Betty Field
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Betty Field (February 8, 1913 – September 13, 1973) was an American film and stage actress. Through her father, she was a direct descendant of the Pilgrims John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. Born in Boston, Massachusetts to George Field and Katharine Lynch, Field began her acting career on the London stage in Howard Lindsay's farce, She Loves Me Not. Following its run she returned to the United States and appeared in several stage successes, before making her film debut in 1939. Her role as Mae, the sole female character, in Of Mice and Men (1939) established her as a dramatic actress. She starred opposite John Wayne in the 1941 film The Shepherd of the Hills. Field played supporting roles in films such as Kings Row (1942), in which she played a victim of incest, although that fact was not readily apparent due to the heavy censorship of the time. Field preferred performing on Broadway and appeared in Elmer Rice's Dream Girl and Jean Anouilh's The Waltz of the Toreadors, but returned to Hollywood regularly, appearing in Flesh and Fantasy (1943), The Southerner (1945), The Great Gatsby (1949), Picnic (1955), Bus Stop (1956), Peyton Place (1957), BUtterfield 8 (1960) and Birdman of Alcatraz (1962). Her final film role was in Coogan's Bluff in 1968. She also appeared on television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Betty Field, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 08, 1913
Deathday: September 13, 1973
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Birdman of Alcatraz
1962-07-04
Birdman of Alcatraz
Overview: After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-07-04
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Bus Stop
1956-08-31
Bus Stop
Overview: Cowboys Beauregard Decker and Virgil Blessing attend a rodeo in Phoenix, where Decker falls in love with beautiful cafe singer Cherie. He wants to take Cherie back to his native Montana and marry her, but she dreams of traveling to Hollywood and becoming famous. When she resists his advances, Decker forces Cherie onto the bus back to Montana with him, but, when the bus makes an unscheduled stop due to bad weather, the tables are turned.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-08-31
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BUtterfield 8
1960-11-04
BUtterfield 8
Overview: Gloria Wandrous, a promiscuous fashion model, falls in love with Weston Liggett, the hard drinking son of a working class family who has married into money.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-11-04
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Blues in the Night
1941-11-15
Blues in the Night
Overview: A struggling band find themselves attached to a fugitive and drawn into a series of old feuds and love affairs, as they try to stay together and find musical success.
Genres: Crime Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-15
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Coogan's Bluff
1968-10-02
Coogan's Bluff
Overview: Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prisoner to the airport, he escapes and Coogan heads into the city to recapture him.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-02
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The Great Moment
1944-07-18
The Great Moment
Overview: The biography of Dr. W.T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and the medical and dental establishment.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-18
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The Shepherd of the Hills
1941-07-18
The Shepherd of the Hills
Overview: Young Matt Matthews, an Ozark Mountains moonshiner, hates the father he has never seen, who apparently deserted Matt's mother and left her to die. His obsession contributes to the hatred rampant in the mountains. However, the arrival of a stranger, Daniel Howitt, begins to positively affect the mountain people, who learn to shed their hatred under his gentle influence.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-18
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Peyton Place
1957-12-13
Peyton Place
Overview: In the outwardly respectable New England community of Peyton Place, shopkeeper Constance McKenzie tries to make up for a past indiscretion -- which resulted in her illegitimate daughter Allison -- by adopting a chaste, prudish attitude towards all things sexual. In spite of herself, Constance can't help but be attracted to handsome new teacher Michael Rossi. Meanwhile, the restless Allison, who'd like to be as footloose and fancy-free as the town's "fast girl" Betty Anderson, falls sincerely in love with mixed-up mama's boy Norman Page.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-13
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The Southerner
1945-04-30
The Southerner
Overview: Sam Tucker, a cotton picker, in search of a better future for his family, decides to grow his own cotton crop. In the first year, the Tuckers battle disease, a flood, and a jealous neighbor. Can they make it as farmers?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-30
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Picnic
1955-11-18
Picnic
Overview: Labor Day in a small Kansas farm town. Hal, a burly and resolute drifter, jumps off a dusty freight train car with the purpose of visiting Alan, a former college classmate and son of the richest man in town.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-18
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7 Women
1965-12-11
7 Women
Overview: In a mission in China in 1935, a group of women are preyed on by Mongolian bandits, led by Warlord chief Tunga Khan.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-11
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The Great Gatsby
1949-07-13
The Great Gatsby
Overview: Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifetyle of his landlord, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-13
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Of Mice and Men
1939-12-24
Of Mice and Men
Overview: An intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-24
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Kings Row
1942-02-02
Kings Row
Overview: Five young adults in a small American town face the revelations of secrets that threaten to ruin their hopes and dreams.
Genres: Romance Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-02-02
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Tomorrow, the World!
1944-12-29
Tomorrow, the World!
Overview: German boy Emil comes to live with his American uncle who tries to teach the former Hitler Youth to reject Nazism.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-12-29
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Flesh and Fantasy
1943-10-29
Flesh and Fantasy
Overview: 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.
Genres: Mystery Romance Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-10-29
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How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968-01-17
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
Overview: Wealthy playboy David Sloane wrongly believes good girl Carol Corman is his best friend's mistress.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-17
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Seventeen
1940-03-01
Seventeen
Overview: A high-school student in a small town becomes smitten with the sophisticated new girl who's just arrived from Chicago. Based on Booth Tarkington's story.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-01
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Are Husbands Necessary?
1942-06-15
Are Husbands Necessary?
Overview: George and Mary Elizabeth Cugat are about to celebrate their second wedding anniversary and dream of having a child. Although they live comfortably on George's earnings as a bank official, Liz's scatterbrained handling of their finances constantly puts them in jeopardy. Liz becomes jealous when George's former girl friend, Myra Ponsonby, comes for a visit with his party-loving friends Bill Stone, Cory Cartwright and Chuck, an artist, after which George spends the entire evening dancing at a nightclub with Myra.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-15
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What a Life
1939-10-05
What a Life
Overview: Jackie Cooper stars in this first film in the wholesome "Henry Aldrich" series of teen comedies.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-10-05
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Victory
1940-12-21
Victory
Overview: A hermit's idyllic life on an island is disturbed by the arrival of a bunch of cutthroats.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-21
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Hound-Dog Man
1959-11-11
Hound-Dog Man
Overview: A rustic drama set in the early 20th century, Hound Dog Man is the simple story of a young man, Spud Kinney constantly in hot water for disobeying his mother. The lad should be watching the family farm, but he falls in with his older brother, Clint, and his reckless buddy Blackie Scantling who take him hunting in hillbilly country. The boy falls in love with a beautiful mountain girl, while Blackie has his own fling with another attractive hillbilly maiden, Nita Stringer, and then becomes mixed up with an older, married woman, Sussie Bell.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-11-11
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Marilyn
1963-04-18
Marilyn
Overview: This 1963 documentary, released less than a year after Marilyn Monroe's death, showcases the star in memorable scenes from her 20th Century Fox films, including wardrobe tests and clips from her last, uncompleted project, "Something's Got To Give". Hosted and narrated by Rock Hudson.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-04-18
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Actors and Sin
1952-06-18
Actors and Sin
Overview: Two-part story--the first is about a washed-up Broadway actor and his tough daughter, who is a bigger star than he is; the second is about a literary agent whose newest client--a nine-year-old boy--is the author of a borderline pornographic book.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-06-18
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