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Nell O'Day is a Actor American born on 22 september 1909 at Prairie Hill, Washington County (USA)
Nell O'Day (September 22, 1909 – January 3, 1989) was an accomplished equestrian and B-movie actress of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Prairie Hill, Texas, O'Day was a good looking woman in her youth, and had her first screen roles in the 1920s as a teenager.
Her first starring role was in 1932 when she starred in Rackety Rax opposite Victor McLaglen and Greta Nissan. From 1933 through 1940 she would star in nineteen films, with only a small number of those being western films. Starting in 1941 she began starring in roles placing her as the heroine in westerns, often opposite Johnny Mack Brown, Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max Terhune, and John 'Dusty' King.
In 1942 she starred as the heroine in several cliffhanger episodes of Perils of the Royal Mounted. In 1943, under contract with Republic Pictures, she began starring in the serial films the Three Mesquiteers, alongside Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Jimmie Dodd. Her last starring role was in 1943, in the film Boss of the Rawhide, opposite Dave O'Brien. She had one more role, in 1946 when she starred in The Story of Kenneth W. Randall M.D., but concentrated mostly on writing screenplays and stage plays.
She spent the rest of her life writing for stage and screen. She died of a heart attack on January 3, 1989, in Los Angeles, California.
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Nell O'Day
Nationality USA
Birth 22 september 1909 at Prairie Hill, Washington County (USA)
Death 3 january 1989 (at 79 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 22 september 1909 at Prairie Hill, Washington County (USA)
Death 3 january 1989 (at 79 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Her first starring role was in 1932 when she starred in Rackety Rax opposite Victor McLaglen and Greta Nissan. From 1933 through 1940 she would star in nineteen films, with only a small number of those being western films. Starting in 1941 she began starring in roles placing her as the heroine in westerns, often opposite Johnny Mack Brown, Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max Terhune, and John 'Dusty' King.
In 1942 she starred as the heroine in several cliffhanger episodes of Perils of the Royal Mounted. In 1943, under contract with Republic Pictures, she began starring in the serial films the Three Mesquiteers, alongside Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Jimmie Dodd. Her last starring role was in 1943, in the film Boss of the Rawhide, opposite Dave O'Brien. She had one more role, in 1946 when she starred in The Story of Kenneth W. Randall M.D., but concentrated mostly on writing screenplays and stage plays.
She spent the rest of her life writing for stage and screen. She died of a heart attack on January 3, 1989, in Los Angeles, California.
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Thundering Trails (1943)
, 1hDirected by John English
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Jimmie Dodd, Nell O'Day, Sam Flint, Karl Hackett
Roles Edith Walker
Rating67%
Arizona Stage Coach (1942)
, 58minutesOrigin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Ray Corrigan, Richard Cramer, John King, Max Terhune, Nell O'Day, Charles King
Roles Dorrie Willard
Rating49%
The Range Busters take on a gang of stagecoach robbers who are operating with the assistance of crooked employees of Wells Fargo.
, 1hDirected by Harold Young
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Hugh Herbert, Peggy Moran, Guy Kibbee, Tom Brown, Edgar Kennedy, Catherine Doucet
Roles Antoinette
Rating56%
With a helpful push from his wife Minerva, Lemuel P. Twine, "Lem", decides to enter the scene of politics, by running a campaign as reform-mayor of his hometown Witumpka Falls. Normally he runs the Twine's Tasty Pudding Powder Company.
The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)
, 1h1Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Crime
Actors María Montez, Patric Knowles, Maria Ouspenskaïa, John Litel, Edward Norris, Lloyd Corrigan
Roles Camille Roget
Rating59%
Pirates of the Prairie (1942)
Directed by Howard Bretherton
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Tim Holt, Cliff Edwards, Nell O'Day, John Elliott, Roy Barcroft, Karl Hackett
Roles Helen Spencer
Rating58%
En Arizona, deux petites villes, Spencerville de l'ouest et Spencerville de l'est, sont séparées par un fossé et une querelle dont l'origine a été perdue au cours des décennies. Pour maintenir l'ordre entre elles, les deux villes sont régies par un comité de vigilants dont le chef, Lew Harmon, met à profit la discorde pour racketter les habitants, les éleveurs et le chemin de fer. Le marshal US Larry Durant est envoyé pour rétablir l'ordre. Dans un premier temps, il se fait passer pour un armurier venu s'établir dans la région.
Perils of the Royal Mounted (1942)
Directed by James W. Horne
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime, Western
Actors Robert Kellard, Nell O'Day, Kenneth MacDonald, Herbert Rawlinson, Richard Fiske, John Elliott
Roles Diana Blake
Rating66%
This serial shows as the trading post of Sitkawan, Canada is taken by surprise when an Indian tribe attack and massacre the settlers aboard a fur-bearing wagon train. Sergeant MacLane of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is assigned to investigate the case. MacLane soon realise that the attackers were led by Mort Ransome, a nasty renegade, who had been conspiring with Black Bear, medicine man of the tribe, to incite the heretofore friendly tribe for his own gain. He also learns that two white renegades have kidnapped Diana Blake, daughter of the local post factor, and saves her from a runaway wagon just before it plunges over a cliff. Perils of the Royal Mounted also features stereotypically Northern genre elements including trappers, lumberjacks, trading posts, rebellious braves, forest fires, avalanches, and a wide range of dangerous wildlife.
Back Street (1941)
, 1h29Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Charles Boyer, Margaret Sullavan, Richard Carlson, Frank McHugh, Tim Holt, Frank Jenks
Roles Elizabeth Saxel
Rating66%
The film is set in the early 1900s. It tells the story of a pretty and independent young woman, Rae Smith, who lives in Cincinnati. She has many suitors, none of whom she takes seriously. One day she meets an extremely charming and handsome banker named Walter Louis Saxel, and they fall immediately into a strong attraction, which for her is real love. After a few days of closeness she is shocked when he tells her he is already engaged to someone else. Nonetheless the two of them very nearly marry one another on an impulse, but they are prevented from doing so by arbitrary external forces.
Buck Privates (1941)
, 1h24Directed by Arthur Lubin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Military humor in film, Political films, Buddy films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lee Bowman, Jane Frazee, Nat Pendleton, Samuel S. Hinds
Roles Camp Hostess (uncredited)
Rating69%
Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown (Abbott and Costello) are sidewalk peddlers who hawk neckties out of a suitcase. They are chased by a cop and duck into a movie theater, not realizing that it is now being used as an Army Recruitment Center. Believing that they are signing up for theater prizes, they end up enlisting instead.
, 1h17Directed by Edward F. Cline
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors W. C. Fields, Gloria Jean, Leon Errol, Anne Nagel, Margaret Dumont, Franklin Pangborn
Roles The Salesgirl
Rating69%
Introduction : Après une première scène où nous voyons W. C. Fields déambuler sous un panneau publicitaire vantant son dernier film puis dans un pub, nous assistons à une séance de répétition très tourmentée au sein des studios "Ésotériques" impliquant Gloria Jean, la nièce de W. C. Fields et Franklin Pangborn le producteur. Ensuite, W. C. Fields vient présenter à Franklin Pangborn le scénario de son prochain film. Nous avons alors, à la lecture du scénario, un film dans le film puisque celui-ci est interprété au fur et à mesure que le producteur le découvre.
Law of the Range (1941)
Directed by Ray Taylor
Genres Musical, Western
Actors Fuzzy Knight, John Mack Brown, Nell O'Day, Patrick H. O'Malley Jr., Charles King, Jack Rockwell
Roles Mary O'Brien
Rating58%
Law and Order (1940)
, 57minutesDirected by Ray Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O'Day, James Craig, Harry Cording, Earle Hodgins
Roles Sally Dixon
Rating60%
At the beginning of the film, Bill Ralston arrests a bad cowboy named Deadwood and takes him to Judge Williams. Ralston returns to his girl, Sally Dixon, before she is shot in the chest 8 times by Brant, a goon of Deadwood's, and Poe Daggett, an old enemy of Ralston. Ralston shoots Daggett in the knee, and the two run away into the saloon. He sees all of his friends including Sheriff Fin Elder at the Saloon, and they sing him a song. Then Daggett comes behind the Sheriff and tries to kill him, but Poe's brother, Walt, stops him from doing it. Everyone gets into a big fight, and in the end, the only survivors are Bill Ralston and Sheriff Fin Elder.
Saturday's Children (1940)
, 1h43Directed by Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors John Garfield, Anne Shirley, Claude Rains, Lee Patrick, George Tobias, Roscoe Karns
Roles Girl at Party (uncredited)
Rating63%
Twenty-two-year-old Bobby Halevy falls in love with her fellow employee, Rims Rosson. Rosson is an idealistic dreamer and would-be inventor whose get-rich scheme is going off to Manila to turn hemp into silk. Their romance flourishes until Bobby is talked into tricking Rims into marriage. Living poor and on the verge of breaking up, the couple realizes that there is more to life than having a lot of money.
Boss of Bullion City (1940)
, 1h3Directed by Ray Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Crime, Western
Actors John Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O'Day, María Montez, Harry Woods, Earle Hodgins
Roles Martha Hadley
Rating54%
Convention Girl (1935)
, 1h6Directed by Luther Reed
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Actors Rose Hobart, Shemp Howard, Herbert Rawlinson, Sally O'Neil, Nancy Kelly, Nell O'Day
Roles Daisy Miller, Tommy's Sweetheart
Rating55%
The Road to Ruin (1934)
, 1h2Directed by Dorothy Davenport, Melville Shyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Helen Foster, Nell O'Day, Mae Busch, Paul Page, Dorothy Davenport, Virginia True Boardman
Roles Eve Monroe
Rating47%
Une jeune femme rencontre un groupe de marginaux et se laisse entraîner dans un tourbillon de drogue, d’alcool et de débauche… Elle finit par devenir une droguée alcoolique et enceinte et est forcée d'avorter.