Helen Westley

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Show Boat
6.7

Show Boat

May 17, 1936
Malgré les objections de sa mère, la jeune fille naïve d'un capitaine de bateau d'exposition est mise en vedette en tant que nouvelle femme de tête de l'entreprise.
Music
Roberta
7

Roberta

Mar 07, 1935
Un ancien joueur de football, John Kent, rencontre Huck Haines et son jazz band, les Wabash Indianians, et ils voyagent ensemble. Ensemble, ils rendent visite à la tante de John, Roberta. Celle-ci tient un magasin de mode avec sa vendeuse Stéphanie dont John tombe amoureux. Après le décès de sa tante, c'est lui et ses compagnons de route qui reprennent le magasin.
Comedy
Dimples
6.441

Dimples

Oct 09, 1936
Dimples Appleby lives with her pick-pocket grandfather in 19th century New York City. She entertains the crowds while he works his racket. A rich lady makes it possible for the girl to go legit.
Drama
Ching-Ching
6.688

Ching-Ching

Dec 25, 1936
Barbara Stewart (Ching-Ching) est une orpheline recueillie par des missionnaires. Avant l'arrivée de très grands voleurs, Ching-Ching quitte Sanchow, petite ville de Chine et Sun Lo, un chinois très philosophe. Le jour de son arrivée à Shanghai, Ching-Ching rencontre Tommy Randall un millionnaire américain connu. En laissant la petite fille dans la voiture, Tommy part dans un café et lorsqu'il en sort, Barbara a disparu. Celle-ci s'était cachée dans le coffre à cause de la pluie qui commençait à tomber et s'était endormie. Tommy part en croisière et fait monter la voiture dans la cave du bateau alors que Ching-Ching est encore dedans. À son réveil, Ching-Ching fait malheureusement tomber une boîte et le capitaine la prend pour un passager clandestin.
Music
L'Étrangère
7.163

L'Étrangère

Jul 05, 1940
La Duchesse de Praslin est jalouse de sa domestique Henriette Deluzy, un peu trop proche de son mari à son goût.
Drama
La Folle Parade
6.6

La Folle Parade

May 24, 1938
Classical violinist, Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls in love with the band's singer, Stella, but his reluctance to lose her leads him to thwart her efforts to become a solo star. When the World War separates them in 1917, Stella marries Roger's best friend and, when Roger returns home after the war, an important concert at Carnegie Hall brings the corners of the romantic triangle together.
Music
Anne of Green Gables
5.7

Anne of Green Gables

Nov 23, 1934
Anne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept Anne, who quickly endears herself to them and to the local villagers.
Comedy
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
6.658
Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly set it up for her to broadcast.
Drama
Bedtime Story
5.9

Bedtime Story

Dec 25, 1941
A Braodway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is to retire to Connecticut and, following a few 'worlds-apart" discussion of the issue, they get a divorce. The actress marries a banker in a fit of pique only to quickly discover the divorce was not valid. She communicates this information to her not-yet ex-husband and he, to prevent consummation of the invalid marriage rescues her by sending plumbers, waiters, porters, chambermaids, bellhops, desk clerks, exterminators and, finally, a crowd of roistering conventioneers to the suite to ensure no bedtime story would take place there
Comedy
The Smiling Ghost
6.5

The Smiling Ghost

Sep 06, 1941
Elinor Bentley Fairchild's previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt hires Lucky Downing to become engaged to her for a month to break the curse. But Lucky becomes a target of what appears to be the ghost of one of the former fiances.
Comedy
Sunny
4.9

Sunny

May 30, 1941
Sunny is a 1941 film American film directed by Herbert Wilcox. It was adapted by Sig Herzig from the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical play Sunny. It stars Anna Neagle, Ray Bolger, John Carroll, Edward Everett Horton, Grace Hartman, Paul Hartman, Frieda Inescort, and Helen Westley.
Music
I'll Take Romance
5

I'll Take Romance

Nov 17, 1937
Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, however, Elsa breaks the contract in favor of a more lucrative deal in Paris. Desperate, James begins showering her with flowers and candy in an attempt to woo her to the Argentinian opera house. When Elsa overhears James confess to his friend Pancho that he'd be willing to resort to kidnapping to get Elsa to Argentina, she mistakenly believes his motives to be solely romantic.
Music
Café Metropole
6.9

Café Metropole

Apr 28, 1937
Un Américain se faisant passer pour un prince russe courtise une héritière de l'Ohio en visite.
Comedy
Lillian Russell
6.1

Lillian Russell

May 24, 1940
Histoire de vie de la star musicale de sa découverte en 1890 par le chef de groupe Tony Pastor jusqu'à sa retraite en 1912 quand elle a épousé le journaliste Alexander Moore.
Drama
Zaza
4.3

Zaza

Dec 29, 1938
A seductive music hall star falls in love with a married aristocrat.
Drama
Chasing Yesterday
3.5

Chasing Yesterday

May 03, 1935
An elderly bachelor, feeling nostalgic for his youth, seeks out his late sweetheart's teenage daughter, now an orphan forced to attend a strict boarding school.
Romance
Lady from Louisiana
5.3

Lady from Louisiana

Apr 22, 1941
Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Although he meets Julie Mirbeau and they are attracted to each other, the fact that her father heads the lottery means they end up on opposite sides. When her father is killed, Julie becomes more and more involved in the shady activities and in blocking Reynolds' attempts at prosecution.
Drama
She Married an Artist
1

She Married an Artist

Nov 27, 1937
Because Thornwood's portraits of comely model Sally Dennis are in such great demand, he is obliged to spend virtually all his time with Sally, which prompts Toni to seek retribution in divorce court.
Comedy
Heidi
6.857

Heidi

Oct 15, 1937
Petite orpheline, Heidi est recueillie dans un petit village suisse par son grand-père, un montagnard bourru qui succombe à son charme. Mais l'enfant est enlevée par sa tante et confiée à une famille ou elle est persécutée par sa méchante gouvernante
Drama
Looking for Trouble
7

Looking for Trouble

Mar 28, 1934
Joe and Casey trouble-shoot for the phone company. They try to prove that Joes's girl Ethel's boss Dan is a crook but are trapped by criminals and left in a burning building.
Crime
Splendor
6.3

Splendor

Nov 22, 1935
When Brighton Lorrimore returns home with his new bride, Phyllis, his family makes their disappointment in his choice obvious. Facing bankruptcy and the loss of their mansion and social position, they had hoped that Brighton would marry wealthy heiress and family friend, Edith Gilbert.
Comedy
Moulin Rouge
7

Moulin Rouge

Jan 10, 1934
A singer marries a famous composer, and after a while she gets the itch to go back on the stage. However, her husband won't let her. When she hears that a popular French singer named "Raquel" is coming to New York, she decides to go to Raquel with a plan--unbeknownst to her husband, "Raquel" is actually her sister, and her plan is for them to switch places so she can fulfill her dream of going back on the stage. However, things don't go quite as planned.
Comedy
Half Angel
1

Half Angel

May 22, 1936
Allison Long is acquitted on charges of poisoning her father but then her benefactor is poisoned. Reporter Duffy Giles has faith in her innocence.
Comedy
Banjo on My Knee
5.8

Banjo on My Knee

Dec 11, 1936
A young husband leaves his river shantyboat community in Pecan Point, Tennessee and travels to New Orleans in search of his runaway wife.
Comedy
Wife, Husband and Friend
6
Woman hopes to be a great singer and is encouraged by her scheming teacher. After she flops her husband, encouraged by an amorous professional singer tries opera and also flops.
Comedy
Keep Smiling
1

Keep Smiling

Aug 12, 1938
Jane breaks into the film business while also reviving the flagging career of her film director uncle and getting him hooked up with his secretary.
Comedy
Captain Hurricane
4.5

Captain Hurricane

Mar 01, 1935
Zenas Brewster is a seafaring man with a bad reputation. Notorious for his tempestuous nature, Brewster has earned the nickname of "Captain Hurricane." Brewster is smitten with neighbor Abbie Howland, but she doesn't like his temperament. After a period of retirement, a bad investment puts Brewster back at work on the sea. And when fire overtakes his ship, Hurricane proves heroic, selflessly rescuing his crew from a grisly and deadly fate.
Comedy
The Captain Is a Lady
6

The Captain Is a Lady

Jun 21, 1940
Because of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody finds lodging at a retirement home, but as only single women are allowed, the Captain has to make other arrangements. However, after witnessing their tearful goodbye, the home's residents vote to allow the couple to move in together. The Captain is a reluctant lodger, uncomfortable at being surrounded by so much femininity, and bristles when his pals start referring to him as "Old Lady". The time has come for Captain Peabody to reassert his manhood!
Comedy
My Favorite Spy
5.2

My Favorite Spy

Jun 12, 1942
The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy mission with a woman (Jane Wyman).
Comedy
Adam Had Four Sons
6

Adam Had Four Sons

Mar 27, 1941
Emilie has been hired to care for the four sons of wealthy Adam Stoddard and his wife, Molly. After Molly dies, Adam and the boys grow to depend on Emilie even more. At the same time, Emilie falls in love with Adam. The boys grow up, but Adam insists that Emilie stay on as part of the family. Her relationships with both the boys and Adam become strained after one son marries a gold-digging viper named Hester. Written by Daniel Bubbeo
Romance
The Melody Lingers on
1

The Melody Lingers on

Jul 11, 1935
A piano virtuoso has a child out of wedlock; the father, her fiancé, is killed trying to save her life. Their son is brought up by foster parents and becomes a musician.
War