Frances Drake

Actor · 1912 – 2000 · New York City, New York, USA

Frances Drake was born on October 22, 1912 in New York City, New York, USA as Frances Dean. She was an American actress, known for Mad Love (1935), The Invisible Ray (1936) and Les Misérables (1935). She was married to David Brown and Lt. Cecil John Arthur Howard. She died on January 18, 2000 in Irvine, California, USA.

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Movie7.0
HorrorRomance
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer.
Mad Love
1935 · 126 votes
Movie6.5
ComedyRomance
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.
It's a Wonderful World
1939 · 50 votes
Movie7.1
DramaHistory
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Les Misérables
1935 · 59 votes
Movie6.4
Science FictionHorror
Dr. Janos Rukh discovers a certain type of radium that has almost magical healing properties. But the element has a dangerous side, too, and it has already started affecting Rukh. Consumed by paranoia, he begins to suspect that his wife is having an affair. Wild for revenge, Rukh hatches a deadly plot...using his own poisoned body as a weapon to kill.
The Invisible Ray
1936 · 62 votes
Movie6.3
RomanceAction
A senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows is innocent.
Transient Lady
1935 · 3 votes
Movie6.6
RomanceComedy
Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their maids is writing a telling exposé.
The Affairs of Martha
1942 · 7 votes
Movie5.8
MysteryThriller
Someone is murdering the cast and crew of a new Hollywood movie, and the leading lady may be next. As a police detective locks down the lot and refuses to let anyone leave, the studio’s publicity head and his secretary attempt to solve the murders themselves.
The Preview Murder Mystery
1936 · 6 votes
Movie6.5
ComedyRomance
Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon to buy her ridiculous play "North Winds" just to improve his romantic chances, and even persuades her to sing in the sort of show she pretends to despise. But just when their romance is going well, Gordon's former flame Lulu reveals the ace up her sleeve...
You Can't Have Everything
1937 · 4 votes
Movie6.0
ComedyRomance
A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.
Forsaking All Others
1934 · 20 votes
Movie6.2
DramaCrime
A federal agent goes to work for a taxi company believing it to be a front for a gang of counterfeiters.
Midnight Taxi
1937 · 4 votes
Movie5.8
DramaRomance
On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.
I Take This Woman
1940 · 10 votes
Movie6.4
Drama
The complicated relationship between an ambitious, ruthless nightclub dancer and the woman he loves.
Bolero
1934 · 11 votes
Movie6.0
ComedyMystery
An investigator for the District Attorney's office quits to open his own detective agency. However, business is so bad that he finally decides to give it up and go back to his old job. As his wife is at his office closing up, a wealthy society matron walks in with a case: she wants to know if her husband is having an affair with his ex-girlfriend, who is now married. The wife accepts what looks to be an easy case, figuring than she can then persuade her husband to re-start the agency. However, when the client's husband is found murdered, she decides to investigate the murder herself. Her husband has also been assigned by the D.A. to investigate the murder, and he doesn't know that his wife is also on the case. Complications ensue.
There's Always a Woman
1938 · 21 votes
Movie10.0
ComedyRomance
Because Thornwood's portraits of comely model Sally Dennis are in such great demand, he is obliged to spend virtually all his time with Sally, which prompts Toni to seek retribution in divorce court.
She Married an Artist
1937 · 1 votes
Movie5.3
WarCrime
A suspense-thriller-comedy set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War.
Love Under Fire
1937 · 4 votes
Movie6.0
ComedyRomance
The switchboard operator in an apartment building falls in love with a businessman who lives in the building, whom she has gotten to know only over the phone. When she discovers that the man's current girlfriend is actually part of a scheme to swindle him out of some mineral rights he owns, she devises a plot to save him and expose the con artists.
Ladies Should Listen
1934 · 13 votes
Movie10.0
Drama
In order to save herself while in China, a woman marries a young drifter and is able to return to England. Later, believing that her new husband is dead, she marries a wealthy man. Her new husband's ex-girlfriend, learning of the woman's past and that her first husband is indeed alive, threatens to expose the new wife as a bigamist.
Without Regret
1935 · 1 votes
Movie7.0
ComedyMystery
A Florida-bound train is filled with romance and intrigue when one of the passengers disappears while carrying $11-million in unset jewels.
Florida Special
1936 · 3 votes
Movie8.0
Drama
An heiress with a penchant for speeding runs afoul of a traffic cop. Romance develops between the two, but it's soon complicated when he believes she is responsible for killing someone due to reckless driving.
And Sudden Death
1936 · 1 votes
Movie6.0
Drama
In Mexico, a former bandit settles down and picks out a beautiful young dancer to be his wife. His younger brother also comes home after having spent years in the U.S., and falls in love with his brother's intended fiancé. Rather than cause problems, the younger brother goes to Mexico City to become a matador. While there, he gets word that the police, who have been hunting his brother, have finally captured him.
The Trumpet Blows
1934 · 2 votes
Movie7.5
CrimeRomance
The movie, like the play "The Noose" on which it is based, is the story of a young man wrongfully convicted of and sentenced to be hanged for a murder which he never committed.
I'd Give My Life
1936 · 2 votes
Movie6.5
Mystery
Former jewel thief Michael Lanyard toys with a princess and a grand duke.
The Lone Wolf in Paris
1938 · 4 votes
Movie10.0
ComedyMusic
Aka Don't Leave the Door Open
No dejes la puerta abierta
1933 · 1 votes
Movie8.0
Comedy
'Poor lord tells future father-in-law that his ex-fiancée is his sister.' (British Film Catalogue)
Meet My Sister
1933 · 1 votes