Jeanette Loff
Actor · 1906 – 1942 · Orofino, Idaho, USA
Jeanette Loff (born Janette Clarinda Lov; October 9, 1906 – August 4, 1942) was an American actress, musician, and singer who came to prominence for her appearances in several Pathé Exchange and Universal Pictures films in the 1920s. Born in Idaho, Loff was raised throughout the Pacific Northwest, and began singing professionally as a lyric soprano and performing as an organist while a teenager in Portland, Oregon. She studied music at the Ellison-White Conservatory of Music. After moving to Los Angeles, California, Loff was signed to a film contract by producer Cecil B. DeMille, with Pathé Exchange in 1927. She subsequently signed a contract with Universal Pictures. She appeared in over twenty films during the course of her seven-year career, with lead parts in such films as Hold 'Em Yale (1928) and the controversial crime film Party Girl (1930). She also appeared in the musical King of Jazz (1930) as a vocalist. Loff formally retired from acting in 1934, with her last screen credit in Joseph Santley's Million Dollar Baby (1934). She died on August 4, 1942, from ammonia poisoning in Los Angeles at the age of 35. Though law enforcement was unable to determine whether her death was an accident or a suicide, Loff's family maintained that she had been murdered. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeanette Loff licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movie6.8DramaIn 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but George's owner prevents the wedding. A few years later, Eliza flees with her son, Harry, after learning the Shelbys plan to hand them over to a crooked creditor to prevent foreclosure. George also escapes and goes on the run while Eliza and Harry are captured and brought back home. Mother and son are separated as George tries to find them both.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1927 · 12 votes
Movie6.4MusicA large-scale revue musical built around Paul Whiteman and his orchestra, presenting a series of musical performances, sketches, and staged tableaux in early two-color Technicolor, emblematic of Hollywood’s early sound-era “all-star” musical productions.
King of Jazz
1930 · 40 votes
Movie3.8DramaJay Rountree, a young, rising businessman and a son of a wealthy manufacturer gets caught up in a web involving an escort service or 'party girls' and trapped into an unhappy marriage.
Party Girl
1930 · 12 votes
MovieDocumentary
Movie7.2ComedyCrimeWounded criminal Lucky Wilson takes refuge in a small Connecticut farm. He falls in love with the farmer's daughter who at first is unaware of his criminal record. Lucky is fully prepared to shoot his way out when the cops come calling, but he is softened by the daughter's affections.
Hide-Out
1934 · 10 votes
Movie7.5ComedyRomanceWealthy young man about town, Tommy Valentine (Franklin Pangborn) comes to the aid of Barbara Smith (Elinor Fair). But before he can learn anything about Barbara, her social climbing Aunt Bedelia (Ethel Wales), whisks her away. On a mission to "find the girl," Tommy looks for her everywhere. He unknowingly befriends her brother Charlie, who invites him to spend the evening in Smith's palatial home. The next morn Aunt Bedelia finds Tommy with his head wrapped in a towel and assumes him to be the Hindu prince that Charlie promised to bring to her society party. Introduced to all as a Prince from Calcutta, Tommy is forced to see the charade through. But the local con-man Charlie had previously arranged to appear at the party as the Prince shows up as well. At least Tommy is able to reconnect with Barbara, that is until the police show up with orders to arrest all fake fakirs.
My Friend from India
1927 · 2 votes
Movie9.0AdventureActionThe Man Without a Face is a 1928 American adventure film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet.
The Man Without a Face
1928 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0Comedy
Movie star Gloria Blossom (Jeanette Loff) is unhappy with her press agent's (Eddie Foy, Jr.) attempts at publicity. After reading newspaper stories about other stars marrying into royalty, she demands that Eddie "promote me a husband with a title within 24 hours". With the dubious assistance of reporter Don Barclay and photographer Billy Nelson he talks the first man with a British accent that he meets into marrying Gloria, fooling her into believing he is a Duke. The trouble is that the man is a big fan of Gloria the movie star and is madly in love with her, so after the wedding, when she finds out the truth, her new husband refuses to divorce her. A wild free-for-all fight ensues in the hotel. In typical Hal Roach comedy fashion, numerous innocent bystanders are pulled into the action.
A Duke for a Day
1934 · 1 votes
Movie10.0ComedyDramaA husband-and-wife vaudeville team disguise their young son as a girl so he can enter a contest run by a movie studio that's looking for "a new Shirley Temple".
Million Dollar Baby
1934 · 1 votes
Movie6.7ComedyA young man from Argentina goes to Yale where he plays football and falls in love with a professor's beautiful daughter.
Hold 'Em Yale
1928 · 3 votes
Movie7.0ActionComedyTwo men, one timid and one aggressive, make out as comical criminals.
See America Thirst
1930 · 1 votes
Movie5.1CrimeDramaA dapper gangster sponsors an alcoholic violinist in order to win the love of a glamorous divorced socialite.
The Racketeer
1929 · 14 votes
Movie7.0ComedyCrimeRichard Hill is a subway ticket taker who believes beautiful Jeanette Stewart is involved in a robbery, but he still falls in love with her and tries to stop her wedding.
Love Over Night
1928 · 1 votes
Movie5.3ComedyJoe Collins arrives at Hanford College to begin his second year with $200 to pay his tuition, is enticed into a craps game, and loses all in this nostalgic slice of college, replete with songs, romance, prom dances and the inevitable big football game.
The Sophomore
1929 · 3 votes
Movie10.0WesternReed Lathrop returns to his old home, accompanied by his friend, "Toad" Hunter, to investigate a plot that forces ranchers to sell their properties for very low prices. Finding the ranchers demoralized, he organizes a vigilance committee and enlists the aid of the local circuit judge. Darnell, the owner of the saloon, and Blodgett, a local dealer in ranch property, are unmasked as the culprits. Soon a showdown takes place with the ranchers and the outlaws, ending with the criminals hauled off to prison.
.45 Calibre War
1929 · 1 votes
Movie6.0DramaJohnny Mack Brown stars as medical student and football star who was expelled after a night club brawl over a woman. He meets her again only to find out she owns the club and is involved with a gambler...
St. Louis Woman
1934 · 2 votes
Movie5.0DocumentaryHollywood actresses including Jeanette Loff and Raquel Torres modeling Spring fashions in color.
Fashion News
1928 · 1 votes
Movie5.6DramaMusicA naive farmer encounters a beautiful burlesque dancer on the streets of New York and agrees to pose as her husband during her mother's visit.
Flirtation
1934 · 6 votes
Movie10.0WesternStory of a a Texas Ranger whose foster-father has been falsely accused of a series of crimes.
The Black Ace
1928 · 1 votes
Movie9.0ComedyRomanceThe man who loved her showed her how to hold the man she loved. A novel picture story packed with drama, thrills and laughs.
Man-Made Women
1928 · 1 votes
Movie7.0RomanceWesternDan and Tennessee are successful gold miners. Ace Brady learns of their success and sends Fox to rob them. During the robbery Fox shoots Tennessee and Ace arrives to arrest Dan for the murder. Dan escapes but is now a wanted man.
Fighting Thru
1930 · 2 votes
Movie7.7RomanceDramaYoung orphan Victoria Sax becomes a grand duchess and is summoned to a remote kingdom.
Young April
1926 · 3 votes
Movie5.5ComedyDramaBill is a young man who arrives at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. He is an incorrigible know-all, and emerges a sober man. Meanwhile, Bill is accused of a crime committed by his friend, and because he doesn't squeal, he wins the heart and hand of the blond Betty. She is his friend's girl.
Annapolis
1928 · 2 votes
- Movie8.0Comedy
Jeanette and Eddie get married, but their wedding night is a fiasco. First, their wedding guests follow them, resulting in a police chase, then the guests show up at their apartment, disrupting the building. Then, a rowdy sailor friend of Eddie's shows up, accompanied by a squad of even rowdier buddies and an enormous vengeful mosquito.
Benny, from Panama
1934 · 2 votes