Eve Arden — Actor (29)
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Bedtime Story (1941)
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Alexander Hall actor: Fredric March / Loretta Young …
other title: La vida empieza hoy / J'épouse ma femme
A Broadway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is to retire to Connecticut and, following a few 'worlds-apart" discussion of the issue, they get a divorce. The actress marries a banker in a fit of pique only to quickly discover the divorce was not valid. She communicates this information to her not-yet ex-husband and he, to prevent consummation of the invalid marriage rescues her by sending plumbers, waiters, porters, chambermaids, bellhops, desk clerks, exterminators and, finally, a crowd of roistering conventioneers to the suite to ensure no bedtime story would take place there
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Our Miss Brooks (1956)
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Al Lewis actor: Eve Arden / Robert Rockwell …
The big-screen translation of the successful television show of the 1950's. Arden stars as Connie Brooks, wisecracking English teacher at Madison High School, still hoping to tie the knot with shy biology teacher Philip Boynton (Robert Rockwell).
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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
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Delbert Mann actor: Robert Preston / Dorothy McGuire …
other title: Il buio in cima alle scale / Das Dunkle am Ende der Treppe …
In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Rubin Flood loses his job as a traveling salesman when the company goes bankrupt. This adds to his worries at home. His wife Cora is frigid because of trying to make ends meet. His teenage daughter Reenie is afraid of going out on dates, but eventually makes friends with a troubled Jewish boy Sammy Golden, and his son is a mama's boy. He finally storms out of the house when Cora falsely accuses him of having an affair with Mavis Pruitt.
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The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
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Norman Z. McLeod actor: Danny Kaye / Virginia Mayo …
other title: Preferisco la vacca / Der Held des Tages …
Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The newspapers get hold of the story and photographers even catch Burleigh knock out Speed again. Speed's crooked manager decides to turn Burleigh into a fighter. Burleigh doesn't realize that all of his opponents have been asked to take a dive. Thinking he really is a great fighter, Burleigh develops a swelled head which puts a crimp in his relationship with pretty nightclub singer Polly Pringle. He may finally get his comeuppance when he challenges Speed for the title.
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The Doughgirls (1944)
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James V. Kern actor: Ann Sheridan / Alexis Smith …
Newlyweds Arthur and Vivian arrive to their honeymoon suite in Washington D.C., only to find it occupied. Arthur goes to meet Slade, his new boss, and when he returns, he finds three girls in his suite. He orders Vivian to get rid of them, but they are friends of Vivian's and as time goes by, it looks more like Grand Central Station than the quiet suite Arthur expected. As long as there's anyone else in the suite, Arthur will not stay and there will be no honeymoon.
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We're Not Married! (1952)
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Edmund Goulding actor: Ginger Rogers / Fred Allen …
other title: Matrimoni a sorpresa / Travessuras de Casados …
A Justice of the Peace performed weddings a few days before his license was valid. A few years later five couples learn they have never been legally married.
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She Knew All the Answers (1941)
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Richard Wallace actor: Joan Bennett / Franchot Tone …
A rich playboy wants to marry a chorus girl, but he'll lose his fortune if his trustee doesn't approve of his sweetheart. She decides to work in the trustee's brokerage firm under an assumed name to get on his good side, but complications ensue.
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Manpower (1941)
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Raoul Walsh actor: Edward G. Robinson / Marlene Dietrich …
other title: Fulminati / Herzen in Flammen …
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang. Tensions start to show in the road crew as rivalry between Hank and Johnny increases.
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The Unfaithful (1947)
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Vincent Sherman actor: Ann Sheridan / Lew Ayres …
other title: Le donne erano sole / Ehebruch …
Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created.