Betty Blythe
Oyuncu · 1893 – 1972 · Los Angeles, California, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Betty Blythe (born Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter, September 1, 1893 – April 7, 1972) was an American actress best known for her dramatic roles in exotic silent films such as The Queen of Sheba (1921). She appeared in 63 silent films and 56 talking pictures (known as talkies) over the course of her career. She is famous for being one of the first actresses to appear on film in the nude, or nearly so, during the Roaring Twenties. She is reported to have said, "A director is the only man besides your husband who can tell you how much of your clothes to take off." Blythe began her stage work in such theatrical pieces as So Long Letty and The Peacock Princess. She worked in vaudeville as the "California Nightingale" singing songs such as "Love Tales from Hoffman". After touring Europe and the States, she entered films in 1918 at the Vitagraph Studios in Brooklyn, then she was brought to Hollywood's Fox studio as a replacement for actress Theda Bara. As famous for her revealing costumes as for her dramatic skills, she became a star in such exotic films as The Queen of Sheba (1921) (in which she wore nothing above the waist except a string of beads), Chu-Chin-Chow (made in 1923; released by MGM in the US 1925) and She (1925). She was also seen to good advantage in less revealing films like Nomads of the North (1920) with Lon Chaney and In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter (1924), produced by Samuel Goldwyn. Other roles were as an opera star, unbilled in Garbo's The Mysterious Lady. She continued to work as a character actress. One of her last roles was a small uncredited role in a crowd scene in 1964's My Fair Lady. Betty Blythe's name lives on through the Betty Blythe Vintage TeaRoom in West Kensington.
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Film7.5KomediRomantikProf. Higgins, yağmurlu bir gecede, Londra Covent Garden'daki operadan çıkan kalabalığın arasında çiçek satan, ağzı bozuk Eliza Doolittle'a rastlar. Hırçın ve kaba davranışlarıyla etrafa sataşmaktan kendini alamayan muzip genç kız, sadece argo değil, üstelik berbat bir aksanla da konuşmaktadır. Higgins, kendisi gibi bir dil bilimci olan dostu Albay Pickering ile bir bahse girer: Eliza üstüne para alarak profesörün evinde kalacak ve diksiyon kursları alacaktır. Higgins, genç kızı tamamen yola getireceğine ve Eliza'nın bir süre sonra gerçek bir hanımefendiden ayırt edilemeyeceğini iddia etmektedir. Bernard Shaw'ın 1912 tarihli oyunu Pygmalion'dan uyarlanan ve Broadway'de 1956-62 yılları arasında büyük sükse yapan My Fair Lady'nin başarısı, sahne müzikalini uyarlayan Alan Jay Lerner'in film yönetmeni George Cukor'la işbirliğini doğurdu. Eliza rolünün kariyerinin zirvesindeki Audrey Hepburn'e verilmesiyle de sinema tarihinin zafer anlarından biri tescillenmiş oldu.
Film7.1DramRomantikNick Smith (Cecil Kellaway), orta yaşlıdır ve yol kenarında bir restorant işletmektedir. Genç ve güzel bir karısı vardır. Frank Chambers (John Garfield) başıboş bir serseridir. Restaurantta çalışmaya başlar. Bir süre sonra Frank Chambers ile restaurantın sahibi Nick Smith’in karısı Cora Smith (Lana Turner) arasında bir ilişki başlar. Onlar, Nick Smith’i kaza süsü vererek öldürmek ve sigortadan para alabilmek için planlar yaparlar.
Film6.8KomediFantastikWalter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According to her, it contains the locations of the Dutch crown jewels hidden since World War II. Soon, Mitty finds himself in the middle of a confusing conspiracy, where he has difficulty differentiating between fact and fiction.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947 · 143 votes
Film7.2KomediDramA happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
The Women
1939 · 184 votes
Film7.8DramRomantikYirminci yüzyılın başlarında Viyana'da, bir apartman binasında yaşayan genç bir kız olan Lisa (Joan Fontaine), yeni bir kiracı olan konser piyanisti Stefan Brand'a (Louis Jourdan) hayran kalır. Stefan enerjik performanslarıyla kendine bir isim yapar. Lisa, Stefan'a takıntılı hale gelir, onu çalarken dinlemek için geç saatlere kadar ayakta kalır ve gizlice dairesine girip onu uzaktan hayranlıkla izler. Lisa'nın çabalarına rağmen, sadece bir kez karşılaşırlar ve Stefan ona pek aldırmaz.
Film6.5DramSavaşAfter a demonstration of new PT boats, Navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are told they can finally take their squadron into battle. The PT boats quickly prove their worth, successfully shooting down Japanese planes, relaying messages between islands, and picking off a multitude of enemy ships.
They Were Expendable
1945 · 140 votes
Film6.4DramRomantikA woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets" of his life.
Back Street
1932 · 14 votes
Film6.7KomediFantastikMadcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.
Topper
1937 · 141 votes
Film5.9DramGerilimAfter a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael, his mysterious long-lost brother.
Undercurrent
1946 · 53 votes
Film6.4MaceraRomantikA rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.
Adventure
1945 · 15 votes
Film6.3WesternDramFast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.
Honky Tonk
1941 · 19 votes
Film6.3KomediAn unsophisticated farm girl enrolls in college and stars in the campus musical.
Sis Hopkins
1941 · 3 votes
Film6.8KomediA musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.
Our Wife
1941 · 4 votes
Film5.3RomantikKomediCasino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess, in order to help her and to improve casino income. But Lamb's pals fear he may follow Lucille onto the straight-and-narrow path, which would not be good for business. So they hire Gert Malloy and Dictionary McKinney, a pair of con-artists, to manipulate Johnny back off the path of righteousness.
Yours for the Asking
1936 · 3 votes
Film5.8KomediWhen two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945 · 30 votes
Film8.0MaceraSuçCountess Margherita is a Sicilian girl who is about to be married, but Caesar Maruffi, the head of a criminal syndicate, wants her for himself. He arranges to have the bridegroom assassinated, and Norvin Blake, a young American (Robert Elliott), almost loses his life in his attempt to save him.
Fair Lady
1922 · 1 votes
Film9.0MaceraDramThe story of the ill-fated romance between Solomon, king of Israel, and the Queen of Sheba.
The Queen of Sheba
1921 · 1 votes
Film7.0GizemA famous detective is invited to a swanky party at an elegant mansion, but before the night is over he finds himself involved with gangsters, blackmail and murde
Murder at Glen Athol
1936 · 3 votes
Film7.0KomediMüzikA grandson of a recently deceased millionaire mistakes a beautiful female disc jockey for her aunt, who once dated the grandfather.
Something in the Wind
1947 · 9 votes
FilmDramA beautiful and ambitious young woman leaves her boyfriend for a famous sculptor, and later--after she models for his statue "Miss Ambition"--marries an old but wealthy art collector. However, things don't turn out quite the way she planned.
Miss Ambition
1918
Film6.5GizemKomediTo solve the murder of a man shot in a locked room, Chan must wade through a Fun House, the writings of an unscrupulous author, and chess pieces.
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
1944 · 18 votes
Film6.4MüzikRomantikStarstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a role but he is reluctant.
Presenting Lily Mars
1943 · 14 votes
Film8.0AksiyonMaceraThe East Side Kids are pursued by killers seeking a stolen necklace.
Docks of New York
1945 · 2 votes
Film6.8DramBoy who thought his father a war hero finds he was really a deserter.
Tom Brown of Culver
1932 · 3 votes