Biography: Bonita Granville |
Born into a show-biz family, Bonita Granville first appeared onstage at the age of 3 and began making films at 9. As a child actress she was frequently cast as a mean, spiteful, naughty little girl; examples include These Three (1936), in which she... more
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Cast: Jay Silverheels Clayton Moore Perry Lopez Stuart Heisler
Tags: Western Traditional Western
Length: 87min
The Lone Ranger was the first of two Technicolor theatrical features based on the popular TV series of the same name. &Clayton Moore and &Jay Silverheels, stars of the video version, essay the roles of the Masked Rider of the Plains and his faithful...
Cast: Charles Bickford Emil Newman
Tags: Historical Film Drama Propaganda Film Biopic Docudrama
Length: 86min
Made in the same atmosphere and paranoia that spawned the infamous Joseph McCarthy, this is an anti-communist propaganda movie looking more at the dark side of communism than at its subject matter--the life and times of Joszef Cardinal Mindszenty of...
Cast: Stuart Erwin Lloyd Corrigan
Tags: Comedy
Length: 81min
Wildcatters in search of a gusher during the late 1920s provide the basis of this comedy-drama that centers on a rambunctious trio of men. When not drinking and fighting, the three are enthusiastically drilling for black gold. The trouble begins when...
Cast: Irene Ryan Charles Barton
Length: 59min
The Beautiful Cheat was one of the last B pictures produced by Universal studios before its merger with International Productions. The title character, played by Bonita Granville, is the secretary at a boys' reformatory. Sociology professor Noah Beery...
Cast: Albert S. D'Agostino
Tags: Drama
Length: 63min
In this courtroom drama, a husband finds himself accused of murder after his wife, a photographer, is found dead in her studio. The DA is determined to prosecute, but the lawyer soon has troubles of his own when his girl friend, convinced of the...
Length: 63min
In this musical, a young woman from a small town heads for New York where she hopes to become a famous singer. She has no idea that she is going to inherit millions; her relatives keep this a secret so that she will not be taken advantage of by a...
Cast: Eugene Pallette Bonita Granville Barry Sullivan
Length: 101min
If Republic's skating star Vera Hruba Ralston could go "dramatic", so too could Monogram's skating star Belita. Produced by the enterprising King Brothers, Suspense takes place in an ice-skating emporium owned by Frank Leonard (Albert Dekker). No-good...
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946)
Cast: Mickey Rooney
Tags: Romance Comedy Romantic Drama
Length: 93min
For his first post-WWII starring film, 26-year-old Mickey Rooney returned to familiar territory in Love Laughs at Andy Hardy. In true Art-Imitates-Life fashion, Rooney plays returning GI Andy Hardy, who arrives in his home town of Carvel to the open...
Length: 93min
Breakfast in Hollywood was loosely based on the ABC radio program of the same name. Tom Breneman, the series' host, appears as himself in a contrived story about a radio personality attempting to smooth the path of true love for heroine Dorothy...
Cast: Mark Robson
Tags: Drama
Length: 67min
In this WW II-era drama set in a small town, most of the adults are so busy fighting the war or working in the local defense plant that they have little time to supervise their children. A sort of juvenile anarchy ensues with the children and teens...
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