Nella Walker
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1886-03-04
Locus Natus: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Et ut:
Manpower
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang....
release : 1941.08.09popularis : 4.019
I Love You Again
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.
release : 1940.08.09popularis : 3.811
Sabrina
Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily running the family corporate empire, he has no...
release : 1954.09.10popularis : 20.862
Big Town
A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away.
release : 1946.08.23popularis : 2.48
Buck Privates
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor....
release : 1941.01.31popularis : 4.771
Elmer and Elsie
A milquetoast trucker is bullied by his domineering wife.
release : 1934.08.04popularis : 0.634
Four Frightened People
Malaya tropical island romantic love triangle adventure thriller, about a cruise ship where Bubonic plague breaks out. Four people are able to leave...
release : 1934.01.26popularis : 4.743
The Rage of Paris
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of...
release : 1938.06.09popularis : 2.622
Air Raid Wardens
Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs bent on blowing up the local magnesium plant.
release : 1943.04.04popularis : 3.982
Stella Dallas
After divorcing a society man, a small-town woman tries to build a better life for their daughter.
release : 1937.08.06popularis : 7.502
The Locket
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
release : 1946.12.20popularis : 4.073
The Right to Live
A man with a broken back dies after his wife has an affair with his brother.
release : 1935.01.26popularis : 2.116
Dangerously Yours
A playboy asks his friend to borrow his yacht to entertain his girlfriend.
release : 1933.02.24popularis : 1.646
Humanity
A doctor in New York City, who has had to raise his son without a mother since his wife died, struggles and sacrifices to be able to send the boy to...
release : 1933.03.03popularis : 1.269
Three Smart Girls
The three Craig sisters – Penny, Kay, and Joan – go to New York to stop their divorced father from marrying gold digger Donna Lyons and...
release : 1936.12.20popularis : 3.442
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Three sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together, until one sister falls in love with another's...
release : 1939.03.24popularis : 1.956
Kid Glove Killer
Van Heflin stars as the head of a city crime lab who tries to solve the murder of the town mayor by scientifically analyzing evidence.
release : 1942.04.17popularis : 2.912
The Saint Strikes Back
Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after...
release : 1939.03.08popularis : 4.213
Indiscreet
A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up.
release : 1931.04.25popularis : 2.482
The Saint Takes Over
The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint"...
release : 1940.06.07popularis : 2.799
Captain January
A little girl named Star lives with a lighthouse keeper who rescued her when her parents drowned. A truant officer decides she should go to boarding...
release : 1936.04.17popularis : 3.331
Flesh and Fury
Deaf boxer Paul Callan captures the interest of gold-digging blonde Sonya Bartow and retired fight manager 'Pop' Richardson. For a time, Sonya has...
release : 1952.06.26popularis : 2.814
Small Town Girl
Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob...
release : 1936.04.10popularis : 2.934
Ace of Aces
A sculptor who doesn't want to have any part of World War I is shamed by his girlfriend into joining the army. He becomes a fighter pilot, and...
release : 1933.10.20popularis : 1.905
Back Street
Previously filmed in 1932, and remade a third time in 1961, this second film version of Fannie Hurst's novel stars Margaret Sullavan as a fashion...
release : 1941.02.07popularis : 3.55
Variety Girl
Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful...
release : 1947.08.29popularis : 4.871
Nancy Goes to Rio
Mother and daughter compete over same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man.
release : 1950.03.10popularis : 5.258
Ever in My Heart
World War I brings tribulations to an American woman married to a German.
release : 1933.10.28popularis : 2.894
Murder in the Blue Room
A young woman, a trio of singers, and a mystery writer are among the guests at a house long-considered to be haunted.
release : 1944.10.27popularis : 1.86
Going Highbrow
A ditzy wife yearns to join "high society" when she and her husband become suddenly wealthy. Comedy.
release : 1935.07.06popularis : 1.928
The Vagabond Lover
A zany musical about an amateur musician in search of work who impersonates a big band leader.
release : 1929.12.01popularis : 4.224
When Tomorrow Comes
A famous concert pianist unhappily married to a woman who suffers from mental illness falls in love with a waitress.
release : 1939.08.11popularis : 4.686
Extravagance
Alice Kendall is the darling of her social set, the sons and daughters of millionaires, although Alice's mother has impoverished herself to provide...
release : 1930.10.09popularis : 3.205
Reunion in Vienna
An exiled archduke (John Barrymore) tries to renew romance with a former lover (Diana Wynyard) now wed to a psychiatrist (Frank Morgan).
release : 1933.06.16popularis : 4.712
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where she had his seats and the next day she shows up as...
release : 1941.03.14popularis : 1.733
Undercover Maisie
Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants...
release : 1947.03.01popularis : 5.878
The Hot Heiress
Classes clash when a poor riveter and wealthy society woman fall in love with each other, much to the shock of her friends and family.
release : 1931.03.28popularis : 2.587
The 9th Guest
Eight people are invited by an unsigned telegram to a penthouse apartment, where they find themselves locked in and greeted by their unknown host's...
release : 1934.01.31popularis : 4.397
Tanned Legs
Peggy and Bill are high society lovebirds, but their marriage plans are put on hold while Peggy spends most of her summer straightening out her...
release : 1929.11.10popularis : 4.49
We Were Dancing
A penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by becoming houseguests at the homes of wealthy American...
release : 1942.04.30popularis : 4.458
Hers to Hold
Deanna Durbin is all grown up in Hers to Hold, the unofficial sequel to her "Three Smart Girls" films of the 1930s. Durbin plays Penelope Craig, the...
release : 1943.07.16popularis : 1.736
That Hagen Girl
Mary Hagen lives in a small town in Ohio and goes to Jordon Junior College. For years, there has been whispers, rumors and gossip about who are her...
release : 1947.11.01popularis : 3.118
All of Me
A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend doesn't understand why he is so dissatisfied.
release : 1934.02.01popularis : 1.95
These Glamour Girls
A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to...
release : 1939.08.18popularis : 3.836
Magic Town
Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire...
release : 1947.10.07popularis : 4.203
Kitty Foyle
A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.
release : 1940.12.27popularis : 5.014
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
Doctor in jungle works on cure for fever.
release : 1938.03.12popularis : 0.934
The Common Law
When a woman models for an artist they fall in love. Can the artist overcome the beauty's recent past as another man's mistress?
release : 1931.07.17popularis : 3.595
They Call It Sin
An innocent, young, small-town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted, and that her mother was an evil woman. She follows a...
release : 1932.11.05popularis : 4.845
The House on 56th Street
A beautiful chorine marries a handsome rich socialite, but her idyllic life ends when she visits a dying old beau and is charged when he commits...
release : 1933.12.23popularis : 2.382
A Child Is Born
A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.
release : 1939.12.07popularis : 1.663
Alias French Gertie
A safecracker poses as a French maid in order to gain access to wealthy homes. In the midst of a nocturnal search for a cache of valuables, she is...
release : 1930.04.20popularis : 1.39
Blame It on Love
A short film put out by the Hotpoint Company to demonstrate their Electric Ranges.
release : 1940.06.18popularis : 0.689
Seven Keys to Baldpate
A writer rents what he believes is a deserted lodge in order to complete his novel. But then six other people show up one-by-one, each for reasons of...
release : 1929.12.25popularis : 3.356
Swanee River
Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl,...
release : 1939.12.29popularis : 3.566
A Dog of Flanders
Adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose ambition is to become a painter.
release : 1935.03.22popularis : 0.954
Change of Heart
Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fly to New York City to find work.
release : 1934.05.18popularis : 2.569
In Name Only
A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.
release : 1939.08.18popularis : 5.457
Young Dr. Kildare
A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his...
release : 1938.10.14popularis : 4.752
Desirable
A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.
release : 1934.09.08popularis : 3.631
Kathleen
Kathleen is a twelve-year-old who lives in a big house with a nanny, a butler, maids, no mother and a father who is working most of the time. She...
release : 1941.12.18popularis : 2.524
The Public Defender
A mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who embezzled their company's funds.
release : 1931.08.01popularis : 2.18
Repent at Leisure
Everyone in a large department store knows that a rising star is married to the owner's daughter, except her husband.
release : 1941.04.04popularis : 2.053
Made for Each Other
A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.
release : 1939.02.10popularis : 6.254
Professor Beware
Egyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to join a group in New York headed for Egypt. With the...
release : 1938.07.29popularis : 3.791
Behold My Wife!
After Michael Carter's fiancée commits suicide, Michael vows to seek revenge on his wealthy family, who sabotaged their marriage. He drives...
release : 1934.12.06popularis : 4.167
Rain or Shine
Young Mary Rainey takes the reins of her deceased father's failing circus. With the help of the Inimitable Smiley Johnson, she hopes to bring fortune...
release : 1930.08.15popularis : 2.024
Espionage Agent
When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an...
release : 1939.09.30popularis : 4.205
Lady with a Past
A wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours about her character that makes her popular amongst...
release : 1932.02.19popularis : 2.96
Klondike Annie
A San Francisco singer flees Chinatown on murder charges and poses as a missionary in Alaska.
release : 1936.02.21popularis : 2.64
McFadden´s Flats
Dan McFadden builds an apartment house in a working-class neighborhood on New York's East Side called "McFadden's Flats." At the same time, Dan and...
release : 1935.03.12popularis : 2.176
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.
release : 1932.12.24popularis : 4.865
Sensation Hunters
Dale Jordan is first accepted by the aristocratic first-cabin passengers on a south-bound Panama-Pacific liner until they discover she is a member of...
release : 1933.08.30popularis : 1.775
Red Salute
The rebellious daughter of an army general gets involved with a Communist agitator, mainly to annoy her father. He arranges to have her kidnapped and...
release : 1935.09.12popularis : 3.602
The Woman in Red
A professional jockey struggles to fit in with her new husband's upper-crust family in this horsy-set drama.
release : 1935.02.16popularis : 3.167
Their Mad Moment
Dorothy Mackaill stars in this old-fashioned melodrama set in the Basque country of Spain. She is Emily Stanley, betrothed to foppish Englishman Sir...
release : 1931.07.12popularis : 1.129
Fugitive Lady
In this thriller, a young woman marries a dashing young man who, unbeknownst to her, is a jewel thief.
release : 1934.12.10popularis : 1.229
Coronado
Southern California's Hotel Coronado caters to and is frequented by members of the social upper-crust. Although she lives on the wrong side of the...
release : 1935.11.27popularis : 5.938
Don't Turn 'em Loose
A conscientious attorney who is a member of the State Parole Board, finds his own son, using an alias, up for parole and makes the decision to cast...
release : 1936.09.18popularis : 0.986
No Time for Comedy
An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.
release : 1940.09.14popularis : 2.467
Irene
Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mrs. Herman Vincent at her Long Island estate....
release : 1940.04.23popularis : 5.346
Little Men
Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's...
release : 1940.11.29popularis : 2.515
Is My Face Red?
William Poster writes a gossip column for the Morning Gazette. He will write about anyone and everyone as long as he gets the credit. He gets most of...
release : 1932.06.17popularis : 7.116
What a Woman
An author and a literary agent become involved after selling film rights to his racy book.
release : 1943.12.29popularis : 1.015
I Live My Life
A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
release : 1935.10.04popularis : 7.483
What a Widow!
A young woman's elderly husband dies and leaves her $5 million. She travels to Paris and becomes part of the "Continental" set and is pursued by a...
release : 1930.09.12popularis : 1.914
Hellzapoppin'
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the...
release : 1941.12.25popularis : 10.428
Daughter of the Dragon
At her Chinese father's bidding, a woman goes to murder an enemy and meets a Scotland Yard detective.
release : 1931.09.05popularis : 3.925
Trouble in Paradise
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide...
release : 1932.10.30popularis : 11.333
Big Hearted Herbert
After cantankerous and miserly Herbert Kalness insults his daughter's fiance and prospective in-laws at a dinner party, Mrs. Kalness devises a scheme...
release : 1934.10.06popularis : 5.995
Hush Money
Story of a girl who tries to live down the past and marries a wealthy man. Blackmail attempt by old associate foiled by friendly detective.
release : 1931.07.05popularis : 3.305
Follow That Woman
A private detective's wife takes over his business when he enters the Army.
release : 1945.12.14popularis : 1.756
Take It or Leave It
A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant wife's doctor.
release : 1944.07.17popularis : 2.142
Sauce for the Gander
Working stiff Tom Tupper is stopped by a 'man on the spot' reporter during his daily commute. Asked for his opinion on male/female relations, Tom...
release : 1940.02.10popularis : 1.5
As You Desire Me
Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. One day, Tony shows up on Salter's...
release : 1932.05.28popularis : 3.749
Two Sisters from Boston
Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house...
release : 1946.06.06popularis : 3.662
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
A young woman runs away from an abusive home and pre-arranged marriage only to be frustrated in her attempts to find happiness with a handsome...
release : 1931.10.10popularis : 5.419
Reaching for the Sun
Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by working on auto assembly line.
release : 1941.05.01popularis : 2.355
Ladies of Washington
The new boarder at a Washington, D.C. rooming house for women likes the fast life, but her recreational activities lead to her involvement in murder.
release : 1944.05.25popularis : 1.912
Hard to Get
When spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by Bill Davis, he makes her work out her bill by making...
release : 1938.11.05popularis : 2.413
Fashions of 1934
When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide...
release : 1934.02.14popularis : 4.065
Young Man with Ideas
A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
release : 1952.05.02popularis : 5.704
In Society
Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree...
release : 1944.08.16popularis : 3.233
The Bargain
A father changes jobs with his son, and each learns he has made a mistake.
release : 1931.07.23popularis : 0.513
An American Tragedy
A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.
release : 1931.08.22popularis : 2.848
45 Fathers
An orphan girl becomes adopted by a group of old men and is placed in the home of one of them. She sings and dances and helps out where she can.
release : 1937.11.26popularis : 1.472