Frances Drake
Also Known As: Frances Dean, Frances Morgan Dean
Biography: Frances Drake was born on October 22, 1912 in New York City, New York, USA as Frances Dean. She was an American actress, known for Mad Love (1935), The Invisible Ray (1936) and Les Misérables (1935). She was married to David Brown and Lt. Cecil John Arthur Howard. She died on January 18, 2000 in Irvine, California, USA.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: October 22, 1912
Deathday: January 18, 2000
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Gender: Female
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The Invisible Ray
Overview: Dr. Janos Rukh discovers a certain type of radium that has almost magical healing properties. But the element has a dangerous side, too, and it has already started affecting Rukh. Consumed by paranoia, he begins to suspect that his wife is having an affair. Wild for revenge, Rukh hatches a deadly plot...using his own poisoned body as a weapon to kill.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-01-20
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Mad Love
Overview: An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands which still have the urge to throw knives.
Genres: Horror Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-12
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Les Misérables
Overview: In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-20
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It's a Wonderful World
Overview: Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.
Genres: Comedy Romance Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-19
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Ladies Should Listen
Overview: The switchboard operator in an apartment building falls in love with a businessman who lives in the building, whom she has gotten to know only over the phone. When she discovers that the man's current girlfriend is actually part of a scheme to swindle him out of some mineral rights he owns, she devises a plot to save him and expose the con artists.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-10
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Forsaking All Others
Overview: A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-23
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The Lone Wolf in Paris
Overview: Former jewel thief Michael Lanyard toys with a princess and a grand duke.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-25
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The Trumpet Blows
Overview: In Mexico, a former bandit settles down and picks out a beautiful young dancer to be his wife. His younger brother also comes home after having spent years in the U.S., and falls in love with his brother's intended fiancé. Rather than cause problems, the younger brother goes to Mexico City to become a matador. While there, he gets word that the police, who have been hunting his brother, have finally captured him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-14
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I'd Give My Life
Overview: The movie, like the play "The Noose" on which it is based, is the story of a young man wrongfully convicted of and sentenced to be hanged for a murder which he never committed.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-13
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Bolero
Overview: The complicated relationship between an ambitious, ruthless nightclub dancer and the woman he loves.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-02-23
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The Preview Murder Mystery
Overview: Someone is murdering the cast and crew of a new Hollywood movie, and the leading lady may be next. As a police detective locks down the lot and refuses to let anyone leave, the studio’s publicity head and his secretary attempt to solve the murders themselves.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-28
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The Affairs of Martha
Overview: Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their maids is writing a telling exposé.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-21
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Without Regret
Overview: In order to save herself while in China, a woman marries a young drifter and is able to return to England. Later, believing that her new husband is dead, she marries a wealthy man. Her new husband's ex-girlfriend, learning of the woman's past and that her first husband is indeed alive, threatens to expose the new wife as a bigamist.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-13
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There's Always a Woman
Overview: An investigator for the District Attorney's office quits to open his own detective agency. However, business is so bad that he finally decides to give it up and go back to his old job. As his wife is at his office closing up, a wealthy society matron walks in with a case: she wants to know if her husband is having an affair with his ex-girlfriend, who is now married. The wife accepts what looks to be an easy case, figuring than she can then persuade her husband to re-start the agency. However, when the client's husband is found murdered, she decides to investigate the murder herself. Her husband has also been assigned by the D.A. to investigate the murder, and he doesn't know that his wife is also on the case. Complications ensue.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-04-20
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She Married an Artist
Overview: Because Thornwood's portraits of comely model Sally Dennis are in such great demand, he is obliged to spend virtually all his time with Sally, which prompts Toni to seek retribution in divorce court.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-27
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Midnight Taxi
Overview: A federal agent goes to work for a taxi company believing it to be a front for a gang of counterfeiters.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-04
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You Can't Have Everything
Overview: Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon to buy her ridiculous play "North Winds" just to improve his romantic chances, and even persuades her to sing in the sort of show she pretends to despise. But just when their romance is going well, Gordon's former flame Lulu reveals the ace up her sleeve...
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-02
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Transient Lady
Overview: A senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows is innocent.
Genres: Romance Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-04
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Florida Special
Overview: A Florida-bound train is filled with romance and intrigue in this comedy. Among the passengers is a millionaire bon vivant carrying $1 million in diamonds.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-21
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Love Under Fire
Overview: A suspense-thriller-comedy set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War.
Genres: War Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-20
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And Sudden Death
Overview: An heiress with a penchant for speeding runs afoul of a traffic cop. Romance develops between the two, but it's soon complicated when he believes she is responsible for killing someone due to reckless driving.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-06-16
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Meet My Sister
Overview: 'Poor lord tells future father-in-law that his ex-fiancée is his sister.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-08-18
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I Take This Woman
Overview: On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-02-02
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The Jewel
Overview: A family heirloom is stolen and the family attempts to recover it.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-01
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