Catherine Doucet
Actor · 1875 – 1958 · Richmond, Virginia, USA
Movies24
Movie7.0CrimeDramaTells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.
Detective Story
1951 · 170 votes
Movie6.6ThrillerCrimePursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.
Hollow Triumph
1948 · 56 votes
Movie7.3ComedyA stockbroker bets his new partners $10,000 that he can tell the truth, and only the truth, for twenty-four hours.
Nothing but the Truth
1941 · 16 votes
Movie7.2ComedyRomanceA young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's last moments happy. However, the old man's health takes a turn for the better and now his son doesn't know how to break the news that he's engaged to someone else, especially since his father is so taken with the impostor.
It Started with Eve
1941 · 33 votes
Movie6.2ComedyGrant Jordan, bachelor botany professor, marries Katie, a widow with three kids, despite the machinations of Grant's former girlfriend Minna. But on the wedding day, Aunt Jo, who was to babysit, breaks a leg; so the kids come along on the honeymoon.
Family Honeymoon
1948 · 4 votes
Movie7.0DramaAn Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
Man Of The People
1937 · 4 votes
Movie6.8RomanceComedyAn Australian opera singer hires a husband so she can work in the U.S. Moore sings "Minnie the Moocher" in one scene.
When You're in Love
1937 · 10 votes
Movie7.9ComedyA nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the spoiled-brat daughter of a pudding manufacturer who has been entered into the town's mayoral race by some of the local businessmen. They have chosen him because they think he is easy to manipulate. As a sales gimmick, the pudding magnate advertises that his product contains the highly nutritious "Vitamin Z." He suddenly begins selling pudding like crazy and soon his political campaign is well-funded. Unfortunately, there is no "Vitamin Z" and when this is discovered, the town fathers try to dump him and show that he is a fake.
There's One Born Every Minute
1942 · 4 votes
Movie7.1DramaRomanceClose friends Martha and Karen build a private boarding school together with the aid of the local doctor Joe. The school takes off and many students enroll, one of whom is a trouble-maker who tells a scandalous lie that threatens to destroy the trio's lives.
These Three
1936 · 47 votes
Movie7.2A wealthy society girl must live on $150 a month to prove to her father that she can stand being married to a poor man.
The Luckiest Girl in the World
1936 · 2 votes
Movie5.9WesternComedyDaniel Bone is aiming for success. A Brooklyn gunsmith by trade, he figures the place to be is where the guns are. So off he goes into the West and becomes the foe of the notorious Pecos Kid, the captive of Paiutes, the target in a saloon showdown, and the lone source of the whereabouts of a fabulous gold strike.
The Dude Goes West
1948 · 7 votes
Movie6.2DramaRomanceA young couple struggling against poverty must keep their marriage a secret in order for the husband to keep his job, as his boss doesn't like to hire married men.
Little Man, What Now?
1934 · 16 votes
Movie5.3DramaThe story of a small-time vaudeville trio and their rise to the big time.
Wake Up and Dream
1934 · 3 votes
Movie5.0AdventureComedyBruce Blakely, a meek, mild-mannered certified public accountant, finally gets fed up with his money-grubbing family sponging off of him, and decides to partake of a different side and slice of life. A blonde secretary helps guide him.
The Party's Over
1934 · 3 votes
Movie10.0ComedyThe daughter of a radio-program sponsor wants to get on the air too, but her father doesn't allow it, so she enters an amateur contest on his radio program under an assumed name.
Millions in the Air
1935 · 1 votes
Movie6.5MysteryActionJim Hanvey is a genial but top-notch detective who has retired to his country home. An insurance company hires him to find a missing emerald so they won't have to pay out the $100,000 for which the jewel is insured. It doesn't take him long to find the emerald, but he discovers that finding it was the easy part; the difficult part is getting it back to its rightful owner, and he winds up involved in a murder in which an innocent man is framed.
Jim Hanvey, Detective
1937 · 5 votes
Movie7.0ComedyA hypochondriac is afraid he will die before he gets an inheritance that will "cure" him.
Oh, Doctor
1937 · 1 votes
Movie6.5RomanceActionA trustworthy captain is reduced in rank so that the owner's daughter's fiancé may take charge.
Eight Bells
1935 · 2 votes
Movie6.3FamilyComedyA fake heiress marries a common reporter to thwart the advances of gold-digging playboys.
The Golden Arrow
1936 · 12 votes
Movie4.9RomanceDramaA book publisher finds his business floundering, which prompts his socially ambitious wife to desert him for a society millionaire, leaving him with their young son. The publisher's fortunes improve dramatically, however, when a best-selling romance novelist decides to publish her new book with his firm. In the meantime, his ex-wife has married the millionaire, and she and her new mother-in-law come up with a plan to sue her ex-husband for custody of the boy.
Age of Indiscretion
1935 · 7 votes
Movie8.0ComedyMusicHeiress Hedda Nillson certain that her family is about to lose all its money, takes a job as a maid. After the usual trials and tribulations, Hedda falls in love with humble chauffeur Eric Landstrom.
Servants' Entrance
1934 · 1 votes
Movie10.0MysteryThere are plenty of suspects when an unscrupulous, blackmailing businessman turns up dead, especially the Police Commissioner's current paramour, who actually confessed to the killing before it was committed.
Rendezvous at Midnight
1935 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyCarny con artist and snake-oil salesman Eustace McGargle tries to stay one step ahead of the sheriff but is completely devoted to his beloved daughter Poppy.
Poppy
1936 · 6 votes
Movie6.7RomanceComedyA young secretary falls in love with her boss, a middle-aged playwright. Complications ensue when her boss' son falls for her.
Accent on Youth
1935 · 3 votes