
Janis Carter
Actor · 1913 – 1994 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Janis Carter (October 10, 1913 — July 30, 1994) was a film and television actress working in the 1940s and 1950s. After attending Mather College in Cleveland, Ohio, Carter headed to New York in an attempt to start an opera career. Although unsuccessful in opera, she was working on Broadway where she was spotted on stage by Darryl F. Zanuck who signed her to a movie deal. Carter, after moving to Hollywood, appeared in over 30 films beginning in 1941 for 20th Century Fox, MGM, Columbia, and RKO. She appeared in the films Night Editor (1946) and Framed (1947) with Glenn Ford and the Flying Leathernecks (1951) with John Wayne. After leaving Los Angeles, Carter returned to New York and found work in television in comedies, dramas, and as hostess for the quiz show Feather Your Nest, opposite Bud Collyer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Janis Carter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movie6.1AdventureComedyOn the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, when rubbed, summons up Babs the genie. He uses it to return as a visiting prince asking for the princess's hand. Unfortunately for him, the sultan's wicked twin brother has secretly usurped the throne, someone else is after the lamp for his own ends, and Babs has taken a shine to Aladdin herself and is bent on wrecking his endeavours.
A Thousand and One Nights
1945 · 18 votes
Movie5.3DramaThrillerCommunists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them.
The Woman on Pier 13
1950 · 27 votes
Movie6.0DramaRomanceOn a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in World War II. One of his trainees, Englishman Peter Stackhouse, competes with Britt for the affections of Kay Saunders, the daughter of a local rancher. Despite their differences, Britt makes sure Sutton passes his training and becomes a combat pilot -- even though he loses Kay to the young man in the process.
Thunder Birds
1942 · 8 votes
Movie6.8WesternAfter their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.
Santa Fe
1951 · 26 votes
Movie6.2ThrillerCrimeA drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, who is now in prison because of a conflict with him over the money in that account.
The Mark of the Whistler
1944 · 17 votes
Movie5.9CrimeMysteryA woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then tries to help him remember who he is based on items in his pockets.
The Power of the Whistler
1945 · 19 votes
Movie5.4MysteryComedyAfter one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike again.
Lady of Burlesque
1943 · 48 votes
Movie5.8WarActionMajor Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds them undisciplined and prone to always finding excuses to do what is easy rather than what is necessary. The root of the problem is the second in command, Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin. Griff is the best flier in the group but Kirby finds him a poor commander who is not prepared to make the difficult decision that all commanders have to make - to put men in harm's way knowing that they may be killed.
Flying Leathernecks
1951 · 75 votes
Movie6.0RomanceComedyA count who ignores an infatuated secretary thinks he has met his match when an angel from Heaven shows up.
I Married an Angel
1942 · 4 votes
Movie6.5CrimeDramaA wealthy man hires a private detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.
I Love Trouble
1948 · 22 votes
Movie5.1ComedyRomanceA recently divorced couple see things differently after learning they are going to be parents.
And Baby Makes Three
1949 · 6 votes
Movie5.6ComedyA bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949 · 9 votes
Movie6.5CrimeDramaTruck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.
Framed
1947 · 47 votes
Movie7.0ComedyIce-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touring North America and in possession of a keepsake of Susan's he wants to return. Desperate for publicity, lecture bureau press agent Teddy Evans magnifies this into a great romance. The efforts of both dignified principals to quash the story have the opposite effect; matters get more and more involved.
A Woman of Distinction
1950 · 5 votes
Movie7.0WesternAn Apache of mixed blood tries to make peace between Indians and whites.
The Half-Breed
1952 · 2 votes
Movie6.0ActionThrillerEx-thief Lone Wolf and his valet don turbans to solve a museum jewel theft.
The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946 · 5 votes
Movie5.5CrimeDramaA daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.
Night Editor
1946 · 24 votes
Movie8.0ComedyRomanceA West Point cadet and his bandleader brother fall for a singer in the band.
Cadet Girl
1941 · 2 votes
Movie4.8MysteryComedyHoneymooners find a dead radio producer in their suite.
The Ghost That Walks Alone
1944 · 4 votes
Movie5.5ThrillerMysteryWorld War II espionage drama, starring Preston Foster and Lynn Bari.
Secret Agent of Japan
1942 · 4 votes
Movie6.6MysteryComedyWilliam Warner is a lawyer who is famous for his skill at opening any kind of lock, making him a valuable commodity. William is unknowingly enlisted by German spies who want him to open a chest containing a secret formula. This leads to a madcap adventure involving spies, the police and lots of picked locks!
The Girl in the Case
1944 · 5 votes
Movie4.5ActionAdventureA girl reporter is trying to tack down the lady-in-the-title, as a key witness in a graft trial, which involves three murder and that many failed attempts. A prosecuting attorney in the district attorneys office is aiding her in solving the mystery of the missing lady.
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
1942 · 3 votes
Movie5.5DramaAn 1890s New Orleans heiress tries to buy a married doctor's love with her tainted family fortune.
My Forbidden Past
1951 · 21 votes
Movie6.3CrimeMysteryA newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors.
The Missing Juror
1944 · 9 votes
Series3
TV5.1DramaAn anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known authors. Classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Charles Dickens all had stories adapted for the series, while contemporary authors such as Roald Dahl and Gore Vidal also contributed.
Suspense
1949 · 12 votes
TV6.0Sci-Fi & FantasyCrimeLights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a network series devoted mostly to horror and the supernatural, predating Suspense and Inner Sanctum. Versions of Lights Out aired on different networks, at various times, from January 1934 to the summer of 1947 and the series eventually made the transition to television. In 1946, NBC Television brought Lights Out to TV in a series of four specials, broadcast live and produced by Fred Coe, who also contributed three of the scripts. NBC asked Cooper to write the script for the premiere, "First Person Singular", which is told entirely from the point of view of an unseen murderer who kills his obnoxious wife and winds up being executed. Variety gave this first episode a rave review ("undoubtedly one of the best dramatic shows yet seen on a television screen"), but Lights Out did not become a regular NBC-TV series until 1949.
Lights Out
1949 · 5 votes
- TV7.0Drama
A drama series that ran every other week, attracted top notch actors and actresses, and was broadcast from New York City.
The Elgin Hour
1954 · 2 votes