Known for Art
Born
November 13, 1901
Died
December 27, 1963 (age 62)
Filmography
49 films, 1 show


Dead Ringer
1964 · 1h 56m
country: United States
The working class twin sister of a callous wealthy woman impulsively murders her out of revenge and assumes the identity of the dead woman. But impersonating her dead twin is more complicated and risky than she anticipated.


Main Street to Broadway
1953 · 1h 43m
country: United States
In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspiration when his agent convinces a stage star to take his next effort. When he returns to Broadway, his girl stays behind and starts seeing a local businessman.


The Big Sky
1952 · 2h 13m
country: United States
Two tough Kentucky mountaineers join a trading expedition from St. Louis up the Missouri River to trade whisky for furs with the Blackfoot Indians. They soon discover that there is much more than the elements to contend with.


Queen for a Day
1951 · 1h 47m
country: United States
Adapted from the TV and radio series of the same name, the producer of said show reads letters from three woman providing the framing story for this melodrama anthology film. The tales focus on parenting and family struggles.


The Sound of Fury
1950 · 1h 25m
country: United States
A family man – desperate for a job – latches onto a friend who encourages him into being a criminal.


711 Ocean Drive
1950 · 1h 42m
country: United States
A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.


A Song Is Born
1948 · 1h 53m
country: United States
The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want to give her up.


Rope
1948 · 1h 21m
country: United States
Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.


The Bishop's Wife
1947 · 1h 49m
country: United States
An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred. With the exception of Henry, everyone loves him, but Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, both at work and in his family's affections, as Christmas approaches.


The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947 · 1h 50m
country: United States
Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According to her, it contains the locations of the Dutch crown jewels hidden since World War II. Soon, Mitty finds himself in the middle of a confusing conspiracy, where he has difficulty differentiating between fact and fiction.


Desert Fury
1947 · 1h 36m
country: United States
The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.


The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · 2h 51m
country: United States
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.


Song of the South
1946 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Uncle Remus draws upon his tales of Br'er Rabbit to help little Johnny deal with his confusion over his parents' separation as well as his new life on the plantation.


The Kid from Brooklyn
1946 · 1h 53m
country: United States
Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The newspapers get hold of the story and photographers even catch Burleigh knock out Speed again. Speed's crooked manager decides to turn Burleigh into a fighter. Burleigh doesn't realize that all of his opponents have been asked to take a dive. Thinking he really is a great fighter, Burleigh develops a swelled head which puts a crimp in his relationship with pretty nightclub singer Polly Pringle. He may finally get his comeuppance when he challenges Speed for the title.


Belle of the Yukon
1944 · 1h 23m
country: United States
Left by a con man, Belle De Valle, a dancer, finds him again in gold-rush Alaska running an honest casino/dance hall.


Up in Arms
1944 · 1h 45m
country: United States
Hypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted and accidentally smuggles his girlfriend aboard his Pacific-bound troopship.


The North Star
1943 · 1h 48m
country: United States
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Later re-edited and released as "Armored Attack."


They Got Me Covered
1943 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Bumbling reporter Robert Kittredge has been fired after bungling his latest assignment. His career isn't all he's botched up: his girlfriend Chris is tired of waiting for him to marry her. When he gets a hot tip on some Nazi spies operating in Washington, D.C., he convinces Chris to help him break the story so he can get his job back. The pair soon find themselves in several awkward predicaments as they track the criminals down in a night club, a burlesque show, and face a final showdown at a beauty salon.


The Pride of the Yankees
1942 · 2h 8m
country: United States
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.


Ball of Fire
1941 · 1h 51m
country: United States
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.


Music for Madame
1937 · 1h 21m
country: United States
An Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of crooks who use his talent to distract everyone at a party while they steal the jewels.


Winterset
1936 · 1h 17m
country: United States
A man is determined to find the real culprit behind the crime for which his father was wrongly executed.


Murder on a Honeymoon
1935 · 1h 14m
country: United States
An amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane suddenly dies. The third and final film with Edna May Oliver and James Gleason as the astute schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers and the New York Police Inspector Oscar Piper busy solving crimes.


West of the Pecos
1934 · 1h 8m
country: United States
Richard Dix stars as Pecos Smith, a strong, silent Westerner suspected of cattle rustling.


The Silver Streak
1934 · 1h 25m
country: United States
A high-speed train becomes the star of the film as it rushes from Chicago to Hoover Dam to transport an iron lung to a needy patient.


Dangerous Corner
1934 · 1h 6m
country: United States
Friends uncover a dark secret when they compare notes about a theft and suicide.


By Your Leave
1934 · 1h 22m
country: United States
A bored couple facing middle-age succumbs to wandering eyes.


Kentucky Kernels
1934 · 1h 15m
country: United States
The Great Elmer and Company, two out-of-work magicians, help lovelorn Jerry Bronson adopt Spanky Milford, to distract him. When Bronson makes up and elopes, the pair are stuck with the little boy. But Spanky inherits a Kentucky fortune, so they head south to Banesville, where the Milfords and Wakefields are conducting a bitter feud.


Where Sinners Meet
1934 · 1h 12m
country: United States
A pair of lovers are secreting away to Paris for a quick divorce and marriage when they find themselves trapped in a "hotel" where they are forced to get to know each other better and reconsider their plans. They learn a lot about each other, and themselves.


The Meanest Gal in Town
1934 · 1h 2m
country: United States
A stranded actress turned manicurist affects the lives of people in a small American town.


Chance at Heaven
1933 · 1h 12m
country: United States
A young woman's ambitious boyfriend falls for a ditzy socialite.