Bess Flowers — Actor (143)
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I Was a Shoplifter (1950) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
I Was a Shoplifter
director: Charles Lamont actor: Scott Brady / Mona Freeman …
other title: La regina dei tagliaborse / Ich war eine Ladendiebin …
A police detective uses any means possible to trap a gang of shoplifters.
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The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Man Who Came to Dinner
director: William Keighley actor: Bette Davis / Ann Sheridan …
other title: Il signore resta a pranzo / Der Mann, der zum Essen kam …
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.
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Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Sweet Bird of Youth
director: Richard Brooks actor: Paul Newman / Geraldine Page …
other title: La dolce ala della giovinezza / Corações na Penumbra …
Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown as the companion of a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies. Chance runs into trouble when he finds his ex-girlfriend, the daughter of the local politician Tom "Boss" Finley, who more or less forced him to leave his daughter and the town many years ago.
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I Walk Alone (1947) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
I Walk Alone
director: Byron Haskin actor: Burt Lancaster / Lizabeth Scott …
other title: Le vie della città / Nat over New York …
Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub. 14 years later, Frankie is released from the clink and visits Noll with the intention of collecting his half of the nightclub's profits. But Noll, who has no intention of being so equitable, uses his ex-girlfriend Kay to divert Frankie from his intended goal.
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Zombies on Broadway (1945) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Zombies on Broadway
director: Gordon Douglas actor: Wally Brown / Alan Carney …
other title: Zombies en Broadway
Two bumbling press agents must search for a zombie to fulfill a commitment to their ex-gangster boss's new nightclub or face the consequences.
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Phone Call from a Stranger (1952) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Phone Call from a Stranger
director: Jean Negulesco actor: Shelley Winters / Gary Merrill …
other title: Telefonata a tre mogli / Ein Fremder ruft an …
Four strangers board a plane and become fast friends, but a catastrophic crash leaves only one survivor. He then sets off on a journey to discover who these people were, but ultimately discovers the devastating truth about himself.
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I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
director: Gene Fowler Jr. actor: Tom Tryon / Gloria Talbott …
other title: Ho sposato un mostro venuto dallo Spazio / J’ai Epousé Un Monstre …
Aliens from Outer Space are slowly switching places with real humans -- one of the first being a young man about to get married. Slowly, his new wife realizes something is wrong, and her suspicions are confirmed when her husband's odd behaviour begins to show up in other townspeople.
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Dangerous Crossing (1953) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Dangerous Crossing
director: Joseph M. Newman actor: Jeanne Crain / Michael Rennie …
other title: Traversata pericolosa / Gefährliche Überfahrt …
A honeymoon aboard an ocean liner is cut short when the bride finds herself suddenly alone, and unable to convince anyone of her husband’s existence.
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Now, Voyager (1942) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Now, Voyager
director: Irving Rapper actor: Bette Davis / Paul Henreid …
other title: Perdutamente tua / A Estranha Passageira …
A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man she meets on a cruise.
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On the Avenue (1937) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
On the Avenue
director: Roy Del Ruth actor: Dick Powell / Madeleine Carroll …
other title: Avenida dos Milhões / La avenida de los millones …
A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, but the courtship is soon for real, to the annoyance of his co-star, hoofing chanteuese Mona Merrick.
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The Razor's Edge (1946) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
The Razor's Edge
director: Edmund Goulding actor: Tyrone Power / Gene Tierney …
other title: Il filo del rasoio / O Fio da Navalha …
An adventurous young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though she is already married.
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No Man of Her Own (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
No Man of Her Own
director: Mitchell Leisen actor: Barbara Stanwyck / John Lund …
other title: Non voglio perderti / Mentira latente …
A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.
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Topper (1937) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Topper
director: Norman Z. McLeod actor: Constance Bennett / Cary Grant …
other title: La via dell'impossibile / O Par Invisível …
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.
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Show People (1928) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Show People
director: King Vidor actor: Marion Davies / William Haines …
other title: Maschere di celluloide / Es tut sich was in Hollywood …
Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.
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The Blue Dahlia (1946) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Blue Dahlia
director: George Marshall actor: Alan Ladd / Veronica Lake …
other title: La dalia azzurra / Die blaue Dahlie …
Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.
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Champagne for Caesar (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Champagne for Caesar
director: Richard Whorf actor: Ronald Colman / Celeste Holm …
other title: Botta senza risposta / Champaña para César
When jobless genius Beauregard Bottomley interviews with Burnbridge Waters for a position at Waters' soap company, the owner rudely turns Bottomley down. As revenge, Bottomley enters a TV quiz show that Waters' company sponsors, with the goal of winning until he bankrupts the businessman. When Bottomley keeps acing the questions, becoming a media sensation, Waters desperately calls on vixen Flame O'Neal to uncover Bottomley's area of weakness.
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Nothing Sacred (1937) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Nothing Sacred
director: William A. Wellman actor: Carole Lombard / Fredric March …
other title: Nulla sul serio / Nada é Sagrado …
When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.
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A Place in the Sun (1951) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB
A Place in the Sun
director: George Stevens actor: Montgomery Clift / Elizabeth Taylor …
other title: Un posto al sole / En Plads I Solen …
A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.
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Blood Money (1933) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Blood Money
director: Rowland Brown actor: George Bancroft / Judith Anderson …
other title: La Boule rouge
The title refers to the business of affable, ambitious bail bondsman (and politically-connected grifter) Bill Bailey, who, in the course of his work, crosses paths with every kind of offender there is, from first-time defendants to career criminals.
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Beyond the Forest (1949) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Beyond the Forest
director: King Vidor actor: Bette Davis / Joseph Cotten …
other title: Peccato / Der Stachel des Bösen …
Rosa, the self-serving wife of a small-town doctor, gets a better offer when a wealthy big-city man insists she get a divorce and marry him instead. Soon she demonstrates she is capable of rather deplorable acts -- including murder.