Kay Johnson
Oyuncu · 1904 – 1975 · Mount Vernon, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Catherine Townsend "Kay" Johnson (November 29, 1904 – November 17, 1975) was an American stage and film actress. Johnson was signed to a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by Cecil B. DeMille following a performance of The Silver Cord at the Repertory Theater in Los Angeles, California. The play was produced by Simeon Gest of the Figueroa Playhouse. Her film debut came in Dynamite (1929), written by Jeanie Macpherson and featuring Charles Bickford and Conrad Nagel. Production was delayed while Johnson recovered from an appendectomy. She went on to appear in The Ship from Shanghai (1930), This Mad World (1930), Billy the Kid (1930), The Spoilers (1930) with Gary Cooper and Betty Compson, DeMille's Madam Satan (1930), Passion Flower (1930), Capra's American Madness (1932), Thirteen Women (1932), Of Human Bondage (which starred Leslie Howard and Bette Davis), Jalna (1935) and Mr. Lucky (1943). Johnson was cast opposite Warner Baxter in a screen adaptation of Such Men Are Dangerous by Elinor Glyn. The story was adapted to the screen by Fox Film. Johnson's final film appearance came in the 1954 British film Jivaro (also known as Lost Treasure of the Amazon).
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Film6.3MaceraWesternJack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog that is part wolf to keep him from being shot by an arrogant Englishman also headed for the Yukon. En route to the Yukon with Shorty Houlihan -- who spent time in jail for opening someone else's letter with a map of where gold is to be found -- Jack rescues a woman whose husband was the addressee of that letter. Buck helps Jack win a $1,000 bet to get the supplies he needs. And when Jack and Claire Blake pet Buck one night, fingers touch.
Call of the Wild
1935 · 55 votes
Film5.4DramA bored society woman invites scandal and heartache when she falls in love with her low-born chauffeur.
Passion Flower
1930 · 11 votes
Film7.2RomantikMaceraSir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While he believes the lad was born out of wedlock and so cannot claim the inheritance, he is taking no chances. Benjamin eventually rebels against his uncle and sets sail to try and make his fortune. This may enable him to return to prove his claim to being the rightful heir to the estate.
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942 · 19 votes
Film7.2KomediRomantikBir kumarbaz, bir yardım derneğini dolandırmayı planlamaktadır. Fakat zengin bir sosyete kızına aşık olunca, planını tekrar düşünür.
Film6.5DramRomantikA young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.
Of Human Bondage
1934 · 143 votes
Film7.2MüzikKomediOlsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.
Hellzapoppin'
1941 · 115 votes
Film6.3DramSavaşFort Mysang, southern Philippine Islands, under US rule, 1906. A small group of army officers and native troops resist the fierce and treacherous attacks of the ruthless Alisang and his fanatical followers.
The Real Glory
1939 · 23 votes
Film6.9DramSuç1930'lardaki Buhranda, Thomas Dickson'ın bankasının Yönetim Kurulu onun New York Trust ile birleşmesini ve istifa etmesini ister; Reddeder. Bir gece bankasının 100.000 doları çalınır. Şüpheli, Dickson'ın işe aldığı ve Baş Veznedar olarak atadığı eski mahkum Matt Brown'dur. Dickson'a çok sadık olan Brown, o gece nerede olduğunu söylemeyi reddeder. Aslında mazereti için iki tanığı var: Bayan Dickson ve iş arkadaşı Cyril Cluett, ancak Brown, Dickson'ı Bayan Dickson'ın Cluett'la romantik bir akşam geçirdiğini öğrenmekten koruyor. 50.000 dolarlık kumar borcu olan Cluett aslında soygunun sorumlusudur, ancak suçu Brown'un üstlenmesine izin verir. Brown'ın Bay Dickson'a olan bağlılığı karşılığını mı alacak yoksa onu hapse geri mi gönderecek?
Film5.9RomantikMüzikA socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.
Madam Satan
1930 · 28 votes
Film5.9DramRomantikThe seemingly happy relationship between Tony and Jim is threatened when his manipulative, seductive former fiancee visits.
This Man Is Mine
1934 · 9 votes
Film6.4DramGizemThirteen women who were schoolmates ask a swami to cast their horoscopes. The news they receive is not good for any of them.
Thirteen Women
1932 · 36 votes
Film10.0DramIn an exclusive Swiss school for young girls, Christa Storm discovers that she is going to have a baby. She keeps the secret from everyone but her boyfriend, chemistry student David Perrin. Having lived in the private school for most of her life, Christa cannot confide in her distant father - and David cannot get his approval to marry her.
Eight Girls in a Boat
1934 · 1 votes
Film6.8MaceraOn a yacht sailing from Shanghai to the United States, the sailors, led by the megalomaniac steward, revolt and take control.
The Ship from Shanghai
1930 · 4 votes
Film4.7WesternBilly, after shooting down land baron William Donovan's henchmen for killing Billy's boss, is hunted down and captured by his friend, Sheriff Pat Garrett. He escapes and is on his way to Mexico when Garrett, recapturing him, must decide whether to bring him in or to let him go.
Billy the Kid
1930 · 15 votes
Film5.2MaceraAksiyonAt Rio Galdez's remote Brazilian trading post live assorted outcast Americans and Europeans, including Jerry Russell, ex-engineer who became obsessed with the Jivaro headhunters' treasure, quit his job, and took up with the bottle and local girl Maroa. But he still gets letters from his nominal fiancée in California, and unexpectedly the shapely, glamorous Alice Parker arrives, expecting to marry a rich planter. Disillusioned, Alice is almost ready to fall into Rio's arms when news comes that Jerry is missing in Jivaro country.
Jivaro
1954 · 13 votes
Film6.4DramWealthy Cynthia is in love with not-so-wealthy Roger, who is married to Marcia. The threesome is terribly modern about the situation, and Marcia will gladly divorce Roger if Cynthia agrees to a financial settlement. But Cynthia's wealth is in jeopardy because her trust fund will expire if she is not married by a certain date. To satisfy that condition, Cynthia arranges to marry Hagon Derk, who is condemned to die for a crime he didn't commit. She pays him so he can provide for his little sister. But at the last minute, Derk is freed when the true criminal is discovered. Expecting to be a rich widow, Cynthia finds herself married to a man she doesn't know and doesn't want to.
Dynamite
1929 · 15 votes
Film7.2DramThe insidious typical talk of a small town makes a young man and the married woman he is in love very unhappy.
Village Tale
1935 · 2 votes
Film6.1DramA homeless woman named Hannah drifts into the lives of the kindly Ward family, in a small Indiana town in 1919. Hannah makes herself useful as a cook and housekeeper and stays with the Wards... but her real interest is in meeting their neighbor, teenager Peter Trimble. It turns out that Peter is the son she bore out of wedlock and gave up for adoption, and now Hannah has returned to town to see what sort of young man her son has become.
White Banners
1938 · 7 votes
Film7.5DramSavaşParisot, a French spy in World War 1, returns home on a secret mission to visit his mother, and finds that Victoria, the wife of a German general, is billeted in the Parisot home while waiting to see her husband. Victoria discovers that Paul is a spy and, although fascinated by him, plans to reveal his identity to her husband. When the latter is unable to visit her, she attempts to go to the German army headquarters.
This Mad World
1930 · 2 votes
Film5.1DramRomantikA young poet, accompanied by his new bride, returns home to his large family at their Canadian farm.
Jalna
1935 · 7 votes
Film4.7GizemKomediEarly '30s comedy-mystery involving magicians, fake psychics and murder.
Their Big Moment
1934 · 7 votes
Film6.5WesternAksiyonOn a voyage to Nome, Roy Glenister, one of the several owners of a rich mine, The Midas, is captivated by Helen Chester, while he both fascinates and disquiets her by his primitive nature. He arrives to find his partners, Slapjack Simms and Joe Dextry, befuddled by a trio of no-gooders: Voorhees, the U. S. marshal, Judge Stillman, and McNamara, a politician. Their racket is to cloud title to the various mine claims, eject the miners, and make McNamara owner of the disputed properties.
The Spoilers
1930 · 2 votes
Film8.0DramGerilimSweethearts pitted against lovers, wives against husbands, sons against mothers, in a frantic struggle to escape the clutch and claw of the 'Tcheka,' Russia's sinister spy system.
The Spy
1931 · 1 votes
Film7.0KomediA lady-bootlegger does her 90 days in jail, gets released and becomes the secretary for a prominent millionaire. The magnate falls madly in love with his new secretary and they marry. Unfortunately, she has not revealed her shady past to him, and when friends from her smuggling days suddenly show up as employees, mayhem ensues.
The Single Sin
1931 · 1 votes