Inez Courtney
Actor · 1908 – 1975 · Amsterdam, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Inez Courtney (March 12, 1908 – April 5, 1975) was an American actress on the Broadway stage and in films. Born in New York City, New York, she came from a large Irish-American family. Her father died when she was fifteen so she decided to go onto the stage. A year later she was doing a specialty dance which earned her the nicknames of St Vitis, Mosquito and Lightning. Courtney's first role as a singer and dancer came in the musical The Wild Rose in 1926. She became well-known among New York theatrical audiences for her work in Good News (1927), a musical comedy about college life. Her other credits include Spring Is Here in 1929 and America's Sweetheart in 1931. In the early 1930s, Miss Courtney left Broadway and went to Hollywood. Courtney acted in 58 films between 1930 and 1940. She secured her first movie work by asking Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures for his assistance. The red-headed comedian made her screen debut as Cousin Betty in Loose Ankles (1930). The film co-starred Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Loretta Young. Her many movie credits include The Raven (1935), Suzy (1936), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), and Turnabout (1940), her last film. Courtney was married to an Italian nobleman, whereby she acquired the title Marchesa, but did not use it. She died at the Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune, New Jersey in 1975 of undisclosed causes at the age of 67.
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Movie8.1ComedyDramaTwo employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
The Shop Around the Corner
1940 · 867 votes
Movie6.6HorrorCrimeA brilliant but deranged neurosurgeon becomes obsessively fixated on a judge's daughter. With the help of an escaped criminal whose face he has surgically deformed, the mad man lures her, her father, and her fiancé to his isolated, castle-like home.
The Raven
1935 · 157 votes
Movie5.8DramaWhen a wealthy heiress discovers the terrible family secret that has been hidden from her since birth, her world is turned upside down.
Brilliant Marriage
1936 · 4 votes
Movie6.7ActionAdventureA Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he's unjustly imprisoned for defending himself against a colonial bully. Members of the community petition the governor for clemency but all pretense of law and order are soon shattered by an incoming tropical storm.
The Hurricane
1937 · 60 votes
Movie6.0ComedyDramaTycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons-in-law, Dan Brooks, and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his job as manager of J.L.'s paper box factory and devotes his life to his racing horse Broadway Bill, but his bankroll is thin and the luck is against him. He is arrested because of $150 he owes somebody for horse food, but suddenly a planned fraud by somebody else seems to offer him a chance...
Broadway Bill
1934 · 22 votes
Movie5.3ComedyBroadway producer Nicksie North and press agent Scoop Trimble find an investor for their next show who insists that they cast his ex-girlfriend, Clarice Sheldon, in the lead role and rehearse out of town. The crew set up on a family farm, and all is well until the leading man falls for the farmer's daughter, Patience Bingham.
The Farmer's Daughter
1940 · 6 votes
Movie8.0RomanceComedyWhen two halves of a thousand-dollar bill are discovered in the snow, the penniless pair that individually grabs each half must come to terms. Actress Julia Wayne needs the whole $1,000, and so does sportsman Larry Stevens. Since compromise will serve neither of their needs, they are stalemated - until complications arise.
Two in a Crowd
1936 · 1 votes
Movie10.0ComedyDramaInnocent Nancy Carroll falls in love with con man Edmund Lowe and the pair swindle their way across the country until they decide to settle down in a small town and give up their life of crime. He goes into business and all seems to be going well until some ex-partners he double crossed show up in town demanding the money he cheated them out of.
I Love That Man
1933 · 1 votes
Movie5.9DramaA French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive.
Suzy
1936 · 29 votes
Movie6.3DramaRomanceRuby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie takes off and Ruby is sent to a reformatory for two years.
Hold Your Man
1933 · 21 votes
Movie7.3Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations to make deliveries. He visits the Los Angeles Pier and a Gala Hollywood Premiere.
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934 · 3 votes
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A young woman who works in the movie business buys a sweepstakes ticket that turns out to be a winner. Her stroke of luck changes her life around--and not necessarily for the better.
Sweepstake Annie
1935 · 5 votes
Movie9.0RomanceComedyThe title character is a resourceful young man who knows a whole little about a whole lot of things, and who concentrates by playing his saxophone. Clarence ingratiates himself with the wealthy and eccentric Wheeler family, though daughter Cora can't stand the boy.
Clarence
1937 · 1 votes
Movie6.0AdventureComedyA girl escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man in whose car a jewel thief has planted his loot.
Time Out for Romance
1937 · 6 votes
Movie4.8ComedyDramaRival reporters compete to sign the Wyatt Quintuplets to be guests on their radio shows.
Five of a Kind
1938 · 5 votes
Movie4.8ComedyDramaThe surgeon who did the job was dead. Only the nurse knew what this gangster looked like in his new face. He learned about women from her!
Another Face
1935 · 5 votes
Movie5.5DramaRomanceConstance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music teacher. They fall in love, despite Constance knowing about Franz's weakness for pretty women.
Break of Hearts
1935 · 9 votes
Movie5.7RomanceDramaDenny breaks up with his fiancée Jean to marries wealthy Flora. When Jean is fired from her job she decides to market the face cream she invented. After sending it to twelve rich woman, only Flora decides to invest in the business. As Denny has no job, the girls give him an office at the factory. The business takes off, but Jean finds that she is still in love with Denny and Denny seems to forget he is married to Flora.
Beauty for the Asking
1939 · 12 votes
Movie6.4ComedyAlcoholic newspaperman Steve Bramley boards the San Capador for a restful cruise, hoping to quit drinking and begin writing a book. Also on board are Steve's friend Schulte, a private detective hoping to nab criminal Danny Checkett with a fortune in stolen bonds. Steve begins drinking, all the while observing the various stories of other passengers on board, several of whom turn out not to be who they seem to be.
The Captain Hates the Sea
1934 · 7 votes
Movie6.2ComedyRomanceCharlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically involved as well. Although skilled in ferreting out great stories, they often behave in an unprofessional and immature manner. After their shenanigans cause their frustrated city editor to resign, the publisher promotes Charlie to the job, a decision based on the premise that only a slacker would be able crack down on other shirkers and underachievers. His pomposity soon alienates most of his co-workers and causes Rusty to move to New York. Charlie resigns and along with gangster friend Smiles Benson tries to win Rusty back before she marries a stuffy society author.
Wedding Present
1936 · 18 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
Movie6.0CrimeWhen a play's two producers are murdered, the playwright tries to solve the crime.
It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)
1936 · 5 votes
Movie4.1MusicAn orphan (Eight-year-old boy soprano Bobby Breen) gets a chance to sing opera in New York.
Let's Sing Again
1936 · 7 votes
Movie5.8ComedyDagwood inadvertently gets cornered in to resigning. When his wife Blondie tries to ask Dagwoods boss Mr. Dithers for his job back, he ends up hiring her instead. This doesn't sit too well with Dagwood. Blondie's sister comes to visit, and Dagwood is put in a compromising situation with another woman.
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939 · 12 votes