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Esther Ralston is a Actor American born on 17 september 1902 at Maine (USA)

Esther Ralston

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Birth name Esther Worth
Nationality USA
Birth 17 september 1902 at Maine (USA)
Death 14 january 1994 (at 91 years) at Ventura (USA)

Esther Ralston (September 17, 1902 – January 14, 1994) was an American film actress who was popular in the silent era.

Biography

Ralston first married newspaper man and showman George Webb in 1926. They had one child, Mary Esther, before divorcing in 1934. In 1935, she married actor Will Morgan. They divorced in 1938. Ralston married radio announcer and columnist Ted Lloyd on August 6, 1939 in Greenwich, Connecticut. The couple had two children, Judy (born 1942) and Ted, Jr. (born 1943), before divorcing in 1954.

Usually with

Adolph Zukor
Adolph Zukor
(9 films)
Jesse L. Lasky
Jesse L. Lasky
(8 films)
Frank Tuttle
Frank Tuttle
(5 films)
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
(1 films)
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Herman J. Mankiewicz
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Esther Ralston (58 films)

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Actress

Slander House
Slander House (1938)
, 1h5
Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Adrienne Ames, Craig Reynolds, Esther Ralston, George Meeker, Pert Kelton, Edward Keane
Roles Ruth De Milo
Rating53% 2.692532.692532.692532.692532.69253
Differences from novel Scandal House
Shadows of the Orient
Shadows of the Orient (1937)
, 1h9
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Esther Ralston, Regis Toomey, J. Farrell MacDonald, Oscar Apfel, Sidney Blackmer, Eddie Fetherston
Roles Viola Avery
Rating48% 2.4096552.4096552.4096552.4096552.409655
Pre WWII action yarn centering on the efforts of law enforcement officers trying to track down the head of a smuggling ring operating out of the 'shadows' of Chinatown.
Jungle Menace
Jungle Menace (1937)

Directed by George Melford, Harry L. Fraser
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Frank Buck, Reginald Denny, LeRoy Mason, Richard Tucker, Duncan Renaldo, William Bakewell
Rating52% 2.6473452.6473452.6473452.6473452.647345
In the Asian province of Seemang where the Bay of Bengal meets the jungle, Chandler Elliott (John St. Polis) owns a large and prosperous rubber plantation. His attractive daughter, Dorothy (Charlotte Henry), is engaged to neighboring planter Tom Banning (William Bakewell) but troubles are brewing for both plantations. When a cargo-load of rubber is shipped on a riverboat to be taken to port, the boat is hi-jacked by river pirates, who the kill the crew and the shipment is stolen. Jim Murphy (LeRoy Mason), Elliott's plantation manager, is plotting with others to force Elliott to sell his plantation. Local explorer Frank Hardy (Frank Buck) determines to find out who is behind the plot.
The Mysterious Pilot
The Mysterious Pilot (1937)

Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Dorothy Sebastian, Esther Ralston, Rex Lease, Guy Bates Post, Kenneth Harlan, Yakima Canutt
Roles Vivian McNain
Rating42% 2.104362.104362.104362.104362.10436
Carter Snowden (Kenneth Harlan) about to marry Jean McNain (Dorothy Sebastian), is accused of murder. When his accuser is killed, Jean flees the train she is on, and heads into the Canadian woods. Snowden sends a bodyguard to find Jean, who appeals to Captain Jim Down (Frank Hawks) for help. With his friend "Kansas" (Rex Lease) and Indian Luke (Yakima Canutt), Jim hides Jean.
Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard (1936)
, 1h15
Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Gary Cooper, John Halliday, Marsha Hunt, Robert Cummings, C. Henry Gordon, Esther Ralston
Roles Flora Moore
Rating64% 3.2262253.2262253.2262253.2262253.226225
The film portrays, in a comic expose of gossip magazines of the time, has-been actor John Blakeford (Halliday) agreeing to write his memoirs for magazine publisher Jordan Winston (Gordon).
We're in the Legion Now
We're in the Legion Now (1936)
, 56minutes
Directed by Crane Wilbur
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Reginald Denny, Esther Ralston, Vince Barnett, Eleanor Hunt, Claudia Dell, Robert Frazer
Roles Louise Rillette
Rating49% 2.468732.468732.468732.468732.46873
Two petty criminals are pursued by a gangster from the U.S.A. to Paris, France, where they enlist into the French Foreign Legion to escape. After being drafted to a garrison in North Africa, they fall foul of military authority and are sent to a sadistic punishment camp, where they lead an insurrection against its commanding officer, and then help to defeat a native Mohammedan revolt.
Reunion
Reunion (1936)
, 1h19
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Jean Hersholt, Rochelle Hudson, Slim Summerville, Robert Kent, Dorothy Peterson, Alan Dinehart, Sr.
Roles Janet Fair
Rating53% 2.673892.673892.673892.673892.67389
Newspapers around the world proclaim the birth of the 3,000th baby in Moosetown, Canada, who was delivered by Dr. John Luke, known for delivering the famous Wyatt quintuplets. To honor the doctor on his retirement and to publicize their town, the Moosetown Chamber of Commerce decides to hold a reunion of all the babies delivered by the doctor. Some of those babies have since become famous. The first baby he delivered, Phillip Crandall, is now a governor. One other is the motion picture star, Janet Fair.
Ladies Crave Excitement
Ladies Crave Excitement (1935)
, 1h13
Directed by Nick Grinde
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Norman Foster, Emma Dunn, Evalyn Knapp, Gilbert Emery, Eric Linden, Russell Hicks
Roles Miss Winkler
Rating58% 2.9096652.9096652.9096652.9096652.909665
Don Phelan, the ace newsreel reporter, falls in love with Wilma Howell, the daughter of the owner of another newsreel company that is a bitter rival of the one Don Works for. The rivalry between the two companies, with cameramen nudging each other out of the way, sabotage acts by one against the other, and reporters fighting to get the 'scoop' does not bode well for the romance.
Streamline Express
Streamline Express (1935)
, 1h11
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Victor Jory, Evelyn Venable, Esther Ralston, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Ralph Forbes, Sidney Blackmer
Roles Elaine Vincent
Rating53% 2.6705452.6705452.6705452.6705452.670545
Broadway star Patricia Wallis quits her Broadway show to run off with wealthy Fred Arnold. Her director Jimmy Hart follows them aboard the super-speed train the "Streamline Express". Meanwhile, also aboard is John Bradley and his mistress Elaine Vincent, but Bradley's wife Mary ends up on the train as well. When Elaine gives her crooked pal Gilbert Landon a diamond pendant given her by Bradley, in order to keep Landon quiet about her past, she pretends the pendant was stolen, in hopes of hiding the truth from Bradley. But Landon manages to throw suspicion on Jimmy Hart, who is masquerading as a steward. It takes several confessions by several people to resolve everyone's dilemmas.
The Marines Are Coming
The Marines Are Coming (1934)
, 1h14
Directed by David Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance
Actors William Haines, Conrad Nagel, Esther Ralston, Armida, Edgar Kennedy, Hale Hamilton
Roles Dorothy Manning
Rating55% 2.7623752.7623752.7623752.7623752.762375
A brash marine is assigned to a new post which is now under the command of his former rival. The marine falls in love with his commanding officer's fiancée and romances her away from him. The day before their wedding, the fiancée calls it off after the marine is involved with an incident in Tijuana. The fiancée leaves for Central America to join her father, who is a diplomat, and the disgraced marine quits but re-enlists as a private. Assigned to a post in Central America, the marine discovers he must rescue his rival, who has been captured by the rebels plotting to overthrow the territorial governor, her former fiancée's father.
Sadie McKee
Sadie McKee (1934)
, 1h33
Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Joan Crawford, Gene Raymond, Franchot Tone, Edward Arnold, Esther Ralston, Clarence Brown
Roles Dolly Merrick
Rating67% 3.3962653.3962653.3962653.3962653.396265
Sadie McKee (Crawford) works part-time as a serving maid in the same household where her mother is a cook, and is admired by the son of her employer, lawyer Michael Alderson (Tone). However, when Michael talks badly of her boyfriend, Tommy Wallace (Gene Raymond), during a family dinner, Sadie openly denounces her employers as snobby and insensitive. Sadie then flees to New York City with Tommy, who was fired from his job in the Alderson factory for alleged cheating.