Jane Harker
Oyuncu · 1923 – 1988 · San Francisco, California, USA
Jane Ellen Harker was born on November 13, 1923 in San Francisco, California. She was an actress, known for The Unfaithful (1947), That Way with Women (1947) and Love and Learn (1947). She was married to Samuel Lefcourt Lanier (born: Lefkovits). She died on September 10, 1988 in St. Johns, Florida, USA. A popular glamour girl of the late 1940s, she is best remembered as Alice from a number of the 'Joe McDoakes' film shorts. She became a Warner Bros. contract player and made her 1946 silver screen bow in "Her Kind of Man." Jane went on to numerous cinematic appearances including "Deception," "Night and Day," and "Humoresque" (all 1946), while building a following by posing for several 'cheesecake' magazines both domestic and foreign; in 1947 she had her best known film role in "The Unfaithful," also was seen in "Love and Learn," and "Possessed," and made the first of her eight appearances as Alice McDoakes opposite George O'Hanlon as Joe. Jane was last seen on screen in the 1948 film "So You Want to Build a House," then essentially dropped from view. She lived out her remaining days in Florida.
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Film6.0DramMüzikWhen his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he lands in a hospital. He impresses nurse Linda Lee with his creativity, but their budding romance must wait as Cole heads home. Back in New York, he mounts a series of popular shows, and when his work brings him back to Europe, he eventually marries Linda. But success doesn't spare him from marital complications or bad news about a beloved relative.
Night and Day
1946 · 39 votes
Film6.1DramMüzikTough torch singer Petey Brown, visiting her family, finds a nest of troubles: her sister, brother, and the neighbor's wife are involved in various ways with shady nightclub owner Nicky Toresca. Petey has what it takes to handle Nicky, but then she meets San Thomas, a formerly great jazz pianist now on the skids, and falls hard for him.
Film5.9GerilimDramChristine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created.
The Unfaithful
1947 · 22 votes
Film7.0DramRomantikOyun yazarı Clifford Odets'in oyunundan adapte edilen ve gecekondudan gelen genç ve çok parlak kemancı ile ona kariyerinde yardımcı olan, yaşça kendisinden büyük, varlıklı, alkolik ve cinsel tatminsizlik içindeki bir kadını anlatan filmde Akademi Ödüllü Joan Crawford ile John Garfield başrolleri paylaşıyorlar. Hollywood'un Altın Çağı'nda çekilmiş olan bu harikulade dramada, iki aşık arasındaki bu yasak ilişkiyi aşk, sadakatsizlik veya kıskançlık bitiremezken, kemancının müziğe olan tutkusu aşk, seks ve paraya baskın gelir.
Film6.2DramSuçA nightclub singer can't choose between a charismatic small-time gangster and an honest newspaperman.
Her Kind of Man
1946 · 8 votes
Film6.9DramGerilimSersemlemiş bir kadın (Joan Crawford) Los Angeles sokaklarında David (Van Heflin) isimli bir adamı aramaktadır. Bir lokantada bayıldıktan sonra yakınlardaki hastanenin psikiyatri bölümüne alınır.
Film4.9KomediBalkan Prince Henry has two wishes, to meet Lauren Bacall and see the "real" America. He befriends cabbie Buzz Williams and, without knowing the microphone is live, the two stage a debate on democracy versus monarchy broadcast back to the Prince's homeland. A plebiscite there puts Henry out of a job. Flying to Milwaukee to become a beer salesman, he meets Bacall on the seat next to his, but a tap on his shoulder means he must give up his seat (and dream) to Bogie.
Two Guys from Milwaukee
1946 · 9 votes
Film6.3KomediPhil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 7-year old daughter, Flip, is very unhappy that her parents are not together. Flip starts a correspondence with a Marine, sending a picture of her beautiful mother as the author of Flip's flirtatious letters. When the Marine shows up to meet his pen pal, Ellen takes the opportunity to make her ex-husband jealous.
Never Say Goodbye
1946 · 18 votes
Film5.7MüzikKomediThe stuffy manager of lovely opera singer Vicki Cassel and her uncle, a classical conductor, is determined to close down the noisy nightclub next door to the Cassels' home. The club's owners--Steve, a handsome ladies' man, and Jeff, his clownish sidekick--hatch a plan to keep the club open. Steve arranges to meet--and woo--Vicki and then invite her and her uncle to the club. When Vicki's snobbish aunt and the manager discover that Vicki now favors popular music over the classics, they arrange to get the club closed. But that doesn't keep Steve and Jeff down. Instead, they decide to put on a Broadway show if they can get a backer. They find their "angel" in Vicki's uncle who agrees to finance the show only if Vicki is the leading lady. But again, Vicki's aunt and manager may be the spoiler in everyone's plans.
The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946 · 6 votes
- Film6.6Komedi
Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.
So You Want to Be in Pictures
1947 · 7 votes
Film6.7DramRomantikAfter marrying her long lost love, a pianist finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.
Deception
1946 · 50 votes
Film5.8KomediIn this comedic short, Joe McDoakes goes through the problems and anxieties of becoming a new father.
So You're Going to Be a Father
1947 · 5 votes
Film6.7KomediRomantikA bored millionaire matches his daughter with his partner in a gas station.
That Way with Women
1947 · 7 votes
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In this outing, Joe loves playing the horses and shows what you can do to improve your odds of winning.
So You Want to Play the Horses
1946 · 4 votes
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In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes is evicted from his apartment and decides to build his own home. As the project progresses, his dream house turns into a nightmare.
So You Want to Build a House
1948 · 4 votes
- Film6.2Komedi
Joe McDoakes begins a new job as a vacuum cleaner salesman but can't seem to sell any.
So You Want to Be a Salesman
1947 · 4 votes
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Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting.
So You Want an Apartment
1948 · 7 votes
- Film6.4Komedi
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes attempts to save his five-year marriage to Alice.
So You Want to Hold Your Wife
1947 · 5 votes
Film6.7KomediA wealthy socialite bored with her life meets and falls in love with a struggling songwriter on the verge of leaving New York and quitting the music business.
Love and Learn
1947 · 3 votes
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Joe takes his wife on a much-needed vacation, and almost survives.
So You're Going on a Vacation
1947 · 4 votes