Ernest Truex — Actor (9)
It's a Wonderful World (1939) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
It's a Wonderful World
other title: Questo mondo è meraviglioso / Afinal, o Mundo é Belo!
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.
Always Together (1947) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Always Together
other title: Siempre juntos / Gai, marions-nous
An old millionaire, who believes he's dying, bequeaths his fortune to a young woman with a fanatical obsession with movie stars. But then the elderly tycoon recovers from his illness and decides he wants his money back. Comedy most notable for its numerous unbilled cameos by Warner Bros. actors.
Our Town (1955) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Our Town
director: Delbert Mann actor: Frank Sinatra / Paul Newman
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. People grow up, get married, live, and die. Milk and the newspaper get delivered every morning, and nobody locks their front doors. This musicalization of Thornton Wilder's classic play stars Frank Sinatra, who introduces the song, "Love and Marriage," which would go on to be immortalized as the theme song to the sitcom "Married with Children."
Christmas in July (1940) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Christmas in July
director: Preston Sturges actor: Dick Powell / Ellen Drew
other title: Un colpo di fortuna / Weihnachten im Juli
An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize.
Bachelor Mother (1939) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Bachelor Mother
director: Garson Kanin actor: Ginger Rogers / Charlie Hall
other title: Situazione imbarazzante / Mãe por Acaso
Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.
True to Life (1943) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
True to Life
director: George Marshall actor: Mary Martin / Franchot Tone
other title: Dos solteros en un lío / Pris sur le vif
A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins to secretly write about their true life antics. The show becomes a big hit, but he begins to feel guilty about his charade when he falls in love with the family's pretty older daughter.
The Warrior's Husband (1933) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Warrior's Husband
director: Walter Lang actor: Elissa Landi / David Manners
other title: La disfatta delle amazzoni
The Warrior's Husband is a satire of the male and female roles in society set in 800 B.C.. Queen Hippolyta (Marjorie Rambeau) rules Pontus with masculine authority; in fact, it is the women of Pontus who do all the laboring, fighting, and governing. Hippolyta's husband Sapiens (Ernest Truex) is truly a sissy of the first order, and is not unlike most of Pontus' male inhabitants.
His Girl Friday (1940) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB Douban TMDB Skybridge WikiData
His Girl Friday
6.3 (9 ratings) director: Howard Hawks actor: Cary Grant / Rosalind Russell
other title: La signora del venerdì / Sensationen
Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.