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Barbara Kent is a Actor Canadienne born on 16 december 1907
Barbara Kent (nee Cloutman) (December 16, 1907 – October 13, 2011) was a Canadian-born, North American-based film actress, prominent from the silent film era to the early talkies of the 1920s and '30s and former Miss Hollywood (in 1925).
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Birth name Barbara Cloutman
Nationality Canada
Birth 16 december 1907
Death 13 october 2011 (at 103 years) at Palm Desert (USA)
Nationality Canada
Birth 16 december 1907
Death 13 october 2011 (at 103 years) at Palm Desert (USA)
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The Fleet's In (1942)
, 1h33Directed by Victor Schertzinger, Hal Walker
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Films based on plays, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Dorothy Lamour, William Holden, Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, Leif Erickson, Barbara Britton
Roles Hostess
Rating65%
Under Age (1941)
, 59minutesDirected by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Nan Grey, Alan Baxter, Mary Anderson, Tom Neal, Leona Maricle, Don Beddoe
Roles Jackie
Rating61%
Sisters Jane and Edie Baird are arrested for vagrancy, having no place to sleep. They are later released from jail and immediately contacted by the local pimp gangster, Tap Manson, who wants them to work as hostesses for a company called "House by the side of the road, Inc.". It is a franchise of motels by the highway roadsides. Head of the company is Mrs. Burke, an old, hardened gangster of a woman who has a deceivingly kind appearance.
Blondie Meets the Boss (1939)
, 1h15Directed by Frank R. Strayer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Jonathan Hale, Don Beddoe, Dorothy Comingore
Roles Jitterbug Dancer (uncredited)
Rating66%
The film centers on Blondie (Penny Singleton) taking over at Dagwood's (Arthur Lake) office while he's off on a fishing trip.
Old Man Rhythm (1935)
, 1h15Directed by Edward Ludwig
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Buddy Rogers, Barbara Kent, George Barbier, Grace Bradley, Betty Grable, Eric Blore
Roles Edith Warren
Rating56%
Oliver Twist (1933)
, 1h20Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children
Actors Irving Pichel, Dickie Moore, Doris Lloyd, William Boyd, Alec B. Francis, Barbara Kent
Roles Rose Maylie
Rating50%
An orphan boy in 1830s London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves.
Vanity Fair (1932)
, 1h18Directed by Chester M. Franklin, Chester Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about children, Political films, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Myrna Loy, Conway Tearle, Barbara Kent, Anthony Bushell, Walter Byron, Montagu Love
Roles Amelia Sedley
Rating55%
An ambitious and ruthless young woman advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.
Beauty Parlor (1932)
, 1h4Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Barbara Kent, Joyce Compton, John Harron, Dorothy Revier, Mischa Auer, Albert Gran
Roles Sally Dale
Rating55%
Deux manucures d'un salon de beauté joignent leurs forces avec une troisième femme pour rencontrer des hommes qui se rendent chez le barbier d'à côté. L'une va se marier avec un homme d'affaires. Une autre, Sally, accepte d'épouser un vieil homme riche plutôt que Jeffry Colt, l'homme qu'elle aime, afin de pouvoir aider financièrement la troisième, victime d'un chantage. Finalement, le vieil homme libérera Sally de son engagement pour qu'elle puisse épouser Jeffry.
Emma (1932)
, 1h12Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Marie Dressler, Richard Cromwell, Jean Hersholt, Myrna Loy, Barbara Kent, Dale Fuller
Roles Gypsy
Rating69%
Inventor Frederick Smith's wife dies during the birth of their fourth baby, Ronnie, leaving the family in the care of their faithful housekeeper Emma. Twenty years later, after Smith's inventions have made the family rich, the affable Ronnie, who is Emma's favorite, arrives home from college, announcing that he wants to quit school and become a pilot. The other Smith children, Bill, Gypsy and Isabelle, have all grown into spoiled adults, but Emma lovingly indulges them all, making excuses for their bad behavior to their father and everyone else.
Chinatown After Dark (1931)
, 59minutesDirected by Stuart Paton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Carmel Myers, Rex Lease, Barbara Kent, Edmund Breese, Frank Mayo, Billy Gilbert
Roles Lotus
Rating42%
Grief Street (1931)
, 1h5Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Crime, Romance
Actors Barbara Kent, John Holland, John Holland, Dorothy Christy, Crauford Kent, Lillian Rich
Roles Jean Royce
Rating53%
A woman-chasing Broadway star is found strangled in his dressing room, with all the doors and windows locked from the inside. Whodunit?
Indiscreet (1931)
Directed by Leo McCarey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Gloria Swanson, Ben Lyon, Monroe Owsley, Barbara Kent, Arthur Lake, Maude Eburne
Roles Joan Trent
Rating61%
The plot of the United Artists release centers on fashion designer Geraldine Trent (Swanson), who takes up with novelist Tony Blake (Lyon) after leaving her former beau Jim Woodward because of his many indiscretions with other women. Tony has indicated he has no interest in dating a woman with a past, so Geraldine remains mum about her affair with Jim, until her younger sister Joan arrives and announces she's engaged—to Jim. Madcap complications ensue as Geraldine tries to keep her secret from Tony while convincing her sister to rid herself of her womanizing fiancé in favor of simple country boy Buster Collins.
Freighters of Destiny (1931)
, 1hDirected by Fred Allen
Origin USA
Genres Romance, Western
Actors Tom Keene, Barbara Kent, Frederick Burton, Frank Rice, Billy Franey, William Welsh
Roles Ruth Mercer
Rating58%
John Macy runs a wagon train caravan which supplies a remote settlement. His son, Steve, helps him in running the caravan, as well as dating one of the local girls in the town, Ruth. Randolph Carter is a local banker who covets the commerce created by the wagon train. Carter hires gunmen to attack the caravan, who in a raid, kill Macy, and take possession of the wagons and their supplies. Steve, who was not with the caravan at the time of the attack, takes over running the caravan. Due to the losses inflicted by the gunmen, Steve is forced to go to the local bank for a loan, in order to keep the operation running. However, Carter is the banker and refuses to provide him with the necessary funds. Two of Steve's friends, Rough and Ready, go to the bank in an attempt to convince Carter to change his mind. When the opportunity arises, the two friends help themselves to the needed funds from the bank's safe.
Dumb-bells in Ermine (1930)
, 1h10Directed by John G. Adolfi
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Robert Armstrong, Barbara Kent, Beryl Mercer, James Gleason, Claude Gillingwater, Julia Swayne Gordon
Roles Faith Corey
Rating51%
In a small town in Virginia, Barbara Kent, is being forced into a marriage with a missionary reformer by her socially prominent parents. Kent meets Robert Armstrong, a prizefighter, and falls in love with him. Armstrong's manager, played by James Gleason, tries to dissuade Armstrong from the relationship.
Feet First (1930)
, 1h33Directed by Harold Lloyd, Clyde Bruckman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Barbara Kent, Harold Lloyd, Robert McWade, Lillian Leighton, Noah Young, Alec B. Francis
Roles Barbara
Rating66%
Harold Horne, an ambitious shoe salesman in Honolulu, unknowingly meets the boss' secretary Barbara (Barbara Kent) - thinking she is the boss' daughter - and tells her he is a millionaire leather tycoon.
The Shakedown (1929)
, 1h10Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors James Murray, Barbara Kent, Wheeler Oakman, Jack Hanlon, Harry Gribbon
Roles Marjorie
Rating66%
The life of a less-than successful professional boxer changes when he takes in an orphan.