Virginia Patton
Actor · 1925 – 2022 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Virginia Ann Marie Patton Moss (June 25, 1925 – August 18, 2022) was an American actress. After appearing in several films in the early 1940s, she was cast in her most well-known role as Ruth Dakin Bailey in Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (1946). In 1949, Patton retired from acting, with her final film credit being The Lucky Stiff (1949).
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Movie8.3DramaFamilyGeorge Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · 5.1K votes
Movie6.2ComedyMusicAn Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943 · 39 votes
Movie6.8WesternIn 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.
Canyon Passage
1946 · 71 votes
Movie6.3DramaThrillerA Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.
A Double Life
1947 · 84 votes
Movie7.3ComedyMusicTwo soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.
Hollywood Canteen
1944 · 29 votes
Movie5.9ComedyFantasyA trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945 · 22 votes
Movie6.4CrimeDramaA con artist falls for the rich widow he's trying to fleece.
Nobody Lives Forever
1946 · 25 votes
Movie7.1DramaTwo writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives.
Old Acquaintance
1943 · 38 votes
Movie7.0CrimeRecently returned from WWII combat, unable to find a job, finding his sweetheart engaged to another man, and generally aware of the changes which have occurred in his hometown while he was away, a young man becomes easily talked into joining the Ku Klux Klan. Banned by the Virginia Board of Censors, and financed independently because no bank would loan money for it.
The Burning Cross
1947 · 2 votes
Movie6.0ComedyRomanceTeenage Janie falls in love with a private from an Army base opposed by her editor father.
Janie
1944 · 6 votes
Movie8.0WesternFarmers take up arms against miners whose high water pressure mining operations are destroying their farms with mud and water runoff.
Roaring Guns
1944 · 2 votes
Movie6.4CrimeDramaA police lieutenant is determined to bust the gang of crooks selling defective automobile tires.
The Last Ride
1944 · 5 votes
Movie5.8ComedyCrimeA lawyer spooks gangsters by faking a framed singer's electrocution.
The Lucky Stiff
1949 · 6 votes
Movie6.5WesternBlack Eagle is based on The Passing of Black Eagle, a short story by O. Henry. William Bishop stars as Jason Bond, who stays out of trouble by the simple expedient of avoiding other people. Unfortunately, the plot dictates that Bond must come into contact with several characters, all of whom end up fleecing our hero in one way or another. Even so, Jason manages to enjoy a brief romance with pretty Ginny Long (Virginia Patton) before returning to his life of carefree vagabondage. A very minor film, The Black Eagle makes the most of its excellent supporting cast, including Gordon Jones, Trevor Bardette, Will Wright and stuntman extraordinaire Richard Talmadge.
Black Eagle
1948 · 2 votes