Charlie Chan’s Killer Actress(2008)
Short documentary on Kay Linaker.
Short documentary on Kay Linaker.
A short documentary on the life and, particularly, last days of the Swedish actor, Warner Oland...probably the most famous of the actors who played Charlie Chan. It begins right before his odd death and then goes back to a quick overview of his life and acting career.
An einem heißen Wochenende in New York City, im Jahr 1941, wird die erfolgreiche Geschäftsfrau Laura Hunt, der alle Männer verfallen, die ihr begegnen, tot in ihrer Wohnung aufgefunden. Der Mörder hat der schönen jungen Frau aus nächster Nähe mit einer Flinte ins Gesicht geschossen, als sie ahnungslos ihre Wohnungstür öffnete. Die Tote, nur mit einem Morgenrock bekleidet, wird von Bessie, dem Dienstmädchen, entdeckt. Waldo Lydecker, ein bekannter Radiokolumnist und Freund der Verstorbenen, beginnt schon einen Tag später, ihre Geschichte niederzuschreiben. Er bekommt Besuch von dem Kriminalbeamten Mark McPherson, der mit den Ermittlungen um den aufsehenerregenden Mord beauftragt worden ist...
A famous singer reflects on her life, including her journey from being an orphan to her fame as a singer, as she tries to decide which of her three suitors she will choose.
A neurotic editor sees a psychoanalyst about the advertising man, movie star and other man in her life.
When Abner is mistakenly diagnosed as having only two weeks to live, his partner gets the idea that they can make a ton of money by having Abner perform all kinds of dangerous stunts.
Scattergood Baines, Coldriver's most popular citizen, neighborly counselor and sly old fox, entices a Broadway producer to Coldriver to see the gay musical extravaganza Baines is staging for the benefit of the U.S.O. He is also promoting the singing career of his latest local protégé, Betty Palmer. There are a few problems but the Sage of Coldriver manages to keep pulling the right strings.
A young boy donates his pet, a police dog, to the army to be trained as a war dog.
A Chicago reporter (Robert Stack) and photographer focus on a Confederate outlaw (Brod Crawford) in post-Civil War Texas.
Marital comedy with a dash of murder.
Two mysterious seamen come from Alan Rogers' past to blackmail him as he seeks to locate his missing daughters. Ellery Queen is called in by Stewart Cole, Rogers' secretary. Queen goes to the estate and finds one daughter already there and the second one expected. When she arrives, it is Ellery's secretary Nikki Porter posing as the daughter as Ellery had her intercept the real heiress after learning of a plot to swindle Rogers. The blackmailing seamen are killed at a waterfront café after getting the blackmail money, Rogers is suspected and Inspector Queen arrives to arrest him, but he is also found dead.
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.
Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He plays an ex-child star who now jerks sodas for a living in Hollywood. He gets back into the movie business when he overhears a conversation between producers discussing their newest prodigy. Cooper butts in and suggests the producers remake Skippy (a real-life 1931 film that made young Cooper a star). The bigwigs like the idea and then hire Cooper to become the boy's acting coach. Once back on the backlot, Cooper finds both trouble and romance while helping the young boy adjust to life as a movie star.
Nachtclubsängerin Lola Dean steht unter dringendem Verdacht, ihren früheren Geliebten ermordet zu haben. Aber als Chan auf der Verlobungsfeier Lolas auftaucht, ist es zu spät: Die "Mörderin" ist ermordet worden.
In this brief B programmer, a nurse is hired to care for a widower's daughter who is unaware that her father is a gangster and that her mother is actually still alive. The concerned nurse burdens herself with the difficult responsibility of revealing the unfortunate truth.
An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. He meets a beautiful Austrian émigré who makes him realize his mistake in leaving. He makes a deal with the Nazis to return in exchange for some Austrian prisoners, but discovers that the Nazis are not to be trusted.
Ein Wissenschaftler sucht per Inserat eine Versuchsperson, um diese unsichtbar zu machen. Eine Frau meldet sich für das Experiment. Ihre neu gewonnene Unsichtbarkeit nutzt sie zugleich aus, um es ihrem ehemaligem Chef heimzuzahlen...
Kitty Foyle, a hard-working white-collar girl from a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania low, middle-class family, meets and falls in love with young socialite Wyn Strafford but his family is against her.
June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship" for German submarines in the Atlantic.
Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing it on his (fictitious) Nevada ranch. Meanwhile, singer Joan Cameron, whom Jack's fallen for and offended, is maneuvered by her sisters to the same Nevada town. Jack's losing battle to prove his manhood to Joan means broad slapstick burlesque of Western cliches.
Auf einer Schiffsreise von New York nach England ist ein Richter erwürgt worden. Inspektor Duff von Scotland Yard bittet Charlie Chan um Hilfe. Er vermutet den Mörder unter den Reisenden, kommt bei den Ermittlungen aber nicht weiter. Da schlägt der Würger erneut zu.
Stories of women who live in an all-women hotel. One (Bari) works hard and marries a millionaire; another (Hughes) cheats and goes to jail.
A group of adventurers head deep into South American jungle in search of an ancient Incan treasure.
Nach ihrer Hochzeit mit dem Siedler Gilbert Martin verlässt Lana Borst, eine Tochter aus gutem Hause, ihr Heim in Albany und zieht mit ihrem Mann ins Tal des Mohawk Rivers. Das junge Paar gerät in Streit wegen Lanas Vorurteilen gegenüber den Indianern. Ihr Mann ist mit einem Indianer eng befreundet. Trotz ihrer unguten Gefühle bleibt Lana dennoch bei ihrem Mann. Lanas Einstellung wird auf eine harte Probe gestellt, denn das Mohawk-Tal gilt als gefährliche Gegend. Aus einer Nachbarstadt kommt die Kunde vom Beginn der amerikanischen Revolution zur Erringung der Unabhängigkeit vom britischen Königreich. Britische Truppen sind in Boston gelandet. Ausgerechnet jetzt stellt sich heraus, dass Lana schwanger ist. Die britischen Truppen gehen zum Angriff über, wobei auch die Farm von Gilbert und Lana angegriffen wird. Lana erleidet eine Fehlgeburt, der britische Kommandeur Caldwell lässt die Farm niederbrennen. Um ein Dach über dem Kopf zu haben, arbeiten sie auf der Farm von Mrs. McKlennar.
New York store clerk joins a hobo and an illegal immigrant heading for his newly bought land in Arizona.
Auf dem Flug nach San Francisco lernen Charlie Chan und sein Sohn Jimmy den Kriminalautor Paul Essex kennen. Kurz vor der Landung stellt Jimmy fest, dass Essex tot ist. In seiner Hand hält er ein Telegramm, das Manuskript zu seinem neuen Roman ist verschwunden.
A newsman helps a Brazilian singer get her brother out of trouble in New York.
Guests at a women's residence club help a jilted small-town girl turn to modelling.
Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover. To show her, he picks up stranger Lady Arlington, whose financier husband neglects her. On a weekend at the Arlington country house, Bob is used by both Lady A. and her friend to make their husbands jealous; this works all too well, and Bob is in danger from both husbands.