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Shirley Mills is a Actor American born on 28 april 1926 at Washington (USA)
Shirley Olivia Mills (April 8, 1926 – March 31, 2010) was an American actress, best known for her roles as the youngest daughter in The Grapes of Wrath and as the titular character in Child Bride. In the latter, she is shown nude in a "skinny dipping" scene, filmed when she was about 12 years old, which became the basis for Child Bride being exhibited for many years as an exploitation film.
Shirley Hanson died in Arcadia, California on March 31, 2010, eight days before her 84th birthday, from complications of pneumonia. She was a devout Christian.
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Birth name Shirley Olivia Mills
Nationality USA
Birth 28 april 1926 at Washington (USA)
Death 21 march 2010 (at 83 years) at Arcadia (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 28 april 1926 at Washington (USA)
Death 21 march 2010 (at 83 years) at Arcadia (USA)
Biography
Born in Tacoma, Washington, Mills started her career as a child dancer, and later appeared in films such as Child Bride (1938) at the age of 12, The Grapes of Wrath (1939), and the Shirley Temple film Young People (1940). She stopped making films in her early twenties, and went on to be a singer and a data processing salesperson. She married Mel Hanson in 1977 who died in 1995; they had no children.Shirley Hanson died in Arcadia, California on March 31, 2010, eight days before her 84th birthday, from complications of pneumonia. She was a devout Christian.
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My Six Convicts (1952)
, 1h44Directed by Hugo Fregonese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Prison films
Actors John Beal, Gilbert Roland, Millard Mitchell, Marshall Thompson, Alf Kjellin, Fay Roope
Roles Blonde Tilly
Rating65%
My Six Convicts is the true story of a prison psychologist (John Beal) and his attempts to get through to his incarcerated patients. While dealing with serious issues, the film was created in comedic form. While the film is true to the overall spirit of the book, dramatic license was taken with the adaptation and certain events (e.g., the failed prison break and the resulting death of an innocent inmate) are fictional and were created solely to add dramatic elements to the film.
, 1h43Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Jeanne Crain, Scott Brady, Thelma Ritter, Zero Mostel, Michael O'Shea, Frank Fontaine
Roles Ina Kuschner
Rating69%
Through her "Contacts and Contracts" company, Mae Swasey is busy scheming to bring couples together. It is not very rewarding financially, and Mae is in debt. Even one of her seeming successes, Ina Kuschner's impending wedding to Radiographer Matt Hornbeck, does not go as hoped. Ina's mother refuses to pay Mae the agreed-upon $500 commission. Mae, however, gets the last laugh; Matt gets cold feet at the last moment and leaves the bride waiting at the altar.
The Family Secret (1951)
Directed by Henry Levin
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors John Derek, Lee J. Cobb, Jody Lawrance, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Santos Ortega, Henry O'Neill
Rating60%
Law student David Clark kills best friend Art Bradley in self-defense after an argument. He flees, but later confesses to his father, Howard, a lawyer. The next morning, Howard expects his son to explain what happened to district attorney Redman, but instead David merely asks the DA if he can be of any help after another man, Joe Elsner, is arrested. Elsner is a bookie to whom the dead man owed a debt.
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 Olivette
Rating63%
On Mother's Day, 1946, a woman known as Ziggy Brennan looks back on her life.
None Shall Escape (1944)
, 1h25Directed by André de Toth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Marsha Hunt, Alexander Knox, Henry Travers, Felix Basch, Richard Crane, Richard Hale
Roles Anna Oremska
Rating69%
The film centres around the trial of Grimm as a war criminal. Each character witness provides a flashback scene to a previous part of Grimm's life.
Nine Girls (1944)
, 1h18Directed by Leigh Jason
Genres Comedy
Actors Ann Harding, Evelyn Keyes, Anita Louise, Leslie Brooks, Jeff Donnell, Jinx Falkenburg
Roles "Tennessee" Collingwood
Rating64%
Une jeune fille est retrouvée assassinée, ses camarades de classe entreprennent de mener l'enquête.
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
, 1h48Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Serial killer films
Actors Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Hume Cronyn, Patricia Collinge, Henry Travers
Roles Shirley (uncredited)
Rating77%
Charlotte "Charlie" Newton is a bored teenager living in the idyllic town of Santa Rosa, California. She receives wonderful news: her mother's younger brother (her namesake), Charlie Oakley, is arriving for a visit. Two men appear, supposedly working on a national survey. One takes a photo of Uncle Charlie, who demands the roll of film because "no one takes my photograph." The younger surveyor, Jack Graham, asks young Charlie out, and she guesses that he is really a detective. He explains that her uncle is one of two suspects who may be the "Merry Widow Murderer". Charlie refuses to believe it at first, but then observes Uncle Charlie acting strangely. The initials engraved inside a ring he gave her match those of one of the murdered women. During a family dinner he reveals his hatred of rich widows, comparing them to fat animals deserving to be slaughtered.
Top Man (1943)
, 1h14Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Donald O'Connor, Susanna Foster, Lillian Gish, Richard Dix, Peggy Ryan, Anne Gwynne
Roles Dancer
Rating69%
True to Life (1943)
, 1h34Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mary Martin, Franchot Tone, Dick Powell, Victor Moore, William Demarest, Mabel Paige
Roles Radio Sister (uncredited)
Rating65%
Reveille with Beverly (1943)
, 1h18Directed by Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films, Political films
Actors Ann Miller, William Wright, Dick Purcell, Franklin Pangborn, Frank Sinatra, Larry Parks
Roles Laura Jean Oliver (uncredited)
Rating65%
Beverly Ross (Ann Miller) wants to be a radio personality, but has to run the switchboard at a local station. The blustery station owner Mr. Kennedy (Tim Ryan) wants no part of programming jive that she loves", preferring the classics.
Miss Annie Rooney (1942)
, 1h22Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Shirley Temple, Dickie Moore, Gloria Holden, William Gargan, Jonathan Hale, Guy Kibbee
Roles Audrey Hollis
Rating62%
Annie Rooney, the 14-year-old daughter of a struggling salesman, falls in love with rich, 16-year-old Marty White. While at first Marty's snobbish friends give Annie the cold shoulder, her jitterbug dancing skills impress, and soon she is a welcome addition to their circle. Marty's wealthy mother and father, who own a rubber-making business, are not as easily persuaded of Annie's worth. But when her father manages to invent a new form of synthetic rubber, her triumph is complete.
Young People (1940)
, 1h19Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Shirley Temple, Jack Oakie, Charlotte Greenwood, Arleen Whelan, George Montgomery, Kathleen Howard
Roles Mary Ann
Rating62%
Believing that it's good for their daughter Wendy (Shirley Temple), Joe Ballantine (Jack Oakie) and his wife Kit (Charlotte Greenwood) decide to retire their vaudeville act and move the family to a small New England town. But despite Wendy's many attempts to charm the locals, the "show folk" are given the cold shoulder. That is, until a hurricane hits the town, and because of the generosity, strength and conviction in the face of disaster, it appears that the troupers just might win over the residents in their new hometown after all.
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
, 2h9Directed by Otto Brower, John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Themes Films about families, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Political films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Shirley Mills, John Qualen, Eddie Quillan
Roles Ruth Joad
Rating80%
The film opens with Tom Joad (Henry Fonda), released from prison and hitchhiking his way back to his parents' family farm in Oklahoma. Tom finds an itinerant ex-preacher named Jim Casy (John Carradine) sitting under a tree by the side of the road. Casy was the preacher who baptized Tom, but now Casy has "lost the spirit" and his faith (presaging his imminent conversion to communism). Casy goes with Tom to the Joad property only to find it deserted. There, they meet Muley Graves (John Qualen) who is hiding out. In a flashback, he describes how farmers all over the area were forced from their farms by the deed holders of the land. A local boy (Irving Bacon), hired for the purpose, is shown knocking down Muley's house with a Caterpillar tractor. Following this, Tom and Casy move on to find the Joad family at Tom's Uncle John's place. His family is happy to see Tom and explain they have made plans to head for California in search of employment, as their farm has been foreclosed on by the bank. The large Joad family of twelve leaves at daybreak, along with Casy who decides to accompany them. They pack everything into a dilapidated 1926 Hudson "Super Six" sedan adapted to serve as a truck in order to make the long journey to the promised land of California.
Virginia City (1940)
, 1h58Directed by Humphrey Bogart, Errol Flynn, Randolph Scott, Miriam Hopkins, Michael Curtiz, Robert Buckner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Historical, Romance, Western
Actors Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh, Alan Hale
Roles Crying Young Southern Girl (uncredited)
Rating67%
Union officer Kerry Bradford (Errol Flynn) stages a daring escape from a Confederate prison run by prison commander Vance Irby (Randolph Scott) after learning that the rebels plan to smuggle five million dollars in gold from Virginia City, Nevada (in Union territory), to Texas, from where it can be shipped to Richmond, Virginia to aid the Confederate war effort. Bradford reports to Union headquarters and is immediately sent to Virginia City to determine where the gold is being kept. On the stagecoach, he meets and falls in love with the elegant Julia Hayne (Miriam Hopkins), who unbeknownst to him is in fact a dance-hall girl—and a rebel spy! Also on the stagecoach is the legendary John Murrell (Humphrey Bogart), leader of a gang of "banditos" traveling as a gun salesman. Before he and his gang can rob the stage, Bradford gets the drop on them and they escape empty-handed.
The Under-Pup (1939)
, 1h28Directed by Richard Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Gloria Jean, Robert Cummings, Nan Grey, C. Aubrey Smith, Beulah Bondi, Virginia Weidler
Roles Cecilia Layton
Rating65%
L'histoire est adaptée par Grover Jones à partir d'une histoire tirée d'une magazine de l'auteur australien Wylie. Gloria est envoyée dans un camp d'été pour des filles de familles aisées. Elle est d'abord harcelée par les autres filles mais elle se défend et gagne le cœur de tout le monde.