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Florence Rice is a Actor American born on 14 february 1907 at Cleveland (USA)
Florence Davenport Rice (February 14, 1907 - February 23, 1974) was an American film actress.
Blonde, pretty, and wholesome, Rice was cast as the reliable girlfriend in several films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. MGM gradually provided her with more substantial roles, occasionally in prestige productions.
Rice never became a major figure in films, but performed in a number of screen pairings with Robert Young.
Her most widely seen performances were in Double Wedding (1937), in which she was billed third in the cast credits behind William Powell and Myrna Loy, Sweethearts (1938) with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, and The Marx Brothers film At The Circus (1939).
During the 1940s the quality of her roles steadily decreased and in 1947 she retired.
She married three times, with her third marriage lasting until her death in Honolulu from lung cancer.
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Florence Rice
Nationality USA
Birth 14 february 1907 at Cleveland (USA)
Death 23 february 1974 (at 67 years) at Honolulu (USA)
Birth 14 february 1907 at Cleveland (USA)
Death 23 february 1974 (at 67 years) at Honolulu (USA)
Biography
Florence Rice was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Grantland Rice and Fannie Katherine Hollis, who became an actress during the early 1930s and after several Broadway roles, eventually made her way to Hollywood where she acted in almost fifty films between 1934 and 1943.Blonde, pretty, and wholesome, Rice was cast as the reliable girlfriend in several films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. MGM gradually provided her with more substantial roles, occasionally in prestige productions.
Rice never became a major figure in films, but performed in a number of screen pairings with Robert Young.
Her most widely seen performances were in Double Wedding (1937), in which she was billed third in the cast credits behind William Powell and Myrna Loy, Sweethearts (1938) with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, and The Marx Brothers film At The Circus (1939).
During the 1940s the quality of her roles steadily decreased and in 1947 she retired.
She married three times, with her third marriage lasting until her death in Honolulu from lung cancer.
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The Ghost and the Guest (1943)
, 1h1Directed by William Nigh
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors James Dunn, Florence Rice, Robert Dudley, Morey Amsterdam, Sam McDaniel, Eddy Chandler
Roles Jacqueline 'Jackie' DeLong / Frye
Rating45%
Webster Frye (James Dunn) and his newly-wed wife Jackie (Florence Rice) travel to an old house in the country for their honeymoon. They begin to think the house is haunted, but it turns out that the house is being used as a gangster hideout.
The Boss of Big Town (1942)
, 1h2Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors John Litel, Florence Rice, H. B. Warner, John Miljan, Jean Brooks, David Bacon
Roles Linda Gregory
Rating52%
Let's Get Tough (1942)
, 1h2Directed by Wallace Fox
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell, David Gorcey, Ernie Morrison
Roles Nora Stevens
Rating52%
Watching a military parade (stock footage from World War I), the gang decides to enlist in order to "kill a million Japs". Rejected by the Army, Marines, and Navy for being too young, the punks help the war effort by throwing fruit at a shop they believe is owned by a Japanese American. Confronted by him wielding a short sword, the gang decides to come back at night but find him dead. Their father figure Police Lieutenant "Pops" Stevens tell them they should be ashamed of themselves as Keno, the owner of the shop, was Chinese, an ally of America and that Danny should be especially ashamed as his brother is in the service.
The Blonde from Singapore (1941)
, 1h9Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Florence Rice, Leif Erickson, Gordon Jones, Don Beddoe, Alexander D'Arcy, Lumsden Hare
Roles Mary Brooks
Rating55%
Borrowed Hero (1941)
, 1h5Directed by Lewis D. Collins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Alan Baxter, Florence Rice, Mary Gordon, Constance Worth, John Hamilton, Marlo Dwyer
Roles Ann Thompson
Rating53%
Father Takes a Wife (1941)
, 1h19Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Swanson, John Howard, Desi Arnaz, Helen Broderick, Florence Rice
Roles Enid Osborne
Rating60%
Senior (Adolphe Menjou) is as a middle-aged widowed shipping magnate, who falls in love with celebrated actress Leslie Collier (Gloria Swanson) and marries her after a whirlwind courtship.
Doctors Don't Tell (1941)
, 1h5Directed by Jacques Tourneur, Edward Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors John Beal, Florence Rice, Edward Norris, Ward Bond, Douglas Fowley, Grady Sutton
Roles Diana Wayne
Rating52%
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
, 1h41Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Frank Morgan, Ian Hunter, Florence Rice
Roles Amy Blake
Rating72%
Johnny Brett (Fred Astaire) and King Shaw (George Murphy) are a dance team so down on their luck they're working in a dance hall for no money. Meanwhile, Clare Bennett (Eleanor Powell) is a big Broadway star. Owing to a case of mistaken identity, Shaw is offered the chance to be Clare's dancing partner in a new Broadway show, while it was really Johnny's dancing that producer Bob Casey (Frank Morgan) saw and wanted. The partnership breaks up, but Johnny sticks around to help out Shaw, who lets his newfound success go to his head. Clare eventually realizes that Johnny, and not Shaw, is the better dancer, and she falls in love after having lunch with him. When Shaw gets drunk on opening night, Johnny steps in and saves the show with a brilliant performance, though he lets King think he did it himself. Clare later tells Shaw the truth. Just before the next show, Clare discovers Shaw drunk and Johnny becomes the permanent replacement. After the show, they find out that King was pretending to be drunk so that Johnny would get the job.
Phantom Raiders (1940)
, 1h10Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Actors Walter Pidgeon, Donald Meek, Joseph Schildkraut, Florence Rice, Nat Pendleton, John Carroll
Roles Cora Barnes
Rating60%
Nick Carter, aidé de Bartholomew, enquête sur des disparitions de cargos lors de leur passage du Canal de Panama.
Cherokee Strip (1940)
, 1h26Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Richard Dix, Florence Rice, William Henry, Victor Jory, Andy Clyde, George E. Stone
Roles Kate Cross
Rating61%
En 1893, le texan Dave Morrell est nommé US marshal et envoyé rétablir la loi à Goliath, en Oklahoma, dans la bande de Cherokee, qui est sur le point d'être ouverte à la colonisation. A peine arrivé, il apprend que la banque d'état de Poncha a été dévalisée, et il retrouve Coy Barrett, dont la famille fût jadis ennemie de la sienne, propriétaire d'une banque aux activités douteuses, et son cousin, Ned Stawn, propriétaire du saloon, à la tête d'une bande de tueurs.
Girl in 313 (1940)
, 56minutesDirected by Ricardo Cortez
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Florence Rice, Kent Taylor, Lionel Atwill, Kay Aldridge, Mary Treen, Jack Carson
Roles Joan Matthews
Rating59%
Four Girls in White (1939)
, 1h13Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Florence Rice, Una Merkel, Buddy Ebsen, Ann Rutherford, Kent Taylor, Alan Marshal
Roles Norma Page
Rating60%
Student nurses cope with life's problems.
Miracles for Sale (1939)
, 1h8Directed by Tod Browning
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Robert Young, Florence Rice, Frank Craven, Henry Hull, Lee Bowman, William Demarest
Roles Judy Barclay
Rating61%
Michael Morgan, créateur de numéros de magie, traque les imposteurs en la matière. Il rencontre Judy Barclay, marquée par un terrible secret, et le Docteur Sabbatt, un "démonologue". Ce dernier est bientôt assassiné, alors que Judy échappe à une agression... Les suspects pour le meurtre de Sabbatt, retrouvé mort au milieu d'un pentacle magique dessiné sur le sol de son appartement fermé de l'intérieur, sont Dave Duvallo, un roi de l'évasion ; le virtuose des tours de cartes Tauro ; le couple Al et Zelma le Clair qui se produit dans des numéros de transmissions de pensée ; la spirite Madame Rapaport et le colonel Watrous qui cherche à démasquer les charlatans.
Stand Up and Fight (1939)
, 1h37Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance, Western
Actors Wallace Beery, Robert Taylor, Charles Bickford, Florence Rice, Barton MacLane, Helen Broderick
Roles Susan Griffith
Rating63%
At the Circus (1939)
, 1h27Directed by Edward Buzzell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Circus films
Actors Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kenny Baker, Margaret Dumont, Eve Arden
Roles Julie Randall
Rating67%
Goliath, the circus strongman (Nat Pendleton, one of the Darwin football players in Horse Feathers) and the midget, Little Professor Atom (Jerry Maren) are accomplices of the bad guy John Carter (James Burke) who is trying to take over the Wilson Wonder Circus. Jeff Wilson's girlfriend, Julie Randall (Florence Rice), performs a horse act in the circus. In the animal car on the circus train, Goliath and Atom knock out Jeff Wilson (Kenny Baker) and steal $10,000, which Jeff owes Carter. But they unintentionally leave a cigar as evidence.