaks up with his fiancée Jean to marries wealthy Flora. When Jean is fired from her job she decides to market the face cream she invented. After sending it to twelve rich woman, only Flora decides to invest in the business. As Denny has no job, the girls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Glenn Tryon
CAST:  Lucille Ball  •  Patric Knowles  •  Donald Woods  •  Frieda Inescort

Flight from Glory (1937)

Director Lew Landers' 1937 B-film, about a crew of misfit pilots working for an Argentinian air service, stars Chester Morris, Van Heflin, Whitney Bourne, Onslow Stevens, Richard Lane, Douglas Walton, Paul Guilfoyle, Solly Ward, Walter Miller and Rita LaRoy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Chester Morris  •  Whitney Bourne  •  Onslow Stevens  •  Van Heflin

Director Lew Landers' 1937 B-film, about a crew of misfit pilots working for an Argentinian air service, stars Chester Morris, Van Heflin, Whitney Bourne, Onslow Stevens, Richard Lane, Douglas Walton, Paul Guilfoyle, Solly Ward, Walter Miller and Rita LaRoy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Chester Morris  •  Whitney Bourne  •  Onslow Stevens  •  Van Heflin

The Mad Miss Manton (1938)

When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves them wrong.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leigh Jason
CAST:  Barbara Stanwyck  •  Henry Fonda  •  Sam Levene  •  Frances Mercer

When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves them wrong.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leigh Jason
CAST:  Barbara Stanwyck  •  Henry Fonda  •  Sam Levene  •  Frances Mercer

Head Over Heels (1937)

Legendary British musical-comedy favorite Jessie Matthews chalks up another winner with Head Over Heels in Love. The ever-charming Matthews plays Jeanne, a Parisian entertainer who manages to get herself in hot water with the French version of Actors' Equity and is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sonnie Hale
CAST:  Jessie Matthews  •  Robert Flemyng  •  Louis Borel  •  Romney Brent

Legendary British musical-comedy favorite Jessie Matthews chalks up another winner with Head Over Heels in Love. The ever-charming Matthews plays Jeanne, a Parisian entertainer who manages to get herself in hot water with the French version of Actors' Equity and is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sonnie Hale
CAST:  Jessie Matthews  •  Robert Flemyng  •  Louis Borel  •  Romney Brent

Once in a Blue Moon (1935)

A group of Russian nobles fleeing the Bolshevik revolution meet up with a traveling circus. To escape their pursuers, they disguise themselves as members fo the circus troupe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Hecht  •  Charles MacArthur
CAST:  Jimmy Savo  •  Nikita Balieff  •  Cecilia Loftus  •  Whitney Bourne

A group of Russian nobles fleeing the Bolshevik revolution meet up with a traveling circus. To escape their pursuers, they disguise themselves as members fo the circus troupe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Hecht  •  Charles MacArthur
CAST:  Jimmy Savo  •  Nikita Balieff  •  Cecilia Loftus  •  Whitney Bourne