Gloria Shea
Actor · 1910 – 1995 · New York City, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gloria Shea (May 30, 1910 – February 8, 1995) was an American film actress. She was sometimes billed as Olive Shea. Born in New York City, Shea received her schooling at the Convent of Notre Dame de Sande and was trained for the stage by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.. Shea had the female lead role in the Universal serial, The Phantom of the Air (1933). On stage (billed as Olive Shea), she had the role of Baby in the Broadway production of Blind Mice (1930) She married Robert J. Stroh in 1938. On February 8, 1995, Shea died in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Movie6.2ComedyA polo-playing grandmother and her broke brood get back in the money with a Wall Street bet.
We're Rich Again
1934 · 6 votes
Movie5.6MusicComedyA young woman, who wants to be in the Follies, is making ends meet by working at a department store's sheet music department, where she sings the latest hits. She is accompanied on piano by her childhood boyfriend, who is in love with her, despite her single-minded interest in her career. When a vaudeville performer asks her to join him as his new partner, she sees it as an opportunity to make her dream come true. Upon arriving in New York City, our heroine finds out that her new partner is only interested in sleeping with her and makes this a condition of making her a star. Soon, however, she is discovered by a representative of Ziegfeld.
Glorifying the American Girl
1929 · 17 votes
Movie6.4DramaThe complicated relationship between an ambitious, ruthless nightclub dancer and the woman he loves.
Bolero
1934 · 11 votes
Movie6.2DramaA day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and situations.
Life Begins
1932 · 8 votes
Movie7.0ActionAn adventure serial presented in 12 chapters. Inventor Thomas Edmunds uses a super plane, 'The Phantom,' to protect his new anti-gravity invention, the Contragrav, from theft.
The Phantom of the Air
1933 · 4 votes
Movie7.0ActionCrimeAnthony Halliday, a brilliant young surgeon, is forced to resign as chief of staff at a New York hospital when he is compelled to delay an appendectomy on the daughter of John Mitchell, a wealthy supporter of the hospital, because of an emergency operation he has to perform. The appendectomy is successful, but later complications cause the girl's death. Carol Andrews, his fiancée, regards him as a failure and leaves him. Halliday, suffering from amnesia brought on by the shocks, drifts to Scranton, Pa., where he gets work in the steel mill. He only remembers who he is when he finds himself bandaging some injured workers. The mill doctor, Miller, asks him to become his assistant. Halliday remains at the mill under the name of John Davis. Because of many accidents at the mill, the smelter boss, Joe Kosovic is demoted. He becomes friendly with Halliday and invites him home for dinner, where he becomes attracted to Gerta, Joe school-teacher daughter.
Dangerous Intrigue
1936 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyRomanceA telephone operator gives up her job to try to be a nightclub singer.
I Like it That Way
1934 · 2 votes
Movie5.8CrimeMysteryAll 12 jury members who sent an innocent man to the gallows are gathered together for a demonstration of how convictions can be made on circumstantial evidence. During the proceedings, a phony murder is quickly revealed as the real thing.
Strange People
1933 · 4 votes
Movie6.0RomanceActionA villainous banker and his hired saboteurs attempt to thwart construction of Sweetwater Dam.
Men of Action
1935 · 2 votes
Movie5.7DramaNewlywed carnival performers decide to try their luck in New York, but their marriage begins to crumble when their careers take separate paths.
Big Time Or Bust
1933 · 3 votes
Movie6.0DramaA young, innocent small-town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted, and that her mother was an evil woman. She follows a crush to the big city and is left fending for herself.
They Call It Sin
1932 · 11 votes
Movie5.9ComedyDramaAn Indiana boy comes into an inheritance and moves to New York City, living it up with his girlfriend until he gets in over his head and someone gets killed.
Big City Blues
1932 · 14 votes
Movie4.3ComedyEllery Cushing is full of catchy sayings and old-fashioned wisdom. But all that his family cares about is how much money he makes, and all that his boss at the newspaper sees is that Cushing is getting too old to keep up with his work. So his loyal co-worker Phil decides to see what he can do to help everyone see what his friend has to offer.
A Successful Failure
1934 · 4 votes
Movie6.0WesternRomanceDyer is buying ranches and then retrieving his check by having his gang kill the owner. Bob Worth arrives just as Buck Morton is killed and gets blamed for the murder. Fleeing from the Sheriff, Bob teams up with the Mexican outlaw Golinda. Having seen Dyer pay off his men, he has a plan to trap him and Golinda is just the man he needs to make it work.
A Demon for Trouble
1934 · 3 votes
Movie5.5DramaGreed, ambition and hunger-for-power drive John Hart, a New-York-City stock-market broker, into crooked dealings and deception, but he doesn't realize that those he ruined will seek vengeance. He meets his match and downfall when his path crosses with a reporter, Phil Stuart; a girl, Marcia Harper, and a man-with-a-gun from a family he ruined.
Great God Gold
1935 · 4 votes
Movie10.0DramaA romance between two young lovers is complicated by their prohibitive parents. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
Laddie
1935 · 1 votes
Movie6.0DramaCrimeA convict marries the warder's daughter after his escape and she eventually persuades him to finish his sentence.
One Way Ticket
1935 · 2 votes
Movie5.5WesternAfter Burton kills Dad Mason and makes it look like a suicide, Ace Cooper arrives to investigate. He poses as a coward during the day but at night he becomes the daring Dude Bandit.
The Dude Bandit
1933 · 6 votes
Movie10.0DramaA look at how his parents' divorce affects the life of a young boy.
Tomorrow's Youth
1934 · 1 votes
Movie5.3ActionDramaWildcat riggers risk their lives in the pursuit of oil. Their jobs get even more dangerous when ruthless oil baron J.C. Anderson sets his sights on their territory. When longtime driller Dan O'Reilly falls to his death from a well tower sabotaged by Anderson's strong-arm thugs, his teenage son 'Fishtail' inherits the property and the troubles that come with it. With the help of his geologist pal, Hank Langford, the boy fights to bring in a gusher before the deed to the well-site expires.
Black Gold
1936 · 3 votes
Movie7.0DramaOpportunistic film seeking to capitalize on a scandal in New York mayor Jimmy Walker's office before his name was out of the newspapers. Tracy plays a mayor who has a penchant for the night life, sports, the theater, and an actress, Knapp. When scandal rocks his administration, Tracy has his girl friend marry Dillaway, a writer friend, so that the press will leave him alone.
The Night Mayor
1932 · 3 votes
Movie7.0DramaA homeless woman living at the city dump hears of the death of a wealthy industrialist and puts in a claim on his estate for her daughter, who is actually the rightful heir.
Women Won't Tell
1932 · 2 votes
Movie10.0WesternAccused of a murder he did not commit, Ken leaves the country. Three years later Evans finds him in the jungle. When Evans dies, Ken seeing the resemblance, assumes his identity and returns to clear his name.
Smoking Guns
1934 · 1 votes
Movie8.0WesternGovernment man Fiddlin' has joined Wolf's gang and Banty has become his friend. When Fiddlin' objects to Wolf's kidnapping of Ann, he is left in a burning building. Rescued by his horse Tarzan, he convinces Banty to help bring in the gang.
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
1933 · 1 votes