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Fay Helm is a Actor American born on 9 april 1909
Fay Helm, née le 9 avril 1909 à Bakersfield (Californie) et morte le 27 septembre 2003 à Santa Monica (Californie), est une actrice américaine.
Elle contribue notamment à plusieurs films d'horreur, dont Le Loup-garou de George Waggner (1941, avec Lon Chaney Jr. et Claude Rains) et La Femme gorille d'Edward Dmytryk (1943, avec John Carradine et Evelyn Ankers).
Mentionnons également Victoire sur la nuit d'Edmund Goulding (1939, avec Bette Davis et George Brent), Les Mains qui tuent de Robert Siodmak (1944, avec Franchot Tone et Ella Raines), Mademoiselle Fifi de Robert Wise (1944, avec Simone Simon et Kurt Kreuger), ou encore Le Médaillon de John Brahm (son avant-dernier film, 1946, avec Laraine Day et Brian Aherne).
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Après s'être essayée à l'art dramatique dans son adolescence, Fay Helm intègre l'industrie du cinéma en 1934 et contribue à soixante-cinq films américains, depuis un petit rôle non crédité dans Furie (1936, avec Spencer Tracy et Sylvia Sidney) jusqu'à Une fille perdue d'Alfred Santell (1946, avec James Dunn et Mona Freeman), après lequel elle se retire définitivement.Elle contribue notamment à plusieurs films d'horreur, dont Le Loup-garou de George Waggner (1941, avec Lon Chaney Jr. et Claude Rains) et La Femme gorille d'Edward Dmytryk (1943, avec John Carradine et Evelyn Ankers).
Mentionnons également Victoire sur la nuit d'Edmund Goulding (1939, avec Bette Davis et George Brent), Les Mains qui tuent de Robert Siodmak (1944, avec Franchot Tone et Ella Raines), Mademoiselle Fifi de Robert Wise (1944, avec Simone Simon et Kurt Kreuger), ou encore Le Médaillon de John Brahm (son avant-dernier film, 1946, avec Laraine Day et Brian Aherne).
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The Locket (1946)
, 1h25Directed by John Brahm
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Laraine Day, Brian Aherne, Robert Mitchum, Gene Raymond, Sharyn Moffett, Ricardo Cortez
Roles Martha Bonner
Rating70%
A story told in a number of flashbacks from different points of view, this psychological drama tells the story of a bride-to-be (Day) who, as a child, was falsely accused of theft. She grows up to become a kleptomaniac, inveterate liar, and eventually a murderess.
Sister Kenny (1946)
, 1h56Directed by Dudley Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox, Dean Jagger, Philip Merivale, Beulah Bondi, Gloria Holden
Roles Mrs. McIntyre
Rating71%
In 1911, Elizabeth Kenny (Rosalind Russell) returns from nurse school in Brisbane, Australia to her home in the bush of Queensland with the head doctor at the nearest hospital, Dr. McDonnell (Alexander Knox). She informs him that she will be a bush nurse near her home instead of taking up residency at the hospital 50 miles away; her own personal experiences growing up in the bush made her want to help those not able to get to a hospital. Dr. McDonnell is incredulous, and says she will not last six months in the bush.
That Brennan Girl (1946)
, 1h35Directed by Alfred Santell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors James Dunn, Mona Freeman, William Marshall, June Duprez, Frank Jenks, Charles Arnt
Roles Helen, Ziggy's Neighbor
Rating63%
On Mother's Day, 1946, a woman known as Ziggy Brennan looks back on her life.
A Song to Remember (1945)
, 1h53Directed by Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Paul Muni, Cornel Wilde, Merle Oberon, Nina Foch, Ivan Triesault, George Coulouris
Roles Madame Chopin (uncredited)
Rating65%
Vidor romanticizes Chopin's patriotism in the film, which was produced during World War II. Chopin, played by Cornel Wilde, is first presented to the audience as a child prodigy playing a piece by Mozart, but suddenly starts to bang on the piano keys when he notices out the window that Polish people are being taken prisoners by the Russian authorities.
Dangerous Intruder (1945)
, 1h5Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Charles Arnt, Veda Ann Borg, Tom Keene, Fay Helm, Forrest Taylor, Lloyd Ingraham
Roles Millicent
Rating58%
New-York-bound hitchhiker Jenny (Borg) is accidentally struck by a car. The driver, art dealer Max Ducane (Arnt), offers to take her into his home until she can resume traveling. Later, Ducane's wife is murdered and Jenny determines to find the killer. With the aid of detective Curtis (Powers), she discovers that Ducane is the murderer, having killed his wife in order to have the funds to finance his antique collection. When she tries to get away the murderer is killed in a car crash when trying to run her down.
Son of Lassie (1945)
, 1h42Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Transport films, Aviation films, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Peter Lawford, Pal, Donald Crisp, June Lockhart, Nigel Bruce, Donald Curtis
Roles Joanna
Rating63%
In Yorkshire, England, at the estate of the Duke of Rudling (Nigel Bruce), the British Army converted the grounds into a training camp for war dogs. The camp is placed under the supervision of Sam Carraclough (Donald Crisp), the kennel caretaker, who immediately begins the process of selecting the best dogs for training, including Laddie, the young pup of the champion collie, Lassie. Joe Carraclough (Peter Lawford), now an adult, joins the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. Departing for training school, he is forced to leave behind his dog Lassie and her pup, Laddie.
The Falcon in San Francisco (1945)
, 1h6Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Edward Brophy, Sharyn Moffett, Fay Helm, Robert Armstrong
Roles Doreen Temple
Rating63%
While travelling by railroad for a vacation in San Francisco, The Falcon witnesses the murder of a wealthy young girl's nurse. His investigation eventually uncovers the relationship between an ex-bootlegger and a wealthy shipping heiress.
Lady in the Dark (1944)
, 1h40Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Warner Baxter, Jon Hall, Barry Sullivan, Mischa Auer
Roles Miss Bowers
Rating58%
Life has become a series of headaches and bad dreams for Liza Elliott, the successful editor-in-chief of Allure fashion magazine. She is being romanced by publisher Kendall Nesbitt, but he is married and slow in obtaining a divorce. And her second-in-command, Charley Johnson, is a cut-up who drives her so crazy with his jokes, Liza ends up seeing him in her craziest dreams at night.
Phantom Lady (1944)
, 1h27Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis, Elisha Cook, Jr., Thomas Gomez, Regis Toomey
Roles Ann Terry
Rating71%
After a fight with his wife on their anniversary, Scott Henderson (Alan Curtis), a 32-year-old engineer, picks up an equally unhappy woman in a bar and they take a taxi to see a show. The woman refuses to tell him anything about herself. The star of the show, Estela Monteiro (Aurora Miranda), becomes furious when she notices that both she and the mystery woman are wearing the same unusual hat. When Henderson returns home, he finds Police Inspector Burgess (Thomas Gomez) and two of his men waiting to question him; his wife has been strangled with one of his neckties. Henderson has a solid alibi, but the bartender, taxi driver and Monteiro deny seeing the phantom lady. Henderson cannot even clearly describe the woman. He is tried and sentenced to death.
Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)
, 1h9Directed by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Simone Simon, John Emery, Kurt Kreuger, Alan Napier, Helen Freeman, Jason Robards Sr.
Roles The Manufacturer's Wife
Rating62%
In occupied France during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, a beautiful young laundress, Elizabeth Rousset (Simone Simon), shares a stage coach ride from Rouen with a group of condescending nobles and businessmen and their wives, a political firebrand named Jean Cornudet (John Emery) and a young priest on his way to his new assignment (Edmund Glover). When they stop for the night at a village controlled by Prussian Lieutenant von Eyrick, known to his fellow officers as "Mademoiselle Fifi" (Kurt Kreuger), their coach is held up until the laundress agrees to "dine" with the lieutenant. Unlike her social betters, who have all fraternized with the enemy, and had them as guests in their homes, Elizabeth is a simple patriot, and will not eat or consort with the invaders of her country, so the coach cannot go on. The group finally convinces her that it would be best for France for them to get on with their business, and she concedes. While she is closeted with the arrogant Prussian, whose aim is to humiliate and degrade her, the rest of the travellers celebrate their deliverance by getting drunk on champagne, and following the progress of the evening's encounter through the sounds coming from inside.
One Body Too Many (1944)
, 1h15Directed by Frank McDonald
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Jack Haley, Jean Parker, Bela Lugosi, Blanche Yurka, Lyle Talbot, Douglas Fowley
Roles Estelle Hopkins
Rating54%
A timid insurance salesman Albert L. Tuttle (Jack Haley) visits eccentric millionaire Cyrus J. Rutherford, intent on selling him a $200,000 insurance deal. Instead he finds that Rutherford has recently died and his mansion is now full of relatives who are, according to the will, all bound to remain in the mansion until a glass-domed vault is constructed on the roof, to house the deceased millionaire who was an ardent follower of the stars. Tuttle is mistaken for a private detective sent to guard the body, and once the confusion is cleared up and the real detective fails to show, he is convinced by Rutherford's niece Carol Dunlap (Jean Parker) to remain and ensure that the body is not stolen. If the body should be buried any place other than the vault, the will states that recipients who would receive the largest request will receive the smallest, and vice versa. One of the recipients plans to reverse the will in their favor, hide the body and kill anyone who gets in their way. Unfortunately for mild-mannered Tuttle, he is directly in the way of the killer, and the rest of the conniving family.
Calling Dr. Death (1943)
, 1h3Directed by Reginald Le Borg
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie
Actors Lon Chaney, Jr., Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish, David Bruce, Ramsay Ames, Holmes Herbert
Roles Mrs. Duval
Rating61%
A respected neurologist, Dr. Mark Steele (Lon Chaney, Jr.) treats his patients successfully with hypnosis, but has troubles of his own from a marriage falling apart, that he cannot treat himself in the same way. His wife Maria (Ramsay Ames) is cheating on him on a regular basis, which is something Mark is well aware of. When Maria returns home one night in the early morning hours after a rendez-vous with her lover, Mark finally tells her that he has had enough and that he wants a divorce. Maria, who is leading a very comfortable life as a doctor's wife, refuses her consent to a divorce, and laughs at him as she does so. That night Mark has a dream about strangling his wife to death.
Captive Wild Woman (1943)
, 1h1Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about apes
Actors John Carradine, Milburn Stone, Evelyn Ankers, Acquanetta, Lloyd Corrigan, Martha Vickers
Roles Nurse Strand
Rating54%
The film begins with animal trainer Fred Mason (Milburn Stone) returning from his latest safari with a horde of animals for his employer John Whipple (Lloyd Corrigan), owner of the Whipple Circus. Among them is Cheela (Ray Corrigan), a gorilla with remarkably human characteristics. Mason relates that she is the most affectionate jungle animal he has ever encountered.
Moonlight in Vermont (1943)
, 1h2Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Gloria Jean, George Dolenz, Fay Helm, Sidney Miller, William Benedict, Virginia Brissac
Roles Lucy Meadows
Rating62%
Hers to Hold (1943)
, 1h34Directed by Frank Ryan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films
Actors Deanna Durbin, Joseph Cotten, Charles Winninger, Ludwig Stössel, Nella Walker, Gus Schilling
Roles Hannah Gordon
Rating62%
Penny Craig, jeune chanteuse localement célèbre, vient faire un don de sang à l’hôpital de la Croix Rouge. Dans ce même hôpital se trouve Bill Morley, un pilote qui travaille dans une fabrique d'avions, venu lui aussi donner son sang. Afin d'approcher la jeune femme, il se fait passer pour un médecin, réussit à obtenir son numéro de téléphone, puis la drague. Penny est furieuse quand elle apprend l'imposture. Plus tard, Bill téléphone à son domicile mais Penny a averti le majordome de ne pas lui répondre.