Sheila Terry
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sheila Terry (March 5, 1910 – January 19, 1957) was an American film actress. She was born Kay Clark in Warroad, Minnesota. Terry first studied dramatics at Dickson-Kenwin academy, a school affiliated with London's Royal Academy. Later she moved to New York, where she continued her studies and appeared in a number of plays. While appearing on Broadway in The Little Racketeer, she was spotted by an alert film scout and given a test which led to a contract with Warner Bros. She played in 1930s for Warner Bros. She appeared with John Wayne in the Western films Haunted Gold (1932); Neath the Arizona Skies and The Lawless Frontier (1934). She appeared with Bette Davis, Louis Calhern and Spencer Tracy in 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932). She appeared with Cary Grant and Sylvia Sidney in Marion Gering's film Madame Butterfly (1932). In 1933 she left Hollywood briefly for the New York stage. She married Major Laurence E. Clark, a wealthy Toronto socialite on August 16, 1928. She divorced him February 16, 1934. In 1937, she married William Magee of San Francisco, and retired from show business. After his death, Terry wanted to return to show business, but couldn't find a job. In 1947, she said in a newspaper-interview: "I'm going back into show business and I need an act, I can't sing, I can't dance and I can't play the piano. I should be terrific in night clubs". She worked as a press agent for 15 years. In January 1957, her body was discovered in the third floor apartment, which was both her home and office. A friend and neighbour, Jerry Keating, went to the apartment when he failed to reach her on the telephone. The door was locked, and Terry did not answer the bell. Keating called the police; they broke in and found Terry's body on the bedroom floor, her back leaning against the bed. Five capsules, their contents gone, were on the floor beside her. Friends told the police that she returned from a trip to Mexico a few days before her death and that she was ill when she came home. It was later discovered that she died broke; she left only a scanty wardrobe. She was buried in Potter's Field in New York City.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 05, 1910
Deathday: January 19, 1957
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Jewel Robbery
1932-07-08
Jewel Robbery
Overview: A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jeweller's shop.
Genres: Romance Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-08
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Convention City
1933-12-14
Convention City
Overview: Extra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-14
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The Lawless Frontier
1934-11-22
The Lawless Frontier
Overview: Tobin is after the bandit Zanti who killed his parents. He finds him just as Zanti is about to kill Dusty and kidnap Ruby. Saving the two, he goes after Zanti. He catches him but Zanti escapes the Sheriff's handcuff's and this time Tobin has to chase him into the desert.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-22
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Rocky Rhodes
1934-09-24
Rocky Rhodes
Overview: Rocky Rhodes returns to find his father dead and his best friend Joe accused of the murder. The culprit is Murtch who now lets Joe break jail and then has him shot escaping. When Rocky starts to interfere with Murtch's plans, he has Rocky framed for murder. Rocky now has to prove Murtch is guilty while escaping the law.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-24
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The Sphinx
1933-06-01
The Sphinx
Overview: A man known to be a mute is suspected of committing a murder, as he was noticed at the scene. However, witnesses saw and heard him talking as he was leaving the scene of the crime. The police must determine if he is the actual killer or if he is being framed.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-01
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Rescue Squad
1935-05-15
Rescue Squad
Overview: An independently wealthy collector of objets d'art tries to influence an artist's model away from marrying a notorious scoundrel and to help an Asian importer raise money for a son's surgery by buying a sacred statuette of Buddha, the sale of which the importer believes will curse him; therefore, the importer secretly plans to poison the collector after receiving the cash and keep the statuette in his possession. The titled "rescue squad" appears only briefly in the picture to help firemen rescue two principal characters from a stuck elevator in a building set afire by accident. There are no arsonists in this film.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-15
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Haunted Gold
1932-12-17
Haunted Gold
Overview: John Mason returns to the Sally Ann mine to claim his half share. Janet Cater also returns although her father lost his half share to Joe Ryan. Ryan and his gang are also there to get the gold. A mysterious Phantom is also present. Mason's plan to expose Ryan as an outlaw and to force him to turn his share to Janet works. But when distracted by the Phantom, John is made a prisoner by the gang.
Genres: Western Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-17
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'Neath the Arizona Skies
1934-12-05
'Neath the Arizona Skies
Overview: Chris Morrell, the guardian of half-Indian girl Nina, is helping her find her missing white father. so she can cash in on her late mother's oil lease. Outlaw Sam Black is after the girl and her father as well. Besides dealing with the Black gang, Morrell has to find another robber, Jim Moore, who switches clothes with him after he finds Chris unconscious from a fight with Sam Black. Along the way, he meets a lady who's the sister of Jim Moore, another bad hombre who's in cahoots with Jim Moore, and an old friend who takes in Nina and helps Chris locate Nina's father and fight off the various desperadoes
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-05
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The Mayor of Hell
1933-06-24
The Mayor of Hell
Overview: Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-24
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Special Investigator
1936-05-08
Special Investigator
Overview: A lawyer changes from defending public enemies to bringing them to justice after his brother is killed.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-08
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The Match King
1932-12-31
The Match King
Overview: Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of Sweden. There, via ongoing continuing deceit and manipulation, he gradually attains a monopoly on the matchstick market in several countries and becomes an influential international figure. Based on the true story of Ivar Kreuger.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-31
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Week-End Marriage
1932-06-18
Week-End Marriage
Overview: In this comedy, a hard-working husband loses his job and his wife becomes the bread winner.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-06-18
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Scarlet Dawn
1932-11-12
Scarlet Dawn
Overview: During the Russian Revolution, a young nobleman and his peasant maid flee from their homeland to Constantinople where they marry and begin a challenging new life.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-12
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Fury Below
1936-11-22
Fury Below
Overview: Jim Cole, heir to a mining operation, takes over the mine, which is suffering from unexplained low production, and is facing a strike by the miners. Jim will soon loose the mine if production doesn't increase and the sabotage continues. Mary Norsen, office-secretary, accidentally learns of a plot by Fred Johnson to wreck the mine and force Cole to sell his coal-mine. She and her brother, Joe, join Cole in his fight to stop Johnson.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-22
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Go-Get-'Em, Haines
1936-06-16
Go-Get-'Em, Haines
Overview: Reporter Steve Haines, on the trail of a business tycoon, follows his subject onto an ocean liner and gets wound up in a cruise full of intrigue, romance and murder.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-06-16
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Bars of Hate
1935-11-01
Bars of Hate
Overview: Ted Clark rescues pickpoket Danny from a mob, and restores Danny's loot, a pocketbook, to its owner Ann Dawson. She is carrying a letter that proves her brother, who is on death row, is innocent and Jim Grant is the guilty party. Ted and Danny help her escape from Grant's henchmen. They have several narrow escapes while on their way to give the proof to the Governor.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-01
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The Silk Express
1933-06-01
The Silk Express
Overview: As the demand for raw silk goes sky high, crooked businessman Wallace Myton corners the market with plans to drive up the price. Determined to fulfill his contracts, manufacturer Donald Kilgore imports $3 million worth of silk to Seattle and accompanies it by special train to New York. But when his secretary is found murdered, Kilgore soon discovers Myton has planted three killers on board with orders to stop the express and its passengers dead in their tracks.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-01
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You Said a Mouthful
1932-11-18
You Said a Mouthful
Overview: Two men bear the name Joe Holt. One is a shipping clerk, the other a champion Canadian swimmer. When a socialite gets them confused, thinking the clerk is the inventor of an unsinkable swim suit, she enters him in a 20 mile swim race.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-18
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The House on 56th Street
1933-12-23
The House on 56th Street
Overview: A beautiful chorine marries a handsome rich socialite, but her idyllic life ends when she visits a dying old beau and is charged when he commits suicide.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-23
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A Scarlet Week-End
1932-11-30
A Scarlet Week-End
Overview: A woman's cheating husband is murdered at their country estate, and suspicion immediately falls on her.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-30
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Son of a Sailor
1933-11-29
Son of a Sailor
Overview: A lovesick fool bumbles into espionage and finds a stolen plane.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-29
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Take the Stand
1934-08-07
Take the Stand
Overview: A radio columnist is threatened by gangsters and later murdered during a broadcast. A detective sets out to find the killers.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-07
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Madame Butterfly
1932-12-30
Madame Butterfly
Overview: Pinkerton marries Cho-Cho San in Japan, whilst on shore leave. When he leaves, she keeps his Japanese home as he left it. He returns three years later, having married again in America, and tells Cho-Cho that their affair is over. She has had a child in his absence, who is sent to her family, before she kills herself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-30
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Society Fever
1935-07-15
Society Fever
Overview: A mother starts to get worried when she finds out that some wealthy friends have been invited to dinner with her somewhat screwball family.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-15
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Social Error
1935-04-30
Social Error
Overview: A wild college student gets in fights, steals cars, is caught by the police and finally expelled from college. Later on, though, he comes to the aid of a kidnapped heiress.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-30
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20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932-12-24
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Overview: Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-24
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Parachute Jumper
1933-01-28
Parachute Jumper
Overview: An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-28
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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932-11-09
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Overview: A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-09
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A Girl's Best Years
1936-12-25
A Girl's Best Years
Overview: A woman reporter is hired by an author-songwriter to help him avoid additional breach-of-promise suits.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-25
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They Call It Sin
1932-11-05
They Call It Sin
Overview: An innocent, young, small-town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted, and that her mother was an evil woman. She follows a crush to the big city and is left fending for herself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-05
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Lawyer Man
1932-12-24
Lawyer Man
Overview: Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York racketeer named Gilmurry. Adam's sudden renown attracts the attention of high-profile legal eagle Granville Bentley, who asks Adam to become a partner in his law firm. But Adam's rising career takes a nosedive when he's framed by Gilmurry and a sexy actress in a trumped-up breach of promise suit. The only constant in Adam's life is the loyalty and unrequited love of his secretary Olga.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-24
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Private Detective 62
1933-06-10
Private Detective 62
Overview: A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is deported back to the USA, where he can only find work at a low-rent detective agency. He soon gets involved with a woman with ties to a crooked gambling club owner, who is a client of his agency.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-10
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How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
1933-08-04
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
Overview: The ultimate Bobby Jones golf series reaches its climactic conclusion on board a speeding train to oblivion.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-08-04
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Three on a Match
1932-10-29
Three on a Match
Overview: Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-29
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I Demand Payment
1938-12-13
I Demand Payment
Overview: A just-married young woman attempts suicide after her husband tells her he really doesn't love her because he has become involved in an extortion racket, then finds herself becoming involved with the doctor who has saved her life and become attracted to her.
Genres: Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-13
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Big City Blues
1932-09-18
Big City Blues
Overview: An Indiana boy comes into an inheritance and moves to New York City, living it up with his girlfriend until he gets in over his head and someone gets killed.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-18
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A Scream in the Night
1935-07-29
A Scream in the Night
Overview: A colonial police detective in an Eastern seaport seeks a stolen gem, and infiltrates the underworld by posing as a look-alike wharfside bar owner.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-29
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Murder on a Bridle Path
1936-04-17
Murder on a Bridle Path
Overview: When the body of Violet Feverel is discovered on the Central Park bridle path, Inspector Oscar Piper is about to declare her death accidental from a thrown horse, until his friend and amateur detective Hildegarde Withers locates the horse and discovers blood on the horse.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-17
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