
Wynne Gibson
Actor · 1905 – 1987 · New York City, New York, USA
Winifred Elaine "Wynne" Gibson (July 3, 1898 – May 15, 1987) was an American actress who was most active during the 1930s. She was born in New York City to efficiency expert Frank W. Gibson and authorized Christian Science healer Elaine Coffin Gibson. She began her acting career on stage, performing in the Ritz Girls show and as a member of Frederick Santley's Melody Maids and Ray Raymond's Melody Charmers. Gibson's first film credit was in Paramount's talkie Nothing But the Truth (1929). She went on to appear in approximately fifty films between 1929 and 1956, many of them B movies. Gibson had a brief marriage to a stage manager. After that, she married actor John Gallaudet in 1927. They divorced in 1930. She became a long-time 'companion' of actress Beverly Roberts, with whom she starred alongside in the MGM comedy Flirting with Fate (1938). They shared homes together on both coasts until Gibson's death in 1987 of a cerebral thrombosis in Laguna Niguel, California at age 88.
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Movie6.5DramaComedyAn elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
If I Had a Million
1932 · 51 votes
Movie6.7CrimeMysteryDriven to desperation by his young and extravagant wife, alienist Dr. Emil Brandt has arranged a perfect crime; now he begs the police to lock him up before he can commit it.
The Crime of the Century
1933 · 12 votes
Movie6.3CrimeDramaA mobster's daughter leads her boyfriend from the circus into bootlegging.
City Streets
1931 · 47 votes
Movie5.6ComedyFamous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.)
The Stolen Jools
1931 · 34 votes
Movie7.0ActionAdventureSomewhere beyond the shores of the United States on a small island, where men ask no questions, women reveal no past and spies neither receive nor expect any mercy, a giant Chromite plant is working full blast to supply the United Nations with the precious war-metal. This is the story of that mine and the people working it in a land the law forget, but the evil and devious Nazis remembered.
A Man's World
1942 · 2 votes
Movie5.1CrimeDramaA disgraced cop aims to reclaim his honor by nailing a corrupt crime boss.
Double Cross
1941 · 7 votes
Movie5.7MysteryCrimeThe Falcon is framed for the murder of a banker and the theft of war bonds. He makes his escape into the mountains where he hides out in a rustic lodge. From here he uncovers a phony war bond operation.
The Falcon Strikes Back
1943 · 16 votes
Movie6.7ComedyThe "sugar daddy" of a Broadway star hires a bodyguard to protect her from thieves out to steal the jewels he's given her and also from the attentions of other men, most notably the producer of the show in which she's starring. However, soon the bodyguard and the star begin to become attracted to each other.
Her Bodyguard
1933 · 3 votes
Movie5.3ActionComedyGabby Denton, a hard-drinking, down-on-his-luck drifter, seems to get a chance at redemption when his brother-in-law helps get him a job as a mechanic. Not realizing the garage he works for is actually a front for a stolen car ring, Gabby soon finds himself mixed up in both murder and a liaison with the boss's girl.
The Devil Is Driving
1932 · 8 votes
Movie8.0ComedyAn ordinary Joe has ambitions to become a Tin Pan Alley writer.
June Moon
1931 · 1 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
Movie8.0ComedyA standoffish actress is pursued by a low ranking Navy officer
Admirals All
1935 · 1 votes
Movie7.8ComedyRomanceTough Aggie gives a street guy polish and a rich kid gumption.
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
1933 · 5 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
Movie5.4DramaOn Christmas Eve in the Spanish quarter of L.A. police try to arrest a couple running a shady floor show. Hiding in a church, the young woman finds an abandoned baby and uses it as cover to escape capture.
Miracle on Main Street
1939 · 19 votes
Movie6.3ComedyCrimeJohnny Quinlan is so desperate for a job that he takes a gig as a "bag man" for the mob. Meanwhile, his beleaguered wife has to deal with her bizarre, unemployed, wise-cracking brother and various neighbors while keeping house in their Brooklyn tenement.
The Fall Guy
1930 · 3 votes
Movie6.3DramaThe daughter of a senator from South Dakota visits Manhattan for the first time, eager to see the sights of the big city. While there, she finds herself caught up in an affair with a married man, whose wife soon commits suicide. Complications ensue.
Two Kinds of Women
1932 · 3 votes
Movie5.3CrimeAn undercover cop infiltrates a powerful New York based crime syndicate.
Gangs of New York
1938 · 10 votes
Movie5.4CrimeDramaA dancehall girl meets a sailor and they fall in love, but the club’s owner doesn’t want the girl to leave.
Cafe Hostess
1940 · 12 votes
Movie6.0DramaA woman tries to save her husband from the electric chair after both are sent to prison for a murder they didn't commit.
Ladies of the Big House
1931 · 3 votes
Movie7.0ActionCrimeGranite-jawed Jack Holt performs a dual role in Columbia's Trapped by G-Men.
Trapped by G-Men
1937 · 1 votes
Movie5.3ComedyA young man bets $10,000 that he can go for 24 hours without lying.
Nothing but the Truth
1929 · 5 votes
Movie7.5CrimeDramaChick Hewes is released from prison and finds work as an accountant. Two years later, Chick's crooked friend, Benny LaMarr, to whom he is indebted for past kindnesses, steals a diamond necklace from the home safe of the district attorney. When the district attorney threatens to accuse the police of inefficiency in crime fighting, Garvey, who is campaigning for the office of police commissioner, promises to catch the thief in twenty-four hours.
Kick In
1931 · 2 votes
Movie7.5DramaCrimeHonest cop Tim Kerry struggles to keep his son Ritzy from becoming involved in a crime ring.
My Son Is Guilty
1939 · 4 votes
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TV5.4DramaAn American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.
Studio One
1948 · 13 votes
- TV6.8ComedyDrama
Producers' Showcase is an American anthology television series that was telecast live during the 1950s in compatible color by NBC. With top talent, the 90-minute episodes, covering a wide variety of genres, aired under the title every fourth Monday at 8 p.m. ET for three seasons, beginning October 18, 1954. The final episode, the last of 37, was broadcast May 27, 1957. Showcase Productions, Inc., packaged and produced the series, which received seven Emmy Awards, including the 1956 award for Best Dramatic Series.
Producers' Showcase
1954 · 5 votes