Fay Bainter

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L'insoumise
7.023

L'insoumise

Mar 26, 1938
Sud des Etats-Unis, XIXe. Fâchée avec Pres, son fiancé, Julie profite de l'Olympic Ball, un important évènement social, pour projeter de l'humilier alors que leur mariage doit y être officiellement annoncé. Les femmes célibataires doivent y apparaître en blanc, elle viendra en rouge. Les fiançailles sont rompues. Trois ans plus tard, Pres revient dans la plantation, accompagné de sa femme Amy. Atteint de la fièvre jaune lors d'une épidémie, Julie doit s'occuper de lui.
Drama
La Rumeur
7.7

La Rumeur

Dec 19, 1961
Dans une région huppée des États-Unis, Karen et Martha, deux amies de longue date (elles se sont connues lors de leurs études), réussissent, après des débuts difficiles, à rentabiliser leur pensionnat privé pour filles. Karen est fiancée au docteur Joe Cardin dont Martha est un peu jalouse. Les deux directrices surprennent fréquemment une de leurs petites pensionnaires, Mary Tilford, en train de mentir effrontément. Punie, et irritée contre ses professeurs, la fillette, soutenue par l’une de ses compagnes de chambrée, Rosalie, sur laquelle elle exerce un chantage après avoir découvert la kleptomanie de celle-ci, raconte à sa richissime grand-mère Amelia Tilford qu’elle a vu les deux directrices avoir des rapports inavouables. Comme une traînée de poudre, tous les parents retirent leurs enfants du pensionnat aussitôt déserté. Après un procès perdu, les deux jeunes femmes, dont la réputation est désormais détruite, sont encore confrontées à d’autres épreuves...
Drama
La Femme de l'année
6.9

La Femme de l'année

Feb 05, 1942
Sam Craig, reporter sportif dans un quotidien new-yorkais, supporte mal les remarques sur le sport de sa collègue Tess Harding, fille de diplomate et chroniqueuse à la rubrique internationale. Ils se querellent car tout les oppose. Mais, au grand étonnement de leurs amis, ils se marient ! Commencent les difficultés. Leurs intérêts divergent, l’un raffole des matchs de baseball, de réunions intimes entre amis et de plaisirs simples, l’autre, plus sophistiquée, baigne dans les mondanités, les meetings féministes et la politique… De plus, Tess est nommée « femme de l’année » ! La vie privée des jeunes époux devient chaotique et Sam, excédé, quitte le domicile conjugal. Tess, se rendant compte de l’amour qu’elle porte à Sam, décide de le reconquérir et se glisse un petit matin chez lui, elle lui prépare un petit-déjeuner qui vire à la catastrophe. Touché par les efforts de Tess, Sam se réconcilie avec sa femme.
Comedy
Notre ville
5.8

Notre ville

May 24, 1940
Le changement vient lentement à une petite ville du New Hampshire au début du 20ème siècle. Nous voyons la naissance, la vie et la mort dans cette petite communauté.
Drama
Le Corps céleste
5.7

Le Corps céleste

Mar 23, 1944
La belle épouse d'un astronome devient convaincue que la prédiction de son astrologue annonçant un nouvel homme dans sa vie se réalisera.
Comedy
La foire aux illusions
6.6
A la veille d'un comice agricole, un père de famille n'a qu'une seule idée en tête : primer son cochon. Mais les enfants pensent à autre chose...
Music
La Vie secrète de Walter Mitty
6.7
Un jeune auteur, Walter Mitty, travaille comme correcteur dans une maison d'édition de pulp fictions (ouvrages à bon marché). Au cours de rêves éveillés, il s'imagine tour à tour grand chirurgien, pilote de la RAF, capitaine d'un vaisseau corsaire, terreur du Far West, etc. Dans chacune de ces scènes, il voit une superbe jeune fille blonde en danger. Jusqu'au jour où, malencontreusement, il se retrouve face à un vrai réseau d'espions à la poursuite de la jeune fille blonde, bien réelle. Personne ne le croit dans son entourage. Il lutte donc seul face à un psychanalyste trop doux pour être honnête et une bande de personnages dirigés par un professeur hollandais passionné de roses.
Comedy
Place aux jeunes
7.529

Place aux jeunes

May 09, 1937
Un vieux couple, Lucy et Barkley Cooper, réunissent leurs enfants pour leur annoncer qu'ils risquent de perdre leur maison s'ils ne trouvent pas rapidement une somme relativement importante. Chacun des enfants a une bonne raison d'échapper à cette facture. Il est finalement décide que Lucy ira habiter chez Georges, et Barkley chez Cora jusqu'a ce que Nellie ait un appartement assez grand pour les héberger ensemble. La cohabitation s'avère vite difficile.
Drama
Dark Waters
5.8

Dark Waters

Nov 21, 1944
Leslie Calvin, the sole survivor of a submarine accident, goes to her relatives in order to recover emotionally. Unfortunately, she encounters various scam artists led by Mr. Sydney who intend to kill her and steal the family assets. Dr. George Grover helps Leslie to defeat Sydney.
Mystery
Lily Mars Vedette
6.1

Lily Mars Vedette

Apr 29, 1943
Ainée de cinq enfants, Lily Mars décide de conquérir Broadway. Elle obtient un petit rôle dans une comédie musicale puis est choisie pour remplacer la vedette. Le producteur, John Thornway, lui trouve un manque de maturité professionnelle. Ne désespérant pas, elle travaille pour devenir une grande star...
Music
Journey for Margaret
6.6

Journey for Margaret

Dec 17, 1942
An American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening days of WWII. After a shrapnel wound and loss of her baby she returns to America. War weary, he is forced to do a story about war orphans, where he meets Margaret.
Drama
Débuts à Broadway
6.4

Débuts à Broadway

Dec 31, 1941
Des jeunes passionnés de chant, de danse et de jazz, décrochent un contrat sur une scène de Broadway : la chance de leur vie...
Comedy
Deep Valley
5.8

Deep Valley

Jul 30, 1947
A shy California farm girl falls head-over-heels in love with Barry Burnett, a fugitive from a chain gang building a road through the wilderness.
Drama
The Soldier and the Lady
6.5
Les aventures de Michel Strogoff, depeche par le tsar pour porter un message ultra-confidentiel a Irkoutsk. En chemin, des embuches, et au final, des larmes salvatrices.
Adventure
The Human Comedy
6.2

The Human Comedy

Mar 02, 1943
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.
Drama
Pour un baiser
5.9

Pour un baiser

Mar 26, 1937
En Angleterre, au début du XIXe siècle. Le docteur Valentine Brown est appelé sous les drapeaux. Il laisse derrière lui la femme qui l'aime, Phoebe Throssel, avant même d'avoir pu s'unir à elle par les liens du mariage. La guerre contre Napoléon le retient au loin durant dix ans. Le jour de son retour, le temps a tellement changé le visage de Phoebe qu'il ne la reconnaît pas. La douleur de la fiancée est immense, mais elle n'en laisse rien paraître. Elle décide de se faire passer pour sa propre nièce et de tout mettre en œuvre pour reconquérir l'être aimé...
Comedy
Cry 'Havoc'
6.3

Cry 'Havoc'

Nov 23, 1943
The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn't what they expected. A motley crew, including a Southern belle, a waitress, and a stripper, show up. Many conflicts arise among these women who are thrown together in what is a desperate and ultimately hopeless situation.
Drama
Jeune Tom Edison
5.6

Jeune Tom Edison

Mar 15, 1940
L'inventeur Thomas Edison enfance de est chronique et lui montre un jeune homme dont les premières inventions et expériences scientifiques finissent généralement causer des résultats désastreux. En conséquence, les gens pensent tous les villes Tom est fou, et la création d'une relation tendue entre Tom et son père. Toms seule consolation est sa mère qui croit comprendre qu'il est dirigé à faire de grandes choses.
Drama
Salute to the Marines
6.8

Salute to the Marines

Sep 02, 1943
It is a comic book propaganda film which has Beery as a retired USMC NCO who, when the Japanese invade the Philippines, leads a heroic defense, first by strangling a Nazi agent, and then dying in his dress blues uniform while blowing up a bridge.
Comedy
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
4.8
Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the war effort until she realizes that her selfishness is cheating the boys overseas who are fighting for her freedom.
Drama
The President's Lady
6.9

The President's Lady

May 21, 1953
The story of president Andrew Jackson from his early years, through his meeting with and subsequent marriage to Rachel Donelson Robards. The plot concentrates on the later scandal concerning the legality of their marriage and how they overcame the difficulties.
Drama
White Banners
5.8

White Banners

Jun 23, 1938
A homeless woman named Hannah drifts into the lives of the kindly Ward family, in a small Indiana town in 1919. Hannah makes herself useful as a cook and housekeeper and stays with the Wards... but her real interest is in meeting their neighbor, teenager Peter Trimble. It turns out that Peter is the son she bore out of wedlock and gave up for adoption, and now Hannah has returned to town to see what sort of young man her son has become.
Drama
June Bride
7.2

June Bride

Oct 29, 1948
A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong.
Romance
The Kid from Brooklyn
6.2

The Kid from Brooklyn

Mar 21, 1946
Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The newspapers get hold of the story and photographers even catch Burleigh knock out Speed again. Speed's crooked manager decides to turn Burleigh into a fighter. Burleigh doesn't realize that all of his opponents have been asked to take a dive. Thinking he really is a great fighter, Burleigh develops a swelled head which puts a crimp in his relationship with pretty nightclub singer Polly Pringle. He may finally get his comeuppance when he challenges Speed for the title.
Comedy
L'Ensorceleuse
6.6

L'Ensorceleuse

Nov 18, 1938
Olivia, danseuse de night-club lasse de sa vie agitée, épouse un homme de la société davantage pour changer de vie que par amour. Lorsqu'ils emménagent tous deux dans la grande ferme familiale, la situation se complique avec sa belle-famille. La sœur de son mari lui fait sentir son ressentiment tandis que le frère, marié à un amour de jeunesse, s'éprend de la jolie danseuse…
Drama
Daughters Courageous
6.2

Daughters Courageous

Jun 23, 1939
Nan Masters, a single mother living with her four marriageable daughters, plans to marry Sam Sloane, businessman. Out of the blue her first husband Jim returns after deserting the family 20 years earlier. The worldly wanderer Jim gets a cool family reception at first but his warm personality gradually wins the affections of his four daughters. In fact, youngest daughter Buff, who has her eye on a maverick of her own in Gabriel Lopez, is pleased when Jim grants his stamp of approval on her relationship. Buff plans to elope with Gabriel on her mother's wedding day, but 'unpredictable' is Gabriel's middle name.
Drama
Hollywood Graffiti
6.5

Hollywood Graffiti

Feb 25, 1983
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
Documentary
3 Is a Family
1

3 Is a Family

Nov 23, 1944
Based on a play by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, "3 Is a Family" is a 1940s farce. Charlie Ruggles plays a hubby whose bungled business schemes force his wife, Fay Bainter, to enter the workplace. The couple's daughter, Marjorie Reynolds, shows up with her twin babies in tow. Son Arthur Lake arrives with his pregnant wife (Jeff Donnell). And overbearing maiden aunt Helen Broderick also decides to move in. Because his wife is away at work, poor old Charlie Ruggles is not only housekeeper, but nursemaid and servant as well.
Comedy
Maryland
6.2

Maryland

Jul 19, 1940
A woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do with horses. But when he falls for the daughter of his father's trainer, he defies his mother by entering the Maryland Hunt.
Drama
Close to My Heart
6.5

Close to My Heart

Oct 01, 1951
Lorsque qu’elle apprend avec certitude qu’elle ne pourra avoir d’enfants, Midge Sheridan convainc son mari d’en adopter un. Pour éviter d’avoir à attendre plus de deux ans sur la liste d’attentes du centre d’adoption, elle se prend d’affection pour un bébé trouvé dont personne ne connait les origines…
Drama
The Arkansas Traveler
6

The Arkansas Traveler

Oct 14, 1938
The Arkansas Traveler, an itinerant printer, returns to a small town to help save The Daily Record, a newspaper started by Mr. Allen, an old friend who is now deceased.
Comedy
Yes, My Darling Daughter
4
Ellen is a free spirited young woman in love with Doug. Sadly he must leave America for a two year job in Belgium. Ellen and Doug decide to spend their last weekend together in a tourist cabin at a rural lake. Her family is shocked that a young unmarried woman would engage in such amoral activity. The comic plot develops as Ellen argues her case for women's freedom and independence, trying to win over her mother, grandmother, and other dubious relatives.
Comedy
Le Traître du Far-West
6.1
Molly Woods, fatiguée de sa vie monotone dans le Vermont, quitte son prétendant et part s’émanciper dans l’Ouest pour y devenir institutrice. Elle s’installe dans le Wyoming où elle rencontre "Le Virginien", un cow-boy qui tombe immédiatement amoureux d’elle, et Steve, son meilleur ami. Ce dernier, appâté par le gain et partisan du moindre effort, se rallie à un homme tout de noir vêtu, Trampas, dont le cheptel augmente à une vitesse ahurissante au détriment des autres fermiers et éleveurs.
Western
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
6.5
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Bainter, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, and more, with host Bob Hope.
Documentary
Mr. Gardenia Jones
4.2

Mr. Gardenia Jones

May 29, 1942
Documentary short film depicting the work of the United Service Organizations (USO) in providing recreational and morale-boosting services for American troops.
Documentary
And the Oscar Goes To...
6.971
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Documentary
Studio One
4.7

Studio One

Sep 29, 1958
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.
Drama
Thriller
6.4

Thriller

Apr 30, 1962
Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff introducing a mix of self-contained, macabre weird-horror and morbid, hitchockian crime stories, in some of which he also starred.
Crime
Lux Video Theatre
6

Lux Video Theatre

Sep 12, 1957
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
Drama
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
Drama
Adventures in Paradise
5.7
Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as Adam Troy, the captain of the schooner Tiki III, which sailed the South Pacific looking for passengers and adventure. USA Network aired reruns of this series between 1984 and 1988. The plots deal with the romantic and detective stories of Korean War veteran Troy. The supporting cast, varying from season to season, features George Tobias, Guy Stockwell, and Linda Lawson.
Action & Adventure
The Donna Reed Show
6.3

The Donna Reed Show

Mar 19, 1966
Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children.
Comedy
Matinee Theater
4.6

Matinee Theater

Jun 13, 1958
Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily in the afternoon, was frequently live. It was produced by Albert McCleery, Darrell Ross, George Cahan and Frank Price with executive producer George Lowther. McCleery had previously produced the live series Cameo Theatre which introduced to television the concept of theater-in-the-round, TV plays staged with minimal sets. Jim Buckley of the Pewter Plough Playhouse recalled: When Al McCleery got back to the States, he originated a most ambitious theatrical TV series for NBC called Matinee Theater: to televise five different stage plays per week live, airing around noon in order to promote color TV to the American housewife as she labored over her ironing. Al was the producer. He hired five directors and five art directors. Richard Bennett, one of our first early presidents of the Pewter Plough Corporation, was one of the directors and I was one of the art directors and, as soon as we were through televising one play, we had lunch and then met to plan next week’s show. That was over 50 years ago, and I’m trying to think; I believe the TV art director is his own set decorator —yes, of course! It had to be, since one of McCleery’s chief claims to favor with the producers was his elimination of the setting per se and simply decorating the scene with a minimum of props. It took a bit of ingenuity.
Drama
Suspense
4.6

Suspense

Aug 17, 1954
An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known authors. Classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Charles Dickens all had stories adapted for the series, while contemporary authors such as Roald Dahl and Gore Vidal also contributed.
Drama
Robert Montgomery Presents
5.2
Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.
Drama
Dr. Kildare
5.4

Dr. Kildare

Apr 05, 1966
The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.
Drama
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
Drama
Lux Video Theatre
6

Lux Video Theatre

Sep 12, 1957
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
Drama
Lux Video Theatre
6

Lux Video Theatre

Sep 12, 1957
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
Drama
Lux Video Theatre
6

Lux Video Theatre

Sep 12, 1957
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
Drama
Robert Montgomery Presents
5.2
Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.
Drama
The Ed Sullivan Show
6.6

The Ed Sullivan Show

May 30, 1971
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
Comedy
Studio One
4.7

Studio One

Sep 29, 1958
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.
Drama
Suspicion
7.8

Suspicion

May 10, 1965
Suite d' "Alfred Hitchcock présente", cette série est une anthologie de petites histoires noires.
Crime