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Claire Whitney is a Actor American born on 5 may 1890 at New York City (USA)
Claire Whitney (May 6, 1890 – August 27, 1969) was an American stage and film actress. She appeared in 111 films between 1912 and 1949. She made her first film in 1913 for Solax and continued making films until 1921, mainly for Fox Film Corporation. Whitney came back to films in 1926 with a role in The Great Gatsby which would be her final silent film. She continued working in film between 1931 and 1949 when she retired.
Whitney died in Los Angeles on August 27, 1969 at the age of 79. She is buried in an unmarked grave in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, next to her husband, Robert Emmett Keane.
Elle a été mariée à John Sunderland, puis à Robert Emmett Keane.
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Claire Whitney
Nationality USA
Birth 5 may 1890 at New York City (USA)
Death 27 august 1969 (at 79 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 5 may 1890 at New York City (USA)
Death 27 august 1969 (at 79 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Whitney died in Los Angeles on August 27, 1969 at the age of 79. She is buried in an unmarked grave in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, next to her husband, Robert Emmett Keane.
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Elle a joué dans 111 films entre 1912 à 1949.Elle a été mariée à John Sunderland, puis à Robert Emmett Keane.
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Ladies of the Chorus (1949)
, 1h1Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Adele Jergens, Marilyn Monroe, Rand Brooks, Nana Bryant, Steven Geray, Dave Barry
Rating61%
Peggy Martin (Marilyn Monroe) and her mother Mae (Adele Jergens) both work as burlesque chorus girls. After star Bubbles LaRue quits, Joe, the stage manager, asks Mae to do a specialty number, but Mae secretly arranges for Peggy to do the number instead, and her performance is so good that she is given the starring spot.
Dancing in the Dark (1949)
, 1h32Directed by Irving Reis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about television, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors William Powell, Mark Stevens, Betsy Drake, Adolphe Menjou, Randy Stuart, Lloyd Corrigan
Roles Board Member
Rating54%
This musical comedy stars William Powell as Emery Slade, an unlikeable actor who was once a major film star, but who has not worked in ten years. Slade tries to convince studio chief Melville Crossman (Adolphe Menjou) to give the female lead in the film version of a Broadway musical to an unknown, rather than the actress he was sent to New York to sign.
Oklahoma Badlands (1948)
, 59minutesDirected by Yakima Canutt
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Roy Barcroft, Gene Roth, Earle Hodgins, Claire Whitney
Roles Agatha Scragg
Rating67%
Christmas Eve (1947)
, 1h30Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Christmas films
Actors George Raft, George Brent, Randolph Scott, Joan Blondell, Virginia Field, Carl Harbord
Roles Mrs. Bunyan
Rating57%
The greedy nephew Philip Hasting (Reginald Denny (actor)) of eccentric Matilda Reid (Ann Harding) seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administer her wealth; In an informal meeting with her nephew, the doctor Dr. Doremus and the judge Alston they convene that she will be saved if her three long-lost adopted sons appear for a Christmas Eve reunion, as any of them is the one she could trust, but not her nephew.
Keep Your Powder Dry (1945)
, 1h33Directed by Edward Buzzell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Lana Turner, Susan Peters, Jess Barker, Laraine Day, June Lockhart, Agnes Moorehead
Roles WAC Seamstress #1 (uncredited)
Rating63%
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
, 2h23Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly, Dean Stockwell, Pamela Britton, José Iturbi
Roles USO Mother (uncredited)
Rating69%
Joe Brady and Clarence Doolittle are Navy sailors who have a four-day leave in Hollywood. Joe has his heart set on spending time with his girl, the unseen Lola. Clarence, the shy choir boy turned sailor, asks Joe to teach him how to get girls. Donald, a little boy who wants to join the navy, is found wandering around the boulevard by a cop, who takes him to the police station. Clarence and Joe end up being picked up by the cops to help convince Donald to go home. After the two sailors wait at home and entertain Donald, Donald's Aunt Susie arrives. Clarence is smitten with her from the beginning. Susan goes on to tell them that she has been trying to find work in music, and longs to perform with José Iturbi. Trying to make Susan impressed with Clarence, Joe tells her that Clarence is a personal friend of Iturbi, and that he has arranged an audition for Susan with him. That night, they go out to a cafe, where Clarence meets a girl from Brooklyn, and they hit it off. The next day, Joe visits Donald's school, and tells the kids the story of how he got his medal, and how he brought happiness to a lonesome king (played by Jerry Mouse of Tom and Jerry), and joy to the forest animals of the kingdom.
G.I. Honeymoon (1945)
, 1h10Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Gale Storm, Peter Cookson, Arline Judge, Frank Jenks, Jerome Cowan, Jonathan Hale
Roles M Brown
Rating57%
Tender Comrade (1944)
, 1h42Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Ginger Rogers, Robert Ryan, Ruth Hussey, Kim Hunter, Patricia Collinge, Mady Christians
Roles Nurse (uncredited)
Rating61%
Jo Jones (Ginger Rogers) works in an airplane factory and longs for the day when she will see her husband (Robert Ryan) again. The couple have a heart wrenching farewell at the train station before he leaves for overseas duty in the war. With their husbands off fighting in World War II, Jo and her co-workers struggle to pay living expenses. Unable to meet their rent, they decide to move in together and share expenses. The different women's personalities clash, especially when tensions rise over their German immigrant housekeeper Manya (Mady Christians). Jo discovers she is pregnant and ends up having a son who she names Chris after his father. The women are overjoyed when Doris' (Kim Hunter) husband comes home, but the same day Jo receives a telegram informing her that her husband has been killed. She hides her grief and joins in the homecoming celebration.
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
, 1h25Directed by René Clair
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Time travel films
Actors Dick Powell, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie, Edgar Kennedy, Edward Brophy, Sig Ruman
Rating69%
In the 1890s, Lawrence Stevens (Dick Powell) is an obituary writer unhappy in his job who is given, by a ghostly deceased newspaper man named Pop Benson (John Philliber), a newspaper that has tomorrow's news. He uses the paper to write stories and get the scoop on other reporters, but this also brings him under the suspicion of Police Inspector Mulrooney (Edgar Kennedy), who wants to know how Stevens always seems to know what's going to happen and where, mainly a robbery at a theater's box office during a performance. Stevens and his new girlfriend Sylvia (Linda Darnell) – half of a clairvoyant act with her uncle Oscar Smith (Jack Oakie) – have a number of adventures, until her uncle mistakenly thinks that Stevens has consorted with his niece in her boarding house room. The uncle attempts to intimidate Stevens into marrying her, not knowing that Stevens has come to him to ask for her hand.
Gypsy Wildcat (1944)
, 1h13Directed by Roy William Neill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors María Montez, Jon Hall, Nigel Bruce, Leo Carrillo, Gale Sondergaard, Douglass Dumbrille
Roles Maid
Rating58%
Hat Check Honey (1944)
, 1h8Directed by Edward F. Cline
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Musical films
Actors Leon Errol, Walter Catlett, Ramsay Ames, Milburn Stone, Mary Gordon, Russell Hicks
Roles Mrs. Worthington
Rating62%
When Strangers Marry (1944)
, 1h7Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Dean Jagger, Kim Hunter, Robert Mitchum, Neil Hamilton, Lou Lubin, Rhonda Fleming
Roles Middle-Aged Woman
Rating64%
A naive woman (Hunter) comes to New York City to meet her salesman husband (Jagger) whom she only met months before, and discovers that he may be a murderer.
The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
, 1h1Directed by Reginald Le Borg
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Lon Chaney, Jr., John Carradine, Robert Lowery, Ramsay Ames, Barton MacLane, Frank Reicher
Roles Ella Norman
Rating56%
Andoheb, the aging High Priest of Arkam (Karnak in the previous films), has summoned Yousef Bey to the Temple of Arkam to pass on the duties of High Priest. Beforehand, Andoheb explains the legend of Kharis to Bey. Meanwhile in Mapleton, Massachusetts, Professor Matthew Norman, who had examined one of Kharis' missing bandage pieces during the Mummy's last spree through Mapleton, also explains the legends of the Priests of Arkam and Kharis to his History class who are less than believing. After the lecture ends, one of the students, Tom Hervey, meets up with his girlfriend Amina Mansori, a beautiful woman of Egyptian descent. However, a strange, clouded feeling in her mind occurs when ever the subject of Egypt is mentioned.
The Woman of the Town (1943)
, 1h30Directed by George Archainbaud
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Claire Trevor, Albert Dekker, Barry Sullivan, Henry Hull, Porter Hall, Percy Kilbride
Roles Mrs. Robert Wright
Rating60%
In 1919, Bat Masterson, now a newspaperman in New York City, reflects back on the previous century and his experiences in the American West.
Saboteur (1942)
, 1h48Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres War, Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Circus films, Spy films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Aviation films, Political films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Otto Kruger, Norman Lloyd, Ian Wolfe
Rating70%
During World War II, aircraft factory worker Barry Kane (Robert Cummings) is accused of starting a fire at the Stewart Aircraft Works in Glendale, California, an act of sabotage that killed his friend Mason (Virgil Summers). Kane believes the real culprit is a man named Fry (Norman Lloyd) who, during their efforts to put out the fire, handed him a fire extinguisher filled with gasoline, that he passed on to Mason. When the investigators find no one named "Fry" on the list of plant workers, they assume Kane is guilty.