Frieda Inescort
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frieda Inescort (born Frieda Wrightman, 29 June 1901 – 26 February 1976) was a Scottish-born actress best known for creating the role of Sorel Bliss in Noël Coward's play Hay Fever on Broadway. She also played the shingled lady in John Galsworthy's 1927 Broadway production Escape. Inescort's acting debut came in The Truth About Blayds (1922), which was presented at the Booth Theatre on Broadway. Her other Broadway credits include You and I (1923), The Woman on the Jury (1923), Windows (1923), The Fake (1924), Ariadne (1925), Hay Fever (1925), Love in a Mist (1926), Mozart (1926), Trelawny of the "Wells" (1927), Escape (1927-1928), Napi (1931), Company's Coming (1931), Springtime for Henry (1931-1932), When Ladies Meet (1933), False Dreams, Farewell (1934), Lady Jane (1934), Soldier's Wife (1944-1945), The Mermaids Singing (1945-1946) and You Never Can Tell (1948). Frieda Wrightman adopted her mother's surname as her professional name and moved to Hollywood and made her film debut in The Dark Angel (1935). Her other films include Mary of Scotland (1936), The Letter (1940), The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941), You'll Never Get Rich (1941) and A Place in the Sun (1951). She appeared with Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson as the conniving Caroline Bingley in the 1940 film version of Pride and Prejudice. She had a leading role in Call It A Day, a 1937 film in which she appeared with Olivia de Havilland, Bonita Granville, Roland Young, and Ian Hunter. She appeared in at least one episode of Perry Mason, as Hope Quentin in "The Case of the Jealous Journalist" (season 5, 1961). Description above from the Wikipedia article Frieda Inescort, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: June 29, 1901
Deathday: February 26, 1976
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Foxfire
1955-07-13
Foxfire
Overview: A part-Indian mining engineer looks for gold in an Arizona ghost town with his socialite bride.
Genres: Action Drama Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-13
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A Place in the Sun
1951-06-12
A Place in the Sun
Overview: A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.
Genres: Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-12
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The Return of the Vampire
1943-11-11
The Return of the Vampire
Overview: In 1918, an English family is terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in WWII free the monster. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman ex-servant, and assuming the identity of a scientist who has just escaped from a concentration camp, he starts out on a plan to get revenge upon the family.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-11-11
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Tarzan Finds a Son!
1939-06-16
Tarzan Finds a Son!
Overview: A young couple die in a plane crash in the jungle. Their son is found by Tarzan and Jane who name him Boy and raise him as their own. Five years later a search party comes to find the young heir to millions of dollars. Jane agrees, against Tarzan's will, to lead them to civilization.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-16
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The Underworld Story
1950-07-26
The Underworld Story
Overview: A blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a big city daily.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-07-26
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You'll Never Get Rich
1941-09-25
You'll Never Get Rich
Overview: A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as the boyfriend of his object of affection.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-09-25
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Street of Chance
1942-10-03
Street of Chance
Overview: In this Cornell Woolrich thriller, a man's memory is recovered after being injured by falling construction material. Discovering a year-long lapse, he returns to his old life and discovers a lot of mysterious happenings.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-03
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The She-Creature
1956-08-01
The She-Creature
Overview: A mysterious hypnotist reverts his beautiful assistant back into the form of a prehistoric sea monster that she was in a past life.
Genres: Romance Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-08-01
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The Alligator People
1959-07-16
The Alligator People
Overview: Under therapeutic hypnosis, a seemingly well-adjusted young woman tells a fantastic story, verified by lie detector, of her forgotten marriage to a man who disappeared on the day of their honeymoon, and of her search for him which takes her to a lonely mansion in a remote section of swampland tenanted by snakes, alligators, a drunken one-armed lout, a mysterious doctor, and a cold-hearted elderly woman who lives alone in a brooding manse.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-07-16
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The Eddy Duchin Story
1956-05-02
The Eddy Duchin Story
Overview: The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.
Genres: Drama Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-05-02
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Pride and Prejudice
1940-07-26
Pride and Prejudice
Overview: Mrs. Bennet wishes to wed her five unmarried daughters and is overjoyed when a wealthy bachelor begins living nearby, but misunderstandings make happiness difficult.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-26
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The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943-02-19
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Overview: A missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-02-19
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The Letter
1940-11-21
The Letter
Overview: After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-21
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Shadows on the Stairs
1941-03-01
Shadows on the Stairs
Overview: Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-03-01
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Sunny
1941-05-30
Sunny
Overview: Sunny is a 1941 film American film directed by Herbert Wilcox. It was adapted by Sig Herzig from the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical play Sunny. It stars Anna Neagle, Ray Bolger, John Carroll, Edward Everett Horton, Grace Hartman, Paul Hartman, Frieda Inescort, and Helen Westley.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-30
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Another Dawn
1937-06-26
Another Dawn
Overview: Colonel John Wister, on duty with the British army in the desert region of Dubik, returns to England on leave. There he falls in love with Julia Ashton, who cares deeply for him but believes herself incapable of love following the death of her fiancé; some time before. Wister convinces her that he loves her enough to live without her romantic love and that she should marry him. She does so and returns to Dubik with him. There she meets his adjutant, Captain Denny Roark. Roark is a dashing young man who reminds Julia thoroughly of her lost love. Soon she finds she is indeed capable of love, but it is Roark with whom she falls in love, not her husband. As warfare with the local tribes heats up and as Wister gains awareness of the unconsummated romance growing between his wife and best friend, tragedy lurks.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-26
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The Crowded Sky
1960-09-02
The Crowded Sky
Overview: When Navy pilot Dale Heath takes off, he doesn't expect his navigational equipment to fail and must adapt when it goes out along with his radio. Heading straight for a commercial jet piloted by Dick Barnett, whose plane is full of passengers, Heath can't tell which way to turn in order to avoid a catastrophe.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-09-02
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The Great O'Malley
1937-02-13
The Great O'Malley
Overview: His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter profoundly affects an intractable Irish policeman (Pat O'Brien).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-13
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Beauty for the Asking
1939-02-24
Beauty for the Asking
Overview: Denny breaks up with his fiancée Jean to marries wealthy Flora. When Jean is fired from her job she decides to market the face cream she invented. After sending it to twelve rich woman, only Flora decides to invest in the business. As Denny has no job, the girls give him an office at the factory. The business takes off, but Jean finds that she is still in love with Denny and Denny seems to forget he is married to Flora.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-24
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If You Could Only Cook
1935-12-30
If You Could Only Cook
Overview: An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-30
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The Garden Murder Case
1936-02-21
The Garden Murder Case
Overview: Detective Philo Vance is in charge of the investigation of several mysterious murders. Things take a turn when he gathers evidence against Major Fenwicke-Ralston.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-21
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Convicted Woman
1940-01-31
Convicted Woman
Overview: A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-31
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Senior Prom
1958-12-01
Senior Prom
Overview: At a college party, a girl named Gay (Jill Corey) meets a guy named Tom (Paul Hampton) and they soon fall in love. Tom's bandmate, who goes by the nickname "Dog" with his own girlfriend whose nickname is "Flip", form a friendship quartet together with Gay and Tom as they plan for the Senior Prom. But Gay's childhood friend Carter has been convinced they are meant to be engaged and gets rather petty about her new love. Tom is also an aspiring singer whose debut record didn't take off when first released, but may be in for a revival. Which stars will end up performing at their Senior Prom? Tune in to find out!
Genres: Music Comedy Romance Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-01
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Father's Son
1941-02-12
Father's Son
Overview: A young boy seeks love and understanding from his cold, demanding father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-12
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Flame of the Islands
1955-12-04
Flame of the Islands
Overview: A café singer buys a gambling casino and several men fall in love with her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-04
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The King Steps Out
1936-05-27
The King Steps Out
Overview: Princess is destined to marry the Emperor, until her sister steps in.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-27
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Juke Box Rhythm
1959-08-01
Juke Box Rhythm
Overview: An European princess visiting America helps a record producer organize a big concert.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-08-01
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Sweater Girl
1942-07-13
Sweater Girl
Overview: College students attempt to solve a series of murders on campus while also trying to put together the school's big show.
Genres: Comedy Music Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-07-13
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It Comes Up Love
1943-04-09
It Comes Up Love
Overview: This modest bit of comedy and romance in the adolescent vein is about a couple of spirited juveniles, Donald O'Connor and Gloria Jean, who carry on a flirtation parallel with that of their elders, Louise Allbritton and Ian Hunter.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-09
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The Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942-03-03
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Overview: While Judge Hardy handles a couple's divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-03
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Casanova's Big Night
1954-04-07
Casanova's Big Night
Overview: Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what awaits him... Locked into the incongruous role by the desperation of the real Casanova's creditors, Pippo must journey to Venice on a delicate mission far beyond his capabilities.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-04-07
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Heavenly Days
1944-10-20
Heavenly Days
Overview: Fibber McGee and Molly innocently get mixed up with the federal government.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-10-20
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The Dark Angel
1935-09-08
The Dark Angel
Overview: Kitty Vane, Alan Trent, and Gerald Shannon have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty has always known she would marry one of them, but has waited until the beginning of World War I before finally choosing Alan. Gerald graciously gives them his blessing. Then, Gerald and Alan go to war. Angered over a misunderstanding involving Alan and Kitty, Gerald sends Alan on a dangerous mission that will change all their lives forever.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-08
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The Zero Hour
1939-05-26
The Zero Hour
Overview: A celebrated Broadway actress and a wealthy widowed businessman are brought together through their shared affection for a young orphan.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-26
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Mary of Scotland
1936-07-28
Mary of Scotland
Overview: The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-28
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Give Me Your Heart
1936-09-17
Give Me Your Heart
Overview: An American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father, an English nobleman.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-17
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The Judge Steps Out
1947-12-15
The Judge Steps Out
Overview: A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-15
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Call It a Day
1937-04-17
Call It a Day
Overview: The various members of the middle-class Hilton family have a series of romantic misadventures during one eventful spring day.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-17
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Portia on Trial
1937-11-08
Portia on Trial
Overview: Lady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather Angel), who is on trial for shooting her lover Earle Condon (Neil Hamilton). Ironically, Portia herself had once had a relationship with Earle Condon, but Earle's father, powerful publisher John Condon (Clarence Kolb), forced them apart. She has a pretty good idea of what is going on in Elizabeth's head, since she herself was on the verge of killing Earle Condon when his father ruthlessly took custody of her illegitimate son. As Portia toils and strains to free her client, she carries on a romance with Dan Foster (Walter Abel) -- the attorney for the prosecution. LA Law and The Practice have nothing on this one!
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-08
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Hollywood Boulevard
1936-08-20
Hollywood Boulevard
Overview: With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to write his memoirs for magazine-publisher Jordan Winston. When Blakeford's daughter, Patricia, ask him to desist for the sake of his ex-wife, Carlotta Blakeford, he attempts to break his contract with Winston.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-20
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The Trial of Mary Dugan
1941-02-14
The Trial of Mary Dugan
Overview: Mary Dugan is a young woman accused of murdering her billionaire lover. In the process, his defense lawyer acts wrongly against them, and is replaced by a young lawyer, the brother of the accused
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-14
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Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
1943-10-10
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
Overview: The fourth of Frank Capra's Why We Fight series of seven propaganda films, which made the case for fighting and winning the Second World War. It was released in 1943 and concentrated on the German bombardment of the United Kingdom in anticipation of Operation Sea Lion, the planned German invasion.
Genres: Documentary War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-10-10
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Remember the Day
1941-12-25
Remember the Day
Overview: Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-25
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Woman Doctor
1939-02-06
Woman Doctor
Overview: Woman Doctor is a 1939 American drama film
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-06
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Never Wave at a WAC
1953-01-28
Never Wave at a WAC
Overview: A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. She soon encounters many difficulties with the Army lifestyle. Moreover, her ex-husband is working as a consultant with the Army, and he uses his position to disrupt her romantic plans by making her join a group of WACs who are testing new equipment.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-01-28
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A Woman is the Judge
1939-10-03
A Woman is the Judge
Overview: Twenty years earlier, Mary Cabot had lost contact with her infant daughter Justine. Now a grown woman, Justine accidentally shoots a man who'd impugned the reputation of her mother, whom she's never met. As luck would have it, the presiding judge at Justine's trial is none other than Mary Cabot.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-10-03
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Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942-10-05
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Overview: Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at Pickfair, "The White House of Hollywood."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-05
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Mission to Moscow
1943-04-29
Mission to Moscow
Overview: Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-29
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