Biography: Susanna Foster |
Born and raised in the Midwest, actress Susanna Foster headed for the bright lights of Hollywood in 1936 when she was only 12 years old. There, MGM saw potential in the preteen and sent her to the same acting school where stars like Mickey Rooney had... more
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Length: 89min
The original movie on which this independently filmed remake is based was something of an accident. Though it evidently lacked a well-made script or a decent budget and shooting schedule, the nightmarish mood that the 1946 original created propelled...
Cast: Andy Devine
Length: 63min
In this costume drama, a woman travels from New England to California's Barbary coast to avenge her brother's death. There she becomes a saloon singer in a sleazy bar, the bar frequented by the killer. The bar's owner, and the local crime lord begin...
Cast: Boris Karloff Gale Sondergaard
Tags: Horror Psychological Thriller Thriller
Length: 85min
The Climax was hurriedly and economically filmed on leftover sets from Universal's super-production The Phantom of the Opera. In his Technicolor debut, Boris Karloff plays Dr. Hohner, a brilliant but unstable theatrical physician who murders a...
Cast: Jack Oakie Maria Montez Charles Lamont Ann Blyth Turhan Bey
Length: 94min
Two Bowery vaudevillians compete to be the first to produce shows on Broadway. They might be friends were they not so convinced that each has stolen ideas from the others. This bouncy musical chronicles their rivalry and the success they find after...
Cast: Donald O'Connor Peggy Ryan Patric Knowles Louise Allbritton
Length: 85min
In this musical comedy, a soldier falls in love with a very young woman who in turn has a crush on an older, more sophisticated man. When the older gent goes to New York, she follows as does her younger suitor. While in the Big Apple, the soldier...
The Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Cast: Leo Carrillo Claude Rains Hume Cronyn Nelson Eddy Fritz Feld
Tags: Period Film Melodrama Drama Musical Drama
Length: 92min
This Technicolor retelling of the Gaston Leroux "grand guignol" classic The Phantom of the Opera has a little more opera than phantom, but that's because the stars are soprano Susannah Foster and tenor Nelson Eddy. Claude Rains carries the acting...
Cast: Margaret Lindsay Andrew L. Stone
Tags: Musical
Length: 79min
The illustrious National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan provides the backdrop for this musical that chronicles the ups and downs of overseeing such an establishment. The story centers on a young burlesque singer who is discovered and taken to the...
Cast: Jackie Cooper
Tags: Comedy Drama
Length: 80min
Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He plays an ex-child star who now jerks sodas for a living in Hollywood. He gets back into the movie business when he overhears a conversation between producers...
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