Lucille Ball — Actor (21)
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Five Came Back (1939) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Five Came Back
director: John Farrow actor: Chester Morris / Lucille Ball …
other title: La tragedia del Silver Queen / Quels seront les cinq ? …
Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course. Crashing into jungles known to be inhabited by head hunters, pilots Bill and Joe race against time to fix the engines and attempt a take off. The situation brings out the best and worst in the stranded dozen as they create a makeshift runway and prepare to escape before the natives attack. But damage to the plane and low fuel reserves means that only 5 people can be carried to safety.
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Forever, Darling (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Forever, Darling
director: Alexander Hall actor: Lucille Ball / Desi Arnaz …
other title: Il suo angelo custode / Mein Engel und ich …
Susan and Lorenzo have been married for over five years and they are starting to drift apart. So into her life comes an angel, which only Susan can see, to tell her that there will be trouble ahead if they do not work out their problems. Lorenzo is developing insecticide #383 at Finlay Vega Chemical Co. and plans to test it on a camping trip that he takes with Susan, but the trip becomes an obstacle course for him.
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Fancy Pants (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Fancy Pants
director: George Marshall actor: Bob Hope / Lucille Ball …
other title: Ai vostri ordini signora! / Um Conde em Sinuca …
An American actor, impersonating an English butler, is hired by a rich woman from New Mexico to refine her husband and headstrong daughter. The complications increase when the town believes the actor/butler to be an earl and President Roosevelt decides to pay a visit.
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Easy to Wed (1946) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Easy to Wed
director: Edward Buzzell actor: Van Johnson / Esther Williams …
other title: Sposarci è facile ma... / Eine Falle für die Braut …
When a newspaper accuses a wealthy socialite of being a homewrecker, she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit. The publication's frazzled head editor now must find a way to discredit her.
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Mame (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Mame
director: Gene Saks actor: Lucille Ball / Bea Arthur …
other title: Ante todo, mujer
The madcap life of eccentric Mame Dennis and her bohemian, intellectual arty clique is disrupted when her deceased brother's 10-year-old son Patrick is entrusted to her care. Rather than bow to convention, Mame introduces the boy to her free-wheeling lifestyle, instilling in him her favorite credo, "Life is a banquet, and most poor sons of bitches are starving to death."
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Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
director: Lloyd Bacon actor: Lucille Ball / William Holden …
other title: Segretaria tutto fare / Miss Grain de sel
A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.
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Best Foot Forward (1943) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Best Foot Forward
director: Edward Buzzell actor: Lucille Ball / William Gaxton …
other title: La reina de corazones (Best Foot Forward)
Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend Helen Schlesinger unexpectedly shows up, too.
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Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Du Barry Was a Lady
director: Roy Del Ruth actor: Red Skelton / Lucille Ball …
other title: Mademoiselle du Barry / La du Barry était une dame …
Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with a poor dancer but wants to marry for money. When Louis wins the Irish Sweepstakes, he asks May to marry him and she accepts even though she doesn't love him. Soon after, Louis has an accident and gets knocked on the head, where he dreams that he's King Louis XV pursuing the infamous Madame Du Barry.
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Stage Door (1937) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Stage Door
director: Gregory La Cava actor: Katharine Hepburn / Ginger Rogers …
other title: Palcoscenico / No Teatro da Vida …
A spirited heiress wishing to break into theatre on her own merit arrives at a boardinghouse where aspiring young actresses and showgirls are brought together through their cynicism and disappointments.
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Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData Douban
Dance, Girl, Dance
director: Dorothy Arzner actor: Maureen O'Hara / Louis Hayward …
other title: Balla ragazza balla / Dança, Rapariga, Dança …
Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.
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The Dark Corner (1946) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Dark Corner
director: Henry Hathaway actor: Lucille Ball / Clifton Webb …
other title: Grattacielo tragico / Perdido na Sombra …
Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers.