Jane Darwell — Actor (17)
Music in Manhattan (1944) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Music in Manhattan
director: John H. Auer actor: Anne Shirley / Dennis Day
other title: 曼哈顿之乐 / Adorable mentirosa
Frankie Foster and Stanley Benson are a pair of small-potatoes performers. Both try to make it to the big-time after winning an amateur talent contest. Though this leads them to a few professional gigs, something is missing from their act and they are not popular. Believing a little cash will boost their career, Frankie heads for Washington, D.C. to see if her wealthy father will help them. En route Frankie is mistaken for the wife of the well-known pilot Johnny Pearson and ends up in his suite having to pretend she is his spouse. When the pilot meets her, romantic sparks fly.
Child of Manhattan (1933) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Child of Manhattan
director: Edward Buzzell actor: Nancy Carroll / John Boles
other title: Taxi Girls
Paul Vanderkill is extraordinarily wealthy because his grandfather happened to buy farmland in what was to become Midtown Manhattan. The Loveland Dance Hall is one of the tenants of the Vanderkill estates. To reassure his aunt Sophie, Vanderkill visits Loveland to determine whether it is as disreputable as Sophie suspects. There he meets a dime-a-dance girl, Madeleine MacGonagal, who charms him with her quaint proletarian accent. They begin a secret affair, which turns into a secret marriage when pregnancy ensues. When the baby fails to survive, Madeleine decides that since he had married her only for the baby's sake, she should make haste to Mexico to secure a divorce. There she meets Panama Canal Kelly, a former suitor who now owns a silver mine. Her plans for divorce and quick remarriage are complicated when Vanderkill arrives to confront her.
The Second Face (1950) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Second Face
director: Jack Bernhard actor: Ella Raines / Bruce Bennett
other title: ザ・セカンド・フェイス
A homely girl is seriously injured in a car crash. When she eventually wakes up in the hospital, she's astounded to see that plastic surgery has transformed her into a world-class beauty. When she finds out that a mysterious "benefactor" has paid for her surgery, she sets out to find out who he is and why he did it.
Battle of Broadway (1938) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Battle of Broadway
other title: Battle Of Broadway / Les Deux Bagarreurs
The wealthy owner of a Pennsylvania steel business travels to New York to break up his son's romance with a showgirl. Director George Marshall's 1938 comedy stars Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy, Gypsy Rose Lee, Raymond Walburn, Hattie McDaniel, Lynn Bari, Robert Kellard, Jane Darwell, Andrew Tombes, Esther Muir and Frank Moran.
The Impatient Years (1944) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Impatient Years
director: Irving Cummings actor: Jean Arthur / Lee Bowman
other title: Días impacientes
Standing before a divorce court judge are Sergeant Andy Anderson and Janie Anderson asking him to dissolve their marriage. Janie's father, William Smith, objects and the judge allows him to give his version of their story. They had met in San Francisco fifteen months earlier and, after knowing each other only three days, had gotten married. Andy was sent overseas the day after the wedding and when he returns and despite the fact that Janie had borne him a son, they find they are almost strangers. Mr. Smith suggests, and the judge orders, that if they retrace their actions over the four days they knew each other they would regain their love.
Before Dawn (1933) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Before Dawn
director: Irving Pichel actor: Stuart Erwin / Dorothy Wilson
other title: Antes del amanecer
After the death of a gangster, those familiar with his million dollar stash start mysteriously dying. Police detectives with the help of a clairvoyant try to determine who, living or dead, is responsible.
Brigham Young (1940) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Brigham Young
director: Henry Hathaway actor: Tyrone Power / Linda Darnell
other title: Treck nach Utah / L'Odyssée des Mormons
Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City. The plot focuses on two fictitious characters, Jonathan Kent and Zina Webb and the hardships they have to face along the way.
Mary Poppins (1964) [Movie] Min reol
Mary Poppins
other title: 메리 포핀스 / メリー・ポピンズ
Mr Banks is looking for a nanny for his two mischievous children and comes across Mary Poppins, an angelic nanny. She not only brings a change in their lives but also spreads happiness.