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Léona Roberts is a Actor American born on 25 july 1879 at Mills Township, Bond County (USA)
Leona Roberts (July 26, 1879 – January 29, 1954) was an American stage and film actress.
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Léona Roberts
Birth name Leona Celinda Doty
Nationality USA
Birth 25 july 1879 at Mills Township, Bond County (USA)
Death 29 january 1954 (at 74 years) at Santa Monica (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 25 july 1879 at Mills Township, Bond County (USA)
Death 29 january 1954 (at 74 years) at Santa Monica (USA)
Leona Roberts (July 26, 1879 – January 29, 1954) was an American stage and film actress.
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Léona Roberts débute à Broadway en 1926.Usually with
Filmography of Léona Roberts (39 films)
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Chicago Deadline (1949)
, 1h26Directed by Lewis Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, June Havoc, Irene Hervey, John Arthur Kennedy, Berry Kroeger
Roles Maggie (Uncredited)
Rating63%
Ed Adams (Alan Ladd) is a reporter for a Chicago newspaper. By chance he is in a boardinghouse just when the body of a dead woman is found by a cleaning lady. The body belongs to a beautiful female tenant named Rosita Jean d’Ur (Donna Reed). Ed is drawn to the dark, mysterious woman, and manages to steal her diary before the law gets to the scene. In the diary Rosita has listed a total of fifty-four names.
Boomerang! (1947)
, 1h28Directed by Elia Kazan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Noir, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Cara Williams, Karl Malden
Roles Mrs. Crossman
Rating71%
A priest is shot dead on a Bridgeport, Connecticut street at night. The police, led by Chief Robinson (Cobb), fail to immediately find the murderer. It soon becomes a political hot potato, with the police accused of incompetence, and the city's reform-minded administration comes under attack. Robinson and the prosecutor Henry Harvey (Andrews) come under severe pressure by political leaders to find the killer or bring in outside help.
Week-End in Havana (1941)
, 1h21Directed by Walter Lang
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, John Payne, Cesar Romero, George Barbier, Sheldon Leonard
Roles Passenger
Rating64%
Jay Williams (John Payne) is a ship company employee who is going to be sent to a riff in Florida. The ship he is traveling on, gets stuck. Every traveler is happy with the presence of Jay, except for the beautiful Nan Spencer (Alice Faye). Nan thinks her vacation is being ruined. Jay takes her out for a good time and they soon fall in love.
A Man Betrayed (1941)
, 1h22Directed by John H. Auer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors John Wayne, Frances Dee, Wallace Ford, Edward Ellis, Kay Hughes, Ward Bond
Roles Mrs. Smith - Johnny's Mother (uncredited)
Rating59%
Johnny Smith, un joueur de basket, fête la victoire de son équipe dans le Club Inferno de Temple City. Il se rend compte que les dés avec lesquels il joue sont pipés. Lorsqu'il s'en prend au propriétaire du club, T. Amato, il est abattu par le frère de celui-ci. À cause de ses connexions avec Amato, Tom Cameron, un homme politique qui craint pour sa réélection, fait en sorte que la mort de Johnny soit enregistrée comme un suicide. Lynn Hollister, un avocat ami de Johnny, a des doutes sur ce verdict et se rend à Temple City pour enquêter.
Gone with the Wind (1940)
, 4h3Directed by George Cukor, Victor Fleming, Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, Rape and revenge films, Political films, Auto-justice
Actors Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Hattie McDaniel, Butterfly McQueen
Roles Mrs. Caroline Meade
Rating81%
Part 1 On the eve of the American Civil War in 1861, Scarlett O'Hara lives at Tara, her family's cotton plantation in Georgia, with her parents and two sisters. Scarlett learns that Ashley Wilkes—whom she secretly loves—is to be married to his cousin, Melanie Hamilton, and the engagement is to be announced the next day at a barbecue at Ashley's home, the nearby plantation Twelve Oaks.
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
, 1h50Directed by John Cromwell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Minor Watson, Mary Howard, Alan Baxter
Roles Mrs. Rutledge
Rating72%
Abe Lincoln leaves home for the first time, having been hired along with two of his friends by Denton Offut to take a load of pigs by water to New Orleans. When the boat overturns at the settlement of New Salem, Abe first sees and loses his heart to Ann Rutledge, the beautiful daughter of the local tavern keeper. Thus, when Denton later offers him a job at the store he has decided to set up in New Salem, Abe readily accepts.
Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)
, 1h8Directed by Frank R. Strayer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Glenn Ford, Penny Singleton, Larry Simms, Arthur Lake, Jonathan Hale, Irving Bacon
Roles Tante Hannah Henderson
Rating64%
Dagwood Bumstead has been caught possessing illegal fireworks and now he tries to make up for this by taking his wife Blondie to Aunt Hannah's ranch for 4 July celebrations. The ranch is a peaceful place in the country, but trouble starts already on the way over there, when the Bumsteads board the wrong train and have to hitchhike most of the way. The young couple that picks them up, Millie and Charlie, are on their way to get married and elope together, without their parents' consents. The Bumsteads have to accompany the young couple to court and the wedding ceremony, but the wedding is interrupted by Millie's father, Mr Tucker, storming in with a shotgun. Mr Tucker then takes the car, with Dagwood, his son and their dog still in it, and drives off. Charlie is forced to take Blondie to Aunt Hannah's ranch, and in she encourages him to have another go at marrying Millie and elop. unfortunately he twists his ankle on the way, and a very reluctant Dagwood has to take his place and go and fetch Millie from her (and her father's) home. Dagwood accidentally climbs through the window to Millie's father's bedroom, and is held at gunpoint. He flees head over heels and is chased around the property. His son discovers what he thinks is some kind of fireworks and lights it, but it is in fact a dynamite stick. When the dynamite explodes it rips up a hole in the ground, and in doing so, opens up an oil well. Millie's father is so happy over the new source of income that he consents to Charlie marrying his daughter after all, and the Bumsteads finish their weekend holiday at the hospital, in peace and quiet.
The Blue Bird (1940)
, 1h28Directed by Walter Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Eddie Collins, Sybil Jason
Roles Mrs. Berlingot
Rating61%
Set in Germany sometime in the late 18th century where Mytyl (Shirley Temple), the bratty daughter of a woodcutter (Russell Hicks), finds a unique bird in the Royal Forest and selfishly refuses to give it to her sick friend. Mother and Father are mortified at Mytyl's behavior. That evening, Father is called on to report for duty the next morning in an unspecified war. That same night, Mytyl is visited in a dream by a fairy named Berylune (Jessie Ralph) who sends her and her brother Tyltyl (Johnny Russell) to search for the Blue Bird of Happiness. To accompany them, the fairy magically transforms their dog Tylo (Eddie Collins), cat Tylette (Gale Sondergaard), and lantern ("Light") into human form. The children have a number of adventures, visiting the past and their dead grandparents who come to life because they are being remembered, a scary adventure in the forest, the life of luxury, and the future, a land of yet-to-be born children. The dream journey makes Mytyl awake as a kinder and gentler girl who has learned to appreciate all the comforts and joys of her home and family. In the morning, the Father receives word that a truce has been called and he does not have to go to war.
Golden Gloves (1940)
, 1h6Directed by Felix E. Feist, Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Richard Denning, Jeanne Cagney, J. Carrol Naish, Robert Paige, William Frawley, Edward Brophy
Roles Mrs. Parker
Rating60%
During an amateur boxing prizefight a young boy, Joey Parker, is beaten to death, and there is no acceptable official reason for why it happened. Because of this his sister, Mary Parker, becomes a strong opponent of boxing and all it stands for.
Queen of the Mob (1940)
, 1h1Directed by James Patrick Hogan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Ralph Bellamy, Blanche Yurka, J. Carrol Naish, Jeanne Cagney, William Henry, Richard Denning
Roles Mrs. Greenough
Rating62%
Infamous Ma Webster rules her clan of mobsters – mainly consisting of her three more or less criminally inclined sons – with an iron hand and without mercy. She is the terror of Centre City. She refuses to let anyone else handle the planning of all the clan's robberies, much to George Frost's dismay. George is the only clan member who isn't related to Ma Webster. George protests and makes a fuss about this, but to no avail. Ma and her sons Eddie, Charlie and Tom team up with George on Christmas Eve itself to rob the Centre City bank. They are warned, however, by Bert, Ma's more lawful son, who studies law and disdains the criminal behaviour of the rest of his family. Bert urges his mother and his brothers to get out of town to prevent them from being arrested for previous crimes the police and the FBI have found evidence of.
Ski Patrol (1940)
, 1h4Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres War
Themes Political films
Actors Philip Dorn, Stanley Fields, Luli Deste, Samuel S. Hinds, Edward Norris, John Qualen
Roles Mother Ryder
Rating43%
Gangs of Chicago (1940)
, 1h6Directed by Arthur Lubin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Lloyd Nolan, Barton MacLane, Lola Lane, Astrid Allwyn, Horace McMahon, Howard C. Hickman
Roles Mrs. Whitaker
Rating62%
Wildcat Bus (1940)
, 1h4Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Fay Wray, Charles Lang, Paul Guilfoyle (acteur, 1902-1961), Don Costello, Paul McGrath, Joe Sawyer
Roles Ma Talbot
Rating51%
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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)
, 1h14Directed by David Burton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Lloyd Nolan, Jean Rogers, Onslow Stevens, Eric Blore, Joan Valerie, Mae Marsh
Rating64%
A man shoots dead a business leader and confesses to the killing, but refuses to say anything more than providing the name Joe Monday which is obviously an alias. His attorney joins forces with a woman claiming that she is sister and that he is really, a soldier reported missing during World War I. Still the accused refuses to offer further information. He is tried for murder with the case seemingly hanging on events from over twenty years earlier when the dead man and the accused had served in the same infantry company in France.
Of Mice and Men (1939)
, 1h46Directed by Lewis Milestone, Nate Watt
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about the labor movement, Films about disabilities
Actors Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, Lon Chaney, Jr., Charles Bickford, Noah Beery, Jr, Bob Steele
Roles Tante Clara
Rating77%
Two migrant field workers in California during the Great Depression—George Milton (Burgess Meredith), an intelligent and quick-witted man (despite his frequent claims of being "not that smart"), and Lennie Small (Lon Chaney, Jr.), an ironically-named man of large stature and immense strength who, due to his mental disability, has a mind of a younger child—hope to one day attain their shared dream of settling down on their own piece of land. Lennie's part of the dream, which he never tires of hearing George describe, is merely to tend to (and touch) soft rabbits on the farm. George protects Lennie at the beginning by telling him that if Lennie gets into trouble George won't let him "tend them rabbits." They are fleeing from their previous employment in Weed where they were run out of town after Lennie's love of stroking soft things resulted in an accusation of attempted rape when he touched and held onto a young woman's dress (not shown, but mentioned).