Mona Barrie — Actor (15)

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When Ladies Meet (1941) IMDb TMDB
When Ladies Meet
other title: Quando le signore si incontrano / Duel de femmes …
Mary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her suitor Jimmy is determined to break them up; he introduces Mary to the publisher's wife without telling Mary who she is.

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Who Killed Aunt Maggie? (1940) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
director: Arthur Lubin actor: John Hubbard / Wendy Barrie …
When a much-despised matriarch is murdered, or apparently murdered, all of her relatives and "friends" fall under suspicion. Sheriff Gregory is the official investigator, but most of the clue gathering is done by amateur sleuths Kirk Pierce and Sally Ambler.

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Say It in French (1938) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Say It in French
director: Andrew L. Stone actor: Ray Milland / Olympe Bradna …
other title: Soubrette / Sig det på fransk
An American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are married and in the US. Upon their arrival, they are dismayed to discover that the golfer's parents have arranged for him to marry a wealthy socialite so they can use her money to support their business....

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I Cover Big Town (1947) WikiData IMDb TMDB
I Cover Big Town
One of the four films in the Pine-Thomas series based on radio's long-running "Big Town." This time out, society editor Lorelei Kilbourne is assigned to the police beat. Her paper, "The Illustrated Press", following its usual policy of socially-correct muckraking by crusading editor Steve Wilson, is putting heat on the chief of police. But Lorelei believes the chief is qualified to do the job. She and managing editor Steve Wilson, who, in the film series, is wrong more often than right, discover a corpse and then proceed to help the police solve the crime.

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King of Burlesque (1936) IMDb TMDB
King of Burlesque
director: Sidney Lanfield actor: Warner Baxter / Alice Faye …
Warner Baxter plays the ambitious producer of a burlesque show who rises to the big time on Broadway. Alice Faye is the loyal burleycue singer who helps make Baxter a success. His head turned by sudden fame, Baxter falls under the spell of a society woman (Mona Barrie) who has theatrical aspirations of her own. She marries Baxter, then convinces him to produce a string of "artistic" plays rather than his extravagant musical revues. The plays are flops, and the woman haughtily divorces Baxter. Faithful Alice Faye, who'd gone to London when her ex-beau was married, returns to the penniless Baxter. She and her burlesque buddies team up to pull Baxter out of his rut and put him on top again.

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Just Before Dawn (1946) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Just Before Dawn
director: William Castle actor: Warner Baxter / Adele Roberts …
other title: Il caso Foster
In the 7th film of the "Crime Doctor" series based on the radio program, Dr. Robert Ordway is summoned to take attend a diabetic, and gives an injection of insulin taken from a bottle in the patient's pocket. The man dies and Ordway discovers that what he thought was insulin was really poison. Oops! Two other people are murdered before Ordway discovers who replaced the insulin with poison and what the motive was

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Skylark (1941) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Skylark
other title: Eheposse / La Folle Alouette
As her fifth wedding anniversary approaches, a woman realizes that she is fed up with always coming in second to her husband's advertising business. Just at the moment when she is trying to decide what to do, she meets a handsome attorney, and their innocent flirtation begins to turn into something a bit more serious.

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Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
director: Edward F. Cline actor: W.C. Fields / Gloria Jean …
other title: Lad tåberne tabe / Gib einem Trottel keine Chance …
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break is a 1941 film about a man who wants to sell a film story to Esoteric Studios. On the way he gets insulted by little boys, beaten up for ogling a woman, and abused by a waitress. W. C. Fields' last starring role in a feature-length film.