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Etta McDaniel is a Actor American born on 1 december 1890
Etta McDaniel est une actrice américaine, née le 1er décembre 1890 à Wichita (Kansas), morte le 13 janvier 1946 à Los Angeles (Californie).
Au cinéma, elle débute dans un petit rôle non crédité à l'occasion de King Kong de Merian C. Cooper et Ernest B. Schoedsack, avec Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong et Bruce Cabot, sorti en 1933. Elle contribue en tout à soixante-et-un films américains, le dernier étant un court métrage sorti en septembre 1946, plusieurs mois après sa mort.
Entretemps, elle apparaît notamment dans Je n'ai pas tué Lincoln de John Ford (1936, avec Warner Baxter et Gloria Stuart), L'Inspiratrice de William A. Wellman (1942, avec Barbara Stanwyck et Joel McCrea) et Son of Dracula de Robert Siodmak (1943, avec Lon Chaney Jr.).
Notons encore qu'elle joue aux côtés de sa sœur Hattie dans Stella Dallas de King Vidor (1937, avec Barbara Stanwyck et John Boles).
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Etta McDaniel
Biography
Comme ses frères et sœur Otis McDaniel (1882-1916), Sam McDaniel (1886-1962) et Hattie McDaniel (1895-1952), Etta McDaniel entame sa carrière dans le répertoire du vaudeville et, plus spécifiquement, du minstrel show (leurs parents ayant une compagnie itinérante).Au cinéma, elle débute dans un petit rôle non crédité à l'occasion de King Kong de Merian C. Cooper et Ernest B. Schoedsack, avec Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong et Bruce Cabot, sorti en 1933. Elle contribue en tout à soixante-et-un films américains, le dernier étant un court métrage sorti en septembre 1946, plusieurs mois après sa mort.
Entretemps, elle apparaît notamment dans Je n'ai pas tué Lincoln de John Ford (1936, avec Warner Baxter et Gloria Stuart), L'Inspiratrice de William A. Wellman (1942, avec Barbara Stanwyck et Joel McCrea) et Son of Dracula de Robert Siodmak (1943, avec Lon Chaney Jr.).
Notons encore qu'elle joue aux côtés de sa sœur Hattie dans Stella Dallas de King Vidor (1937, avec Barbara Stanwyck et John Boles).
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The Thin Man Goes Home (1946)
, 1h40Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller
Actors William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson, Gloria DeHaven, Anne Revere, Harry Davenport
Roles Servante des Ronson
Rating72%
Nick and Nora visit Nick's parents (Lucile Watson and Harry Davenport) in Nick's hometown, Sycamore Springs, in New England. The residents are convinced that Nick is in town on an investigation, despite Nick's repeated denials. However, when aircraft factory employee Peter Berton (Ralph Brooks) seeks out Nick and is shot dead before he can reveal anything, Nick is on the case.
Society Mugs (1946)
Directed by Edward Bernds
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Shemp Howard, Tom Kennedy, Christine McIntyre, Vernon Dent, Rebel Randall, Etta McDaniel
Rating66%
High society woman Muriel Allen (Christine McIntyre) wants to attend a swanky dinner party thrown by friend Alice Preston (Rebel Randall) but husband Arthur (Charles Williams) decides instead to go on a fishing trip. Rather than showing up stag to the party, Muriel tells housekeeper Petunia (Etta McDaniel) to call the Acme Escort Service to bring a few "college boy" escorts. However, Petunia accidentally calls the Acme Exterminator Co., run by Shemp and Tom.
Incendiary Blonde (1945)
, 1h53Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Betty Hutton, Arturo de Córdova, Charles Ruggles, Eduardo Ciannelli, Albert Dekker, Barry Fitzgerald
Roles Etta - Texas' Maid (uncredited)
Rating66%
A tomboy named Mary Louise "Texas" Guinan lands a job with a Wild West show after proving she can ride a bucking bronco. The rodeo's new owner is Romero "Bill" Kilgallen, who doubles Texas's pay after the attention she gets from saving a toddler's life from a runaway wagon at a show.
Son of Dracula (1943)
, 1h20Directed by Robert Siodmak, Erle C. Kenton, Ford Beebe
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Dracula films, Vampires in film
Actors Lon Chaney, Jr., Robert Paige, Evelyn Ankers, Louise Allbritton, Frank Craven, Samuel S. Hinds
Roles Sarah
Rating60%
Hungarian Count Alucard (Lon Chaney Jr.), a mysterious stranger, arrives in the U.S. invited by Katherine Caldwell (Louise Allbritton), one of the daughters of New Orleans plantation owner Colonel Caldwell (George Irving). Shortly after his arrival, the Colonel dies of apparent heart failure and leaves his wealth to his two daughters, with Claire receiving all the money and Katherine his estate "Dark Oaks." Katherine, a woman with a taste for the morbid, has been secretly dating Alucard and eventually marries him, shunning her long-time boyfriend Frank Stanley. Frank confronts the couple and tries to shoot Alucard, but the bullets pass through the Count's body and hit Katherine, seemingly killing her.
They Came to Blow Up America (1943)
, 1h13Directed by Edward Ludwig
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Robert Barrat, Charles McGraw, George Sanders, Anna Sten, Ralph Byrd, Ward Bond
Roles Theresa
Rating63%
When only six of eight would-be German saboteurs are sentenced to death by an American court during World War II, an FBI agent complains to his boss, Craig (Ward Bond), about the other two. Craig tells him about one of the men sentenced to prison. A flashback ensues.
American Empire (1942)
, 1h22Directed by William C. McGann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors Richard Dix, Leo Carrillo, Preston Foster, Frances Gifford, Richard Webb, Robert Barrat
Roles Willa May
Rating57%
Two men join forces to build a cattle empire, and battle rustlers, bad weather and each other.
The Great Man's Lady (1942)
, 1h30Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, K. T. Stevens, Thurston Hall, Lloyd Corrigan
Roles Delilah
Rating65%
A statue is being dedicated to the late founder of Hoyt City, and reporters from around the country have gathered, speculating that "the old lady's going to talk." When the anticipated "old lady" does not appear at the event, they rush to her home. She is centenarian Hannah Sempler (Barbara Stanwyck), who lives in an old mansion among the skyscrapers of Hoyt City. As she confronts the press who have barged in, a photographer says, "Hold it, Mrs. Hoyt!" She replies that her name is Hanna Sempler, and refuses to answer their questions as to whether she and Hoyt had been married, which as another reporter says, would make him a bigamist. The intruders leave, having learned nothing to prove or disprove the many rumors, but Hannah is persuaded to tell her story to a young female biographer who lags behind. She reminisces about her experiences with Ethan Hoyt (Joel McCrea) in the American West.
Johnny Doughboy (1942)
, 1h4Directed by John H. Auer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Jane Withers, Henry Wilcoxon, William Demarest, Ruth Donnelly, Etta McDaniel, Bobby Breen
Roles Mammy
Rating55%
Sixteen-year-old actress Ann Winters (Jane Withers), who has been a movie star since childhood, declares that she no longer wants to play "childish" roles. Her attitude irritates her agent, Harry Fabian (William Demarest), who tells her that the studio has decided that her next picture will be Ann of Honeysuckle Farm, in which she is to play a twelve-year-old. Ann leaves a note for her sympathetic secretary, "Biggy" Biggsworth (Ruth Donnelly), saying that she does not want a career if she cannot have a life, too, then runs away for a two-week vacation. Just then, innocent Penny Ryan (also Jane Withers) from Oriole, Nebraska, arrives. Penny is the winner of a contest concocted by Harry in which the fan who most resembles Ann gets to spend two weeks with her in her home. Harry and Biggy are stunned by Penny's appearance, for she is an exact double for Ann. Harry decides to induce Penny to impersonate Ann, who is to start her new film the next day or else be suspended by the studio.
Mokey (1942)
Directed by Wells Root
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Donna Reed, Dan Dailey, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, George Lloyd, Matt Moore, Robert Blake
Roles Cindy Molishus
Rating49%
You're in the Army Now (1941)
, 1h19Directed by Lewis Seiler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Jimmy Durante, Phil Silvers, Jane Wyman, Regis Toomey, Donald MacBride, Joe Sawyer
Roles Della
Rating60%
Golden Hoofs (1941)
, 1h8Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jane Withers, Buddy Rogers, Kay Aldridge, George Irving, Philip Hurlic, Howard C. Hickman
Roles Divinity
Rating65%
Life with Henry (1941)
, 1h20Directed by Theodore Reed
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jackie Cooper, Eddie Bracken, Fred Niblo, Hedda Hopper, Moroni Olsen, Rod Cameron
Roles Kelopatra Johnson
Rating60%
Henry Aldrich (Cooper) wants to win a trip to Alaska.
Thieves Fall Out (1941)
, 1h12Directed by Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Eddie Albert, Joan Leslie, Jane Darwell, Alan Hale, Anthony Quinn, Edward Brophy
Roles Blossom
Rating60%
The Pittsburgh Kid (1941)
, 1h16Directed by Jack Townley
Origin USA
Genres Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Jean Parker, Dick Purcell, Alan Baxter, Veda Ann Borg, Jonathan Hale, Ernest Whitman
Roles Magenta
Rating68%
Carolina Moon (1940)
, 1h5Directed by Frank McDonald
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey, Mary Lee, Eddy Waller, Hardie Albright
Roles Mammy
Rating61%
While riding the rodeo circuit, singing cowboy Gene Autry (Gene Autry) and his sidekick Frog Millhouse (Smiley Burnette) meet Southerners Caroline Stanhope (June Storey) and her grandfather (Eddy Waller). The Stanhopes are hoping to win prize money in order to pay back taxes on their plantation. Their hopes are shattered when Caroline's horse Valdena is injured in an accident and unable to compete in the rodeo. With no hope of winning the prize money, Stanhope gets involved in a card game and loses $1,000 to some gamblers. With no money, he offers to give them Valdena, his only asset, but the gamblers refuse.