Bess Flowers — Actor (143)
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The Honeymoon Machine (1961) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Honeymoon Machine
director: Richard Thorpe actor: Steve McQueen / Brigid Bazlen …
other title: Per favore non toccate le palline / Die Heiratsmaschine …
Lt. Fergie Howard teams up with Lt. Beau Gilliam and Navy scientist Jason Eldridge to turn a supercomputer with missile-tracking capabilities into a tool to predict where a roulette ball will land. They dock in Venice, Italy, and begin making a killing at the casino, but their shore-to-ship signals get misinterpreted as signs of attack by Adm. Fitch, putting a serious crimp in the officers' get-rich-quick scheme.
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The Half-Naked Truth (1932) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
The Half-Naked Truth
director: Gregory La Cava actor: Lupe Vélez / Lee Tracy …
other title: La verità seminuda / La verdad a medias …
A carnival pitchman (Tracy) finagles his girlfriend, a fiery hoochie dancer (Vélez), into a major Broadway revue under the auspices of an impresario (Morgan).
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Meet John Doe (1941) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Meet John Doe
director: Frank Capra actor: Gary Cooper / Barbara Stanwyck …
other title: Arriva John Doe! / Vi Behøver Hinanden …
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.
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The Lost World (1960) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Lost World
director: Irwin Allen actor: Michael Rennie / Jill St. John …
other title: Mondo perduto / Den forsvundne verden …
Professor Challenger leads an expedition of scientists and adventurers to a remote plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle to verify his claim that dinosaurs still live there.
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First Love (1939) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
First Love
director: Henry Koster actor: Deanna Durbin / Robert Stack …
other title: Il primo bacio / Premier Amour …
In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. She's hardly received with open arms, especially by her snobby cousin Barbara. When the entire family is invited to a major social ball, Barbara sees to it that Connie is forced to stay home. With the aid of her uncle, who acts as her fairy godfather, Connie makes it to the ball and meets her Prince Charming in Ted Drake, her cousin's boyfriend.
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Wife vs. Secretary (1936) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Wife vs. Secretary
director: Clarence Brown actor: Clark Gable / Jean Harlow …
other title: Gelosia / Seine Sekretärin …
Linda, the wife of a publishing executive, suspects that her husband Van’s relationship with his attractive secretary Whitey is more than professional.
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The Tarnished Angels (1957) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Tarnished Angels
director: Douglas Sirk actor: Rock Hudson / Robert Stack …
other title: Il trapezio della vita / O Meu Maior Pecado …
In the 1930s, once-great World War I pilot Roger Shumann performs as a daredevil barnstorming pilot at aerial stunt shows while his wife, LaVerne, works as a parachutist. When newspaper reporter Burke Devlin arrives to do a story on the Shumanns’ act, he quickly falls in love with the beautiful--and neglected--LaVerne.
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Love Affair (1939) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Love Affair
director: Leo McCarey actor: Irene Dunne / Charles Boyer …
other title: Un grande amore / Ruhelose Liebe …
A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.
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Father of the Bride (1950) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Father of the Bride
director: Vincente Minnelli actor: Spencer Tracy / Joan Bennett …
other title: Il padre della sposa / Brudens far …
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.
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I Love You Again (1940) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
I Love You Again
director: W.S. Van Dyke actor: William Powell / Myrna Loy …
other title: Ti amo ancora / Liebling, du hast dich verändert …
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.
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Holiday (1938) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Holiday
director: George Cukor actor: Katharine Hepburn / Cary Grant …
other title: Incantesimo / A Irmã da Minha Noiva …
Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionaire — and she's agreed to marry him. But when Johnny plans a holiday for the two to enjoy life while they are still young, his fiancée has other plans & that is for Johnny to work in her father's bank!
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Blue Denim (1959) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Blue Denim
director: Philip Dunne actor: Carol Lynley / Brandon De Wilde …
other title: Innamorati in blue jeans / Los adolescentes
Two naive high-school students must deal with the unexpected consequences after a night of passion.
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The French Line (1954) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The French Line
director: Lloyd Bacon actor: Jane Russell / Gilbert Roland …
other title: La linea francese / Die lockende Venus …
Oil heiress Mame Carson takes an incognito cruise so that men will love her for her body, not her money.
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They Drive by Night (1940) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
They Drive by Night
director: Raoul Walsh actor: George Raft / Ann Sheridan …
other title: Strada maestra / Nachts unterwegs …
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.
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Blonde Venus (1932) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Blonde Venus
director: Josef von Sternberg actor: Marlene Dietrich / Herbert Marshall …
other title: Venere bionda / Blonde Vénus …
In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye of a wealthy politician.
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Strangers May Kiss (1931) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Strangers May Kiss
director: George Fitzmaurice actor: Norma Shearer / Robert Montgomery …
other title: Volubilità / Besos al pasar
After years of fighting off the advances of her old flame Steve, Lisbeth settles into a steamy, casual romance with journalist Alan. Against the advice of her happily married aunt Celia -- who encourages her to demand a serious commitment -- Lisbeth continues to see Alan, even after she hears he may have a wife in France. When Alan's work sends him abroad, a lovesick Lisbeth struggles to understand her feelings.
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Possessed (1931) [Movie] NeoDB Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB
Possessed
director: Clarence Brown actor: Joan Crawford / Clark Gable …
other title: L'amante / Alles für dein Glück …
Marion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line for a beautiful penthouse apartment. Mark Whitney, a wealthy and influential lawyer, can make her dreams come true, but, there is only one problem; he will give her everything except a marriage proposal. Will this affair ever lead to marriage?
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A Free Soul (1931) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
A Free Soul
director: Clarence Brown actor: Norma Shearer / Leslie Howard …
other title: Io amo / Der Mut zum Glück …
An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.
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The Narrow Margin (1952) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Narrow Margin
director: Richard Fleischer actor: Charles McGraw / Marie Windsor …
other title: Le jene di Chicago / Um Haaresbreite …
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles.
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The Prowler (1951) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Prowler
director: Joseph Losey actor: Van Heflin / Evelyn Keyes …
other title: Sciacalli nell'ombra / O Cúmplice das Sombras …
Los Angeles, California. A cop who, unhappy with his job, blames others for his work problems, is assigned to investigate the case of a prowler who stalks the home of a married woman.