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Phyllis Crane is a Actor Canadienne born on 7 august 1914 at Calgary (Canada)
Phyllis Crane (August 7, 1914 – October 12, 1982) was a Canadian-born American film actress. She appeared in over 45 films between 1928 and 1937.
Crane signed with Columbia Pictures in 1934. Modern viewers will recognize Crane from her appearances in several early Three Stooges films, such as Three Little Pigskins, Uncivil Warriors, and Pop Goes the Easel. Perhaps her most famous role was as Professor Nichols' daughter in Hoi Polloi who Moe Howard tries to romance. While talking to him, she coos that he will find the "eternal spring" (the season).
Crane died of esophageal cancer in New York City on October 12, 1982.
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Nationality Canada
Birth 7 august 1914 at Calgary (Canada)
Death 12 october 1982 (at 68 years) at New York City (USA)
Birth 7 august 1914 at Calgary (Canada)
Death 12 october 1982 (at 68 years) at New York City (USA)
Crane signed with Columbia Pictures in 1934. Modern viewers will recognize Crane from her appearances in several early Three Stooges films, such as Three Little Pigskins, Uncivil Warriors, and Pop Goes the Easel. Perhaps her most famous role was as Professor Nichols' daughter in Hoi Polloi who Moe Howard tries to romance. While talking to him, she coos that he will find the "eternal spring" (the season).
Crane died of esophageal cancer in New York City on October 12, 1982.
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My Man Godfrey (1936)
, 1h34Directed by Gregory La Cava
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady, Gail Patrick, Eugene Pallette, Mischa Auer
Roles Party Guest (uncredited)
Rating78%
Source: During the Great Depression, Godfrey "Smith" Parke (William Powell) is living alongside other men down on their luck at the city dump. One night, spoiled socialite Cornelia Bullock (Gail Patrick) offers him five dollars ($83 in 2013) to be her "forgotten man" for a scavenger hunt. Annoyed, he advances on her, causing her to retreat and fall on a pile of ashes. She leaves in a fury, much to the glee of her younger sister, Irene (Carole Lombard). After talking with her, Godfrey finds her to be kind, if a bit scatter-brained. He offers to go with Irene to help her beat Cornelia.
Three on a Limb (1936)
, 18minutesDirected by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Buster Keaton, Lona Andre, Harold Goodwin, Barbara Bedford, Harold Goodwin, Grant Withers
Roles Molly's Friend the Car-Hop
Rating58%
Le chef scout Elmer Brown perd son cœur à cause de la jolie carhop qui travaille dans un restaurant avec service au volant. Son fiancé policier vient compliquer ses désirs romantiques. Lorsqu'il essaie d'éliminer Elmer en lui donnant des contraventions pour chaque infraction imaginable, la jeune fille a pitié du martyr Elmer et ils s'en vont ensemble. Elle l'informe qu'elle repousse également un autre prétendant, Oscar ; et pour aggraver les choses, son père soutient le flic tandis que sa mère fait la promotion d'Oscar. Finalement, les trois hommes finissent par se disputer sa main lors d'une cérémonie de mariage chaotique qui se termine par Elmer remportant sa bien-aimée.
A Pain in the Pullman (1936)
Directed by Jack White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Bud Jamison, James C. Morton, Eddie Laughton
Roles Girl Curly Kisses (uncredited)
Rating75%
The Stooges are small time actors traveling by train to an engagement—and fleeing the landlady for their unpaid rent. They are told to put their pet monkey, Joe, in the baggage car, but are afraid he will get hurt. They sneak Joe onto the Southern Pacific train with them, but Joe gets loose, And they have a hard time getting up to the berth bed by making a lot of noise and managing to awaken and annoy all of the train's passengers, including Mr. Paul Pain (James C. Morton) and Mr. Johnson the stage manager and boss (Bud Jamison), the latter of which routinely bonks his head on the upper berth upon awakening. Ultimately, a terrified Joe pulls the train's emergency cord, abruptly stopping the train in the process. The passengers then forcibly remove the Stooges from the train because they were fired for making a lot of noises and bringing their pet monkey onto the train and they land on three cows and hobble away.
Every Night at Eight (1935)
, 1h20Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors George Raft, Alice Faye, Frances Langford, Patsy Kelly, Walter Catlett, Herman Bing
Roles Telephonist (uncredited)
Rating62%
Susan Moore, Dixie Foley et Daphne O'Connor sont licenciées par leur patron, Huxley, lorsque celui-ci découvre qu'elles enregistrent un disque sur leur temps de travail. Sans un sou, elles sont expulsées de leur appartement pour n'avoir pas payé le loyer. À la suite de leur participation à un radio crochet, elles vont devenir les protégées de "Tops" Cardona, qui a gagné le concours avec son orchestre. Ils les fait passer dans son show radiophonique et elles deviennent célèbres.
Hoi Polloi (1935)
Directed by Del Lord
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Harry Holman, Phyllis Crane, Geneva Mitchell
Roles Nichols' Daughter (uncredited)
Rating79%
In a Stooge adaptation of Pygmalion, Professor Richmond (Harry Holman), certain that environment and not heredity dictates social behavior, bets one of his peers, Professor Nichols (Robert Graves) $10,000 that he can take a common man and through environment and proper training turn him into a gentleman. Naturally, the Stooges, who are garbage men, are discovered and made the subjects of the wager. After many attempts to teach them proper etiquette (including a dance class punctuated by an errant bee) that happens to fly down the back of their female dance instructor, the Stooges will decide the wager by their behavior at a fancy society party.
Murder in the Fleet (1935)
, 1h9Directed by Edward Sedgwick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Robert Taylor, Jean Parker, Ted Healy, Una Merkel, Nat Pendleton, Jean Hersholt
Roles Woman Trying to Leave Ship (Uncredited)
Rating55%
Captain John Winslow (Arthur Byron) is notified by the Secretary of the Navy that his cruiser will be receiving a new firing control gear manufactured by World Electric company, which is supposed to revolutionize naval warfare. The gear vanishes and is quickly located by intelligence officers where it is being transported across the Mexican border.
Pop Goes the Easel (1935)
Directed by Del Lord
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Bobby Burns, Phyllis Crane, Neal Burns
Roles Model in Tights (uncredited)
Rating76%
The onset of the Great Depression has forced the Stooges to look for jobs.Taking a merchant's brooms to sweep his sidewalk,they are mistaken as thieves by him, and soon find themselves on the run from the police. With a cop chasing them, they flee into an art school where they are mistaken for students. They take their first art lessons while hiding from the police, resulting in a climactic clay fight that takes no prisoners (the persistent cop is among the numerous people who got hit). The film ends when three art students break sculptures over the boys' heads, resulting in them being soundly beaten up.
Uncivil Warriors (1935)
Directed by Del Lord
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Political films, Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Bud Jamison, Theodore Lorch, Lew Davis
Roles Miss Judith Buttz (uncredited)
Rating75%
Set during the American Civil War, the short begins with a Northern General (James C. Morton) assigning Larry, Moe, and Curly (as Operators 12, 14 and 15, respectively) to sneak behind enemy lines and obtain secrets. Disguising themselves as southern officers and taking the names Lieutenant Duck (Larry), Captain Dodge (Moe) and Major Hyde (Curly), they insinuate themselves into the mansion of southern officer, Colonel Butts (Bud Jamison).
Alias Mary Dow (1935)
, 1h5Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Sally Eilers, Ray Milland, Henry O'Neill, Katharine Alexander, Chick Chandler, Addison Richards
Roles Maid (uncredited)
Rating68%
Three Little Pigskins (1934)
, 20minutesDirected by Ray McCarey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Lucille Ball, Phyllis Crane, Walter Long
Roles Molly Gray
Rating73%
The Stooges are "recruited" by a college to drum up publicity for the college's football team by being dressed up as football players. Meanwhile, the owner of a professional football team, Joe Stacks, has to find three new players for the next game. One of Joe's girlfriends soon meets the Stooges and confuses them for genuine college football players known as "The Three Horsemen" (a parody of the "Four Horsemen" of Notre Dame fame). The Stooges go back to her house and meet the girl's two friends.
Men in Black (1934)
, 19minutesDirected by Ray McCarey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Dell Henderson, Billy Gilbert, Bud Jamison
Roles Anna Conda (uncredited)
Rating76%
The trio play medical school graduates whose only credentials are that they had the highest temperatures in their class. They are hired as doctors at the "Los Arms Hospital" only because they have been in their senior class for too many years. The new graduates at the hospital are warned by the superintendent that all three of them (the Stooges) are "not overly bright," but it is rumored that their identities will be concealed as long as they promise to devote their lives to "the glorious cause of duty and humanity", which prompts the three to step forward and thank him profusely for not being able to let their identities be known. The superintendent has told the Stooges to rush and answer the loudspeaker whenever their names are called. The short consists of a series of skits in which the Stooges go from one patient to the next, making mistakes ranging from drinking a patient's medicine to sewing their tools inside a man on the operating table.
Elmer, the Great (1933)
, 1h12Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Sports films, Baseball films, Films based on plays
Actors Joe E. Brown, Patricia Ellis, Frank McHugh, Claire Dodd, Preston Foster, Russell Hopton
Roles Gentryville Journal reporter (uncredited)
Rating60%
Elmer Kane (Joe E. Brown) is a rookie ballplayer with the Chicago Cubs whose ego is matched only by his appetite. Because he is not only vain but naive, Elmer's teammates take great delight in pulling practical jokes on him. Still, he is so valuable a player that the Cubs management hides the letters from his hometown sweetheart Nellie (Patricia Ellis), so that Elmer won't bolt the team and head for home. When Nellie comes to visit Elmer, she finds him in an innocent but compromising situation with a glamorous actress (Claire Dodd). She turns her back on him, and disconsolate Elmer tries to forget his troubles at a crooked gambling house. Elmer incurs an enormous gambling debt, which the casino's owner is willing to forget if Elmer will only throw the deciding World Series game (which he refers to as the World Serious).
Keep Laughing (1932)
, 17minutesDirected by Roscoe Arbuckle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Monte Collins, Addie McPhail, Bryant Washburn, Dorothy Granger, George Davis, Phyllis Crane
Young Bride (1932)
, 1h16Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Helen Twelvetrees, Eric Linden, Arline Judge, Roscoe Ates, Blanche Friderici, Cliff Edwards
Roles The Taxi Dancer
Rating61%
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Ten Cents a Dance (1931)
, 1h15Directed by Lionel Barrymore, Richard Rosson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Dance films
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Ricardo Cortez, Monroe Owsley, Sally Blane, Blanche Friderici, Phyllis Crane
Roles Eunice
Rating64%
A beautiful streetwise taxi dancer named Barbara O'Neill (Barbara Stanwyck) works at a New York City dance hall called Palais de Dance. One of the dance hall's wealthy patrons, Bradley Carlton (Ricardo Cortez), comes to the hall and gives Barbara $100. Concerned about her unemployed friend and neighbor Eddie Miller (Monroe Owsley), Barbara asks Bradley to give him a job, and he agrees. That night they have dinner together.