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Diana Lewis is a Actor American born on 18 september 1919 at Asbury Park (USA)
Diana "Mousie" Lewis (September 18, 1919 – January 18, 1997) was an American film actress and a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract star.
Born in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Lewis began her film career in All the King's Horses (1934) and worked steadily over the next few years, usually in minor roles. Her more notable films include It's a Gift (1934), Gold Diggers in Paris (1938), Go West (1940) and Johnny Eager (1941). She was the love interest of Andy Hardy as Daphne Fowler in Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940).
Mentionnons également Chercheurs d'or d'Edward Buzzell (1940, avec les Marx Brothers), André Hardy va dans le monde de George B. Seitz (1940, avec Mickey Rooney et Judy Garland), ou encore Johnny, roi des gangsters de Mervyn LeRoy (1942, avec Robert Taylor et Lana Turner).
En 1940, elle épouse en secondes noces l'acteur William Powell, dont elle reste veuve à la mort de celui-ci en 1984. Elle se retire pour se consacrer à sa famille, après un dernier film sorti en 1943, Cry Havoc de Richard Thorpe (avec Margaret Sullavan et Frances Gifford).
Notons qu'à la radio, Diana Lewis joue aux côtés de son mari en 1943, dans une adaptation du film d'Ernst Lubitsch To Be or Not to Be (1942), sous le même titre original, au sein de la série The Screen Guild Theater .
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Diana Lewis
Nationality USA
Birth 18 september 1919 at Asbury Park (USA)
Death 18 january 1997 (at 77 years) at Rancho Mirage (USA)
Birth 18 september 1919 at Asbury Park (USA)
Death 18 january 1997 (at 77 years) at Rancho Mirage (USA)
Born in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Lewis began her film career in All the King's Horses (1934) and worked steadily over the next few years, usually in minor roles. Her more notable films include It's a Gift (1934), Gold Diggers in Paris (1938), Go West (1940) and Johnny Eager (1941). She was the love interest of Andy Hardy as Daphne Fowler in Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940).
Biography
Diana Lewis fait une assez courte carrière au cinéma, contribuant à seulement dix-neuf films américains, les trois premiers sortis en 1934 (dont Une riche affaire de Norman Z. McLeod, avec W. C. Fields et Kathleen Howard).Mentionnons également Chercheurs d'or d'Edward Buzzell (1940, avec les Marx Brothers), André Hardy va dans le monde de George B. Seitz (1940, avec Mickey Rooney et Judy Garland), ou encore Johnny, roi des gangsters de Mervyn LeRoy (1942, avec Robert Taylor et Lana Turner).
En 1940, elle épouse en secondes noces l'acteur William Powell, dont elle reste veuve à la mort de celui-ci en 1984. Elle se retire pour se consacrer à sa famille, après un dernier film sorti en 1943, Cry Havoc de Richard Thorpe (avec Margaret Sullavan et Frances Gifford).
Notons qu'à la radio, Diana Lewis joue aux côtés de son mari en 1943, dans une adaptation du film d'Ernst Lubitsch To Be or Not to Be (1942), sous le même titre original, au sein de la série The Screen Guild Theater .
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Cry 'Havoc' (1943)
, 1h37Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Théâtre, Transport films, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Margaret Sullavan, Ann Sothern, Joan Blondell, Fay Bainter, Marsha Hunt, Ella Raines
Roles Nydia
Rating68%
The film tells the story of a mixed group of Army nurses stationed in Bataan during World War II. At the beginning of the film, the head nurse, Lt. Mary Smith (Margaret Sullavan) begs her superior, Capt. Alice Marsh (Fay Bainter) for more nurses to help deal with the excessive workload, but instead of professional nurses, she is assigned a group of civilians from various backgrounds. They lack experience and require training and find it difficult to settle in. Pat Conlin (Ann Sothern) rebels against Lt. Smith's strict nature, but the group begin to reveal stories from their past and become better acquainted. They also meet a male officer, Lt. Holt (Allan Byron), and Pat becomes infatuated with him, leading to jealousy between her and Lt. Smith who refuses to explain why she is offended by Pat's attention to him. During an air-raid one of the volunteers, Sue West (Dorothy Morris), is separated from the group, and some of the women, including her sister Andra (Heather Angel) search for her. After three days she is found alive, having spent the time trapped in a hut with the corpses of several soldiers who were killed during the attack.
Seven Sweethearts (1942)
, 1h38Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Kathryn Grayson, Marsha Hunt, Van Heflin, Cecilia Parker, Frances Rafferty, Peggy Moran
Roles Mrs. Nugent, a Newlywed
Rating63%
Mr. Van Maaster (S.Z. Sakall) is a hotelier in Little Delft, Michigan. By family tradition, the oldest of his seven daughters must marry first. But Regina (Marsha Hunt) wants to go to New York, to become an actress. The youngest, Billie (Kathryn Grayson), has the sweetest singing voice, and it is she who ends up with the first husband Henry Taggart (Van Heflin).
Whistling in Dixie (1942)
, 1h14Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, Guy Kibbee, Diana Lewis, George Bancroft, Peter Whitney
Roles Ellamae Downs
Rating64%
Johnny Eager (1942)
, 1h47Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold, Van Heflin, Robert Sterling, Paul Stewart
Roles Judy Sanford
Rating69%
Johnny Eager (Robert Taylor) masquerades as a taxi driver for his gullible parole officer, A. J. Verne (Henry O'Neill), but in reality, he is the ruthless head of a powerful gambling syndicate. Verne introduces him to socialite Lisbeth "Liz" Bard (Lana Turner), a sociology student. Johnny and Liz are attracted to each other, but then he discovers that she is the stepdaughter of his longtime nemesis, John Benson Farrell (Edward Arnold). As a crusading prosecutor, Farrell was responsible for sending Johnny to prison, and now as the district attorney, he has gotten an injunction preventing Johnny's expensive dog racing track from opening.
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare (1941)
, 1h18Directed by Harold S. Bucquet
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Bonita Granville, Alma Kruger, Red Skelton
Roles Fay Lennox
Rating62%
Dr. Kildare (Lew Ayres) performs an emergency operation on crash victim Frances Marlowe (Bonita Granville), an ice-skating star. While recovering in Blair General Hospital, Frances discovers that her leg is paralyzed, and promptly sues Dr. Kildare and his hospital for negligence.
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
, 1h28Directed by George B. Seitz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Judy Garland, Ann Rutherford
Roles Daphne Fowler
Rating65%
Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) from Carvel becomes infatuated with a well-known young socialite, Daphne Fowler (Diana Lewis), from New York City. Even though he hasn’t met the woman in person, he drops her name to his friends and tells them that they are very well acquainted. He even lets his friends believe he is romantically involved with Miss Fowler.
Bitter Sweet (1940)
, 1h34Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Operetta films
Actors Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, George Sanders, Ian Hunter, Sig Ruman, Felix Bressart
Roles Jane
Rating58%
Set in late 19th century Vienna, the story focuses on the romance between music teacher Carl Linden (Nelson Eddy) and his prize pupil Sarah Milick (Jeanette MacDonald).
Forty Little Mothers (1940)
, 1h30Directed by Busby Berkeley
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Eddie Cantor, Veronica Lake, Judith Anderson, Ralph Morgan, Rita Johnson, Bonita Granville
Roles Marcia
Rating64%
Out of work professor Gilbert Jordan Thompson stops a suicidal stranger named Marian Edwards from jumping off a pier and helps her get a job so she can support herself. Then he finds an abandoned baby with a note asking someone to give him a good home. When he can't find anyone to claim the baby, Thompson "adopts" him so he won't end up in an orphanage.
Go West (1940)
, 1h20Directed by Edward Buzzell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Rail transport films, Musical films, L'Or
Actors Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, John Carroll, Diana Lewis, Robert Barrat
Roles Eve Wilson
Rating67%
Confidence man S. Quentin Quale (Groucho) heads west to find his fortune. In the train station, he encounters crafty brothers Joseph (Chico) and Rusty Panello (Harpo) who manage to swindle his money. The Panello's are friends with an old miner named Dan Wilson (Tully Marshall) whose property, Dead Man's Gulch, has no gold. They loan him their last ten dollars for a grub stake and he gives them the deed to the Gulch as collateral. Unbeknownst to Wilson, the son of his longtime rival and beau to his granddaughter Eve Wilson (Diana Lewis), Terry Turner (John Carroll) has contacted the railway to arrange for them to build through the land, making the deed holder rich.
First Offenders (1939)
, 1h3Directed by Frank McDonald
Origin USA
Actors Walter Abel, Beverly Roberts, Iris Meredith, Johnny Downs, Diana Lewis, John Hamilton
Roles Ann Blakeley
A crusading and reform-minded District Attorney resigns from his position in order to open establish a farm that give juvenile delinquents and first-offenders a place to straighten out their lives before they reach the point of no return. He meets much resistance from various segments of the law and the citizens.
He Couldn't Say No (1938)
Directed by Lewis Seiler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Frank McHugh, Cora Witherspoon, Jane Wyman, Diana Lewis, Berton Churchill, Ferris Taylor
Roles Iris Mabby
Rating57%
Lambert T. Hunkins (Frank McHugh) works at a linoleum company. When his boss, Oxnard O. Parsons (Ferris Taylor), gives him a raise from $30 a month to $40, his girlfriend Violet's (Jane Wyman) mother, Mrs. Coney (Cora Witherspoon), decides that it is time for the two to get married. Lambert is too meek to object.
Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
, 1h37Directed by Busby Berkeley, Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Rudy Vallée, Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins, Gloria Dickson
Roles Golddigger
Rating58%
Maurice Giraud (Hugh Herbert) is sent to New York to arrange for the Academy Ballet of America to come to Paris to compete for cash prizes at an international dance festival, but a cabbie takes him by mistake to the Club Ballé, a nightclub about to go under. The desperate owners of the club, Terry Moore (Rudy Vallee) and Duke Dennis (Allen Jenkins), know that there's been an error, but see the invitation as a way out of their financial problems. To get some ballet into their nightclub act, they hire ballet teacher Luis Leoni (Fritz Feld) and his star (and only) pupil Kay Morrow (Rosemary Lane) to teach their girls ballet on the boat crossing the Atlantic. Terry finds Kay very attractive, but things are complicated when his ex-wife, Mona (Gloria Dickson), invites herself along, rooming with Kay.
Love Nest on Wheels (1937)
, 20minutesDirected by Buster Keaton, Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Buster Keaton, Myra Keaton, Al St. John, Lynton Brent, Diana Lewis, Bud Jamison
Roles The Bride
Rating60%
Buster, le fils aîné d'une famille de montagnards qui gèrent un hôtel, tente de collecter des fonds pour sauver l'hôtel de la forclusion.
Grand Slam Opera (1936)
, 20minutesDirected by Buster Keaton, Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Buster Keaton, Diana Lewis, Harold Goodwin, John Ince, Bud Jamison, Eddie Fetherston
Roles The Girl Downstairs
Rating65%
Elmer Butts quitte sa petite ville de l'Arizona pour New York où il s'est inscrit au radio-crochet du colonel Crow. Il commence par arriver en retard lors de l'enregistrement de l'émission, ce qui lui laisse une semaine pour répéter dans la chambre de sa pension de famille. Mais il le fait de manière si balourde et si bruyante qu'il empêche de dormir la jeune fille du dessous, dont il est pourtant épris. Quand vient le jour de l'émission, Elmer présente un numéro de... jonglage, spécialité on ne peut moins radiophonique. Pire, Elmer, par sa maladresse, sème la zizanie parmi les musiciens et s'attire les foudres du chef d'orchestre. Sa carrière d'artiste risque d'être éphémère.
Enter Madame (1935)
, 1h23Directed by Elliott Nugent
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Cary Grant, Elissa Landi, Lynne Overman, Sharon Lynn, Paul Porcasi, Cecilia Parker
Roles Operator
Rating55%
Gerald Fitzgerald, un Américain, épouse Lisa Della Robbia, une belle Italienne chanteuse d'opéra. Ils vivent une belle romance jusqu'à ce qu'elle reprenne son travail. Gerald accompagne Lisa en tournée, mais il se trouve relégué à cette situation d'accompagnateur. Gerald revient finalement aux États-Unis, Lisa lui ayant promis de le rejoindre après sa tournée en Scandinavie. Lisa repousse la date de son retour et Gerald perd patience et commence une procédure de divorce. Avant même que Lisa ait accepté le divorce, il renoue une relation avec Flora Preston. Mais un jour ils sont surpris par le retour de Lisa, qui jure qu'elle aussi a un amant qu'elle a l'intention d'épouser. Lorsque Gerald l'accuse de n'avoir aucune idée de ce qu'est d'être une épouse, de colère elle accepte le divorce, alors qu'elle l'aime encore et qu'elle n'a en réalité pas d'amant. Lisa insiste pour que Flora soit présente alors qu'ils discutent des aspects financiers du divorce et invite le couple à assister à son spectacle à l'opéra et à la rejoindre pour dîner ensuite. Finalement Gerald et Lisa se réconcilient et décident de partir en Amérique du Sud.