Joyce Compton — Actor (26)

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The Spider (1931)
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Kenneth MacKenna / William Cameron Menzies actor: Edmund Lowe / Lois Moran …
other title: La araña
Lowe plays Chatrand the Great, a magician with great hypnotic and magical powers. During his evening performance at an upscale theater, a murder occurs. A hand wearing a sinister spider ring raises a revolver, the lights go out, and a shot rings out! When the lights come on, the body of a patron is lying on the floor, dying. Who is the mysterious killer? What is the strange secret of Lowe’s clairvoyant, amnesia-plagued assistant? After the police restrain the audience from leaving, Lowe uses his magical powers to help expose the killer. Watch for the terrific séance scene where weird ghost-like creatures float above the stage.

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Mighty Joe Young (1949)
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Ernest B. Schoedsack actor: Terry Moore / Ben Johnson …
other title: Il re dell'Africa / Panik um King Kong …
A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.

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Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
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Busby Berkeley / Robert Z. Leonard actor: James Stewart / Judy Garland …
other title: Le fanciulle delle follie / Mädchen im Rampenlicht …
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.

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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives
William Wyler actor: Dana Andrews / Fredric March …
other title: I migliori anni della nostra vita / De Bedste År …
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.

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Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
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Anatole Litvak actor: Barbara Stanwyck / Burt Lancaster …
other title: Il terrore corre sul filo / Galt nummer …
Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.