Acting
Louise Currie
Born April 7, 1913 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Died September 8, 2013 · aged 100
a B movie and serial actress of the 1940s. Born Louise Gunter in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, she attended Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. Moving to Hollywood, Currie enrolled in Max Reinhardt's drama school. “At the time, I was not necessarily a movie fan, but once I came to California, of course, that’s what California’s all about, the movie industry.” Attracting the interest of movi…
Known For
Citizen Kane · 1941Citizen Kane
★ 8.01941
MovieMysteryDrama
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Gun Town · 1946Gun Town
★ 7.01946
MovieWestern
Indian Agent Kip Lewis arrives in Gun Town where Buckskin Sawyer is having her payroll shipments robbed by Indians. Kip and his men are ready the next time and learn the robbers are white men dressed as Indians. Kip finds Davy Sawyer's case at the scene and confronts him. When Davy accuses Talbot whom he lent it to, Talbot shoots him. But Davy names Talbot before he dies and Kip goes after him.
Double Trouble · 1941Double Trouble
★ 10.01941
MovieComedy
Harry Langdon and Charley Rogers star in this 1941 Monogram comedy, about two bumbling brothers who take jobs at a New York food cannery and accidentally lose a valuable diamond inside a can of pork-and-beans.
A Volta do Besouro Verde · 1940A Volta do Besouro Verde
★ 7.01940
MovieActionAdventure
Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.
Dude Cowboy · 1941Dude Cowboy
★ 6.01941
MovieWestern
A Nevada rancher goes undercover for the U. S. Secret Service to help capture a gang of counterfeiters. Director David Howard's 1941 B-western stars Tim Holt, Marjorie Reynolds, Lee White, Eddie Kane, Ray Whitley, Helen Holmes, Glenn Strange, Byron Foulger, Eddie Dew, Tom London and Hank Worden.
The Crimson Key · 1947The Crimson Key
★ 4.51947
MovieMysteryThriller
Larry Morgan, a private detective, is hired by a woman who wants Larry to trail her husband. The husband is murdered and, shortly afterwards, the wife is also killed. Larry shuffles through a long list of suspects before revealing the killer...
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula · 1997Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
★ 8.51997
MovieDocumentary
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula uncovers the life and career of legendary actor Bela Lugosi, examining his early life in Hungary and Germany through his Hollywood successes and eventual decline. The film features a vast array of never-before-seen footage of the actor, ranging from remains of his 1918 film Struggle for Life to behind-the-scenes home movies on the set of RKO Studios. Lugosi is peppered with dozens of rare films clips and photographs, with the story itself coming to life thanks to the vast array of on-camera interviewees.
Christmas Holiday · 1944Christmas Holiday
★ 6.51944
MovieCrimeDrama
A young femme fatale realizes that the man she married is an incorrigible wastrel.
Movies
Citizen Kane · 1941Citizen Kane
★ 8.01941
MovieMysteryDrama
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Gun Town · 1946Gun Town
★ 7.01946
MovieWestern
Indian Agent Kip Lewis arrives in Gun Town where Buckskin Sawyer is having her payroll shipments robbed by Indians. Kip and his men are ready the next time and learn the robbers are white men dressed as Indians. Kip finds Davy Sawyer's case at the scene and confronts him. When Davy accuses Talbot whom he lent it to, Talbot shoots him. But Davy names Talbot before he dies and Kip goes after him.
Double Trouble · 1941Double Trouble
★ 10.01941
MovieComedy
Harry Langdon and Charley Rogers star in this 1941 Monogram comedy, about two bumbling brothers who take jobs at a New York food cannery and accidentally lose a valuable diamond inside a can of pork-and-beans.
A Volta do Besouro Verde · 1940A Volta do Besouro Verde
★ 7.01940
MovieActionAdventure
Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.
Dude Cowboy · 1941Dude Cowboy
★ 6.01941
MovieWestern
A Nevada rancher goes undercover for the U. S. Secret Service to help capture a gang of counterfeiters. Director David Howard's 1941 B-western stars Tim Holt, Marjorie Reynolds, Lee White, Eddie Kane, Ray Whitley, Helen Holmes, Glenn Strange, Byron Foulger, Eddie Dew, Tom London and Hank Worden.
The Crimson Key · 1947The Crimson Key
★ 4.51947
MovieMysteryThriller
Larry Morgan, a private detective, is hired by a woman who wants Larry to trail her husband. The husband is murdered and, shortly afterwards, the wife is also killed. Larry shuffles through a long list of suspects before revealing the killer...
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula · 1997Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
★ 8.51997
MovieDocumentary
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula uncovers the life and career of legendary actor Bela Lugosi, examining his early life in Hungary and Germany through his Hollywood successes and eventual decline. The film features a vast array of never-before-seen footage of the actor, ranging from remains of his 1918 film Struggle for Life to behind-the-scenes home movies on the set of RKO Studios. Lugosi is peppered with dozens of rare films clips and photographs, with the story itself coming to life thanks to the vast array of on-camera interviewees.
Christmas Holiday · 1944Christmas Holiday
★ 6.51944
MovieCrimeDrama
A young femme fatale realizes that the man she married is an incorrigible wastrel.
Make Way for Tomorrow · 1937Make Way for Tomorrow
★ 7.51937
MovieDramaRomance
An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.
The Bashful Bachelor · 1942The Bashful Bachelor
★ 6.31942
MovieComedy
Lum Edwards is annoyed with his partner in Pine Ridge's Jot-'em-Down general store, Abner Peabody, because Abner has swapped their delivery car for a racehorse. Lum, meanwhile, is too timid to propose to Geraldine.
Around the World · 1943Around the World
★ 6.31943
MovieComedyMusic
Bandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl singers on a tour around the world to entertain the troops during World War II.
Queen for a Day · 1951Queen for a Day
★ 7.51951
MovieDrama
Adapted from the TV and radio series of the same name, the producer of said show reads letters from three woman providing the framing story for this melodrama anthology film. The tales focus on parenting and family struggles.
Adventures of Captain Marvel · 1941Adventures of Captain Marvel
★ 6.41941
MovieFantasyAction
On a scientific expedition to Siam young Billy Batson is given the ability to change himself into the super-powered Captain Marvel by the wizard Shazam, who tells him his powers will last only as long as the Golden Scorpion idol is threatened. Finding the idol, the scientists realize it could be the most powerful weapon in the world and remove the lenses that energize it, distributing them among themselves so that no one would be able to use the idol by himself. Back in the US, Billy Batson, as Captain Marvel, wages a battle against an evil, hooded figure, the Scorpion, who hopes to accumulate all five lenses, thereby gaining control of the super-powerful weapon
You'll Find Out · 1940You'll Find Out
★ 5.61940
MovieComedyHorror
The manager of Kay Kyser’s band books them for a birthday party bash for an heiress at a spooky mansion, where sinister forces try to kill her.
The Masked Marvel · 1943The Masked Marvel
★ 5.51943
MovieAction
A team of two-fisted insurance investigators (one of whom disguises himself as The Masked Marvel) endeavor to discover and thwart the loathsome saboteur Sakima.
Voodoo Man · 1944Voodoo Man
★ 5.01944
MovieHorrorMystery
After several female motorists begin disappearing en route to Twin Falls, a Hollywood screenwriter and the cousin of his bride-to-be discover that they've all been abducted by the mysterious Dr. Marlowe, who is attempting to resurrect his dead wife.
The Ape Man · 1943The Ape Man
★ 4.41943
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A scientist is turned into an ape man.
And Baby Makes Three · 1949And Baby Makes Three
★ 5.11949
MovieComedyRomance
A recently divorced couple see things differently after learning they are going to be parents.
Look Who's Laughing · 1941Look Who's Laughing
★ 6.71941
MovieComedy
Fibber McGee enlists the help of Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy in enticing an aircraft manufacturer to build a factory in the small town of Wistful Vista. Based on the "Fibber McGee and Molly" radio series
Wild West · 1946Wild West
★ 9.01946
MovieWestern
Eddie and his sidekicks have been called in to help get a new telegraph line through. Dawson and his men along with his stooge Judge are out to stop them. When Eddie and the boys catch three of Dawson's men destroying telegraph equipment, the Judge releases them and this leads to the showdown between the two sides.
The Chinese Ring · 1947The Chinese Ring
★ 5.11947
MovieThrillerCrime
Soon after a Chinese princess comes to the US to buy planes for her people, she is murdered by a poison dart fired by an air rifle.
Stardust on the Sage · 1942Stardust on the Sage
★ 5.51942
MovieWestern
A singing cowboy (Gene Autry) and his partner (Bill Henry) thwart a foreman who wants their mine.
Backlash · 1947Backlash
★ 4.81947
MovieCrimeMystery
In a series of flashbacks, shows that attorney John Morland has given a lift to a hitchhiker who turns out to be a murderer. As a result, Morland himself is implicated in a killing. A pair of detectives discover that Morland has been having business problems and no end of difficulties with his wife Catherine. The trail of clues leads to a surprising revelation.
His Wedding Scare · 1943His Wedding Scare
★ 8.01943
MovieComedy
El and his new bride go on their honeymoon; no matter where they go, they keep running into her former husbands.