Sharon McManus
Actor · b. 1938 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Movies16
Movie6.8MusicComedyTwo sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.
Anchors Aweigh
1945 · 169 votes
Movie6.2DramaComedyPeter, an orphaned boy, is adopted by Gramp Frye after his parents are killed in Europe while doing war relief work. The boy feels safe with his new caretaker, but when he is taunted for being an orphan, he gets demoralized. The next day Peter wakes up with green hair. Embarrassed and further ridiculed, Peter seeks solace in a nearby forest. To his surprise, he finds other orphans in the woods, who encourage him to spread news of the injustices of war.
The Boy with Green Hair
1948 · 68 votes
Movie5.8ComedyWhen two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945 · 30 votes
Movie5.7DramaIt's a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren, who wants the finer things in life, sinks her hooks into a judge, a decadent aristocrat and an estate superintendent, with surprising results.
Summer Storm
1944 · 12 votes
Movie7.0AdventureDramaA juvenile delinquent is sent to a rehabilitation ranch, but he immediately proves to be a troublemaker.
Boys' Ranch
1946 · 5 votes
Movie6.8AnimationComedyBarney just wants to hibernate for the winter, but his nephew, just in from the North Pole, has other plans.
Polar Pest
1944 · 6 votes
Movie5.9ComedyDramaComprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best directors, screenwriters and actors; it is narrated by Louis Calhern. Stories are framed by the lecture of a university professor. In one tale a Boston resident becomes angry when the census forgets to record her presence. Another sketch chronicles the achievements of African Americans while still another pays tongue-in-cheek tribute to Texas.
It's a Big Country
1951 · 9 votes
Movie5.8RomanceAn ex-GI falls for a bathing beauty.
This Time for Keeps
1947 · 6 votes
Movie7.0WarDramaAn American pilot is shot down over Nazi-occupied France and is taken to a convent by the Resistance. The young novice nun Clothilde is interested in him and is willing to help him escape to England, but the pilot must continue his mission undercover by posing as the husband of a different woman.
Till We Meet Again
1944 · 3 votes
Movie5.4CrimeDramaA girl enlists a psychic to get rid of her murderous alternate personality.
Bewitched
1945 · 22 votes
Movie7.1ComedyPerry Ashwell is a self-satisfied child psychologist who takes his colleagues and wife somewhat for granted. So confident is he of his position that he introduces rich attractive painter Octavio Quaglini to his office and home. Quaglini is no respecter of convention, and April Ashwell is extremely attractive.
No Minor Vices
1948 · 8 votes
Movie6.0CrimeDramaBrooklyn youth Frank Cusack, good son and brother by day, is a gang member by night. The Dukes, seemingly likable dead-end-kids, are dangerously involved with racketeer Gaggsy Steens. Despite the efforts of Franks's parents, he and pal Benny get involved in a serious crime. Can Stan Albert, head of the community center, prevent them from becoming full-time crooks?
City Across the River
1949 · 9 votes
Movie8.0DramaJoe Hanson, who believes himself to be tolerant of other races and religions, gradually comes to realize that he is prejudiced against many of them.
Prejudice
1949 · 2 votes
Movie5.0DramaDriving safety film sponsored as a public service by oil companies. Of five drivers who leave home in the morning, only four return, and we wait to learn who the victim is. The film gives considerable discussion to careless driving habits and depicts Angelenos from different walks of life as well as their homes, neighborhoods, streets, and freeways.
And Then There Were Four
1950 · 2 votes
Movie5.5DramaAfter his mother's death, a young boy tries to help his father stop drinking.
Little Mister Jim
1947 · 2 votes
Movie6.0DramaAn orphan is uncertain whether she wants to remain with her adoptive family or return to the orphanage.
Little White Lie
1945 · 2 votes