Elizabeth Flournoy
Actor · 1886 – 1977 · Saint Charles, Missouri, USA
Elizabeth Flournoy was born on 18 November 1886 in Saint Charles, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Adam's Rib (1949), Grounds for Marriage (1951) and Science Fiction Theatre (1955). She died on 14 August 1977 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Movie7.1DramaMusicA movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
A Star Is Born
1954 · 340 votes
Movie7.1ComedyRomanceA woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam and Amanda, a pair of happily married lawyers who end up on opposite sides of the case in court.
Adam's Rib
1949 · 346 votes
Movie6.6DramaThrillerAn airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.
Don't Bother to Knock
1952 · 172 votes
Movie6.7ComedyWesternGunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Annie Get Your Gun
1950 · 88 votes
Movie6.5CrimeMysteryUpon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.
The Blue Gardenia
1953 · 104 votes
Movie6.6ComedyFamilyAnne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innocence of children. To the unhappy surprise of her husband she takes in the orphan Jane, a problem child who already tried to kill herself once.
Room for One More
1952 · 54 votes
Movie5.5ActionAdventureU.S. Air Force aviator Jim Shannon is tasked with escorting a Soviet pilot claiming -- at the height of the Cold War -- that she wants to defect. After falling in love with and marrying her, Shannon learns from his superiors that she's a spy on a mission to extract military secrets. To save his new wife from prison and deportation, Shannon devises a risky plan.
Jet Pilot
1957 · 50 votes
Movie5.4ComedyMusicFormer radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back. The Opposite Sex is a remake of the 1939 comedy The Women.
The Opposite Sex
1956 · 21 votes
Movie6.6ComedyRomanceEllen McNulty leaves her New Jersey hamburger stand and heads west to pay a surprise visit to her son and his new bride. When Ellen arrives, her daughter-in-law mistakes her for the maid she has hired for a big party they are throwing. Rather than cause any embarrassment, Ellen goes along with the charade, which leads to many complications.
The Mating Season
1951 · 28 votes
Movie6.2DramaA lady con artist sets out to steal her parole officer's fiance.
The Company She Keeps
1951 · 16 votes
Movie6.1ComedyMusicIn this reworking of "No, No, Nanette," wealthy heiress Nanette Carter bets her uncle $25,000 that she can say "no" to everything for 48 hours. If she wins, she can invest the money in a Broadway show featuring songs written by her beau, and of course, in which she will star. Trouble is, she doesn't realize her uncle's been wiped out by the Stock Market crash.
Tea for Two
1950 · 32 votes
Movie6.3ComedyDramaWealthy hotshot Cash McCall makes his money by purchasing unsuccessful businesses, whipping them into shape and then selling them for a huge profit. When Cash comes across Austen Plastics, a small manufacturing corporation on its last legs, he realizes it might be a gamble to buy the company. But when Cash finds out that the company's owner is the father of his old flame, Lory, he buys the business just to get a second chance at romance.
Cash McCall
1960 · 15 votes
Movie6.5ComedyThe eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and noticing his obviously good manners, gets him the job. He proves a great success, but keeps his past to himself. When an old flame turns up Irene's sister Cordelia starts making waves.
My Man Godfrey
1957 · 26 votes
Movie5.6DramaMusicA wealthy woman discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice. She helps make him a star but then breaks his heart. He flees in misery to Mexico where he meets a sweet farm girl.
Serenade
1956 · 22 votes
Movie6.2ComedyFamilyCollege prof Peter Boyd tries to salvage his professional and personal reputation by using a lab chimp to prove that environment trumps heredity in behavioral development.
Bedtime for Bonzo
1951 · 19 votes
Movie5.1ComedyRomanceEric Wainwright, a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter, a talented pianist... but she can't get in to see him. When she learns that Wainwright is auditioning young musicians for a children's concert tour, Cynthia dons braces and bobby sox and passes herself off as a child prodigy.
Too Young to Kiss
1951 · 11 votes
Movie5.8ThrillerMysteryA small-town reporter investigates a mysterious group holed up in a country lodge.
The Whip Hand
1951 · 23 votes
Movie6.3DramaA biographical film of Ben Hogan, from his start as a golf caddy to being considered one of golf's greatest players.
Follow the Sun
1951 · 8 votes
Movie6.1CrimeDramaWhen his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder.
The Family Secret
1951 · 14 votes
Movie5.1CrimeDramaA scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.
The Unknown Man
1951 · 14 votes
Movie6.1CrimePolice sergeants Johnson and McManus take on Los Angeles confidence tricksters. Con man Tony Wells, lining up rich widow Jessica Royce as his latest mark, sets up a false paranormal society with other charlatans to convince the credulous Jessica that her late son is speaking to her through their sham seances. When the plan leads to murder, Johnson and McManus must bring the group down before they kill again.
Bunco Squad
1950 · 10 votes
Movie5.0MusicComedyOpera singer Ina Massine tries to win back former husband Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett.
Grounds for Marriage
1951 · 4 votes
Movie10.0ComedyA curious toddler creates trouble when he finds bank robbers' loot
Finders Keepers
1952 · 1 votes
Movie5.6ComedyRomanceMirian Wilkins, the teenage daughter of Senator Wilkins, starts a Society for the Rehabilitation of Criminals and, without the approval or knowledge of her father, elects him to the position of honorary president. When the family's new gardener, Baxter, turns out to be a notorious ex-convict who was sentenced to prison by Senator Wilkins when he was a judge, Wilkins considers firing him until his daughter points out that would be an unwise decision considering the position her father held on society.
Dear Brat
1951 · 5 votes