Bess Flowers — Actor (143)
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The Lady and the Monster (1944) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Lady and the Monster
director: George Sherman actor: Richard Arlen / Vera Ralston …
other title: La donna e il mostro / La mujer y el monstruo …
A millionaire's brain is preserved after his death by a scientist and his two assistants, only to create a telepathic monster.
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Flesh and Fantasy (1943) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Flesh and Fantasy
director: Julien Duvivier actor: Charles Boyer / Edward G. Robinson …
other title: Il carnevale della vita / Das zweite Gesicht …
Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The second involves a psychic who predicts murder. The third is about a man who literally meets the girl of his dreams.
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Hellzapoppin' (1941) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Hellzapoppin'
director: H. C. Potter actor: Ole Olsen / Chic Johnson …
other title: Hellzapoppin' - Il cabaret dell'inferno / In der Hölle ist der Teufel los …
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.
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Alias Nick Beal (1949) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Alias Nick Beal
director: John Farrow actor: Ray Milland / Audrey Totter …
other title: La sconfitta di Satana / Der Agent aus der Hölle …
After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister.
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Runaway Daughters (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Runaway Daughters
director: Edward L. Cahn actor: Marla English / Gloria Castillo …
other title: Tres Fugitivas
Three teenagers with troubled families are unable to adjust at home and in high-school. Tempted with an easy, carefree life they soon pass from misdemeanors into serious crime - and will suffer for it. Sometimes, repentance comes too late.
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The Chase (1946) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Chase
director: Arthur Ripley actor: Robert Cummings / Michèle Morgan …
other title: Incatenata / Auf der Flucht …
Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with Eddie's fearful wife becomes a nightmare.
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It Happened Tomorrow (1944) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
It Happened Tomorrow
director: René Clair actor: Dick Powell / Linda Darnell …
other title: Avvenne... domani / Was morgen geschah …
A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.
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Mighty Joe Young (1949) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Mighty Joe Young
director: Ernest B. Schoedsack actor: Terry Moore / Ben Johnson …
other title: Il re dell'Africa / Panik um King Kong …
A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.
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The Costume Designer (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Costume Designer
director: Tholen Gladden actor: Eve Arden / Joan Caulfield …
This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The costume designer must design clothing that is correct for the film historically and geographically, and must be appropriate for the mood of the individual scene. We see famed costume designer Edith Head at work on a production. The Costume Designer was part of The Industry Film Project, a twelve-part series produced by the film studios and the Academy. Each series episode was produced to inform the public on a specific facet of the motion picture industry. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
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Wild Boys of the Road (1933) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Wild Boys of the Road
director: William A. Wellman actor: Frankie Darro / Edwin Phillips …
other title: Selvaggi ragazzi di strada / Kinder auf den Straßen …
At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when Eddie's father loses his job. Eager not to burden their parents, the two high school sophomores decide to hop the freight trains and look for work.
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The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) [Movie]
The Bad and the Beautiful
director: Vincente Minnelli actor: Lana Turner / Kirk Douglas …
other title: Il bruto e la bella / Stadt der Illusionen …
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.
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White Christmas (1954) [Movie] NeoDB WikiData TMDB Douban IMDb
White Christmas
director: Michael Curtiz actor: Bing Crosby / Danny Kaye …
other title: Bianco Natale / Natal Branco …
Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.
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The She-Creature (1956) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The She-Creature
director: Edward L. Cahn actor: Chester Morris / Marla English …
other title: Geschöpf des Schreckens / La criatura …
A mysterious hypnotist reverts his beautiful assistant back into the form of a prehistoric sea monster that she was in a past life.
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Guys and Dolls (1955) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB Douban
Guys and Dolls
director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz actor: Marlon Brando / Jean Simmons …
other title: Bulli e pupe / Eles e Elas …
In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.
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Larceny, Inc. (1942) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Larceny, Inc.
director: Lloyd Bacon actor: Edward G. Robinson / Jane Wyman …
other title: I tre furfanti / Die fröhliche Gauner GmbH …
Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can do, the shop prospers...
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The Buccaneer (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData NeoDB Douban
The Buccaneer
director: Anthony Quinn actor: Yul Brynner / Claire Bloom …
other title: I bucanieri / Piraten …
During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city. In this situation an island near the city becomes strategically important to both parties, but it's inhabited by the last big buccaneer: Jean Lafitte. Although Lafitte never attacks American ships, the governor hates him for selling merchandise without taxes - and is loved by the citizens for the same reason. When the big fight gets nearer, Lafitte is drawn between the fronts. His heart belongs to America, but his people urge him to join the party that's more likely to win.
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My Man Godfrey (1936) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
My Man Godfrey
director: Gregory La Cava actor: William Powell / Carole Lombard …
other title: L'impareggiabile Godfrey / Godfrey ordner alt …
Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.
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The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Bad and the Beautiful
director: Vincente Minnelli actor: Lana Turner / Kirk Douglas …
other title: Il bruto e la bella / Stadt der Illusionen …
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.
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The Bigamist (1953) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Bigamist
director: Ida Lupino actor: Joan Fontaine / Ida Lupino …
other title: La grande nebbia / Der Mann mit zwei Frauen …
San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr. Jordan uncovers the fact that Graham has another wife, Phyllis, and a small child in Los Angeles, he confesses everything.